The Empire's vast fleet traveled all the way south, south and south, and after a month's voyage, finally reached their first freshwater supply point, Yangcheng.

Named in honor of Yang Dexian, the first person to climb the Mailai Islands, the city is small and simple in size, although it has only been built for less than two years. But with its small bazaar and the thousands of acres of fertile land scattered outside the city, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of prosperity it will usher in in the near future.

It was the first time for the Roman and Egyptian envoys to hear of the dozens of city-states in the far South of China like Yang, which had been plundered and built by the nobles of Seris. Although these city-states were thousands of miles away from the Ceris mainland, they existed in the form of Ceris vassals, and were directly administered by Pope Seris.

In this respect, Seris adopted an enlightened policy, except that he only had to pay a tax equal to one percent of the revenue to the court of Seris every year; The religion of Our Lady must be practiced in the country; Except for the prohibition of confrontation with the court of Seris, there are no other claims to the subject state.

On the contrary, in the event of a major natural or man-made disaster, Seris will provide sufficient support to the subject country. After floods, tsunamis, and typhoons, subject countries can apply for interest-free loans from the empire mainland, with a maximum loan of 500,000 taels of silver. That is to say, a loan of less than 500,000 taels of silver does not need to pay any interest, and the excess part has to pay 13% interest per year. The stricken subjects could use the money to buy food and grass from other states or even from the empire itself.

In the event of a war, if it is a foreign invasion, the Ceris itself will send the Nanyang Fleet to help the war, and if it is a conflict between the subjects of the Ceris family, Ceris will mediate as a mediator to mediate fairly and impartially.

With the help of such an enlightened policy, the vassal states of Nanyang have developed rapidly in the past two years, and at the same time, they are all extremely loyal to the court of Seris.

Combined with the many policies of the Cyris court in the Xiongnu, Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and Barbarian Autonomous Prefecture, Petronius and Nefret both had a comprehensive understanding of Luan's attitude towards his subjects.

The two careerists, who coveted the positions of Macedonian and Egyptian rulers, respectively, relented. Compared with Rome, Luan Yi's attitude towards his subjects can be described as tolerant, with few requirements other than a negligible tax burden. Seris, on the other hand, was able to turn around and provide strong financial and military support to his subjects.

Thinking of this, Petronius and Nefret smiled at each other, rejoicing in their wise decision.

The fleet only stayed in Yangcheng for three days before leaving the port again and sailing for the Maliu Strait.

It's ridiculous to say. After the opening of the Age of Discovery, when the caravans from all over the empire were competing for the South Seas, a Qingzhou man named Zheng Yi also joined the process of enclosing land in the south. This Zheng Yi's ancestral home is Chang'an, and he was a butcher who moved into Linzi, Qingzhou with Luan Yi out of the Tiger Prison, because he had a pockmarked face and was the sixth oldest in the family, so he got the nickname Ma Liu.

Two years ago, after hearing that everyone was scrambling to go to Nanyang, Ma Liu, in the spirit of "seeking wealth and danger", pulled up the guys in the slaughterhouse, and hired more than 100 retired former Qingzhou soldiers, and took out loans to buy two big ships and went to Nanyang.

As the saying goes, fools are blessed with fools. While hundreds of ships from the empire's major chambers of commerce were circling the Malay Archipelago in search of the Borderlands, Maliu's fleet experienced a storm and discovered the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, which would later become famous in the world, near the future Singapore.

When he discovered the Borderlands, he was overjoyed. On the one hand, he had people plant the banner of the Blood Red Cross and occupy the ownership of the land, and on the other hand, he sent people home to report the news, so that his family could continue to send people to support. On the other hand, he led only a hundred of his men to fight to the death against the local cannibal natives. He was originally born in Orion, he was used to killing and blood, plus he was strong and strong, and his subordinates were followed by a fierce veterans of the Qingzhou Army. The Straits of Malacca have since become the Straits of Malacca.

Relying on the constant exploration of new territories, the Imperial merchants explored routes to India, and the trade between the Imperial merchants and the kingdoms of Chola, Baicheng, and Kalinga in South India increased day by day. With the help of its superior geographical location, Maliu's city grew rapidly, and Maliu became the lord of the empire on the rich side of the South Seas, which can be described as a representative of the crow turning into a phoenix.

Sun Quan's Nanyang fleet sailed out of the Maliu Strait and sailed to the next stop of the trip, the country of Baicheng in South India, where they were to replenish fresh water and food, and disinfect the warships to prevent the officers and men of the fleet from contracting infectious and incurable diseases on long-distance voyages.

Although the Baicheng people had seen the big ships of the Holy Huaxia Empire more than once, after all, they were all merchant ships of the empire, and the ships were all imperial people and slaves dressed in silk cloth, and the number of ships was not large. Therefore, Baicheng people did not pay much attention.

