"Woo-"

In late July, when the northeast monsoon continued to blow into the bay, the main road in Chadi Port was lined with brightly armored Bangladeshi soldiers.

They nervously held their spears in their hands, and stared at the cavalry that came from the northern streets.

The sound of their horses' hooves and Turkic attire made the Bangladeshi army nervous and swallowed nervously.

At the sound of the melodious trumpet, the cavalry of nearly 100 people escorted a nobleman in halal robes out of the street, came to the square of Chadi Port, and also saw the temporary palace building not far away.

Since the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, many places and countries in northern India have gradually begun to become halal, and both architecture and clothing have begun to move closer to the Middle East.

Even after the partition of the Delhi Sultanate, these customs could not be corrected, because 200 years was enough time for a people to completely lose its culture.

Under the watchful eye of the Bengali soldiers in the square, the detachment of Turkic halal-style cavalry arrived in front of the temporary royal palace of Bangladesh.

In the past, even in the face of these thousands of Bangladeshi troops in Bangladesh, they could maintain a sense of superiority and pride, but now they have to face not only Bangladesh, but also the legendary extremely powerful "Aurora State".

For the Central Plains Dynasty, the Indian states know very little, even the former Delhi Sultanate, only know that the countries in the Central Plains are called Aurora.

Therefore, their understanding of Da Ming is actually similar to Da Ming's understanding of them.

However, although they did not know Daming, they had seen many Chinese because of trade, so when the Ming army with nearly a thousand Chinese faces lined up outside the Bengal king's palace, the envoys of the Zhangpur State were also very nervous.

The tall figure of the Ming people, coupled with the armor from the "foreign land", all of these existences increased the psychological burden of the envoys of the Zhangpur Kingdom.

Led by the Bengali soldiers, they entered the palace and entered an arch after passing through a long corridor.

They arrived at the palace of the temporary royal palace and met the Misty Siding sitting on the throne and a group of Chinese sitting on the right.

It was obviously in Bangladesh's territory, but the envoy of Zhangpur ignored the misty tooth and walked directly in front of Zheng He and the others and slowly saluted:

"On behalf of our Sultan, Salas, the envoy of the state of Zhangpur, greets all of you from Aurora."

He spoke the language of the Zhangpur region, but for the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, all foreign countries were transliteration, so the country of Zhangpur in his mouth became "Nuanna Puer Country", and Salas was transliterated as "Zuo Lai Si".

"This is the territory of the Punggara Kingdom, and when the envoy arrives, he should have met the king first."

Zheng He sat upright and spoke, not taking Zuo Laisi in his eyes.

His words were translated and reached Zuo Laisi's ears, and Zuo Laisi was a little angry after hearing it, but when he thought that he didn't know the strength of Da Ming, he could only endure this breath and saluted to Hazy Tooth Siding, and then sat down on the left side without Misty Tooth Siding's mouth.

As they sat down, Misty Tooth Siding also set his eyes on Zheng He.

These days, he has told Zheng He about the situation of Zhangpur Kingdom, and Zheng He also knows the whole thing about Zhangpur Kingdom.

Speaking of which, the reason why the state of Zhangpur was able to establish a state was mainly due to the invasion of the Timurid Empire.

As a result of the Timurid invasion, northern India was plunged into a period of chaos, and the governor of Jampir, Sharji, declared independence and proclaimed himself the first "Sultan of Jampur".

After independence, Zhangpur set his sights on Bangladesh, and the two sides fought several battles, all of which ended in Bangladesh's defeat.

Because of this, Hazy Tooth Siding found Zheng He, and Zheng He had the opportunity to appear on such an occasion.

For the Misty Siden, with a population of nearly a million and an army multiplier than his own, the state of Jampur is undoubtedly a powerful country.

But for Zheng He, if Zhangpur is not obedient, then he doesn't mind letting Chen Xuan take the army to the north for activities, anyway, there is a waterway to reach the interior of Zhangpur Kingdom.

"The country of Banggara has taken our Celestial Dynasty as its dynasty and voluntarily made it a vassal."

"The previous grievances between Nuna Puer and the Banggara country, I have also let the lord of the Banggara country let go, the reason why I summoned your envoy now is to hope that your envoy will have a good life with the lord of your country in the future, if the Nuna Puer country raises troops to disturb the border, my soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Dynasty can only teach and teach the lord of your country what is the truth!"

