The newly built Star City in Daming is not the original city center of Singapore, which is still a swamp.

Today's Star City is mainly the area between the original Chinatown and the University of Singapore. That is, the area of Jurong Pier and the industrial area, with Kent Gang Park as the center, to build a new city.

Barracks were mainly located at the southern foot of the hills, facing the bay, and artillery barracks were set up on Sentosa Island, Mugong Island, and Kent Gang hills.

Artillery with a firing range of up to two thousand meters, crossing each other, can basically cover the entire dock area.

On the west side of the wharf, between the hills and the coastline, relying on the mountain, trees are cut down and the rocks are leveled to form a viewing platform that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Spectators can sit on the hill and not only see the arena below, but also watch the naval battles held directly in the bay.

Although it was only a competitive competition in the army, Zhu Zhanji made it a project like the Olympic Games in later generations.

Of course, there were not as many competitions as in later generations, and there were many military exercises and competitions. However, the rules are basically the same as those of later generations.

Taking football as an example, this project was originally just a competition for Zhu Zhanji's Yulin Weixue, but after Zhu Zhanji directly applied the rules of later generations, it soon became popular in the entire Ming army.

From the very beginning, Zhu Zhanji set up forwards, midfielders, and defenders, and set various rules and tactical requirements for the game. Like red and yellow cards, a maximum of six people can be changed in each game, and the referee rules are all in place in one step.

Even on the football field, Zhu Zhanji strictly limited the formal venue. It must be 100 meters of the Ming Dynasty compared to 66 meters, which is almost a strict ratio of three to two.

The only thing that cannot be qualified is that the lawn problem, because it is too difficult to find a good piece of grass.

After the Yulin Guard School was spread, all armies now applied various battlefield tactics to football matches.

This has also led to the fact that in today's football game of Daming, it is not the striker who is the most important from the beginning, but the midfielder who dispatches the midfield is more important.

It's nothing more than that according to the different people, some midfielders are good at attacking, and some midfielders are good at defending, which leads to different styles of teams.

But there is one thing that even Zhu Zhanji can't do anything about, and that is the problem of violence on the court.

Today's game involves the honor of the army in which he is located, and there is pressure from the superiors, which leads to the pressure on the fighters, that is, the players.

In particular, there are some young generals, the children of the nobles also like this game, they like to bully, and there are countless violent acts on the court.

However, the more violent it is, the more it can attract more people to participate, and the more it will be liked by the audience. There are even times when players have to fight on the pitch in order to show their toughness.

Even if you lose the game, as long as you win on the court, you will often be rewarded by the officials.

Zhu Zhanji originally wanted to formulate a stricter system to manage it, but later he wanted to open it. He took out the football game, mainly to cultivate the cooperation of the soldiers on the battlefield, and the other is to cultivate the warriors' martial arts and competitive spirit.

As long as you don't kill anyone, let them go.

In later generations, football can become the world's number one sport, and in this era, it is even more enthusiastically popular.

Now, even many noble families in the capital have formed their own football teams. Before this year's New Year, there was a commercial football match in Beijing, which attracted countless people to spend money to watch and bet.

In addition to football, there is also a wide range of athletics in this competition, from sprinting, long-distance running, to high jump, long jump, archery, shot put, hammer throw and other competitions.

Shot put and hammer throw, mainly because Daming is now a stone grenade, these two items are far more valued than later generations.

The fighters of the competition must not only throw farther, but also more accurately.

But none of these events are as popular as individual sports.

There are now only two main categories of individual sports, one is unlimited fighting and the other is wrestling.

The unrestricted fighting tournament is different from the American in later generations, this so-called unlimited, in fact, there are still restrictions, and many of the rules are similar to boxing, but there are no restrictions on kicks.

As for wrestling, it is almost a mixture of judo and Mongolian wrestling, and they are both very good sports that can show one's strength.

These two competitions are also divided into different weight classes, but no matter which heavyweight player, as long as he can win the championship once, he will become the star player in the Ming Army today.

In addition to these individual events, there are also team competitions such as knife formations, spear formations, musket formations, and even all the way up to fleet formation, fleet artillery fire coverage competitions.

When Zhu Zhanji arrived in Star City, the port area here had already been blocked, and many floating platforms were built in the port specially prepared for the shelling competition.

However, after Zhu Zhanji arrived in Star City, the first thing he did was not to start the competition directly, but to try the more than 100 people who participated in the conspiracy of Ha San, including their subordinates and family members.

His fleet arrived at Star City, where it docked at the future Jurong Pier, next to the newly renovated stadium.

In just half a month, most of the sites were still very simple, most of the barracks had not been built, and most of the soldiers still lived on the ships.

