Chapter 724, the confident Ming man
In the Bohai Sea, more than 50 large ships formed a mighty fleet and were speeding towards the port of Tianjin, as if they were the anxious mood of a wanderer who had been away from home for many years and was about to arrive home.
On the decks of the big ships, the crew members looked in the direction of Tianjin Port, looking forward to seeing the tall lighthouse in Tianjin Port again.
On the 'Ping'an', Geert stood on the deck, feeling the sea breeze, looking forward to the upcoming arrival of Tianjin Port.
Geert was a Spanish nobleman, and his ancestors were still royal descendants of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, and with the great discovery of the geography of the Americas, the Spanish royal family was the biggest supporter and beneficiary, and he was also sent to San Salvador in the Americas.
With the encounter between Karster and Tian Erniu on the east coast of America, these Spaniards were very excited, and learned that there was a fleet from the Americas that would return to Daming, and he was also determined to go to Daming to see this distant eastern country in person.
So he took a dozen followers and followed the fleet this time to Daming.
"I'm about to arrive in the legendary Tianjin, which is really exciting."
Someone from Geert's side walked over, and it was his deputy, Pablo.
"Yes, it's really exciting, Songhu in the south is already so prosperous and huge, presumably this Tianjin must be more prosperous and lively."
Geert nodded slightly, and the Ming people have been in contact for a long time, they have also heard all kinds of rumors about Tianjin more than once, in the description of the Ming people, Tianjin is the largest and most prosperous city in the whole world, where the high-rise buildings are forested, where the traffic is busy, where the lights are bright, where the night is bright.
"Pablo, how do you feel about this journey?"
Geert thought for a moment and asked Pablo again.
"I have a lot of impressions~"
"The navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty is very advanced, and their shipbuilding technology is no worse than that of us Europeans, or even more advanced."
"They can sail to every place with precision, accurately calculate their location, the time and place of arrival, which is very scary, much more advanced than our sailing technology."
"And they use sprouts, dehydrated vegetables and canned food at sea to get fresh fruits and vegetables, which makes it rare for their crews to get sick."
"We came to Daming from the Americas, and it took us almost two months, and none of their crew members got sick, which is unbelievable, if we return to Europe from the Americas, the crew often get sick easily because they don't have fresh fresh water, vegetables and fruits, etc."
Pablo is a navigator and a captain, this time he came to the Ming Dynasty, and he was working hard to learn the navigation skills of the Ming people along the way.
He observed very carefully, and found this very carefully, the Ming people like to bring a lot of soybeans, tea, dehydrated vegetables and canned food when they go to sea, which fully guarantees the daily diet needs of the crew, so that the crew will not get sepsis.
"And they've also invented a device that can desalinate seawater into drinkable fresh water, which is simple, but it's very practical and useful when it matters most."
"In addition to this, their boat also has a trawling device, which allows the crew to get fresh meat, which also greatly ensures that they can sail in the ocean."
"It's a magical and powerful country, with a lot of seafaring skills that we don't have."
Pablo couldn't help but sigh, if he took his Spanish ship back to Europe, it would definitely not be so comfortable, but the ships of the Ming people were different, very comfortable, along the way, there were almost no waves, and the vast Pacific Ocean has always been calm, unlike the Atlantic, there are many storms.
Geert nodded slightly, he also knew all this, and he had written it into his diary, he was going to write a Ming travel book like Marco Polo, telling in detail what he saw and heard on the Ming side.
"Mr. Geert, Mr. Pablo~"
While the two were chatting, Wang Dashan, the captain of the 'Ping'an', came over, there were more than a dozen Spaniards on board, Wang Dashan also chatted with them a lot along the way, learning each other's language, understanding each other's living customs, etc., all of them were on the ocean, but there were also many common languages.
"Mr. Wang~"
Seeing Wang Dashan, the two hurriedly smiled and nodded.
"There is still half a day to arrive in Tianjin, and when I arrive in Tianjin, it is almost evening, and when I do the east, please go to Wanghailou in Tianjin to have a good time."
Wang Dashan looked at the sea in the distance, and the whole person was also very anxious, and after going out for more than a year, he finally came back again.
"Mr. Wang is really too polite."
Geert hurriedly said with a smile.
