In February of the third year of the Apocalypse, the Ming fleet arrived at the Bay of Bengal of the Mughal Empire and entered the port of Bengal, where Zheng He stopped when he went to the West.

After more than 200 years, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty finally came to the port of Bangladesh again, which immediately caused a sensation among the locals, who flocked to the dock to watch the excitement.

Because they did not get the news in advance, the officials of the Mughal Empire in the port of Bengal thought that the enemy was coming at first, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly reorganized their armies for war, and when they learned that it was the fleet of the Ming Dynasty that went to the Western Ocean, they breathed a sigh of relief and went to the port to meet the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

After landing, Wang Hong immediately set off to meet the Mughal emperor in the capital of the Mughal Empire, led by local officials.

As a powerful empire in South Asia, Li Hongyu naturally wanted to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the Mughal Empire, so this time he came to Bengal to meet the emperor of the Mughal Empire.

Speaking of which, the Mughal Empire and the Ming Dynasty also have some historical origins, both of which once had a close relationship with the Mongols.

The Mughal Empire was a feudal **** dynasty established in India by Babur, a descendant of the Turkic Mongol Timur, and in the heyday of the empire, the territory included almost the entire South Asian sub-6 and Afghanistan.

Unlike during the Mongol Empire, the upper class of the Mughal Empire was ******, while the basis was Hinduism, and Persian was the language of the court, public affairs, diplomacy, literature, and high society.

With the collapse of the Timurid Empire, Babur, a descendant of his royal family, led an invasion of South Asia's second largest 6 to establish the Mughal Empire, which entered its heyday during the reign of the third emperor, Akbar, during which a policy of cultural integration and religious tolerance was practiced within the Mughal Empire.

However, Akbar's policy was abandoned due to a local rebellion during the reign of the fourth emperor, Jahangir, the current Great Khan of the Mughal Empire, and the object of Wang Hong's visit.

Speaking of the Mughal Empire, we have to mention the ancestor of the Great Khan of the Mughal Empire, Timur, who was originally a nobleman of the Western Chagatai Khanate of the Mongol Empire, and later overthrew the Western Chagatai Khanate to establish the Timurid Empire, and the national power was strong for a while.

Soon after the Yongle Emperor ascended the throne, the ambitious Timur prepared to gather an army of 200,000 under the banner of the descendants of the Mongolian golden family to conquer the Ming Dynasty, in an attempt to restore the former glory of the Mongol Empire and become the master of the Eastern world.

Once Timur and the Yongle Emperor were at war, it would be an unprecedented showdown in Asia, and while the Yongle Emperor was actively mobilizing troops to prepare for the battle, the old Timur died of illness in the Western Regions.

His death led to the Timurid Empire falling into internal disputes for power, and the large and small countries conquered by Timur raised troops to resist, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Timurid Empire, and the Han who succeeded to the throne was no longer able to compete with the Ming Dynasty, so he sent people to the Ming Dynasty to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty.

As the emperors of the two empires of the same period, Timur and Yongle Emperors both had great military achievements, and it is a great regret that the two failed to fight.

When Wang Hong went to meet the Great Khan of the Mughal Empire, Li Hongyu was not idle, and under the escort of the Portuguese fleet, he followed a detachment of the Ming fleet to the port of Madras on the southeastern coast of the Mughal Empire, and to the port of Surat on the western coast.

Li Hongyu naturally wanted to go to these two ports for his reasons, these two ports had the trading posts and trading halls of the British East India Company, and Li Hongyu needed to deal with the people of the British East India Company.

When Europeans are trying their best to open the oriental market, Li Hongyu also has his eyes on the European market and is ready to open the European market in the near future, so Britain, a newly rising maritime power, is particularly important.

The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John & Co., was the world's first "East India Company".

To tell the truth, Li Hongyu was full of disgust with the British East India Company, and he didn't want to deal with such a mercenary company if he had no choice but to do so.

Although the British East India Company did not have as much power as the Dutch East India Company, it was supported by the British government, which made it increasingly powerful.

In Li Hongyu's view, the British East India Company later suppressed the resistance of the Mughal Empire by force, so it was more like a country than a business, and the power was unimaginable.

