"Yang Feng, the envoy of Daxia Kingdom, has met the princess."
With a false smile on his face, Yang Feng joined in the meeting with his sister-in-law.
"It is thanks to the ambassador's creativity that the widow can take part in this grand event. May the Buddha bless the ambassador."
Princess Lu, who had already taken off her mourning robe, returned the gift in a hypocritical manner, like a virtuous, chaste and virtuous woman. Then she ignored him and continued to talk to her sister-in-law. She had already left her mourning period and was a married daughter.
It only lasts for one year, and she is one of the biggest sponsors of this grand event of hundreds of monks traveling to the west, so it is natural that she will be there in person.
The little princess and her sister-in-law had a very happy chat.
After all, her sister-in-law is also a big customer of the bank. Even if the future King Lu is not born to her, she is still the real Princess Lu...
My aunt!
Therefore, she still has the final say on Lu Fan's property.
Although there is no King of Lu now, the vassal fields of Lu Fan still exist, as do the various industries operated by the Prince of Lu's Mansion. These add up to a huge amount of wealth, because without King of Lu, there are only a few women and one child. On the contrary,
Expenses are reduced sharply, and wealth is accumulated rapidly.
The little princess is always full of affection for people who can give her money.
Yang Feng stood next to him indifferently, while Zhang Ying watched coldly...
"ambassador!"
A voice shouted from behind.
Yang Feng quickly turned around, followed by the envoys of the trip.
"I, Mr. Qian Guxun, have been sent as envoys to the West as envoys. This is Li Sicong, deputy envoy, Mr. Sixing. Before leaving, Your Majesty has a decree. This trip should be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the ambassador.
I wonder if the ambassador is free?"
The leader said.
There are also some things that are obviously conspiracy in this trip, which of course cannot be mentioned by His Majesty the Emperor, and others don't understand. This is indeed Yang Feng's job, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already said hello to him.
Yang Feng looked at the two sisters-in-law reluctantly. They were holding hands and chatting happily. Princess Lu would occasionally laugh out loud while holding a round fan to block her laughter...
The smile made Yang Feng's hair stand on end.
But in the end he left with the two of them, looking back from time to time as he walked.
"Ambassador, is there any danger in the princess meeting Princess Lu's sister-in-law? Why does the ambassador look worried?"
Qian Guxun said with a smile.
He is a new Jinshi, ranking in the 30s among the top three.
"Well, how can it be dangerous for my sisters-in-law to meet each other? What's more, there are all soldiers here!"
Yang Feng said.
They are indeed not in danger!
But he is in danger!
If the little princess sees something wrong, she can cause trouble when she goes back. This little girl is getting smarter and more alert now. She is no longer the good child she used to be. If she knew that he and she were widowed,
If his sister-in-law really hooks up, it's hard to predict her reaction. Yang Feng really misses the little princess who had no evil intentions and directly helped him seduce Zhang Ying...
How innocent and lovely!
The good times of the past are gone forever.
Of course, now we can only leave it to fate.
He and two pedestrians immediately boarded the latter's ship.
Pingrensi was very important in the early Ming Dynasty.
This yamen currently has one chief executive, two deputies, and thirty-seven pedestrians.
but……
All travelers are Jinshi.
Among the top three Jinshi, in addition to being assigned to serve as county magistrates and the like, they are mainly responsible for arranging human affairs.
Forty Jinshi!
How many yamen can have this kind of treatment?
These pedestrians only work according to the imperial decree, and no other yamen have the right to interfere, and they are not limited to such things as envoys. In fact, the current duties of pedestrians are very complicated, including sending envoys to vassals, comforting chieftains, inspecting vassal fiefdoms, and even investigating for the emperor.
People's sentiments, they do everything.
A bit like a patrol censor.
But it is not like the patrol censor who fixes a certain area.
Wherever the emperor thinks of them, let them go there. Even the tea-horse trade and even recruiting talented people have them. They will even participate in the trial of some special cases. In fact, if you calculate carefully, they are actually
It overlaps with the power of those eunuchs later...
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not use eunuchs, used them to do what later eunuchs did.
In other words, later emperors who could no longer trust civil servants replaced the power of pedestrians with eunuchs.
Many of them, including envoys, were also eunuchs.
"You two, actually you only have one real mission, which is to coax the Sultan of Delhi to offer a horse.
None of the other things matter.
For example, if you don't talk about it, he would rather join forces to deal with Timur. Timur is his mortal enemy. For example, trade, this is also their dream, but they can't cross Nanyang. The small countries in the Strait of Malacca simply can't.
