Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 211 Plant the Foreshadowing First

Timur, the founder of the Timur Empire, should be considered a Mongolian in terms of blood, and is said to be of the same clan as Genghis Khan, although they call themselves so.

However, one thing is undoubted, that is, the royal family of the Timur Empire is descended from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, so their living habits and personalities also have many similarities with the Mongolian Yuan people.

Regarding the matter of King Paramesura of Malaka, Zhu Di finally expelled him from the banquet, and ordered that the double silver seals and crowns and robes given to him be taken back, and he also told Zheng He to go on his next ocean voyage. Push down the stone tablet that was erected when the canonization was originally made.

In fact, the relationship between Manlajia and the Ming Dynasty in history was quite good. At least Manlajia was a qualified lackey under the threat of Siam, but the weak are still weak after all.

There is a saying that goes like this: An ordinary man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade.

The specialties of Manlajia are agarwood and yellow ripe incense. These are good things, but they do not lead to the crime of possessing a treasure.

The real jade that Manlajia possesses is actually their land.

The land located on both sides of the Strait of Malacca is the throat connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In history, with the end of the Xuande Dynasty's last, the seventh voyage to the West, Ming Dynasty began to fall into decline due to various reasons such as the contraction of policies and the weakening of national power. closed.

This time coincided with the rise of the Age of Discovery.

Malacca, which escaped the shadow of the Ming Dynasty, developed rapidly by relying on its geographical advantages and became a global commodity distribution center. The wealth of Malacca City was the envy of everyone in the world at that time.

In history, the Ming Dynasty did not take action against Manchuria, but the Portuguese came.

After three years of fierce fighting, the Portuguese finally defeated the Malacca, occupied the city of Malacca, and carried out the same burning, looting and... massacre as they did in the Old Summer Palace.

Since then, the door to the Strait of Malacca has opened wide, and flower growers have finally been completely exposed to the West.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Zhanhe to give up this place. Even if the old man doesn't care, his father doesn't care, or even Manlajia and the others don't care, Zhu Zhanhe can't not care.

Let's put it this way, if the Strait of Malacca is in danger during the Tumu Fort Incident in the future, Zhu Zhanhe will choose to keep the Strait of Malacca instead of returning to the Central Plains.

The Strait of Malacca is so important.

While Zhu Zhanhe was stunned, Ulugh Beg, the prince of the Timur Empire, had finished expressing his opinions and returned to his seat.

Or, we should say the Eastern Timurid Empire, because Ulugh Beg's father was Shaharul, who only ruled half of the Timurid Empire.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Gaoxu noticed something strange about his son very keenly.

Now, he actually has no particular interest in this New Year's Eve dinner, because now his heart is no longer here.

Compared with Yingtian, Zhu Gaoxu now wants to manage Yunnan well.

"Nothing." Zhu Zhanhe smiled and looked in the direction of Ulugh Beg.

"Dad, believe it or not, when the envoys pay tribute, this Ulugh Beg will definitely come over."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu also became interested.

"You mean, food, right?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhanhe nodded with a smile.

As the saying goes, there is no need to go to the Three Treasures Palace. For many years before, the Timur Empire had never sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, let alone pay tribute. At the beginning, they were still thinking of conquering the Ming Dynasty.

Now, an envoy was suddenly sent, and he was also the prince of Shaharul, the ruler of the empire. The most important thing was that he also maintained a low profile.

I can tell by using my toenails that I have a plan.

Apart from food, Zhu Zhanhe could not think of any other reason for such a large empire to have a purpose.

"That's not right." Zhu Gaoxu ignored the excitement around him and chatted with his son with interest.

"Before, you asked Li Chengliang and others to transport two batches of seeds out one after another. They took the Shushen Poison Road and went to Delhi Sultan, and Delhi Sultan is directly bordering the Timurid Empire."

"So, your goal has always been Timur, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu figured it out quickly, mainly because it was too simple.

The internal situation of the Delhi Sultan is actually similar to that of the Japanese state, with various feudal states and various small forces, large and small.

Zhu Zhanhe asked Li Chengliang and others to send potatoes to the Sultan of Delhi, mainly so that the Timur Empire would discover them and rob them.

In this way, he can use the hands of the Timurid Empire to weaken the Sultan of Delhi first, paving the way for his future past, and second, to achieve his most important plan, which is to threaten the entire Europe and Central Asia with potatoes as a food.

Although the Timurid Empire seldom had large-scale wars with the Sultan of Delhi, it was mainly because of its internal chaos and the fact that the Ottoman Empire was eyeing it. This was the main reason.

If you add the temptation of potatoes, the Sultan of Delhi would not be able to compete with the Timurid Empire.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu figured it out easily.

"Yes." Zhu Zhanhe nodded and looked at Ulugh Bo meaningfully.

The other party didn't know why, but he seemed very happy for Zhu Zhanhe's attention, and he toasted Zhu Zhanhe with a bright smile.

"The Timur Empire is one of the important threats to the Ming Dynasty. You may not know that in the second year of Yongle, their king, the previous king and the founder of the Timur Empire, Timur wanted to conquer us Daming's."

"Is there still such a thing?" Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

Before, he just thought that his son wanted to expand the territory and make a career. In addition, he also knew that his son had some things that he didn't know, but he didn't expect it to be this.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Just as he was talking, the envoys had finished paying tribute, and Ulugh Bo also came over.

