The great princes of India were by no means powerful, but they were definitely richer than all the monarchs and princes of all other countries in the world, and it seemed that their only mission was to accumulate.
India has a strict caste system, but few mud legs have risen up, and the stability of the political form has created conditions for the uninterrupted accumulation of wealth without dispersion or transfer.
And the temple, as a higher rank than the royal family, has even more amazing wealth.
For example, in the ninth century, Mahmud of Ghazni led people to India to loot and looted more than 250,000 pounds of gold from a single temple.
At the height of the Byzantine Empire, there were only 200,000 pounds of gold in the treasury.
The wealth of this temple is more than the treasury of an empire.
In 2011, for example, a secret room was found under a temple in Kerala, and the treasures found in it were worth about $20 billion.
So, how much should Xia Xun value from leading this group of pirates to loot King Guli's treasury and the Velaman Temple Xia Xun was shocked for a long time before he came to his senses.
He thought about it for a while, and said to Xu Hu: "Things like pearls and gems are not easy to cash, we don't have jewelers on board, and the specific value of gems cannot be accurately measured, so they are all packed and sealed."
As for the gold, a tenth of it was given to each crew member, and the officers of each rank were given an extra ten percent for each higher rank. ” Xu Hu was both surprised and surprised, after all, they were not real pirates, and the property obtained could not fall into the hands of individuals, so he deliberately turned a blind eye to his subordinates' actions of hiding treasures, in fact, he also secretly hid a treasure, but he didn't expect Xia Xun to be so generous.
Moved, Xu Hu couldn't help but remind: "Guogong, if someone is impeached to the court, this is a big crime."
Xia Xun smiled faintly and said: "Everyone has to take it, who will sue me, remember, the fallen soldiers will also be divided, doubled, and after they go back, they will be given to their families."
Xu Hu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'll do it."
Xu Hu excitedly announced that the good news had gone, and in a few moments, there was a tsunami-like cheer from the boat.
Xia Xun smiled, turned his head to look at the pile of colorful jewels, and his eyes were a little sparkled: "Such a pirate, it seems very comfortable to do it."
A few days later, Zheng He's fleet arrived in Guli.
His fleet was ten times larger than Xia Xun's team, and when he saw so many yellow-skinned Orientals coming, he almost scared the Guli people who were keen to spread the magic of Chinese Taoism to death.
Fortunately, there were many people here who had seen Zheng He's fleet when they came last time, and when they saw the familiar and unique dragon banner on the ship, they knew that the envoy from the east who commanded the Invincible Armada had come again, and the rumors were put to rest.
King Guli saw Zheng He as if he had seen a long-lost relative, pulled him a handful of snot and cried about his loss, Zheng He couldn't help but feel weak when he heard it, and hurriedly solemnly said that the pirates who came before them were the remnants of Chen Zuyi who crossed the South Seas, and they came all the way to the west, while preaching and appeasing Zhuyi and friendly trade, they also had the sacred mission of annihilating this pirate.
A few days later, after the transaction was completed, King Guli specially sent Zheng He a detailed chart to continue westward, and looked forward to the great tomorrow envoy to kill all the pirates that day and give him a bad breath.
Persian Bend, Hurmus.
The interpreter found a newly hired guide, and after receiving a bag of gold coins from Zheng He, the guide immediately told him the direction he was about to reach.
"What do you say, sail along the coast to Adan, and you can reach the heavens" Zheng He was surprised and delighted, and after receiving an affirmative answer, Zheng He turned around excitedly, looked at the east and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty Zheng He has done it here to go to my China, although it is 100,000 miles away, but the slave and maid have really rushed to the holy land, and they can make a pilgrimage to the holy land."
Zheng He looked excitedly at the figure on the rock wall that looked like a book from heaven to the locals, which was the signpost left for him by Xia Xun's fleet as it passed by.
"That's right, Guogong also went to Mecca, haha, Guogong walked in front of Zheng He" Zheng He laughed heartily and shouted: "Come on, erect a monument here to commemorate my Ming fleet, it's here" The stonemasons from Jinling City jingle a burst of carving, in the evening, when the sun sets, the waves of the sea surge with brilliant golden light, reflected on a freshly carved stone tablet by the seaside: "The country goes to China more than 100,000 miles, the people and things are salty, the bustling is the same wind, the stone is carved in Zizi, and it will be forever seen."
Zheng He stroked the stone tablet that had just been carved, turned his head to look southwest, and muttered to himself in an envious tone: "Guogong has made a pilgrimage to Mecca at this moment."
Zheng He's infinitely envious Xia Xun is fighting tenaciously against the wind and waves at the sea at the moment.
He led the "pirate fleet" all the way west along the coast, doing business wherever he could, and did not mind being a robber when he met unfriendly people, and at sea they had repelled three pirate fleets.
In this way, I went all the way to the west, and I had already reached the heavenly side.
Because Zheng He's fleet was ten times larger than him, it was much more troublesome than them to do business or replenish fresh water and food everywhere he went, plus Zheng He also had to deal with the local government and conduct official exchanges, so the speed was more than twice as slow as Xia Xun.
