"Pearls and corals?"

"This is a good thing, as soon as the news spreads, I am afraid that there will be countless more people going to Australia."

After carefully reading Guo Ye's letter, Wang Shouren smiled and said.

"It's much easier and closer to Australia than to the Golden Continent, and there will definitely be a lot of people going there."

Liu Jin also nodded, his eyes looked at the heading, the smoke and waves were vast, and a big city could be seen standing on the earth between the water and the sky.

Malacca City!

From the Jiaozhi side, Liu Jin went all the way south, and had already destroyed Annan and Champang, and set up Jiaozhi Province and Xianglin Province respectively, Zhang Mao and Yang Yun continued to be here in Jiaozhi and Xianglin, on the one hand, to suppress local rebellions and sort out local heroes, and on the other hand, it was convenient to start attacking Siam and Chenla from the land.

The country of Siam is now in the era of the most prosperous Ayutthaya Dynasty, with strong strength and national strength, so it is also relatively confident, and it has always been the most ruthless one of the Ming merchants in the Nanyang region.

Specializing in the heavy taxation of Ming merchants, on the other hand, it is now constantly contacting the countries of the South Seas to unite against the Ming Dynasty, so originally it was just to teach Siam a lesson.

In the end, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin also decided to attack Siam by water, Zhang Mao and Yang Yun attacked Siam by land from Xianglin, and Liu Jin and Wang Shouren attacked Siam by water.

However, Liu Jin was not in a hurry to attack Siam, but came to Malacca first, preparing to defeat Malacca first and control the throat of the Malacca Strait.

This place in Malacca is so important.

Located at the core of the East-West transportation hub, the link between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, whoever controls the narrow Strait of Malacca is equivalent to controlling this important golden waterway.

Now that Siam has united with the countries of the South Seas and wants to fight against the Ming Dynasty together, then such a place must be controlled in its own hands.

If you control this, there will be no way for the countries of the South Seas to come back, Siam will be isolated, and under the attack of land and water, Siam's good days will come to an end.

"Are we really going to attack Malacca?"

Wang Shouren next to him looked at Malacca City in front of him, thought about it and asked again.

He actually didn't understand why Liu Jin had to attack Malacca City, this Malacca actually had a very good relationship with Daming.

The history of Malacca is not very long, in 1402 a prince from Sumatra founded the Malacca dynasty here, which is a hundred years of history.

In history, Zheng He went to the West, almost every time he would definitely anchor here in Malacca, and he also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty many times in history, and their king was also canonized by the Ming Emperor, and the relationship was really good.

This attack on Annan and Zhancheng, Wang Shouren felt that it was still reasonable, but this attack on Malacca, he felt that it was a little too much, this stretched out his hand and did not hit the smiling face, and the person who was good and decent actually came to attack Malacca first.

"You look at the map, the location of Malacca is too important, if we don't fight the throat of the Malacca Strait, this place will be occupied by someone in the future, it will be equivalent to us being choked."

"Although Malacca has a good relationship with our Ming Dynasty, they didn't agree to become a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty last year, so don't talk about any feelings, everything is based on the interests of my Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin pointed to the location of Malacca on the map and said.

It is now the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, that is, in 1502, even if they do not occupy it, in a few years the Portuguese power will spread to the Nanyang side, and they will occupy it.

Historically, the city of Malacca was attacked by the Portuguese in 1511 and became a Portuguese colony.

With the rise of private armed forces, major trading houses will surely flock to places like Burma, Tianzhu, Persia, the Middle East, and Africa.

If this Malaka is no longer in his own hands, someone will occupy this place at that time, it will be tantamount to being choked by someone, so it must be occupied.

As for what so-called friendly exchanges are not worth mentioning in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

We should learn from Westerners to abandon the so-called face, credibility and the like, and do everything for the sake of profit.

Of course, Liu Jin actually has another reason in his heart that he hasn't said.

This Malacca is regarded as the center point of the spread of Middle Eastern civilization and Indian civilization in the South Seas, and to knock down here is equivalent to cutting off the eastward route of these two civilizations, so as to be more conducive to the spread of Chinese civilization in the South Seas.

It may not be obvious now, but in a few hundred years, it will naturally be visible.

So no matter what aspect it is, Malacca must be defeated, and all the natives here must be expelled, and this place will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren also stopped saying anything.

Although it seems that Liu Jin is very belligerent now, and the Ming Dynasty has fought many wars in the past few years, the Ming Dynasty is not as written in the book, the belligerent will die, and the army will be reckless or something.

