Chapter 1014: The Tree Wants to Be Quiet

The fleet anchored at the Old Port for fifteen days and then continued its departure, by which time Zhang Xitong had arrived with his fleet to join it. ，

After the fleet joined forces, it set out from the old port and went all the way, passing through Aru, Sumatra, and all the way to Nan Wuli......

Along the way, there are constantly merchants leaving the team, and there are always new ones joining in.

When starting from the Ming Dynasty, the fleet of large and small ships, warships and merchant ships, all added up to only more than 300, and now although several fleets are divided to carry out their own different exploration tasks, along the way, there are always merchant groups that take root on the spot and withdraw from the ranks of the ocean, and the total number of ships in the fleet has increased to 462.

They anchored in Nanwuli for a longer time, because from then on, they needed more supplies to cross the Bay of Bengal.

Zheng He met with the king of Nanwuli here, and gave him gifts such as gold weaving Wenqi, gold embroidered dragon clothes, gold curtains and umbrella covers, etc., and the king of Nanwuli was overjoyed and did his best to give all kinds of convenient conditions to the Ming fleet.

The country's wealthy merchants naturally seized this opportunity and joined the fleet one after another, using the powerful force of the Ming fleet to pan westward for gold. Fortunately, these merchant ships were completely responsible for all kinds of supplies in the itinerary, and did not add to the burden on the Ming fleet.

A few days later, when everything was ready, the snow-balled fleet of five hundred and six ships set off.

Their next stop was Mount Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where they had rested, restocked with food and water, and then bypassed the Indian peninsula to reach the end of Zheng He's last voyage: Little Gülen, Kochi, and Guri.

The giant ship rode the wind and waves, Xia Xun, Zheng He, Zhang Xitong and others stood at the bow of the ship, and the blue waves in front of them were vast and boundless.

Zheng He introduced to Xia Xun: "From here, it is Ceylon." The last time I visited, the king of the country was Alekunal, who was in the prime of life, and now he should still be the king of the country. This man is brutal and greedy, and often connives, and often connives, and his subordinates pretend to be pirates to rob ships, and it is an open secret that he is a bandit, but he denies it flatly, and everyone fears that he is strong, and they can't help him. ”

Xia Xun's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "Even so, with the strength of my Ming army, I don't dare to make a move, right?" ”

Zheng He smiled: "That's nature. The last time I came, though he did not make any trouble to my fleet, he was quite cold to me, so I did not stay much here, and when I arrived at Coch, I inquired about the situation in Ceylon, and I learned more about it.

This Ceylon believes in Buddhism, there is a holy mountain in the country, and there is a strange mark on the top of the mountain, which is shaped like a big footprint, which is rumored to be a holy object used by Shakyamuni to identify believers. There are many gems on the mountain, and during the rainstorm, the rainwater rushes down and gathers into a stream, often carrying a large number of gems washed down in the mud and sand.

Therefore, it is more revered by believers, but all messengers must go up to the mountain and pay respects. The last time I visited, I didn't know much about this, and I thought that the king of the country was cold because I didn't make a pilgrimage to their holy mountain, so I was given a cold reception, and I thought that when I offered to go to the holy mountain, I would like to make a gesture of goodwill to ease our relations. ”

Xu Hu couldn't help but say, "Why should my father-in-law bother for everything!" The so-called King of Ceylon is powerful, is it still bigger than our Ming fleet? Let's sail our fleet into the harbor and aim our guns at the shore to see if the king of Ceylon dares to defy the Celestial Empire!" ”

Another general of the Navy Division also said: "Not bad! When I was in Nanwuli, I heard that on this side of the bay, Chen Zuyi is the strongest, and on the other side of the bay, the king of Ceylon has the most prosperous soldiers and horses, let's fight that Chen Zuyi, like killing chickens and dogs, if the king of Ceylon is disrespectful, he will be captured and accompanied by Chen Zuyi! ”

Zheng He reprimanded: "How can we be so belligerent when we come to the west with the holy decree and make friends with all the nations of the world? Soldiers, the great affairs of the country! Some time ago, we waited for the king of Manraka to be set up and the king of Bolin State to be captured, although Chen Zuyi had his own way to die, it was difficult to protect the countries from being jealous. If we capture the king of Ceylon again, what do you think of the Nanyang countries? ”

Xia Xun also said: "It is not advisable to act with will, and it is much more difficult to make friends between countries than ordinary people." As long as two people are like-minded, they can become friends, and between countries, there are all kinds of interests mixed in, and there are different folk customs, if you want to achieve friendship, it takes patience, how can you fight if you don't agree? ”

After Xia Xun finished speaking, he gently pulled Zheng He, Zheng He understood, and walked to the side with him, Xia Xun said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, last time, my father-in-law heard the news of Jianwen in the Guli area, so after arriving in Ceylon, I thought that I would take the Shuangyu fleet and pretend to be pirates on the road first, and arrive there before my father-in-law to make a secret visit." ”

Zheng He said: "Well, after passing the Ceylon Mountain, everywhere after that, the Guogong will walk in front of Zheng He, and the Guli area is okay to say, and then go forward, we have never been there, whether it is the sea and water conditions, or the geography and customs, I don't know anything." Guogong Bank is in front, which is tantamount to exploring the way first, and the risk is inevitable, so be careful. ”

Xia Xun smiled: "It's okay, I already have an excellent guide, and I don't expect anything serious." Shuangyu Wei is arrogant and untamed, and I am afraid that they will cause trouble, so I can restrain them by taking them with me. If something happens, they are all pirates, and my father-in-law can also push them away, and they have nothing to do with my Celestial Empire, so as not to ruin Your Majesty's reputation. ”

Zheng He understood, the two glanced at each other, and laughed twice, both of which had a bit of a treacherous taste.

