The heart of Muhua!

It is said that it is "the heart of Muhua".

Admiration for China.

For the Han people, for thousands of years, as the center of the world, they have long been accustomed to the admiration of the Fanbang barbarians for Chinese civilization. It is this admiration that makes them proud from the bottom of their hearts.

In various ports along the coast, there are full of merchant ships, full of all kinds of goods from Liaodong, Korea, the Wa Kingdom and even the South Seas, and the cloth, tea and other commodities of the Ming Dynasty are also transported to all parts of the world from here. Although there is still a monopoly on trade with North Korea and Japan, but with the prosperity of trade in the South Seas and the West, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and now the Ming Dynasty is more like a coachman on the sea, transporting the goods of the Ming Dynasty to the world at the same time, and then transporting the goods of all countries in the world to the Ming Dynasty to meet the growing needs of the Ming Dynasty.

Daming's port is always busy, no matter what the period, Wuzhen Port, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, is the busiest of many ports. When a merchant ship sailed into Wusongkou, a group of guests wearing arabesque black robes on board all expressed heartfelt amazement.

"My God, I bet this is the largest port in the world! Alexandria and Venice will also be overshadowed in front of her. ”

The young man on the bow of the boat looked at the thousands of ships moored at Wusongkou and exclaimed excitedly.

"Of course. It is the hub that connects the Daming inland canal with the sea. The Yangtze River is the longest river in the Celestial Empire, and half of the provinces of the Celestial Empire can be connected through the river connected to the Yangtze River. Therefore, Wusongkou is one of the most important ports of the Celestial Empire. ”

Looking at the stunned Egyptian youths beside him, the captain smiled and guided.

"Spark, is Nanjing far away from Zhongdu?"

A young man asked with some curiosity.

"It's not far, Zhongdu is hundreds of miles away from the north."

Sparker explained, gesturing to a steamer spewing smoke on the river.

"Mia, you see, that's a steamer, that's what we're here for."

"Oh my God, does it really have no sails, it really needs coal and water to sail? It's a miracle. ”

Mia and her friends looked at the steamship in amazement.

They were students sent by Egypt to study in the Ming Dynasty, and after Egypt's independence, the Copts had to face the reality of Ottomanization or Christianization, and in the end, the Copts did not choose to send their youth to Europe, but set their sights on the distant Ming Dynasty.

After all, through past contacts, the Copts have long understood that the Ming is the most powerful empire in the world, and that Egypt has become independent with the support of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, their king also came from the Ming Dynasty, so many reasons directly led to Egypt's decision to learn from the Ming Dynasty.

Despite the language inconveniences, the upper echelons of the Coptic sent a group of students to Daming, hoping that these young people would learn the most advanced knowledge in Daming. In the future, these young people will return to Egypt with what they have learned in the Ming Dynasty, and then help Egypt to free itself from the influence of Arab culture on Egypt.

Of course, this does not mean that they are not sending students to Europe. In fact, long before Egypt's independence, the Copts had been actively learning from Venice, France and other countries, but at that time, most of their studies were religion, although the Coptic Church was different from Catholicism and Orthodoxy, but this did not prevent them from learning from their European counterparts.

But now sent to Daming is a group of secular students who will study in various fields such as law, medicine, and science, and Mia is one of them. He was born in a family of Coptic accountants in Alexandria, and with his brilliant mind, he mastered the Chinese language on the way to Daming, standing out from many of his peers.

Although he was already able to have a simple communication with Mingren, Mia still seemed a little uneasy about this study abroad, after all, he already understood that perhaps, this experience of studying in Daming was not as smooth as imagined, after all, they were foreigners.

Will Daming's schools be open to foreigners like them?

Even if they have the king's recommendation, even if their king is from the Ming Dynasty. What if Daming denies them admission to the school?

Many questions had been bothering them, making Mia and the others seem a little nervous, and they were worried that they would be rejected by the academy. After all, they came here to learn the knowledge of the Ming Dynasty in order to fight against the Turks.

"You say, what if the academy refuses us admission?"

When Mia mentioned this issue worriedly, Zhao Guoye on the side said with a smile.

"Hey, I said, now you don't need to worry about this for the time being, you can go to the preparatory school to learn Chinese first, after all, even when you go to the academy, no one will teach you in Arabic, and as for Coptic, I estimate that there are no twenty people in the entire Ming Dynasty who can speak it."

