Moreover, this road paved with wooden planks was also covered with butter and mutton fat to reduce friction. After the Turks worked hard all night, these warships finally passed Galatia by land.

town and entered the Golden Horn.

On the morning of the next day, the soldiers guarding the northern wall of Constantinople discovered the Turkish warships and were immediately surprised. Moreover, among these Turkish warships, the Sultan personally commanded them.

Under the personal command of the Sultan and under the cover of artillery fire, they charged one after another. At this time, the bells of all the churches in Constantinople rang, issuing the most critical alarm, and the Byzantine emperor personally boarded the city.

The head encouraged their soldiers to fight desperately. But at this time, a very incredible thing happened. A group of Byzantine soldiers went out to attack through a small door on the edge of the city wall, but forgot to lock the door after returning.

!The Turks immediately discovered this fatal oversight of the Byzantines. They immediately gathered heavy troops, stormed the small gate, and finally entered the city.

After the Turks entered the city, they slaughtered the residents crazily and looted everywhere. Many luxurious buildings were burned to the ground by them. However, the Turks did not destroy the city, but looted and killed many people.

After that, their Ottoman capital was moved directly here and renamed Istanbul.

Okay, now we have a very detailed understanding of the final glorious end of Constantinople, but it doesn't seem to have ended. It just changed the owner of a country. Constantinople is still the original Constantinople.

Dinburg is still as valued as before. After all, it used to be the capital, and now it is still the capital. It just changed its name. But the residents there before, as we have said before, have been taken over by the Turks.

A large-scale massacre was carried out. Of course, we must also absolutely understand that those beautiful girls in Constantinople must have seen the most terrifying hell in their lives. In fact, soldiers generally attack the city like this.

Yes, this is just like what we said before, destroying women. This seems to be a tradition of war in our human history, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

Then let’s talk about what happened in China during this period, and we will end this chapter of the Middle Ages with what happened in China during this period, because in the next chapter, we will talk about even crazier wars and even more crazy wars.

The hell on earth is even more miserable. After all, everyone may have seen that artillery has been produced at this time, so everyone must also understand that the next war will definitely subvert our human cognition. In short, it can be said in two words: cruel

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But now we continue to follow my train of thought. What was China like during this period? In fact, it was the period of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the first person that everyone thinks of when talking about the Ming Dynasty is Zhu Di, who was the founder of the Ming Dynasty.

, was also the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the fourth son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Di’s throne seems to be somewhat controversial for our descendants. In short, some of it is not justified, mainly because he took the throne of Emperor Jianwen.

But now we are going to end this chapter of the Middle Ages, not mainly to understand Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty in China, but to understand it from a side event, and also to understand the power of our Ming Dynasty. So

When China became powerful during the Ming Dynasty, we have to mention one thing that the whole world knows, which is Zheng He’s voyages to the West:

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty in China, Zheng He entered the palace and became an eunuch. In fact, eunuchs are the same as eunuchs. They are people who have been purified. What does purification mean? In fact, this

It was this man who lost his own ability to reproduce, and it was caused by human factors. Well, we will stop here on this matter. Anyway, in the end, you may have heard about our ancient Chinese eunuchs.

He is an incomplete man. In fact, it is quite correct to say so. For example, Sima Qian, a very powerful man in Chinese history, was an incomplete man.

Okay, okay, my train of thought started to go off topic. Sorry, let’s continue our topic. At this time, Zheng He was the internal eunuch and became the attendant of King Zhu Di of Yan. Later, he won meritorious service in the Battle of Jingnan.

, Zhu Di ascended the throne and became the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and then gave Zheng He a surname of Zheng, and made Zheng He the chief eunuch.

After Ming Chengzu came to the throne, the productivity of the Ming Dynasty in China at this time became one of the most developed and economically powerful countries on the entire planet. In order to establish and expand the prestige and influence of the Ming Dynasty overseas, restore and develop cooperation with overseas countries.

Friendly relations and even trade exchanges between various countries, so Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu decided to send Zheng He to lead a fleet to the West.

But there are actually many versions of this incident. In today's era, many people say that when Zheng He went to the West, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, asked him to find the missing Emperor Jianwen. But is this incident true or false? Anyway, we will later

People dare not speculate, because the truth before our eyes is that Zheng He's voyages to the West were to expand China's prestige and influence overseas, and even to establish friendly relations with various countries, followed by maritime trade.

