The sea breeze in late autumn and early winter, as strong as a fierce horse in the grassland, blows huge waves and crashes against the iron-covered hull of the ship, making a loud noise.

The entire hull swayed back and forth, Zhang Hao's complexion was dark, and in such gloomy weather, it was still very thin.

When he saw King Jing Zhu Linhao on the bow of the ship, he was shocked, and hurriedly held on to the mast and said loudly: "Your Highness, it's windy outside, go back to the cabin!" ”

Zhu Linhao's face didn't know if it was blown by the wind or the psychological effect, and it was a little pale. Her eyes flashed with excitement, and she said to the wind: "Can you go to the West next spring?" ”

Zhang Hao insisted on refusing to return to the warm cabin, and he also had a trace of respect for the former little emperor in his heart, and opened his mouth and said: "No accident, you can go to our canal around the Spring Festival at the end of the year, and you can kill the old nest of the foreign chief in January of the next year." ”

Zhu Linhao poured a mouthful of wind, and he could still smile on his face, clapping his hands and saying, "Okay!" I often hear people talk about the heroes of my father's conquest, and it turns out that it is really so fascinating. ”

Most of the sailors next to him had experienced even more terrifying storms, and they didn't pay attention to this little wind, and they all laughed when they heard this.

Looking around at the sky and water, there is no shadow of the land for a long time, Zhu Linhao's mind is like a seagull, and he only feels that this moment is the real freedom. The heavens and the earth are vast, and the happiness in my heart is about to overflow, so many years of cage life, at this moment, I can be regarded as breaking through and getting free.

On the captain's ship in the distance, Chen Bangyan, the commander of Taiwan's naval division, had just taken office, and he was transferred from Qiongzhou to Taiwan, and he caught up with this expedition as soon as he took office.

Although the officials of the DPRK and China did not agree to the westward expedition, the sailors and soldiers had long been eager to go to sea, and unlike the high-ranking officials in the temple, they were eager to establish meritorious deeds to confer their wives and sons.

Guarding the huge sea area, I just heard that the foreign chieftains crisscrossed the four seas, and the Hua Dynasty Navy Division had countless warships and hundreds of thousands of sailor soldiers, but they had to guard the coastline to protect the merchants, how could they swallow this breath.

In the eyes of the Beijing officials, the emperor's expedition is bent on going his own way, and in the eyes of the sailor, it is a great strategy, and everyone is holding back their strength to play a majestic role and let everyone know the role of the sailor.

The years at sea passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already two months later, and the sailors who were connected together floated across the Indian Ocean to the coastline of Africa as if they were moving islands.

There are several cities built here that rely on canals, and Yao Qisheng recruited hundreds of thousands of African people, who built several cities along the way while digging canals.

These people are worthy of being the descendants of the people who built the pyramids, and Leicheng still has the ability, especially under the supervision and design of the Chinese, several cities are quite Central Plains.

After Peng Zhuze got off the boat, he pointed to the city gate and said with a smile: "Hekou City, this name is really appropriate, I don't know if I think I'm in Jianghuai." ”

The henchmen around him were divided into two groups, one group was a black, thin and thin Tujia soldier, and the other group was a scholar with green shirts.

Immediately, a student from Soochow University who specializes in civil engineering stood up to point out the country, listing the advantages and disadvantages of this estuary city one by one, Peng Zhuze kept nodding and said: "This is the back road of our sailors, and it is also the bridgehead for attack. A few of you should put a little more thought into it and transform it. ”

Several students nodded, "Follow the principal's orders." ”

Peng Zhuze smiled, he is no longer the principal, but the students of Soochow University still use the old name.

Peng Zhuze was quite useful, never correcting them, but enjoying it.

You must know that even His Majesty the Emperor, when he is in a good mood, he is called Principal Peng.

Since the opening of the canal, there have been more Chinese merchant ships, and now that the war is imminent, there are still many people who take risks on this route.

After the formation of the Six-Nation Alliance, anti-China and anti-Chinese sentiment in various countries on the European continent has been on the rise, and Chinese businessmen have been allowed to land in many places.

All the merchants were waiting for the arrival of the sailors, waiting for them to show their might, just as they had knocked on the door of Japan, and opened these ports for the merchants.

Chinese merchants had an absolute advantage in Europe, with better technology and cheaper goods than the local white workshops and small shopkeepers.

The small shopkeepers in Europe are the germ of capitalism, and they are still very weak.

Chinese businessmen are like the scorching sun, which will easily burn them, and a capital group with a mature constitution can easily seize their market.

The linen and silk of the Chinese merchants monopolized the market of the two classes of the textile industry... How do you compare with me, in one of my textile mills, there are low-priced cotton from India and Myanmar, and the quantity is full; There are steam looms that work around the clock and are incredibly productive.

The cotton cloth in small European shops is expensive and of poor quality, and the most important thing is that they can't afford to keep it down.

Chinese merchants could easily seize the markets wherever they went, leaving the local shopkeepers and workshop owners at ruin.

In this way, it is reasonable for European countries to exclude China, and if they do not exclude China, they will be sucked dry.

Many sensible people and economists in Europe have published articles bluntly saying that the dumping of Chinese goods has done to Europe, and that in their view, this is already a form of oppression, and governments must take drastic measures to protect their small shopkeepers.

Peng Zhuze didn't care so much, after waiting for the follow-up sailors to arrive in Egypt, a group of sailors so large that they could make Europe tremble had already sailed into the Mediterranean.

European countries are still watching, and no one dares to act rashly, looking at the dense warships on the sea, let alone fighting, just looking at it is dizzy.

Only Spain is running around, they are the direct target of the crusade, of course, they are anxious.

Philip IV, who had been too arrogant in his usual days, was now completely panicked, and the soldiers he sent to reconnoiter came back to tell him that there were more guns on the warships in the Mediterranean than there were stars in the Tien Shan Mountains.

Now the Chinese army is not in a hurry to attack, because the Spring Festival is coming, and there is nothing bigger than this.

Let's talk about the New Year first!

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is here again.

Hou Xuanyan in Jinling City paid close attention to the intelligence of the Western Expedition, but it was too far away, and he could only hear the news a long time later.

Jinling is still lively, there are no xenophobic bills and actions here, and at this point, there is no need to protect yourself through xenophobia.

The streets of Jinling are full of exotic faces, who come here to study and research, and the inclusiveness of the Chinese Dynasty fully reflects the atmosphere of a great country.

In the palace, there are also many exotic faces, such as palace maids from India, Java and other places, walking back and forth in palace clothes.

Hou Xuanyan held a banquet in the palace to spend the Spring Festival with the ministers, and the grand ceremony has reached the Tang Dynasty.