The smile on Han Du's face gradually disappeared and became serious. He asked in a deep voice: "Had, you want to be my servant, do you know what this means?"
Childe Harold made a puff, knelt with both legs in front of Handu, put his right hand on his chest and swore: "Child Harold swears in the name of God."
"Forget it, Hade." Han Du interrupted him directly, looked at him with a stern face and said: "You don't believe in Allah at all, so don't swear by the real thing. Besides, I don't believe in Allah either. If so,
If you really want to be loyal to me and willing to be my servant, then you should swear by the honor of your family's ancestors."
Hader looked at Han Du in surprise. He didn't know how Han Du knew that he didn't believe in Allah. Not only did he not believe in it, but almost no one in Khrumos believed in it as long as they were businessmen. But usually, the businessmen still
They like to swear in the name of Allah, because such oaths are easiest to gain the trust of those who believe in Allah. And businessmen have no intention of abiding by their oaths. They call this the cunning of merchants.
Of course Harder never thought of deceiving Han Du, but he was used to swearing like this, so he blurted it out subconsciously.
Compared with swearing by Allah, Hader was more unwilling to swear by the honor of his ancestors. But since it was the request of the Marquis, he had to do it. He raised his hands again and swore an oath: "Child Harlow
Ed swears allegiance to the death on the honor of the ancestors of the Harold family."
At this juncture, Child didn't even know what to call Han Du, so he had to stop talking and look up at Han Du.
Han Du instantly understood what he wanted to ask and said directly: "I am the Marquis of Zhenhai of the Ming Dynasty, Han Du."
"Yes." Hade quickly bowed his head in response, then raised his head and knelt in front of Han Du again and swore: "I will swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty Zhenhai Marquis, Your Excellency Han Du. I think about what you think, what you think, and where your sword is going.
That's what Childe Harold wanted."
Hader solemnly completed a set of complicated procedures, and then quietly knelt on the ground and waited for Han Du's response.
At this time, Harder suddenly remembered that the Marquis of Zhenhai was from the Ming Dynasty and probably didn't know how to swear allegiance to him.
He looked up at Han Du and was about to speak.
Han Du nodded, raised his hand to signal Harder to stand up, and said: "I accept you as a servant, get up."
This, this is completely different from the swearing-in ceremony. Harder felt unhappy in his heart, but in the face of Han Du's extremely stressful look, he was still wise.
I chose to stand up.
Han Du doesn't care about oaths or allegiance at all. In Han Du's view, there is no loyalty at all in this world. The so-called loyalty is just that under money and power, Hard has to be loyal. Therefore, as long as Han Du still maintains
With absolute money and power, Han Du was not afraid of Hard's disloyalty at all.
"Since you are familiar with Ceylon, the negotiation with Ceylon this time will be left to you." Han Du looked at Harder intently.
Hader had the illusion that Han Du really trusted him. He had just accepted him as a servant and entrusted him with such an important matter.
"Master, please rest assured that Childe Harold will do his best to do what the master has ordered."
Han Du showed a satisfied smile, nodded and said: "Don't call me master, call me Lord like everyone else. As long as you work for the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly, as long as you have made enough achievements, I can request from the court.
, making you a subject of the Ming Empire. Even if you have greater achievements, I can ask the emperor to knight you."
"Thank you, master, no, thank you, Lord. Childe Harold will definitely make great contributions and strive to become a subject of the Ming Empire." Hard was busy bowing and beating his chest with his hands, but even if
It is difficult to express his excitement at this moment and his gratitude to Han Du. Regarding the title of Ming Dynasty, Harder also heard from the maritime merchants of Ming Dynasty in the old port, and knew that it was something that could only be found but not sought.
Once you are knighted, you will truly become a noble of the Ming Dynasty, a person above all others. Such temptation is fatal to Hader. Originally, he was still thinking about how to default on his debts and how to repay the debts. Now he has
He is thinking wholeheartedly about how to do the things that Ming Dynasty asked him to do well. As long as he has made contributions to Ming Dynasty, as long as he can become a citizen of Ming Dynasty, he can abandon all debts and family members.
Han Du smiled faintly and said: "Child Harold? This is your full name, right? Your name is too long and it is difficult to remember. I'd better call you Hard."
"Yes, yes, Lord Marquis can call his servant whatever he wants. From now on, I will be Hade." Hade nodded in response.
Han Du nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't call you until I get to Ceylon. You can go down and rest first."