Zheng He's words were aggressive, which was not from his original intention, but because of Zhu Gaoxu's explanation before going to the West.

The Ming Dynasty needs to establish enough deterrence in the process of going to the Western Ocean three times, so it cannot rely on ships alone to deter, but must come up with enough combat records to make the small Western countries fearful.

Because of this, Chen Xuan has always wanted to do something.

"Aurora can't help but look down on us too much, right?!"

Zuo Lai got up angrily, but when he saw him get up, the Ming army behind Zheng He simply pulled out the short soldier on his waist and raised the arquebus in his hand.

This scene startled the Misty Tooth Siding who sat on the throne, and even more so the left four.

"I have 20,000 heavenly troops and hundreds of ships just outside the harbor, if your envoy thinks that I am not sincere enough, then I want to ask your envoy to move to the high platform and let your envoy see the sincerity of my heavenly empire."

"What are you going to do?!"

As Zheng He spoke, hundreds of Ming troops had already taken action, surrounding Zuo Laisi and more than 100 dismounted cavalry around him.

"No, I just want to ask your envoy to take a look at the fireworks."

Zheng He got up and walked out, and Seeing this, Misty Tooth Siding also got up and followed.

Zuo Laisi had no choice but to order the surrounding guards to move with him under the watchful gaze of the Ming army.

They followed Zheng He out of the palace and walked towards a high tower outside the palace.

The tower was the tallest building in Chadi Port, four feet high, and under the guidance of Zheng He, the two people of Misty Tooth and Zuo came to the bottom of the tower respectively.

"Your envoy and the lord of the country can follow me to the tower, I will be in the middle, and the two will be one in front and one behind, so as to avoid the worries of the two."

Zheng He said, and motioned for Misty Tooth to go first.

He didn't have that much to worry about, after all, this was his country, and if something happened to him, even if Zheng He had the strength to destroy Bangladesh, he wouldn't be able to let the Ming army at sea suddenly rush here to save him.

Because of this, Misty Tooth Siding walked up to the tower without thinking, and Zheng He followed closely behind.

Seeing this, Zuo Laisi also knew that Zheng He really wanted him to see something, and although he scolded Zheng He thousands of times in his heart, he had to go up to the tower.

The trio and their interpreters walked up to the tower, while the guards cautiously followed.

After a while, when the six of them walked up to the tower, they had almost an unobstructed view of the entire Chadi Port.

But when you compare these Islamic-style buildings all over northern India, it's the hard-hitting sails on the harbor in the distance that make your scalp tingle.

"How many warships does this have to ......"

Zuo Laisi swallowed his saliva, and already believed what Zheng He said.

The tower here is less than half a mile away from the port, and the Ming warships are vast, so anyone with a little better eyesight can see the scale of the Ming warships.

When Zuo Laisi was nervous, he saw Zheng He take out a strange thing.

But when he saw Zheng He lighting the fire, the strange thing in his hand suddenly exploded after the fuse burned out.

"Bang!"

The sound of the cannon startled Zuo Laisi and Misty Tooth Siding, but before they could speak, Zheng He took the initiative to laugh:

"This move is to prove to the two of you that our Celestial Empire definitely has the strength to meddle in the state affairs of the two countries."

After Zheng He's words were finished, one after another trumpets sounded in the distance.

When the sound of the cannon ended, Misty Tooth Siding and Zuo Lai looked at each other in all directions, not understanding what Zheng He wanted to express.

However, after a few breaths, they knew what Zheng He wanted to express......

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Boom-"

I only listened to the sound of cannon as if the sky was falling, and my ears almost lost their voices for a short time.

"This is the confidence of my Celestial Empire......"

Zheng He looked back at the frightened Tooth Siding and Zuo Laisi, who were paralyzed to the ground, and while chuckling, he also asked, "You two should know what this is, right?" ”

"Know... Know ......"

Compared to the misty Siding's unknowing, Zuo Laisi obviously has experienced more, and naturally knows what is the thing that can make this kind of sound.

When Timur invaded Delhi, he used an astonishing catapult with great power, and only a catapult could make such a big move.

