The arrival of the Ming Dynasty is a gradual process.

From the very beginning of his stay in Marin, Daming's propaganda has already started according to Zhu Zhanji's rhythm.

The seizure of Ceuta from Portugal was to promote the strength of the Ming Dynasty on the basis of not touching the sensitive nerves of Europeans.

With the dispatch of the mission, starting from the Iberian Peninsula, the whirlwind of the Ming Dynasty swept across the entire Mediterranean coast and northwest Europe.

Even the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, which is now about to be fought in the brains, has temporarily stopped the war because of the arrival of the Ming Dynasty.

The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France was arguably the longest and largest war between Britain and France, and at the height of the war, Britain sent 1,500 ships to France on an expedition.

Or it should not be said to be an expedition, because at that time, a small part of France belonged to the British.

The world-famous Bordeaux region, at this time, was still owned by the British.

In 1328, Charles IV died, and Philip VI of the Capetian dynasty of France succeeded to the throne, and King Edward III of England competed with Philip VI for the throne as the nephew of King Charles IV of France.

In addition to the succession to the throne, the war was fought over the rich Flemish and Aquitaine regions in France. This region has strong economic ties with the United Kingdom.

When the French occupied the area in 1328, King Edward III banned the export of wool to the area.

In order to maintain the source of raw materials, the Flanders region turned to support the anti-French policy of England and recognized Edward III as the king of France and the supreme lord of Flanders, which further deepened the contradictions between Britain and France. This is also a fundamental reason for the occurrence of war.

The French tried to unify France by driving the British out of southwestern France. The British, of course, were reluctant to withdraw and wanted to regain their ancestral lands such as Normandy, Mann, Anjou, etc.

This war had to be fought for both sides.

It's just that none of them thought that this war would last for more than a hundred years, until several kings died in each other, and even the king's ethnicity was changed, and the winner was finally decided.

Although the French won the event, it was now the British who had the absolute upper hand.

Three years earlier, the British had captured Hafleur and defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt. In October, they entered into an alliance with the Duke of Burgundy and occupied northern France, to which King Charles VI of France was powerless to resist.

The whole of southwestern and northern France had fallen into the hands of the British, and the French were left with only the eastern part of the country in their own hands, and moved their capital to Troyes.

The arrival of the Ming Dynasty shocked the British, and before the arrival of the Ming fleet, they took the initiative to stop the war and gave the French a chance to breathe.

But something even more ridiculous happened, the current French king Charles VI actually sent a letter to Zhu Zhanji, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could uphold justice and help them drive out the invaders.

It was no surprise that Charles VI sent an emissary, and at a time when the Holy Roman Empire was now in name only, France had always prided itself as the number one power in Europe and had always wanted to be the face of Europe.

But in this war, which has been going on for almost a hundred years, it was the British who beat the French to flee with their heads in their hands.

The defeat of France was not due to the fighting power, but mainly because the feudal city-state lords colluded with the British, which allowed the French to retreat.

The land of France is the most fertile in Europe, and the population is second only to the Holy Roman Empire, and no one expected that such a large country would fall to the point of extinction.

Now Charles VI is unwilling to bow to the British, but chooses to bow to Daming, not to mention that Zhu Zhanji can't think of such a script, even the rest of Europe can't figure it out.

Since the Battle of Ceuta, the soldiers left in Ceuta by the Ming Dynasty have become craftsmen, and everyone except the necessary garrison personnel has to be fired with cement.

This kind of work cannot be done by the Marin people, not even the navy soldiers who have been determined to stay behind, but only by the soldiers of Yulinwei, who are sure to return to China with Zhu Zhanji.

Although the cement firing technology is not profound, for Daming, the longer the technical blockade, the better.

Craftsmen and soldiers of Yulinwei set up cement kilns and fired cement, while others were responsible for excavating stones and building fortifications.

When the cement firing was over, the craftsmen and Yu Linwei both returned to Daming, dismantling the cement kiln and blowing up the traces, which could also keep the technology secret for a longer time.

Ceuta is originally limestone, and this stone-fired cement is very suitable. It took half a month to repair the two cement kilns, but after half a month, every two or three days, a kiln of cement came out of the kiln.

This kind of fortification, made of cement and stone, was so strong that even the Ming artillery could not attack. There is nothing to do about counting on the most advanced small artillery in Europe today.

Zhu Zhanji has been leisurely during this time, in addition to studying the current situation in Europe every day, that is, he accompanied several women to play in the mountains, and took Shen Daier, who was pregnant, to climb the mountain to exercise.

According to the plan, the Ming fleet will not stay in Europe for more than half a year, and when she gives birth, it should be on the way back.

Nowadays, when a woman gives birth, it is like crossing the ghost gate or at sea, and she can only resign herself to fate.

Shen Daier originally didn't like sports, but I heard Zhu Zhanji say that exercising more during pregnancy to increase physical strength is not only good for the child, but also good for herself.

This original small family jasper has become an athletic girl, exercising in strict accordance with the exercise plan formulated by Zhu Zhanji for her.

For the harem women, Zhu Zhanji did not punish everyone except for warning them, but only let the inner eunuchs and palace maids strengthen supervision.

Now that he is in a different place, with these women around him, he doesn't want to give any wrong signals for people to take advantage of.

Therefore, he originally wanted to wait for the Persian girls who were sent, and the Indian girls were trained to take the house, but now he has no thoughts.

Anyway, they are not very old, and now that they are accepted, there is still a trace of guilt in possessing the girl, and when they return to the Ming Dynasty, it is not too late to accept them.

The envoys sent by Charles VI were the first to return, also because the south of France was not far from Ceuta.

At first, Zhu Zhanji thought that his reading ability was limited and he had read the wrong letter from Charles VI, but several things said so, so that Zhu Zhanji was sure that Charles VI was now sick and rushed to the doctor.

He saw that Da Ming helped Marin drive out the Portuguese, did he think that Da Ming would also help them drive out the British?

Don't say that Da Ming won't do such a thankless thing at all, even if Da Ming is willing, will they pay the price of inviting Da Ming?

There is not much gold and silver in Europe, and there are few antiques, and most of the priceless works of art in later generations have not yet been born!

Zhu Zhanji saw this as a joke, and Jin Chun also thought that helping Charles VI would not be worth the loss. But both the navy and the army generals are a little nervous.

War means military merit, as long as they can please Zhu Zhanji, the lives of those soldiers are a fart to them!

Xue Lu came out and urged him to send troops, but was reprimanded by Zhu Zhanji before he became honest.

Before the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese established perfect fortifications in Ceuta in order to prevent the counterattack of the Marins.

Now after the repair of the Ming soldiers, and then the stone was removed and re-reinforced with cement, this fortification can be said to be indestructible.

Of course, such a large project, it is not cost-effective to just use Ming soldiers. Zhu Zhanji intends to increase some funds for the Marin nobles, and wants to make the relationship between the Ming soldiers and the Marin people more harmonious through cooperation with the Marin people.

So while the large army was there, they opened up Ceuta and let them arrange for almost 50,000 people to serve as coolies at the base.

Da Ming will not be as harsh as those nobles, except that he will not give them wages, no matter how he eats and drinks, he is the same as the Ming soldiers.

In fact, for the Ming soldiers, the food in the recent period has been a dream.

In Daming, it is a luxury to want to eat meat, but in Marin, there are cattle and sheep everywhere. All kinds of goods of the Ming Dynasty are luxury goods here, an iron pot can be exchanged for ten sheep, a cow, so to speak, meat can be eaten casually.

The herdsmen of the Marin people, these days, drive countless cattle and sheep to come to Ceuta in exchange for tea, sugar, iron pots and so on.

Although the scale of this trade is small, it plays a very important role in promoting friendly coexistence between the two peoples.

Half a year later, Daming will leave Europe. At that time, there would never be more than seven thousand centaurs left here in Ceuta. It is impossible to hold this fortress with so many people without the support of the locals.

Zhu Zhanji also went to the southwest of the fortress to visit the slave market set up by the Marin people.

These slaves were the spoils of war between the tribes, and a tragic fate awaited them, both men and women.

But there was little difference between it and the Ming Dynasty's mule and horse market, where the male slaves were filthy one by one, while the women were cleaned and bought like cattle.

