Chapter One Thousand Six Hundred and One: Walking with the United States
There were no clouds in the sky, and there was only a solitary sun above my head. The warm sunshine shone on my body, and the oncoming sea breeze carried a refreshing taste.
Now the Ming Dynasty has entered the twelfth lunar month of winter, but the temperature here in Nanyang is still that of early summer. Even if you are wearing light gauze and thin sleeves, you will not feel cold at all.
Seabirds flying from nowhere, flying in circles around the warship under the sunlight, sometimes swooping down on the sea surface, sometimes fluttering their wings high.
Such a lively elf instantly attracted the attention of An Qing and Yao Yue.
An Qing yelled and pulled Yao Yue's arm, jumping up and down uncontrollably.
Yao Yue held her hand tightly, fearing that she would fall on the undulating bow. .??.
Suddenly, Han Du felt that it would be good to take An Qing out to sea.
Well, Yao Yue is also there, double the good, double the happiness!
Han Du's eyes subconsciously glanced at Yao Yue, but he didn't expect that Yao Yue, who was chatting with An Qing in a lively manner, would also secretly cast his eyes at Han Du.
The two gazes separated as soon as they met, and Yao Yue's pretty face quickly turned away, and her pretty face was quickly covered with crimson.
Yao Yue, who is in her early thirties, is no worse in appearance than when she was in her twenties, and is even more plump and charming than before. Just the glance back just now made Han Du's belly feel warm.
"This goblin who deserves to be punished, let her know how powerful I am tonight!"
Ever since Yaoyue was pulled by An Qing to pretend to be the Duke's wife in front of Xiaosong Lingzi, she was kept in the Duke's Mansion by An Qing.
Next to her was the former most beautiful woman in the capital. You and Han Du were actually married. After holding on for two days, Han Du pushed his way into Yao Yue's room at An Qing's instigation.
Now Yao Yue is living in the Zhenguo Palace in an upright and honorable manner, and her treatment is no different from that of a concubine, except for one status difference.
"Husband~"
While Han Du's mind was filled with images of intoxication and enjoyment, An Qing's voice became louder and louder.
"Ah?" Han Du suddenly came back to his senses, "Were you calling me just now?"
An Qing asked angrily, "What were you thinking about just now? Why did I call you several times and you didn't respond at all?"
After hearing this, Yao Yue looked away with a blushing face, pretending to be looking at the seabirds.
Han Du suddenly felt embarrassed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Just now I was thinking about what happened after going to the West."
Yao Yue would not believe such nonsense. Yao Yue could clearly see what Han Du was thinking through his eyes.<
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But An Qing believed it and quickly asked, "Husband, how long until we can go to the West?"
Han Du chuckled, "We haven't even reached Nanyang yet, and it's still early to think of the West."
Anqing was not disappointed at all. She was even more happy when she heard that the journey was still far away. This meant that she could enjoy the view of the sea for a long time and feast her eyes on it.
"I heard that Luzon and Jiugang are the most prosperous places in Nanyang, even better than the Ming Dynasty. Will we go there?"
Han Du smiled and explained, "We have already passed Luzon. Time is running out. Let's go directly to Old Port."
"Ah? I also want to go to Luzon to see it, why didn't you tell me in advance?" An Qing smacked Han Du with some complaints.
Han Du comforted and said, "It's okay. You can go again when we come back. Besides, the interiors of Luzon and Ming Dynasty are very similar. It's too familiar and boring to look at. It's just like the capital you saw. On the contrary, the old port gathers
Visitors from all directions, whether they are people or things, there are many things you have never seen before, which is much more interesting."
"Okay, let's go to the Old Port first." An Qing's attention was attracted by Han Du's description of the Old Port, and he hurriedly asked, "How long until we get to the Old Port?"
"Soon!"
Old Port.
It used to have the same name as Luzon, but now the prosperity of Old Port is far greater than that of Luzon.
First of all, there are more people. Originally, the population of Luzon was more than that of Old Port, but since Timur began his campaign in Central Asia, many nobles, officials and wealthy businessmen who saw something bad and had the ability to escape fled in all directions.
Half of the people chose to go to sea, hoping to escape the fate of being tied to a stake by the Timurids.
Thus, Ming Dynasty came into everyone's eyes.
More than ten years ago, people in the West still knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty, but since Handu came to Horumos, a mysterious and rich eastern country appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
????In the speech of Westerners.
As Timur went to war, the scene where Timur was pointed and scolded by the Ming envoys at a banquet summoning envoys from various countries with the power of great victory was also spread by interested people. And even Timur
Er was furious on the spot, but he did not dare to kill the Ming envoy. He even paid countless gold and silver treasures and respectfully sent the Ming envoy back with gifts.