On the contrary, the fight is getting stronger and stronger, occupying more and more places, the people of the Ming Dynasty are getting richer and richer, and the internal and external situation of the Ming Dynasty has also undergone tremendous changes.

It made him wonder all the time, why is this happening?

Thinking about it carefully, every time the Ming Dynasty fights abroad, it can obtain huge benefits from the war, whether it is gold and silver wealth, or vast land, etc., every time the Ming Dynasty is full of harvest, but its own losses are minimal.

Even if Annan was defeated, the losses of the Ming army were minimal, and the casualties were almost negligible, which was the reason why the Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and it was also the reason why Emperor Hongzhi and the government and the opposition supported the use of force against foreign countries.

There are benefits, benefits, and small losses, and such a business will become more and more addictive.

Putting aside the so-called benevolence, morality, face, etc., which bound themselves in the past, everything is only for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty, and the life of the Ming Dynasty is getting better and better.

More than 100 large ships were getting closer and closer to Malacca City, and they were soon discovered by the people in Malacca.

Suddenly, the entire city of Malacca was in chaos.

In the royal palace of the city of Malacca, the Sultan of the Malacca Dynasty, Mamad Shah, was enjoying his good life, and since he came to power, he has been in charge of the government and indulged in pleasures, and the matter has basically been left to the Prime Minister Tun Mattashi.

This Tun Metahi continued to suppress the Malay aristocracy, which led to serious factional struggles within the Malacca Dynasty, which was already a big place, and there was serious infighting, which is why Portugal was able to easily occupy this place in history.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~"

"The Ming people called, the Ming people called~"

Dun Mo Taixi hurried to the palace with a group of ministers, and shouted anxiously before they arrived.

On the sea outside Malacca, there are more than 100 Ming ships, which can frighten them, and they have never encountered such a thing.

The most formidable opponent they encountered was the Siamese, but although the Siamese were known as the first brother on the South Seas side, they had never been able to defeat the Malacca dynasty.

From here, it can be known that this Siam is actually also a war scum.

"Da Ming?"

Ma Mosha raised his head in some surprise, he Ma Liujia seems to have always had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, why did the Ming people call over at this good end.

"It's the Ming people, all the Ming warships outside the city, they are menacing, the Ming Dynasty has already destroyed Annan and Zhancheng, and now it is estimated that they are here to destroy our Malacca."

Dun Mo Taixi almost cried, and he was also thinking carefully in his mind, he didn't seem to have done too much to be sorry for the Ming people.

It is nothing more than suppressing the descendants of the Ming people here in Malacca, and it is just imposing some more taxes on the past Ming merchant ships, and it seems that there is nothing to be sorry for the Ming.

This good Ming Dynasty actually raised a division to attack, with the small arms and legs of the Malacca Dynasty, where is the opponent of the Ming fleet.

"Did you do anything offensive to Da Ming?"

Ma Mosha stood up all of a sudden, and he didn't care about the food and beauty, and asked sharply as he hurried towards the city wall.

He ignored the government and politics, and almost all the things were handed over to Dunmo Taixi to deal with, so it was natural to think about whether Dun Mo Taixi had offended the Ming people.

"No, how dare I do something to be sorry for the Ming Dynasty, that is, like other places, a little more tax was levied on the Ming merchant ships."

Dun Mattashi said quickly.

"Just a little more tax?"

Ma Mosha asked again.

He knows very well that this Dun Motaixi has no ability, no talent, and is greedy for money, which is why he is relieved to hand over the government to him.

"It's a little bit more, but we don't collect much here, and other places like Java, Siam, and Sulu are heavily taxed, which is several times more than ours."

Dun Motaixi's voice was a little quieter, not only in Malacca, but also in the entire Nanyang countries.

"This is actually mainly last year, when our Nanyang countries went to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, the Ming Dynasty forced us all to sign the Ming vassal agreement, but the agreement was too harsh, so everyone did not sign it, and finally we discussed it, and everyone levied heavy taxes on the Ming merchant ships together."

"This is a good thing for everyone to discuss together, we in Malacca because of the good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, so the levy is not heavy, Java, Bo Ni they not only levy heavy taxes, but also support pirates to loot the Ming merchant ships."

Dun Mo Taixi then added, in fact, it means that this is an agreement between the big guys, mainly for Da Ming's color, and it is also to say that he is actually not too much.