This time, however, the situation is markedly different. After seeing the larger warships of the Eastern Empire and nearly two thousand ships of various types heading towards the shore, especially the armed Imperial soldiers of the whole province standing on the sides of the ships of the first many warships. The Baicheng people were frightened and refused to let the Imperial Navy enter the port.

Sun Quan sent envoys many times to negotiate with the Baicheng people to no avail, and seeing that the navy's fresh water was about to run out, Sun Quan did not hesitate to give the Baicheng people some color to see.

Fifty treasure ships were lined up along the coastline, and a salvo of artillery fired at the beach near the harbor of the hundred passengers.

Two thousand guns opened fire at the same time, and although the shells did not fall into the harbor, the people of the hundred people could clearly see the powerful destructive power of the artillery. The silvery white sand beach was smashed by artillery in the sun, and the smoke was scorched black. After the blasting, a strong shock wave hit the harbor, knocking down several mud houses with hundreds of people.

When the local officials of Baicheng saw this posture, they were so frightened that their faces were bloodless, and they crawled out of the city to ask Sun Quan to surrender.

Greeting the black Baicheng people who came to ask for surrender, Sun Quan smiled awkwardly, saying that he did not come to use force against Baicheng, but as an envoy to the country of the extreme west, passing by Baicheng hoping to replenish fresh water and food.

Hearing this, Baicheng people breathed a sigh of relief, in order to send away such a plague god in front of him as soon as possible, he hurriedly mobilized the people of the whole city to send a sufficient amount of supplies to Sun Quan, and received Sun Quan and his party with the highest standard of courtesy, and personally watched the imperial navy leave Hong Kong and go west.

Due to the unfriendly relationship between the Empire and the Kushan, the Empire's Nanyang Fleet did not stop at the Kushan harbor, but sailed west along the waters away from the Kushan Coast and into the Shore of Sabbath.

Thirty years ago, after learning that the Holy Chinese Empire had sent a large naval mission to rest after learning of the change of court, Morun personally rushed to the seashore at the age of seventy to meet Sun Quan and Hercules.

As the old master and servant, Morun and Hercules reunited after thirty years, and naturally had to tell each other their hearts. Seeing Hercules put on the armor that belonged to the general, Morun was happy for him from the bottom of his heart. After all, in his mind, Hercules is the one who jumped out of his feet, Hercules is a mixed look, and he has a light on his face. At the same time, Hercules' power in Sacred China was equivalent to setting up a strong foreign aid for him in that eastern power.

Now, as the east-west route becomes clearer, the exchanges are bound to become more frequent, which is undoubtedly a big factor for the entire family of Morun in their resting position.

Mo Lun invited Sun Quan and his entourage into the city, and set up the best banquet in the city to have lunch with people from the Eastern Empire.

It is true that the so-called most delicious dishes of Anxi are unsatisfactory compared to the empire, but after all, Sun Quan, Hercules, Wen Ping, Jiang Wei and others have been gnawing on dry food at sea for more than three months, and although the dishes of Anxi are not outstanding, they are novel in style, so Sun Quan and they all have their appetites and feast.

During the banquet, when Mo Lun learned that the final destination of Sun Quan's trip was not to rest in peace but to Rome, his face showed a hint of obvious gloom. "The Romans were a bunch of robbers, and there was no civilization to speak of. The little thing they have on their hands, whether it's religion, polity, medicine, arithmetic, astronomy...... All plundered from Greece, Egypt and other countries, and nothing of their own. Go visit what they do! ”

Sun Quan winked at Hercules, who ran to Morun and whispered a few words.

Mo Lun nodded when he heard this, and waved his hand to send the idle people in the hall out of the gate.

"Tell me the truth!" Hercules translated Sun Quan's words: "Our visit to Rome this time is only one aspect, and the more important task is to create some trouble with the Romans. ”

Morun suddenly became interested, "What's the trouble?" ”

"We are ready to help the Roman provinces of Egypt and Macedonia become independent. If necessary, Lord Moron may also need to mediate on the side of Rest to provide some support to the Empire. ”

"It's easy to do!" Moren clapped his hands and laughed, "As long as it is not good for Rome, our Majesty the King is willing to do it." ”

"Then there's Lord Lawmoren." Sun Quan clapped his hands, and several pro-soldiers waiting outside the door moved in more than twenty large boxes, "This is a little yellow and white, and there are also high-grade Shu brocades dedicated to the imperial family, and I hope Lord Molun will laugh at it!"

Everyone has a love for talent, and Morun is no exception. Seeing the box full of gold and silver, the corners of the old man's mouth immediately cracked behind his ears, and he said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." As soon as there is my Mo Lun to help, Sun Dudu can just speak. ”

After a short half a month in the rest of the country, Sun Quan's Nanyang Fleet set sail again. The fleet, guided by Morun, sailed west along the coastline later known as the Arabian continent, and sailed into the Bab el-Mandeb Strait into the Red Sea at the junction of Asia and Africa.

Here, the number of pirates is increasing.