The development of industry, so we can just understand it from this aspect. It is better not to speculate on things that our descendants will speculate on, because they all hold different opinions and cannot be debated at all.

At this point in 1405, Zheng He led a fleet, carrying a large amount of silk, porcelain, food and other supplies, and began his first voyage. We must understand that during this period, the Ming Dynasty

Silk is equivalent to gold in other countries on this earth. It is simply a rare treasure, although it is not very valuable to the Ming Dynasty itself. Then there is porcelain, which is also a rare treasure.

, in other countries, under the conditions of immature productivity and even technology, it is difficult to make these exquisite porcelains, or it is impossible to make them at all. So from here we can easily see that in Zheng He’s fleet,

To other countries, something that is absolutely packed is like a treasure ship!

Then Zheng He's fleet also had escort ships and the like, and they were all equipped with artillery. In short, their military power was very powerful, and at this time, there was only one country on the entire earth that could compete with Zheng He's fleet.

You can count them on your hands, so this indirectly led to the fact that ordinary pirates did not dare to make trouble in front of Zheng He's powerful fleet.

Then Zheng He's first voyage passed through Mansika, which is today's Malacca, and finally arrived in India in Mansika and Guri. Zheng He and his fleet were welcomed by the kings of the two places. After all,

Zheng He's fleet was so powerful, and there were rare treasures brought to them, which was definitely not a joke. Then Zheng He also read out the credentials of the Ming emperor, and then presented gifts to the two kings.

Monuments were erected in the two countries to commemorate this. At this time, Zheng He also built a large warehouse in Manchuria and Canada, which was used to store goods and also served as a transfer station on his long voyages.

When Zheng He passed by Srivijaya on his way back home, he was attacked by the local bully chief Chen Zuyi. Chen Zuyi knew that all Zheng He's ships were treasure ships and wanted to grab something. However, Chen Zuyi still did not clearly measure his military strength.

, so it was directly eliminated by Zheng He! This is equivalent to Zheng He eliminating a big scourge for the merchants traveling on the sea, making the seas of this generation unobstructed. From here, it is not difficult to see that Chen Zuyi is here

A generation of robberies for countless years showed its strength, but Zheng He directly wiped it out completely, which also reflected the strength of the entire fleet. Then in 1407, Zheng He ended the first

The voyage successfully returned to our Nanjing, China.

Also in 1407, Zheng He's fleet set off from Liujiagang and began its second voyage to the West. This time the fleet passed through Champa and arrived at the Kingdom of Guawa. At this time, the Western King and the Eastern King of the Guawa Kingdom

There was a war between them, so when Zheng He's fleet went ashore for trade, more than 170 people were killed by the soldiers of the King of the West. When Zheng He heard the news, he immediately led his troops to land and protected the ship.

team and local overseas Chinese. The King of the West knew that he was wrong, so he sent an envoy to follow Zheng He to the Ming Dynasty to apologize. Since then, the Kingdom of Guawa has maintained very friendly exchanges with the Ming Dynasty.

After leaving Java, Zheng He went to Siam and then to Kochi. Kochi is an important seaport for India's foreign trade and has always maintained a very friendly relationship with China. The merchants of Zheng He's fleet

They used Chinese silk, porcelain, etc. to trade with the merchants of Kochi, purchased pepper and various treasures, and then left Kochi. Zheng He led the fleet south to Ceylon, which is what we have today.

Sri Lanka. Zheng He submitted credentials to the people of Ceylon, presented gifts, and erected a commemorative stone tablet at a Buddhist temple in Mount Ceylon. In 1409, Zheng He ended his second voyage and returned to Nanjing.

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In the autumn of 1409, Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu sent Zheng He on three more voyages to the West. Zheng He's fleet first arrived at Champa. After leaving Champa, Zheng He arrived at Ceylon. At this time, the king of Ceylon

Extremely greedy and cruel, he heard that Zheng He's fleet carried a large amount of jewelry and property, so he wanted to take possession of the items on board for himself. He planned to let his son and others find an opportunity, and then arrest Zheng He and others
Chapter completed!