However, as far as the cannon sound just now is concerned, the artillery of the Ming army is obviously more than that of the Timurid Empire, and this is also the reason why the four stations on the left are unstable.

"If you don't believe that the Celestial Empire has such strength, you can go to the ship and visit it for yourself and see how the Celestial Empire's artillery destroys the city wall up close."

Zheng He's smile was kind, but to the ears of Misty Tooth Siding and Zuo Laisi, it was more terrifying than the sound from hell.

"You don't have to... No need to ......"

Zuo Laisi lost the courage he had against Zheng He before, and at this moment he completely put the Ming army under Zheng He on the same level as the Timurid army he had seen.

In terms of the battles he participated in, he had never heard such a dense sound of stone artillery, which was enough to show the strength of the Ming army.

He dared to say that even the most sturdy royal capital, Zhangpur, would hardly be able to resist such a day's bombardment.

Da Ming's strength is far beyond his imagination.

In addition to being terrified, he even forgot how he followed Zheng He down the tower, only remembering that Zheng He asked him to rest first, and invited himself to visit the fleet tomorrow.

It was only when he was helped back by the guards to the place where Tooth Stin had laid him off that he slumped in his chair, gasping for air.

It was only after his breathing slowed down that he became suspicious again.

Because he had never heard so many stone cannons, after calming down, he sensed that something was wrong.

In his worldview, no country had ever had so many stone cannons, not even the Timurid Empire.

"I'll have to go to Aurora's ship tomorrow to prevent them from scam me."

When Zuo Laisi thought so, the next day soon came, and he and Misty Tooth Siding also went to the port under the escort of hundreds of Ming troops led by Zheng He.

When he first arrived at the port, Zuo Laisi was shocked by the height and number of Ming warships.

Yesterday, when I looked at the tower from half a mile, I didn't feel anything, but now I was facing this group of more than 3,000 warships and armed horse ships at close range, and the four people on the left felt that compared to them, the sailors of their own Zhangpur country seemed to have become children's toys.

"This is my co-o'clock boat, you can go up and have a look."

Under the leadership of Zheng He, Haya Siding and Zuo Laisi came to a 3,000-material warship, and under Zheng He's guidance, they walked onto the warship nervously.

After stepping onto the warship, you will be greeted by hundreds of soldiers in bright armor and more than 100 sailors dressed in short fights.

Even if it is a 3,000-material warship, the deck is enough to run horses, and there are guns on both sides of the deck.

They were surrounded by placed tarpaulins, and apparently if it weren't for their arrival, these guns would have been wrapped in tarpaulins so that they would not have been eroded by too much contact with the sea.

"The stone cannons of the Celestial Empire are different from what I have seen."

When Zuo Laisi boarded the ship, he saw no less than ten cannons, and although they were different in shape from stone guns, they let Zuo Laisi know that yesterday's cannon sound was not a fake.

There are no less than ten guns on the deck of a co-ship alone, so how many guns must there be among the hundreds of warships in this bay?

"Our artillery is more powerful and farther than the stone cannon, and it can directly shell from here over the city of Chadi and hit the farmland in the north."

Zheng He said proudly, and this sentence made Misty Tooth Siding and Zuo Laisi gasp.

Chadi City is at least two miles from north to south and north to south, which means that the Ming army's naval guns can hit two miles away.

If this is the case, then all the stone cannons they know at the moment are not as powerful as these artillery pieces of the Ming army.

"How many guns does this fleet of your country have?"

Zuo Laisi touched the naval gun beside him nervously, and after blurting out, he felt that Zheng He would not tell him.

"Counting the artillery of the armed horse ships, almost two thousand." Zheng He modestly said a number.

"Two thousand doors?!" Zuo Laisi almost bit his tongue, he couldn't believe that if this news was true, his own city of Zhangpur would be able to withstand a salvo of two thousand guns.

"I have twenty guns on this boat, and I'll show you there."

Zheng He smiled and spoke, and walked to the second floor of the hull to watch with a shocked Zuo Laisi and Misty Tooth Siding.

After reading it, Zheng He took them to other warships and armed merchant ships to watch, and all the way down, they saw no less than 200 artillery pieces and no less than 3,000 soldiers.

