I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 995 - Chapter 995 Trouble

Chapter 995: Trouble Chapter 995: Trouble Editor: Atlas Studios That was why the Joao brothers pestered Little Treasure and Little Bear.

These two children had been taught since they were young to defend their country when they grew up.

Even the more simple-minded Little Bear knew that they were taking advantage of Great Qi with this suggestion.

It seemed like they were offering them some benefits in exchange for renting a village, but in fact, they had not paid any price.

As Little Bear had grown up playing the game of soldiers catching thieves, he felt a strong repulsion towards pirates.

Now, someone came to tell him that as long as they were willing to rent a piece of land to the pirates, those pirates would not rob at their doorsteps in the future and would shift their activity to somewhere further away.

If Little Treasure hadn’t stopped them, Little Bear would have already punched them.

So after being robbed, instead of taking revenge on the pirates, they still had to rent them a region for them to continue robbing them from further away?

These people were obviously bad people like those pirates.

Little Bear looked at them coldly, and Little Treasure’s attitude was also unfriendly.

If not for the fact that he was the Crown Prince of a country and could not lose his composure, he would have gotten someone to throw them out long ago.

Therefore, what Mu Yangling saw was that Little Treasure and Little Bear did not have a good attitude towards the Jose brothers.

However, Mu Yangling did not talk to them about being friendly towards guests.

Instead, she asked them to consult Fan Zijin.

“Let’s see how your second uncle deals with people he hates when he does business.” Qi Haoran originally wanted to say that if they didn’t like someone, they could just refuse to see them.

However, when he heard Mu Yangling’s words, he immediately shut his mouth.

The future of the two children was very broad, especially Little Treasure.

It was inevitable that there would be some people in the Imperial Court who he didn’t like.

If he simply refused to meet with anyone he disliked, how could he govern the country?

Therefore, the children had to learn to pretend, be polite, and even fight back.

Fan Zijin sat at the side with a cup of tea and listened.

Seeing the two children looking at him eagerly, he put down the teacup and glanced at Mu Yangling.

“You want to know?

I also hate the envoys of the four countries, but as the magistrate of Guangzhou, I can’t ruin the prestige of Great Qi.

Besides, although I hate them, I really want to know the purpose of their trip.

Also, I know that they can bring me some benefits.

From tomorrow onwards, follow me and see how I deal with them.

See for yourself how I deal with them.” Little Treasure and Little Bear agreed excitedly.

Receiving foreign envoys was the responsibility of the local government.

Qi Haoran only had to show his face at the beginning, and thereafter, Fan Zijin took over all of Qi Haoran’s duties.

Fan Zijin started to communicate with the envoys with the two brats tagging along.

He was curious about the four countries sending envoys to Great Qi at the same time.

First, he asked directly, then he sounded them out about the situation of the various countries.

Overall, he came to the conclusion that a large number of Great Qi’s goods had surged into the European market in the past year.

The upper-class people liked Great Qi’s silk, tea, and porcelain very much.

Although there were many cargo ships coming and going, the amount of goods they imported back seemed weak compared to the huge number of people in Europe.

Therefore, the nobles of the upper-class society wanted to obtain more treasures from Great Qi.

On the other hand, Fan Zijin bribed the attendants around the envoys and found out that the nobles who truly held power did not view Great Qi favorably.

Among them, England, Portugal, and Spain held the strongest views about this, and this diplomatic mission was actually mainly to inquire.

However, the attendant could not provide more specific details.

Little Bear and Little Treasure were furious, but Fan Zijin acted as if nothing had happened.

He brought Little Bear and Little Treasure to deal with the envoys of the four countries with a smile, as if he was extremely welcoming of their arrival.

However, the envoys of the four countries became a little anxious, even though they were initially rather calm.

The English envoy said, “Since Magistrate Fan can’t give us an answer regarding the tax exemption or land rental, I think we should set off for the capital as soon as possible.” The French envoy sneered.

