(The plot in Europe is indeed a bit difficult to write, especially for the religious part, and I dare not write deeply, which leads to the inability to break out superbly.) But the old demon's book has been sealed too much, so he can only choose to be honest. Originally, I wanted to write a good story about the storm set off by the Ming Dynasty in Rome, but a friend reminded me of the author. So I also accept everyone's advice, finish my trip to Europe as soon as possible, and then return home. ）

For ordinary citizens of Rome, the appearance of the Ming army only added countless talking points and unforgettable tragedies.

The Ming Dynasty brought with it countless fine porcelain, soft silks, fragrant teas, and all kinds of spices.

However, they can't afford it either.

The only benefit that Daming brought to them was the kind of tea bricks that cost dozens of copper and a small piece. This kind of tea brick is also sold in Europe, but the price is three or four times higher.

They buy a piece to make tea, make soup, or even sandwich it in black bread to add some flavor to the food.

The citizens who died in the Vatican had nothing to do with them, because none of those people were ordinary citizens. Ordinary citizens at most look at the excitement when they encounter the Ming army, they have to work non-stop, if they don't work for a day, they will have nothing to eat the next day.

Those people are the dogs of the big family, and they are even more hateful than the members of the big family.

Because of the members of the big family, those real nobles will still want some face, and they will not oppress ordinary citizens at will.

But these doglegs rely on the power of the big family to oppress ordinary people at will, rob their property, and bully their women.

Their mass deaths will only make ordinary people feel happy, and even want to die more.

Unlike the indifference of ordinary people, the nobles of Rome regarded the arrival of the Ming Dynasty as a feast.

Whether it is spices, silk, porcelain, tea, sugar, iron pots, these are the essential necessities of life for every nobleman.

For a silk hat, a woman's silk dress, the little nobles could even save money for the next period of time.

For a set of fine porcelain, they could send their wives and daughters to the beds of the big men.

As for spices and sugar, they are indispensable sacrificial items for everyone from birth to death, and they are also necessities in life.

When the previously high prices drop by half, it will make everyone crazy, and although most people can't afford it, they will be needed by many nobles in the interior except for the Mediterranean coast.

Countless people want to invest in the bank, they are not worried about not being able to buy goods, they are only worried that they do not have enough money.

Because the Ming fleet arrived in almost every coastal city, no country could monopolize these goods, and they could not even form a price alliance.

The Romans wanted to bargain, they would sell to Florence, to Aragon, or even to the Ottomans, and then let those heretics come and make their money.

This is not a fair trade, Da Ming's strength is too strong, so strong that they are not qualified to negotiate at all.

Of course, this is also because the price of goods in Daming is already very "fair".

On the shores of Ostia, the mouth of Rome, countless nobles took the certificates issued by the Ming Dynasty every day, and then extracted all kinds of goods.

Every day, there are always ships carrying all kinds of gold and silver coins down the river, turning the wealth gathered by the Papal States into the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to these gold and silver coins, the most recognized goods of the Ming people were not horses or wool, but craftsmen and engineers.

A well-known engineer, Da Ming was willing to prescribe spices equivalent to three times the weight of his body as a settling-in fee.

An ordinary craftsman, Da Ming was also willing to pay the nobles who owned them the same weight as his body for spices, and at the same time willing to make him a free man and pay him a salary sufficient for his family's life.

Although some nobles were reluctant to exchange artisans for goods, most of them surrendered in the face of "profiteering".

If you have hundreds of craftsmen, even if you sell them to Daming, it will not affect your strength.

Daming is too "generous", although the price of spices has "plummeted" today, but more than 100 catties of spices is still a huge wealth. And these craftsmen, they don't seem to spend much money to cultivate.

And these craftsmen, except for a small number of low-level craftsmen who will be arranged to serve as builders of fortifications in Ceuta and Crete, most of them will return to Daming with the Ming fleet.

From the end of November, Zhu Zhanji came to Rome, originally he was going to go to Venice, but Venice suffered from a plague, so he stayed in Rome.

But negotiations with Venice, trade in goods with the Ottoman and Mamluk dynasties, were not interrupted.

Venice is not a merchant country, they have a greater economic power than Zhu Zhanji expected, just their country, bought nearly fifty ships of goods from the Ming Dynasty, almost a quarter of the goods carried by the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there were five ships of cargo to pay for the Ming Dynasty's purchase of the sovereignty of Crete from Venice.

Although the Venetians occupied Crete, most of the native inhabitants were Greek immigrants and only accepted the rule of the Byzantine Empire.

Before the Venetians, it was Ottoman territory, and there were many inhabitants of Ottoman origin on the island.

To the east of Crete, the Knights Hospitaller also occupied Rhodes and the surrounding islands.

The island was unstable and the Ottomans were threatened outside the island, so their rule over the island was not stable.

Zhu Zhanji did not originally want this small island, although it covers an area of more than 8,000 square kilometers and is rich in olive oil and soybeans.

The Venetians vigorously developed the farming industry on this island, raising goats and sheep, growing grapes, citrus and olives.

Although there were some economic gains, they valued the island more because of its central location in the Mediterranean Sea and the presence of a navy.

In the negotiation with Da Ming, through the dark line of the Medici family, Da Ming accurately grasped the bottom line of the Venetians and proposed a purchase plan with separate sovereignty and management rights.

That is to say, the Ming bought Crete from the hands of the Venetians, and this island belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but because the Ming would only have a fleet and merchant groups stationed, the management of the island was still entrusted to Venice.

At the same time, the Ming fleet was also allowed to replenish the Venetian fleet with supplies and fresh water here, leaving a port for the Venetians.

Under these conditions, the Venetians simply sold Crete to the Ming, but did not allow the Ming to move the Ottomans to the island.

They treated the Ottomans like a flood, but they didn't care about the Mamluks, so they relented when the Ming insisted on bringing in the Mamluks to balance the situation on the island.

Zhu Zhanji also knew that he had created a freak.

Crete was contested by various countries in later generations, and Greece gained sovereignty in the twentieth century with the support of Europe.

Now, at the same time as he introduced the Greeks to the island, he also introduced the Egyptians, and the competition for the island will be more fierce in the future.

But Zhu Zhanji doesn't care, as long as he is alive, Crete belongs to the Ming Dynasty and can play an active role, it is enough.

It's good that the Ming have always ruled Crete, and if they have to give it up in the future, it will also leave them a crater.

But there were so many issues involved in the island that Wang Jinghong had been there to this day in negotiations with them for the later management, and in addition to negotiating with the Venetians, he also had to negotiate with the Ottomans and Mamluks.

The Ottomans never gave up their attempts at Crete, and in its original history, they drove out the Venetians and ruled the island for five hundred years, until the 19th century.

The negotiations between the Ming and them mainly revolved around the sovereignty of the islands and the anchoring of the fleet, replenishment. Although the Ottomans could not be allowed to emigrate, the Ming welcomed the Ottomans to do business.

The Ottomans also wanted to establish long-term trade relations with the Ming Dynasty, so they did not object to the Ming Dynasty's acceptance of Crete.

Crete, which was in the hands of the Venetians, was in the hands of the enemy, and now it became a neutral place, and it was still possible to trade with each other, to supply their fleets, how could they object?

As for the Mamluks, they had no intentions for the island, and it was for this reason that the Ming reassured themselves to emigrate from them and maintain the balance on the island.

But how many people to emigrate and what to pay, there are cumbersome negotiations in this, not to mention that there is also a negotiation about the Suez garrison.

The battle for the geographical location of Suez began already in BC. Countries have waged many wars to fight for this place.

Today, the Mamluks have taken possession of the country, but the country has completely declined and become corrupt, and the king has lost control of the lower classes.

Not to mention the Ottomans, even the small tribe of the Black Sheep Dynasty, which only occupied Baghdad, had their eyes on Suez.

Although they only belonged to the subject state of Timur, after the death of Timur, the country was divided, and now although it is unified, its power has not been fully restored.

Even so, they were still the most powerful overlords in Western Asia, and even the Ottoman Empire trembled before them.

The Mamluk dynasty, a hollow country that occupied the fertile Nile Delta and occupied such a holy city as Jerusalem, would have been beaten to the doorstep long ago if it weren't for the problems of its neighbors.

Let the Ming garrison in Suez, not only can get the protection of the Ming Dynasty, but also become the first stop of the Ming trade, which is of great help to enhance their national strength, so now they are begging the Ming to garrison without any conditions.

Except for occasionally dealing with some official duties in this area, Zhu Zhanji's biggest job every day is to socialize and hold all kinds of banquets.

Except on the first day he received a welcome dinner at the Vatican, he never went to any family appointment.

On the first day of the banquet, Zhu Zhanji let this group of European buns see what it means to be crushed by civilization.

Their aristocrats are covered in fleas, pooping and not even wiping their buttocks, while Zhu Zhanji's spitting is followed by someone who specially uses a spittoon.

The Pope invited him to a meal, and he needed hundreds of Ming attendants to supervise every procedure from beginning to end, and every dish had to find someone to test the poison before it could enter Zhu Zhanji's mouth.

Moreover, the Ming chamberlain also disliked the various utensils of the Vatican, and thought that a small landlord of the Ming Dynasty used better dishes than theirs.

This is very frustrating for the hosts, who do not know what they can do to satisfy the needs of a noble person.

But don't blame the Ming chamberlain for being picky, because in Europe in this era, most people don't know how to burn porcelain, only pottery.

Even the Vatican, the fine porcelain is also the ordinary porcelain exported from the Tang and Song dynasties, and the pottery used is nothing more than the gap between stoneware and fine pottery compared with ordinary people.

Then, Zhu Zhanji invited a guest.

This time, the guests used a complete set of official kilns, and the dishes they ate were carefully fired by the imperial kitchen. This delicacy made everyone aware of the difference between them, so no one was embarrassed to say anything more.

However, everyone was proud to be invited by Zhu Zhanji, and the big families of Rome even sent the most beautiful female clansmen they thought were the most beautiful in order to participate in Zhu Zhanji's banquet.

Liu Chenghui did not refuse, and helped Zhu Zhanji accept it, and then carried out unified training.

This kind of day lasted until February of the seventeenth year of Yongle, when the Ming fleet came, and most of the more than 200 ships of cargo carried by Zhu Zhanji were disposed of, and Zhu Zhanji was ready to leave.

Now that Ceuta is completely stable, Crete is undergoing large-scale construction, and the recruitment of various talents has been completed, it is time for him to go home.

The ninth day of February is Zhu Zhanji's 21st birthday, and according to the habits of the Ming Dynasty, it is the 22nd birthday.

On this day, the Ming Dynasty let all the Romans watch a big show.

From the days before his birthday, in addition to the officers who stayed behind in Ceuta and Crete, and the navy of more than 10,000 who stayed in Ostia to guard the fleet, nearly 50,000 other people all arrived in Rome, which also brought a brief prosperity to Rome.

Castel Sant'Angelo was lit up for several days in a row, preparing to celebrate Zhu Zhanji's birthday, and dragon and lion dances were held on the streets every afternoon.

At the Massimogú Racecourse, the largest in Rome, the Ming soldiers also brought the Romans a football game full of fun, allowing the Romans to come into contact with this interesting game for the first time.

But all this is not as exciting as the day of the ninth day of the second lunar month, when 50,000 people gathered in the open space and streets near Castel Sant'Angelo to bow down to Zhu Zhanji.

Countless Roman magnitaries, seeing the dense crowd, were full of worship and respect, kowtowed sincerely, their scalps tingled with surprise, and they couldn't say a word.

This earliest republic, even in the time of Caesar, did not have such a leader, who was worshipped like a god.

Almost all of everyone's worldview is turned upside down at this moment.

And, even more terrifying!

They couldn't believe that there could be such a leader, and at the first order, countless people would be willing to die.

They dare not imagine how powerful such a country can burst out if it obeys the orders of one person!

Although Zhu Zhanji is not a god, he has more power than a god!

And Zhu Zhanji also rewarded him lavishly, taking out the last 200,000 silver coins carried by the fleet, and the most basic soldiers, each of them could get at least two silver coins.

This led to the last prosperity of Rome!

(Take the reader's suggestion and return home tomorrow.) Today's power outage, with the surplus code, there is almost no power, first change 4,000 words. If you call and make up for it, if you call late, 8,000 words tomorrow. ）