In the waters of the North Indian Ocean, a fleet of more than 10 large ships is sailing from north to south, and the Daming Dragon flag hanging on the ship is constantly fluttering.

Du Mingen, the marquis of the Taiping who was dressed in a crimson robe, looked in the direction of the east.

He was homesick, really homesick!

Starting from Tianjin after the beginning of spring last year, he first traveled all the way south to Nanyang, opened up the Nanyang route, and at the same time cleaned up Luzon.

After that, he traveled all the way west from the South Seas, following the route taken by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures to the West, from Sulu to Malacca, then to Siam, to Burma, to Tianzhu, south to Ceylon, and then all the way north to Persia in the Middle East.

When he arrived in Persia, it was already New Year's Day, and now in order to complete the path of the Three Jewel Eunuchs, he continued to lead more than a dozen large ships to the south.

He decided to go to Africa, to the Mugu Dushu, to see the legendary Kunlun Nu.

But at this moment, he was really homesick.

For almost a year, most of the time he was adrift at sea, although he saw the exotic scenery of various countries along the way, although his big ship was full of gold, silver, jewelry, and rare goods, all this could not stop him from missing his hometown and his relatives in his hometown.

"I don't know what's going on here in Daming~"

"Isn't this Tianjin more prosperous?"

Du Mingen has a lot of thoughts, and after being away from home for a long time, the more he has a sense of impatience, wanting to return to Daming as soon as possible and go back to see his hometown.

But he knew what he was dreaming about.

This sea is where you end up.

This time, after he was ready to arrive in Africa, he had a difficult journey along the east coast of Africa, so he first understood the situation on this side of Africa and prepared for the next voyage.

In fact, he really wanted to go to Europe, but the conditions did not allow it, the situation of the fleet was already a little unoptimistic, and many of the materials prepared were consumed, especially soybeans, tea and dehydrated vegetables, without which it was easy to get sick if you sailed on the sea.

Originally, when he arrived in Tianzhu, there were more than 50 big ships, but every time he arrived at a place, Du Mingen would send a ship back to Daming first.

Of course, one of the advantages of this voyage is that there are countries along the way, so many things can be replenished, unlike going to the Golden Continent, the road is far away, not to mention the barbarian land along the way, and it is difficult to replenish the things needed.

In addition to the problems in the materials, the crew members are also the same as Du Mingen, they are all homesick and want to return to Daming.

Many crew members have already made their intentions clear to Du Mingen's side, wanting to return to Daming, and even never sail in the future.

They have earned enough money to live a prosperous life.

Many crew members have rich sailing experience at sea, and after they return to Daming, they are the people who are rushed by major trading houses, and they casually take a walk around Daming.

Some seafarers have even planned to open a plantation on the Nanyang side in the future, and then retire in the Nanyang area.

The crew members who can follow Du Mingen to Africa are all the same as Du Mingen, who have a heart of the sea and want to go further on the ocean and see more places.

"Arabian Peninsula~"

"It would be nice to have access to the Red Sea, if only there was a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, so that you don't have to go all the way around Africa to Europe."

Soon, Du Mingen came back to his senses, picked up the map and carefully studied the voyage.

His gaze was immediately fixed on the area where the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea connected, which was very short, but it was forcibly separated from the two places, so that the ships could not pass through.

In his mind, he suddenly remembered the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and thought that if there was a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, there would be too much, too many people to go to Europe.

"Europe~"

"Why don't you go from here to Europe and have a look?"

Such an idea suddenly popped into Du Mingen's mind.

In my mind, I also recalled what Liu Jin had said about Europe.

Liu Jin still has a lot of descriptions of Europe, and even Liu Jin believes that people on the European side will definitely become the strongest opponent of the Ming Dynasty on the ocean in the future.

So Du Mingen really wanted to go to Europe to have a look and see what magic was in this Europe, and even Liu Jin thought that Europeans would become the strongest opponent of Daming in the future.

"This is Egypt, which is now under the control of the Ottoman Empire."

"The Ottoman Empire and the Europeans were at war all the time, and the relationship between them was very tense, and it seemed unrealistic and dangerous to go to Europe from here."

After thinking for a while, Du Mingen couldn't help but shake his head again.