They are not allowed to pass. So don't worry about these things, just make promises and coax them as much as possible. The key is to ask them to donate horses. As long as they are willing to donate horses every year, everything else is easy to talk about. The more they donate, the better.
If they agree to donate the horses, you can bring some of them by sea when you come back.
The main route is by land.
Your Majesty will arrange for Song Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, to send troops out of Jiayuguan and go south to pick up their envoys."
Yang Feng said.
This is the value of the Delhi Sultanate.
In addition to providing good horses for the Ming Dynasty, they really have nothing else. Even if they do, they can be solved through normal trade. War horses have never been included in normal trade. In fact, ancient India has always valued Marwari horses.
It is controlled and not open to foreign trade.
This kind of war horse is also very precious to them.
Unless, of course, you give too much.
Besides, compared with Marwarima, it was more important to get a strong support to deal with Timur.
They were later destroyed by Timur.
The transportation of large quantities of horses must take the land route, that is, taking the Karakoram Pass trade route from India. At this time, the Khotan area belonged to the Handong Guard of Jixi, and the entire route from Khotan to Jiayuguan was already an active area of the Ming army.
.In fact, before Yang Feng appeared, Lan Yu led his army there. After that, the King of Jin was forced to march westward. Several chiefs from Hami to Khotan, including Qinghai, surrendered. Now Song Sheng and King Su are guarding Gansu and marching towards the goal.
It has begun to turn to Turpan. Therefore, this transportation line is already very safe. Even the Uzbek tribes that can threaten from the other side have surrendered. In short, as long as the Delhi Sultanate is willing to sacrifice horses, then they can continue to send horses through this line.
Hand over to the Ming Army.
At this time, there was no shortage of places to raise horses in Ming Dynasty...
There are wastelands everywhere!
Especially when the soybean planting industry is started, and the sorghum planting is also started, there will be enough feed in the future, and horse breeding will be allowed.
Not only cavalry, cavalry does need good horses, but transportation also requires horses. The wooden rails in Liaodong have been built to the Liaohai Acropolis. According to the response there, the effect is very good. The manpower used remains unchanged. The transportation volume over this distance is better than
It has doubled in size in the past, so it is continuing to extend forward, preparing to build it all the way to Jilin City.
But this is supported by a carriage.
It's impossible without horses.
"What if they want firearms?"
Qian Guxun said.
"Give!
You just brought some rapid-fire cannons and three-eyed guns.
These will have to be eliminated from the Ming Dynasty's firearms within ten years at most, and become junk that no one wants, and will only be used by ordinary people to hunt wild ducks. There is no need to care about these things."
Yang Feng said.
There's really no need to care about these.
After all, the production of matchlocks has begun to increase steadily. The last actual combat exercise made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied with this thing. It was a real actual combat exercise and fully tested its value. As for the light cannon, it is also being cast, but because the combat object is not sturdy
City wall, so Zhu Yuanzhang chose to cast one pound of cannonballs. Of course, the lighter the better when chasing nomadic cavalry on the grassland. In fact, the Ming army loved rapid-fire cannons, especially those carried on camels. Even some generals now are not interested in light cannons.
very interested.
Rapid-fire artillery is king on the grassland.
The camel crouched down and fired five bursts at the nomadic cavalry, and then the cavalry rushed out and slashed.
But in the future, the Ming army will not only attack nomadic cavalry.
When you get to places like the southwest mountains and Nanyang, you can't expect that thing to hit other people's city walls.
You still have to rely on real cannons.
So even if the rapid-fire cannon and the three-eye blunderbuss are new firearms, there is no need to hide them now. At this time, India did not have firearms. Their earliest firearms appeared fifty years later, so having these firearms as bait makes it easier for them to offer them.
horse.
Besides, after they got the firearms, they would definitely provoke Timur as soon as possible.
This is a good thing.
If the Delhi Sultanate and Timur can really achieve certain results, then the Ming Dynasty will only need to pull them from time to time to wear Timur to death. It is best if they can form a long-term tug of war.
"One more thing, you have to be careful. The Sultan of Delhi or the Sutan you used to translate is not a Buddhist."
Yang Feng said.
"Ambassador, I am a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang. I have been interacting with maritime merchants for generations, so I still know what Sutan means. But because of this, I am a little confused. Is there really any Buddhism in the country under Sutan's rule? The Ambassador asked a group of people
Why do you think it is ridiculous for a monk to go to the country ruled by Sutan to seek Dharma and pay a pilgrimage to a Buddhist holy place?"
