"What, you're going west with Daming's fleet?"

In the inn in the port, Ruan Chaowen looked at Ruan Youyi standing in front of him with a surprised expression, and it was a little hard to believe Ruan Youyi's words for a while.

Just now, Ruan Youyi came to see Ruan Chaowen and decided to follow the Ming overseas trade fleet to travel to the South Seas to open his eyes, which made Ruan Chaowen quite surprised, I don't know why he suddenly had such a strange idea, and how could the Ming fleet be easy for outsiders to follow?

"Dad, I have asked a friend to get permission to board Daming's fleet as a private person!"

Ruan Youyi looked at Ruan Chaowen excitedly, and said expectantly, "Dad, my son wants to see the world in Nanyang, and I hope that my father will agree." ”

"Do you have friends here?" Ruan Chaowen was stunned when he heard this, and looked a little surprised, he had never heard Ruan Youyi mention this matter.

"Dad, I met him after I came here, he is the general manager of the Daming fleet, and he can speak a lot of Western." Ruan Youyi smiled slightly, and the friend in his mouth naturally referred to Li Hongyu.

"I see!"

Ruan Chaowen understood what was going on now, and nodded thoughtfully, it must have been Ruan Youyi who wanted to go to sea to see it, so he asked the general to maneuver around it, and then obtained permission.

How did he know that Ruan Youyi was secretly instigated by Li Hongyu, otherwise Ruan Youyi would not have thought of going to sea with the Daming fleet to Nanyang to see the situation there.

After all, Nguyen Youyi has been living in the Hue region of Annam for as long as he can remember, and he has no knowledge of the outside world, so he is very curious about it.

"Well, since you want to go, then Daddy will promise you."

After pondering for a while, Ruan Chaowen nodded to Ruan Youyi, and then instructed, "However, you have to bring a few entourages with you, so you can take care of them at that time." ”

Ruan Chaowen was not worried about Ruan Youyi's safety at all, the Daming fleet not only had nearly 10,000 people, but also the Portuguese escort, so no one could endanger Ruan Youyi's safety except for the storm at sea.

In Ruan Chaowen's view, the more experience and knowledge Ruan Youyi has, the more flexible he will be in the officialdom in the future.

"Thank you, Dad!" Hearing this, Ruan Youyi excitedly rushed forward and hugged Ruan Chaowen, and then rushed back to pack his luggage and prepare to board the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Hongyu had already prepared a room for Ruan Youyi on the Zheng He treasure ship, which made Ruan Youyi a little impatient to board the huge Zheng He treasure ship to experience it, except for Ruan Chaowen, the officials of the delegation sent by the Ruan regime were unable to board the Zheng He treasure ship.

"Alas!"

After Ruan Youyi's figure disappeared into the distance, the smile on Ruan Chaowen's face couldn't help but freeze, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

After two or three days of exploration in the port, he realized that the situation was extremely ineffective for the Nguyen regime, and the Portuguese, which was valued by the Nguyen regime, was very close to the Ming Dynasty, and this time he specially sent an escort fleet to protect the Ming trade fleet.

If the Portuguese help is lost, it will be a huge loss for the military power of the Nguyen regime, which is vigorously replacing Western firearms and training with the help of the Portuguese.

In fact, the reason why the Nguyen regime was forced to use firearms was also a last resort, because the difference between their strength and that of the Trạng regime in the north was too great, so they had to be on the defensive, and they had to use firearms to make up for the lack of troops.

Ruan Youyi knew very well that the Ruan regime could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty, and could not give the Portuguese the benefits they wanted, and once the Ming Dynasty exerted pressure, the Portuguese would definitely cut off contact with the Ruan regime, which was a very bad thing.

Two days later, the Daming fleet anchored at the port of Piroboro set off and slowly sailed away under the joy of the dense crowd on the pier to continue the westward journey.

The king of Champa led his civil and military ministers to the dock to see off the Ming fleet, his face was full of excitement, he had received the news, because of the resolute attitude of the Ming Dynasty, the Ruan regime was afraid to return the land that had been invaded before, which was a great thing, and he was grateful to the Ming in his heart.

Nguyen Chao Van had already returned to Hue City the day before, and his expression was solemn when he left, although he failed to buy Wang Hong and other officials, but he found out the truth of the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade, and it was considered to have completed the task assigned by Nguyen Phuc Yuan, but this result was not what the people of the Nguyen regime wanted to see.

The reason why Li Hongyu ordered the Ming fleet to set off for the west was because he had already given the Nguyen regime enough information through Ruan Chaowen to return the land of the Champa state, otherwise he would be attacked by the Zheng regime and the Champa state supported by the Ming dynasty.

According to Zheng He's voyage to the West, the next country visited by the Ming fleet was the kingdom of Chenla, located at the southern tip of the western part of the Indochina Peninsula, bordering Champa in the east and Siam in the south.

Like the Champa Kingdom, the Zhenla Kingdom is a non-conscripted country designated by Ming Taizu, but the Zhenla Kingdom was renamed "Cambodia" during the Wanli period.

