Yan Zheng's understanding of geopolitics comes from the experience of later generations, as well as some of his own judgments.

After many years of being immersed in the throne of Yin Guojun, he has seen some situations that he couldn't understand in the past, and he has seen them more thoroughly.

In his opinion, at this moment, the Taixi countries must be seen on a case-by-case basis compared to Eastern Qin, but the overall threat is small, and the commercial and trade interests are great.

Because from a geopolitical point of view, countries that are adjacent to and border themselves are often more likely to affect themselves.

Countries that are thousands of miles apart are more interested in business and trade, and their influence on the local area will also be diluted by distance, and the cost of maintenance will be higher.

The situation presented by Eastern Qin is a situation of active exploration, and it naturally does not care about the land of Taixi, but it is sure that the land in front of it will be completely assimilated.

Therefore, the conflict of interests between Portugal and Eastern Qin is very small, as long as it does not cross Malacca, there will be no direct conflict of interests between the two sides for at least half a century.

On the contrary, the commerce and trade between the two sides were very complementary, and everything that Eastern Qin produced was what Portugal needed.

The women, silver, and gold that Portugal could get from it, as well as all kinds of raw materials and livestock breeds, were all urgently needed by Eastern Qin.

Eastern Qin also needed a Portugal to spread the market to Taixi, and in the process, Portugal made a little more money, which was conducive to suppressing the pace of other countries to the East.

It's just that in the New World, the conflict of interests is very direct, and the Eastern Qin and Western countries are more direct competitors in the New World.

Because it is a hundred times more convenient for the West to go to the New World than the Eastern Qin, the side of the New World facing Europe is also more suitable for development.

This is a naked conflict of interest for Dong Qin, and this is a major event for the New World in the future.

Therefore, on the whole, cooperation with Portugal is greater than competition, but Spain should choose to attack, so that their pace in the New World will be completely interrupted.

After formulating this policy, Yan Zheng felt that the plan to explore the New World had to be put on the agenda.

He wrote a special order, requiring the shipyard to launch and build two "Qinhuang" class ships every year, and also ordered the Department of Chemistry to study the method of disinfection of fresh water as soon as possible, and also ordered the glass factory to cooperate with the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry to develop and produce canned food.

At the same time, the government will allocate funds to speed up the expansion of Jonlong Harbor, increase the policy tilt there, and let the navy send ships from Jonlong Harbor to explore the direction of ocean currents and monsoons.

The planned visit to the Viceroyalty of Portuguese India was also upgraded to a visit to the west of Malacca.

……

At the beginning of June of the eighth year of Huaxia, the return visit fleet set sail from Yangang.

The main envoy was Ah Xin, the deputy envoys were Lan Xiaofeng and Shang Xiaochun, and he was accompanied by many students and three officials from the Ministry of Defense.

The whole fleet has eight warships, the flagship is the Qinhuang, and the commander-in-chief of the fleet is called Song Jianhai, who was originally a Tanhu of Ningbo Prefecture, and helped engage in maritime trade before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is considered an old navy.

He was standing on the deck of the Qinhuang at this moment, holding his saber and looking down at the Portuguese warships about a hundred meters away.

Sekra was also looking at the giant ship, and a sense of oppression arose, as if the sky was covered by the full sails of the giant ship.

"Dong Qin is indeed invincible!"

"Yes! Even if God comes, he will not be able to overcome it!"

He and Opodra both sighed, and then began to admire the heroic appearance of the Eastern Qin fleet.

They spent ten days in Meadow, during which they visited many places except for the industrial area, and bought almost all the money they brought with them into goods.

In the separate cabin for two people, a large number of bone china, silk, mirrors and various handicrafts are stacked at this moment.

As long as they are on the shore, they can make a lot of money by selling them.

For them, they really want to obtain second-class nationality in Malacca, so that they can become naturalized as Dongqin people.

Patriotism? Nationalism? I'm sorry, but Europe in this time and space is just a group of money-recognising masters, and mercenaries can help fight their own home countries for money.

It can even be said that only Eastern Qin understood and implemented the concept of modern nation, as well as nationalism, in this time and space.

The ship sailed to the city of Songzhou, Luzon, and stopped for a little resupply.

Sekra was in a happy mood, and as soon as he got off the boat, he bumped into Ashin coming over with an interpreter who had already "surrendered".

He hurriedly saluted, "Mr. Ambassador, your country is really vast!"

Ashin smiled and waved his hand and said, "What is our territory, the Ming Kingdom is big! This land has not yet been developed."

"I believe that with the strength of your country, this place will soon be prosperous!"

"Present to you!" Ashin smiled, "But you Portugal can make a profit from it!"

"What do we gain?"

"Population!" Ashin pointed to Songzhou City behind him and said, "Women are needed here, as long as they can give birth to children, they can be sent over, and the same is true for strong laborers."

"You need slaves too?" Sekla's eyes lit up instantly.

"Don't stick to the population, in the future, you can get all kinds of livestock breeds in the West, and we in Eastern Qin are willing to pay a high price!"

"That's no problem at all!"

Ashin added, "But you have to remember that we don't need those in India and east of Arabia who are very different in physical characteristics from us Easterners and from you Westerners."

"You mean the black slaves?" Sekra asked.

Ashin nodded and said, "Except for those people, even if it's your Tessie's people, you can get it!" Not only are we tax-free, but women are also concerned about the amount of porcelain you can trade at any one time!"

Sekra was a little puzzled, "Why would women be involved in our deal?"

"It's our previous warrant policy in Eastern Qin, which has now been abolished in the mainland, but it will be re-established in Malacca, in short, as long as the merchants west of Malacca get women, we will have trade exemptions for them, and certain types of goods can also be traded! After all, the output of our good things in Dongqin is also limited, so naturally whoever gives us more benefits will sell more to whom!"

Sekra nodded, "I see! Rest assured, we in Portugal have always had a good reputation when it comes to trade!"

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Four days later, the flotilla arrived at the Old Port.

This is the result of a deliberate detour, in order to support the Han people in this place, Yan Zheng deliberately ordered that ships should not go to Malacca for supplies, and all ships should be resupplied in the old port.

Sekra was even more surprised to find that this place was still the territory of Eastern Qin, he had no field investigation of the geography of the South Seas, and the map he had was also given by Indian merchants.

From this, he concluded that Eastern Qin was a huge country, and the ships ran for half a month, and they were only circling in their inland seas.

The mayor of Palembang has taken office, and there is a clear division of responsibilities with Governor Shi Xinghao.

Shi Xinghao is in charge of the indigenous Han Chinese, and the mayor is in charge of investment, development and immigration.

The first batch of immigrants, more than 3,000 people, also arrived at the end of last year, and now they have settled down in their fields, and they are worried about their wives.

After replenishing food and water, the fleet purchased some of the collected local products, and then set sail again.

Crossing the Strait of Malacca, riding the monsoon directly, it took only two days to cross the Bay of Bengal to the Kingdom of Kandy.

This is a small country on the island of Ceylon, which is a small country on the island of Sri Lanka in later generations.

At this time, the island of Ceylon was divided into three countries, and there were conflicts of religious beliefs.

The Portuguese have a decent reputation here and are able to make stops and trade.

Ashin and several deputy envoys also went down for a cursory tour with the students.

In the same evening, he wrote in the report: "The Kingdom of Kandy on the island of Ceylon, located east of the island of Ceylon, is in the tropics in terms of latitude and longitude. The level of development is low, the city is very chaotic and dirty, there is no order to speak of, the religious atmosphere is very strong, the people are very thin, you can see rich merchants and nobles, you can also see beggars dying on the streets.

If our country wants to conquer this place, it will probably not be difficult, but this place is barren, and I don't know what special products there are, so it is worth our troops! However, the strategic location is also important, and when Malacca is fully established, it may be possible to consider adjusting the policy............

When I am ready to return, I will make contact with the country to see if we can reach an agreement that they will supervise the Portuguese......

The next day, the mission officially entered the port docked on the South Asian continent, and looked at the brothels lining the harbor and the dark-skinned, emaciated prostitutes.

Ashin suddenly lost most of his interest in the Portuguese population.

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