"Had obeys the order, Hud resigns!" Haad responded to Han Du and Zhu Biaotang Ding one by one.
After saluting, he returned below the deck.
After watching Hade walk off the deck, Zhu Biao asked doubtfully: "This man looks like a duplicitous villain. Look at him, he is so excited about joining the Ming Dynasty. Has he forgotten his own country?"
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Han Du smiled and said: "The Ming Empire is much stronger than his country. Now that he knows how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, I guessed that he is eager to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect that it would be like this after a try.
But this is fine, since he wants to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, then we can better control him."
"But isn't the moral character of such a person too low? If the Ming Dynasty wants to recruit such a person, wouldn't it be ridiculed by others?" Zhu Biao was still a little unwilling to give Hader the status of a Ming citizen.
I really can't stand Hard's conduct.
"Yes, Han Du." Tang Ding also persuaded: "What kind of thing was that just now? To say that he sold his master for glory, and that he was a slave with three surnames is an understatement. He is betraying the country, and he is still so shameless.
.If such people are wanted, what will the people in the world think?"
"Even" Zhu Biao immediately launched a crusade against Han Du.
Han Du quickly raised his hands in a begging gesture, pressed them down a few times, and said, "Can you wait for me to finish speaking first?" .??.??
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, and finally Zhu Biao nodded towards Han Du, "Tell me, let's see how eloquent you are. Can you tell a flower to come out?"
Han Du retracted his hands, sighed towards the two of them, and said with a bit of laughter: "I said that if his contribution is great enough, he will be given the status of a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. But how big his contribution must be before we give him the status."
, I didn’t say anything.”
Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this and asked: "You mean, no matter how great his achievements are, you will not let him become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?"
Directly cutting off Hade's chance to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty, of course, Zhu Biao and the others no longer had to worry. But in this case, Zhu Biao suddenly felt that Han Du's words just now were just a lie to Hade? Look at it this way.
It seems that Han Du is a bit more wicked.
Han Du saw Zhu Biao's disgusted look and couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he had to explain: "Since we haven't specified how much credit we want, we can definitely set the credit bigger. If he were himself
If you don’t do it, you can’t blame others.”
"Then what if he says he did it? Do you want him to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?" Tang Ding said dissatisfiedly, a little angry.
Staring at Han Du.
When Tang Ding thought of having the same identity as such a villain who betrayed his country and sought glory, he felt panicked in his heart.
Han Du faced Tang Ding and nodded first, then shook his head.
Tang Ding frowned and immediately asked: "What do you mean?"
Han Du explained: "If he has made enough contributions, of course we can give him the identity of a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. But this identity must be different from the real people of the Ming Dynasty. Well, how should I put it? Such a person is born to be better than the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The people of the Ming Dynasty are one class lower, or even two classes lower. Compared with the real people of the Ming Dynasty, such people can at best be regarded as the lower-class people of the Ming Dynasty."
Lower class people?
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, their expressions no longer as strong as their previous objections. If such a person was given a status lower than that of a common citizen, it would not be unacceptable to them.
Tang Ding thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Then what if his contribution is great enough? Do you really want to petition the emperor to knight him?"
"Block it, why not?" Han Du nodded without hesitation.
"You're crazy!" Tang Ding suddenly screamed.
Granting a knighthood is completely different from giving status to the people. There are strict etiquette rules for knighthood. It is impossible to create a first-class noble like the people do. A title is a title, and a noble is a noble.
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Han Du waved his hand and found that Tang Ding's mind was still open. He said with a smile: "Of course you won't be granted a title easily, but if Hade can open up thousands of miles of territory for the Ming Dynasty in Hulumos, if even one
If you don't grant him the title of county boy or county son, then that doesn't make sense, right?"
Han Du's words made Zhu Biao and Tang Ding speechless. There was no greater achievement than Conglong, and the second was opening up borders. If he could expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, it would be unreasonable not to be granted a title.
"But, he is an outsider after all." Tang Ding still tried hard to stick to his own ideas.
Han Du spread his hands and said with a smile: "So I don't want to ask the emperor to seal him in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it enough to seal him in the territory developed here?"
Seal it outside the Ming Dynasty? That’s okay.
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, and then both of their faces burst into smiles.
Zhu Biao laughed, raised his finger and pointed at Han Du and said, "You still have many ideas and solutions!"
Tang Ding also nodded, "If it's sealed overseas, I won't object."