Of course, whenever Xia Xun went, he had to inquire about Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts, but this secret mission was about to be left behind by him.
Because he clearly knew that in the original history, Zhu Yunwen had never appeared again at all, and the embarrassing situation that Emperor Yongle was worried about would not appear at all.
At the beginning, whether it was out of Zhu Di's confession or out of personal curiosity about Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts, he was willing to inquire seriously, but the more he went later, there was no news, and Xia Xun almost gave up the search for Zhu Yunwen and replaced it with the exploration of new routes.
The Ming Dynasty has changed the tributary trade to free trade, so soon the Ming Dynasty will have more private adventurers and navigators to explore an accurate route, which is crucial for the future development of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Fei Yinglun also made a fortune in the operation and looting along the way, even if Xia Xun is now speechless and refuses to buy a boat for him, the wealth he has is enough to buy a big boat that makes him laugh when he sleeps.
When Fei Yinglun was in Kurumus, he wanted to say goodbye to Xia Xun and abandon the ship.
Because at this time, the route of the Europeans to the South Seas had to go ashore in the Persian Gulf, by land through the Middle East, and then by ship to the Mediterranean, and then to the European countries, where Fei Yinglun wanted to land and return to his homeland.
In terms of straight-line distances, this is undoubtedly close, but the huge cost of land transport makes it far less economical to start from Europe and go around the Cape of Good Hope.
Xia Xun knew very little about the West and knew little about world geography, but he clearly remembered that Europeans could go all the way by water through the Cape of Good Hope, and there was no need to go through a long overland transportation in between.
Therefore, he refused to let Fei Yinglun go, and he wanted to continue to sail forward.
He wanted to find the Cape of Good Hope, which was not yet named, and he did not know the exact route, but he had his own stupid way, and he went all the way along the coastline, and he could not believe that he could not find the southernmost point of Africa, the virgin land waiting for him to discover.
This method, he often used to play the Xuanyuan Sword game to break through the maze, although it takes a lot more time than reading the strategy, but it can level up.
Now there is no such thing as leveling, but there is treasure to grab, and his crew is already addicted to grabbing.
"We are pirates, Fierce pirates, Holding a wine bottle in his left hand, Holding the treasure in his right hand, We are pirates, A pirate with skill, Beautiful girls, Please come to my arms."
They sang the song that Fei Yinglun taught them, and walked happily to the depths of the sea, but along the way, the level of the "strange" they encountered became higher and higher, and this "strange" was the unpredictable Tianwei, who could resist Tianwei.
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The sea brought them wealth as well as danger.
The wind roared and set off huge waves, and one by one the ships that were constantly slamming in the wind and waves were undulating, and there was no place to anchor, and this ghost weather had lasted for three days, and it was about to drive people crazy.
Who would have thought that a moment ago the sky was cloudless and clear, and suddenly the climate changed dramatically, and the climate here is significantly different from that of the South Seas.
The heavy rain was overwhelming, and I couldn't see anything in the distance at all.
The sailors were nervously busy on the ship, everyone was soaked by the salty and cold water, Xia Xun also appeared in the bow of the ship, and the jack under his feet firmly grasped the deck, still slipping with the powerful swing of the ship.
In the distance, Xu Hu shouted something to him hoarsely, but the roar of the wind and waves, the roar of the torrential rain, and the sound of thunder were intertwined, and he couldn't hear what he was saying at all.
The sea seemed to be squeezing from all directions, and Xia Xun could hear the sound of the hull being squeezed, and the squeaking and rattling of the hull was in his ears, as if the ship was about to disintegrate.
A smaller ship in front of it was tossed around by one huge wave after another, one moment it was lifted into the air more than ten meters high, and then it was smashed into a deep whirlpool, often making people think that it sank to the bottom of the sea, and when it could never appear again, it resurfaced tenaciously, and you just breathed a sigh of relief, and it was smashed down by a huge wave The wind and waves were endless, torturing people's patience, Tang Sai'er was tied to the bed with a cloth belt by Su Ying, and vomited a mess.
Su Ying is more capable than Xia Xun at this time, and she can be seen from time to time in the wind and waves, commanding the crew together with Xu Hu, and driving the wild horses in the wind and waves as much as possible.
At some point, the wind and waves finally subsided, and everyone collapsed on the boat from exhaustion, and the boat was still jolting violently, but it was like heaven compared to the way it was in the storm.
Suddenly, there was a sudden exclamation from the small boat that had been stubbornly struggling in the wind and waves until now: "Hit the rock, hit the reef."
Xu Hu, Su Ying and Xia Xun ran to the side of the boat one after another, only to see that the people on the small boat were running around on the boat, as if they wanted to plug the loopholes in the bottom of the boat, Su Ying's eyes were sharp, and she looked into the distance, a black cliff, Su Ying immediately shouted: "Approaching the land, each boat is careful of the reef, throw the rope, rely on the help, save the people, the boat can be towed to the shore, and if it can't be towed, abandon the ship" The sailors of the ships brisked themselves and tried their best to steer their ships to avoid the reef, and when several ships finally docked to the shore one after another, the wind and waves finally stopped.
To be continued: