The first batch of Portuguese craftsmen had already arrived in Tianjin, but Wang Shouren left Malacca, where he had stayed for more than half a year, by boat and then through the Strait of Malacca all the way west, passing through the gem-rich lion country, and finally to Goa on the west coast of India.

Wang Shouren, as the governor of the four seas, is entangled in government affairs every day, but during this time he is most concerned about the actions of Shen Zhou in India, after all, this is one of the three major expansion directions of the Ming Sea formulated by Zhou Zhong to expand westward, this expansion road is the most complex and difficult, related to the interests of the Ming Dynasty in India, Africa and Europe, and it is also the main interest of the Ming Dynasty in the recent stage, so there must be no mistakes.

Originally, after eliminating the invading Portuguese fleet, Wang Shouren wanted to send Qu Lie to attack Goa, after all, compared to the young Shen Zhou, there is a reward and prestige, and Qu Lie is more calm, but he didn't expect Shen Zhou to take people to directly pursue the fleeing Da Gama, and finally chased it all the way to the Lion Country, which is not far from Goa, rather than giving an order to let them come back, it is better to let them attack Goa directly, which can also have a surprise effect.

Speaking of which, Wang Shouren is the first superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Shen Zhou is also his student, but he is still a little reluctant to use Shen Zhou, the first batch of students who graduated from the military academy, so he chose Qu Lie at the beginning, but now the situation is forced, and finally he has to let Shen Zhou attack Goa, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, Shen Zhou's results in Goa are even praised by Qu Lie and Chang Xiao, and the old Admiral Shen Ying is even happier to pull people around for a few days to drink.

Originally, when Goa had just been captured, Wang Shouren wanted to take a boat to go there to deal with local affairs in person, but as the so-called good things are more than grinding, just when Wang Shouren was just about to leave, the war broke out again between Champa and the Later Li Dynasty of Vietnam, and as a result, the Champa people asked for help from the Ming Dynasty's Sihai Governor's Palace, for the Ming Dynasty, Vietnam has always been a reactionary. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Wang Shouren could not ignore the call for help from Champa, so he had to stay and deal with the matter of supporting Champa. As a result, this delay was more than half a year, and now it is not easy to get out.

With the arrival of the Ming garrison, Goa's security has also been guaranteed, and Shen Zhou was not idle during this time, leading the fleet to sweep several ports on the west coast of India, making Portugal's power on the coast of India and the Arabian Sea empty. The Ming replaced the Portuguese as the true overlord of the seas, while the Portuguese retreated to the vicinity of Mozambique in southern Africa, temporarily unable to regain control of the Indian coast.

It was also the Ming Dynasty that secured the hegemony of the waters around India, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty finally became bolder, and only a small number of bold businessmen dared to cross the Strait of Malacca to India and other places. But now more and more people are passing through Malacca and transporting their goods farther away, after all, the farther these goods are transported, the more profit they can make, such as the price of silk of the same texture, the price in Malacca and the price in India are often more than ten times different, and the profit is covetous. In the past, the sea area west of Malacca was too dangerous, so only some brave or powerful businessmen dared to go, but now that this route has been opened by the Ming navy, if they don't seize the opportunity, they can only watch others make money.

Merchants have always been the most energetic group of people, and with this influx of these people into Goa. As a result, the originally empty streets quickly became full, and even some businessmen have begun to take advantage of the empty and empty opportunities in Goa to buy land from the government on a large scale, anyway, the land price is cheap now, and it doesn't cost a lot of money at all. But if you wait until the popularity rises in the future, the price of land will double and rise.

It was also the arrival of the merchants that made Goa quickly regain its vitality, when Wang Shouren arrived in Goa, what he saw in front of him was a thriving scene, especially in the port of Goa, a large number of merchant ships flowed endlessly, although for the time being it could not be compared with large ports such as Malacca and Shanghai, but it has also restored its former prosperity.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that in the past, the Portuguese had always had a repressive attitude towards Muslim merchants because of religious reasons, as long as it was a Muslim merchant ship, they had to pay heavy taxes in Goa, although this practice effectively inhibited the development of Muslim merchants, but also in exchange for the resentment of local Muslims.

However, the Ming Dynasty has a tolerant attitude towards most religions, especially Muslims, who originally had many followers in the Ming Dynasty, the most famous being Zheng He. Shen Zhou's father Shen Ying doesn't like Muslims, and Shen Zhou also has no good impression of Muslims, but the laws of the imperial court cannot be violated, so after he occupied Goa, he did not squeeze Muslim merchants, but paid taxes without discrimination, so that he was naturally welcomed by those Muslims, which is also one of the reasons why Da Ming was able to quickly sit on the coast of India as the supremacy of the sea.

