Gongsun Niu accepted their apology, and gave them some tea, porcelain and silk in return, and asked for a few guides from here, and headed west again.

Spring and autumn have passed, and three years have passed.

The first bouquet of flowers in the palace of the sixth year of Yongle has bloomed.

In the Imperial Garden, Wu Di, who was carrying his hands, was enjoying the flowers in the Imperial Garden accompanied by Yao Guangxiao and Wu Gaochi.

came to a pavilion and sat down, Wu Di looked at Nanfang for a long time, turned his head to look at Wu Gaochi; "It's been three years since Gongsun Jian left."

It has been more than three years, and Yongle set off from Guangzhou on December 11 of the second year, and now it is January 17 of the sixth year of Yongle.

"It's been three years and one month." Yao Guangxiao's response. Let Wu Di sigh; "Since I went to sea, I haven't heard anything from them, and I don't know if they have found such a woman, and whether there is any harvest from this caravan."

"Dad, Gongsun Taifu will definitely live up to your hopes, and he will definitely find it." Wu Gaochi flattered on the side.

In fact, the fleet led by Gongsun Jian had already entered the Great Zhou realm, that is, the place where he first set up the stone monument three years ago.

This time, the fleet was fully loaded. The caravan was larger than the one when it had set out, with more than one hundred and fifty ships. Among these fleets, in addition to those of the Great Zhou, there were also envoys and caravans from other countries to be visited.

Three years, minus the return trip. Gongsun Jian's fleet arrived at the farthest point this time, that is, Yemen in the Arab counties, that is, the sea of the Red Sea

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Originally, he wanted to go to Africa and bring back the kind of black and swarthy woman to Wu Di, but he didn't want to, this kind of black and swarthy woman who scared Wu Zhanji to cry at that time was actually here, and white people were actually there in the Arab counties. This saved Gongsun Jian's time, after consulting with the lord of Yemen. The lord of this county was very generous, and each sent a hundred Gongsun swords on the spot, and sent caravans and envoys to go.

And on the way back, except for Timur Khan, abroad. The rest, like Jijarat in the northeast of India, Bahmanr in the center, and Ceylon, either sent fleets or envoys to the Great Zhou.

"We're here." Gongsun Jian folded his arms and looked at the stone tablet three years ago, opened his mouth and turned his head to look at the envoys of various countries beside him, and smiled.

The mighty fleet drove north for five days and encountered the Great Zhou Navy Division that was patrolling, and after the two sides converged, a clipper ship had already reported to the Guangdong political envoy Si Yamen.

When the political envoy received that the fleet had returned, he immediately sent it to Yingtian in an urgent manner for 600 miles.

Finally came back, Wu Di looked at the document Gongsun Jian mentioned that there were not only messengers brought this time, but also some spices that Da Zhou did not have at all, and there was also the kind of woman who scared her grandson to cry on the spot, and he happily drank several glasses in a row. He went to the brothel with Yao Guangxiao and Wu Gaochi of Jiming Temple to celebrate Gongsun Jian, who had been waiting for three years.

Of course, it was not Gongsun Jian who was waiting, but the kind of black and white woman that Gongsun Jian said when he was powerful.

At the same time, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to immediately draw up a welcome charter and a list of gifts, so that the envoys of various countries could bring them back at that time.

Because of the envoys and the women and jewels who paid tribute, in order to save trouble, Gongsun Jian could only take the waterway, and after two months of wandering, he arrived at Yingtianfu, which had been absent for more than three years.

Fengtian Temple. Wu Di was stunned and looked at the woman who came in and was taken aback, and some ministers in the court even screamed loudly on the spot, saying that Yaksha should light a sky lantern when he appeared.

For all this, Gongsun Jian rolled his eyes, what Yaksha is not Yaksha, this is just because of the weather over there, which makes them so dark, but think about it, Wu Zhanji and Wu Gaoxu were scared at that time, how good can this group of people who have no knowledge be.

"They...... Are they really people? "After the blacks brought back from the Arab counties by the guards. Wu Di turned his head to look at Gongsun Jian who was on the side.

Gongsun Jian nodded in affirmation; "Yes, I can assure you that this is indeed a human being, and how about it, and there is no interest. Taste the fresh flavor. ”

Forget it, it's scary to look at, how can you be in the mood to start, Wu Di waved his arm and then signaled to retreat.

Gongsun Jian, who hasn't gone back for a long time, really wants to go back. But Wu Di and Yao Guangxiao wanted to know where Gongsun Jian had gone in the past three years, so they pulled him to the imperial study.

I was just about to hand in my chart and explain the countries I had passed. But he didn't want Wu Gaochi to pick up two folds and walk in; "Dad, the list of gifts has been listed. If you have no objections, you will be given an order. ”

Rebate list?

What kind of reward list, Gongsun Jian was puzzled, and after seeing Wu Di finish reading the excerpt, he stretched out his hand and took it to take a look, and immediately got up and pointed at Wu Di; "Losers, do you do this? If you do this, not only will we not make money when we go out, but we will have to post it upside down, what do you want to do? ”

Wu Di blinked, and Wu Gaochi didn't understand, he narrowed his eyes; "Brother-in-law, is there a problem?"

There's a problem, it's a big problem.

This gift list, almost every country in return, is more than several times what they sent.

Da Zhou is still very poor, and many people actually can't eat enough until now, so if they have this heart, it is better to use the money on the people and give it back to them. Nothing but get a generous one.

