Shenjing Jinshan District Stadium.

Boom boom boom! The neat drum sounded throughout the stadium, and then a more neat voice: "The referee is a bad pen..."

"The referee is a bad pen..."

"Your Majesty, why don't we avoid it?" In the VIP box, when hearing the unanimous scolding outside, Avelo, the attendant general of the Portuguese King Joao V, looked extremely ugly and said in the young king's ear.

At this time, the king was in extreme excitement. When he heard the words of the attendant general, he was a little confused: "What happened?"

"The environment here seems not so friendly," Avelo said.

"They are scolding the referee, it's not me." Joao V thought Avelo had misunderstood.

"But this is really rude." Avelo was a baron, a standard Portuguese nobleman.

However, in Joao V's opinion, this was not a loss at all. He said to Avelo: "Baron, this is football. I like this. I really miss this feeling too much. I am crazy and addicted. Unfortunately, I am the king now."

The three years of the Portuguese king's age from thirteen to fifteen were spent in the empire, and in Shin Kyung. When he was a teenager, he liked football very much, played football, watched football, and bet on football. If it weren't for the king, he would now be among the crowds who greeted the referees, waving the banner or tugging the banner high.

Avelo had no experience in living in the empire, and he made a joke during this visit to the empire. Because the king asked him to learn Chinese and master it, Avelo studied hard for four months and could be said to be proficient in communicating with others. As a result, when he communicated with the king in Chinese, the king could not understand at all, because Avelo's Chinese teacher was a chef from Guangdong and taught him Cantonese.

Fortunately, Avelo proved his talent for language and came all the way by boat, and he learned Mandarin.

Just when Avelo couldn't help but remind the king to pay attention to his manners, he knocked on the door of the private room. Avelo went to negotiate and returned and said, "His Majesty the King, Prince Yu of the Empire has come and brought his youngest son. I asked if I could share a private room with you."

Joao V nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course this is OK."

Avelo breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that in front of the nobles of the empire, his king should pay attention to his demeanor, but he never thought that when Li Junwei and Li Zhaoming and his son came in, Ruo Ao Fifth went over directly, picked up Li Zhaoming, kissed him, hugged him, raised him high, and said, "Little Prince, you are so cute."

"We were watching sailing competitions in Kingsoft, but unfortunately the weather and hydrology are not good today, so it was temporarily cancelled. I heard that the king has a private room here, so I came to borrow your light." Li Junwei said to Joao V.

"Of course, Your Highness, this is my honor, please sit down." said Joao V.

Li Junwei asked with a smile: "Is everything going well here? Are you adapting?"

"Adaptation, it's very good here and the atmosphere is very warm." Joao V greeted Lee Junwei, without any embarrassment when he first arrived in Shin Kyo.

To be honest, when Joao V arrived in Shenjing, public opinion was quite unfavorable to him, because Joao V gave Britain and France almost equal status in the colonies. This behavior was beneficial to Portugal. At least Portugal's wine had more and better sales channels, and the prices in the colonies and domestic areas also decreased.

But for the empire, it was a loss. However, Joao V chose a legally reproachable approach, so some guys who suffered damage to the empire started from the "feelings" and criticized Joao V's hurting the empire's feelings and betrayed the two countries for more than 60 years of friendship.

This criticism lasted only a few days. Now, Joao V has become an "old friend of the people of the empire", a respectable aristocrat, and a practitioner of friendship in the new era" in the newspaper.

The reason why Joao V changed all this was very simple. After he arrived in Shenjing, he only had a day off and then "buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and buy" in Shenjing on a large scale.

First, he ordered two cruisers and eight patrol gunboats from the Navy, and four cruise ships, injecting valuable funds into the empire's local shipbuilding industry. Then there was a wave of donations, schools, hospitals and health care homes. Joao V spent more than one.5 million imperial silver dollars in Shenjing in one go. This kind of inhumane behavior won the welcome of the entire empire.

How can you speak ill of others when it comes to the financial owner?

The richest man in Europe now is Portugal. With the mining of colonial gold mines, the Portuguese royal family is currently the richest royal family in Europe, and all countries borrow money from it.

However, Joao V only managed the public opinion of the empire and had not actually reached an understanding with the empire's top leaders. However, he did a good job of buying and buying, which made the empire not angry with it. He always had to treat the financial owners with gentle wind and drizzle.

The intense football match lasted for an hour and a half. After watching it, Joao V still felt unsatisfied. Fortunately, he knew that it was time to talk about the serious matters.

"If God hadn't given me the blood of the Portuguese royal family, I really wanted to be a free young man, watch the football I like, or even be a football player." Joao V said in the carriage to the State Guesthouse.

Li Junwei asked: "Do you think you have the ability to become a professional player?"

Joao V thought for a while: "Three points depend on luck, and seven points depend on hard work."

"What about the other ninety, depending on your background?" Li Junwei asked.

"Hehe, of course, of course." Joao V said with a smile.

When he arrived at the State Guesthouse, Joao V got off the car and then ordered the coachman to take Prince Yu and his son back to the palace. He himself entered his room, took a shower, and started to enjoy dinner.

"Avelo, you seem unhappy." Joao V asked, looking at his attendant general.

Avelo shook his head: "No Your Majesty, I just feel that you are a little rude today. If the nobles in the country know your performance today, they might have reacted."

"They? Haha, how can they react? Do they think I am a good father? It's ridiculous." said Joao V.

After he ascended the throne, Joao V strengthened the centralized system left behind by his father's time and had completely moved towards an absolute monarchy. This is also the current situation of European politics. As long as wealth freedom is achieved, he will definitely move towards an absolute monarchy. Without the need for taxes from his subjects, Joao V did not need to make any compromise with them.