“Although Magistrate Fan is all smiles, his attitude is unyielding.

The outcome will be the same even if we go to their capital.

Why waste time?” The English envoy retorted sarcastically, “Considering the French envoys fear hard work, it’s unsurprising you’d refuse to go.” The French envoy glared at him angrily.

Seeing this, the Spanish envoy hurriedly tried to pacify them, “The people of Great Qi are very cunning.

In the past, we could still use force to suppress them, but these two years, their attitudes have become tougher now that they have Prince Rong backing them up.

They’re not so easy to talk to these days.

At a time like this, we should be more united and not quarrel among ourselves.” “That’s right.

In this eastern land far away from home, although we’re from different countries, our bloodlines are the same.” The Portuguese envoy also tried to persuade them.

Seeing that the envoys of the two countries had calmed down, he said, “Actually, we went to the wrong person from the beginning.

Our earl said that the person who can make decisions in Guangzhou is that Prince Rong whom we’ve only met once.

He’s the younger brother of the Emperor of Great Qi.

He holds military power and has an unyielding attitude.

If we can convince him, it won’t be a problem for us to get an exemption from taxes or rent a port.” “But we did attempt to look for him.

We haven’t had a chance to meet with him because he claims to be very busy, isn’t he?” “Oh, dear, who knows if he’s not hiding from us?

I heard that this Prince Rong is not very eloquent and only likes to fight.” The Portuguese envoy shrugged.

“Sounds like you know a lot about him.” The English envoy glanced at him and asked, “Then how do you think we can convince him?” “He has a beautiful wife, and it’s said that he dotes on her very much.

Other than her, he doesn’t have another lover.

Also, he’s a father who dotes on his children.” The Spanish envoy looked at the Portuguese envoy with a faint smile.

“On this point, your country has done very well.

The two noble viscounts should have become playmates of the two young masters of the Prince’s estate by now, right?” The Portuguese envoy’s expression was a little ugly.

Joao and the others did manage to come into contact with Little Treasure and Little Bear, but they were basically ignored.

The fact that those two viscounts had been chosen to travel to this distant land showed how unfavored they were.

However, their abilities were slightly better than the young nobles of the same age in their empire.

Yet, they were utterly defeated in front of the two children who were much younger than them, be it in terms of knowledge or martial strength.

There was Little Treasure in knowledge and Little Bear in martial arts.

On the other hand, Joao and Jose were more well-rounded.

Be it knowledge or martial arts, they were above average.

However, Little Treasure was not good at martial arts, but his knowledge and skills were extremely impressive.

In addition, at this time, Great Qi’s culture and science and engineering skills far exceeded those of the European countries.

If the interpreter was capable, it was simply a piece of cake for them to mess with Joao and his brother.

As for Little Bear’s martial strength, not to mention the two European viscounts, even in the entire Great Qi, no one within a ten-year age difference could defeat him.

It would only take a finger for him to torture the two Westerners who did not even know what inner strength was.

Joao was smarter.

There was once when he wanted to compete with Little Bear in terms of knowledge.

After Little Treasure found out, he got someone to find the four little ones and pushed out Little An, who was as tall as the twins, asking him to learn from Jose.

Little An’s learning ability was the strongest Little Treasure had ever seen.

Even three Little Treasures couldn’t compare to one Little An.

Therefore, even if Little An didn’t know certain knowledge points at the beginning, after asking Jose and understanding more, he could make him mute with just two or three questions.

Meanwhile, Little Treasure happily introduced his two cousins to Joao.

“They’re twins, six years old this year.

Oh, this is their nominal age.

According to your calculations, they’re five years old.” Joao looked at the two brats who were looking up at him confidently, then turned to look at Little An, who was as tall as the two brats.

He was deeply impressed by the wisdom of the Asians.

At this moment, the envoys of the three countries looked at the Portuguese envoy who had an ugly expression.

The French envoy sneered and said, “So your scheme is useless.

Instead, it made the two viscounts of your country bow to the other party.”

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