"We welcome His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to Massawa, and we will congratulate the King of Pingxi, and the whole city will rejoice and run to tell each other." Colonel Liu Daqing, the commander-in-chief of the construction, was obviously much thinner than before, and he looked more shrewd and capable in his straight military uniform, and led everyone to come forward and salute respectfully.

The glorious victory of the expeditionary force was transmitted back to the empire, and the whole empire was jubilant, which was a great joy that shook all strata of the empire's society in recent years. It boosted the empire's prestige, greatly condensed the confidence of the empire's subjects, and further stimulated patriotic enthusiasm and national consciousness of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Richard was overjoyed and issued a royal decree, conferring on the emperor's eleventh son, Tang Li Xin, as the prince of Pingxi, and conferred two viscounts and 10 barons on the meritorious ministers of the expeditionary force, and the whole army was rewarded.

Now His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin is the prince of Pingxi, the Duke of Colorado, and is the second prince of the imperial royal family to be awarded the title of prince, second only to His Royal Highness Tang Li Gan, the crown prince of Qin.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin can be said to be in good spirits on happy occasions, and waved his hand with a smile and said; "His Majesty the Holy Emperor has not yet given the Golden Book King Seal, and it cannot be transgressed, hehehe...... Rejoice and rejoice! ”

Speaking of which

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin could no longer maintain his breezy detached look, and the joy from his heart made his whole body glow, and he came to the dock and greeted the onlookers frequently, and the affinity infected a large number of people on the scene.

According to the celebration procedure, His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin led the crowd to set up an incense case facing the east, offered three animal sacrifices, and burned incense and candles to worship the god of heaven and earth and the sea......

After doing this, he took out a white silk codex with a serious look on everyone, and said loudly; "Holy Purpose Goes to ......"

The Tang Empire canceled the kneeling ceremony, and there was no need to set up a special incense case to receive the order, and many red tape festivals were canceled.

According to the ancient etiquette of the Han and Tang Dynasties, everyone fell to the ground and replied respectfully; "The Ministers Receive the Order;"

His Highness Don Lee Sin held the decree and proclaimed it loudly;

"Fengtian carries the Tang Emperor, and he said;

Now the situation is chaotic, the Egyptians are humiliating the subjects of the empire, which is tolerable and which is unbearable!

The imperial army went on an expedition across the ocean, leveled the evil and raised the prestige of our country, and showed the mighty and inviolable authority of the emperor.

The expeditionary force opened up a new colonial area in Eritrea and served as a vassal of our Tang Empire. Set up two cities, Cloudsdale and Massawa, open up the territory and spread the glory of imperial civilization.

The local subjects of the empire congratulated him, which was really the glory of all the Tang Dynasty.

The imperial decree established a new overseas province;

Cloud Province.

The provincial capital is set up as Cloudsdale.

The name of the place of Massawa could not show the majesty of the empire, and was changed to; Fubo City.

Go to the exotic land of thousands of miles of waves, establish immortal feats, spread the splendid civilization of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and strengthen the people.

Chin this! ”

"The ministers knock on the holy decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone responded in unison.

Only then did they get up and congratulate each other with smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere in the shed became warm for a while, and everyone had a smile of joy on their faces.

This great honor is shared by everyone present.

The deafening sound of firecrackers rang out again, gongs and drums were noisy, the boys played dragon and lion dances, and the subjects of the empire also participated in the dance of colorful flags.

At this moment, the celebratory atmosphere reached a climax.

The old name of Massawa has since become history, and the city of Fubo, which was born on the coast of the Red Sea, and the port of Fubo will surely become a dazzling and dazzling pearl city of the Red Sea in the future.

The Tang Empire's new establishment of "Yunzhong Province" in Eritrea represents that the empire has officially incorporated this overseas province into its territory and is under the direct jurisdiction of the colonial department, and its administrative status is the same as that of Hawaii Province, Beihai Province, and the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Andean Governor's Office in South America, and are an inseparable part of the sacred territory of the Tang Empire.

After the ceremony

Escorted by cavalry, His Royal Highness Don Leeshin and his entourage rode in a black car of the "Navajo" brand to the newly built manor house in the city of Fubo (Massawa), where they will participate in a series of welcome banquets, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

In just a few months, the city of Fubo (Massawa) has rapidly developed into a new port city with a population of nearly 40,000 (note, this statistic includes Chinese immigrants and Arab women, as well as military families, excluding local garrisons, forced laborers and black slaves), and the development prospects are thriving.

The city of Cloudsdale on the plateau has also flourished, in part by enslaving local black and Arab laborers and drawing blood from Yemen to feed the new colonies.

In fact, a large number of imported Arab women formed tens of millions of new families, which became a relatively stable basic social structure, which was extremely conducive to cultural diffusion and population reproduction.

On the other hand, it was the Chinese immigrants who brought with them advanced farming knowledge, culture, and new commercial channels, such as a series of factories and port trade, which injected vitality into the development of the new colonial area.

Due to the long-term adherence to the policy of no-sea by the ancient Ethiopian Empire, the Eritrean region along the Red Sea was extremely backward in development. It is basically in a semi-primitive tribal state, relying on hunting animals and picking melons and fruits to survive, and has almost no knowledge of farmland cultivation.

