Chapter 574, Tianzhu and the world around it

On the other side, the Marquis of the Peace, Du Mingen, led people to follow Bihar, the official of Visaca Port, while chatting, and walked towards Bihar's official residence.

Du Mingen carefully looked at this exotic city with interest.

The city buildings here are very simple, many of them are made of rocks, and you can see many Buddha statues everywhere, showing that this is a country that believes in Buddhism.

On both sides of the road, there were a lot of people, and everyone was very curious to look at Du Mingen and the others, looking at these Ming people who came from the far east.

It is clear that the people here in Visaca are divided into two groups.

One is the same nobles as Bihar, all of whom are tall and fair-skinned, and they are also pampered, wearing wide robes, and looking bullish.

On the one hand, the curious and very timid, short, dark-skinned people lining the streets, often dressed in tatters, most of them without shoes.

"Amitabha~"

"Tianzhu is really worthy of being the place where the Buddha enlightens and preaches the Dharma, you can see Buddhist temples and Buddha statues everywhere, and everyone is to the Buddha~"

Master Huiming, who was in charge of coming over as a translator, was also constantly observing carefully, the Buddha statues that could be seen everywhere, and the crowd of people worshipping the Buddha statues, he couldn't help but nod with relief.

"The master is a monk at a glance~"

Bihar on the side looked at Master Huiming, folded his hands, and said very respectfully.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm shallow in Buddhism, and this time I came to Tianzhu to study."

Master Huiming hurriedly returned the salute and said modestly.

His Sanskrit is very good, and Buddhism is practiced here in the Kingdom of Andra, so Sanskrit is also one of the lingua franca here in the Kingdom of Andra.

"The master's spirit of learning is really admirable, and I have informed the senior monks of the temple here in Visaca Harbor to come over, so that everyone can have a good exchange with them when the time comes."

For Buddhist masters, Bihar was very respected, and the Buddhist Andhra kings, these monks held extremely high status.

"Thank you donor~"

Master Huiming hurriedly thanked him.

"Master Huiming, can you help me ask why these people are obviously divided into two types of people, one is very white and tall, and the other is very black and looks like Kunlun slaves."

Du Mingen, who was on the side, saw that Master Huiming and Bihar were talking a lot, and he was also a little embarrassed to interject.

"Of course you can~"

"I was able to come to Tianzhu this time, thanks to the help of Master Hou, this translation is just a trivial matter."

Master Huiming hurriedly replied, and then also transferred Du Mingen's doubts to Bihar.

"They are pariahs, untouchables, and whoever comes into contact with them will be unlucky."

"As for us, we are noble brahmins and kshatriyas."

Bihar also explained when he heard Du Mingen's words.

"Untouchables?"

"Untouchables?"

"Noble Brahmins and Kshatriyas?"

After listening to this, Du Mingen couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, pay attention to the princely general Xiangning, what kind of thing?

Comrade Lao Zhu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, used to be a peasant, a man named Huazi, although it is said that there are slaves and maids, but it is not so serious that it is a pariah and untouchable.

Shaking his head slightly, Du Mingen didn't have an in-depth understanding of the meaning of these things, he had traveled through many countries and places, Du Mingen knew that it was better not to care about the affairs of these places.

As for the future if you want to colonize this place, you will have to send someone to figure out these things in detail.

When you come to the official residence in Bihar, the lively banquet will soon begin, with a lot of food, wine, singing and dancing.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Du Mingen and Bihar are also familiar with each other, and it is inevitable that they will ask each other about some of the situation in each other's countries.

Bihar was very curious about Daming, so he also asked a lot about Daming.

"Lord Bihar, in the future, our Ming Dynasty will regularly come to your Visaca port to do business in your Andra Kingdom, and I would like to ask you to take care of it when the time comes."

Du Mingen smiled and said to Bihar.

Liu Jin intended to establish a stable route to the Western world, and now he has also occupied Crescent Bay in the Nanyang region and established Crescent City.

In the future, more colonial strongholds will be established on the South Seas side, and when the time comes, colonial strongholds will be slowly established along the way from Mali, Java, Siam, and Burma, and the entire route will be opened.

On Tianzhu's side, it is natural to establish a colonial stronghold, and if you have a good relationship with this Andra Kingdom now, it will be easier to operate in the future.

"No problem, we are also very happy to help friends who have come from afar."