"Thank you for the reminder."

Mia looked at Zhao Guoye and said.

"Don't worry, now that I'm also Egyptian, I'll definitely try my best to help you solve these problems." Zhao Guoye said with a smile.

He's Egyptian too!

Zhao Guoye's words did not cause any discomfort to Mia and others, this young man born in the Ming Dynasty, arrived in Egypt with His Majesty last year, His Majesty brought many Ming people, and now they are all Egyptians like His Majesty, and many of them have even been baptized by the Coptic Church.

In the eyes of almost all Copts, the Han Chinese are a very special group of people. They are all benevolent and generous, humble and courteous, and many noble qualities are fully reflected in them. Because of this, the Copts have now accepted these polite Han Chinese, and there is not the slightest resistance to the Han Chinese, who have long been accustomed to being ruled by foreigners for thousands of years.

As for Zhao Guoye, he is the person in charge of their trip, responsible for arranging for them to study in Daming.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, we really don't know what to do without your help."

Just as Mia was thanking them, a ship passed in front of them, and the passengers on board caught his eye. The passengers of the ship also looked at the ship with curiosity, at the strangers from Egypt on board.

Looking at the crowded people on the deck, Mia asked curiously.

"Mr. Zhao, where are these people going?"

"Go to the other side of the ocean. They will immigrate to New Summer or North America to start a new life there. ”

Looking at those people who were far away, Zhao Guoye's gaze looked a little complicated.

"You're saying they're leaving the wealthy Ming immigrants for the distant New World?"

Mia's eyes were wide open, full of puzzlement, and he couldn't understand why Akito had emigrated overseas.

In Mia's understanding, the Celestial Empire is simply the heaven described in the Bible. Not only was it rich and powerful, but it was even a land of freedom in his opinion, where people of any faith could be treated equally, not discriminating against Jews like in Europe, nor against Christians like the Turks, in short, in this paradise on earth, everyone was equal.

Even in Egypt now, people know the existence of this paradise, if it weren't for the fact that it is too far away from Egypt, and ordinary people without visas have no chance to come to Daming, otherwise, the destitute Egyptians would have flocked to the Celestial Empire.

But now there would be people who would abandon such a paradise on earth and run to a desolate new world!

Whether it's New Summer or North America, Mia is just a barren land in the eyes of Mia. Why, did the Aketo leave this paradise?

"Who would want to leave if they could?"

There was a hint of helplessness in Zhao Guoye's tone.

"The world is no better than Jiangnan, if it is possible, everyone is always reluctant to leave Daming, but there is no way!"

Listening to Zhao Guoye's exclamation, Mia then thought that he was also the one who left this heaven, why did they leave here?

"Mr. Zhao, why did you leave here?"

"Because ......"

After a moment of silence, Zhao Guoye smiled bitterly.

"Because, in pursuit of a better life."

This answer, even Zhao Guoye himself does not believe it.

For the twenty-seven-year-old, the reason why he left was completely out of desperation.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the second son has no inheritance, they have no land, no property, and no future, so many people can only go overseas in order to improve their lives, where they can get land, can have their own property, all this, can only be obtained overseas......"

Looking at the immigration ship that was gradually moving away, Zhao Guoye's gaze became more and more complicated, when he left Daming, he was also like those immigrants on the ship, looking at his homeland with a reluctant look, I don't know when he will come back in this life, even if he lives a rich life in Egypt, he will also think of his homeland in his dreams.

When he learned that His Majesty had sent him back to China, Zhao Guoye was even more excited and uncontrollable, and he was in insomnia for several days, and the world could not be better than the Celestial Empire.

He never imagined that he would one day return to the Celestial Empire.

Now, he has returned, but in the future, he will still have to go back, to Egypt, after all, he is already Egyptian......

"At least, at least in my lifetime, I can come back again, and they ......"

Staring at the disappearing migrant boat, Zhao Guoye sighed.

I'm afraid they'll never come back......

Mia obviously couldn't understand the helplessness of Zhao Guoye and the others, but just said incredulously.

"Why do you have to leave the Celestial Empire? If it were me, I wouldn't leave here no matter what......"

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