After a two-day stop at the port of Guangzhou, the fleet set out on its journey again, and the first stop was to occupy the city.
The Ming fleet stayed in Champa for a long time, because the war in Annam had just subsided, and it was very helpful to pacify Champa and govern Annam, after which they arrived in Dajava, where they stayed for a short time and came to Malacca.
At this time, Manraka did not have a state power that could read, but the snake could not fly without a head, and the bird could not fly without wings, and the people who lived here engaged in various social activities and needed a leader, and gradually the most powerful and prestigious person became the leader of everyone in this place, and now the leader here is called Baili Misura.
When Zheng He returned from his last trip to the West, Baili Misu Ra had euphemistically expressed to him his willingness to submit to the Ming Dynasty, and asked for the support of the Ming Dynasty to help them establish their own country and get rid of Siamese control.
After Zheng He returned to the court, he relayed to Emperor Yongle the wish of Baili Mi Sura, and Zhu Di readily promised that this time Zheng He would not stay in Dajava for a long time, and the purpose of rushing directly to Manraka was to convey to him the edict of the Great Son of Heaven and crown him king.
Daming's willingness to support Baili Misura has its deep meaning.
This is an important port in the South Seas, and the Ming Dynasty wants to go to the Western Ocean as a common thing, and needs to have a stable relay station in the South Seas, and this location is chosen in Manraka.
Manraka is located in the middle of India and the Daming Sea, is a strait that ships must pass through, here is surrounded by islands, is a natural harbor for sea storms, and it is also an important spice distribution center, a distribution center for Chinese porcelain and Indian textiles, and one of the main centers of Indian Ocean trade.
By fostering a regime loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it could become an overseas base for the Ming Dynasty, from which the Ming fleet could replenish the fresh food, drinking water and timber needed to continue westward, and build it into a trading center for the Ming Dynasty to radiate the entire Nanyang region.
Zheng He's arrival was warmly welcomed by Baili Misura, when Zheng He, on behalf of the great emperor, announced the establishment of the Manchurian country, named Baili Misu as the king of Manchuria, and gave the seal, clothes, and yellow cover, Baili Misu was so excited that he trembled.
Manraka was too small, and without the backing of a powerful country like the Ming Dynasty, he did not dare to claim the title of king, let alone get rid of the control of the Siamese state.
But now with the decree of the Ming Emperor, he can openly refuse to pay tribute to Siam, refuse to accept the jurisdiction of Siam, and establish a country on his own.
That feeling is like a penniless and abused down-and-out scholar who suddenly has a brocade robe and jade belt, holds a Shangfang sword in his hand, and does a tour of the eight mansions.
Baili Misu gave everything he had, entertained the officials of the Ming Dynasty with the most solemn courtesy, and invited Zheng He and Zhang Xitong, deputy ambassadors, to seal the mountain and build a temple for him to take a commemorative note, and started a series of vigorous celebrations for the founding of the country.
The many merchants who came with the ship were not idle, they rushed ashore in a swarm, peddling Middle-earth products and buying local spices, and some far-sighted merchants began to buy land in the local area, build houses, and open shops.
There are also some merchants who like to fish out of the way, and have opened various entertainment facilities such as gambling houses and taverns here.
As Middle-earth figures, they enjoyed a high status and power here, and the small leaders under Baili Misu Ra who had just become officials were like Manchu officials serving foreign lords, following them around, providing them with all kinds of conveniences.
As long as this effort can be exchanged for a word of praise from Master Ming, it is really more beautiful than Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit In front of his boss, he also seems to have outstanding political achievements The Ming court encouraged the behavior of the merchants, and it was necessary to firmly control this place in their hands, of course, they could not rely only on strong force, force could not conquer the hearts of the people, and it was wealth that moved people's hearts.
Through the actions of the Ming merchants, the trade between the entire Nanyang Islands and Southeast Asia will be concentrated in Manchuria, where Chinese merchants will blossom, and will soon be able to control the goods and currency markets here, and control the prices of goods here, and a steady stream of wealth will flow from here to the Ming Dynasty.
But at the same time, the citizens of this small country will also be driven by the Ming Dynasty to come into contact with more civilization and enjoy more wealth.
