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When Jin Chun returned to the flagship, Zhu Zhanji learned that the thin man who received him was the famous Prince Henry.

Seeing him standing on the shore as if he had lost his soul, Zhu Zhanji did not face the excitement of the great man of history, let alone sympathy.

Rather, they are thinking about how the Portuguese will respond.

Regardless of the fact that the Portuguese hurriedly reported to Lisbon day and night, the Ming fleet continued to sail eastward, ostentatiously passing through the market. Let the Castilians, that is, the Spaniards of later generations, also know that I am here!

The fleet first arrived at the port of Cádiz, the most famous seaport in Spain, from which Columbus set out on two expeditions.

Zhu Zhanji lived here for a few months in the first life, and in the second life, he established a relationship with Gracia here, and was very familiar with this place.

However, he definitely didn't have the heart to go ashore to go shopping, and the residents there were already frightened when they saw the Ming fleet.

Even so, Zhu Zhanji sent a ship to land, and with them, he also submitted a list of trades and a list of his goods.

Through the transaction in Marin, Zhu Zhanji has realized. This is not Nanyang, the countries of Nanyang have been trading with the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and both sides are very familiar.

When the Ming fleet arrived, all the people who should trade came over by themselves.

But in the West, the Ming is a rare guest. Even if they come to a place, most people don't know that they are coming, let alone what goods they have to trade with them.

Most of the time, the chamberlain in charge of trade was waiting.

Therefore, now the Ming fleet is not rash to trade, a small city, unprepared, how much trade can it have?

It's better to give a list, set a time to trade, and then trade. In this way, the locals are prepared, and the transaction volume will increase significantly.

After the assault on Ceuta, the Ming fleet would spread out and swagger along Granada, Aragon, then to France, the Italian peninsula, and then to Greece, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Empire, Byzantium, and other countries.

It's a trade trip, it's a demonstration trip.

Zhu Zhanji was not afraid that because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, European countries would unite to oppose the Ming Dynasty, and the contradictions between them were no less than the hatred between them and the infidels.

A very clear historical event in Zhu Zhanji's memory shows that the contradictions between European countries can no longer be concealed.

In the middle of the fifteenth century, about forty years after the original history, the Ottoman Empire had already stormed Constantinople, and the whole of Europe was in a panic.

But for five years, no country was willing to go to war with the Ottomans, no matter what the pope appealed. In five years, three popes died, and the nations ignored them.

It wasn't until the Ottomans attacked Belgrade in Serbia that European countries panicked to form a coalition to fend off the Ottoman threat.

Later, it was the Ottomans who had changes in their own country and took the initiative to withdraw their troops, so that Europe escaped.

From this incident, we can see how big the contradictions between European countries are, and Zhu Zhanji does not have to worry about them uniting at all.

Even if the Catholic countries were united, the Protestant countries would ignore it, and as for the Orthodox Church, it was because the demise of Byzantium a few decades later was completely opposed to Catholicism.

Today's Europe is the darkness before the dawn, and in front of the Ming, they are a plate of sweet and delicious desserts.

However, before the swagger began, it was the first to suffer.

Throughout the Strait of Gibraltar, it is customary to blow easterly winds in the morning and westerly winds in the afternoon.

But as soon as the Ming fleet entered the Strait of Gibraltar, the wind began to blow wildly, and the sky in the southwest became gloomy.

Before Zhu Zhanji and the astronomers of Qin Tianjian could determine whether this was a typhoon or not, the big cannibal who acted as a guide screamed in horror. "Tempest...... A storm is coming. ”

Zhu Zhanji's heart was also a little panicked, he was not afraid of fighting with anyone, he was afraid of this irresistible storm!

Fortunately, the main fleet was not far from Tangier in the southeast, only twenty or thirty kilometers. I'm afraid the front army has already arrived there, mainly the rear army, and it's still a little far away.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji gave the order, the fleet immediately sailed with full sails and marched in the southeast direction with the wind.

Zheng He, who had already arrived in Tangier, was well placed in charge of the transfer, and the whole of Tangier was flanked by limestone coasts, except in the eastern part of the city, where a sandy beach about five or six miles long had been washed out.

All the punts were arranged to run aground on the beach, and then everyone worked together to start fastening the boats.

Fufune and Guangchuan were arranged to enter the Tangier River, and thousands of people were arranged to act as porters to pull the boats into the river.

Although the water depth of this river is only about three meters, it is very small, but the bottom is full of silt, which not only does not harm the hull, but also has a stabilizing effect.

As for the treasure ship and Zhu Zhanji's flagship, such a big ship can only dock in the harbor and resign it to fate.

However, the large treasure ship that cannot be stopped is very heavy and has a stronger ability to withstand wind and waves, and it is not in the middle of the sea now, so it is not afraid of major problems.

