"Stepping on ......"

The sound of neat footsteps and the grinding of weapons and armor broke the silence of dawn.

Merchants from all over the world, as well as local residents, who were woken up, opened their windows unhappily.

There were a few grumpy ones, and they wanted to scold as soon as the windows were opened.

But when they saw the scene below, the anger that had just risen was instantly extinguished.

The weapon that refracted the light of the fire made them feel even more chills in their hearts.

On the streets, as far as the eye can see, there are torches everywhere.

Groups of heavily armed Ming troops, carrying weapons, passed quickly below.

"Stick one on each door, don't show one."

"In addition, no one is allowed to walk until dawn, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

Glancing at the figure in the window behind the door, and holding the iron helmet on his head, Lu Yu loudly asked the soldiers to speed up.

Lu Yu, born in the border army, later joined the Yanwang Mansion Guard.

The Battle of Jingjing has always been protected by Zhu Di's side, and he has followed Zhu Di to fight in the south and the north, and has made great contributions.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was promoted to 1,000 households.

He has a very good relationship with Zhu Gaoyu, and when he was in Yanwang's Mansion, he often chatted and ate together.

After Zhu Gaoyu was named the queen of Yue, Lu Yu became the commander of the personal guard of the Yue Wangfu at the invitation of Zhu Gaoyu.

Sadi Harbor is related to Zhu Gaoyu's future plans, and he needs a trustworthy person to watch here.

After being chosen, Zhu Gaoyu kept Lu Yu and let him serve as the first governor of Sadi Port, responsible for the management of public security in Sadi Port.

The merchants and local residents of the port were frightened all night until dawn, when there was no movement outside.

As they walked out of the house, they found that the whole port of Sadi had changed a lot.

The flags of the Sultanates, which had been flying everywhere, were replaced and hung with the sun and moon flags that they had only seen in the past few days.

The soldiers who patrol the streets are no longer soldiers of the Sultanate of Bangladesh.

It was the Ming officers and soldiers who wore iron armor and lined up with various weapons in their hands.

"What's going on, why are they all replaced by Ming soldiers, is there a war between the two sides?"

This was the first thought of the crowd.

In their conception, when this happens, there is a war, and it is the Ming who wins.

"There's a notice here!"

Just as everyone was nervously looking at the patrolling soldiers and discussing in a whisper, a call sounded next to them.

When they turned their heads, they saw a merchant from Persia pointing to a sign that was taped to the door.

The crowd hurriedly surrounded them.

The notice is available in two languages.

They were plain text and Arabic that they did not recognize.

"Who knows how to read, help read what is written on it?"

There were local residents who didn't know how to read, and when they saw the crooked symbols on the notice, they looked at the people around them with a blank face.

"Ahem..."

A merchant from Timur, after reading the above content, slowly read with a solemn face:

"Letter to friends from all over the world to the residents of Sadigang: In order to promote further spiritual, cultural and economic exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Sultanate of Bangladesh, the two countries have decided to join hands to govern Sadigang after discussion."

"Next, in order to better facilitate the exchange of trade here, Daming will carry out some reform plans for Sadi Port, please don't panic, the reform will be notified in the next few days.........

As the merchant read out the contents of the notice, the expressions of those present were solemn.

They understood a meaning from this notice, Sadi Port will be under the management of the Ming Dynasty from today onwards.

……………

"Are they crazy? For such a large port, the annual rent is only 1,000 taels. ”

On the port, merchants and local residents from all over the country looked at the notices and discussed.

Zheng He, who had returned to the ship and was about to set sail, looked at Zhu Gaoyu with an incredulous expression.

"No, they're not crazy, they're sober-minded and they've made the right choice."

Looking at the crowd on the port, Zhu Gaoyu replied affirmatively.

1000 taels is really very little, let alone renting such a large port, those shops on the dock can pull out a few at will, and the rent for a year is more than 1000.

But for the Sultanate of Bangladesh, they had no choice but to agree.

If they choose to refuse, they dare not imagine what they will face.

Zhu Gaoyu has too many choices.

If they chose to refuse, they angered the Ming, who gave the weapons and equipment and promises to support them to the surrounding forces.

Then their Bengal Sultanate faces only two words, annihilation.

On one side is to be a dog, and on the other side is to perish.

Of the two options, the Sultanate of Bengal chose to be a dog.

This is the helplessness of small countries.

Whether to live or to perish, you can only choose one or the other.

And they can't hesitate to think about it yet, if they hesitate to think about it, let Da Ming be impatient and release the news.

Those small forces who want to be a dog for Da Ming will definitely rush up at the first time, pounce at Da Ming's feet, and kneel and lick Da Ming.

Zhu Gaoyu even said to the old king, "Daming lacks everything, but there is no shortage of dogs who want to take refuge." ”

So in order not to let other dogs take the lead, Zhu Gaoyu didn't say to give them 1,000 taels, even if he gave them 100 taels of silver, they would agree.

Thinking of the old king's painful expression when he signed the contract, Zhu Gaoyu's heart felt relieved.

"Next, the matter of inviting representatives of other forces will be left to you, I need to take a part of the ship to go first, and then we will meet in Qiongzhou."

Zhu Gaoyu didn't explain the twists and turns to Zheng He, and there was no need to explain it to him.

There are only two people in the world who can make him patiently explain, one is his father and the other is his mother.

To put it mildly, Zheng He is not worthy of his detailed explanation.

Staring at Zhu Gaoyu for a long time, Zheng He opened his mouth several times to speak, but under Zhu Gaoyu's calm gaze, he gave up asking and nodded in agreement.

What does Zhu Gaoyu want to do, Zheng He doesn't plan to care.

He didn't know whether what Zhu Gaoyu had done was his own idea or His Majesty's secret confession.

He can only let the other party do it now, but he will write it down as it is and report it to His Majesty.

At that point, it will be clear whose idea it is.

"How's the preparation?"

After giving some explanations to Zheng He, Zhu Gaoyu returned to the prepared ship and asked Wang Jin about his preparations.

"Your Highness, the food, water, and ammunition are very sufficient, and the brothers who participated in the meeting have signed and drawn the pledge, and swear that they will not divulge a word to the outside world about what happens next."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded with satisfaction.

Signing or drawing or something, just in case, Zhu Gaoyu never thought that the matter would be kept absolutely confidential.

is still the same sentence, as long as he doesn't settle accounts with him, he will not be cowardly in the whole Ming Dynasty.

Glancing around at the ships ready to go, Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand arrogantly.

"Let's go!"

The target of Zhu Gaoyu's solo action was the Strait of Malacca.

For most of the future, his actions and sphere of influence will be in the waters of Southeast Asia.

In order to be convenient, he had to take control of these transportation arteries.

Now he has mastered Ceylon and the port of Sadi.

Next, as long as he controls Malacca, the entire Southeast Asian sea will be under his control.