Not to mention anything else, just now, the Ming merchants have invested in opening all kinds of shops here, which has brought many local people money-making opportunities Not to mention, the construction of bridges and paving roads is an infrastructure that benefits everyone, and in fact, even the royal palace that Baili Misura is going to invest heavily in was built by Chinese merchants, and it is impossible to find such a clever architect in the local area.
The merchant who had been given the job was already happily sending small boats back to recruit craftsmen.
Zheng He and Zhang Xitong, including many low-level civil officials and military attachés, were treated as guests by officials at all levels of Manraka and invited to drink and go to the banquet.
On the morning of this day, the officials were personally invited to the banquet by Baili Mi Su Ra, Xia Xun was very private, so he and Su Ying took Tang Sai'er and his party of three, under the protection of some Shuangyu guards and hidden dragon secret spies, set foot on the land of Manraka, which was the fourth day that the Ming warship arrived in Manraka.
If Zhu Yunwen really fled south, then it is unlikely that he would stay in this place, Zhu Yunwen is like a frightened bird, for a person who is loud and wary, this place is still too close to Daming.
Therefore, Zheng He's fleet sailed directly here, and Xia Xun did not take Shuangyu Wei with him, pretending to be a pirate first.
With the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty at this time, this place can be taken down with only a few boats and hundreds of soldiers, and if Shuangyu Wei really kills in a mighty way, it will not frighten the children here Right now, the Ming merchants are blooming everywhere here, and they are deeply rooted, if there is really anyone hiding here, they can't hide it at all, so Xia Xun didn't list Manraka as his target at all.
However, in the name of the visit, it is better to go and relax.
Speaking of which, in his past and present lives, this is the first time he has been to Nanyang At this time, the maritime trade of the Nanyang countries was still not very active, because for the Nanyang, the largest commodity supplier and commodity consumption place was the Ming Dynasty, and the maritime policy implemented by the Ming Emperor since the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang made the commodity trade here greatly depressed, far less than the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties.
At this time, the Age of Discovery of the Europeans had not yet come, and the overlords of maritime trade had always been the Arabs, and although the Arabs often appeared in this generation, their tentacles had not yet firmly controlled this generation, and their trade centers in the East were still concentrated in several coastal cities in India, such as Guri.
Although Zheng He had been in the West once before, he also purchased a large number of goods from the Nanyang countries on the return trip, but it was not a regular surname trade after all, and the Ming Dynasty had a certain time limit on their tributary trade.
Therefore, smuggling is still the dominant trade in the South Seas.
Smuggling must be armed to avoid piracy.
However, with an armed smuggling team and no constraints from national law, when they can kill and rob, they will be self-disciplined, so it is inevitable that the smuggling merchant group will become a member of the pirates, but they are not pure pirates, but both pirates and smugglers.
Among this kind of people, the most outstanding and powerful is the pirate king Chen Zuyi.
Chen Zuyi is a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, who entered the Nanyang as a thief during the Hongwu period, and became the most powerful pirate leader in the Nanyang area after 20 years of hard work.
When the momentum was at its strongest, Chen Zuyi had 100 warships and 10,000 soldiers, and such a force could already be proud of many small countries in the South Seas, so that some South Sea countries had to pay tribute to this big thief to keep him safe.
Later, Chen Zuyi tried to expand his power to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, at this time, the imperial court sent Li Jinglong, Tie Xuan and Xia Xun to sweep the East China Sea group, Xia Xun said that he had surrendered the Shuangyu group of thieves, but Chen Zuyi stole chickens and rice, and destroyed his ten main warships.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, partially lifted the sea ban, and began to vigorously build a naval division, Chen Zuyi's power further shrank under the blow of Chizhong, the general of the Fujian naval division.
In desperation, Chen Zuyi went to the area of Srivijaya in present-day Palembang, Indonesia, took refuge in the Bolin State, and became a general of the imperial court.
After the death of the king of the Bolin State, he simply gathered his subordinates, held hundreds of officials hostage, and proclaimed himself king.
From a thief to a king, this Chen Zuyi can be regarded as a legend.
