There is no real kindness in this world, and all kindness has another side.

The kindness between parents and relatives comes from blood affection, and in addition to these people, other people's kindness to you, or you to other people, is often because of interests.

The difference is in strength.

When you have strength, your kindness will be defined as charity.

When you are vulnerable, your kindness is defined as pleaser.

And when the strength of both parties is equal, your goodwill will be defined as an exchange of benefits.

Therefore, when goodwill is supported by strength, it becomes malice, and when it loses the support of strength, it becomes weakness.

As for the envoy in front of him, Zhu Zhanyan didn't know what he thought.

"This Shizi said that our Ming Dynasty is very willing to send troops to help you, but you also know the actual situation."

"If you send too small ships, it won't have the effect of deterrence, and many of our Ming weapons can't be brought over, and our strength can't be exerted, so naturally it won't have any effect."

"But if you want the treasure fleet to pass, you can only wait for the canal to be excavated, otherwise the treasure fleet will not be able to cross the existing river channel with the size of the treasure fleet."

The envoy of the Neapolitan dynasty looked confused, but after listening to the paraphrase of the accompanying interpreter, his expression immediately became eager, and he muttered a lot of words.

In his previous life, Zhu Zhan's bird language was actually quite okay, although it had fallen a lot, but it was not so much that there were only some commonly used words left, and simple conversations were still okay.

However, many people have a misconception, that is, after crossing over, a person who can speak bird language can do many things that others can't, just because he can speak bird language.

But in fact, the bird language has also changed a lot, and the bird language learned in later generations is all modern bird language, and before the twelfth century, even in Europe, the ancient bird language was used, and the twelfth to sixteenth centuries was the Middle bird language.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyan basically couldn't understand what the envoy said, and he could still understand a lot of words, but he couldn't connect them into a sentence.

"Your Highness, the envoys of Naples say that the Kingdom of Sicily has made a move, and has been aided by the Grand Duchy of Mosk (everyone who knows), and now they are suffering from the enemy, and they are in a very bad situation."

And he said......"

Speaking of this, the translation suddenly became fragmented, which made Zhu Zhanyan frown.

"Just say what he says! Could it be that this Shizi will not distinguish between right and wrong, and not blame him, the person who spoke, but blame you, the person who paraphrases!? ”

"Yes!" The interpreter was startled, and immediately uttered all the words like beans poured into a bamboo tube.

"What they mean by that is that a large part of what they're going through right now is because of you, so you can't ignore them."

"But they also know that this is normal, so this time they are very devout to ask for your help, hoping that you can support the Kingdom of Naples and help them get out of this crisis."

Zhu Zhanyan frowned when he heard this, but he quickly relaxed.

In fact, what the envoy of the Kingdom of Naples said was really right, and the current situation of the Kingdom of Naples was really inseparable from Zhu Zhanyan.

Although he had returned to Shuntianfu, Zhu Zhanyan was still very concerned about the west, because he never gave up the idea of conquering it or even completely changing it.

As for the current situation of the Kingdom of Naples, it is mainly due to the fact that Zhu Zhanqi sent the Mu family to the Suez region and explained the task of digging the canal to the north of the Golden Horde.

You know, after the fall of the Timurid Empire and the survival of the Ottoman Empire, the Golden Horde actually became the largest kingdom in the west.

As for the Holy Roman Empire...... Just listen to it, it is actually a federation, not a whole country, and even they themselves often have fights and even wars because of their own interests.

The threat to the Kingdom of Naples was the Grand Duchy of Mosk, which until now was actually a vassal of the Golden Horde, but this was only superficial.

In the eighties of the XIV century, the Golden Horde and the Grand Duchy of Mosk tore their faces, and the famous Battle of Kulikovo broke out.

In this battle, the Grand Duchy of Mosk won by a narrow margin of 150,000 against the Golden Horde of 200,000.

However, the Golden Horde was still strong, and only two years later, the Golden Horde sent troops again and returned with a great victory.

However, with the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the Golden Horde also began to weaken, and the subordinate relationship between the two countries was limited to the surface, and even the annual tribute was dragged by the Grand Duchy of Mosk for two or even three years.

At this time, Zhu Zhanyu suddenly sent troops to the Golden Horde, although he did not fight directly, but after all, he also took Astrakhan.

Because of the demise of the Timurid Empire, the Golden Horde was like a great enemy for the arrival of Zhu Zhan, and did not dare to relax for a moment, so the defense of the Grand Duchy of Mosk was naturally lowered a lot.

You must know that Zhu Zhan Yan only came back with his own son's guards, and he still left Kun Tashi and others on the banks of the Syr Darya River.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't help but nod in admiration.

Expanding from 24,000 square kilometers to 17,090,000 square kilometers, in addition to the right time and place, the efforts of these people in the history of the Grand Duchy of Mosk are also indispensable.

"Tell him." Zhu Zhanyan smiled slightly, which made the envoys of the Kingdom of Naples below very excited.

Smiles are usually positive emotions in the eyes of human beings, and Zhu Zhan's smile made the envoys of the Kingdom of Naples think that Zhu Zhanyan agreed to their request.

However, in fact......

"We don't have much to do about this, because the hard conditions to support them are there, and we can't ignore these problems, right?"

"After all, we're boats, not birds, we can't fly, and we can't cross that long distance of land when we don't have a wide enough river."

"Besides, I can support them on land, but they know how difficult it is."

"Let's not say that the only way to solve the problems of the Kingdom of Sicily is by ships, let's just say that if we go by land, we will first have to go back to Astrakhan, and then we will have to pass through Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde."

"Even if the Golden Horde could turn a blind eye to us, what about the Principality of St. Sava, the Kingdom of Bosnia, the Kingdom of Croatia, and so on?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhan Yan stopped, the translator also began to do his best to translate Zhu Zhan Yan's words.

And the envoy's expression changed from happy to confused, and then to anxious, but it was just a matter of a few breaths.

"But ......"

As soon as the envoy wanted to speak, Zhu Zhanyan blocked his mouth as soon as he spoke, but it made his eyes shine.

Although he did not understand it, such a turn of events in such political negotiations was often a sign of opportunity.

It's just that this kind of turning point has a price, and it depends on whether they can afford it.

(End of chapter)