This winter has been very calm, and the situation is very calm, both in India and in the islands of the South Sea. The fierce Far Eastern Army made a deep impression on the natives of the South Seas and the coast of India. During this time, the Far Eastern Army in Nanyang didn't worry much about supplies, and the surrounding earth kings took the initiative to provide various supplies.

Grain, vegetables, meat, and fish were all available, and the officers and men were even able to eat all kinds of fresh fruits every day. Outside each camp, there are local indigenous women who run their own leather and meat business there.

During this time, an uninvited guest came to Colombo. This is a Portuguese who has come to negotiate secretly with the Far East. In 1581, the Portuguese Parliament agreed to King Philip II of Spain and King of Portugal, thus Portugal was annexed by Spain. The expropriation of the Spaniards plunged the Portuguese people into extreme poverty, and Portugal's national power declined rapidly.

Power in Portugal is now in the hands of the Duchess of Mantua and the Minister of State, Miguel. Morality. Vasgoncellos' hands. But the nobility of Portugal had been in private contact with each other in an attempt to break free from Spanish rule. The Portuguese who came to Colombo this time was the grandson of the heir to the throne, the Duchess Catarina, and the envoy of Joao, the current Duke of Braganza.

Of course, I know that the Joint Strike Fleet stayed in the waters of southern India until May of the following year, when the newly trained troops of the Military Commission came to the South China Sea one after another. Only then did Li Ming lead the officers and men of the field division to prepare for the return voyage.

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Before Li Ming came to this era, he made up a lot of 17th-century European history, and of course he knew what the Duke of Braganza Joao was. A few years later, in 1640, it was he who led the Portuguese princes and nobles to overthrow the pro-Spanish Duchess of Mantua and officially crown him King of Portugal, known as João IV. The Braganza dynasty was thus established.

João, Duke of Bracan, wrote a personal letter. He deeply regretted the war between the two sides, and hoped to establish a merchant house in the Far East to act as an agent for goods from the East.

Li Ming did not reply immediately to the other party's request, but convened a meeting with everyone to discuss it. Everyone expected such a thing, after all, in this era. Europeans could not do without the silk, porcelain and spices of the East, so in the future, European magnates would continue to come to discuss business cooperation with the Far East. The Western colonizers cared more about interests, and since they couldn't fight it, they had to talk.

Li Ming smiled and said: "On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman Turkic sultan, Mehmed II, led the Turkic army and captured Constantinople, and since then Islam has firmly controlled the bridgehead to the European continent until today. What a glorious Ottoman Empire was back then. How glorious is the Islamic world!

Over the next 250 years, with Constantinople as their www.biquge.info, they launched numerous expeditions to Europe, Asia, and Africa, winning a series of victories, establishing vast empires, and exercising effective rule. Incredibly, however, the Ottoman Empire, while fully exploiting Constantinople's political and military functions, turned a blind eye to its natural economic functions.

It is said that the Ottoman Empire used the cutting off of trade as a means of war to weaken Europe. At the time, it seemed that their purpose had indeed been partially achieved, and trade between the East and the West was in fact severely hindered. Eurasian trade for more than a decade. It brought a large number of luxury goods such as silk and porcelain to the West, and more importantly, spices.

The contraction of trade has also dealt a heavy blow to the interest groups that have made a lot of profits from it for centuries. These included merchants, sailors, dockers, innkeepers, shipbuilders, and feudal lords who made a lot of money from taxes. Breaking the blockade and regaining benefits has become their consensus.

In order to survive and wealth, batch after batch of explorers still embarked on the journey without hesitation. Although there are huge waves, storms that swallow a qiē, and countless reefs and shoals. But there are no Turks there! The fall of Constantinople drove the Europeans onto the Atlantic road, and the Ottomans' short-sightedness ceded the Indian Ocean, and by this time, the Europeans had completed their transformation from an agrarian civilization to a maritime civilization, and when they returned from the stormy seas. It's already unstoppable.

Although the mighty Ottoman Empire also tried to expel the Portuguese from the Indian Ocean, after some futile efforts, it was generously concluded that "Allah has given us land, and the sea has been given to Christians."

At this point, the green era has passed, the blue era is coming, and the Age of Discovery has changed the strategic situation of the confrontation between the two civilizations. Hundreds of years later, the entire Islamic world is repenting of this hasty conclusion!

With the victory of this war, our Far East has completely taken control of the East. But we must not learn from the Ottoman Empire, we must open our arms and welcome the merchants of the whole world, whether they are European merchants, Arab merchants, Ottoman merchants, as long as they come to the East, we must make them feel at home. We will open up the coast of India and the islands of the South Seas, invigorate the economy of our Far East-controlled zone, and sell the goods of the East to the whole world. ”

Song Tao Li Ming's words hurriedly said: "Then you can't hand over the agency of our Far Eastern commodities to that duke, Europe is so big, why only give them the Portuguese!"

Ding Xinghao next to him smiled and said, "Then what do you mean, only for the French!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room burst into laughter. Li Ming also smiled and said: "I don't know, I thought you were an undercover agent of the Frenchman, and I rolled the sheets with Yanmar for a few days, so I thought about fake public welfare." ”

Song Tao's face was flushed with shame from everyone, and he hurriedly explained: "Don't slander me, I didn't mean that." Jenny and I are just pure male-female relationships. Ding Crow, there is a kind of Alia of your family, and don't act as an agent for the goods of the Far East. ”

Ding Xinghao was also anxious when he heard this, and immediately laughed and scolded Song Tao together, and everyone watched the two teases tear together, and they were all so happy.

Li Ming is so angry, is this still a venue, it's a vegetable market, two very big people are messing around here like shrews. He slammed the teacup and said angrily: "You guys are still finished, pay attention to the discipline of the venue, and get out of the ......."

When the two saw that Li Ming was angry, they hurriedly shut up and sat upright.

Li Ming glared at the two of them again, and then thought for a moment and said, "Let's not draw conclusions about this matter first, after all, this is only the first one, and it is estimated that Song Tao's Yanma family will also rush over." Hang him first, and when we return to Manila, we will take him to Manila, and leave this matter to the professionals of the Ministry of Commerce of the Ethnic Affairs Committee. ”

The Joint Strike Fleet stayed in the waters of southern India until May of the following year, when newly trained units from the Military Commission came to the South Seas one after another. Only then did Li Ming lead the officers and men of the field division to prepare for the return voyage. (To be continued......)

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