Autumn in Mumbai is still very hot, but fortunately it is about the same as the summer time in Chang'an, so it is bearable.

The scale of the construction of the military port is faster than Xia Hongsheng imagined, and now as a military port, it has been able to provide complete military support. However, because it is to be built into a large seaport for both military and commercial purposes, it is still under construction.

The momentum here is somewhat unexpected by Xia Hongsheng.

There doesn't seem to be much to resist.

It is not even as good as the remnants of the rebellion in Liaodong after the destruction of Goguryeo. It's a very stable situation.

A large number of Tianzhu people can be seen on the construction site, but they do not seem to have the sadness of destroying the country, but are very elated, and they are also full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm for their work.

At first, Xia Hongsheng was surprised, but after thinking about it, he also felt reasonable.

Three thousand years ago, the ancient Indo-Europeans, who lived only on hunting and gathering, migrated south. After creating the Dark Ages of Greece and exterminating the culture of Mesopotamia for thousands of years, it was separated near Central Asia, and one continued eastward to China, where it was defeated by the Shang Dynasty army led by Nuhao, thus allowing the ancient Chinese civilization to continue to develop. The other group went south into India and conquered the indigenous people of India, who had created a splendid civilization, and established a caste system: the invaders were classified as the highest caste after stealing the culture of the aborigines, while the real creators of the two cultures, the indigenous people of India, were classified as the lowest caste. They were forbidden to read and learn about the culture created by their race. Eventually, the ancient Indian civilization, which was as splendid as ancient China, gradually declined under this barbaric apartheid system - because being forbidden to study meant a lack of political talent, so there was basically no unity in India's history, and there was no sense of national and national identity.

Since there is no sense of identity with the state and the nation, then naturally there is no concept of the state and the nation, and it does not matter who rules it. Only the good and bad, the pros and cons brought to them by the rule they follow, are there to be a so-called thing, and it is what they care about.

And the scene in front of him is an excellent proof - obviously Datang's gentle strategy is very effective.

And even if they are hired by the Tang Dynasty, their living conditions are much better than their original living conditions, and if they do their jobs well, they can get much better food than their original ones, and there is no wanton bullying and scolding, let alone caste oppression, if someone wants them to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and return to their original humiliating life, I am afraid that they themselves will not agree.

"Wowha, do you think the old man can only fight and kill? Your Uncle Cheng also has a way to play a gentle strategy! Cheng Yanjin pointed to the scene in front of him very proudly, and laughed at Xia Hongsheng: "The old man also allowed them to join the army of the Tang Dynasty to make contributions. These Tianzhu people have bad habits, but their physical strength is really good, and they are good at coolies, and they are not worse than the Kunlun slaves. ”

"The little nephew doesn't need these Tianzhu soldiers." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "The little nephew is going to the sea this time, so it is more important than fine. Besides, these warships brought by the little nephew this time are all the most advanced things in our Datang at the moment, these Tianzhu soldiers are not my Datang soldiers in the end. ”

"When is the virtuous nephew going to send troops?" Cheng Yanjin asked: "Regarding the boat station, Lao Cheng is not as good as you, what you need, Lao Cheng will prepare everything for you." ”

"It's not a hurry to send troops, the little nephew has to think of some ways to let Da Shi gather as many sailors as possible here." Xia Hongsheng said: "Otherwise, those 100 warships are not worth the trip when the little nephew leads the fleet." ”

"You kid brags too much-" Cheng Yanjin laughed: "Your smoking boats are only a few dozen in total, and there are fewer than 100 boats that are disgusted with big food?" ”

"Uncle Cheng, if you have a sky-shaking thunder in your hand and an enemy soldier with a bamboo stick as a weapon on the opposite side, do you throw the sky-shaking thunder first and blow up that miscellaneous soldier, or wait for them to gather in a group and blow them up together?" Xia Hongsheng asked with a smile.

"Didn't you say that a few countries that can confront Datang have this big food in them?" Cheng Yanjin asked: "If it is really so vulnerable, how can it fight against Datang?" ”

"I said this in the third year of my Zhenguan." Xia Hongsheng said: "At that time, Da Shi could indeed be the enemy of Datang. However, Datang is not stagnant, on the contrary, Datang has been making rapid progress. Right now, the big food has been left far behind. In my eyes, the soldiers of the Great Food are no different from those Tianzhu soldiers. ”

"What's the plan for the virtuous nephew?" Cheng Yanjin asked.

Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "As far as I know, there should be more than a thousand warships of the Great Eclipse Division, and it seems unlikely that the Great Eclipse will gather all the more than a thousand warships." The Great Eclipse is still on the expedition to Egypt and the Three Lans, and ships are needed to transport troops back and forth in the Red Sea. ”

"If you rashly enter the Red Sea, you are only afraid of cross-strait attacks." Cheng Yanjin nodded and said. When it comes to business, he gets serious.

In front of the two of them was a map of the area around the Great Food.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and asked, "Does Uncle Cheng want to play a big one?" ”

"Big?" Cheng Yanjin raised his eyebrows: "How do you play?" ”

"I am ordered to conquer the Great Food this time, and Your Majesty's will is to destroy the Great Water Eater, wipe out the sea power of the Great Food, and control this sea area." Xia Hongsheng said: "It is said that as long as the Great Water Eater is killed, the order can be paid. However, the navy came all the way to this box, if it only destroyed the sailors of the Great Food, wouldn't it be a bit of a loss? If you show the knife, you have to kill the cow, otherwise it's just a chicken, isn't it a bit of a waste? ”

Cheng Yanjin's eyes lit up, and he immediately patted Xia Hongsheng: "I knew that you, a stinky boy, would never run this trip in vain!" Waha, the two of us together directly destroyed the big food, and when the time comes to return to Chang'an, then it is called raising eyebrows! Thousands of miles to destroy the country! Damn, this kind of great work is not enough to kill those old immortals wahahaha......"

As he spoke, he hooked Xia Hongsheng with another arm, leaned over and whispered, "What's the matter, the virtuous nephew has a path in his heart?" ”

"Not bad!" Xia Hongsheng nodded and said to Cheng Yanjin: "Uncle Cheng, I came this time and brought a total of three hundred warships. In addition to the steam engine warships, there are more than 200 ordinary ironclad ships. These ironclad ships, to be honest, run a lot slower than steam engine ships, and are not very maneuverable. I can even use them instead of them to help Uncle Cheng transport troops. Uncle Cheng, do you dare to go to the land to confront the Great Food Cavalry? ”

"Why don't you dare? Who was Lao Cheng afraid of?! Although Cheng Yanjin didn't know what to do, he still understood it.

"Hehe, it's not really hard." Xia Hongsheng smiled and said: "Before the Great Eclipse, he attacked Persia, but now because the Tang Dynasty has the Persian coalition army and the weapons support of the Tang Dynasty, he can't take Persia for a while, so he will develop to the west and go to fight Egypt." Uncle Cheng, if I use a boat to put your cavalry in the Triad, and you use your cavalry to occupy Aden, pretending to be the main attack on the road, then the Great Eclipse will definitely come with a large army. However, if you go by land, you will have to go around Egypt, so Dashi must have used sailors to transport troops from Aden. When the time comes, the little nephew's fleet will lie in ambush in the Gulf of Aden and wipe out its naval division and its forces in one fell swoop! The big food will inevitably be greatly damaged at that time, so we can take advantage of the void to enter! ”