Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Oriental Giants
The seaside manor with rice field land and a small port under construction, Luning named it "Qizhuang".
Of course, it is said that it is a seaside manor, but now it is just a small village being built by the beach, with rows of wooden houses and straw huts in the outermost part, slaves living in farms, fences around it, arrow towers being built, etc., and bare-chested guards are stationed.
The inner fence separates the beach area from the serf hut and the grass shed area, and on the edge of the beach gravel, some wooden houses were built, which are now the residences of Lu Ning and several concubines, and the five daughters of Danjia and some female slaves live near the fence of the outer inner village.
I don't know why, Lu Ning robbed this "auspicious child" is not angry, just returned to Qizhuang, the sky changed suddenly, and it rained heavily.
The wind was raging, which frightened Lu Ning, thinking that it was a typhoon, but fortunately, except for blowing away a few grass huts and blowing down some wooden houses, it did not cause major damage or cause a tsunami, and by the evening, the wind and heavy rain gradually subsided.
……
Outside, there was faint lightning and thunder, Lu Ning looked at the picture on the table and fell into deep thought.
This seaside study, originally surrounded by golden sand and turquoise sea, is refreshing and pleasant, and can broaden your mind when thinking about problems.
But at this moment, in the faint electric light and the muffled thunder in the distance, this seaside cabin seemed to be crumbling under the power of the sky.
picked up the teacup on the table, only to find that the fragrant tea in it was gone, the sound of gentle footsteps, the fragrance hit, Lu Ning turned her head, but it was Aishwarya, she silently picked up the celadon teapot and poured tea for Lu Ning.
Lu Ning didn't know when she came in, obviously, she had bathed, and a goose yellow sari with gold and silver trim was wrapped around her body, which showed the grace of her figure, coupled with her deep brown eyes, high nose bridge and delicate and incomparable face, the beauty was incomparable, and the style was pervasive, which made Lu Ning's heart throb and beat for a while.
If it weren't for the fact that there were still some very important things to think about now, Lu Ning would really want to hug her and get up.
After taking a sip of tea, Lu Ning looked at Yutu again.
It is about 1,500 miles away from Dhaka, the capital of the Baltic Kingdom and the largest port, and it is necessary to take a large folded line, over the mountains and mountains, and if you take the sea route in a straight line, the distance is closer.
Dhaka, like Yangzhou, is actually a river port, but nowadays, it is also a seaport, and ships can reach Dhaka from the lower reaches of the Hakata River, which is the lower reaches of the Ganges River.
On the map, combined with the maps of later generations, it can be known that from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to the Ganges Plain in northern India to the Indus River Plain, the terrain is extremely flat, and the place where it is difficult to travel is the place where the river is waded.
From the Western Regions to India, even if it controlled the Xinjiang region of later generations, it would have to pass through Tibet and the mountains layer upon layer, not to mention that it would be possible to open its passage through successive wars with the countries of the Muhammad sect.
Now, he is so close to northern India, and Lu Ning's thought came up irrepressibly.
In the northwest, you want to maintain a relatively balanced situation, from the east to the north of India?
The Central Plains mobilizes troops, and the westernmost Western Regions often becomes a black hole, because the Muhammad sect, in some wars, often reports on holy wars and the like, and even Xinjiang in later generations has become a place of a hundred battles.
What if you don't move the Western Regions first? After all, once the Muhammad sect is completely at odds with the sect, then all efforts must be done to defeat it, otherwise, it will also seriously affect the overseas trade of Daqi.
And he does not want to be caught in a war with the Muhammad sect in the Western Regions, which is gradually invading eastward.
After all, if it is not possible to fight in Baghdad, those Muhammad followers will continue to come to the aid of the "brothers and sisters" who are waging jihad.
And the First Crusades, which finally felt that these heretics were a great threat and weakened them, were still a hundred years away in history.
How to find a way to make the Crusades go ahead of schedule?
In this way, Daqi will save a lot of effort.
At the same time, the emergence of various new technologies makes the more time goes back, the more favorable it is for Daqi.
From Burma to Bengal and East India, this is a road that no one has ever walked before.
Of course, the political and economic structure of today's Great Qi, including the military structure and the strength of the navy, has never been achieved before.
Get your feet wet?
The first target is the Polo Kingdom of Bengal? See if you can establish Daqi's first colony in the Indian plains in Dhaka?
This once powerful kingdom is now in the period of decline, in the south of the Indian Peninsula by the Chola Kingdom and other central kingdoms of the invasion and oppression, the west by the Chedi country or the Garojuli Kingdom conquest, the land area has shrunk greatly, leaving only the later Indian state of Bihar and part of Bengal, therefore, the internal contradictions are even more numerous, because the land of India, no matter how powerful the dynasty, is actually a situation in which feudal lords and slave owners jointly submit to the most powerful family. However, there has never been a true central dynastic state similar to the Central Plains, where centralized local administrative regions were divided.
This is especially true of the Polo Kingdom, where its feudal lords and slave owners are already fighting endlessly, and even the serfs often break out in rebellion, and seeing that this kingdom has also come to an end.
It was also a good attempt to choose it as the first colony of Daqi far from the mainland, whether it was successful or not.
Of course, before that, you have to be fully prepared.
It is also time for the Great Qi Navy to show its fangs and establish its hegemony from Nanyang to Malacca.
Thinking about it, Lu Ning glanced up at Aishwarya, and then shouted, "Call Concubine Duan!" ”
Outside, Danjia answered.
To write a letter to the generals of the Polar Sea Village, this letter will also be sent to Haining Mansion and the headquarters of Donghai Baixing.
Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, Aishwarya naturally won't get it.
And the operation of this matter, including the assembly of military horses, is not a short time, I happened to be away from Beijing for a long time, returned to Beijing, and at the same time coordinated the overall situation.
……
As night fell, the rain stopped, and even, the bright moon, peeked out of the clouds.
Lu Ning was pacing slowly on the beach, and Duan Yuyan walked quietly aside.
"Tomorrow, I'll send you back to Dali." Lu Ning said suddenly.
At the very least, these women will be relieved to send them to Yangtho City, and if you go from Dali to Bianjing, if you are alone, it will only take more than ten days.
Duan Yuyan didn't see the content of Lu Ningxin, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, she naturally thought that Lu Ning would stay here for a long time.
"When you get to Dali, I'm going to leave for a while, don't think about me." Lu Ning smiled slightly.
Duan Yuyan was stunned, as if she didn't know how to answer for a while.
Lu Ning smiled again: "Tonight, I'll go to sleep in your room?" ”
Duan Yuyan was even more stunned, stunned, as if she had forgotten her shame.
The entire inner manor thinks that the king of Zhennan will be blessed with that exotic beauty tonight.
Lu Ning smiled: "Forget it, I'm joking, I'm going to set off tomorrow to trek through mountains and rivers, let's sit for a while, chat, and enjoy the moon." As he spoke, he pointed to the long row of bamboo chairs on the beach in front of him, which were naturally put away when the wind came, and now they have been set up again.
Duan Yuyan's face turned red at this time, and there was a look of surprise in her eyes, but she bowed her head slightly, quietly followed behind Lu Ning, and walked in the direction of the bamboo chair.
She naturally didn't know what this man was thinking about for a day today, and she didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't know that the eastern giant that had been dormant for a long time was like hibernating, and after today, its huge body would wake up, and when it towered, how the terrible shadow would slowly shroud the west.