"Yes, your Majesty. But you are the king of Portugal, and I think, in China, you should maintain the majesty of the king." Avelo suggested.

Joao V shook his head slightly: "Avelo, do you think so? Then you are wrong. Although you have learned Chinese, you don't know about Chinese culture. If I go to European countries such as France, Britain, etc., I will definitely add the brightest glory to the Portuguese crown, but this is in China.

In the eyes of Chinese people, all your etiquette and attitude are arrogant. We have done things that make them unhappy. If they feel arrogant again, then this trip to China will not gain anything.

I must lower my attitude and meet the nobles of the empire in the way of my younger generations. Because the Chinese people are very good at face, if you give them face, they will give you the inner world. There is a saying in China that you don’t hit people with smiles. Not only do I laugh, but I also have money, but I also regard myself as my younger generation, so they will never make things difficult for me."

Avelo said: "But your posture is too low."

Joao V shook his head helplessly. Avelo's complaints were mainly about seniority. He was the son of Pedro II. Pedro II had a good personal relationship with Li Junwei back then. In theory, he should be Li Junwei's nephew. But the problem is that Pedro II also sought to marry Princess Anhua's children, and Princess Anhua was Li Junwei's daughter. In this way, Joao V became Li Junwei's grandson.

"There is no way, this is not something I can decide." Joao V was helpless, but he didn't seem to care much. He said: "What I can decide is whether the talks will go smoothly tomorrow. Avelo, it depends on you."

"My Majesty, I heard King Yu ask you to go to the palace to meet the Chinese Majesty in the carriage." Avelo said in surprise, thinking that his role was just a follower.

Joao said: "Yes, it is precisely because that is the Emperor of China that this is your responsibility.

You should know that this conflict between China and Portugal is a completely trivial matter in the eyes of His Majesty the Chinese Emperor. Moreover, except for notifying China in advance and caught them off guard, everything else we did is reasonable, especially in line with His Majesty's "righteous diplomacy" today.

Do you think that when the emperor of such a great empire met me as a junior, he would discuss the terms with me in a very serious manner? If so, King Yu would have a talk today. He would rather talk to me about which player on the football field is more skilled than talk to me about the serious matters.

We have done everything we should do, and I have made up for what we should make up for. What else can I talk about? Let’s talk about it again, and these things are a bit of a trivial matter. In the Chinese Palace, even after dinner, it will make people feel disgusted. So tomorrow will be a formal talk between officials from both sides, and I only need to show the kindness and cleverness of a junior in the Chinese Palace."

"By the way, are you ready for the photos I asked you to prepare?" Joao V asked.

Avelo said: "I'm sorry, your majesty, not everyone has photos. Cameras are not so popular in Europe, especially in Austria's countries. Some people also say that cameras can only be printed on photos by pulling away people's souls, which is a dangerous witchcraft."

"Silly Europeans," said Joao V, but Avelo said: "I asked them to provide portraits with no photos, which is also very realistic."

"Portrait? Well, the portrait is also very good, so I will have a topic tomorrow."

"topic?"

"Yes, tomorrow I can ask these Chinese elders to help me choose my queen."

"Let the Chinese decide?" Avelo's eyes widened.

Joao V shook his head: "Of course it's not a decision, but just letting them make suggestions. You don't know that Chinese women, from queens to ordinary peasant women, are all gossipy, and they are very interested in other people's marriages, like to point fingers and pick and choose things that are the most attractive to them."

"But I'm worried about the political meaning. If the Queen of China chooses one of them and your queen is not her, then the Queen..."

Joao V did not wait for Avelo to finish speaking, but said directly: "She will be very satisfied."

"satisfy?"

"Yes, satisfied. When I see my future queen, the queen will praise her beauty, virtuousness, etc. This is Chinese politeness. When Chinese women are the most beautiful and perfect, when they get married, everyone will praise them in different ways. And they will not be stingy in praise to their relatives' daughter-in-law, because they will not lose anything if they praise them. Hello, I, Hello, everyone." Joao V said confidently.

"Where is His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Your Majesty will definitely not participate. You don't know much about the royal family in China. In fact, since the founding emperor, you have not interfered in the marriage of children. Moreover, Chinese men do not like to participate in the chattering of a group of women." said Joao V.

Avelo felt a little relieved, and Joao V asked, "Avelo, do you know how to deal with it when you meet Chinese officials tomorrow?"

"Low down?" Avelo answered tentatively. He really didn't expect such a thing to happen, so he was not prepared at all.

"No, as my representative, you must keep your face for Portugal. It is wrong to just lower your posture." Joao V asked Avelo to sit down and said, "You can complain at that time, pour out the bitterness and tell all our difficulties, and don't hide anything.

Speaking of which, it is inevitable that Portugal will move closer to Britain and France."

Avelo agreed with this point. Portugal did not care about the dumping of industrial products in China and colonies, because it did not have any decent industry. Pedro II developed it in the early years. Later, with gold mining, it was no short of money, and this motivation was gone.

The most important thing about Portugal is the development of colonies. The development of colonies requires labor, that is, black slaves, which is something that the empire cannot provide. After Britain and France entered West Africa, they developed quite rapidly and have become the world's largest black slave supplier. Of course, Portugal cannot refuse.

Should we make Portugal abolition? If that is the case, who will provide the cotton needed by the textile industry in the Cape Town area and who will provide the wood needed by the shipbuilding industry?

Brazil is not so much a colony of Portugal, but more closely linked to the empire's several provinces in South Africa. Joao V's meaning is very clear - everything we Portugal did is also for the empire.

Avelo was skeptical about this, but it turned out that Joao V was right. At the end of the next day's meeting, Li Junwei's evaluation of him was that this matter in China was considered to have made Joao understand.
Chapter completed!