Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

According to Amir Khan, the king of Vijayanagar is an extremely cruel slave owner. Of course, because it is a neighboring country with a bad relationship, there must be some exaggeration.

But according to the previous conditions, Vijayanagar should indeed be a country with very serious slavery, with distinct racial classes and severe oppression. The low-level slaves in the country live without food.

Being oppressed for a long time, there is no humanity at all.

But this instead strengthened Zhu Zhanqian's desire to go to Vijayanagara.

"Your Highness, I didn't make it very clear to you just now. The king of Vijayanagar is a very shameless person. They don't have any credibility and honesty."

"Son of Aamir Khan, do you speak their language?"

Aamir Khan was embarrassed but answered honestly: "The languages ​​of the two countries are similar, and I know them well."

"Then if it is possible, please Aamir Khan's son will go with me and help me to be an interpreter."

How could Amir Khan dare to refuse, so he had no choice but to respond.

Immediately, he came to Zhu Zhanqian's side and said, "His Royal Highness, I dare to ask, what is the purpose of this trip?"

Zhu Zhanqian turned his head slowly, and Aamir Khan had goosebumps on his back instantly, and the cold eyes made him terrified.

According to the legend, the prince of the Ming Dynasty is said to be miraculous. The admiration in his heart and the slightly angry eyes of Zhu Zhanqian now make him feel uncontrollably scared.

"His Royal Highness Hai Wang forgives the sin, but I just think of where I can help His Highness."

The Young Prince of Ming Dynasty said slowly: "Your Kingdom of Ceylon has a good relationship with Daming State. The trade between the two sides has been frequent in recent years. I think the development of the Kingdom of Ceylon has been good in recent years. This time I have my purpose in coming to the West, one of which is to expand. Shipping trade, the Kingdom of Ceylon is a friendly neighbor, I hope it will continue, and Ming will not treat its allies badly."

"Yes, yes, thank you very much, my lord." Amir Khan bowed his head again and again. This strong and dark-skinned man lowered his posture very low.

The huge fleet sailed through the Kingdom of Ceylon, and then came to the country of Vijayanagara, and followed the guidance of the sea chart and the son of Amir Khan to the port of Kochi.

At this time, the Vijayanagara Kingdom has already noticed the arrival of the Ming Navy and has set up a defense line along the coast. They don't know the purpose of the Ming Dynasty, and the trade between the two countries was not very good before.

Because the Vijayanagar country is backward, but very conceited, unwilling to trade with Daming, even if there is only a small amount of trade, and it has to charge very high taxes on merchant ships, so apart from some tricky businesses, it is very difficult Few merchant ships come over, and there are also many pirates in this area, doing the job of robbing merchant ships.

Ming's merchant ships will choose the Kingdom of Ceylon, where taxes are relatively cheap and safer.

A huge fleet lies across the sea, and everyone in the port of Kochi, Vijayanagar, is in danger and doesn't know what the other party wants to do.

The owner of Kochi Port is named Singh. He is a fat man with fair skin. He belongs to the caste of Kshatriya. rice head. …

At this time, Singer was looking at the sea anxiously, but he couldn't see clearly. He saw a steel warship approaching the port from a distance.

"Da Ming's warship, what does Da Ming want to do?" Singer asked the people around him anxiously and fearfully.

When the steel behemoth approached the shore, Singer immediately ordered all the troops and weapons to be ready to attack the opponent at any time.

However, its outdated artillery was dismantled from warships eliminated by the Kingdom of Ceylon. Their own production capacity is only one artillery factory, which was only built in the past two years. The firearms manufactured have a high failure rate and backward performance.

So the main deterrent comes from the crossbows and spears and daggers held by the soldiers, but these weapons look so ridiculous in front of the steel steam warships of Ming Dynasty.

Two rows of heavily armed soldiers came down from the warship, without saying a word, and stood in two rows. The uniform posture of Daming's majestic armor was enough to scare this group of people. Where have they seen it before? Such a scene.

From the warship, Aamir Khan came down. Seeing such a tense scene, Amir Khan felt a little bit drummed in his heart. After all, his relationship with Singh in Kochi Port was not very good, and there had been friction.

Seeing that it was Amir Khan, Singh stretched out his hand to signal that his army was more prepared to fight, and he didn't know what Amir Khan wanted to do.