In the port of Goa that Wang Shouren saw, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty accounted for one-third, and the remaining two-thirds were the merchant ships of the Muslims nearby, these Muslims were so powerful that they even heard that they had found a route from Portugal to India, and after they bought the goods from Goa, they would transport the goods to Europe along that route, although their Muslim status was not popular in Europe, but the goods on their ships were enough to make people forget their religious identity.

For Wang Shouren's arrival, Shen Zhou is also very welcome, because this time Wang Shouren did not come alone, there is also a fleet led by Qu Lie, this fleet is the fleet that replaces Shen Zhou and them to defend the Indian coast, so when the handover is completed, Shen Zhou, who has been away from home for more than half a year, can take the fleet back to reunite with his family.

Like Zhou Zhong in Tianjin, Wang Shouren also encountered a reception banquet, now Goa is no longer managed by Shen Zhou alone, Wang Shouren could not come before, but he sent a lot of officials to come, after all, the generals are only responsible for the war, as for the management of local affairs, they can not and should not interfere, this concept does not need to be instilled in them by Zhou Chong, since the Song Dynasty, the scholars have formed this concept, and even went crazy to completely overwhelm the generals under him, and he could not turn over for a long time.

After eating the reception banquet, Wang Shouren had the opportunity to inspect the whole city, with the influx of a large number of merchants, the already empty Goa city is full of popularity again, there are not only merchants of the Ming Dynasty in the city, but also many Muslims who come to do business, but because Goa has just experienced the war for a long time, so there is not much permanent population in the city, at most some merchants of the Ming Dynasty come to do business, usually feel a little lonely, so they bought some orchids to raise in the city as an outer room, they are the first permanent residents of Goa.

Walking to the streets of Goa, Wang Shouren felt that the city in front of him was completely different from Shanghai and Malacca, there were not too many residents here, everyone on the street was for commercial purposes, and there were also many shops and warehouses on both sides of the street, everyone was bargaining, it was nothing when it first opened, but after a long time, it will definitely feel a little boring.

However, the city of Goa is not all so boring, for example, there is a famous spot in the city, that is, the Portuguese Governor's Palace, which is surrounded by the gods and not attacked, and now they have besieged this Governor's Mansion for more than half a year, at the beginning, Shen Zhou also sent people to stand outside the door of the Governor's Mansion from time to time to shout, persuading the people in the palace to surrender, but since shouting for a few days without effect, Shen Zhou did not want to waste the lives of his subordinates, so he simply ignored the grape people besieged in the Governor's Palace, I plan to surround the people inside until the day when there is no food to come out and ask for surrender.

There is a city in the city, and there is a group of Portuguese in the Governor's Palace who refuse to surrender, plus Shen Zhou has built a wall along the Governor's Palace, which completely isolates the Governor's Palace, making the outer city of Goa more secure, and over time, even the most timid businessmen have begun to ignore the Portuguese in the Governor's Palace, and even whenever they meet acquaintances who come to Goa for the first time, these people will lead people to the vicinity of the Governor's Palace, pointing to the Governor's Palace and telling interesting stories about the fall of Goa, By the way, guess what the Portuguese in the Doge's palace are doing in their daily lives, whether they can eat enough, etc.?

Over time, it has become a habit for people who come to Goa for the first time to see the Governor's Palace, and some people even say that if they come to Goa and don't go to see the Governor's Palace, it is equivalent to not coming to Goa at all, and the result is slowly changing into the current state, that is, the Governor's Palace of Goa has become a local scenic spot, and whoever comes must go to see it first.

Wang Shouren was no exception, when he stood on the wall of the Governor's Mansion built by Shen Zhou, he held a telescope and looked at the Governor's Mansion not far away, when he saw the tall city wall opposite, and the dense defensive weapons on the city wall, this made Wang Shouren sigh, such a strong city, no wonder Shen Zhou would besiege it but not attack, otherwise if it is a strong attack, I don't know how many lives will be lost?

However, when Wang Shouren's eyes turned from the weapons on the city wall to the Portuguese soldiers who were still standing, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bring a smile, although this city within a city was built very strongly, and the weapons were also very tightly arranged, but no matter how strong the city defense was, it also needed people to defend it, but with what he saw now, I am afraid that this governor's palace would not last long.