Bihar readily agreed, if there were regular Ming merchants in the future, then the port of Visa would become more prosperous.

Not only the merchants of the countries on this side of Tianzhu will come to Visaca Port, but also the merchants of Persia and Middle-earth will also come to Visaca Port, and the taxes collected will naturally be more.

"Thank you, Lord Bihar, our Daming will not forget the friendship of your country, forget Lord Bihar, if you need any help in the future, you can also open your mouth to our Daming."

"Lord Bihar, I don't know if you can tell us about the situation in Tianzhu, you also know that Master Huiming came here from our Daming to obtain Buddhist scriptures, so as to spread the Dharma to the eastern land."

Du Mingen smiled and thanked him, and then began to ask about the situation on Tianzhu's side.

Master Huiming was in charge of translation, and he was also very curious about the situation on Tianzhu's side.

"Tianzhu is different from your Daming, and our entire Tianzhu is not as big as your Daming."

Hearing Du Mingen's words, Bihar thought about it and said slowly.

When he just asked Du Mingen, he learned that Daming was a vast country, much bigger than their entire Tianzhu combined.

"But our Tianzhu side has not formed a unified country, and our entire Tianzhu can be divided into hundreds of countries."

"In places like the north and west of Tianzhu, people have long since stopped believing in Buddhism."

Then Bihar also said very sadly.

Buddhism used to spread widely in Tianzhu and had a very large number of believers, but now the only countries that believe in Buddhism in Tianzhu are these countries on the southern plateau of Tianzhu.

"Don't believe in Buddhism anymore?"

Master Huiming asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I don't believe it for a long time, these countries in the north believe in the Hindu ~~degree~~ religion, as for these countries in the west, they believe in a ~~tear~~blue~~ religion (harmony~) from the Middle Earth."

"For the sake of faith, our kingdom of Andra and these countries in the north and west are also at war often, they are very savage and rude, and every time they occupy a place, they force everyone to change their faith, or they will be killed."

"I didn't expect that in the far east, there are still so many people here in Daming who believe in the Buddha, which is really a very happy thing."

When he said this, Bihar's mood was also very heavy.

The history of Tianzhu has always been that the north attacked the south, and there are deep grievances in history.

There has never been a unity here, and even the most powerful dynasties have at best unified these kingdoms in the north, and these kingdoms in the southern plateau have never submitted to them.

"I don't even believe in Buddhism~"

Master Huiming couldn't help but be silent after hearing this, he didn't expect that in the birthplace of Buddhism, in the birthplace of the Buddha, he no longer believed in Buddhism.

As for Du Mingen, he silently wrote these down.

Tianzhu is a plate of loose sand, which is still very helpful for the future Ming colonization here, a plate of loose sand means that it is very easy to bully, and it can be broken individually.

"Lord Bihar, I wonder how much you know about Persia, Middle-earth, and Africa?"

After understanding the situation on Tianzhu's side, Du Mingen began to ask about the situation in Persia, Middle Earth and Africa.

It is relatively close to Persia and Middle-earth, and the key is that there are land connections, which means that there should be no interruption of exchanges between them, and there must be a lot of information about Persia and the Middle East.

"On the Persian side, they seem to have just undergone a dynastic change, and the new Safavid dynasty overthrew the Sassanid dynasty."

"As for Middle-earth, it is currently under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire is very powerful, and their territory is very vast, no worse than your Ming Dynasty."

"And the Ottomans were very strong, their fleets were rampant in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and their cavalry was constantly attacking in all directions, occupying more and more vast lands."

When talking about the Ottoman Empire, Bihar also uses some exaggerated words.

"As powerful as our Da Ming?"

Du Mingen was slightly silent, all the way from the east, Du Mingen encountered a lot of countries, but all the countries are basically very small countries, and they are also very backward countries.

I didn't expect to finally hear about a powerful country.

This Ottoman Empire, in Bihar's opinion, is comparable to the Ming Dynasty, presumably it should not be boasted indiscriminately, it should be a very powerful country, and the territory it rules should also be very vast.

"As for Africa, I know very little, and I have only talked about some things in Africa with some A~La~~ merchants from Middle-earth."

"According to them, beyond the great desert in the north of Africa, there is also a very vast land here, and the people living there are very, very dark, as black as charcoal, and I know very little else."

Bihar didn't seem to see what Du Minen was thinking, and continued to talk about Africa.