Just when Zhou Zhong was enjoying the joy of family at home, Da Gama and his party took the ship arranged by Zhou Zhong all the way north, and finally docked at the port under construction in Tianjinwei, which was nominally a military port built by the back door of the governor of the four seas, in fact, most of the time it was civilian, mainly Jiang Nannan's goods were directly transported to the capital, and even Zhou Zhong was still planning to directly change the grain in the south to sea transportation, but this matter involved too many interests, so it was still in preparation for the time being.

"General God, I heard that your country has implemented a policy called the sea ban before, stipulating that civilian ships are not allowed to go to sea, and overseas merchants cannot bring their ships close to the coast of Daming, which has also led to the abandonment of countless ports along the coast of Daming, but along the way, I saw that many ports along the coast of Daming are under construction, could it be that Daming has lifted the sea ban?" Da Gama stood on the bow of a battleship, looked at the hot harbor in front of him, and asked a young Ming general next to him.

"Hehe, I didn't expect the ambassador to know my Ming decree very well, when my Ming just drove away the Mongols, the country is not peaceful, but the coastal area is rampant, so the law of the sea ban was implemented, but now my Ming country is strong, the Japanese have already been leveled, so the sea ban is not necessary, but this decree involves the interests of many people, so His Majesty is not good to abolish it directly, so it is nominally retained, but in fact it has begun to lift the sea ban!" The young officer, known as General God, explained with a smile.

The young officer's name was Shen Ning, and he was the youngest son of Shen Ying, and at the same time he was the most favored by Shen Ying. I'm only in my twenties this year. I've been learning the art of war with Shen Ying. In the previous extermination of Liu Wu and Liu Liu, Shenning was promoted to garrison because of merit, and he also made great contributions in the last war with Portugal, and now he was promoted to a guerrilla general, and transferred to serve under Zhou Chong, this time he was sent by Zhou Chong to escort Gamma and others into Beijing.

Da Gama heard that Da Ming had in fact begun to abandon the policy of sea ban, and his heart was both happy and regretful, and he was glad that Da Ming gave up the sea ban. That's why they can buy so many Ming goods, which allows them to earn huge profits in Europe, it is a pity that with the Ming Dynasty giving up the sea ban, it will definitely vigorously seek to develop the power of the sea, and now the initial establishment of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas has made them frightened in Portugal, if this eastern dragon is allowed to develop for a few more years, I am afraid that the whole of Europe will tremble under its dragon claws.

Vasco da Gama and their warships had a special mooring place and did not have to wait like those merchant ships from the south, so their ships were parked quickly, after meeting with the local officials. Immediately led da Gama and them into Tianjin Wei to rest, and as for the gifts given to Zhengde on the ship, there was a special person in charge.

Tianjin Wei knew the Tao when he heard the name. This is a guard post guarding the capital, and the geographical location is very important, it can be said that it is the gateway to the capital, so there has been a large army stationed here, but with the peace for a long time, the army of Tianjin Wei has also relaxed, here and other guards, the land of the military households was swallowed up by the upper officers, and slowly became the tenants of the officers, and with the increase in population, more and more children of military households have no land to plant, and they can only find other ways to support themselves, so Tianjin Wei slowly became a town from a military base, Although it is not as prosperous as later generations, it is already quite large-scale.

After da Gama entered Tianjin Wei, he has been looking at everything around him with greedy eyes, although there are many legends about the land of the Central Plains in Europe, but the legend is always a legend, no one knows what the real Central Plains land is like, they can only guess the prosperity of the Central Plains through Marco Polo's travelogue, before he has seen a corner of this huge empire through Guangzhou and Shuangyu Port, and now he has finally come to the heart of this empire.

Da Gama had already seen the prosperity of Guangzhou and the prosperity of Shuangyu Port before, and these two places also satisfied his fantasy of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, even Guangzhou and Shuangyu Port, which were far away from the imperial capital, could be so prosperous, so in the place close to the capital, it would definitely be more prosperous and prosperous.

Disappointed! Very disappointed! When da Gama looked at the surrounding scene, the beautiful illusions of Da Ming in his heart were all gone, because there was nothing else he saw except poverty and dirty, and this kind of poverty and squalor can be seen everywhere in Europe, but he didn't expect that Da Ming, who pinned the beautiful fantasies of Europeans, was actually not much different from Europe.

