"There was no mention of an alliance?"
Fang Xing received the news when he returned to the capital, and then went to the Ministry of Rites.
"Yes, just talking about trade and forming an alliance, they mentioned it, knowing that Daming is not enthusiastic, that's it."
Hu Hui and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms had already met, and they had asked a lot of questions tentatively.
"They're as keen on trade as merchants, and they're tentatively asking if they can buy a few ships in Daming, which is funny."
Hu Hu said with a smile: "They thought that we didn't know their wishful thinking, and the official directly refused, as for the alliance, the envoy of the Plantagenet yesterday said that he had to consult the king to make the decision." ” Ming's Alliance!
Fang Xing and Hu Hu smiled at each other and said: "They are not worthy, Hong Bao's performance in Taixi can't help but be admired, he applauded, he made the prestige of Daming resound throughout Taixi, but it brought a disadvantage......"
"The Tessie are afraid of us!"
Fang Xing was a little helpless, "But Da Ming won't be afraid of their reactions." ” Hu Hu nodded in agreement with this judgment, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that they are afraid of Daming, so we don't need to beat, think about it, if you want to beat them, our sailors have to set off from Daming to Taixi, and it will cost too much to talk about two years." ” "The profit will be greater."
Fang Xing said: "Taixi is eager to trade with Da Ming, Da Ming's goods are things for them to be used by the gods, and once they trade, Da Ming can obtain a lot of more important wealth to loot them." ” "But this official knows that you Xing and Bo are not just looking at interests, the Taixi people are ambitious, according to Hong Bao, they are not willing to be trapped there, and the meat fans are not easy to fight, and the most likely is to take the sea route.
But the Ming Dynasty is also expanding at sea, in this case, sooner or later everyone will have contradictions, from quarrels to knives and guns, and finally a national war......
That's not far off. ” Fang Xing entered the palace to ask to see Zhu Zhanji, and when he saw the big map hanging in the room, and Zhu Zhanji looked at Taixi's side, he asked, "Don't you think it's quite right?"
” Zhu Zhanji turned sideways and said: "Those Taixi people are wild and untamable, our fleet is going to come to the door, what will happen to them while panicking?"
” "Plan ahead!"
Fang woke up to talk about this question, he walked to the map, pointed his finger down the dragon bay, and said: "The Taixi people have not been able to find a route, and their desire to expand is blazing to burn this sea area, so I conclude that they are in action." ” Zhu Zhanji touched his short beard, his eyes wandered on the map, and finally fixed on Taixi's side.
He pointed his finger at Lisbon and said, "Here they are the Prince, and this Prince is the most determined and presiding over the voyage and exploration......
What is he here for?
” His gaze was cold, and Fang Xing said: "Henry should have come to spy on Da Ming, especially the construction of ships, but Hong Bao was clever enough to throw them on the grain ship, and they were locked in the cabin below the deck all the way......"
Zhu Zhanji said: "They don't gain much, at most they have a vague understanding of Daming, you say......
Do you keep them, or do you send them back?
” Fang Xing coughed dryly, and then said, "If they can't go back, Tessie will become mortal enemies with us." ” Zhu Zhanji said disdainfully: "Are we still afraid of this?"
” Fang Xing pointed to the meat fan and said: "But we still have to pay attention to this side, if there is a big enemy in both directions, I don't worry about the defeat, but I hesitate about money and food." ” "Desperate?"
Zhu Zhanji said with a headache: "If the two sides start a war at the same time, the cost will make Xia Yuanji hang himself immediately, and I, the emperor, will most likely become a tyrant in the future." ” "Now the cost of Jinling is very large, and the construction of the warship has just been rolled out, and the cost will be even greater in the future, Xia Yuanji has already hinted that I should not do anything expensive in the past few years.
I said, in the past few years, the palace has spent money as frugally as possible, and there are fewer people, and those palace maids are sent home when they are old, and the palace is ......"
The cost in the palace is indeed not small, but most of it is on people.
No matter how much the emperor's family is, it will cost so much, so streamlining the manpower in the palace is the king.
"The vassal king is also a place of expense, but if it is safe overseas, it is naturally not a matter, so in the final analysis, the sailor is the key."
Originally, the Ming fleet was divided into two teams, one was the Western fleet under the command of Zheng He, which was huge in scale and the most powerful.
The other is the fleet of sailors under Fu Xian, which mainly cruises in the coastal waters, and by the way, also cracks down on smuggling.
The two fleets are currently united, but according to the plan, they will still be divided into several fleets in the future, each responsible for different directions.
And the goal of reorganizing the water division was actually Tessie from the beginning.
Fang Xing looked at the dragon bay and said, "The Taixi people are not fools, they will definitely follow Hong Bao's fleet from a distance, and if they go close to the coast, they must pass through the dragon bay and then turn around, for them, it is ......
New World ......" …… In the hall, Doc wants to return home.
There were three people in the room and the interpreter, a pot of tea in the middle of the table, and three cups of tea were steaming, subtle.
Doc smelled the aroma of the tea and said intoxicatedly, "This is a gift from heaven, and the king must be willing to exchange it for the same weight of silver." ” Henry glanced at Mu Ran's Abel and said, "Our trip is to see the situation of Daming, and now staying in Beiping seems to be wasting time......"
Henry agrees with Doc's offer to return home, leaving Abel alone.
Seeing that Abel seemed to be outside the fugue, Doc sneered: "Don't think that the Ming people will treat Frank as an ally, that earl doesn't take you seriously, and the Ming Emperor doesn't take you seriously either, and the allies you can talk about are gone!"
Gone!
” Abel moved, not angry, just muttered, "Their ship needs to be inspected, so what are you anxious about?"
” Belch......
The embarrassment suddenly made Henry turn his head, thinking that his dignified pioneer of navigation would make such a low-level mistake, and it was really embarrassing to spread it!
Doc sniffed the tea again and sneered, "Don't they have a few ships?"
There are a few more. ” Abel raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid of more than a few ships!"
” Dock's heart sank, and he asked, "Do they want to send a huge fleet?"
” Henry nodded: "Last time, it was a small fleet, and it was said that it was an embassy, but it was actually to explore the waterway, so they were very vigilant. ” "That's right."
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Abel leaned back, his chair tilting, "Dork, the next time they go again, it's going to shock the whole of Tessie, yes." ” With a pop, the front legs of the chair fell to the ground, Abel's body shook, and Zhengse said, "I bet that the second time they go back, that's when they show their fangs, what are we going to do?"
” The atmosphere was a little solemn, but Henry was relaxed.
"Henry, you're a veteran of seafaring, tell me what we should do?"
Doc looked a little worried, but Abel continued to be in a daze.
"Don't pretend!"
Henry looked at them and said, "I bet that just after knowing that Akito had arrived at Tessie from the new route, both of you were thinking about exploring this route, so what are you pretending?"
” He saw that there was still no embarrassment on Doc and Abel's faces, so he said coldly, "You guys joined forces, right?"
” Abel and Doc looked at him blankly.
Henry sneered: "Sure enough, yes!
Compared to those territories, the New World is obviously a fat swan meat, waiting for you to occupy and reap the riches......"
Doc retorted lightly: "Isn't there one in Lisbon?"
” Abel also said: "Maybe your people are the fastest, but you have already discovered the passage and are searching for a new world at the moment." ” Henry picked up the teacup, took a slow sip, and closed his eyes as if savoring.
After a long time, he sighed: "So many good things!
” "yes......"
"That's right......"