Along the way, the situation in this area is relatively clear, the Ottoman Empire is very powerful at this time, occupying the central area of the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and even the Safavid Dynasty of Persia is overwhelmed by the Ottoman Empire.

"Forget it this time, go to Africa first, then go back to Daming to rest for a few years, and after a few years, when the colonial bases along the way are established and the route is stable, then we will open up a route to Europe."

After thinking about it, Du Mingen put away the map, and this time he still didn't go to Europe.

It would be too dangerous if there was no way for their ships to get through, and the wars with the Europeans on this side of the Middle East had been going on for centuries, and the Europeans had launched several crusades back and forth.

This is not a confrontation between two countries, but a confrontation between two civilizations, and also a confrontation and struggle between two religions.

"After returning to Daming, I must explain the situation here to His Majesty, and strictly prohibit any kind of religion here from reaching my Daming, it's crazy."

Thinking of the war between the Europeans and the Ottoman Empire, Du Mingen couldn't help but shake his head.

All the way to the west, he can be regarded as seeing a civilization with religion as the core, which is completely different from the Eastern civilization.

Nothing is more important to these places, and for this reason they are also very crazy and paranoid, which makes Du Mingen suddenly realize the danger and instability hidden in them.

In the East, which is centered on the Ming Dynasty, God is important, but it is absolutely impossible to override the royal power, but here, the divine power is above the royal power.

For the sake of the sacred land in their hearts, the two civilizations have been fighting for many centuries, with heavy casualties.

This made Du Mingen very incomprehensible, God is really that important?

"Wood and bones are bundled~"

"The farthest place that the Three Treasure Eunuchs have arrived, I heard that the people everywhere are all black Kunlun slaves."

Du Mingen looked at the south and remembered the relevant information he had inquired before.

Kunlun slaves existed in the Tang Dynasty, and they were also sold to the Tang Dynasty by Persian merchants from the Middle East, but the number was not large, and Du Mingen was still full of expectations for Africa.

In Liu Jin's mouth, Africa is a vast and rich land.

It produces gold, silver, ivory, precious stones, etc., and there are vast grasslands and strange black Kunlun slaves.

"According to the voyage, there is still time today to reach the wooden bones in the northeast corner of Africa."

Du Mingen's heart is full of expectations, looking forward to arriving in Africa as soon as possible to see the magic of Africa.

A few days later.

"Land~Land~"

Piercing the mast, the lookout shouted excitedly, and at the same time rang the bell.

Suddenly, the crew members on the ships couldn't help but get excited, and they all looked at the area to the west, and a faint outline of land appeared in the field of vision, and it became larger and larger in the field of vision, gradually occupying the entire field of vision.

"Africa has finally arrived~"

Du Mingen looked at the land in front of him and smiled.

After all, it seems that he still has Australia and Europe that he has not been to, Europe must not have his own share this year, and Liu Jin will definitely send others to open up Australian routes.

However, this Europe, in the future, will definitely have to open up its own routes.

"Give the order to go down and find a place to anchor."

Du Mingen took the telescope and looked at the continent in front of him carefully, wanting to find Kunlun Nu on the land, or to see if he could find a larger city, port or something.

Mogadishu, also known as Hama, Upper Gani, etc., is an extremely ancient city where ancient Egyptian pharaohs would often send people to buy spices more than 1,000 years ago.

This is where the most frankincense and myrrh are produced, and it is also the place with the longest history of producing both.

At the same time, the ivory and leather trade here was also extremely prosperous, and merchants from the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Tianzhu gathered to sell frankincense, myrrh, ivory, leather and other places all over the world.

Mogadishu at this time was far from being comparable to the Mogadishu of later generations.

At this time, Mogadishu was arguably the largest and most prosperous city in eastern Africa, and later Mogadishu was full of war, rebellion and profiteering.

In the early morning, Mogadishu is accompanied by the rising sun in the east, and the rolling waves are red, and the rows of ancient Qing ~~~true~~ temples on the shore are bursting with Sanskrit sounds, and the towering spires stand on top of round white hats, while rows of old white Arab castles reflect the early morning sun.

A new day begins.

The old city is bustling again, and the Arabs, Persians, and local Samlar are starting their day again.

However, it was soon discovered that on the eastern sea, in the rolling red sun waves, more than a dozen large ships flying the Ming flag were slowly heading towards the port of Mogadishu.