In fact, da Gama was a little too harsh on Tianjin Wei, after all, it was not a commercial port before, it was just a military base, and the corruption of the army made it poor or poor, although now with the construction of the port, it began to become prosperous, but compared with Guangzhou and Shuangyu Port, it still seems extremely poor and backward.

After two days of rest in Tianjin, Da Gama transferred all the gifts from the ship to the carriage, and then the group headed for the capital along the official road. Through these two days of understanding, da Gama's understanding of Tianjin Wei has also deepened a lot, which also surprised him to find that although the small city in front of him is dilapidated, but like Shuangyu Port, it is also full of vitality, maybe many years ago, this will be another Shuangyu Port, and it may even be more prosperous than Shuangyu Port, which is just the endless flow of trucks on the official road proves that his guess is very likely to come true.

However, as Da Gama walked along the official road, he also went deep into the interior of the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and the scene on both sides of the road made him a little disappointed in the Ming Dynasty, because he saw dilapidated villages everywhere, and the people he occasionally saw in the Ming Dynasty were also yellow-faced, hungry and thin, and at a glance he knew that the Tao was often underfed, which was completely different from the Central Plains land full of gold in their European fantasy, and even sometimes he felt that the average living standard of the Portuguese was also above the Ming Dynasty, which made him disillusioned with the Ming Dynasty at the same time. I can't help but have a little contempt for Daming.

A few days later, da Gama finally arrived at the heart of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City, when they suddenly saw the Beijing City that towered there, such a desolate beast in the heart of the plain, Da Gama and his party were all stunned, although they had also seen a lot of famous European cities, but compared with the large capital of Beijing City, it was much worse. And the closer they get to the city of Beijing, the more people there are on the road, and the villages and towns they pass through are also very prosperous, although they have not yet entered the city, but da Gama they can already guess how prosperous the city is.

Beijing City did not disappoint Da Gama and his party, when they entered the city through the tall city gate, they were immediately stunned by the prosperous scene in the city, the previous Guangzhou and Shuangyu Port in their eyes have been very prosperous, but in front of this huge Beijing city, there is too much difference, their Portuguese capital Lisbon can not even compare with Guangzhou, let alone compared with the Beijing city in front of them.

I saw that the shops on both sides of the street in Beijing were lined up, all kinds of exquisite goods were placed on the counter, and from time to time there were people in the shops to sell to the pedestrians, among these goods, da Gama they knew the porcelain, silk, tea and other goods they dreamed of, as well as the goods they shipped to Daming from Europe, and there were more goods they did not know, which dazzled them for a while, and looked left and right as if the buns were entering the city.

After all, after years of sea ban, even if there are Hu merchants coming, they generally appear in coastal cities, and few Hu merchants appear in the capital, so these people are very curious about the people of Da Gama's mission, and even some big daughters and daughters-in-law who never go out also run out of the house to watch the excitement.

However, the people of the capital were curious, and they also saw the Shen Ning and other officers beside da Gama, as well as the troops protecting on both sides, which made ordinary people dare not come forward to inquire at all, but just discussed the origin of these people in a low voice, and many people with better memories have already thought about it, when the governor of the four seas won the battle overseas, he sent a few such Hu people to His Majesty, and those few Hu people are similar to these people in front of them, could it be that these are the prisoners of the governor of the four seas overseas?

The officials of the Honglu Temple have also received the news of the arrival of the Portuguese mission for a long time, but they don't pay much attention to it, after all, in their opinion, the so-called Portugal is just about the same status as the small countries in the South Seas, and they still want to covet the Strait of Malacca before, and they were defeated by the sailors of the governor of the four seas, so it is even more worthless, so for the arrival of the Portuguese envoy, the officials of the Honglu Temple didn't care at all, and they didn't even send people out of the city to greet them, until Shenning sent Da Gama and them to the gate of the Honglu Temple. A few servants came out of it to arrange food and lodging for them.

Although Da Gama did not understand the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, he was a smart man, after seeing the lazy officials at the gate of the Honglu Temple, coupled with the contemptuous expression of the other party, and the arrogant psychology of the Ming officials he had learned before, this made him immediately understand his situation of being despised, and he couldn't help but be very annoyed in his heart, and Magellan in the mission seemed to see something, and his face showed an angry expression, after all, as one of the powerful countries in Europe, they had never been so despised.

However, no matter how angry da Gama and Magellan were, they could only endure it silently, after all, they came to Daming to open up trade routes with Daming, and now there is no problem on Zhou Chong's side, but if they offend the Ming Emperor in the capital, then all their previous efforts will be in vain. (To be continued......)