During the Hongwu and Yongle periods, the Zhenla Kingdom often sent envoys to pay tribute, and had offered 28 elephants, 34 elephant slaves, and 45 fan slaves, and the two sides had frequent exchanges.

However, with the decline of the national power of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the domestic turmoil in Zhenla, the tribute envoys did not come often, and Zhenla was renamed Cambodia during the Wanli period.

After a short stop in Chenla, the Ming fleet arrived at Siam, the country that Li Hongyu attached the most importance to.

Siam is a powerful country in the Indochina Peninsula, and the Ming Dynasty has always had a close relationship, and is the vassal state that has paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the longest time.

It is worth mentioning that during the Wanli period, when the Wa invaded Korea, the king of Siam asked to lead an army to assist the Ming army to attack the four islands of the Wa Kingdom, so it seems that Siam was the most firm attitude towards the Ming Dynasty among the vassals of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, it was the Ayutthaya dynasty that ruled the Siamese regime, and the reason why it was called the "Ayutthaya Dynasty" was because the capital of Siam was "Ayutthaya" at the confluence of the Chao Phraya River and the Bas River.

When the Ming fleet arrived in Bangkok, an important coastal city on the coast of Siam, the port was crowded with people who had come to see the excitement, pointing with great interest to the treasure ship of Zheng He, which sailed into the Gulf of Siam.

"Brother Ruan, Westerners use Siam as a springboard for the Indochina Peninsula, and I am afraid that the next step will be to invade and occupy the countries of the Indochina Peninsula."

On the side of a Zheng Hebao ship, Li Hongyu looked at many three-masted galleons moored in the port of Bangkok and said to Ruan Youyi beside him with a serious expression, Obviously, these ships are from Europe.

At the end of the fifteenth century, after the opening of the route around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa to the East, Europeans began to seek wealth in the East, and Siam naturally became their first base in Indochina.

The first to arrive in Siam were the Portuguese, who occupied the Straits of Malacca with their three-masted galleons and firearms, arriving in Siam at the beginning of the 16th century.

Later, the Dutch, Spaniards, British, and French also came and set up bases in Siam, all wanting to get a bite of Siam's fat.

However, several countries on Indochina have been fighting for many years and have strong military capabilities, which is very different from the situation on the islands of Sumatra and Java.

This made Portugal and other countries temporarily unable to swallow this fat meat, and could only temporarily establish a stronghold in the name of trade and gradually eat away at it.

"Siam also wants to drive these Westerners away, but these Westerners' warships and firearms are too powerful, and there is no way for Siam to retreat to the sea, so they can only let them board 6 to do business."

Ruan Youyi frowned slightly when he heard this, and looked at the three-masted galleons in the harbor with a solemn expression, as far as he knew, those Westerners were really inhumane and hateful in order to chase money and even buy and sell people on a large scale.

"The weak eat the strong, the survival of the fittest, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten and humiliated, and no one can help." Li Hongyu shook his head, pondered for a while, and then said to Ruan Youyi worriedly, "The natural sciences of Westerners continue to develop, and warships and firearms will become more and more powerful, according to this situation, sooner or later, they will annex the entire East, including the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Even Da Ming can't compete with it?" Ruan Youyi didn't expect Li Hongyu to be so pessimistic, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and looked at Li Hongyu with a surprised expression.

"When the power of firearms reaches a certain level, war is no longer determined by the number of troops." Li Hongyu smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "You also know that firearms are long-range killing weapons, and if you can't get close, no matter how many troops you have, you can only die in vain!" ”

Ruan Youyi's brows suddenly furrowed, if even Da Ming was not the opponent of those Westerners, then wouldn't Annan and other countries be even more unable to stop the advance of Westerners.

He is a smart man, and he has seen the power of firearms, and knows that Li Hongyu's words are not alarmist, if the Ming Dynasty does not change firearms, then no matter how many troops there are, they will become the target of those Westerners.

"In the face of those Westerners who have crossed the sea, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Champa State, the situation is the same, this is a contest between two completely different civilizations, if you can't drive them away, then you can only wait to be bullied and slaughtered by them!"

Li Hongyu saw that Ruan Youyi was deep in thought, and knew that he was moved by what he said earlier, so he continued quietly, "For this reason, we have only one way to learn new Western disciplines, and there is no other way!" ”

"Unless there is a seismic change, it will be difficult to promote new learning." Ruan Youyi nodded when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile.

"This matter is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!" Li Hongyu naturally knew the resistance, so he pondered for a while and said to Ruan Youyi, "If I don't wait, then I can only leave this trouble to future generations." ”

Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, the new Western disciplines will definitely be opposed by the scholars of the world, and the scholars and scholars who have been reading the books of the sages since childhood will also be prevented.

Like Joseon, Annam was deeply influenced by the culture of the Ming Dynasty, and scholars also respected Confucianism, so the new discipline would definitely be resisted.

After listening to Li Hongyu's words, Ruan Youyi suddenly showed a thoughtful look, Li Hongyu was right, if they don't solve this trouble, then they can only leave it to future generations, and there will be many obstacles, God knows what will happen!

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