The fellow, who was obviously more richly dressed than the other sailors, said to Ding Yi: "I am the captain of the ship, and I have asked to be treated as a nobleman, and I will write to inform my family and come to pay the ransom you have demanded. "As Captain Jack said, he was a nobleman, and at the beginning of his voyage Prince Henry gathered all first-class captains and explorers, and this man was a far-sighted man, who repeatedly ordered his captain to live in peace with the natives of the land where he was discovered, and to advocate a peaceful colonization there.

This person's vision is very forward-looking, and the later Spanish royal family in history began to frantically plunder by force because of the search for gold and the sale of black slaves to obtain a lot of material benefits, and the final result was a large inflow of precious metals from the colonies, which finally triggered a price revolution in Europe and gradually destroyed the Spanish economy.

To be fair, Prince Henry, Ding Yi still respects this person, at least in the footsteps of the Age of Discovery, Ding Yi regards this as an opponent who can be looked up to, because this strategic vision is undoubtedly very clever, so for Prince Henry's sake, Ding Yi said to the captain who called himself Jack: "No, I don't need a ransom, and there is no ship here to send you a letter." I'm not like you, I'm not a pirate, or rather, I'm not a guest pirate. ”

If this is the case, Ding Yi would not be surprised. And the next development of things was a bit unexpected for Ding Yi, because Captain Jack was unwilling to be taken down like this, imprisoned with those sailors, or thrown to a small island to fend for himself directly during the voyage.

"I can give you intelligence, military intelligence! I was an officer. "Jack. Fernandez before Ding Yi's personal guards came to take him down. "Europe, Egypt, Byzantium, if you want to know the news." Your Excellency, I will be honored to serve you! ”

"Byzantium? Is zài still in this country? Ding Yi asked him with a smile.

"Yes, Your Excellency, it still exists." Jack began to bring news that shocked Ding Yi, "Muhammad built an overland trough at Galata on the northern shore of the Golden Horn, and then attempted to enter the Golden Horn to intercept Genoese ships transporting supplies. But he did not succeed, and the Byzantines placed their hand-held guns on the ship, with very penetrating miniature Byzantine guns. Often a few salvos can sink an Ottoman ship......"

Constantine was besieged as a dead city on land, needless to say. In fact, the reason why it was breached, the fact that this waterway was cut off by the Ottomans in history has a utility that cannot be underestimated. Then the fortified city walls. There was not even a way to retreat. There are no reinforcements, and the only way to give it a blood transfusion is over, and the blow to morale is really exterminating.

The current waterway is not because of how it can transfuse blood for Constantine, but because there is still a glimmer of hope for the defenders.

Ding Yi nodded, and what Captain Jack said next shocked Ding Yi even more: "Before we suffered the destructive blow of Your Excellency. Originally, he was helping an opponent of Mamluk to get her out of Egypt. ...... from persecution"

Egypt at this time is the era of Mamluk, and the reason why Ding Yi didn't want the Fourth Division of the Ming Dynasty to set off in a hurry before the equipment was in place was because of the four syllables of Mamluk. To put it simply, the Mongol army at its peak of more than 10,000 (25,000 in the history of the Mongol Mongols) was also led by warlike figures of the Mongol and Yuan Empires, and they were timid.

Good war is not two words, good war refers to the name of cowardice does not spend this Tartar, between five years, first pacified Persia; then destroy Baghdad and destroy the Arab Empire; Then it crossed the Euphrates and swept across Syria, forcing its ruler to abandon Damascus and flee to Egypt.

Then the cowardly commander who was so good at war, led the Mongol army at its peak of more than 10,000 and met 10,000 Mamluks and 2,000 remnants of Syria, these Mamluks did not have more than one man like the Mongol army, they only had a single horse, and the result was this: Mamluk, riding an Arab thoroughbred, annihilated the Mongol army with a Damascus scimitar, unreasonably and illogically.

Whether it is a cowardly person who is good at fighting, or a barbarian tactic that is extremely sharp, or a Mongolian cavalry that is extremely tenacious and experienced in a hundred battles, he was hacked to death like this, not a fiasco, but even a cowardly person who did not spend his time, and it is said that in the melee fight, he was killed by several arrows in his body; It is said that after being captured, he refused to surrender and was killed, in short, even the commander was cut down.

Therefore, there are opponents of Mamluk in this era, which makes Ding Yi a little curious.

The ship that did not come up to join the battle, after watching the destruction of the five ships in front of it, did not attempt to escape, but raised the white flag very wisely, so after listening to Captain Jack's words, this opponent of Mamluk was brought to Ding Yi.

She is tall and tall, with a veil on her face, and she looks quite imposing as a superior, even on the destroyer of the Ming Dynasty, she looks neither humble nor arrogant. However, Ding Yi was obviously not a good diplomat, and he said directly to Captain Jack: "Sue her, take off the veil, or I will have someone help her take off the veil." ”

Before Captain Jie could translate, she took off her veil and said to Ding Yi: "I heard from the merchants of Genoa that Constantine is waiting for reinforcements from a great country in the East. But Constantine is afraid to be disappointed, although you have unparalleled destructive power, but you must know that the Ottoman army that surrounded Constantine was more than 100,000 men, and 20,000 were the Sultan's personal guards. ”

What she meant was that the strength of Ding Yi's fleet was too weak.

"Morena. Bakarin, I didn't expect to see you here. Ding Yi smiled and addressed the Egyptian girl, of course he could not have known her before, but because she looked like the later name Morena. Baccarin's movie star. Without waiting for the surprised look on the other party's face to fade, Ding Yi said to her very firmly, "Morena. Bacarin, you call it this name, if you have an opinion, you can take it as a duke from the Ming Dynasty and give you a title. ”

"As you wish, Your Highness." She responded to Ding Yi's words very decently, showing good upbringing and etiquette.

Ding nodded and said to Captain Jack: "Sue me, her value, if you don't know, then I will ask her myself, however, you will lose your value, and you will not be rewarded." Of course, in return for you, you can be given a separate cabin and that's it. ”

"His Royal Highness the Duke, Knight Fernández, salute you." After hearing Ding Yi say his title, Jack's face was a little more awe-inspiring, the concept of hierarchy is the universal value of these years, except for Ding Yi, who can ignore it? After saluting, Jack said very happily, "Portugal is interested in Egypt, and this lady, the heir of Shagiredu and the ruler of Mamluk, does not want her to live, let alone let the Egyptians know that she is alive. ”

Shaghredu, this is definitely a name in history that is hard to ignore, she was the first and only queen of an Arab country, and she was also the first king of the Mamluk dynasty. The girl in front of her, if she is the heir of Shajiredu according to what Jack said, is almost the same concept as the descendants of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty.

If there are no soldiers, no power, and no money, of course it is too late to hide; But if it is found by the powerful and the powerful, there can be a good excuse to start an incident and subvert it. So Ding Yi asked Jack, "Does Portugal need her to be the heir of Shagiredou, or is she really the heir of Shagiredou?" ”

Then, without waiting for Jack to answer, Ding Yi shook his head, laughed, and said softly, "What's the difference?" Isn't it? He turned to the girl and asked, "Who are you to sue me yourself?" ”

"I am Honorable Lord Morena. Baccarin. The girl replied without humility or arrogance, this is not an unwilling submission, but she knows how to maximize her own interests, although she is only seeing Ding Yi for the first time, but she believes that people like Ding Yi are definitely not short of women, so she has to be different from other women in order to attract Ding Yi's attention, such as saying such a sentence with an awe-inspiring look.

Ding Yi nodded when he heard this, and said, "I'm beginning to believe that you are the heir of Shajiredu." ”

This kind of response, such adaptability, and good upbringing and etiquette are not something that can be obtained by just catching a "third prince of Zhu". It is obvious that this person has been raised in an aristocratic manner since childhood, so Ding Yi thinks that maybe her identity may really be the heir of Queen Sagirela.

After Jack and the heir of Shagiredu went down, Wan An asked Ding Yi: "Sir, then our fleet will rush to Egypt, just because of this reason, the great tomorrow is here, and this dynasty should be destroyed!" "This is now a high-spirited and traitorous minister, he is a bottomless flattery, Ding Yi likes to conquer, and Wan'an naturally does what he likes.

"Don't go to Egypt, wait for the Mediterranean Fleet and the Fourth Division of the Ming Dynasty to set sail and go straight to the Persian Gulf!" Ding Yi pointed to the map and said to Wan An, "Now, let's go over the Cape of Good Hope first, and then we'll talk about the Prince of Navigation later." "Portugal was the first to start colonization, and the end of its colonial history will not end until the independence of modern East Timor, Ding Yi felt that it was necessary to talk to this prince first.

And more realistically, he did not intend to conquer all of Egypt with less than a thousand guards.

But not everything can be carried out according to people's plans, not even Ding Yi, the power of human beings, in the face of the great power of nature, many times feel so pale...... (To be continued......)