Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 776

In terms of the purpose of going to sea, there are also big differences between the two sides.

In other words: Zheng He knew where he was going, but the European navigators did not.

According to the "Ming History Zheng He Biography", the countries and regions that Zheng He's fleet arrived are:
Champa, Java, Chenla, Old Port, Siam, Guli, Managa, Boni, Sumatra, Liushan, Sunci, Mugudushu, Malindi, Jassa, Ledai, That Orphan, Shali More than 30 countries and regions including Wani and Budha.

European navigators did have their own "destinations".

For example, Columbus knew he was going to India, but he didn't know where India was, and he had no nautical charts to refer to.

So much so that when he arrived in America, he insisted that this was India, so the local aborigines became "Indians" somehow.

It is precisely because of too much uncertainty that European navigators faced greater risks and more unknown dangers.

Coupled with the fact that their routes are often across oceans, there are fewer ways to deal with danger.

The white tiger Zheng Jian was more convenient than Zheng He this time, and they directly took the navigation chart given by the Ming emperor.

Not only is the route the safest, but the supply is also the most convenient.

The food is richer than that of Zheng He at that time, and the two thousand Japanese beauties are also very obedient and cooperative.

On the way, someone kept brainwashing them, telling them clearly that as long as they complete the task, they can return to China after three years.

At that time, he will be a person of great merit in the Ming Dynasty and will enjoy the same life and power as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

These Japanese beauties are not only excited, but also more willing to serve Daming.

After another day of sailing, the fleet finally approached the port of Southampton.

The Port of Southampton is Britain's largest ocean-going port, and during Britain's heyday, materials and gold and silver returned from the deadly world passed through here.

Southampton has always been an important transport hub in the UK.

It has been an important and busy port in southern England for centuries.

It is also the gateway connecting the UK and the world, and you can reach London in a few hours by boat.

When it was more than ten nautical miles away from the port, dozens of British warships galloped out of the port to block the Ming fleet.

At that time, Britain did not have any large warships. After seeing the giant Ming ship, they all stared wide-eyed.

The battleship that the British are proud of is like a light boat in front of the Ming Dynasty ironclad battleship.

"Oh my god! Is this the Ming battleship? How could it be so huge? It seems that the shape is different from our battleship."

"Oh, that black warship seems to be a giant iron-clad warship of the Ming army, but their sail warships are also much larger than our warships..."

After seeing the majestic and majestic appearance of the Ming battleship, the British Navy began to discuss it.

Although their commander Harris had the same idea as the soldiers, he was still unable to do things like grooms. He stared at him:
"Shut up, no matter how big their warships are, there are only six of them. If we have hundreds of warships, we are afraid that they will fail, so send a signal immediately!"

Their signalmen immediately shut up and signaled to stop advancing.

Zheng He's observation post immediately reported to Zheng Jian:
"Report to the captain, there is a British warship blocking the way ahead."

Zheng Jian turned around and asked Baihu:
"My lord, the British warship is blocking the way."

Baihu smiled slightly:
"We are here to do business, not to attack the UK. To signal them, we are the Ming caravan, and the warships are here to escort the caravan."

The Zheng He immediately sent a signal, lowered a small boat, and handed over a copy of the signed document to the British fleet for inspection.

When Harris saw the signing text between the two parties, he immediately ordered the British fleet to get out of the way and escorted the Ming fleet into the Southampton dock.

At this time, the United Kingdom was still weak, and they were miserable after being sanctioned by Ming Dynasty.

After the results of the negotiations between the two parties were transmitted to the UK, the whole country, from the royal family to the common people, was very happy.

Seeing the arrival of the Ming Dynasty caravan, Harris immediately escorted the Ming Dynasty fleet into the port without saying a word.

Then a group of British nobles welcomed the white tiger ashore like a grandfather, including members of the royal family.

But Baihu and the others didn't all go ashore, and there were three other countries going ashore.

Once opium has opened the markets of the four countries, it will enter other European countries next.

Now Baihu's task is to choose a site for the smokehouse. After several days of investigation, he finally opened a smokehouse on the three most prosperous streets in Southampton.

The smoke hall is very large, each smoke hall has [-] Dongying beauties and [-] staff.

The real identities of these staff members are the Fanzi and Jinyiwei of the East Factory and West Factory of the Ming Dynasty.

Each smoking hall has at least 160 beds, the front is the smoking hall, and the back is the place where Dongying beauties serve customers.

Dongying beauties not only provide all-round services to Westerners, but also induce Westerners to smoke opium.

The pipes were all brought from Daming. The main materials are jade and brass, which look very delicate and beautiful.

The name of the smoke hall is Dream Hall, to the effect that entering the smoke hall is equivalent to entering the fantasy kingdom.

Tobacco halls will definitely lose money at the beginning, and it will definitely take a process if they want to make profits.

Ten days later, the opium dens opened one after another. In the first few days, many British people came, but they all came for the delicate Japanese beauties, and few people would smoke opium.

Although Dongying beauties tried their best to introduce opium to them, few of them were willing to try it. The main reason was that they had just started smoking opium, and the taste was really not very good.

Time passed quickly, and a month passed in the blink of an eye. There were only a dozen curious people who tried to take a couple of puffs in each smokehouse, and of course they fell into it very quickly.

Bai Hu did some calculations, and the beauties from Dongying alone earned a lot of money. They received five pounds of silver coins per person.

Although this was much less than their income in Daming, there was still a profit of several thousand pounds in a month, and luckily they did not lose money.

The purpose of lowering the price of Dongying beauty service is to attract more people to smoke opium, but the effect is not good so far.

William is a famous doctor. One day a nobleman with a stomachache came to his clinic.

This person had a stomach ache for many days, and he couldn't get treatment well. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore, so he came to William's clinic and prepared to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.

William was also helpless about this person's condition, but he knew that opium had the function of relieving pain, so he recommended this person to buy some opium at Daming Dream Hall to try.

This person came to Daming Fantasy Museum with the idea of ​​trying it out, and bought a piece of opium for ten pounds.

After eating two small pieces, his pain really disappeared.

The noble was overjoyed that the pain that had tortured him for two years would miraculously disappear after eating a little opium.

So as long as he heard that someone was uncomfortable, he would immediately tell others about his experience and ask them to go to Daming Fantasy Hall to try.

In fact, the medicinal and edible value of opium has benefited mankind in history, including China.

Opium, as we know it, is mainly extracted from the capsule of poppy, which is the main product of poppy.

Opium itself is not terrible. For a long time, opium has been used as medicine.

(End of this chapter)