After the welcoming ceremony, Zhu Zhanji boarded his dragon chariot, next to Wang Jinghong, who was accompanying him, and drove east under the escort of the soldiers.

"Your Highness, your palace has been built, it is located on the southern slope of the top of Zhongnan Mountain, the top of the mountain and the foot of the mountain are military camps, and no one can disturb the peace of His Highness."

The so-called Zhongnan Mountain is actually not worthy of its name, because it is just a small hill.

But this is the southernmost point of the Central Continent, so this small hill takes the meaning of the southernmost part of Central Continent and is named Zhongnan Mountain.

Zhu Zhanji's palace was built at the southern foot of the later Faber Hill Park, and in order to meet the construction deadline, all of them were made of wooden houses and scattered among a patch of green trees.

In addition to the small wooden house, only a large hall that could accommodate two or three hundred people was built as a council hall.

Opposite this place is his former home of Blarney Island and Sentosa Island, surrounded by military camps, almost the entire place.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the environment and nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's only been more than half a month, and it's already very good to be able to build it like this." However, this time, another civil structure hall will be built in the forbidden land, and in two years, the imperial grandfather will also have to live here. ”

Wang Jinghong responded: "The minister will strictly supervise the work to satisfy His Majesty." ”

"There are many poisonous insects in the South Seas, and there are many poisonous snakes, so use camphorol and realgar powder to repel insects throughout the mountain. In addition, all soldiers were ordered to drink boiled water and be prepared against dysentery. ”

"Yes!"

The condition of a hastily built house is certainly not much better. The largest house in which Zhu Zhanji lives is only a three-room wooden house. There are also more than a dozen wooden houses around the perimeter, which can be used for concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs to live.

However, these wooden houses are hidden in the mountains and forests, and there is something special about them.

Many eunuchs lit wormwood around to expel mosquitoes, and many eunuchs beat the ground inch by inch to drive away snakes and insects.

Zhu Zhanji still likes this environment very much, compared with the brick and wood structure house with poor light transmission, this kind of wooden house is more comfortable to live in.

The only drawback is that the wooden house is not as big as the brick and wood structure house can be built, so in order to show the momentum of the Ming Dynasty, it is still necessary to build a larger hall.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji and his entourage settled down, Li Liang came to report: "Your Highness, the lord of Malaga, Bairi Misula, asks to see you. ”

"Lone is also waiting for him, let him wait in the main hall."

Although there is no direct evidence that Bairi Missoula has anything to do with Hasan, Hasan has a close relationship with Iskandarshah, and even accepted bribes from Iskandarsha.

But after all, he is the lord of a country, and now that he has arrested their "prince", he can't end it all at once.

Moreover, he did not directly oppose Daming's plan to sinicize, and if Daming took him down, it would directly put everyone in other countries at risk.

As long as this old fox is interested, Zhu Zhanji doesn't mind continuing to keep him in the position of the head of the country.

Because as long as Daming himself does not make mistakes, he insists that the current line of expansion remains unchanged and the route of development remains unchanged. The Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger, and its control over the South Seas will become closer and closer.

This is the general trend, and it is not something that any one person can stop casually.

After more than half a month, I saw Bairi Missoula again, and his already thin body looked smaller, and there were many more gray hairs.

All his anger turned into fear when he saw the tens of thousands of naval soldiers in Star City leveling the land with stars and the moon, blowing up mountains and rocks, and building water villages.

The establishment of Malaka was achieved with the support of the Ming Dynasty. Without the support of the Ming Dynasty, any tribe in Siam at the beginning could directly destroy Malaga.

And now the development of Malaka is almost entirely dependent on the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, a small country with a total population of only 30,000 and only a few thousand soldiers can become a trade center.

The Ming Dynasty has now taken a fancy to Temasek, and as long as their soldiers withdraw, then Malaka will face a catastrophe.

He could see the fall of Malaga, and even if he paid tribute to Siam as before, Malaka was not able to protect his wealth.

From the moment he came to Star City, when he saw the scene of the Ming soldiers building the city in front of him, he had already abandoned all his luck and positions.

He knew he was no longer qualified to negotiate.

When Zhu Zhanji entered the newly built hall in a hurry, Bairi Missoula fell directly down in the hall. "The sinners of Malaga pay a visit to His Royal Highness the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Zhanji didn't look at him, but carefully observed the new hall. The wood used to build the house was processed in Daming, and then pulled directly from Daming to Nanyang, and then assembled.

Although it is an all-wood structure, it rarely uses nails, and it is directly connected with an interface made of wood, and it is compacted with its own weight to assemble this large hall.

After looking around, his gaze returned to Bairi Missoula. "The old lord of the country, please get up, you are so young, how can you afford such a big gift."

