The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 551 The Shocking Eastern Empire

Moreno strode into the main hall of Yingtianfu Yamen, reluctantly nodded his head as a salute, and then pointed to the sky and said loudly: "His Royal Highness, on behalf of the Philippine Metropolitan Government and Governor Chaco, I would like to propose to you the most Serious Protest! I hope you can explain your behavior of instigating war between Manila and Dali!"

Zhu Linmei touched her nose "innocently" and stared at him with wide eyes, "What war? I don't understand what you're talking about at all."

"The matter is obvious!" Moreno said angrily, "Ten days ago, Major Alamo's fleet was wandering in the sea off Dongfan in accordance with our agreement. Unexpectedly, the Lan fleet rushed up to start a war. In order to avoid conflicts, the major led his team to They retreated south, but the angry Helan people chased them until they were less than [-] nautical miles away from the Philippines! Their fleet is still parked in the north of the Philippines!
"Our people in Daguan sent back information that a warship 'Ezebana' suddenly shelled the Holan people that day, and later tried to rob the Holan merchant ships. The Dazu Council almost declared war on Manila because of this. !"

He took a deep breath and tried to suppress his anger, "Governor Chaco has been checked carefully, and that ship is definitely not ours! In the current situation, besides Ming, who else would pretend to be a Manila warship?" Provoking the Helan people?! You must want to trigger a conflict between us and the Helan people!"

Only then did Zhu Linmi "suddenly realize", "You mean this."

He first turned to the side to serve people, "Tea yet?" Then he turned back and continued, "You also know that the coast of Daming has been threatened by Helan warships for a long time, so we will often send scout ships close to Dongpan to investigate intelligence.

"A few days ago, a light gunboat of the Ming Dynasty lost its way near Penghu, and later encountered a Helan warship that might be on patrol. The ship quickly approached and fired at our scout ship. Our ship had to fight back a few times. , and then immediately withdrew to Fujing.

"As for the robbery of the Helan people's merchant ships, the merchant ships in Dongfan area are intensively exchanged, and the pirates are all staring at this place. There are no fewer than twenty pirate gangs that I know of. For example, the 'good man Lemanti' gang, whose leader An Ezebaneth. I guess that's probably what they did."

Moreno froze for a moment, staring hard at Zhu Linming's eyes, as if trying to see if what he said was true.After a while, his tone softened a little, "What are you talking about?"

"Facts, of course. Ah, drink tea, the Tieguanyin that was just shipped from Fujing yesterday."

Moreno asked a few more questions, but he didn't see any flaws. In fact, some people in the Manila authorities believed that the Ming Dynasty might not have done it.

He had no choice but to solemnly say: "His Royal Highness, I must remind you that Manila will never be involved in the conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the Helan people! If necessary, the governor will not hesitate to negotiate a peace with the high officials."

"I'm very clear about your position." Zhu Lin replied, looking outside the room, "It's almost lunch time, and the special envoy has come all the way to Yingtian Mansion. I'll treat you to a meal. By the way, read Jiangge's Sixi balls are pretty good, let's go here."

Moleno was a little surprised when he heard the words. If it is a diplomatic entertainment, wouldn't it be more appropriate to hold a banquet in the Yamen of Yingtian Mansion?But since the assistant king had already spoken, it was inconvenient for him to refuse, so he followed the guards into the carriage outside the mansion, and the group drove towards the northeast of Nanjing City.

When the carriages and horses came to a wide street, Zhu Linming knocked on the carriage and told the driver, "Go slowly." Then she pointed to a very imposing building outside the window, and said to Moreno, "The special envoy has never come to Nanjing. What is the place for?"

Moreno glanced at the endless "mansion" and sighed: "Such a luxurious building must be the residence of the court officials. Could it be His Highness's palace..."

Zhu Lin smiled and shook her head, "This is Nanjing Gezhi Academy, which is your 'Universidad', a university. There are seventeen courses in astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, arithmetic, geometry, casting, etc."

Moreno was obviously a little surprised. He often heard that the Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to natural sciences, but the scale of the university in front of him was simply larger than that of the University of Salamanca, and the "chemistry" course that the Counselor King mentioned just now, He hadn't even heard of it.

In fact, Nanjing Gezhi University has only started recruiting students not long ago, and [-]% of the school buildings inside are empty, which is still far behind European universities that have been around for hundreds of years.However, as far as the university's scientific and technological level is concerned, it has already left its European counterparts behind.

After turning to the north side of the school, Moreno was still reminiscing about the extravagant campus, when Zhu Linmei said again: "The smaller one over there is the Nanjing Mengxue School, which is still run by my fiancée."

"Mongolian school?"

"Oh, it's a school that provides universal education for children." Zhu Linmi explained to him, "From now on, all children under the age of ten near Nanjing can study here for free for four months, mainly to learn characters. For those who are more talented For good children, the court will subsidize their living expenses and continue their studies here."

"All children? Free?!" Moreno's eyes widened. The Ming Dynasty invested so much in national education!

It is conceivable that if this trend continues, it won't be long before Ming country's technical talents will be everywhere.If such a huge empire is rich in resources and strong in economy, if it takes the lead in technology, what terrifying strength it will have!

"By the way, this doesn't include the education of special majors." Zhu Linmi continued, "For example, the military and shipbuilding fields have their own specialized schools... Hey, here we are," he interrupted Moreno's shock, "Yuejiang Pavilion, here you can have a panoramic view of the magnificent Yangtze River."

This time it was a banquet for foreign envoys, so the entire Yuejiang Pavilion had been taken over.

Moreno went up to the third floor with Zhu Linming, and sat by the window. Several dishes that had already been ordered were put on the table.

This time, without waiting for Zhu Linmi's "guidance", he turned his head and found a huge building complex stretching for more than ten miles along the river, and soon saw several flat open spaces with tall wooden frames and crowded with people.

"Shipway?" He immediately thought of the purpose of these things, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Linmi, "This is the shipyard?"

The latter smiled and nodded, "Yes, Longjiang Shipyard."

"Such a big shipyard?!"

Zhu Linmei said casually: "Currently, there are four berths, one large, three small, and four, which can manufacture warships ranging from patrol boats to 34-gun to [-]-gun warships."

"Sixi meatballs are here, try it quickly." He pointed to the two open spaces in the south with his chopsticks, "The berth over there will be ready for use next month, enough to make covers for more than fifty guns Lun warship."

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