Since then, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the entire Western world has skyrocketed. Just a messenger of the Ming Dynasty was able to reprimand Timur in a condescending manner. After all, there are too many people in Central Asia.
Many countries were destroyed by Timur, and even these countries did not offend him.
Therefore, when the war came, some people subconsciously fled to the Ottoman Empire in the west. However, some people believed that the gradually decaying Ottoman Empire could not stop the Timurid Empire's army. Instead of continuing to flee in the future, it would be better
Go out to sea and try the legendary Ming Dynasty.
As these Westerners flocked to the Ming Dynasty, when they arrived at the Old Port, they quickly discovered that everything here did not disappoint them.
There are architectural styles familiar to Westerners in the buildings, and those unfamiliar buildings obviously belong to the Ming Dynasty. Although it is the first time for Westerners to see these buildings, they feel a sense of reverence and an inexplicable sense of security in their hearts.
Feeling enveloped everyone.
This is the Ming Dynasty. They traveled thousands of miles to come here and finally got rid of the hell-like demonic Timurids!
Everything about Old Port is very satisfactory to the Westerners who come from afar. The Westerners here are walking on the street wearing their own clothes, and bump into the Ming people opposite who are wearing loose wide-sleeved tunics. Both sides use their own words to each other.
After politely apologizing, they parted quietly.
There is no discrimination against outsiders here, nor is there any superiority of Ming people to others, nor is there any enslavement of Westerners. It seems that no matter whether they are Ming people or Westerners, as long as they come to Old Port, everyone is equal.
Even in the original West, this was not possible. The aristocratic men were high above the world and almost had the power of life and death over the common people. The status of the wealthy businessmen was only slightly better than that of the common people, but far inferior to those of the common people.
Noble lord.
"I smell the smell of freedom." A wealthy Western businessman stood on the dock and knelt down emotionally towards the old port.
The Ming Dynasty people who were close to him saw the strange appearance of this Westerner and subconsciously moved away. After all, no matter what the Westerners thought, it was extremely disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty people to accept someone else's kneeling.
A Westerner with a full beard strode forward, passed the Mingren without caring, and stood in front of the kneeling Westerner with a big smile, "Babalban, my dear friend, we haven't seen each other for many years.
Ah~ In the words of the great Ming Empire, it should be, stay safe, my friend!"
Balban couldn't understand the last words. He stood up with excitement and hugged the visitor tightly, "Thank you, thank you Nahir al-Din, my dearest friend!"
After reminiscing about old times, the two let go and separated.
Nahir al-Din grabbed Balban's arm, looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "You are
Fortunately, there were no injuries."
Then he turned around, waved his hand towards the endless Old Port behind him, and said, "How is it? This Old Port didn't disappoint you, did it?"
"My friend, it was you who saved Balban from hell and brought Balban's family to heaven." Balak
Bandao.
The naval warships arrived at the old port in a mighty manner, where Handu would replenish fresh water and food before continuing to the West.
It has been many years since such a large navy passed through the old port. The original aborigines did not feel that there was anything strange about it. After all, they had seen a Ming fleet even larger than this.
But those Westerners who came later were dumbfounded. Where did such a huge fleet come from? Why were those warships so tall?
Nahir al-Din was sitting with Balban in the restaurant.
Since Balban came to the Old Port, he has been deeply attracted by the various Ming Dynasty delicacies here. Whenever he has time, he will find Nasirdin to come here to get together.
Seeing Balban looking at the slowly approaching fleet with a shocked face, Nasirdin smiled slightly and said, "Don't be afraid. Have you seen the Ming Dynasty's golden dragon flag hanging on it? This is the symbol of the Ming Navy.
It’s the Ming fleet that’s coming.”
"Is this the strength of Ming Dynasty?" Balban felt his throat was dry and couldn't help but swallowed.
Nahirdin shook his head and said quite proudly in front of his friends, "Where is the strength of the Ming Dynasty? It is said that the Ming Dynasty Navy alone has an army of 100,000. At most, this place only has the strength of the navy. As for what you said
Daming, I heard that the navy is not very powerful in Daming. They have millions of troops on land."
"How many millions?" Balban's eyes widened, as if he couldn't imagine how many people there were. "Timur's empire only had an army of one million people, but how many millions did the Ming Dynasty have?"
Nasirdin smiled and said, "If he didn't have such strength, how could the Ming Dynasty be the suzerain of all the countries in the world, and even Timur had to bow down?"
Balban's heart was surging for a while, his face turned red and he tried his best to emphasize, "I have really come to a great empire, an unimaginable civilization!"
While the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion at the port.
The Governor's Office and the Xuanwei Department moved together, and the two teams of sergeants came to the port with uniform steps and lined up on both sides, blocking the people who wanted to watch the excitement and leaving the middle of the road empty.