When his feet were back on the dock, Left came to ask him a curious question.

"The Celestial Empire has such great strength, why doesn't it annex all the countries it passes?"

Zuo Laisi's inquiry also made Misty Siding very nervous, but Zheng He still smiled at this:

"My Celestial Empire lives in the world, for the China of the world, radiating outwards to the Quartet, as long as the Quartet is willing, they are all vassals of my Celestial Empire, even if they don't want to, they can communicate with each other as friends."

"As long as there is no offense to my Celestial Empire, my Celestial Empire will naturally not invade other countries at will and enslave the people of other countries."

"Just as Punggara is a vassal of our Heavenly Court, since he is a vassal of our country, my Celestial Dynasty has the responsibility of protection, so I will participate in the mediation between your country and Punggara."

Seeing that Zuo Laisi didn't believe it, Zheng He also smiled and said: "Naturally, I also need the Western Ocean in the Heavenly Empire, that is, there are things in the extreme west that my Heavenly Empire lacks." ”

"That's why our country appeases its vassals and sets up official factories to supply the fleet."

After Zheng He added this explanation, he instantly convinced Zuo Laisi.

Seeing that Zuo Laisi was convinced, Zheng He also continued: "After joining our Celestial Dynasty and claiming to be a vassal of the Celestial Empire, our Dynasty will also protect countries at home and abroad, and at the same time, it does not need to collect money from its vassals, but only needs tribute. ”

"Tribute?" Zuo Laisi's heart tightened, and Misty Tooth Siding explained:

"Tribute is to pay tribute to some of the things needed by the Celestial Empire, such as good horses and horses, and some spices and precious wood species, and the Celestial Empire will also give them in return."

After the misty tooth Siding finished explaining, he also wanted Zheng He to flatter and said: "I have prepared twenty large horse-eating breeds for the angels, as well as parrots, dougong mian, sahara, icing sugar and other spices of 100 catties each. ”

"Hmm." Zheng He bowed his head and said with a smile: "My dynasty has also prepared ten pairs of blue and white porcelain jars, blue and white porcelain plates, and twenty silk horses as a reward. ”

Zheng He's words made the eyes of Hazy Tooth Siding and Zuo Laisi widen.

For the Ming Dynasty, the cost of these things is only a few hundred guan, but for overseas countries, the value of these things is at least more than three thousand.

Zuo Laisi knew very well the value of those things that Misty Tooth Siding sent, at most, it was only 1,500 Da Guan, but what he could get was a multiple of the rewards.

This kind of business makes Zuo Laisi active.

"If Zhangpur can also join it, even if Daming can't protect Zhangpur, Zhangpur can also profit from it."

Thinking of this, Zuo came to the four lines and said: "The strength of your country has opened my eyes, I can promise here on behalf of my Sultan that there will be no more conflicts with Punggara, in addition, after I return to China, I will also tell my Sultan about the strength of the Celestial Empire, I believe that after listening to it, my Sultan will definitely be willing to worship the Son of Heaven." ”

Zuo Laisi obviously also wanted to enter the Ming Dynasty tributary system to reap the benefits, which Zheng He naturally welcomed.

"Okay, well, then I'll stay here for half a month longer, no matter whether the news is good or bad, I and your envoy are friends."

Zheng He's response with a smile was not depressed because he would be taken advantage of by Zuo Laisi.

In the eyes of Zuo Laisi and others, the reward of the Ming Dynasty is to lose money and trade, but from Zheng He's point of view, the Ming Dynasty also made a profit after the tribute reward, and the trade after the tribute is the big one.

If everyone thinks that the Ming Dynasty's maintenance of tributary is a loss-making business, then they will try their best to maintain their country's tributary trade with the Ming, and this is what Zheng He wants.

"The official factory will be stationed in the national pavilion, and if there is anything in Banggara, you can contact the national pavilion to solve it."

"If there is a civil strife in the Banggara Kingdom, the army in the official factory will also protect your safety and escort you to the nearby Celestial Empire vassal state for temporary refuge, and then the Celestial Army will come to quell the rebellion for you."

Zheng He told Misty Tooth Sting about some of the treatment he could enjoy, which made Misty Tooth Steine more confident.