When the fleet was settled, Zhu Zhanji's heart settled down, and at this time, he realized that he seemed to be making a fuss.

Because this part of the Mediterranean Sea is not a hurricane activity area at all!

Typhoons in the Pacific Ocean are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Under the influence of tropical pressure, typhoons north of the equator tend to rotate counterclockwise, while those south of the equator rotate clockwise.

This refers not only to the direction of the typhoon's rotational winds, but also to the direction of air and ocean currents throughout the region.

The climate of the Mediterranean is characterized by hot, dry summers in summers and mild and rainy winters, which is influenced by the warm Atlantic Current.

The reason why Europe, especially Western Europe, is known as the most suitable place for human habitation is mainly because the warm Atlantic current makes this land free of scorching heat in summer and severe cold in winter, and even in the coldest season, it rarely falls below freezing.

The Northeast, which is at the same latitude as Western Europe, can reach minus 30 degrees.

The Atlantic Current has benefited Europe, but the Americas have been victimized. More than 95 percent of the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean reach the Americas, where hurricanes, tornadoes, heavy snowfall, and cold snaps occur.

Zhu Zhanji seriously thought about the climatic characteristics of various parts of the world that he had learned in later generations, and confirmed that there were few major storms in the Strait of Gibraltar.

The reason why the locals are so panicked is mainly due to the fact that the boats here cannot withstand the slightly stronger winds!

But he didn't take it to heart, but a group of subordinates didn't dare to be sloppy.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji landed on the shore, he was greeted by Zheng He to one of the strongest stone houses in the city, which was originally a defensive position built by the Moors here in the 11th century, and has not been damaged for 400 years.

Although Zhu Zhanji didn't want to make a fuss, he didn't want to add trouble to the work of his subordinates because of his behavior, so he came here according to their wishes.

In addition to him, his concubines and a group of clans were also arranged. Then it didn't take long for the storm to come.

Until the evening, Zheng He was drenched and came back exhausted.

He also wanted to report the situation to Zhu Zhanji, but was sent by Zhu Zhanji to change his clothes first.

Although the storm came, it was a small comparison with the one they experienced in South Africa, so everyone's mood was relaxed.

Disembarking in a hurry, and the space was limited, the imperial cooks slaughtered two sheep in a stone house in the courtyard and roasted them for food.

After they finished eating, the soldiers came to report the situation to Zhu Zhanji.

This time it was a false alarm, and the fleet did not suffer much loss, but the few ships that ran aground needed to be repaired.

But after the report was completed, no one left, and everyone was waiting for Zheng He to appear.

He has been here for nearly half a month, and he has figured out the situation in Ceuta, and he can't attack Ceuta without his intelligence support.

Although the generals wanted to make meritorious contributions in front of Zhu Zhanji, they knew that the Portuguese also had some muskets in their hands, so they did not dare to be careless.

If you carelessly lose Jingzhou, not only will you not be able to make meritorious contributions, but you will also be severely punished!

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No one thought that this rain would be seven or eight days at once, and the first war of the Ming Dynasty in the West was delayed like this.

also made Daming's sworn threat a joke.

Of course, Portugal certainly doesn't think it's a joke. Despite the storm, they still sent two ships to Ceuta to ventilate the news.

And in Lisbon, the sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty cast a shadow over the heads of all the nobles.

Faced with the five-day deadline of the Ming Dynasty, João I and the nobles quickly made the decision to increase the army. But at the same time, they also decided to send envoys to negotiate with the Ming to fight a civilized war.

That is, the fight will still be fought, but the losing side will be allowed to surrender, and in return the Portuguese will not blow up the military fortress that they have spent two years building.

The onset of the storm made it very difficult to assemble the army, and most of the Portuguese ships could not sail in the wind and rain.

Duarte, as the future heir of Portugal, had no choice but to act as an emissary, risking his way to Ceuta while searching for the Ming fleet.

In Tangier, where they were salivating, he saw a fleet that could not be seen at a glance, and although these ships lost their former majesty in the storm, most of them were larger than his ships.

As you can imagine, when these ships go to sea, the threat that erupts is absolutely staggering.

Moreover, the soldiers who greeted him were far from being comparable to those slave soldiers of Marin. Despite the storm, these soldiers still stood tall and disciplined in the wind and rain.

Through the robes, he also saw that almost all the soldiers had a musket in their hands, which was far more sophisticated than their Portuguese muskets.

Just the vitality of these guards, he already felt a deep fear.

There are less than 2,000 muskets in the whole of Portugal, but now, these tens of thousands of Ming soldiers seem to have one in their hands, and there don't seem to be so many muskets in the whole of Europe!

