Even a wolf won't spit out the meat in his mouth. The old owner of the www.biquge.info ship is a wolf, a wolf on the sea.

His appetite was quite large, but he still couldn't get bigger than the piece of fat thrown to him by the imperial court, and he was reluctant to spit it out when he was so hot that his mouth was hot.

To tell the truth, the old shipowner has never taken off his sleep since he put on the royal clothes given by the Ming court, and it is not too heavy to carry a heavy gold seal in his arms all day long.

Therefore, although Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth and asked for 10 million taels of silver, the old shipowner still gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and gave it, not only giving 10 million taels of silver, but also giving 200,000 taels of gold by the way, which should be a reward for Zhu Houzhao's sailors after the battle.

Zhu Houzhao didn't deduct this at all, as the emperor, he really didn't have the face to do that.

After exchanging all the 200,000 taels of gold into silver, Zhu Houzhao distributed all of them to the soldiers of the Ming army who participated in the attack on Dawan Island, and even the pirates who received a share of Shang Er's low income.

Fifty taels of silver per person, compared to the mountains of gold and silver piled up on the ship, but everyone's face was beaming with joy, and it was a feeling of truly being rewarded for meritorious service.

Not to mention the rewards after winning the battle in the previous Ming army, of course, they couldn't win the battle before. Not to mention the rewards, even the usual salary is also deducted. Only now did this group of soldiers drawn from various prefectures and counties have a real sense of military glory, and they officially feel that this soldier should be comfortable.

After the old shipowner's 10 million taels of inventory were all loaded onto the ship, Zhu Houzhao's zodiac army pulled anchor.

Zhu Houzhao, who was carrying a shipload of gold, silver and jewelry, did not immediately return to the shore of Zhejiang, but cruised from east to west.

Looking at the waveless sea level in front of him, Zhu Houzhao let out a long breath, and he finally found the feeling that the US imperialists were sending aircraft carrier battle groups to patrol the earth at every turn.

It's like a tiger that likes to patrol its territory and pee to demarcate its borders by the way. However, Zhu Houzhao does not have the ability to regard the global ocean as his own back garden for the time being, nor does he have the habit of urinating all the way.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao can only focus his eyes on the periphery of the South China Sea, which is his inherent territory.

As one of China's four seas, the South China Sea is bounded by Guangdong and Fujian in the north, the Philippine Islands in the southeast, Vietnam and the Malay Peninsula in the southwest, and Kalimantan Island in the southernmost.

With the broadest area and the most important strategic significance, it can be said that the key to Daming's true facing the world.

However, so far, these islands are inhabited by some indigenous monkeys, barbarians and the like, whether they eat people or not, Zhu Houzhao does not know, but he still knows a little about the docks when he went to Daming during the Yongle period.

The huge group of warships composed of the Zodiac followed the coastline all the way to the west, and walked for three days in a row before Zhu Houzhao realized that he had made a ridiculous mistake.

Speaking of which, he is not to blame for this mistake, but there are too many small countries in Southeast Asia, and they are too complicated, and they can't remember the location, let alone the name.

After setting off from the old shipowner, Zhu Houzhao confirmed the fact that it seemed more appropriate to crown him king of the Philippines in the first place, because the place occupied by the old shipowner happened to be the Philippines in the later generations and not Singapore.

But I don't care, anyway, it will become the land of the Ming Dynasty in the end, and at that time, Zhu Houzhao is willing to crown him the king of England, and the king of France is also a matter of one sentence, and the barbarians of the West will never know that there may be England and France in the far east if they can't reach this place......

In the era when navigation skills were still scarce, although the islands looked relatively close to each other on the map, it was still impossible to pass the blockade of various whales and giant sharks, and immigration was completely a matter of luck.

After Zhu Houzhao passed by Luzon Island, he soon arrived near Palawan Island in the later generations, speaking of which this place should be regarded as Luzon's territory, but it is obvious that the old shipowner did not control this place, because the whip is beyond his reach.

So there is a small kingdom on this small island. The island is not big, and there are boats coming and going on the edge, but they are all small broken boats, and they can't get on the table.

Zhu Houzhao cruising is not just with the intention of showing off his might, in the final analysis, he is the boss of the black and astringent society, and he comes all over the world to collect protection money.

In fact, before the Age of Discovery, these small islands in Southeast Asia were all rich and oily, of course, this wealth means a lot of gold and silver treasures. Most of these islands were formed by volcanic eruptions, and the last thing that is lacking is gold.

However, the inhabitants of the island did not see it that way, because gold and silver did not fill their stomachs, and no amount of gold and silver in circulation was just a pile of dazzling-looking metal. It can be said that in addition to gold, silver and spices, the people of these small islands grew up eating fish.

After the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the poor ghosts of the West discovered this treasure and began to plunder it frantically, until they were all emptied and about to pat their butts home, only to find that there was a richer country to the north, and that country seemed vulnerable under the rule of the long braids......

Don't say much about what follows, it's basically hard to read through modern history.

The current Zhu Houzhao is just doing the things of the Western barbarians in advance, but he is more civilized, he only collects protection fees, and has no intention of burning, killing and looting.

As soon as the big ship approached the shore, there was no need for Zhu Houzhao to send people, and immediately the ruler of the island led the soldiers of the whole country to appear in front of Zhu Houzhao.

To put it mildly, there are not as many soldiers in the whole country as there are on Zhu Houzhao's boat......

King Bala stood under the big ship and squinted his eyes upward, and his whole body shook so that Zhu Houzhao was dizzy. Mahler is a chicken, this king of Bara has gold on his head, gold on his ears, his nose and neck are full of gold, and the scepter in his hand is estimated to weigh more than a dozen pounds, and even the trousers are made of pure gold.

Dressed like this, don't blame others for grabbing it. What you can disturb, I can't disturb, that is, in a society governed by the rule of law. In the primitive society, I didn't know how many males with big sticks knocked out and dragged back to the hole, and in the end, the baby who was guaranteed to give birth didn't know that it was the male cub.

"I am the king of the country of Bara, why are you here?"

Zhu Houzhao did not expect that this king who looked like a turtle could speak Chinese and even recognize the banner of Daming.

However, only now that Zhu Houzhao has found in retrospect, it seems that all the people he has met since entering the South China Sea can speak Chinese, could it be that Chinese is the lingua franca of the South China Sea?

However, this was not the time when he cared about this, and the king of Bara, who was ashore on the ship, seemed anxious: "Are you here to send us something?" My grandfather's grandfather's grandfather left his last words, and the big ships with the Mingzi flag all came to deliver good things to us, six or seven times before and after. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled. Feelings: These grandsons recalled the good memories of Zheng He's trip to the West, so why did they forget it all after a few hundred years?

(To be continued.) )