The Tang Empire invaded the region on a large scale, and the Ethiopian Empire, located on the plateau, was extremely closed to news, and it was not until the establishment of Yunzhong Province that news was obtained.

Faced with the invasion of the Eastern Empire, the Ethiopian Empire appeared helpless.

Why?

In 1867, the Ethiopian Empire had just suffered the ravages of a British expedition, and Emperor Theodorus II fought a fierce battle with the British expeditionary force while leading his army to defend the fortresses and castles of Magdala.

The British Expeditionary Force was carrying stones with several soldiers to block the first gate of the castle when a cannonball exploded nearby, killing the Duke of Njida.

Seeing that the enemy artillery fire was fierce and unstoppable, and the first gate of the fortress was about to be breached by the British, the desperate Ethiopian emperor pulled out the pistol given by Queen Victoria, put the barrel in his mouth, and then pulled the trigger and shot himself in the head.

The cause of this matter was simply that Theodorus II wrote a famous letter to Queen Victoria in 1863, asking for British help in the war against the Muslims of Egypt and Turkey.

The British Foreign Office forgot to reply, much to Theodorus' enragment.

On New Year's Day 1864, the British adviser Cameron was ordered to be chained up, along with another diplomat and 58 Europeans.

Theodorus II announced that these men would be held hostage and would not be released until he received a letter from the British, which provoked the wrath of the British.

In 1866, Rassam, an Iraqi in the service of the British Foreign Office, brought a reply from the British, and a satisfied Theodorus released the hostages.

Soon after, however, Theodorus II, feeling deceived, ordered Cameron and the other Europeans to be taken back to prison, and wrote to Queen Victoria, asking her to send a group of skilled craftsmen and all sorts of new machinery, including bullet machines, in exchange for their freedom.

Faced with blackmail, the British naturally could not accept such humiliation, so they sent General Napier, who had ruthlessly suppressed the Indian rebellion, to lead an expedition to Abyssinia.

A war against the Ethiopian Empire's expeditionary expedition broke out.

As early as 570 AD, the ancient Axum dynasty was established here, an ancient indigenous dynasty that lasted for almost a thousand years.

After several regime changes in the 17th century, Ethiopia was pre-Byzantine in the pre-Byzantine Empire, with the Abyssinian court mired in corruption and long-term political turmoil, and the aristocracy indulged in pleasure and intrigues, with frequent changes of imperial power.

During this period, the status of dukes, governors, and tribal chiefs of the famous provinces rose.

By the first half of the 19th century, the Abyssinian Empire had disintegrated into a series of independent or semi-independent kingdoms, and the title of "King of Kings" had become a dignified and empty title like the Holy Roman Emperor, no longer capable of dominating the world.

And the term "Ethiopia" became a purely geographical term, like "Germany" before Bismarck or "Italy" before Garibaldi and Mazzini.

After the death of Emperor Theodorus II, Abyssinia was once again plunged into an era of princely strife.

Prince Casa of Tigray ascended to the throne with guns, ammunition and military supplies from the British Napier expedition before returning home, and was crowned Johannes IV in the ancient city of Axum.

Known as the "Wandering Emperor of Abyssinia", he did not even have a capital, but traveled with his "mobile court" to command battles, trying with all his might to dominate the Ethiopian plateau.

On the Ethiopian plateau today, the princes and dukes are divided into one side, and it is a state of scattered sand.

The most important feudal kingdoms were Tigray in the north and Shoa in the south, and several important provinces such as Gojam, Volo, and Simeon were also completely independent, and they did not listen to Emperor Johannes IV at all, let alone make court offerings.

It was such a chaotic state, the wandering dynasty of Ethiopia could not even form a unified opinion, how could it unanimously resist the invaders of the Tang Empire armed to the teeth?

Over the years

The separatist rulers of Ethiopia counted one by one, and after being severely beaten by the British, they had a serious psychological shadow on the expeditionary force coming across the ocean, and they were able to count themselves strong without trembling their legs.

Work together to deal with the expeditionary force of the Tang Empire?

No one has made such stupid suggestions, and most of them are how to appease these powerful foreign invaders. Is it possible to determine the border between the two parties by treaty?

I'd rather cede more land and be thankful that we don't interfere with each other.

Coincidentally

Emperor Johannes IV had the same idea, but he had spent a long time with the British Expeditionary Force and had a more intimate and harmonious relationship with each other, so he thought more ......

For example, can you hire some Datang musket teams to join the Ethiopian Imperial Army?

The purpose is naturally to fight the warlords and rebel kingdoms and clean them up one by one, the guns of the West are extremely sharp, and the native kingdoms are almost irresistible.

The number of people is about 500~1000 people, and if it is more, it is estimated that the Ethiopian Dynasty will go bankrupt and will not be able to take out so much money to hire Orientals.

Of course, if you want land, it's easy to say.

Emperor Johannes IV had no clear idea of national borders, nor did he mind taking the lands of conquered rebel kingdoms as payment, and he had no attachment to remote territories.

The core of the Abyssinian dynasty remained on the Ethiopian plateau, and as for coastal Eritrea, he was eager to reach a formal treaty with the Tang Empire to demarcate the border.

That one...... Well water does not interfere with river water.