As Zhu Zhanhe said, his biggest and only purpose of this trip was for potatoes.

"Prince Ulugh Bo, right?" Zhu Zhanhe smiled, picked up the wine glass, and clinked it with him.

When Ulugh Bo saw this, his face remained calm, but he was overjoyed.

The situation of his father Shaharul is not very good now. Khalil is ready to overthrow his father and unify the Timurid Empire. Not to mention that the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Timurid Empire before, and the king was captured.

Therefore, the current situation actually goes beyond Zhu Zhanhe's plan, that is, the Timurid Empire, which is Zhu Zhanhe's purpose, actually has no ability to attack the Sultan of Delhi.

Otherwise, he would not have taken advantage of Zheng He's opportunity to go deep into the Ming Dynasty's tiger's den as a prince.

However, after he came to Ming Dynasty, he found that things were more difficult than imagined.

He had long thought that high-yielding grain would be tightly suppressed by the imperial court, but what he didn't expect was that the imperial court would suppress the new grain seeds even more tightly than he imagined.

Even through unconventional means, Ulugh Beg could only get some corn seeds, but he had no clue about sweet potatoes.

Because not only was Zhu Di personally responsible for the issue of food, but the main person in charge was Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs.

Needless to say, Xia Yuanji immediately patted his chest and assured Zhu Di that everything would be done according to Zhu Zhanhe's instructions.

"Your Highness, I have been fascinated by you for a long time." Uluru Bo was very excited to be able to establish a relationship with Zhu Zhanhe.

Because he had long understood that it was Zhu Zhanhe who had found these grains in the first place, and that there were actually three kinds of grains that came to the Ming Dynasty. One of them is still firmly held by Zhu Zhanhe, and even the Ming court has No.

And that kind of food was exactly what the Sultans of Delhi grew.

At that time, Ulugh Bo felt that this was Zhu Zhanhe's intention. It was because the output was too high and because of the prince's lineage, Zhu Zhanhe deliberately withheld it from the court.

"That's serious." Zhu Zhanhe didn't know what Ulugh Beg was thinking, so he just greeted him politely.

To Ulugh Beg's expectation, Zhu Zhanhe's performance was mediocre.

The few glances Zhu Zhanhe gave him before made him think that Zhu Zhanhe was somewhat fond of him because he stood up to speak for him, but now that he came over on his own initiative, Zhu Zhanhe's behavior was very official.

This made him unsure for a moment.

"His Royal Highness, I don't know about your concerns about Manlajia..." Ulugh Beg chose an entry point and prepared to start the conversation.

There was no way, he was very anxious, because according to the previous experiences of the treasure fleet, the treasure fleet would set off in March or April at most to send envoys from various countries back to the country, and Zhu Zhanhe was even more outrageous.

Basically, he would leave Yingtian Mansion immediately after the Chinese New Year.

As an envoy, Ulugh Beg had a high degree of freedom, but it was limited to Yingtian Mansion, and he could only go anywhere at the foot of the imperial city, and that was only on the surface.

A prince like him from the Timur Empire would definitely be monitored secretly.

Now Ulugh Bo was convinced that Zhu Zhanhe had the best in his hands, and the New Year's Eve dinner might be the last chance. How could he not be anxious?
"Man Lajia?" Zhu Zhanhe guessed what Ulugh Bo was thinking, but he still chatted with Ulugh Bo calmly.

"I should go over there and have a look later. After all, their approach is a bit excessive and they are provoking the majesty of the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh?" Ulugh Beg's expression changed a little.

"Does His Highness know that there may be silverfish in your father's kingdom?"

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanhe frowned and looked at Ulugh Beg seriously.

"His Royal Highness..." Uluru Bo waved and mysteriously came close to Zhu Zhanhe's ear.

"The Sultan of Delhi discovered a kind of high-yielding grain. It is said that it was brought there by the Ming Dynasty's caravan, and the price was extremely high. However, after coming down for many days, he did not find that kind of grain. Later, after asking about it, I found out that it was the crown prince. Your Highness asked someone to bring it back and put it in Yunnan instead of sending it to Yingtian..."

"so……"

"What do you want?" Zhu Zhanhe's eyes narrowed.

Just now his expression was fake, because he had already guessed what Ulugh Beg wanted to say, but not now.

Now, here's the deal.

"Happy!" Uluru Bo happily put his arm around Zhu Zhanhe's shoulders and whispered in his ear.

"His Royal Highness, you should know that we can actually obtain the seeds from the Sultan of Delhi, but these seeds were brought to Ming Dynasty by His Royal Highness, so we feel it is necessary to come to Ming Dynasty."

"so……"

"Don't fight with me." Zhu Zhanhe shook off Uluru Bo's shoulder.

Since it's a business, you can't overdo your acting.

"Are you such kind people? Why go to Delhi Sultan? How dare you go under the threat of Khalil and the Ottomans?"

"If you can't get the bargaining chip I want, you should be prepared to go to the Delhi Sultan to get the seeds, risking having your butt stolen by Khalil and the Ottoman Empire."

Ulugh Bo's breath froze. He knew that Zhu Zhanhe was difficult to deal with before, but he didn't expect that Zhu Zhanhe knew so clearly the affairs surrounding Timur's empire.

"Then...what does His Royal Highness want?"

"Me?" Zhu Zhanhe laughed.

"What I want is people."

(End of this chapter)