The best destination for these women is to count on a Ming soldier to buy them as concubines, if they can't be sold, they will not be transported back to the tribe in the end, but will be sold abroad by slave traders, and if they can't be sold, only the chicken village is their destination.

Zhu Zhanji was very satisfied with this social atmosphere, and the slaves always had some sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty who saved them in such an environment.

He was also sent one or two stunning beauties by various tribes, but recently, in the face of the collision with Europe, his desire to hunt for beauty has weakened a lot, but he still let Liu Chenghui take one woman after another into the harem, train them first, and teach them to speak Da Ming.

It's October, and there's more rain here in Ceuta.

The two kilns are still firing a steady stream of cement, which will not only be used to build the road in Ceuta, but also to prepare sufficient cement repairs for Gibraltar on the other side, so no more will be fired now.

At this time, the first batch of countries to come to trade also arrived, and it turned out to be Portugal, which had fought a war with the Ming Dynasty.

Although Daming chopped off Portugal's outstretched hand, because the difference in strength was too great, and Ceuta was also relatively restrained in offensive and defensive battles, Portugal did not regard Daming as an enemy.

On the contrary, those goods of the Ming Dynasty are all coveted by the Portuguese. So after the war, they began to prepare for a deal with Daming.

It was João I who came forward and the nobles supported it, so their fleet was the first to arrive.

João I is sixty-two years old this year, but this time he came to deal with Daming in person.

In order to show his welcome to the Portuguese, Zhu Zhanji personally went to the pier to greet him and brought a drum ensemble.

It was only when the salute was fired that the Portuguese were taken by surprise. Seeing that it was an empty cannon, and after being translated by the general, they realized that this was originally a welcome etiquette.

João I had been to Ceuta last year, but after a year, he found that the fortress had changed dramatically.

On the hills on both sides of the fortress, you can see the exposed artillery, which can directly cover the entire bay.

When the Portuguese occupied the place, the Marins were eyeing the fortress and trying to get it back.

But now this place is occupied by the Ming people, but the Marin people are overjoyed and help the Ming people build a fortress.

Seeing this scene, Joao I couldn't help but sigh, this important sea fortress may never belong to Portugal again in the future.

The flagship of the Portuguese was introduced into the harbor, but the cargo ships were arranged in the outer ports, where they were registered.

Because their ships had limited transport and in order not to toss their goods back and forth, they came with only gold and silver.

They made a list of the other goods, and then waited for the large cargo ships of the Ming Dynasty to go to load them, and at the same time contributed a little customs duty to Portugal.

João I boarded the dock, stepped on the hard concrete ground under his feet, and even deliberately stabbed him with the long sword in his hand. But there was only a small dot on the ground, and not even a single piece of debris had been punctured.

He looked up again at the fortress made of cement and boulders, and sighed, "This is an impenetrable fortress!" ”

Although it was raining lightly, Zhu Zhanji still had a Persian carpet spread on the ground. His huge dragon chariot took effect, carrying João I into the fortress and stopping at the foot of the hill on the east side.

The demographics of Portugal and Spain in Europe are very different from those of other regions, and João I has a more pronounced mestizo characteristic. He wasn't tall and wore a somewhat ridiculous black hat, which looked a little funny.

This great man in history, regardless of his personal momentum, is just an ordinary bad old man.

But his momentum is nothing in front of Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji was a man in his previous life, and in this life, he is the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can take away his demeanor in front of him, not to mention that he still has the strongest self-confidence.

Joao I couldn't see through Zhu Zhanji's heart at all, he was already confused by the cumbersome etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

He couldn't understand why a prince should have 3,000 people with him and a hundred servants waiting for him. What a waste!

And the people who were waiting beside him even had to cut off that thing and become a man who was neither male nor female.

When he saw the majestic wooden hall, he couldn't help but be shocked by this huge building, and what made him even more distressed was that silk, which was more expensive than gold in Portugal, was now hanging everywhere in the temple, and even the people under him were wearing silk.

This Da Ming is really too strong.

(It's been a busy day, but fortunately there was no delay in the update.) I haven't worked for a long time, but when I work today, I can't even hold chopsticks, and my arm muscles are completely out of control...... ）

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