Volume 12 Chapter 17 King's Landing in Goa

Zhu Cijiong went to Ceylon mainly for two things, one was to comfort the soldiers of the Second Army of the Ming Expeditionary Force, and the other was to see the growth of rubber saplings with his own eyes.

Goa is a city with a long history, its history can even be traced back to the famous Mauryan period in the third century BC, and of course Goa has an equally long colonial history, as early as 1498 AD, the famous Portuguese navigator, explorer, colonial pioneer Vasco . Reach. Gamma visited Goa, and by 1510 Goa had become a Portuguese colony.

This colonization can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is predatory colonization, the other is economic colonization, predatory colonization is to put it bluntly, robbing money, resources, minerals and even people, while economic colonization is relatively mild, and colonizers sometimes share a little profit to the local indigenous people in order to make more money.

Most of the early colonization was predatory colonization, such as Spain and Portugal plundering gold and silver in South America and Portugal plundering gold and precious stones in Africa, etc., all of which were predatory colonization, but Goa was very lucky, because Portugal urgently needed a colonial stronghold to monopolize the spice trade from India to Europe, Goa was fortunate to become the first city to be economically colonized, and Portugal gradually built Goa into the core city of the Far East, so Goa is different from the surrounding indigenous countries and regions, At that time, it was already quite developed, and its degree of development was not even inferior to that of the big cities of continental Europe during the same period!

On this day, a group of Portuguese soldiers and Ming soldiers suddenly appeared on the streets of the bustling Goa, their goal was the same, they were all Goa ports, and soon the bustling Goa port was blocked, and all the civilians were politely invited to the outside of the port, but the Portuguese and Ming troops did not drive them away, and even set aside a large open space not far from the port for the common people to stop, and there were many Portuguese soldiers around the clearing, and every civilian who passed them would send a bouquet of flowers, as if they didn't want money.

Experienced old Goans know that there is a big man coming to Goa, or it is impossible for so many Portuguese and Ming soldiers to line up at the port, and it is impossible to send them flowers, and, looking at the nervous look of the Portuguese governor Conde, this big man must have a big background, and it is very likely that he is a member of the royal family on the European side!

A number of Goan civilians who loved to watch the excitement gathered in the area carved out by the Portuguese army, holding flowers and staring intently at the port, ready to put a wall on the demeanor of the European royalty.

It was not long before a sail battleship appeared on the sea outside the port of Goa, and this battleship approached the port at a speed that ordinary people could not understand, and as soon as it came to a stop, a 'big man' rushed down and went straight to the governor Konde, who was waiting in the port.

This is indeed a big man, many Goans know him, he is the Portuguese Governor in Macau Svera, but it seems that this Svera seems to be on the same level as Comde, every time he came to Goa Conde before, he used to bring some entourage to wait at the port at will, and he had never put on such a big show, could it be that this Svera was promoted?

Of course, Svera was not promoted, and he was not the target of Conde, but what Conde was ready to meet was His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!

Not only did the civilians who watched the excitement around feel strange, but Kong Dede also felt strange, why did this thing come over alone, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire?

Shi Willa didn't care that Condech was not surprised, he stepped forward and grabbed Conde's arm, and said anxiously: "Conde, quickly let your guards withdraw from the port, don't stand here and get in the way." “

Kong Dede was shocked: "What did you say? I'm here to greet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and there is no honor guard like this? “

Schwila glanced at his guards and said disdainfully: "You also call the honor guard?" Look at the First Legion of the Ming Empire Expeditionary Force, there are more honor guards than you. “

Kong Dede glanced at the soldiers of the First Legion of the Ming Empire Expeditionary Force, who were wearing new military uniforms and neat rows not far away, and said with some humility: "They are the first-class legions of the Ming Empire, and the mercenaries under me must not be able to compare." “

Shi Vera said a little impatiently: "I know that it's not as good as it, hurry up and tell your people to stand back, and don't stand in the middle of the way, there are many honor guards of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!" “

Kong Dede looked around and asked puzzledly: "How many honor guards can there be, this station is enough for 10,000 or 20,000 people, why do you let my people retreat?" “

Schwila grabbed Conde's arm, dragged him back, and persuaded as he retreated: "Believe me, old friend, I don't have time to joke with you, quick, let your people retreat five miles!" “

Five miles back? Could it be that the guards and retinue of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire add up to more than 100,000! Although he didn't believe it at all, he still ordered his guards to retreat five miles, because Svera's arm was about to be broken, and if he didn't make his guards retreat, his arm would be gone!

In fact, Kong Dede guessed very right, Zhu Cijiong casually put a score that is more than 100,000 people, he knows that Shi Wei La and Kong Dede are very good friends, but friends are friends, this score still has to be placed, in order not to cause embarrassment like last time in Luzon, Zhu Cijiong also deliberately let Shi Wei La take a battleship first, full power, rushed over to inform Kong Dede, give him the place.

At this time, the Goan civilians who were watching the excitement from a distance were even more puzzled than Comde, so a battleship came, and a man came down, and then the battleship drove away, and then the soldiers of the Portuguese army began to retreat, is this the end, what are these flowers for, is it the Governor giving benefits to everyone for free?

Just when everyone was puzzled, a row of dense black shadows suddenly appeared on the sea, so many boats!

When those dark shadows gradually approached, both the civilians of Goa and the officials under Condet were dumbfounded, there were so many warships!

When the fleet got closer, someone couldn't help but exclaim, oh, what is the huge black shadow in the middle, is it also a battleship, how can there be such a huge battleship!

When the fleet approached the port, everyone finally saw clearly, it was a battleship, a really battleship, a huge battleship, and there were two smaller ones behind, but they were far larger than ordinary battleships, and then look at the flag on the battleship, the sun, moon and dragon flag! Oh, the one who bought the cake turned out to be the royal family of the Ming Empire, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire came to Goa in person!

They really guessed correctly, and took over countless soldiers of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard to land on the shore, and then the legendary Ming brocade guard, then the legendary eunuch, and the legendary beautiful palace maid ...... of the Ming Dynasty.