He was most worried that he would not rely on him after Zheng He left, and the state of Zhangpur in the north would take the opportunity to invade again.

The conversation between the two was watched by Zuo Laisi, who knew very well that this was Zheng He's warning to Zhangpurguo, but Zuo Laisi didn't want to conflict with Banggara anymore, at least at the moment, he wouldn't want to have any conflict.

"In that case, then I will return to Zhangpur now, tell my country about everything that is happening here, and ask the angel to wait for me here for half a month."

"Good!"

After Zuo Laisi said that, he slowly left under Zheng He's gaze, and Misty Tooth Siding looked at Zuo Laisi, who was once arrogant, so humble, that the whole person's waist couldn't help but straighten up.

He warmly welcomed Zheng He to his temporary palace and organized a banquet in the palace.

Because of his status as a eunuch, Zheng He chose to take more than 10,000 officers and soldiers to open up an official factory in the wasteland not far from Chadi Port after the matter was settled, and the matter of accompanying Misty Siding was handed over to the officials of the Ministry of Rites brought by him.

If nothing else, these officials will stay in the country of Punggara for three years, waiting for their rotation after three years.

Chen Xuan led his ships around the Punggara channel to clear the waters of the Punggara, mostly armed Arab and Indian armed traders.

Since the Manraka Strait was already very prosperous, these armed merchants knew about the arrival of the Ming fleet early on.

When the Ming fleet did not appear, they turned into pirates, and when the Ming fleet appeared, they immediately disguised themselves as merchants.

Because it was a private trade zone, Chen Xuan did not shell them directly like in Nanyang, but intercepted them, and sent them away after instructing them not to rob the Ming merchant ships.

Naturally, they did not dare to rob the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, because every time the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty passed through a Ming official factory, they would receive a few carrier pigeons raised by the local official factory.

Once they were robbed, they described the situation of the enemy ship and then released the carrier pigeons.

As soon as the carrier pigeon flies back to the nearest official factory, the warships of the official factory will block the channel for inspection.

Whenever the goods of the Ming Dynasty appeared on the ship, and its origin could not be explained, the ship was captured on the spot.

If there is an act of resistance, it is to be beheaded on the spot.

This process, Chen Xuan has been playing on the channel of the Dagula Xuanwei Division for almost a month, and many merchant ships of small Western countries in the past know the methods of the Ming Dynasty, so there are few long-eyed pirates who rob the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of their inaction that Chen Xuan's search failed to achieve any results.

As time passed, before the middle of August, Zuo Laisi successfully arrived at Chadi Port City with the tribute of the Sultan of Zhangpur.

Under the witness of everyone, Zhangpur joined the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty and offered hundreds of horses to eat.

Seeing this, Zheng He gave back 100 pieces of velvet brocade, gold weaving, Wenqi, and colored silk, and 10 pairs of blue and white porcelain jars and blue and white porcelain vases.

While waiting for the fourth to come to the left, the two states of Alisha (Orissa) and Chadara (Andhra) in the eastern and southern regions of India also sent ships to the port of Chadi to invite the fleet to the area.

Zheng He naturally had no reason to refuse, so after ending the canonization of Zhangpur State, Zheng He's fleet also began to set sail, heading towards Alisha, Chadaro and other countries on the original route.

Standing on the deck, looking at the gradually distant Chadi Port, Zheng He sighed: "This mediation is so easy, but I didn't expect it. ”

"I'm almost out of nowhere." Chen Xuan walked from behind and asked Zheng He suspiciously, and at the same time, he couldn't help but regret that he couldn't show his skills.

Seeing this, Zheng He thought for a while before saying, "After going to Alisha, we will temporarily stop and search for the offshore shipping lanes to deal with some pirates who don't know the Celestial Empire yet." ”

"I guess our name has spread." Chen Xuan sighed a few times, only feeling that he had no merit in going to the West this time, and it was estimated that he would not get too many rewards when he returned to Nanjing.

It's just that Chen Xuan didn't know when he said this, for some countries with interests, even if they heard the power of the Ming Dynasty, they didn't think that the Ming Dynasty could pose a threat to them, let alone that Zheng He's Western fleet was really as powerful as rumored......

(End of chapter)

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