He lamented the stupidity of the aristocracy, because the wrong decision would have cost countless Portuguese soldiers their lives.

He seems to have forgotten that he was also one of the main battle factions in the first place.

The Portuguese could lose, they could lose, they could surrender, but they couldn't surrender without fighting.

He was received by an officer who looked like a scholar and granted his request, setting the date for the battle on September 1.

Duarte was also worried that the Ming fleet would set up a blockade at sea to prevent Portugal from increasing its troops. I also thought that the other party would deliberately embarrass him, but I didn't expect that the other party didn't mention it, and he didn't intend to intercept it at sea, and it didn't seem to care how many people Portugal sent.

His biggest regret was that he was not able to meet the leader of the other party in person, His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, who signed the credentials to them.

It is said that it was because His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson suddenly had a happy event, and it seemed that his wife was pregnant.

This also amazed him, why can women also get on the boat?

For Zhu Zhanji, Shen Dai'er's sudden pregnancy is definitely not a happy event, because it shows that there is a mistake in his plan.

When he learned that Shen Dai'er was pregnant, he came to the backyard as soon as possible, and comforted Shen Dai'er with a good voice and told her not to worry.

When a woman in this era is pregnant, it is like passing through a ghost gate. And they are still in Europe now, and the entire fleet cannot be delayed because of Shen Dai'er alone, so she can only live and produce on the ship. This adds to the danger.

In the future, she will be a freshman in high school at most, but now, she is facing the danger of losing her life.

When he went out, he turned his head to look at Liu Chenghui and said softly, "Come with me......"

The environment of this fortress is very poor, but there are quite a few houses, a barracks that can accommodate a few thousand people, and now there are less than a thousand people, and there are many empty rooms.

Entering Liu Chenghui's room, as soon as Zhu Zhanji sat down on her bed, Liu Chenghui had already knelt on the ground and said in a mournful voice: "The concubine swears that there is absolutely no thought of Shen Fengyi, and I hope His Royal Highness will be forgiving." ”

Zhu Zhanji's face was as usual, and he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

There was no crime, just a typo, which also made Liu Chenghui's heart breathe a sigh of relief. She bowed her head and said: "His Royal Highness entrusted the affairs of the harem to the concubine, and it was also because he trusted the concubine, and even the medicinal materials of the concubines were all in the hands of the concubine. Although the concubine didn't know what went wrong and let Shen Fengyi conceive the dragon seed, it was also a dereliction of duty. ”

"You seem to have been brewing this for a long time, and it makes sense."

Liu Chenghui's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "The concubine body has not arrived because of Shen Fengyi's monthly affairs, and today I specially investigated, and learned that she was pregnant, and I was terrified, and I kept thinking about how to let His Highness forgive the concubine. ”

Zhu Zhanji still admires Liu Chenghui very much, she is not as good as Hu Shanxiang in terms of atmosphere, she is not as good as Sun Xian in terms of wrist, she is not as good as Ma Xin in terms of simplicity, and she is not as good as Lan Yan in terms of heart, but these people are higher than her.

Now there is one more Shen Dai'er who joined halfway, and she is even more stunningly beautiful, and she is compared to her in terms of beauty.

None of the others are pregnant, only Shen Daier is pregnant, and Zhu Zhanji's first thought is that she is doing ghosts behind her back.

In fact, she also has her advantages, she is not top-notch in all aspects, but when it comes to comprehensive quality, she is stronger than most people in Zhu Zhanji's harem.

Zhu Zhanji sighed and said in a deep voice: "Where there are people, there are disputes, and where there are people, there are disagreements, and I never expected my harem to be safe and sound all the time." Whether it's a conspiracy or a bully, it's not really as good as a little bit, you know what it is? ”

"The concubine is foolish ......"

"Foolish, you're not foolish at all...... Get up. When she stood up, Zhu Zhanji stretched out her big hand, she hesitated for a moment, and put her hand in Zhu Zhanji's palm.

Zhu Zhanji took her by the hand and let her sit beside him, and then said: "It is not advisable to be jealous of the wind, and it is not advisable to harm others, this is my request to you." No matter how you fight or trick people, you must not forget one thing. Everything you have is from me, only my favor is the most important thing!

Everyone is unique and doesn't need to be compared to others. I know that because of Shen's outstanding appearance, I have been in her room a few more times, which has caused your dissatisfaction. But don't challenge my bottom line anymore, lose my favor, and everything you have now will come to naught. ”

Liu Chenghui looked at Zhu Zhanji's face and said timidly: "Your Highness, what if Shen Fengyi didn't drink the medicine himself?" ”

"Then I still have to admire her, I can fight with my own life and kick out you, the housekeeper who is in the way, it's not worth it!"

