Chapter 529, The Science of Gift-giving

In the palace of the Eastern King of Sulu, at this time, the Eastern King Godala was holding a shrouded banquet to entertain distinguished guests from the Ming Dynasty.

Like the royal palaces of Luzon, the palace of the East King is also very luxurious, with gold, silver, jade, jewelry, pearls, coral, jade, agate, ivory, etc., doing their best to show their wealth.

In the hall, there are beautiful women from Sulu dancing, accompanied by wine, food, and beauties, and Du Mingen and some accompanying officials are also chatting happily with Godala, the king of the East.

"Master Hou went south this time, I don't know if he is going to go all the way west as he was back then, going to Tianzhu and the Arabian region more farther?"

Godara smiled and said to Du Mingen.

"Yes, this time, I'm going to go all the way west, Tianzhu and the Arab region are a must."

Du Mingen nodded and said.

"Then please also ask the Hou Ye to stay in our Sulu country for a few more days, so that I can do my best as a landlord."

Godara nodded slightly, such a large fleet naturally could not be said to have come specifically to a small country like their Sulu country, it must have been the same as back then, and it had to go west all the way.

"Xiao Wang has always wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute like my ancestors, but the Ming Dynasty and I Sulu are thousands of miles apart, the journey is far away, and there are many crises, even if I admire the Chinese civilization, I have never had the opportunity to go to the Ming Dynasty to see it in person."

"And my ancestor died of illness in Daming, fortunately His Majesty Daming was buried, and my descendants have not gone to Daming to worship, which is really ashamed."

Godara also pulled up the relationship between his Eastern King and Daming.

"If you count it up, there are two branches of my East King lineage, one is my lineage, and the other is that I have been staying in Daming and guarding the mausoleum of my ancestors."

Hearing Godala's words, Du Mingen was also slightly surprised, there was such a thing, I didn't expect that the East King in front of him would have such a relationship with Daming.

"His Royal Highness the King of the East, now, my Ming Dynasty is developing with each passing day, and I have a lot of sea ships in the Ming Dynasty, and I will often have a fleet back and forth between Nanyang and Ming in the future."

"If Your Highness wants to go to Daming, it won't be very troublesome."

"And not long ago, Luzon killed my Ming people, I have also led the army to conquer Luzon, and now, Manila has also been under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty, and will become an important stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang region in the future, and it will be very convenient for you and me to travel between the two countries."

Du Mingen thought about it and said with a smile.

His words also made the atmosphere at the scene cool down all of a sudden, and when the people of Sulu heard it, they couldn't help but be stunned.

The Ming Dynasty actually conquered Luzon and occupied Manila, doesn't this mean that the Sulu Kingdom and the Ming Kingdom will be directly connected to each other in the future?

"This Manila will be Ming in the future?"

Godala was frightened, the Ming Dynasty actually conquered Luzon and occupied Manila, will it use force against Sulu in the future?

Will it occupy the country of Sulu?

Da Ming is very powerful.

The people who came back from Daming were all sighing that Daming was powerful, and Daming was very big, far from being comparable to their island countries.

"Yes, Manila will belong to our Ming Dynasty in the future, even if the king of Luzon Lagan's subordinates robbed and killed my Ming people, he committed the following crimes, and he was beheaded."

"This Manila has also been renamed Crescent City, and it will be my place of great wisdom in the future, and it will be very convenient and convenient for you and me to travel between the two countries."

Du Mingen nodded and said, this matter will come here sooner or later, so it is nothing to tell him in advance.

Not only to tell the people of Sulu, but also to tell the countries of the entire Nanyang region, to let them know one thing, that is, the Ming people are not easy to provoke, don't provoke the Ming people, otherwise Luzon will be the end.

With Crescent City, the Ming Dynasty can also station an army here in the Nanyang to deter the entire Nanyang countries, and treat the merchants of the Ming Dynasty politely in the future.

Of course, Liu Jin wished that these people would be polite and find more things to come out, anyway, it would not only be Luzon in the future, he also needed to establish more colonial strongholds, and if he didn't find something, it would be difficult to find an excuse.

"It's really convenient~convenient~"

Godara wiped the sweat from his forehead, this Luzon country is much stronger than their Sulu country, but in front of the powerful Ming Dynasty, it is so vulnerable that even Lagan was beheaded, and Manila has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

His own Sulu country also provoked Daming, and in the future, Daming didn't need to run thousands of miles to attack, and he sent troops directly from Manila, and he could easily clean up his Sulu country.

