"Your Highness, let me preside over the trial next."

On the main trial stage, Li Zhaotong whispered to Zhu Houzhao beside him.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and felt that his addiction to interrogating the case and filming shocking wood had passed, and Li Zhaotong was more familiar with the situation outside the Ming Dynasty than him, so he nodded and said:

"Okay!"

Li Zhaotong nodded slightly, then looked at Ahmad Azamu and Mu Yangquan in the audience, and said lightly:

"Okay, don't be here two of you, this son is not interested in this! Ahmed: yes! Hurry up and explain, how did you come to my Daming?

As far as this son knows, your Ottoman Empire's Silk Road to my Ming Dynasty was blocked by the Timurid Empire, and if you want to follow the Silk Road, the difficulty is tantamount to ascending to the sky. ”

Li Zhaotong had already spent a day of his life checking the diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty, and he found that the Lu Mi State, that is, the Ottoman Empire, did not officially "send tribute" to the Ming until the fall of the Timurid Empire.

"Venerable Daming Gongzi, your wisdom and insight have convinced Ahmad that Ahmet really can't come from the Silk Road, and Ahmad came to Daming by boat."

"By boat?"

"You're lying! Your Ottoman Empire has not conquered the Mamluks who occupied the Great Food Region at all, and even your Ottoman Empire suffered a crushing defeat to the Mamluks in the Battle of Adana ten years ago.

Therefore, if you want to come to my Daming by boat, you must start from the West Dashi Sea, that is, the Mediterranean Sea, pass through the Europa region, go around the Cape of Good Hope, and come all the way to my Daming.

However, since your Ottoman Empire has a monopoly on trade between Europa and Asia, your Ottoman Empire is at odds with Spain, Portugal and other countries in the Europa region, and it is even more difficult for you to cross the Mediterranean Sea than to reach the sky!

Not to mention, starting from the Mediterranean, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope, passing through Tianzhu, Manciga, Luzon and other places, and coming to my Daming is also a more difficult thing than climbing to the sky! ”

"Venerable Daming Prince, your erudition is second only to the great prophet Muhammad in Ahmad's opinion, so Ahmad does not dare to lie in front of you, Ahmad did indeed come to Daming by boat.

However, Ahmet did not set out from the Mediterranean Sea to Daming, Ahmad pretended to be a Persian, and took a boat from the Persian Gulf of the Timurid Empire through Tianzhu, Ava, Manciga, Luzon, Siam and other places to come to Daming. ”

"So that's why you're lying to Hongu that you're a Persian?"

Zhu Houzhao became clever.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, Ahmet has a hard time deceiving you."

"What's your problem?"

"Ahmet's retinue are all Persians, and if they know that I am a fake Persian, I'm afraid, they will kill me! Therefore, Ahmet did not dare to reveal his identity as an Ottoman. ”

"Are you really all Persians?"

Zhu Hou looked at Ahmad's entourage who had been captured.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, we are indeed Persians, this damned Ottoman, who deceived us."

"Wait."

Zhu Houzhao was a little relieved, he noticed that something was wrong,

"Since you are Persians, how come you do not know that your emperor Abu Saeed Mirza has died, why do you join forces with him to deceive the palace?"

"His Royal Highness the Noble Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Ahmed, a liar, said that you Ming people have the best face, and you are very happy with your achievements, and you like to claim the status of the Heavenly Empire, so you welcome envoys from other countries to come to the court.

However, you Ming people are arrogant, empty-eyed, and look down on us foreigners, so you Ming people basically don't know the news outside the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Ahmad asked us to pretend to be a team of envoys sent by our Timurid Empire, and to deceive you in the name of presenting the glass mirror to our emperor, so as to buy the glass mirror from you at a low price. ”

In order to save his life, the leader of Ahmed's retinue did not hide it, and directly revealed Ahmet's plan.

"Then why don't you use the name of your current emperor?"

Although Zhu Houzhao was a little angry by the words of the head of Ahmad Azamu's retinue, he was still confused, so he suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice.

"Because our current emperor is also called Ahmet."

The leader of Ahmet's retinue replied through gritted teeth.

This retinue leader, although nominally the head of Ahmed's retinue, was in fact a partner with Ahmad Azam.

At the beginning, because Ahmad had the same name as Ahmad, the current emperor of the Timurid Empire, they were inevitably disgusted by the Ming people who were accustomed to avoiding it, so they listened to Ahmad Azaim and used the name of the dead Abu Saeed Mirza.

At that time, Ahmad Azam also swore that no one in the Ming Dynasty knew that Abu Saeed Mirza was dead.

As a result, these people, because of the news that someone in the Ming Dynasty knew that Abu Saeed Mirza had been dead for almost twenty years, exposed the fact that they were liars.

Then, they were caught!

Therefore, the leader of the retinue hated Ahmad Azamu very much at the moment.

……

Li Zhaotong was not interested in the hatred of this retinue leader, and he was not interested in the deception of the Ming Dynasty by Ahmad Azamu and others.

Because Li Zhaotong knew through "memory" that, in fact, many foreign envoys who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty were not the real envoys sent by the country.

Many of them, like Ahmad Azam, were disguised as businessmen.

Because Ahmad Azamu is really not wrong, Da Ming, he is indeed very happy, and he is arrogant, for the face of the heavenly kingdom, he treats the "envoys" who come to the tribute, and the return gift is quite rich.

These businessmen who pretend to be envoys can make a lot of money from it!

Li Zhaotong was very interested in the ships of Ahmad Azamu and others, as well as the charts and logbooks they sailed over along the way!

After all, these people set out from the Persian Gulf and crossed the ocean to Daming, so the quality of their ships, as well as their charts, logbooks, and navigation skills, are quite a valuable asset!

This is very urgently needed for Li Zhaotong, who is ready to instigate Emperor Hongzhi to open the sea at this stage!

Even, it can be said that this knowledge can solve him, as well as Daming's urgent needs!

Therefore, Li Zhaotong has made up his mind about this knowledge, and he must get it! Even Ahmad Azamu, he must stay!

Therefore, Li Zhaotong was ready to ask about the whereabouts of Ahmad Azamu and the others' boats.

However, before he could speak, Ahmad Azam, who had already felt the fear of death by the leader of his retinue, who had revealed his dark purpose, spoke first:

"His Royal Highness the Honorable Prince of Daming, Ahmet knows that he is deeply guilty, so Ahmet wants to use one thing to atone for Ahmed!"

"Atonement? You deceived the palace, deceived the Ming Dynasty, and you still want to atone for your sins with one thing? Are you kidding Hongu? Or is your stuff a fetish? ”

Zhu Houzhao himself was not angry that Ahmad Azamu had deceived him, but this Ahmad Azamu began to want to deceive himself first, which made Zhu Houzhao's anger swell up at once.

"No, no, no! His Royal Highness, Ahmed believes that you and your country have obtained this thing, and you will definitely forgive Ahmed's sins!

Because this thing is what you Daming urgently needs! It is the seed of a grain crop, which was returned by the Europa people from the distant Indian land, and according to the calculation method of your Ming Dynasty, this seed can yield up to fifteen stone per mu! ”

"What?!"

The figure of Emperor Hongzhi suddenly broke in.

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