Lisbon, the capital of the Portuguese kingdom, was raided by pirates.

More than 3,000 soldiers defending the capital were killed, and the king was thrown into the sea and devoured by a dozen sharks.

From the nobility to the common people, everything of value was looted.

The common nobles who could not afford to pay the ransom were taken away by pirates and disappeared into the vast sea without a trace.

And those who had paid the ransom were looted again by a gang of gangsters afterwards, and in the end they were slaughtered, and the whole of Lisbon fell into a sea of fire, and the news spread throughout the high-level of Western countries.

Pirate? Are you kidding!

It is not that the West is without pirates, but the identity of these pirates is well known to all countries.

Pirates of this size, and with such a strong force, can attack a capital and win easily. The top leaders of Western countries have been thinking about it for a long time, but they can't think of any force that can easily do this.

Even if you are as powerful as Ottoman, I am afraid you can't do it so easily.

For a time, the high-level leaders of various countries were uneasy in their hearts, and they have stepped up their maritime defenses to prevent the tragedy of Lisbon from being staged in their own countries.

At the beginning of October of the third year of Hongxi of the Ming Dynasty, when Western countries were strengthening their maritime defenses, countries close to the wine country, such as Spain, were thinking about how to annex and lose the king of the wine country in chaos, an invitation letter appeared in the hands of the kings of various countries.

The invitation was sent by the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottomans made it clear that they knew the identity of the pirates, and invited the representatives of various countries to go to the Ottomans for a meeting that would affect the safety of the entire West.

Originally, the countries were still a little hesitant at first, thinking that the Ottomans might have some conspiracy, and because the two sides had different beliefs, there was nothing to talk about, so they were ready to refuse.

As for the statements about threatening the West, this is even more nonsense.

The biggest threat to the West seems to be you Ottomans.

But what happened later forced them to go to Osman for this meeting.

No, no, pirates are too rampant.

Since the end of the Aden Fair in April, many countries have customized a lot of armor equipment in Daming.

The Ming did not accept cash on delivery, but asked countries to send gold and silver over before sending the goods to them.

is inferior to others, so it is natural to follow the rules of others.

After calculating the money that needed to be paid with Daming, the representatives of various countries took Daming's supervising soldiers and returned to the country as soon as possible, and began to prepare money, so that we could bring back those equipment as soon as possible and strengthen our own armament.

In August, some countries with sufficient assets prepared the payment funds and went to the Gulf of Aden to settle the accounts.

I don't know if it's because they're unlucky, or if the pirates' intelligence capabilities are too strong.

Not long after the ships of various countries went to settle the bill, they were surrounded by pirates.

The money for the purchase of equipment was snatched up, all the soldiers who protected the money were killed, and the ships that were transported sank into the vast sea.

At first, I thought it was an accident, but then it happened one after another, and countries began to be suspicious.

If it's just one or two accidents, it might be really bad luck to meet this gang of pirates.

But now that many countries are like this, it makes these countries suspicious, wondering if these pirates have anything to do with the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they are suspicious of the Ming Dynasty and do not suspect other countries or domestic forces is because some countries choose to travel secretly after knowing that other countries that transport money have been robbed by pirates, and they are still robbed by pirates.

And the ships that didn't carry the money, although they occasionally encountered pirates, were mostly safe.

At this point, it makes all countries mutter.

If you don't grab the boat that doesn't have money, you can grab the boat I transport money on, which doesn't make me doubt you, it's really difficult to do.

What happened later made countries more convinced of this.

One of the cases may have been discovered, and these pirates were related to the Ming Dynasty, so for safety, they made a smoke bomb.

Get a few empty ships and take the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to Aden, while the ships that really pull money are disguised as ordinary merchant ships.

As a result, the boat that was pulling money on the surface was robbed, but the boat that actually pulled money arrived in Aden safely.

After the news spread, the good impression that countries had towards Daming at the beginning completely disappeared without a trace.

It's not that they didn't think about scolding Zheng He, but when they thought of the two steel warships docked in the Gulf of Aden, as well as the huge fleet, the anger in their hearts disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The disparity in power between the two sides is too great.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

The anger of a weak country is not even as good as a fart in front of those strong countries.

The countries that understood this truth well looked at the invitation letter from the Ottoman Empire, the most powerful Western power in their hands, and secretly made a decision.

In November of the third year of Daming Hongxi.

Delegates from various countries who received the invitation came to the Ottoman capital of Hindstampur.

The meeting, which brought together most of the countries of the West, took place on November 11.

"Gentlemen, welcome to Yin Stanbul, I am Baron Oliver, the Ottoman Minister, and I am presiding over this meeting today."

In the morning, the meeting was held in one of the main halls of the royal palace.

Delegates from various countries sat expressionlessly in their assigned positions, staring at Baron Oliver who appeared above.

Seeing that the representatives of various countries looked at him, Oliver cleared his throat and said with a solemn expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, the crisis that threatens the entire West has come again, and this crisis will surpass the Mongol Empire and seriously threaten the survival of our race. ”

As soon as Oliver opened, he threw out a message that left everyone breathless.

"Some people may think that I am alarmist, but I can tell you clearly that this is the reality, it is what will happen in the future, and it is a disaster that will definitely happen in the future."

Turning around and grabbing the cloth covering the board behind him, Oliver pulled hard, and the cloth on it slid off, revealing a map that shocked everyone.

It is a huge map with many large and small landmasses scattered on it, and on those large and small lands, there are also annotations made in Ottoman script.

"This map is our top secret of the Ottomans, and in order to fight against that evil enemy, our King has taken this map out and shared it with you."

Looking at the shocked and greedy gazes below, the corners of Baron Oliver's mouth were slightly hooked.

This map was acquired from the east by the Ottoman Empire at great expense.

According to the map sellers, this is a world map that took the Eastern countries more than a decade to collect.

It is not only marked with various countries, but also many continents unknown to the West.

These continents unknown to the West have no state power on them, and some are just a bunch of uncivilized barbarians.

There are countless untapped treasures on it, and if you take one of these continents, you can keep a country alive for thousands of years.

Originally, the Ottoman Empire originally planned to use this map to annex those terra nullius.

can think of the terrifying strength of the Ming in the intelligence, the Ottoman Empire knows that it is difficult to stop the progress of the Ming Dynasty by relying on the Ottoman country alone.

Omurad is also a ruthless person, and after understanding that he can't compete with the Ming Dynasty, he simply pulled the entire West into the water.

Since I am an Ottoman and not your opponent of the Ming Dynasty, then I will drag the whole West to engage with you.

Omurad didn't believe it, and the forces that united the entire West could not stop the invasion of the Ming Dynasty.

After defeating the Ming Dynasty in the future, with the power of the Ottoman Empire in the West, not only will it not become weak due to the war with the Ming during the alliance, but it is likely to become stronger.

As long as there is a move in the battle with the Ming, the power of the other countries in the West will be weakened, and once the Ming is defeated, the Ottoman Empire will be invincible in the West.

The terra nullius will also become Ottoman territory.

And he, Omurad, will fulfill his childhood wish and become the greatest emperor in the world.

Baron Oliver, who was standing on the side of the map, waited for everyone to slowly wake up from the shock of the map, and stepped forward and raised a command baton in his hand.

"Gentlemen, the golden country of the East, I believe everyone is familiar with it!"

The representatives of the various countries in the audience nodded slightly.

In the past, Daming was very unfamiliar with them, and many of them had never even heard of the existence of Daming. But since the military exhibition, the Ming Dynasty has been synonymous with strength and invincibility in the subconscious of Western countries.

The East has become the object of admiration and fear of all countries.

Seeing that the crowd nodded, Oliver continued.

"I believe that everyone knows the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know how powerful the Ming forces are, let alone how many troops they have in their territory."

Hearing such an inquiry, everyone in the audience fell silent.

Yes, they only know the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

But how strong Daming is, they really don't know at all.

He raised his hand and knocked on the table, drawing the attention of the silent crowd.

Oliver took a deep breath and clicked down on the easternmost island on the map.

"This is the Daimyo Penglai Province, the most marginal territory in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and further east is the endless sea."

Then the baton slid downwards and pointed to the Malacca area.

"There are countless islands and continents here, and I am sorry to tell you gentlemen here that this is also under the control of the Ming Dynasty."

After introducing the situation to the south, Oliver took a deep breath and pointed to the land to the north that was several times the size of Europe.

"Here."

Stretching out his hand to draw a big circle, Oliver said in a deep voice: "This big desperate land is the land of the Ming Dynasty, from the south to the north, until the sea belongs to the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Shhh

There was a gasp from below.

They already think that Da Ming is very strong, but now it seems that their imagination is still too weak.

God, is this the territory that a country should have, I'm afraid God won't be able to do this when he comes.

Before everyone could finish the despair of the facts, Oliver reached out and touched the edge of the Golden Horde.

"This is Sarai, the fringe territory of the Golden Horde, once a part of the Mongol Empire. I regret to tell gentlemen that this place has been going east from top to bottom, except for the Timurid Empire, all of which are the land of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Many of the deputies who started slightly slumped on the chair all of a sudden, and their faces were full of confusion.

There was no sound in the hall except for the heavy wheezing.

Everyone was frightened like this, and Oliver, as if he was not giving up, once again stabbed everyone hard.

"Gentlemen, here I regret to tell you that the Ming sphere of influence I just talked about, as well as the map in our hands, was still three years ago."

"In the past three years, Daming's footsteps have never stopped, and now how powerful they are, I'm afraid only God knows."

The Ottoman Empire did not believe in God, but the people who were meeting today were all Western countries, and Oliver didn't want to fight about any racial beliefs, so he directly pulled God out, hoping to bring everyone closer.

"Gentlemen! In order to let everyone understand the Ming Dynasty more intuitively, we also invited representatives of the Timurid Empire, which had been at war for nearly 10 years and was still in a stalemate. ”

As the delegates looked at the map blankly, Oliver spoke again with a piece of news that surprised everyone.

The Timurid Empire, many Western countries had heard of this name, but there were Osmans and two sheep in front of them, and they did not have contact with this country.

But they know that this country is also very strong, and they once beat the Ottomans and couldn't even raise their heads.

In the battle of Ankara a few decades ago, the Ottoman army suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Timur, and as far as the countries know, it seems that even the king of the Ottoman Empire was captured.

At that time, the Ottomans were still attacking Byzantium, and it was precisely because of this disastrous war that the Byzantines survived for several years.

The countries did not expect that in order to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire would put aside the life-and-death enmity between the two countries and choose to unite the Timurid Empire.

While the expressions of the delegates were different, a man with a smile on his face walked out of the next room.

"It is a great honor to introduce to you, this is the Minister of State from the Timurid Empire, Mr. Hadar!"

"Good morning, gentlemen!"

With Baron Oliver's introduction, Hadar, who walked onto the stage, bowed slightly.

No matter what they thought in their hearts, the representatives of the various countries in the audience applauded with smiles on their faces.

"Okay, gentlemen, next is Mr. Hadar, to give you an introduction to the current situation in Daming."

Oliver smiled and stepped aside, reserving his place to Hadar.

"Thank you, Baron Olivier!"

The two sides had already discussed what to say, and Hadar politely stood down and faced the representatives of various countries.

"The Ming Dynasty is an ancient country in the East, they have stretched for thousands of years like Egypt, although they have been invaded by other countries many times, but their own inheritance has never been defeated."

Hadar did not talk about how strong the Ming was at the beginning, but introduced the history and origin of the Ming Dynasty to everyone.

"A hundred years ago, the Mongols swept the world, and the Great Song Dynasty, the last country of the Ming Dynasty at that time, was also conquered by it and ruled by the Mongols."

"The Later Mongols established a dynasty there, called the Great Yuan, with the intention of occupying it permanently."

"It's a pity that history seems to have a reincarnation, even if it is as powerful as Dayuan, and like the alien race that occupied the Ming Dynasty before, the power of the emperor and the country has declined rapidly in just a few generations."

"Later, there was a miraculous man, who fought all the way from a beggar, defeated countless enemies, drove out the Great Yuan founded by the Mongols, and established the current Ming Dynasty. And this magical man is the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is called the Hongwu Emperor by the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"The life of this emperor can be called legendary, he ...... when he was a child"

"Later, as an emperor grew old, his grandson took over the throne, but unfortunately he would not rule the country and was taken away by his uncle, and now the ruler of the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, the ruler who abdicated three years ago, is the uncle who snatched the throne of his nephew."

As Hadar spoke, the people below were as if they were listening to a book from heaven, amazed for a moment and stunned for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang's history made them feel magical.

In their minds, with such a legendary life, it is estimated that the Son of God will not be lucky enough to reach this point.

Later, Zhu Di's coup d'état, on the contrary, they were very determined, and there was no surprise.

This kind of thing is already commonplace for countries, and there is nothing surprising about it.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Di's later history of conquest that made them feel awe.

"Now the emperor Zhu Di, who conquered a huge territory, has abdicated, and now has his son in charge of this powerful empire."

"According to the information we have received, the emperor who now controls the Ming Dynasty is an emperor who does not love war and benevolence, and he prefers to solve problems peacefully through negotiations."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Such an emperor is good, especially the emperor of an enemy country, then it is even better.

But before everyone could breathe, Hadar's words lifted their hearts again.

"Maybe you think so first, the current Ming Emperor doesn't like war, it's good news for us."

"But here, I have to pour a basin of cold water on everyone, the current emperor, in the Ming Dynasty does not have many rights, the one who really controls the direction of the Ming Dynasty, and the one who controls the future destiny of the Ming Dynasty is the son of the current emperor, that is, the future heir of the Ming Dynasty."

Is it possible that the prince can control the emperor?

The delegates were the first to believe this.

A prince has so much power, why doesn't he rebel and sit in that position, but instead delay like this and give his father a chance to turn the tables, isn't it stupid?

Noticing the disbelieving look in the eyes of the delegates below, Hadar shrugged his shoulders with a smile.

"We don't know why the prince did this, but perhaps he thinks he has all this in his hands."

"Okay, gentlemen, how the father and son of Daming deal with their relationship, this is their business, and the next thing I want to talk about is this prince."

Hadar picked up a portrait of a young man in front of everyone.

"This is that prince, the actual controller of the Ming Dynasty now, with a very strange name, called Zhu Zhangui."

Handing the portrait to the entourage next to him, while everyone looked at it carefully, Hadar continued: "This prince named Zhu Zhangui is also a person with ambition and strength, and his experience is also very legendary. ”

"Zheng He must be familiar to everyone, he won the title of Duke of Daimyo by virtue of his merits in traveling around the world at sea."

"As far as we know, when Zheng He went to sea for the second time, the prince was only seven or eight years old at the time, so he secretly followed Zheng He to sea."

"They have been gone for 5 years, and in 5 years, Zheng He's fleet, which was only a foreign exchange, has become a pirate who burns and loots."

Hadar turned around and pointed to the location of the southern and western seas of the Ming Dynasty.

"The route they traveled was probably these, in those five years, countless small countries were plundered by pirates, and countless gold and silver treasures fell into the hands of the Ming fleet."

After a brief introduction to what Zhu Zhangui did when he was a teenager, Hadar looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

"Do you feel familiar, is it similar to what you have experienced recently?"

The faces of the people below were ugly for a while, and what Hadar said completely verified the speculation in their hearts.

They said, they didn't have strong pirates here before, why did a strong group of pirates appear as soon as the Ming Dynasty came.

"Gentlemen, what you need to be concerned about now is not the problem of piracy, but the security of your own country."

"Mr. Oliver introduced the scope of the Ming Dynasty just now, and if you think about the robbery of this prince I just talked about, do you find anything inconsistent."

No one is a fool to become a high-level official, and after Hadar's mention, everyone was shocked.

If they remember correctly, when the prince went to rob, there were still countries in the surrounding areas to the west and south.

And at the beginning, when Oliver introduced the territorial scope of the Ming Dynasty, there were no such countries.

In other words, when that prince was a pirate, Daming's territory was not as big as it is now.

Seeing that someone below had already figured this out, Hadar knocked on the table to make everyone look at him, turned around and drew a smaller circle on the map of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

"Ladies and gentlemen, here I can tell you solemnly that 10 years ago, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was only so large."

For a moment, the eyes of everyone below widened.

Oh my God.

The difference between the two circles seems to be a bit big.

Some deputies stretched out their hands and compared the territory of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning and the current one, and their expressions became more and more shocked.

How strong is Daming? In 10 years, he has expanded his territory several times.

With such a large territory, how did Daming take 10 years to build it?

How many troops are needed for this? How much money does it take?

"First in the name of diplomacy, find out the wealth of each country, then plunder as a pirate, use the stolen money to strengthen yourself, by the way to attack the vitality of the enemy country, and finally find a reason to directly send troops to conquer and completely annex the other party's population and land."

"This is the current conquest strategy of the Ming Dynasty, and it has not missed so far."

"Now that the Eastern Region has almost all been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, now their demonic hand has reached out to the West and begun the initial stage of this routine."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have seen the ambition of the Ming Dynasty."

"I can responsibly tell you here that this is an ambitious country, and its goal is not one or two forces, nor is it the money that everyone values. It wants to swallow the whole world and become the first empire to occupy the whole world since the emergence of this world. ”

"Gentlemen, this is not a real fantasy of the Great Tomorrow, but they really have the strength to do this."

Hadar's words made the hall completely silent.

Hadar is right, if you follow the routine of the other party, now Daming has begun the initial stage.

Zheng He made friends with various countries to inquire about the situation on the surface, and then privately plundered countries to collect funds, destroy the vitality of various countries, and prepare for the next increase.

Even some representatives with ideas thought of a deeper level.

The Ming Dynasty's sale of weapons to various countries is by no means as simple as it seems.

It is very likely that the Ming Dynasty saw the beliefs and various contradictions of Western countries, and wanted to use this to make each country fight internally, let each country weaken its own strength, and reduce the pressure for the next increase of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, many people closed their eyes tiredly.

What's the use of them figuring it out now?

They don't buy weapons, someone will buy them.

If they don't buy weapons, they will face rebels armed to the teeth, as well as other hostile nations.

At that time, there is no need to wait for the Ming to come, and in the face of those rebels and other countries who are armed to the teeth, it will be enough for them to choke.

"Gentlemen, the current situation must be clear to everyone."

"The threat of the Ming Dynasty is imminent, and our Ottoman Empire has made a proposal, hoping that all countries can unite together, temporarily abandon the previous grievances and grievances, and first fight against the powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty."

"After Daming is solved in the future, everyone will solve any contradictions by themselves."

Oliver stepped forward and made the Alliance's offer.

The imaginary echo did not appear, and the representatives of the countries in the audience frowned and pondered one by one, considering the gains and losses.

After a long time, the representative of England raised his hand.

"Mr. Hadar, I have something I would like to inquire about."

Hadar smiled and gestured for the other to ask casually.

The representative of England pondered for a moment, looked at Hadar and asked.

"Your country is at war with the Ming Dynasty, you must know the military strength of the Ming Dynasty very well, can you tell us how many troops the Ming Dynasty has now, and how many soldiers we need to gather in order to resist or defeat them."

Hearing the question of the representative of England, Hadar and Oliver glanced at each other.

They have been avoiding this problem and want to wait until the alliance is formed to tell everyone.

didn't say it at first, it was because I was afraid that if the military strength of the Ming Dynasty was exposed, it would scare all these guys away.

But now that someone has asked, if they don't answer truthfully, I'm afraid this alliance won't be formed in a short time.

Even if it is formed, once the strength of the Ming Dynasty is known to all countries, there will be internal complaints and contradictions.

Thinking of this, Oliver gritted his teeth and nodded at Hadar.

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, anyway, these people will know this information sooner or later, and instead of making contradictions later, it is better to publish it directly to the public, and first screen out those countries that are not firm in their minds.

Glancing at the representatives of the countries who were looking at him, Hadar took a deep breath and told the information that the Timurid Empire had spent countless money and painstaking efforts to gather.

"The current strength of the Ming Dynasty ......"