Amir Khan said, "Singh, order your troops to lay down their weapons. This is Daming's Third and Fourth Fleet in the South China Sea. His Royal Highness Daming Sea King is here in person. If you are disrespectful, you will bear the consequences."

The fox pretended to be powerful and finished a paragraph. In fact, Aamir Khan wanted Singh to contradict Zhu Zhanqian. In this way, Zhu Zhanqin led the army out this time, and he just wiped them out in one fell swoop. He can also benefit from it, but he dare not be careless speech.

Zhu Zhanqian must have brought people who are proficient in Western languages ​​when he came out. Daming specially trained such officials. It may be a test for himself to negotiate now. If he talks nonsense, he will be easily blamed by then, so he is very restraint.

Hearing that the legendary Neptune was coming, Singer immediately ordered all the troops to take a step back and put away the appearance of attacking.

Zhu Zhanqian's reputation has already resounded throughout the sea, even in a backward country like Vijayanagar, his reputation is very famous.

Daming Haiwang came with so many warships in person, and Singer was already beating his heart at this moment. He didn't know what Zhu Zhanqian was here for now, but if Daming Haiwang made up his mind to capture their territory, he would Can these people stop their strong ships and guns?
The answer is obviously no.

"The Foreign Minister Singer welcomes His Royal Highness Haiwang, and please show yourselves." Singer shouted loudly.

The translator next to Zhu Zhanqian translated Singer's words for him, and Zhu Zhanqian was going to meet him now.

At this time, Amir Khan said: "Singh, you have so many soldiers waiting in full battle, it is not the posture of welcoming His Royal Highness the King of the Sea."

Singer hesitated for a while, and with a wave of his hand, all the soldiers canceled their fighting postures. The soldiers of the Vijayanagar Kingdom wore thin clothes. In such a tropical place, this kind of clothes is indeed much more convenient, but the posture Physically, it was far from Daming's army, and they were too thin, and there were not many strong ones. …

Of course, most Ming soldiers also wore unlined clothing on the warships. Now is the time when swords are on the verge of breaking out, so they wear armor.

Zhu Zhanqian stepped down from the warship, and the two rows of soldiers took a step back and shouted loudly: "Welcome the King of the Sea of ​​Ming Dynasty!"

"Congratulations, Daming Sea King!"

The momentum was as powerful as the sky, and if anyone of Xiao Xiao's generation was scared by these angry voices.

Seeing Zhu Zhanqian approaching, Singer was also surprised. The bright young man in front of him was the legendary Great Ming Sea King. Although he was fat and had trouble moving, he stepped forward.

"The ministers don't know His Highness is here, so I hope His Highness will not blame you."

The translator was beside Zhu Zhanqian, and immediately translated Singh's words. Zhu Zhanqian nodded and looked around. This old, simple port has a very good location and geographical conditions. I already knew that this is a port on the warship. Very good deep water port.

"Singer, it is rumored that you are the royal family of Vijayanagar, but is it true?"

"I'm the king's younger brother. I don't know why His Royal Highness Haiwang is coming to our country? If you want to see our king, I can introduce your highness."

Zhu Zhan waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter whether the king sees you or not. I have a business I want to discuss with your Excellency."

"Your Highness, let's come to my house to talk. I will prepare good wine and food for Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanqian refused again: "No need, I'm running out of time, let me ask Your Excellency, this Kochi Port belongs to Your Excellency, right?"

Hearing Zhu Zhanqian's words, Singer raised his vigilance and answered after thinking for a while: "Your Highness, Kochi Port is within my territory and is the most important port in our kingdom."

"I want to buy this port from your Excellency." Zhu Zhanqian stated his purpose very bluntly.

Singer was a little taken aback by Zhu Zhanqian's straightforwardness, but said: "Kochi Port is our country's port, and I can't make the decision alone."

"Your Excellency Singh, I'm not asking for your opinion." Zhu Zhanqian ordered someone to bring up the written contract, with the attitude of forcibly taking over the port.

Singer frowned. He didn't expect that the legendary Great Ming Sea King wanted to buy the port aggressively just after meeting him. What's more, this was a direct grab.

It is rumored that Ming's navy is extremely powerful, but it will not seize the resources of other countries.

It's just what he saw today, and Singer couldn't help but have doubts about the rumors. This Zhu Zhanqian is completely different from the rumors.

On the contrary, Amir Khan was secretly delighted, he was happy to see such a situation.

"His Royal Highness, although we are a small country, we are not cowardly people who allow others to bully us."