After getting along with the Ming people for a long time, he also slowly got to know some of the personalities and tempers of the Ming people, the Ming people are more gentle and elegant, even if they are these sailors who are wandering outside, most of them are very gentle, and everyone looks like a nobleman with cultivation.
If it weren't for the fact that they saw the cannons on these big ships, they would have even felt that these Ming people were as easy to bully as sheep.
"Haha, it's a guest from afar, if you have the opportunity to come to your Spain in the future, you must invite it back."
Wang Dashan smiled and said.
"Of course, if Mr. Wang has the opportunity to go to Spain, we will definitely treat you with the best ham and wine."
Geert smiled and nodded, it was another humorous way that belonged to the Ming people.
"The people of Daming are hospitable and very confident, unlike any country I have ever been to."
In his heart, Geert couldn't help but comment again.
"Mr. Wang, what kind of ships are they?"
Pablo looked at the wide sea, and soon noticed that next to the huge fleet, there were some ships greeting the fleet, and the people on board were cheering constantly.
"Those are fishing boats, fishing boats that use trawls."
"And that one is supposed to be a whaling ship, specifically for whaling."
Wang Dashan looked at it and immediately said, the fishing industry and whaling industry here in the Bohai Sea are very developed, and now there are many such ships, and when they go to the Bohai Sea, they can often be seen.
"Fishing boats, whaling ships?"
When Pablo and Geert heard this, they immediately became interested and looked carefully.
"This whaling ship is a bit like our European whaling ships, but it seems to be much more advanced than our whaling ships."
Pablo saw the peculiarity of this whaling ship at a glance, and his eyes lit up, he was a navigator, and all kinds of ships were familiar.
"It's really more advanced, it should be a ballista in the bow of the ship, through which it can fire harpoons to shoot whales, so as to kill whales."
Gilbert nodded.
"Mr. Wang, what are you Ming people mainly used for whaling?"
Geert thought for a moment and asked Wang Dashan.
"The whale is full of treasures, this whale meat can be used to eat, whale skin can be used to make shoes, whale oil can be used to light lights, there are many effects."
Wang Dashan smiled and said that he had been the captain of a whaling ship for a period of time, and he was very familiar with this.
"It's similar to us in Europe, and we're mainly using whaling for that."
Geert nodded slightly, and finally found some places where Daming was similar to Europe.
Well, when it comes to whaling, it doesn't seem like there's much of a gap.
"Mr. Wang, your Ming Dynasty is really big, from Songhu where we docked all the way north, such a huge territory actually belongs to your Ming Dynasty."
Geert thought about it and said to Wang Dashan.
"Haha, of course, our Ming Dynasty is the largest, most powerful, and richest empire in the world."
"This is nothing, Songhu is only located in the middle of my Ming Dynasty, from Songhu to the south, my Ming Dynasty still has a very vast territory."
"I estimate that your whole of Europe combined is about the same size as our Ming Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Wang Dashan raised his head and said very proudly and confidently, in his eyes, your Spain is only the size of a province in my Ming Dynasty, and your whole Europe can be comparable to my Ming Dynasty.
"As big as all of Europe?"
Geert and Pablo glanced at each other, and there was not the slightest suspicion in each other's eyes.
Their Ming Dynasty is the largest and most powerful empire.
This is a very confident country!
This is Geert and Pablo's most intuitive feeling of the Ming people, they can clearly feel the confidence of the Ming people, although they are very warm and polite, but the kind of high and self-confidence in the bones will always overflow from time to time.
It's like their attitude and confidence in dealing with the natives of the Americas and Africa.
In the eyes of the Spaniards, they were civilized people from the civilized world, while the natives of the Americas and Africa were ignorant barbarians.
But when they get along with the Ming people, they feel that this status seems to have changed.
In the eyes of the Ming people, the Ming people are civilized people, and they are all barbarians, although they are polite and enthusiastic to you, but the arrogance in their bones always makes them feel very uncomfortable.
The Ming people are more confident and proud than them.
At this moment, on another ship, the envoy of the Aztec kingdom, Silone, and the envoy of the Inca Empire, Ahaya, were also standing on the deck, looking at the sea to which they were going, and they were longing for the prosperity and wealth of the kingdom of the descendants of the sun god.