Not far away, Zhang Xitong and a group of civil officials were shaking their heads, chanting poems, the poems floated in the wind, faintly in the ears, the two looked at each other, and there was some funny taste.

On this trip, the civil officials spared no effort to support the Western Ocean, and the officials who came with the ship also worked tirelessly. In the final analysis, it is still the interests that make trouble.

It is too profitable to go to the West, because it is too profitable, and some people can't make it, or even block their financial routes, which naturally attracts crazy opposition.

During the Zhu Di dynasty, there were countless major projects. six voyages to the Western Ocean, hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of sailors on each trip; Five expeditions to Mobei, hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, three large-scale crusades against Annam, the relocation of the capital for thousands of miles, the construction of the Beijing Division, the dredging of the Grand Canal, the compilation of the Yongle Grand Canon, and the construction of the Great Wall......

With the lessons of some emperors who lost their families and lost the country, it was enough for the Yongle Emperor to lose the country more than a dozen times, but Zhu Di's dynasty has always been stable, and even the more he dared to spend a lot of money in the later period of Yongle, and finally left his children and grandchildren a prosperous era of Renxuan, did Zhu Yuanzhang leave him the money that he couldn't spend?

Before the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, the world was in turmoil, and when the Northern Yuan Dynasty was driven out of the Central Plains, the world had become a mess. The next four years of civil war were sparse, and Zhu Di was not rich when he ascended the throne.

After Yongle, Zhu Gaochi only served as an emperor for one year, the so-called Renxuan Shengshi, in fact, a bit unworthy of the name, from the accession to the throne to his death in just one year, how much impact can he have on the country's economy? In just a few months, he can make Zhu Di's "broken up" Ming Dynasty get rich again?

And Zhu Zhanji has only been the emperor for ten years, and there is a war to grab the throne and level the emperor's uncle. In the past ten years, Zheng He's seventh voyage to the West, Wang Jinghong's second voyage to the West, if Zhu Di really lost his belongings in the voyage and left a mess, Zhu Zhanji could still lose a "Yongxuan Prosperous Era" in ten years?

The problem is that Zhu Di did not achieve a balance, a balance between various interest groups. When he went to the West, it was the court and the royal family that were rich, and the people who benefited were the ordinary people, and he threw aside the most powerful middle class that could influence the government and politics.

Now, however, it is not the case, from top to bottom, all strata enjoy the benefits, and naturally they can do it like the voyages of the Western countries, with the unanimous support of the whole country, and the huge civil and official clique has changed from opponents of the Western Ocean to supporters, and has spared no effort to find countless theoretical bases for it.

Xia Xun's idea is right, in any case, the civilian-bureaucratic clique is the cultural elite of the Ming Dynasty, the main force that influences political and cultural progress, and the backbone of the national process, throwing them to the opposite side is definitely a wrong choice, and only by pulling them in can they become a positive force for progress.

Now, this kind of power has begun to have an effect, in the past, to cut off Manraka from Siam, capture Chen Zuyi and not return to power to the son of the former king of Bolin State, and not be criticized and smeared by these civil officials in the name of morality? Not to mention sending officers and soldiers to sea in the name of pirates.

And now, they are leisurely, they have no objection to the various behaviors of the fleet along the way, they are all singing praises, even the murderous words of the two sailor generals, only Xia Xun and Zheng He stood up to express their opposition, not these birdmen who have always regarded themselves as saints and disciples.

In the small cabin, Tang Sai'er complained to Su Ying with tears in her eyes: "Aunt Ying, people have been locked up for a long, long time, when will they be released?" ”

Su Ying said: "This time, I won't talk to you!" Although you have practiced martial arts, you are a girl after all, and you lack strength, how can you compare with those fierce pirates? There are many cold arrows and axes and javelins on the ship, what if they hurt you? You came out with the boat, he promised, in case you have a bad day, how do you face your mother after you ask him to go back, how do you explain to her? ”

Tang Sai'er replied: "People don't dare in the future, can't you guarantee obedience?" ”

Su Ying nodded on her forehead and said hatefully: "You girl, you are really uneasy!" Okay, okay, I'll go talk to him, just let you out early. ”

"Hmmm! Aunt Ying loves me the most! ”

Tang Sai'er broke into a smile and looked at Su Ying flatteringly, Su Ying glared at her, got up and walked out.

As soon as the door was closed, Tang Sai'er still had tears on her face, so she hurriedly climbed to the window, stretched out her hand and pushed it, the window was originally stuck, and she didn't know when she opened it. Tang Sai'er hurriedly went to the recycling line: "It's broken, it's broken, it's delayed for so long, the fish must be unhooked, ah!" It's still there! What a big fish! ”

After a while, a big fish was dragged into the cabin, Tang Sai'er held the big fish jumping around, like a boy holding a big red carp in his arms on the New Year's painting, the big fish fluttered for a while, Tang Sai'er knelt unsteadily, and fell down with a "ouch".

She had a fishing line, a hook, and even a bait, and it seemed that she had not been locked up in the cabin for long, long time.

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