"I will not bully you, 20 taels of silver, and 20.00% of the port's annual revenue, and I will station troops in Kochi Port. Anyone who dares to harm you, I will send troops to protect you. With my Daming Navy here, anyone will You cannot be threatened in any way."

Amir Khan was taken aback by Zhu Zhanqian’s sudden condition. It was 20 taels of silver, and the annual tax revenue of the Vijayanagar Kingdom was close to 40 taels of silver. This was obtained by exploiting slaves. Zhan Qian sold 20 taels of silver, how rich.

Moreover, the money was for Singer, and it would be a lie for Singer to say that he was not tempted by such money. …

With this money, what kind of life can he live in luxury, and with someone like Zhu Zhanqian, what is he afraid of?Zhu Zhanqian also said that Ming's navy would garrison troops here to protect them.

It's just that such conditions are so good that he doubts what Zhu Zhanqin's purpose is.

"His Royal Highness, forgive me, this is not a decision I can make alone." Singer tried his best to express respect in his tone.

"I can't or I don't want to. Since your Excellency doesn't want to, then there is no need to waste your words." Zhu Zhanqian turned around and walked towards the warship, and then said loudly: "The first squadron of the Third Fleet of the Ming Dynasty is ready, the whole army Attack and capture Kochi Port."

Hearing this, Singer broke out in a cold sweat instantly, and repeatedly checked with the Ming language translator beside him whether there was any problem with Zhu Zhanqian's words just translated.

The translator was almost scared to pee, and no one thought that this Daming Sea King would go to war if he disagreed.

Singer didn't have time to react at all. The group of stinky fish and rotten shrimps on his side couldn't resist in front of the Ming Navy, so they immediately chased after them.

The obese man is not good at running, and he said while running, "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, please wait a moment."

He was out of breath after only a few steps, and when he came to Zhu Zhanqian, a group of guards drew their swords and stopped him.

"His Royal Highness, please listen to the minister's words."

But Zhu Zhanqian ignored him and continued to walk on his own.

"His Royal Highness, I'll sell it, I'll sell it!" Singer shouted loudly.

Zhu Zhanqian finally stopped: "Then please, Your Excellency Singh, come with me on the warship."

Zhu Zhanqian canceled the attack order and took Singer back to the warship. Singer looked at the new artillery on the warship. Although he had never seen it fire, just looking at it made people feel frightened and panicked for himself. I feel grateful for his compromise, otherwise, if there is a real fight, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my life, so what can I do to stop Daming's guns.

"I agree with the prince's conditions, but the prince must also promise me that Ming's army will protect me." Singer said flatteringly.

"The conditions have changed. 15 taels of silver will be paid in ten years, with a 15.00% return." Zhu Zhanqian lowered the conditions even lower.

Singer was naturally dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say it, and he agreed for fear of offending Zhu Zhanqian again.

The other people in Kochi Harbor were stupefied. People of low caste didn't understand why Singh, who could beat and scold them like a pig and dog, was like a flattering dog in front of that handsome boy.

When Singer signed the contract, he looked at Zhu Zhanqian. It seemed that he was not signing the contract for the port business, but making a bet with the devil. He knew that his brother, who is also the king of this country, would go to war without a doubt, but compared to being fatuous Incompetent elder brother, he is even more afraid of the elusive demon in front of him who controls a powerful fleet.

Zhu Zhanqian did things cleanly this time, without the slightest hesitation or scruples.

"By the way, Lord Singh, I heard that you have many subjects, and I want to make a deal with you."

"Your Highness, are you talking about those untouchables who are like pigs and dogs? If Your Highness likes to kill them at any time, my favorite is to make them pretend to be dogs and shoot them with arrows. If the women among them are better-looking, Just use it anytime, and they'll be grateful."

Looking at Singer who said these words with a smile in front of him, Zhu Zhanqian felt extremely disgusted from the bottom of his heart, the guy with a dirty smell and insatiable greed all over his body.

Isn't he making a bet with the devil?

"I will have a big project to dig a canal. These people... these untouchables can be sent over at that time, and His Excellency Singh will be responsible for managing it himself. As long as the canal is successfully dug, each person will receive two taels of silver."

"Really?" Singer was overjoyed.

Seeing his joyful expression, Zhu Zhanqian knew that he had paid a high price, yes, the life of a pariah would be worth two taels of money.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with this.