Chapter 405: The King of Kings
Of course, Yang Feng didn't know that in the distant Americas, a group of sailors from Daming were saving lives.
Of course, this doesn't affect much.
In fact, since Zheng He's fleet left, the plague in the Americas broke out rapidly, and at this time it had spread widely, and Zheng He's fleet brought back the virus from the Americas, and it was inevitable that the Columbus exchange would become Zheng He's exchange, as long as he embarked on this route, this was the doomed result, but the civilization level of the Ming Dynasty was high, so it didn't have any impact at all......
On his way back, hundreds of sailors fell ill and died.
But he was accompanied by a real imperial doctor, a ship-accompanying medical team specially formed for him by the Tai Hospital.
Before Daming, it was controlled.
With their mature experience, after his fleet returned, it only added a few diseases with a low danger level to Da Ming.
But the level of civilization in the Americas is too low.
Their ability to deal with the plague is quite primitive, so it is inevitable that there will be a large-scale rebellion.
It is no longer in Yang Feng's attention, Daming has opened up the trade of the people to the Americas, no matter who has the ability, he can go, and many things brought by Zheng He are indeed sought after in Daming, not to mention that those rare birds and beasts are very popular with the rich. Moreover, some of the new crops he brought back have been cultivated in the past few years, and sweet potatoes have been planted in large quantities in Huining because they are the easiest to promote, and the rest are also being cultivated. In this case, there are still a lot of rich and dangerous things like Han Zhong, especially those whaling ships, anyway, they have been going to sea for a long time, so they should take a trip to the Americas by the way, even if it is not for trade, go to the coast of America to track sperm whales, and establish a whaling base there, these are all okay.
Therefore, Yang Feng has completely thrown the development of the Americas to the people in the future.
He just had to hype up the goods of the Americas.
As long as the profit is sufficient, the merchants themselves will settle the rest.
As for the Indians......
Leave it to fate!
In fact, after resolving the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, Ambassador Yang has no interest in managing things, and he has done a thorough job of transforming the country, especially his students, who are constantly entering the officialdom in batches, and the future of the country belongs to them.
He didn't need to do much more.
As for his marriage to the little princess, this is still on hold.
After all, the marriage between the two of them means that the little princess no longer belongs to the Zhu family, but has become a foreign surname, and the legal basis for her ruling does not exist, but the empress has just been able to walk, and it is impossible to leave it alone, since this can only continue to be shelved, at least until the empress becomes an adult, she will not consider this issue......
Alas, the sacrifice of the eldest princess Hanshan for her niece and granddaughter was too great.
For the sake of the Zhu family, she had to delay until after thirty before she could get married.
This is simply miserable in this era.
It's miserable.
A woman who marries after thirty can be described as appalling.
And the Ming Dynasty's territorial expansion, there is also no need for Yang Feng to worry about, the king of Chu, the king of Shu, the king of Liao, and even the king of Zhou and others are ambitious outward, the king of Chu just returned to Annam, on the pretext of Zhancheng's previous rebellion, with the escort army he built during the previous defense of Wuchang to the south to crusade against Zhancheng. The king of Champa was so frightened that he hurried to the capital to plead guilty, but then the king of Chu said that they pretended to plead guilty, but in fact they attacked his guards, but they wanted to delay time and were insincere, so of course they chose to believe her brother in this way in power......
That's her own brother.
She didn't believe her brother, did she believe in the king of Champang?
In the end, the envoy of Zhancheng was beheaded, and then the king of Chu continued to crusade against Zhancheng, and the court would not pay him anyway, and he could fight as much as he liked.
The King of Liao took advantage of the fall of the He family to annex the He family's stronghold in Tainan, including the Guangdong whaling ship that was originally attached to the He family, and he was also lured over, the latter was panicked because he was worried about being implicated by the He family, but if he took refuge in the King of Liao, he didn't have to worry about this problem, he was a real compatriot in power, and it was the safest to follow him. Relying on these whaling ships, the King of Liao finally built his own sea power, and quickly began to expand in the Nanyang Islands, anyway, Yang Feng had promised that the territory was his, as long as he did not grab the business of maritime trade, it was okay to control the territory as a source of goods, then conquer island by island. He had a fleet and a strong guard, and he even hired all the natives there, who were very suitable for fighting in the tropical mountains and forests, and because the tribes were under his jurisdiction, as long as the military salary was sufficient, he was willing to work for him in the South Seas.
The king of Shu has also arrived in Kunming.
Mu Sheng was terrified after Jianwen's death, after all, he had a deep hookup with Jianwen before.
Although Yang Feng and the little princess didn't do anything, the more he was scared, which was equivalent to a knife hanging above his head all the time, so he was extremely obedient now, not only executing the order of the little princess's lustful men to be beheaded as quickly as possible, but also helping the king of Shu to go south, build roads, build forts, and raise military supplies......
It is estimated that next year, the king of Shu will lead the guards to inspect the three Xuan and six comforts, and choose a site to build the city.
Only King Zhou made slow progress.
But his caravans had also established trade routes south to India.
Daming is in full swing.
Even the caravans of the Jin kings began to trade westward through the Hanhai Sea to Eastern Europe.
Of course, the real pioneer has to be King Yan.
Caspian Sea.
Zhu Di stood on horseback.
Behind him was the national highway that led directly to the capital.
Of course, it's not really finished yet.
This national highway has been under construction for more than a year, and most of the sections have been completed, especially in the relatively densely populated river, that is, from Talas to Charju, which has not only been really completed, but also the post stations along the way have also been built, and even a branch line has been branched out from Bekabad to Osh, so that it is convenient to go east to southern Xinjiang. Because of the low difficulty of construction, or the environment is quite normal, only a few thousand people died, but from Charju to here, especially the last desert section, it is still under construction, and on average, nearly 100 people have to die in one mile of road. Those who died of exhaustion, those who died of illness, those who fled and were killed, and even those who died of thirst at the construction site because of the late delivery of water, it can be said that they are simply paved with bones.
However, to a large extent, it was also because the Warat cavalry, who oversaw the work, did not treat the people as human beings.
It's normal.
After all, the two sides are not all the way at all.
In fact, there were many Warat cavalry killed by the resistance of the people.
The bad relationship between the two sides greatly slowed down the progress of the project, but the situation improved with the arrival of the Indian people sent by the commander of the Green Ridge Command, who was still obedient, and because he didn't understand the mess and didn't understand the language with them, he even thought that these Indian people were Buddhists, so they were relatively good to them.
As for Zhu Di's own responsibility, the section from Talas to Gaochang has not been completed.
It's more difficult for him there.
Especially in the Tianshan Mountains, there are many places where tunnels need to be excavated.
This estimate will take another three to five years to complete.
After all, it wasn't a big tunnel he dug, just a few hundred meters or even tens of meters.
But even so, the construction of this national highway greatly accelerated the speed of his march.
His army was divided into two routes in Samarkand or Kangju, and his son Zhu Gaoxu led the main force through Persia to bypass the Caspian Sea to Tabriz, and he crossed the sea first and then made peace.
At this time, he was no longer the 30,000-strong army he had set out.
It's two hundred thousand.
Kunling, Dawan both commanded 30,000 nomadic cavalry, Dawan King 10,000, Hezhong commanded 50,000 envoys and Kangju Wang, Lengling commanded 20,000 envoys, Gaochang and Hami kings 20,000, and Xinzhao Shengjun 20,000......
This Zhao Shengjun was led by Ghost Lichi.
Last time, Kun Timur returned with a full load, which made the eyes of the Mongolian herdsmen who commanded the envoys of Guilichi and Hanhai red.
Since Kun Timur can take the Zhaosheng Army to follow Zhu Di to make a fortune, of course Ghost Lichi can, but the headquarters of the Zhaosheng Army is still in Jianzhou, and the commander of the Zhaosheng Army is still Fancha, and the 20,000 can only be said to be reinforcements, and Ghost Lichi has been approved by the Queen Mother to escort Yao Guangxiao. The latter was entrusted by the Empress Dowager to go to Jianzhou to build a temple, and Gui Lichi volunteered to lead 5,000 Mongolian cavalry to escort it, and then took a new batch of Zhaosheng troops to Jianzhou by the way.
In addition, there are 5,000 people who commanded the envoys in Zhenbei.
In fact, it is Siberian.
Shule's ten thousand.
As for the remaining 5,000 naturalized chief officials, that is, Yang Feng's concubine Gu Lina, her naturalized chief lawsuit does not belong to any of the commanders, it is a separate Tusi, and it is basically like a free city over the years, because of its special status and location, Naturalization City or Kujand City currently has a population of 100,000.
Of course, you have to follow King Yan to participate in the grand event.
This army is a chaotic formation, in fact, it is a patchwork of soldiers in the city, after all, looting itself is also an important business for merchants, so all tribes have it.
200,000 troops.
We're only halfway there.
There's more ahead of you waiting to join.
At this time, a row-row boat in front of him approached the dock, and the messenger of the boat was brought to Zhu Di by Zhang Fu, who was waiting.
Zhu Di took it and looked at it.
"Looks like I guessed right!"
He sneered.
Zhang Fu looked at him suspiciously.
"Issa of the Ottoman got the information that Constantinople had received a large number of reinforcements, and what was certain was that there were a large number of Genoese mercenaries inside, which should have been transported by sea to the port of the Aegean Sea, and then passed by land. Moreover, Issa also received a secret report from his brothers, who had formed an alliance with Constantinople, including the Serbs, to rescue Constantinople. ”
Zhu Di said.
Issa controlled only the Asian part of the Ottoman part, and several of his brothers controlled the Balkan part, but all claimed to be sultan and accused him of betraying his father.
This belongs to the sworn enemy.
But the generals under the latter are not necessarily.
In particular, the alliance with Constantinople made many generals dissatisfied.
So it's normal to snitch him.