Chapter 580: We Are Barbarians
After the fleet entered the Indian Ocean, Wang Yue finally had a slight grasp of the entire battle situation. He had never been so eager for advanced means of communication.
Not to mention the Internet, even if there is a radio, you can send a telegram tick-tock, so that he can know what is going on.
However, it is destined to be an extravagant hope, the current Ming Dynasty has just begun to popularize the steam engine, and the research on the internal combustion engine has just started, and it will take at least ten or twenty years to see the results.
If you can watch movies and listen to gramophone when you are alive, it is already very good, and as for the fun of the little bully, you don't even think about it.
Wang Yue shook his head helplessly, holding a secret report in his hand.
Alta had stopped his march and did not continue his attack on Persia.
"Fake a shot!"
Wang Yue snorted from his nose.
This product is also a strong outsider, he wants to be Genghis Khan's second, but Genghis Khan has the appetite to annex the world, and he has insatiable ambitions, but I can't, he doesn't have such great ambitions.
One Tianzhu can hold him to death.
The attack on Persia was to clear Humayun's power and, incidentally, to eliminate the remnants of the Mughal dynasty. Of course, he also plans to get some arms support from Daming.
When the goal is achieved, it will naturally be honest.
After signing a contract with Persia, he honestly returned to Tianzhu as his Kshatriya chief.
"If this I don't even have a little sharpness, it's not worth supporting, when will he be abolished, and he will be replaced by a more obedient one!"
Wang Yue said lightly, not taking my answer in his eyes at all.
Their fleet reached an island where there were two countries, one called Sinhala and the other Tamil.
The two sides also fought incessantly, killing each other.
Of course, in front of Da Ming, their fight can only be regarded as rookies pecking each other, and they are still newborn rookies, and there is no threat at all. However, there is still a force on this island, which is a bit surprising.
They were Portuguese, and the man at the head was called Dias, or Little Dias to be exact.
His father once led a fleet around Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. Although India was not really found, it brought hope for continued exploration.
Vasco da Gama then led the fleet and finally reached the legendary India.
And this time, the Spaniards have finally found the wealth code.
They brought silk, tea, jewelry, and spices from the East to Europe, and the profits from the initial trade could reach sixty times the principal!
The small Portugal suddenly developed, and they desperately expanded their fleet, constantly sending merchant ships. These guys are pirates by nature.
If you can grab it, you can grab it, and if you can't grab it, you will trade.
They plundered slaves from Africa, spices and precious stones from India, and even east, valuable goods from the Ming dynasty.
These Portuguese were almost all outlaws, cruel and seafaring.
Their influence in the Indian Ocean grew, and the traditional Persian fleet, the Indian fleet, was dealt a serious blow and almost disappeared in the seas near Africa.
Only after sailing westward from the Ming Dynasty alone, out of fear of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese did not dare to deal with the Ming Dynasty directly. But it didn't prevent them from secretly funding pirates, or simply disguised themselves as pirates to attack the Ming fleet.
Until recently, little Dias felt panicked.
A huge fleet is heading towards Sri Lanka, and the size of the fleet is beyond imagination.
Not to mention the fleet under his command, even if the entire Portuguese fleet was gathered, it was no match for this fleet.
What are they going to do?
Will it steal business from Portugal?
Little Dias was uneasy, and finally, when the Ming army arrived, he took the initiative to visit with treasures.
"I am a Knight of the Order of Christ of Portugal, and I am here on behalf of the King of Portugal. In my own name, I would like to pay the highest tribute to your country! ”
Wang Yue didn't look at him at all, but said to the people on the side, "Where is the king of Sinhala?" The Son of Heaven came to inspect, as a vassal king, how dare he not come to visit? ”
Wang Yue asked directly, and the people below hurriedly said: "Taishi, according to my understanding, the king of Sinhala has been imprisoned by Xiyi!" ”
"Bold!"
Wang Yue snorted coldly: "Offending the subject country of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to offending the Ming Dynasty, what should I do, I don't need to say more!" ”
"Understood!"
His men hurried over to capture little Diash.
Wang Yue hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand again.
"When you go to the kingdom to do things, you must be above board, tell him about it, and then let him go back, whether to fight or surrender, let him decide for himself!"
And just like that, little Dias returned to their lair.
Gather your men!
After some counting, little Dias had more than 100 ships of various types, which sounds like a lot, but most of them are small ships between India, and there are not many big ships at all.
These ships, all combined, are probably not as big as Wang Yue's ships!
Look at the strength of the troops, plus the expatriates, it is less than a thousand!
The difference is too great, there is no way to fight!
Otherwise, surrender!
In the face of a strong enemy that cannot be defeated, surrender does not tremble.
……
"Meet the Son of Heaven, long live the Ming Dynasty, long live long live!"
The poor Sinhalese king knelt on the ground and wailed like an aggrieved child.
Since Xiyi landed, they have not ended well.
"Decades ago, they told us that they were shipwrecked and that they were praying for a place to live, and we said yes. As a result, they had more and more people, more and more houses, and they also built dock warehouses. First they bought and sold, then they looted and killed. ”
"They set fire to our farmland and drove us into the forest. The men who can't run away are killed, the women are snatched, even the children are not spared, their throats are cut, the blood is drained, they are going to exterminate the species! ”
The Sinhalese king kept kowtowing and wailing loudly, and although Wang Yue knew something about Xiyi's virtues, he was still very uncomfortable hearing it in his ears.
As for Zhu Houxi, he was furious!
"Go, bring that Xiyi leader!"
A short time later, little Dias arrived.
Zhu Houxi glared at him angrily, his eyes like knives.
"You have no grievances with the people of this land, seize people's land, and kill innocent old and weak women and children, don't you have any shame?"
Little Dias trembled, he was indeed afraid, but he did not feel guilty.
"This is the land that God has given us, and the riches and possessions here are ours. We have a civilization that they can't match! ”
"Civilization?" Zhu Houxi smiled angrily, "Is your civilization uncivilized to others?" ”
"That's right, we've opened up new routes and discovered vast lands, all of which are God's gifts, representing that we are God's chosen people." These uncivilized barbarians do not believe in God and will not be protected by God. They are no different from monkeys, Your Majesty the Emperor, do you care about cows, horses, and livestock? ”
Zhu Houxi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a long time before he figured out that the civilization and enlightenment that he dared to say was not a realm of cultivation, nor was it a constraint on himself. It's a privilege, a power to take away someone's life at will, to treat someone as a cow or a horse.
To put it more plainly, no one else is human except them!
"So, in your opinion, I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Taishi, are also barbarian animals? We should go to hell too! ”
"Ahh
Little Dias was finally frightened, and he hurriedly fell to one knee.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I, I didn't mean that, actually, actually...... His Majesty the Emperor may, if he wishes, be baptized and bathe in the grace of God......"
"Not necessarily!"
Zhu Houxi snorted coldly: "I have seen some Xiyi, many of them are self-reflective and condemned, I haven't figured it out before, but now I understand, how hypocritical you are!" Originally, as a civilized person, I shouldn't have killed prisoners, but if you treat me as a barbarian, then I have no choice but to ignore the rules. ”
"Come on, hand them over to the people of the island!"
"Ahh
Little Dias was so frightened that his face turned green, "Spare your life!" Spare your life! I, I am sent by the King of Portugal, these lands were granted to Portugal by the Pope, you, you will face God's punishment......"
Zhu Houxi didn't bother to listen at all, "Hurry up and deal with it." ”