George was actually interested in what Deputy Section Chief Song said.
He knew Li Jieming. He was a Spaniard. He had been an overseas businessman in his early years, and he had become a temporary resident to help the Tang Dynasty very early.
Speaking of playing for the Tang Dynasty, it was much earlier than George.
He was successfully naturalized three years ago and currently works for the Pacific Ocean Shipping Company, where he holds a high position.
The influence and importance of the Pacific Shipping Company is greater than that of European hotels. The Pacific Shipping Company is one of the top three large shipping companies in the Tang Empire. It has a large number of luxury passenger ships that travel between the mainland and overseas territories.
Being able to hold a management position in the European branch of Pacific Shipping Company is enough to show that this person is not simple.
In recent years, Li Jieming has basically stayed in Ceuta. When he was successfully naturalized three years ago, he personally congratulated her and met his daughter Li Linna. George was deeply impressed by her at that time.
Regardless of her appearance or conversation, she is the best choice among temporary residents. It can be said that she is the ideal marriage partner for many temporary residents.
Her mother is a West Asian with black hair and eyes. Li Linna also inherited her mother's appearance. Not only is she beautiful, but more importantly, she has black hair and eyes. This is very important.
Black hair and black eyes are the most obvious appearance signs of the Tang Dynasty people, and they are also the most beautiful appearance of the Tang Dynasty people.
In addition to her appearance, this girl also received an orthodox Tang Dynasty education since she was a child. She received a strict Tang Dynasty family education when she was young, and later attended the Mediterranean Girls' School in Ceuta.
Mediterranean Girls' School is mainly for daughters of temporary resident families. The fees are expensive and the educational courses are the most orthodox Tang primary school education and etiquette education. The number of students enrolled each year is very small.
There is naturally no shortage of suitors for Li Linna like this in Ceuta.
However, she has not been engaged for a long time because it is actually difficult for her to find a marriage partner.
Because his father Li Jieming has been naturalized as a Tang citizen, there is a high probability that he will be able to apply for Datang citizenship for his wife and children. Although this process will take a certain amount of time and require a lot of work, this is a high probability.
Sure enough, this year, like George, she successfully naturalized as a Tang Dynasty citizen and became a real Tang Dynasty citizen!
This also means that the marriage partners she can choose must be from the Tang Dynasty, not temporary residents, let alone indigenous barbarians.
Why?
Because once she marries a temporary resident or a barbarian, she will automatically lose her Tang household registration.
And are there many Tang people in Ceuta?
Quite a few actually!
But will these Tang people marry her?
Most likely not.
Few people from the Tang Dynasty who immigrated from the mainland dared to marry a temporary resident. The pressure of public opinion was not something that ordinary people could bear. As for concubinage, sorry, the laws of the Tang Dynasty did not recognize concubinage and other forms.
The relationship adopts a firm monogamy system.
Therefore, taking a concubine means that the woman does not have any protection.
Li Linna's father is, after all, one of the managers of Pacific Shipping Company's European branch, and he can be considered a respectable person. More importantly, Li Linna's naturalization is a high probability. How could he let his daughter go without any name or status?
Protected concubine.
Now after successfully naturalizing, you actually have the opportunity to marry a real Tang Dynasty person, but again, there are not many choices to choose from. Maybe the only ones you can find are those who are married in second and third marriages, or those who have no ability.
The lower level of the Tang Dynasty. As for the middle and high-level personnel in the Tang Dynasty, don’t count on Li Linna. They don’t look down on her at all.
The elites in the Tang Dynasty are already in hot demand, but there are a lot of young Tang women in Ceuta competing for them, and Li Linna, a half-assed Tang Dynasty girl, has no chance at all.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Linna's marriage options are actually very limited. The easiest way is to choose among temporary residents who have successfully naturalized in Datang.
However, these people are actually very few, and there are even fewer young and unmarried singles.
Getting married is difficult. If she delays it for a few more years, Li Linna will become an older leftover girl.
This is why Li Jieming directly asked Deputy Section Chief Song to be the matchmaker after he heard that George had successfully naturalized.
If George before naturalization was at best a decent gentleman among temporary residents, Li Jieming would be polite to him on the surface, but in fact he did not take him seriously.
After naturalization, George is worthy of Li Jieming's attention.
And Li Jieming knew better that such a person would quickly cause a rush in Ceuta's marriage market, and he had to strike first, otherwise the next moment those wealthy temporary residents would cross George's threshold and seduce George with an extremely generous dowry.
marry their daughter.
However, Li Jieming's worries were obviously misplaced. To be able to go all the way to this point, George is undoubtedly a strong-willed and very rational person. He is very aware of his own disadvantages and advantages.
At least, even after successfully naturalizing, he never expected to marry a real Tang Dynasty man.
There is no way, his blond appearance is here, even though he has maintained the habit of bald head many years ago, his eyes, tall nose, white skin, large pores, etc. are all clearly telling other people.
Man, he is not a pure Tang Dynasty person.
Most people in the Tang Dynasty are indeed very friendly to George, but it is estimated that no one in the Tang Dynasty will be friendly enough to marry their daughter to him, even if he is now a naturalized citizen.
Therefore, his marriage options are also limited. Temporary residents are naturally not eligible, and even indigenous people are not eligible.
As for the Tang people, most of the Tang people here in Ceuta probably look down on him. Some Tang people who are not doing well may marry their daughters to him, but this is not a good choice.
Although the identity of a Tang Dynasty person is very important, the quality of the other party's family is also very important.
Not every Tang Dynasty person was a decent gentry!
As for the naturalized Tang Dynasty people, these families are a good choice. The problem is that there are not many of these people. There are unmarried women of suitable age in the family, and there are even fewer who have been naturalized.
For George, there is also the problem of difficulty in getting married!
Now Li Linna actually made George very interested.
Her appearance is almost the same as that of ordinary Tang women, which will help future generations. George does not want his son or daughter to be blond and blue-eyed, as that will not be conducive to their survival in the Tang society.
At the same time, this woman also received an orthodox Datang education, which is very important. He, George, not only has a diploma from Datang Elementary School, but over the years, he has actually taught himself a lot of Datang Middle School courses and a lot of other messy things.
If necessary, he can now write good eight-part essays or poems.
It's not his fault. He dabbled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, articles, poetry, and mathematics, physics, and chemistry. I don't dare to say that his knowledge was too advanced, but he could at least talk eloquently with the gentry of the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, he would not be considered a decent gentleman by many people in the Tang Dynasty.
He also has academic requirements for his future wife. He cannot marry someone with little knowledge. Not only will he not be able to communicate, he will also be ridiculed.
For example, his maid Catherine couldn't even recite a few Tang poems and Song lyrics, didn't even know how many planets there were in the solar system, and couldn't add, subtract, multiply or divide.
George would never have considered marrying such a woman before he was naturalized.
Guangxiong has a big body, a good face, and is useless. If she really gets married, she won’t be laughed at!
As for appearance, most of the good-looking temporary resident women in Ceuta are working as maids for the Tang Dynasty people. This is still in Ceuta. If you go to the European continent, any Tang Dynasty person will casually say
If you want to recruit aboriginal maids, a lot of young and beautiful aboriginal women will rush over. You can choose as you like, a hundred of them, as long as you can afford it!
If you can also promise to get them a temporary resident status, some nobles' daughters will come over to be your maids!