Chapter 1904 Must be decent in front of the Tang Dynasty
When Europeans first arrive in Ceuta, their first impression is often that Ceuta is huge!
Even when they are still far away from the coastline, these Danes can still see many buildings on the distant coastline. From these buildings, they can see how big the city is.
Further forward, they saw the huge port area.
There are many large and small ships moored on the many wharves in the port area, including huge steel ships and small sailing wooden ships. Just counting, there are at least hundreds of ships moored on the wharves at this time.
Many of them were large ships of several thousand tons owned by the Tang Dynasty.
The huge port and countless ships are the first impression that Danes have of the Port of Ceuta.
And when the ship approached the coastline, they saw a tall and numerous building standing on the seashore!
It was a large-scale building, and it was not a tower, but a real tall building.
It is the landmark building of Ceuta Port, the 'European Hotel' invested and built by Tang Dynasty businessman Jiang Liqun. It has six floors and a total height of 24 meters. It also has two three-story podium buildings on the left and right. Therefore,
The total floor area is relatively high and the visual effect is quite good.
In order to build this European hotel, Jiang Liqun spent a huge amount of money, because to build such a building, all kinds of materials needed, from steel and cement to glass windows, ceramic tiles, and even a faucet, had to be transported from the mainland.
Its material cost is many times more expensive than building directly locally.
However, as soon as it was completed and put into operation, Jiang Liqun became the most famous Tang businessman in Ceuta and even in Europe.
This is because the European Hotel is the first hotel built by Datang in its overseas territories to imitate domestic luxury hotels. It mainly provides high-end luxury accommodation, banquets, conferences and other functions.
This kind of high-end place, even in the local area, will become a local landmark building and a place where dignitaries come and go.
Not to mention that in places like Ceuta, which to the Tang people was still a barren land, many Tang people who came to Europe, especially the Tang businessmen who came from big cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, saw this European
The hotel just feels so friendly.
After many Tang merchants or dignitaries came to Ceuta, their first choice of accommodation was the European Hotel.
There are many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries coming and going. As the owner of the European Hotel, Jiang Liqun has also changed from an ordinary wealthy businessman in the past to one of the most famous Tang Dynasty businessmen in Europe.
Just because he is the owner of the European Hotel!
Later, a few Danes in the fleet were lucky enough to stay at the European Hotel, including Earl Carlton, the leader of the Danish fleet this time.
The Earl of Carlton was considered an extraordinary person in the Kingdom of Denmark. His title of earl was not inherited but earned through hard work.
In his early years, he was just the son of a baron, and he was the second son. He could not inherit even his father's baron title and small village.
However, later the Tatars invaded the Kingdom of Denmark, and his father and brother were killed on the battlefield. Only then was he able to inherit the title of baronet, and continued to fight against the Tatars, achieving many military exploits and retreating to the Danish Islands.
In order to motivate the soldiers, the Danish king was not too stingy with generals with military exploits.
Carlton was awarded the title of Viscount. Later, in order to provide the combat effectiveness of the European coalition forces, the Tang Dynasty specially organized an officer training course in Cadiz specifically for young and promising generals from European countries.
Teach them how to use guns and cannons to fight the Tatars!
Although the things taught were very primitive, Carleton became the first general in the Kingdom of Denmark to accept and skillfully command an army using flintlocks.
After returning to China, he was naturally given a high position, and last year he was awarded the title of earl.
Unfortunately, his territory is still on the Danish peninsula and is occupied by the Tatars.
This time the Kingdom of Denmark moved to Africa, Earl Carlton was a staunch supporter, and Earl Carlton's supportive attitude also showed the attitude of most military nobles in the Kingdom of Denmark.
That is: Beat the Tatars whoever they like, but they won’t do it anyway!
It would be great to go to Africa. There are only some uncivilized natives there. Bullying these natives is much easier than fighting the Tatars.
And another very important reason is that once they move to Africa, each of these military nobles will be able to obtain a large number of fiefs.
The Kingdom of Denmark is a traditional feudal kingdom of nobles. Naturally, these nobles need fiefdoms. In the early years of the war with the Tatars, the Danes lost a large area of land, but many new military nobles also emerged.
, these military nobles all need rewards.
But the Danes have already been unable to spare enough land for blockade.
It can be said that the Kingdom of Denmark finally made up its mind to move, which was also the result of the promotion of the military nobles led by Earl Carlton.
They did not want to fight the Tatars, but wanted to obtain a vast fiefdom.
After the Danes decided to move to Africa, Earl Carlton, as a staunch supporter and one of the few nobles in the Kingdom of Denmark who had dealt with the Tang Dynasty and was familiar with the Tang Dynasty's style, became the leader of the early migration work.
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After all, during the migration of the Kingdom of Denmark, it was necessary to frequently deal with the Tang Dynasty people. If it were a big noble who was not familiar with the Tang Dynasty people, he would probably offend the Tang Dynasty people in a confused way.
And the people of Tang Dynasty cannot be offended!
Before disembarking, Earl Carlton repeatedly reminded everyone who came ashore with him that they must take a shower, wash themselves and put on clean clothes. They could not wear traditional clothes and must wear decent Tang suits.
"It must be cleaned in detail. Let your servants work hard. Every inch must be washed, preferably with soap!"
"And don't forget your hair, it must be cleaned thoroughly too!"
"Otherwise, you won't even be able to get off the boat!"
"Also, if you don't want to be regarded as an uncivilized native by the Tang Dynasty people, it's best to wear decent Tang clothes!"
"You can't run around after landing. The Tang Dynasty people have already informed you that Ceuta is a fortress port with many military restricted areas. After landing, we must pass by the designated road to the pointed place and cannot exceed this range, otherwise
, once you break into the Tang Dynasty's military restricted area, even I can't save you!"
"One more thing is that after getting off the boat, you can't look around, let alone make a fuss. Even if you see something surprising, you have to hold it back. We must maintain the dignity of the kingdom."
At this time, Earl Carlton looked around: "Whoever embarrasses the kingdom in front of the Tang Dynasty later, I will make him embarrassed for the rest of his life!"
In the afternoon of that day, Earl Carlton and others, who had finished dressing and washed, disembarked from the ship in Tang Dynasty clothes.
After getting off the boat and walking on the pier, Earl Carlton felt quite good, not because of the cool sea breeze, but because he saw several people from the Tang Dynasty who came to greet him in front of him. They were also wearing the same Tang Dynasty clothes as himself, and one of them still wore the same clothes as himself.
Bald Tang soldier.
This gave him the feeling that he and the people of the Tang Dynasty were also civilized people, rather than the barbarians in the eyes of the people of the Tang Dynasty.