At the same time, he was also glad in his heart that his Sulu Kingdom had always had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and he did not learn from the Luzon Kingdom to kill the Ming people.

Otherwise, he would have known that this time Du Mingen would not have drunk with himself, but with himself.

"Master Hou, my Sulu country has not been to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for some years, I don't know if it is inconvenient for Fang to follow the ships of the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?"

After thinking about it, Godara also immediately said with a smile.

"Of course it's convenient, there are a lot of merchant ships that follow us south this time, and after selling the goods here in your country, they will return to Daming, and the envoys of your country can take their ships to Daming together."

Du Mingen looked at Godara, his face was full of smiles, and the other party was probably frightened.

Although the previous Ming Dynasty was powerful and fascinating, it was still too far away for these Nanyang regions that were thousands of miles away.

It only exists in books, in all kinds of Ming goods, and now that the Ming has taken Manila and repaired Luzon, the powerful influence of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as really radiating here, making them feel great pressure.

No, he immediately said that he was going to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

"That's great~"

"Xiao Wang has always been very yearning for Daming, and I also want to go to Daming to see the prosperity of Daming in person, but I have never had the opportunity, and if there are often merchant ships coming and going in the future, I have the opportunity to go to Daming to have a look."

Godara immediately smiled happily and said.

"His Royal Highness the East King has a heart, I Daming welcomes His Royal Highness to visit at any time, and when I come again, His Majesty the Emperor of Daming also specially asked me to greet His Highness, and I also specially brought some gifts."

Du Mingen smiled and nodded, then clapped his hands, and soon someone also carried some things in.

The old rule is that things should be sent or sent, and many of them are used as publicity.

For example, most of the gifts Du Mingen gave to Dongwang Grinda this time were glass products, such as full-length mirrors, glass tea sets, glass ornaments, glass lamps and so on.

All kinds of glass products, Du Mingen also put together a whole set for him, anyway, this thing is not valuable, as long as you understand the firing method of glass, it is not worth anything at all.

Du Mingen brought a lot of them here, and he was going to send them all the way, anyway, as long as he arrived in a country, Du Mingen would send a set of these glasses to the kings of these countries and the like.

The money does not need to be spent, but the effect is absolutely leveraged, and more importantly, it can also find new markets for glass products.

This thing is gradually becoming saturated in the Ming Dynasty, the market is so big, and the silver of the Ming people is not a skill, but the silver of other countries is the real ability.

Give it to the kings of these countries and the like, they use it, and the following people will naturally use it, and they will slowly follow suit, and from then on, among the things exported by the Ming Dynasty, this glass product has become an indispensable thing, and a little glass can be exchanged for real money.

In addition to glass products, porcelain, silk, and tea are naturally indispensable, but Du Mingen also sent a lot of new things here, such as snow salt, sugar, ordinary cloth, and swords, knives, and the like.

This is also what Liu Jin arranged for Du Mingen, porcelain, tea, and silk should be sold, but these things produced by the emerging capitalism of the Ming Dynasty should be sold.

Like ordinary cloth, this kind of emphasis.

Now in the northern region, the new looms and spinning machines are rapidly spreading, many factories are being established, and when the production capacity explodes, if the woven cloth cannot be sold, it will definitely affect the development of capitalism.

Therefore, Liu Jin is now also starting to look for a new way out, and overseas markets are naturally indispensable.

The same is true for snow salt and snow sugar, especially snow sugar, its development can promote the development of the colonial economy, and the snow sugar here in Ryukyu Castle makes money, and everyone can see that it is profitable, and more places like Ryukyu Castle are constantly being built.

This snow sugar is expensive, so it is natural to find more buyers, not only the Daming market, but also the overseas market.

The larger the market, the faster the industry could develop, allowing more businessmen to see the profits and thus invest in it, promoting the development of the colonial economy.

This gift is not given randomly, and it is also something that Liu Jin has only come to give after careful consideration.

As many gifts came in, these Sulu people at the scene immediately shifted their attention to these gifts, and suddenly gathered on all kinds of glass products.

In particular, a large mirror attracted everyone's attention at once, and everyone's eyes looked straight at everything in the mirror, which was very clear.

"What kind of mirror is this?"

"It's incredible how clear it can be and how big it can be~"

Godara's eyes widened, looking at this big mirror, the whole person stood up, came to the mirror change, couldn't help but look carefully, reached out to touch.

Du Mingen looked at the appearance of these people, and immediately couldn't help but smile slightly.