Of course, it's not that there's nothing at all, at least there's a good relationship.

But a good relationship, that's made by fists. And not piled up with money.

There are many enemies in the Great Zhou, and these enemies are eyeing each other. I was about to bite off a piece of meat in Da Zhou.

"What do you say, I'm ...... a lot of things?"

Nima, Gongsun Jian patted his forehead and wanted to speak, Wu Zhanji hurriedly shook his head when he heard this; "Grandpa Huang, the Great Zhou is really nothing, on the opposite side of us, there are several countries with millions of armor, their land is not less than ours, among which the Timurid Empire you know something, except for him, the Arab county alliance, where did they know about the Ottoman Empire, they are not weaker than us at all."

He said this, and looked at Gongsun Jian; "Master, what about the charts you have drawn in the past few years, let my imperial grandfather take a look."

Gongsun Niu hurriedly took out the chart, on which the approximate range of the country he had visited had been marked, and the approximate population and strength had been marked from it.

Among them, the Timurid Empire had an army of 850,000 troops, two-thirds of which were cavalry. Although the Arab counties are an alliance, the number of troops is as high as more than 900,000, and the news from the Yemeni county guards is that to the north of the alliance of Arab counties, there is an even larger empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which has an army of up to 1.3 million.

With such a large number of troops, especially the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the comprehensive strength was not below the Great Zhou at all.

"You...... Is this true? Wu Di narrowed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then looked at Gongsun Jian.

If all this is true, then his own smugness can only lead Da Zhou to the abyss in the end. If that's the case, then you have to take care of yourself. When the time comes, these threats will be eliminated one by one to be able to sleep peacefully.

"If you don't believe what your grandson said, you can ask the second child and see what he thinks of these troops."

Wu Gaoxu was soon ordered to come, and when he heard it, he wanted to ask about the situation over there.

He said a rough idea at 1510, and even completely affirmed that Da Zhou could not compare with the other party in terms of firearms. The range of their artillery is more than ten kilometers more than that of the Great Friday.

Don't underestimate these distances, once a war starts, your own artillery will not be able to attack it, but the other side will be able to completely suppress it.

Yao Guangxiao saw Wu Di with a sad face. He thought for a moment and got up; "Things have to be given back, otherwise they won't be able to show my great Zhou Guowei, but I don't think I need such a valuable gift, but I don't need to give back some worthless things on our side. For example, porcelain, tea and silk, don't use too much, the meaning is it. ”

These words can be regarded as saving face for Wu Di, and he looked at Gongsun Jian. Gongsun Jian hummed; "That's how we should be, we are not landlords, we don't have much surplus food in our hands, and even if we do, it's not for them. Rather, I want to give the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the soldiers who will have meritorious service in future battles. Emperor. I'm not rich in Da Zhou, surrounded by strong enemies. Don't waste it. The meaning is on the line."

Wu Di saw that several people expressed their support, so he buckled the fold and looked at Wu Gaochi; "You go and do this, don't be precious."

Let him come? Gongsun Jian looked at Wu Gaochi, who was bending down in front of him to answer, and hurriedly took over the conversation; "Let me do this kind of thing."

Wu Gaochi is not suitable for this job. What he said was also subject to the ideal of benevolence and morality, and said that it was not precious. Send it out when the time comes. It's still quite valuable.

Keep the good things for yourself, and deal with the messengers who came with you. Just send it away.

The things of this palace, which is the essence of the Great Zhou, can't be given either.

"I'm not robbing you of your work. Tell me, you go and do it, do you want to take something from the palace? Seeing Wu Gaochi's hum, Gongsun Jian taught meaningfully: "The things in this palace, which were left by our ancestors, are all unparalleled treasures in the world, how can they be given to that group of people casually." It's not like you didn't take what your ancestors left behind. ”

It seems that this is quite a good reason. Wu Di also changed his mind and let Gongsun handle this matter in vain.

Gongsun Jian did not attend the banquet with the envoys of various countries, but was busy leading the Jinyi Guards everywhere to find the things to reward them, so that they could set off with the next group of ships that went to do business.

"My lord, is this appropriate?" Ji Gang went back and forth with a large number of jars and jars placed in front of him. These things, even if they are given to him, are disgusted, they are all fakes on the market. A few silver bills a piece. If it is relatively valuable, it is not nothing, no, the urinal in Ji Gang's hand is the most valuable. The second year of Hongwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It's also a bit of history. It's just too ugly for anyone to buy.

"Why is it not appropriate, who does not use this to eat, drink and pull, I will give this to them, that is to care about their health, what do you know, go, be generous, each messenger will give them fifty, don't let them say that we are stingy in Zhou, silk should be a little more gorgeous, this is all in the future we will open the market, not stingy, each messenger will send ten horses."

is so generous, Ji Gang almost didn't bite off his tongue, and hurriedly went out to prepare.

As soon as he left, Li Qing walked in from outside, and he needed to report on the three years he had left, especially the movements of Arutai and Duoyan Sanwei.

The situation is not very good, after Lily entered the Hidden Dragon Guard, because she has a lot of contact, some secrets can still know a thing or two. Since the fourth year of Yongle, Duoyan Sanwei has been hooking up with Arutai to do some shady things, such as the artillery technology of this Great Zhou, which has secretly made certain transactions, and Arutai is also developing.