"Your Majesty came to court, but I missed my welcome at a distance. Please forgive me."
Kim Jong Suk stood up after hearing Du Mingen's words, and then said with a smile on his face. Although the Ming Dynasty Mandarin was a bit awkward, it was still understandable.
Chinese characters and Chinese are official languages in North Korea. Ordinary people may not know them, but as officials of North Korea, they must master them.
"Master Jin, you don't have to be polite. I'm not here on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. I'm not an official of the imperial court. I really don't dare to be."
Although he enjoyed the compliments from the North Koreans, Du Mingen still told the truth. There was no other way. It was impossible to impersonate, because if he was an envoy from the imperial court, he had to show the relevant customs clearance documents and seals to the North Korean side, and the other side also
Only after the identity is confirmed through official customs clearance documents and seals, can we truly receive foreign envoys and distinguished guests with the standards.
Without these things, if you want to impersonate a court envoy, the crime will be serious.
Hearing Du Mingen's words, Kim Jong Suk also seemed slightly embarrassed. It turned out that he had made an own mistake. Originally, Kim Jong Suk thought that the opponent's ship was so big, or five, with hundreds of people, and the flag of the Ming Dynasty was hung on it.
, most of them are envoys from the higher country, so they greet each other with great courtesy.
Now that I have knelt down, I can't ask the other party to kneel back. Although the other party is not an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, he is still a member of the Ming Dynasty. He can organize five great fortune ships to come to Korea at one time. He also has a background in the Ming Dynasty.
Naturally, he didn't dare to offend a small county magistrate who had a strong backing.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and North Korea have been friendly for generations. The country's name was chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The era names used by North Korea are the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, this trivial matter is not worth mentioning.
"Then you are?"
Jin Jongshuo looked carefully at the five big fortune ships in the port again, and then looked at the strong and tall crew members in uniform uniforms, and asked with confusion.
"My Excellency, Du Mingen, is the leader of this fleet, and this fleet is affiliated to the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. There is a famine in the three northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty. On the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, I came to Korea to purchase grain.
Used to provide relief to the victims.”
"This is an edict issued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. This is a letter written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the King of Korea."
Regarding their identities, Du Mingen, Liu Jin, and Zhu Houzhao all discussed it. Emperor Hongzhi had a share in this industry, so he naturally had to bear the name of Emperor Hongzhi. With this identity, it would be much more convenient to work in the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.
It was just that there was definitely no way to go to the capital to seal it with Emperor Hongzhi's jade seal, but Zhu Houzhao volunteered to use his prince's seal to issue an edict to Du Mingen, and then wrote a letter to the state of Korea.
King Yanshanjun.
This can be regarded as having an identity, and this identity is important enough for North Korea to take it seriously. Otherwise, it is obviously not easy to buy a large amount of food in North Korea just as a businessman.
things.
Upon hearing Du Mingen's words, Kim Jong Suk quickly took the edict and letter from Du Mingen's hands with great respect, carefully read the contents of the edict and verified his identity.
However, he was just a county magistrate, so naturally he couldn't tell whether it was true or false. However, he immediately turned to the people around him and ordered them to hurry up and send this thing to the King of Korea in Seoul, where someone would naturally be able to verify it.
"Mr. Du, it's been a long and tiring journey, so why don't we go and have a rest first, and if there's anything else we can talk about it in detail later."
Regardless of whether Du Ming En's identity is true or not, Kim Jong Suk very wisely chose to continue to entertain this guest from Ming Dynasty.
"Then there will be too much disturbance."
"But the time is very urgent this time, so I have to ask Mr. Jin to help contact the businessmen in your country as soon as possible. I also brought a large amount of Ming Dynasty specialties for sale this time, and I also need to purchase a large amount of grain."
Du Mingen expressed his gratitude to Kim Jong Suk, and also expressed his true intention of coming here this time.
"Don't worry, I will send someone to contact you. The Ming Dynasty is in trouble. How can we just stand by and watch. If the king of North Korea knows about it, he will definitely help."
When Kim Jong Suk heard this, he quickly expressed his stance.
"That's really great. I wonder what your country's harvest will be this year?"
When Du Mingen heard this, he immediately laughed happily. Things went very smoothly. Having an identity was a good idea. If he was just a simple businessman, the other party would definitely not be so polite.
"Thanks to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, Korea has been experiencing good weather and abundant food over the past few years. Many of the old grains are almost moldy because they cannot be eaten up."
Kim Jong Suk led Du Mingen and others towards his county government office, talking as he walked.
North Korea's geographical location is actually very good. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, has abundant rainfall, and a humid climate, which is very suitable for rice cultivation. The weather has been good in recent years, and the grain harvest has been bumper every year. Life is not bad.
"That's good, that's good."
Hearing Kim Jong Suk's words, Du Mingen felt relieved. What he was most afraid of was that there would be a famine in North Korea and there would be a shortage of food. In that case, even if he had money, it would be difficult to buy much food.
Nowadays, North Korea has good weather, good harvests every year, and abundant food. Naturally, there will be no problem in purchasing large quantities of food here, and the price will definitely be cheap enough.
Feeling relieved, Du Mingen also began to appreciate the customs and customs of this foreign country with great interest. The dress of the Koreans was still very different from that of the Ming Dynasty. One of the biggest features was wearing trousers with wide legs.
As for the architecture of North Korea, there is almost no difference between it and the Ming Dynasty. Almost all of them are designed and built after the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty.
Along the way, because they heard that envoys from the Ming Dynasty were coming, many people gathered here, scrambling to see what the Ming people from the upper country looked like.
Du Mingen and others looked at the people from Korea with great interest, and these Koreans were also looking at the people from the Ming Dynasty carefully.
"People in Ming Dynasty are so tall~"
"And they are all very strong and energetic."
"Why do all the Ming people shave their heads and have their beards cut short?"
Du Mingen and others gave the impression to North Koreans that they were very tall and strong. Then Du Mingen and others cut off their hair and beards, which immediately attracted their attention.
As Du Mingen walked, he also carefully observed the Korean people. Compared with the Ming Dynasty people, the facial shapes of Korean people are quite different. Korean people basically have Chinese character faces, and their eyes are smaller and their cheekbones are prominent.
, the lips are thicker and the bridge of the nose is higher.
Generally speaking, according to the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Korea are ugly.