That being said, no one takes it seriously.

Bairi Misura's forehead slammed heavily on the wooden floor, and she cried in a mournful voice: "Your Highness, my Malaga has always respected the Ming Dynasty, and I have never had two hearts. Today, there is a traitor Ha Sannan coming, demagoguery, children do not distinguish between right and wrong, and help the abuse, I hope that His Royal Highness will read the loyalty of the old minister for more than ten years, and forgive the guilty minister. ”

The old guy had obviously gotten the details a long time ago, and when he saw that nothing could be done now, he began to pretend to be pitiful.

He put all the blame on Hasan, described his son as a victim, and did not deny Iskandarsha's fault, but only wanted to reduce the guilt.

Zhu Zhanji is good at perceiving people's hearts, if he is an ordinary young man, he will feel that his words are very reasonable.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't have the slightest mercy, because this old guy was still avoiding the important and light.

Zhu Zhanji smiled, sat down on the throne at the top of the main hall, looked at Bairi Missoula under the stage and said: "Since the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the old lord settled in Malaga, and it was not until the seventh year of Yongle that the country was officially established. The reason why there can be Malaga is that I relied on the Ming Dynasty to negotiate with Siam and gave the old lord a peace. Such a small country, for me, the Ming Dynasty is just a county, and I really can't look down on it. If it weren't for the fact that I need to have a transshipment place in Nanyang, why bother myself and support you as the lord of the country? ”

Without waiting for Bairi Missoula to answer, Zhu Zhanji said again: "Yuer Xiaoguo, you are all the family business, but it is not within my vision. And you, since you worship me as the kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, but you don't speak my Ming words, write my Ming characters, you just want to rely on my Ming protection, establish a foothold in the South Seas, and treat me as a Ming thing? ”

"Your Highness......"

Zhu Zhanji still didn't let him speak, interrupted him and said, "I don't care about this kind of effect!" If you don't abide by my Ming etiquette, from now on, you will no longer be regarded as my Ming vassal country, you Malaga, ask for more blessings in the future! As for Iskandarsha, as the prince of my Ming vassal country, he is not divided between right and wrong, and this heart can be punished! ”

Bairi Missoula said loudly: "Your Highness, the old minister is willing to offer Malaga and abdicate by himself, I only hope that His Highness will have mercy and spare the child's life." ”

Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment, is this old guy really willing to do it? But he figured it out right away. Today, there are less than 30 villages in Malaga, and their main income depends on trade.

This bit of land, if you just rely on farming, the income of a few hundred taels of gold a year is already very good, and you have to support so many people.

In the past, Siam asked them to hand over forty taels of gold every year, which was almost half of Bairi Missoula's annual net income.

The arrival of the Ming Dynasty brought merchants, trade, and consumption to Malaga. If the Ming Dynasty really leaves, Malaka will become the same poor situation again.

And there is another difference, that is, the current Bairymisura family is rich, and now they have become a fat sheep without the protection of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji sneered: "This world is so big, I will care about the land of Malaga?" ”

Bairi Missula raised his head, looked at Zhu Zhanji and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, the old minister is willing to take his family to Aceh, and this Malaka is not needed." I just hope that His Highness can surround Xiao'er's life......"

Zhu Zhanji didn't pay attention to this Iskandarsha originally, but now when he heard the old guy say this, he felt that something was wrong.

If one son is more important than the whole Malaka, there is only one possibility. Iskandarsha is the heir to the family, and no one else is of great use except for this son.

With this son, there is still hope for the continuation of the family, if there is no such son, it is empty of Malaka in hand, and it will not be able to keep it in the future.

Zhu Zhanji is not an immortal, of course he doesn't know, this Iskandarsha inherited the throne of Bairi Missoula in history, and then during his tenure as King Malaja, Malaka entered a period of vigorous development.

From Malaja alone, Malaka expanded to most of the entire Malay Peninsula, including Kedah and Perak in later generations, which became the territory of Malaja and fought against Siam.

It was not until the 16th century that the Portuguese conquered Malaga. The royal family of Malaka was still dead, and in the later generations of Singapore, the Johor Dynasty was established, which existed until the 20th century.

All this is the foundation laid during the reign of Iskandarshah.

At this time, he just felt that since this old guy attached so much importance to this son, he must not go his way.

Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty drove their family out of Malaga, it would be too unauthentic, and they would not have the face of a big country.

Bairi Missoula could also think of this, so he retreated as an advance, and deliberately said that he wanted to give up Malaga.

Seeing Bairi Missoula's routine and purpose clearly, Zhu Zhanji asked Li Liang to step forward and help Bairi Missoula up, and then said: "The old lord is at ease." I have no intention of occupying Malaka. This Malaka is yours and yours, and I don't want it. But ......"