The British East India Company naturally welcomed the Ming trading fleet, which was a desirable thing for them, after all, East Asia and Southeast Asia were now the territory of Spain, Portugal and the Dutch, and it was difficult for the British to get too much benefit from it, and the Ming overseas trade obviously provided them with more business opportunities.

The British East India Company was very sorry for what happened to Bangkok, and sent a director to apologize to Wang Hong and Bai Cheng, thinking that Eric had done a stupid thing.

In Eric's case, the British were very jealous of the Spaniards, believing that the Spaniards broke into Eric's house and captured Lyman, which was a stone move, and Daming could be said to have retreated.

Li Hongyu welcomed British merchants to the Ming Dynasty as the general officer of the Ming fleet, and encouraged the British merchants to bring their own culture to the Ming Dynasty, the most important of which was natural science.

Although the Ming Dynasty is not yet able to carry out the reform of new disciplines, Shanghai County is a place where pilot projects can be carried out, and it is Li Hongyu's territory, where Li Hongyu has the final say, has a strong academic atmosphere, and can accept Western natural disciplines.

Port of Sutra.

With a burst of crackling firecrackers, the branch of the Ming Four Seas Chamber of Commerce in Sutra Port was officially established, attracting many Western businessmen to join in the fun.

The reason why those Western businessmen are so interested in this branch of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is naturally related to the word "Daming" in the plaque of the "Sutra Branch of the Ming Four Seas Chamber of Commerce" at its door.

For Western merchants, the Ming Dynasty was a distant eastern empire, rumored to be prosperous and rich, full of gold, and even the mighty Mughal Empire was not as vast as its territory, with millions of soldiers.

In addition to the plaque at the door, there are also signs on both sides of the gate that read "Sutra Branch of the Ming Chamber of Commerce" written in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and Persian, so that Western merchants know what to do here.

In order to celebrate the opening of the guild hall, Li Hongyu specially held a cocktail party, inviting local Western merchants to attend, and each merchant who came to the meeting received a beautiful oriental gift, including silk and porcelain and other items, which were very popular with those Western merchants.

For Western merchants, it would be a dream to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but as far as they knew, the Ming Dynasty did not seem to like foreign trade, and their trade was limited to vassal states.

Now, the establishment of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce has enabled those Western merchants to trade with the Ming Dynasty, which is naturally very much expected.

Since the overseas trade affairs of the Ming Dynasty were handled by the Customs Department, the Port of Sutra also had a branch of the Customs Department in the Mughal Empire - the Mughal Empire Sutra Branch of the Ming Customs Department, which was responsible for reviewing and signing visas for those who intended to do business and spread culture in the Ming Dynasty.

The Sutra branch of the Customs Department is next door to the Sutra branch of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, which provides great convenience for those who want to do business in Daming.

In fact, the Customs Department and the Overseas Chamber of Commerce are built next to each other, and when they buy land, they buy it together, and then build their own buildings.

The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that the two sides can take care of each other in a foreign country, what is more important is that the actual controller of the Customs Department and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is Li Hongyu, which makes this matter much simpler.

It must be pointed out that the nature of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is very special, and it is different from the ordinary Chamber of Commerce organization, the twenty members of the Chamber of Commerce are all imperial merchants who are personally appointed by the emperor, so that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce has an official background, which can be described as the "official business" of the Ming Dynasty.

The atmosphere of the reception was very warm, all the Western businessmen from Sutra Port were there, no one wanted to miss such an opportunity to do business with Daming, as long as they could establish business cooperation with Daming, it would be equivalent to finding a cash cow.

Li Hongyu held a glass and laughed with the Western merchants present, because he knew many Chinese, he could communicate with those Western merchants very smoothly.

In addition, Li Hongyu has an official identity and is the "general officer" of the Ming merchant group, so he is very popular with those Western merchants, and they have asked him with great interest about the matters to pay attention to when doing business with the Ming Dynasty, as well as the scope of commerce.

Li Hongyu answered the questions of those Western businessmen very patiently, and in his opinion, it was a good thing that those Western businessmen were willing to ask, so as to attract as many Western businessmen as possible to Daming.