If this is the end of the matter, maybe Chen Zuyi's legend will continue to be passed on, it is said that the Tang Dynasty failed to fight for the world, led his subordinates to Nanyang, and claimed to be the king of one place, but that is a legend after all, the Tang Dynasty was very developed in maritime trade, but later there was no evidence from the Nanyang area to prove that he was the king of the South China Sea, and Chen Zuyi was really the master of a country.
However, when he learned the news that Daming would go to the West again, the king, who was still a pirate at heart, was greedy, so his legend stopped there.
The last time Zheng He returned from the West, the king of the Bolin State was not him, as a powerful general in the country, it was easy for him to hide his identity, Zheng He didn't know that there was a general in this small country, and it turned out to be the pirate king who had been wanted by the Ming Dynasty for many years.
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When Zheng He returned to China, Chen Zuyi also instigated the king to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, at that time, the king had lost power, and he could only be at his mercy whether he wanted it or not, and the fleet of the tribute envoy was naturally Chen Zuyi's private fleet, and the income of course also fell into his personal pocket, but under the banner of the king of the Bolin State.
When this brother's fleet hit the road, it was simply empty He didn't bring a single tribute, he grabbed all the way, grabbed what tribute, and among the tattered tributes mentioned when the civil and military officials of the Yanjing Palace opposed the tribute, there was a tribute offered by this old brother Chen.
When he went back, this benevolent brother was not idle, and he still grabbed it all the way back.
Now that the king of the country had died of illness, he deposed the king's son and proclaimed himself king.
The first stop of the Ming fleet is Zhancheng, and such a huge fleet will cause a sensation everywhere it goes, and the news will quickly spread in all directions.
While the Ming fleet was still stationed in Zhancheng, the news had spread like the wind to the southern countries.
In particular, after the Ming envoys announced to the king of Champa that the tributary trade would be changed to free trade in the future, and the various policies of free trade were publicized to them, this exciting good news spread more quickly.
Therefore, when the Ming fleet left Zhancheng and continued to move forward, Chen Zuyi, the king of Bolin State, had already received accurate news.
The wealth carried by the Daming fleet is amazing, and more importantly, the warships that the Daming fleet has with strong endurance, strong combat ability, sturdy and technologically advanced, if these warships fall into his hands After the butt decided his head, sat on the throne of the king, and became the lord of a country, Chen Zuyi's perspective on the problem was different from the past, he wanted to build his country into the first power in the South Seas, but he couldn't build a warship like a master sailor.
His Majesty, after some serious consideration, made a great decision: robbery The pirate leaders who were summoned by him, who were now serving as prime ministers, generals, and other positions, were stunned one by one when they heard his thoughts, this idea of the leader was too wise and great, and he was going to use mosquito legs to trip over the big statue His Majesty the Great King laughed loudly in the face of the doubts of many leaders, and the palace shook in laughter: "More than 30,000 people hahaha, so how can these more than 30,000 people have sailors, craftsmen, women, and even plays, horses, and vegetable growers, and there are still 30,000 officers and soldiers of those sailors."
Besides, the officers and soldiers of this Daming Water Division, most of them are the division of the river pond, how long have they been in the sea is better than those of us who have been begging for a living at sea all the year round, they have strong force, but this king has never said that they want to be the enemy, can't we outwit it?"
Chen Zuyi said triumphantly: "This king has decided to take the initiative to reveal my identity to the Ming army sailors, and then surrender by fraud."
"Fraudulent Surrender" "Yes, the Ming army was lured into the harbor, but their ships were too big, and they were slow to move in the harbor, and they could only be beaten.
At the same time, they are not familiar with the terrain, plus they are unexpected, hehe" One of the leaders asked worriedly, "Will the Ming army be fooled?"
Chen Zuyi sneered disdainfully: "Hmph, the king has already inquired clearly, their envoy is a eunuch, and the deputy envoy is a civil official who serves in the Ministry of Rites, what is the eunuch?"
Chen Zuyi stood up suddenly, stepped on the throne, and said murderously: "Brothers, cheer up, don't open for three years, open for three years to buy this ticket, look at the whole Nanyang, who would dare to be our enemy."
To be continued: