Timur, the founder of the Timurid Empire, should be considered a Mongol Yuan in terms of blood, and it is said that he is of the same clan as Genghis Khan, although they call themselves.

However, there is no doubt that the royal family of the Timurid Empire is a descendant of the Mengyuan people, so their living habits and personalities also have many similarities with the Mengyuan people.

Regarding the matter of Bairi Missoula, the king of Manraka, Zhu Di finally expelled him from the banquet, and ordered the withdrawal of the double silver seal and crown and robe that were given to him at the beginning, and also explained that Zheng He's next voyage was to push down the stone tablet that was erected when he was canonized.

In fact, the relationship between the historical Manraka and the Ming Dynasty is quite good, at least the Manraka under the threat of Siam is a qualified dogleg, but the weak are still weak after all.

There is a good saying: the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

Manraka's specialties are agarwood and yellow ripe incense, which are good things, but they can't reach the point of guilty.

The true jade that Manraka possessed was in fact their land.

Located on both sides of the Strait of Malacca, the land is the throat of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, with the end of the last Xuande Dynasty in history, that is, the seventh trip to the Western Ocean, the Ming Dynasty began to fall into closure due to various reasons such as policy contraction and weakening of national strength.

And this time coincided with the rise of the Age of Discovery.

Breaking away from the shadow of the Ming Dynasty, Manraka relied on the geographical advantages to develop rapidly and become a global commodity distribution center, and the wealth of Malacca City was the eyes of anyone in the world at that time.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty did not make a move against Manraka, but the Portuguese came.

After three years of fierce fighting, the Portuguese finally defeated Manraka, captured the city of Malacca, and carried out the same burning, looting, and ...... as they did in the Old Summer Palace Slaughter the city.

Since then, the door of the Strait of Malacca has been opened, and the flower growers have finally been completely exposed to the West.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Zhan Yan to give up this place, even if the old man doesn't care, his own father doesn't care, and even the Manraka themselves don't care, Zhu Zhan Yan can't not care.

Let's put it this way, if there is a danger in the Strait of Malacca in the future when the Tumubao changes, Zhu Zhan Yan will also choose to keep the Strait of Malacca instead of returning to the Central Plains.

That's how important the Strait of Malacca is.

When Zhu Zhan was stunned, the prince of the Timurid Empire, Ulugh Beg, had already finished expressing his opinion and returned to his seat.

Or, it should be said that the Eastern Timurid Empire, because Ulughgh's father was Shahru, who ruled only half of the Timurid Empire.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Gaoxu was very keenly aware of his son's abnormality.

Now he is not particularly interested in this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, because now his heart is no longer here.

Compared with Yingtian, the current Zhu Gaoxu wants to manage Yunnan better.

"Nothing." Zhu Zhanyan smiled and looked in the direction of Ulube.

"Dad, believe it or not, when the envoy's tribute is over, this Ulugh Beg will definitely come."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu also raised interest.

"You mean, grain, huh?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhanyan smiled and nodded.

As the saying goes, nothing is going to the Three Treasures Palace, how many years ago, the Timurid Empire has never sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, let alone tribute, they still wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty in the east.

Now he suddenly sent an envoy, and he was also the prince of the empire's ruler Shahru, and most importantly, he put on a low posture.

I want to know that there is a picture with a toenail.

can make such a big empire have a plan, except for food, Zhu Zhanyan can't think of any other reason.

"That's not right." Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about the excitement around him, and chatted with his son with interest.

"Before, you asked Li Chengliang and others to transport two batches of seeds out before and after, and they all went through the Shu Body Poison Road, and it was the Delhi Sultan who went to the Delhi Sultan, and the Nadelhi Sultan and the Timurid Empire are directly bordered."

"So, your purpose has always been Timur, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu quickly figured it out, mainly because this matter was too simple.

The internal situation of the Delhi Sultan is actually similar to that of the Wa State, with all kinds of feudal states and various small forces, large and small.

Zhu Zhanyan asked Li Chengliang and others to send the potatoes to the Delhi Sultan, mainly so that the Timurid Empire could find out and then rob them.

This way, he was able to weaken a wave of Delhi sultans with the help of the Timurid Empire, paving the way for his future past, and second, he was able to achieve his most important plan, which was to threaten the whole of Europe and Central Asia with potatoes as food.

Although the Timurid Empire rarely had large-scale wars with the Delhi Sultan, this was mainly due to its internal chaos and the fact that there was an Ottoman Empire on the scene, which was the main reason.

If you add the lure of potatoes, the Delhi Sultan would not be able to compete with the Timurid Empire.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu thought it out very easily.

"yes." Zhu Zhanyan nodded and looked at Ulugh Beg meaningfully.

The other party was a little unclear, but he seemed to be very happy about Zhu Zhanyan's attention, and he raised a glass to Zhu Zhanyan with a bright smile.

"The Timurid Empire is one of the important threats to the Ming Dynasty, you may not know that in the second year of Yongle, their king, who was the previous king and the founder of the Timurid Empire, wanted to conquer our Ming Dynasty in the east."

"And this?" Zhu Gaoxu's brows furrowed.

Previously, he just thought that his son wanted to expand his territory and make a career, and in addition to that, he knew that his son had some things that he didn't know, but he didn't expect this.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World."

As he spoke, the envoys had finished paying tribute, and Ulugh Beg had also come over.

As Zhu Zhanyan said, his biggest and only purpose on this trip is for potatoes.

"Prince Ulugh Beg." Zhu Zhanyan smiled and picked up the wine glass and touched it with the other party.

Seeing this, Ulugh Beg's face was silent, but his heart was overjoyed.

The situation of his father Shahru is not very good now, and Khalil is ready to overthrow his father and unify the Timurid Empire, which was defeated by the Timurid Empire before, not to mention that the king was captured.

Therefore, the current situation is actually beyond Zhu Zhan's plan, that is, the Timurid Empire, that is, Zhu Zhan's purpose, is actually incapable of attacking the Delhi Sultan.

Otherwise, he would not have taken advantage of Zheng He's ocean to go deep into the tiger's den of Daming as a prince.

However, after he came to Daming, he found that things were even more difficult than he imagined.

He had long thought that the high-yield grain would be covered by the imperial court, but what he didn't expect was that the imperial court would cover those new grain seeds more tightly than he imagined.

Even if he took the unconventional route, Ulugh Beg only got a little corn seed, and he had no clue about sweet potatoes.

Because, the issue of food was not only personally instructed by Zhu Di, but the main person in charge was Xia Yuanji, the head of the household.

Xia Yuanji didn't need to say more, as soon as he heard that it was Zhu Zhanyan who explained, he immediately patted his chest and assured Zhu Di that everything would be done according to Zhu Zhanyan's instructions.

"Your Royal Highness, I've been fascinated by you for a long time." Being able to have a relationship with Zhu Zhan Yan, Ulubo was very excited.

Because he had long known that it was Zhu Zhan Yan who found these grains back in the first place, and there were actually three kinds of grain that came to Daming at the beginning, one of which has been firmly grasped by Zhu Zhan Yan so far, and even the Ming Dynasty did not have it.

And that kind of food is the kind that the Delhi Sultan grows.

At that time, Ulugh Bo felt that this was deliberate by Zhu Zhanyan, because the output was too high, and because of the prince's lineage, Zhu Zhanyan deliberately did not give it to the imperial court.

"That's a big deal." Zhu Zhanyan didn't know what Ulugh Beg thought, but just greeted him very politely.

To the surprise of Ulugh Beg, Zhu Zhanyan's performance was very flat.

The glances of Zhu Zhanyan before made him think that Zhu Zhanyan was somewhat impressed because he stood up to help him speak, but now that he took the initiative to come over, Zhu Zhanyan's performance was very official.

This made him uncertain for a while.

"Your Royal Highness, I don't know what you ...... about Manraka" Ulugh Beg chose an entry point, ready to open the conversation.

There is no way, he is very anxious, because according to the previous experience of the treasure fleet, at most, in March and April, the treasure fleet will set off to send the envoys of various countries back to China, and Zhu Zhanyan is even more outrageous.

He basically left Yingtianfu immediately after the New Year.

As an envoy, although Ulugh Beg has a high degree of freedom, he is limited to Yingtianfu, and he can only walk freely at the foot of the imperial city, and it is only on the surface.

A prince of the Timurid Empire like him will definitely be watched in secret.

Now that Wulubo is convinced in his heart that Zhu Zhanyan has covered the best in his hands, plus the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner may be the last chance, how can he not be in a hurry?

"Manraka?" Zhu Zhanyan guessed Ulugh's thoughts, but he still quietly accompanied Ulugh Beg's mountain.

"I should go over to see it in the future, after all, what they did was a bit too much, and they were provoking the majesty of the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh?" Ulugh Beg's expression changed slightly.

"Does His Royal Highness know that there may be silverfish in your father's fiefdom?"

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanyan's brows furrowed, and he looked at Ulugh Beg with a serious face.

"His Royal Highness the Prince ......" Ulubo beckoned, and very mysteriously leaned into Zhu Zhanyan's ear.

"The Sultan of Delhi found a kind of high-yield grain, which is said to have been brought by the caravan of the Ming Dynasty, and the price was extremely high, but after coming down for many days, he did not find that kind of grain......

"So ......"

"What do you want?" Zhu Zhanyan's eyes narrowed.

His expression was all pretending just now, because he had already guessed what Ulugh Beg was trying to say, but now it wasn't.

Now, it's the deal.

"Happy!" Ulubo hugged Zhu Zhanyan's shoulders very heartily and leaned into his ear and said.

"Your Royal Highness, you should actually know that we can actually get the seed from the Delhi Sultan, but this seed was brought to Daming by His Royal Highness the Prince, so we feel the need to come to Daming."

"So ......"

"Don't be sloppy with me." Zhu Zhanyan shook off Ulugh Beg's shoulder.

Since it's a deal, you can't act too much.

"Would you be such kind people? What to go to Delhi Sultan? Do you dare to go under the threat of the Haril and the Ottoman Empire? ”

"If you can't get the chips I want, you better be prepared to go to the Sultan of Delhi to get seeds at the risk of being stolen by Haril and the Ottoman Empire."

Ulugh Beg's breath was stagnant, he knew that Zhu Zhan Yan was not easy to deal with, but he didn't expect Zhu Zhan Yan to know so clearly about the things around the Timurid Empire.

"That'...... What does His Royal Highness want? ”

"Me?" Zhu Zhanyan laughed.

"What I want is people."

(End of chapter)