"Father, this is an Oriental." Mary, who was covered with freckles, stepped on the belly of the Oriental lying on the board of the boat with her thick thighs, causing the guy to spray water like a whale.

"Oriental people? I've seen them in Paris. These people are very rich. Look, does he have any money on him?" Old John, with rotten teeth, looked at the body that was fished out in the early morning.

"No money!" Mary patted the body randomly with her hands, and suddenly Mary screamed.

"What's wrong?" John, who was struggling to steer, stuck his head out of the cockpit.

"He's still alive!" Mary exclaimed.

"Alive? Then send him to Mr. Dawson, maybe there will be a reward. Ian, you idiot, get him into the cabin quickly. If you delay for a while, he will freeze to death." Old John,

There was a roar inside the cabin. A tall guy walked out of the cabin, picked up Zheng Sen with one hand and entered the cabin.

"Beep, beep, beep...!" Old John increased his power and continued to drive north along the English Channel.

This is a small steamer customized from Germany to the UK and used to transport craft beer from Hamburg to Paris. Craft beer has a particularly short shelf life. In Paris, only some nobles can afford Hamburg beer.

Therefore, this small steamer only makes one trip to Paris every week.

I don’t know if Zheng Sen was lucky or not, but he was picked up by this small freighter.

There were only three people on the small steamer, old John, his daughter Ma Li, and his son-in-law Ian!

Ian carried Zheng Sen into the cabin and placed him on a small bed next to the small boiler that could only accommodate one person.

It was very cold outside, but it was very warm inside the small boiler. Ian pressed Zheng Sen's belly and saw that there was no more water coming out of Zheng Sen's mouth, and he threw it directly on the small bed.

As for whether he can survive, it just depends on this guy's luck.

The small cargo ship sailed all night and arrived at the Port of Hamburg the next morning. Napoleon organized more than 10,000 people to search for Zheng Sen, but he never dreamed that Zheng Sen would actually fall into the hands of his mortal enemy, the Prussians.

"John, you old guy didn't sleep with a girl in Paris before coming back?" As soon as the small freighter stopped after returning to the port, the owner Dawson got on the boat with a smile.

This ship is the property of Duke William, and his official, Sir Dawson, is responsible for the management of these small cargo ships. On weekdays, Dawson does not come to the dock very often. Today, I don’t know why Sir Dawson came to the dock on a whim to inspect.

.

"No way! The girls in Paris are too expensive. There is nothing as good as the girls in Hamburg. Sir Dawson, look what I brought back to you."

When Old John saw Sir Dawson coming to the dock, he immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. He pulled Sir Dawson into the cabin!

The cabin was full of soot, which made Dawson frown. It was dark, and he saw a person lying on the small bed. He couldn't help but frown: "Why did you bring back a dead person?"

"Sir Dawson, this is not a dead man but a living person. And he is a Ming Dynasty man!" Old John quickly picked up Zheng Sen's hair and moved closer to the kerosene lamp to let Sir Dawson see clearly that he was a Ming Dynasty man.

"The Ming Dynasty...!" Sir Dawson immediately became alert when he saw that he was really a Ming Dynasty man.

There are no Ming people in Hamburg yet, but as a knight, he met Ming people when he went to London. He heard that the Ming people have a tradition that even dead people must be brought back to Ming for burial.

The Ming Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world, and the Prussians advocated bravery, but the consensus of the entire Prussian Kingdom was that the Ming Dynasty was invincible.

Since the Ming Dynasty is invincible, then... the people of the Ming Dynasty cannot be offended either.

"Put it down! Put it down quickly, go to the shore to call a carriage, and take the person to the hospital immediately." As a result of the sequelae of the last war, Prussia cultivated many outstanding medical talents.

It would be a waste if these medical talents were demobilized after the war. After discussions between King Frederick and Prime Minister Bismarck, many hospitals were established in major cities across the country.

Gather these medical talents together to treat the common people. Although the common people do not have many external injuries, at least these people have really saved people and have professional medical skills in their minds.

It is much better than those quack doctors who only know bloodletting therapy!

"Oh! Okay!" Seeing Sir Dawson's solemn expression, Old John immediately knew that this person seemed to be very important. Since this person was important, it was very likely that he would be rewarded for fishing this person out.

We must not let this person die. If he dies, the reward may be greatly reduced.

Old John hurried to the pier and yelled to get a carriage. His son-in-law Ian carried Zheng Sen out again. Sir Dawson rarely helped Ian to hold Zheng Sen's head.

His intuition told him that this person could not die.

"It's so hot!" Holding Zheng Sen's head, Sir Dawson knew that this guy was having a fever.

Fever is a major problem in this era. Many people have fever for no apparent reason, which can lead to death.

There are also some people whose fever goes away inexplicably despite having a fever. No one knows what the cause is!

Anyway, this is a symptom that can kill people.

Putting Zheng Sen on the carriage, Zheng Sen coughed violently. As he coughed, yellow-green phlegm spurted out from his mouth.

Sir Dawson quickly ordered the carriage to take Zheng Sen to the hospital, and he also went to the hospital with the carriage. Because he saw Zheng Sen's belt, which was nothing new and was not a new thing in Prussia.

But the belt head is made of platinum, and a shark with a fierce look is cast on it.

Not everyone recognizes platinum. At least old John and Mary don't recognize it. As a low-ranking nobleman, Dawson naturally recognizes it.