Of all the businesses, silk, tea, and porcelain were the three most lucrative industries, and Li Hongyu's method of allocating quotas was very simple and special, according to the quantity and quality of Western scholars and technicians he had brought to the Ming Dynasty, and the quota was valid for three years at a time.

In other words, those businessmen who could find Western scholars and technicians for Li Hongyu would get rich overnight and make a lot of money from their trade with the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Hongyu wants to catch up with the trend of history, he must learn from the West, and the benefits he gives to those scholars and technicians are several times that of his country, and the only way to use this speculative method to attract talents is when the Western world does not understand the East.

"Sir, I just got the news that someone on the dock wants to auction the three-masted galleon!"

On the morning of the second day after the reception, when Li Hongyu was leading Yang Li'er and others to select exquisite handicrafts in Sutra Harbor, a guard hurried to report on it.

"Auction the three-masted galleon?" Li Hongyu was a little surprised when he heard this, you must know that the three-masted sailing ship is the most important means of transportation at sea, and few shipowners will auction their own ships, is it because the ship is too broken?

"Sir, the three-masted ship in the auction is very new, and many people seem to be interested in it." However, the guard's next sentence dispelled the doubts in his heart.

"Let's go, let's see the excitement." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and immediately became interested, so he led Yang Li'er and the others to hurry to the dock, if the three-masted sailing ship was very new, he would buy it and let the soldiers of the sailor train it.

At this time, on the wharf, a brand-new sailing ship was quietly parked on the shore, and many people gathered on the wharf, pointing to the sailboat and talking about it, which had never happened in the local area.

"This ship is not small!" When she saw the sailboat, Yang Li'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this ship is forty or fifty meters long and has as many as five decks, which is already equivalent to the large warships of the Ming Army's naval divisions.

Li Hongyu nodded when he heard this, and looked at the sailboat that appeared in front of him with great interest, this ship looked very new, as if it hadn't sailed much.

In fact, the "three-masted sailing ship" is just a general term, and there are not necessarily only three masts on the ship, such as the ship that appeared in front of Li Hongyu has four masts, the front two masts are hung with railing sails, and the rear two masts are hung with spinnakers.

"This should be the 'Galen' ship." After glancing at the sailboat, Li Hongyu smiled and said to Yang Li'er and the others, "In terms of style, it was made by the Spaniards, and it is the most superior ship in the world. ”

"Galen?" Yang Li'er and the others looked suspicious when they heard this, and felt that this name was a little strange.

"It is a type of Western sailing ship, a product of the improvement of Western sailing boats, and the Spaniards and the British have an advantage in this field." Li Hongyu still knew some knowledge when he played nautical games, and the specific situation was not clear, so he explained briefly.

In fact, the Galen was the product of improvements and further jugification on the Clark sailboat, first flattening the stern, a small improvement that greatly improved the stability of the stern, and the increased sailing should have been a surprise.

Secondly, the bow tower is set back from the position directly above the bow pillar, which improves seaworthiness.

The length of the large Galen ship built by the Spaniards is more than 60 meters, the displacement is more than 2,000 tons, and it has a strong endurance, which shows the mastery of its shipbuilding skills.

The Galen galleon that appeared in front of Li Hongyu was modeled after Spain, which had to carry large quantities of cargo and soldiers across the Atlantic after establishing a colony in the Americas, and the main sea ships of the time were no longer up to such a heavy task.

In the 17th century, during the war between England and the Netherlands, the capital galleons were all low-side, cross-sailed, galen ships equipped with cannon guns on both sides, and many of these ships were lined up in a long column to wield the advantage of firepower on both sides, which made the name "battleship" used for the second time.

Li Hongyu fell in love with this five-deck Galen ship at a glance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

The Galen ship was of the upper middle range, with enough flexibility and great artillery power to meet his requirements and serve as the main warship of the Mariners.

Therefore, Li Hongyu had a certain heart for this Galen ship, and his right hand rhythmically slapped on his leg, as long as the price of this ship was not too outrageous, he would set it.

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