Liu Chenghui wanted to say more, but Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand and patted her face gently, and said, "Don't say anything, I will treat this incident today as if it never happened." However, you only get one chance! In my heart, you are a smart person who understands the general situation and knows how to advance and retreat, don't let me think that you are too smart. ”

"The concubine obeys."

Zhu Zhanji stood up, walked to the door, glanced at Liu Wan, who was carefully guarding the door, turned around and said, "You help me keep an eye on some green plums, green bamboos, some people always think they are smart!" ”

His biggest suspicion is actually not Liu Chenghui, today he just used this incident to warn her, because she has too much power to be injured when she is away.

If he really doubted her, he wouldn't have told her these words.

What is really suspicious is Qingmei and Luzhu, Sun Xian must have put a lot of pressure on them, the two of them can't have any more children, the hope for the rest of their lives is on Sun Xian, and it is very likely that Sun Xian will remove a strong competitor.

Walking out of the room, Zhu Zhanji felt depressed. He originally thought that the strife in the harem would only happen when the children grew up, but he didn't expect it to happen now.

As their concubines, they are not enemies, and Zhu Zhanji is not a truly ruthless person, do they have to fight and kill?

As for the truth of this matter, Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to investigate it thoroughly, even if there is a result?

Is it just for such a "happy event" that a happy event becomes a funeral? Then he's stupid!

However, these rules still need to be talked about, and the warning should still be warned.

It's not in a hurry now, when you return to the Ming Dynasty, you will formulate a new harem system, and you should put the plan on the first place.

On August 28, the rain finally stopped, and the fleet began to assemble to repair the damaged ships and replenish fresh water.

There were locals with Yulin Weixue who were monitoring Ceuta on land, and everyone was not worried about the movements of the Portuguese.

On August 30, all the ships were rested. The 11,000 young officers and men who had seized the offensive task this time had already dispersed and boarded the navy's attack ships.

In this battle, the navy will not land except for artillery cover, and all tasks will be completed by these 11,000 soldiers.

It's not that Da Mingtuo is big, the main thing is that Ceuta is narrow, and no matter how many people go, it's useless, and they can't open the formation at all.

The Portuguese did not have a large artillery, so they could not pose a great threat to the Ming soldiers. If there was artillery, Zhu Zhanji would never tell them anything about civilization and morality, and give them a chance to fight a "fair" duel.

Chinese people have always been utilitarian thoughts, and everything is based on the results of heroes!

And that night, half of the cooks did not rest, and countless pots and stoves were erected along the coast. On September 1, the sky was slightly bright, and the fragrant meal was ready.

After each soldier had eaten and drunk, he boarded the battleship in order.

This time, the sailing formation was very different from usual, and at the forefront was the attack fleet, which was dominated by the main battleships of 2,000 to 4,000 stones.

Their task was to carry out long-range artillery attacks, cover the landing young troops, attack the main forces inside the fortress, and break them up.

After the first round of artillery fire, the enemy's courage was chilled, and the flat-bottomed sand boats on which the young army rode would disperse and land from all directions.

And in each direction of the attack battalion, there will be two main battleships responsible for artillery cover.

The reason for this arrangement is that after the power of the guns increased, the deck thickness of the small battleship was not enough. The last time the Timurid were shelled at Kurumus, almost eighty percent of the decks of the small warships were blown apart.

In the future, such small warships, unless they are refitted, will no longer take on the task of shelling.

The fleet sailed eastward against the sun, and Ceuta was less than thirty kilometers from Tangier at sea. Although there was a bit of a headwind, it still arrived at the sea area of Ceuta at 9:15 a.m.

To Zhu Zhanji's surprise, on the sea not far from Ceuta, there were several ships that did not belong to Portugal.

Castile, Aragon, Granada, including the Papal States, even sent representatives to observe the battlefield.

After the two sides came into contact, Zhu Zhanji did not let people disperse them. He came to Liwei, and now that someone is helping him publicize, of course he can't ask for it.

The Portuguese seemed to know that their fleet was too weak, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, they had withdrawn all their ships.

They concentrated the navy, army, and servant army on the shore, and sincerely wanted to rely on the strong fortress to fight an offensive and defensive battle with the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing such a formation, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Xue Lu, who was in charge of the general attack, simply left only one soldier attacking from Marin land to contain the opponent's forces.

Then the young army was ordered to suspend the landing and use only naval artillery fire for attack.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the outflanking fleet slowly surrounded Ceuta from three directions.

All the departments were in place, Xue Lu gave an order, and the red flag of the attack was raised on his ship, and then, a heavy drum sounded, and with the heavy drum beating on the flagship, the drums on all the ships were beaten one by one.

The general offensive begins.

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