Zhu Zhanji smiled even more kindly. "However, this is a major crime of rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable, even if it is my Zhu family clan. The old lord had four sons, one less, and three more. As long as the heart is to me, I will protect his life of glory and wealth! ”

Bairi Missoula looked at Zhu Zhanji's bright smile, but felt fear from the bottom of her heart. This twenty-year-old grandson is so old and spicy, and in just a few words, he has seen everything thoroughly, and let his intentions fail.

If Iskandarsha, the only capable son, dies, then their family will become the real puppet of the Ming Dynasty.

Bairi Missoula saw it very clearly, although His Royal Highness the Taisun smiled brightly, there was no trace of warmth in his eyes.

He hesitated for a long time, and he didn't dare to say anything about intercession, and now he was afraid that it was not just Iskandarsha's life and death, but the life and death of all the members of their family, I am afraid that it was at this moment.

This His Royal Highness is too terrifying, he definitely doesn't mind setting off a bloody storm in the South Seas!

Bairi Missoula relied on the fact that the other countries of the South Seas were in the same situation as them and had a common position.

But if Da Ming doesn't care about his face at all, when he wants to kill his entire clan, these are not counted on.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her brain dizzy, and her body collapsed.

Fortunately, Li Liang just helped him up, not far from him, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed him and didn't let him fall directly to the ground.

He is already over 70 years old, and if he falls to the ground this time, I am afraid that he will die directly.

"Your Highness, I was so angry that I fainted."

Before the public trial, before the athletic tournament was held, when the lords of various countries in the South Seas came one after another, Zhu Zhanji did not want to Bairi Missoula die in front of him.

He secretly sighed and commanded: "Call the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him, even if he dies, he will die after Iskandarsha!" ”

On the calm waters of the South Seas, a fleet of seventy-three large and small wooden ships was sailing from south to north at the moment.

The boats were of various sizes, many of them converted from fishing boats, and looked dilapidated compared to the 4,000-stone sea ships in the fleet.

On a two-thousand-stone sea ship, Yanvisisa looked at the naval flag on the big ship and was silent for a long time.

Beside him, Ila Xuanli, who was stationed in Daming as an envoy, looked at the lord's constricted brows, afraid of disturbing his train of thought, and didn't dare to say a word.

After a long time, Yang Weixisha sighed: "This Ming Dynasty has flattened Dongying in March, and although this Dongying is slightly smaller than my Majapahit, the country is stronger. From this point of view, I, Majapahit, am not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty at all. This musket is really a treasure from heaven, why didn't it give me Majapahit? ”

Ila Xuanli said: "Wechen worked hard in Daming, but he couldn't find out how these muskets were made, only that they were not made manually, but by machines. ”

"What is a machine?"

"It's a device driven by a water wheel, and you can process things without people." He took out a few silver dollars and said, "Sultan, please look at these gold and silver coins, which were produced by the Ming Dynasty by machine." Now Daming has one or two gold coins, one or two silver coins, one silver coin, and one copper coin, and the conversion in between them is ten into one. ”

"I already know that...... I don't produce silver, but there is a lot of gold and brass. This time, I ordered someone to bring a shipload of gold ingots and more than ten boats of copper ingots, just to exchange them for silver coins with Daming. ”

Rila Xuanli said with a smile: "Originally, Daming could only exchange one tael of gold for eight taels of silver, and Dongying even more could only exchange one tael of gold for six taels of silver. Now that the official exchange rate has been fixed, we can exchange my country's gold for a lot of silver. ”

"It's just a small profit...... Themada, how is the battle between the Ming fleet and Bengkulu now? ”

"Lord of the country, Wan Mao saw that the Ming Dynasty was powerful, and he had already led the crowd to retreat into the mountains. However, it is said that the Ming Dynasty has an army of Dongying Japanese invaders, and now in Bengkulu, burning, killing and looting, ferocious and abnormal, has wiped out many small tribes. ”

"Send more people to check and arrive at Temasek...... No, it's called Star City now, and I'm going to know the details of the battle before I get there. ”

Majapahit controlled the southern part of Sumatra, and had many allies on the island, so it was not difficult to know what was going on there.

After the Themada stepped back, Jan Visisha picked up the information about the old port reported by his subordinates and looked at it in detail.

In his heart, he has always regarded Sumatra as his backyard, and now that Daming wants to intervene directly, his strategy will also change.

Now it depends on the trend of this war, if the Ming people are not so powerful here in the intelligence, don't blame him for stumbling in the back.

Daming's grandson ......, he sneered in his heart, I want to see if you are really invincible!

(A toothache is not a disease, it hurts so badly!) ）