These days, most people like to use gold to show off. Only high-ranking nobles will use platinum. Because it is something that ordinary poor people cannot understand at all, and it is more valuable than gold!

As for the shark, Dawson thought it should be something like a family crest. This is not difficult. There are well-informed businessmen in Hamburg who have done business with Orientals. There are also several Japanese businessmen. Just ask the Ming Dynasty

Whose badge is a shark, you can definitely find out where this person comes from.

The carriage arrived at the hospital, and Sir Dawson found someone to put Zheng Sen in the hospital. After several doctor examinations, Sir Martin, who graduated from Hamburg Medical College, came over.

"Dawson, this man's condition is serious. I'm not sure he's going to survive!"

The answer he got was very pessimistic, and Sir Dawson had no choice. Although he felt that this Ming man was very important, there was no conclusive evidence.

Zheng Sen's clothes were ripped off from the inside out, and Sir Dawson looked at the piece of leather. The feeling in his hand made Dawson know that this was a piece of real platinum, and its purity was very high.

"Eh...!" Sir Dawson found a watch on the desk. When he just lifted Zheng Sen, he held his head and didn't see his arms. Now that he saw it, he realized that this guy actually had a watch on his hand.

A... watch.

Many people have never even seen a watch. Sir Dawson has only seen it on Duke William's wrist. This watch is obviously smaller than Duke William's watch.

Due to the processing technology, it is difficult to make watches of this era so small. Even in the Ming Dynasty, the number of watches produced in a year was extremely limited. This man almost had a watch!

It is also made of platinum, and each hour mark seems to be a gem. Among them, twelve o'clock and six o'clock are sapphires, three o'clock and nine o'clock are rubies. The rest seem to be all diamonds.

A little below twelve o'clock, there is a protruding shark. It is exactly the same as the one on the belt head, but the size is much smaller.

I breathed a sigh of relief on the watch glass, and it didn’t fog up. It’s made of crystal! Crystal dial cover!

This person is not simple, because it is impossible for ordinary people to wear such a precious watch. Who could this person be?

Why did the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appear in Paris?

These are all questions!

As a low-ranking nobleman, Dawson could not explain these questions.

But one thing is certain, this watch is much more valuable than the one held by Duke William. This guy was fished out of the water, and this watch did not leak.

Picking up his watch and belt, Sir Dawson walked out of the hospital and got into the carriage. He was going to see Duke William to report this strange situation.

Just as he was about to get on the carriage, he saw two Japanese people. He recognized these two Japanese people as silk merchants who dealt in silk and satin from the Ming Dynasty. Because Prussia was too far away and the amount of silk used was not much, the silk merchants from the Ming Dynasty did not come at all.

The Japanese took advantage of the business here.

"Hello, Yamamoto-kun!" Sir Dawson got out of the carriage again and walked up to Kazuki Yamamoto.

"Hello, Sir Dawson." Kazuki Yamamoto has learned Prussian for many years traveling to Prussia to do business.

"Yamamoto-kun, please take a look at whose coat of arms this is?" Dawson was tricking. He just showed the belt head to Yamamoto Kazuki instead of taking out the expensive watch.

"Oh, let's take a look. This is... this is the badge of the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty!" Yamamoto Kazuki took the belt head, took a look at it and immediately shouted in surprise.

"The Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty?" As a low-level nobleman, his knowledge is really limited. Dawson has no idea what kind of existence the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty is.

"The Zheng family in the Ming Dynasty was a very powerful family in the Ming Dynasty. They started out as maritime merchants and were very powerful on the sea. Even in the Japanese country, they were very powerful.

Later, they followed the Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty to the capital to develop. It is said that they are now one of the several major families at the center of power in the Ming Dynasty.

Oh! By the way, their young master Zheng Sen is the student of His Excellency the Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty. His only student!" Yamamoto Kazuki knew these things in detail.

"The young master of the Zheng family? Have you met him?"

"How lucky am I to meet such a noble person? I heard that this young master of the Zheng family is a person that the Marshal of the Ming Dynasty likes very much. According to our Japanese language, he is the adopted son of the Marshal. He is almost the same as the Marshal's son.

It’s the same.”

"Oh! That's it...!"

"Yeah! I heard that's the case. This thing of yours is...!"

"Oh, someone gave it to Duke William, for belt use."

"It's great to meet you today. I originally wanted to go to your house to say goodbye yesterday, but it's fate that we meet now. I'll be boarding the ship soon."

"So urgent?"

"I have received the last payment, and I have to go back to Daming to prepare the goods. If everything goes well, I will come back next year." Kazuki Yamamoto bowed to Sir Dawson.

"Oh, then I wish you a safe journey."

After sending Kazuki Yamamoto away, Sir Dawson could no longer bear it. The things on this man absolutely confirmed that he was a member of the Zheng family in the Ming Dynasty. The Zheng family was a very powerful family in the Ming Dynasty.

With this information enough, Dawson arrived at Sir William's official residence excitedly.

A low-ranking nobleman like him can only play the role of a butler to Sir Dawson at most. Even if there is an important report, Sir Dawson must have time to see him.

When he walked to the door, he saw Count Schmidt, the chief intelligence officer, just walking into the door of Duke William's office.

After waiting for a long time, Duke William came out with a frown on his face. Count Schmidt followed closely behind. The two of them seemed to be in a good mood!
To be continued...