Qian Guxun said with a smile.
"Uh, well, we can't say that all those places are ruled by the Delhi Sultanate. There are actually many small countries there, and there are also other believers in the Delhi Sultanate."
Yang Feng said as if he was just telling lies with his eyes open.
"I see, this Sutan is very tolerant, which is really rare!"
Qian Guxun also said as if he was lying with his eyes open.
Then the two shameless men laughed at the same time.
In fact, the masters may not really know anything about this kind of thing. After all, maritime trade has been prosperous in the past few hundred years, and the situation of Indian Buddhism should be somewhat heard here. But in the end, this kind of thing can only be regarded as a rumor, and besides, for
For the masters, it is not important whether they can obtain the Dharma. What is important is the publicity effect brought about by the matter itself.
Just look at the people on the shore to see him off, and you can see the effect of this westward journey.
Dharma is not important.
The most important thing is to make people pay attention to Buddhism.
"Ambassador, the two of us are not only traveling to Delhi. Your Majesty also has an order to go to Burma to announce an edict to mediate the dispute between Luchuan and Burma."
Li Sicong said.
"This is just right. You can go to the Delhi Sultanate first, take the horses to Myanmar when you come back, and then take the land route to Yunnan. Otherwise, you don't know how many horses will be left alive after long-distance sea transportation to the capital, so it is easier to take the land route.
But the timing must be calculated well, winter must pass, otherwise it will be difficult to say whether the two of you can be safe during the rainy season. They have three seasons of cold, drought and rain in a year. The rainy season is when diseases are rampant, the dry season is very hot, and the cool season is winter.
The most comfortable thing. As for the matter between Burma and Luchuan, Yang is not very clear about it. It is just a competition for interests. What else can they have in that poor place? The most valuable thing is a Mogok treasure well."
Yang Feng said.
Let them go to Myanmar when they come back.
What if something happens?
It is estimated that they will come back next year. They are official envoys. Unlike those masters, they can return directly to the country after completing the official exchanges with the Delhi Sultanate. By that time, the Annan War is almost over.
They brought a large number of gifts from the Delhi Sultanate and strategic resource-level horses to Burma. What if some chieftain became greedy?
Wouldn’t that be perfect?
As for the current affairs between Burma and Luchuan, it was actually Silunfa, the leader of Luchuan, who provoked Ming Dynasty and did not dare to give up after being beaten continuously. However, he did not want to give up his ambition, so he turned to beat Burma. Burma asked His Majesty the Emperor for help. Zhu Yuanzhang
Send people to make both of them be honest. At this time, the Ming Emperor still has enough authority in the southwest, and Myanmar is not strong at this time. The real strength is Luchuan Sirunfa, but he has gone downhill, and soon
We still have to face civil strife. In short, there is nothing in that area that really deserves Ming's attention. But for Yang Feng, even if there is no chance, he must try to create opportunities as much as possible. What if there is really a twitch and just loses his head for a moment?
Besides, even if it didn't happen, it would just make the two envoys a little tired.
In this way, the two envoys got what they wanted from Yang Feng.
Yang Feng got off the boat immediately.
The little princess and Princess Lu, who had finished chatting, were already waiting for him.
"Ambassador, I am very busy with official duties."
Princess Lu said calmly.
"Well, it's a small matter, mainly because of your Majesty's entrustment."
Yang Feng said.
This woman is becoming more and more charming.
Of course, it may be that you have held it in for too long.
"Sister-in-law said she would go back on the same boat with us."
said the little princess.
"We are in the same boat, so of course we are welcome."
Yang Feng said.
"I'm afraid the ambassador will find it inconvenient for me as an outsider to board the ship!"
Princess Lu said.
"Princess, you are joking. You are my relatives and I am the outsider."
Yang Feng said.
At this time, the masters began to board the ship. While the little princess turned her eyes to that side, Princess Lu glanced at him enchantingly, then turned around and raised three fingers behind her back. Yang Feng looked at these three fingers in obvious astonishment, and tensed
Then the provocative laughter of this temptress sounded from the front.
"No matter what you look at, I don't understand what she is doing!"
Yang Feng looked at Zhang Ying and said.
Then Zhang Ying smiled and raised three fingers in front of him...
"Don't be ridiculous!"
Yang Feng said sadly.
He is dancing on three eggs!
"Ha, I don't care, wait for me then."
Zhang Ying said equally enchantingly.
(Now I feel like an old man who has exhausted all his energy. I have to write a little and then rest for a while before writing a little more, and then rest again and then write again. I burn until my face peels off, my mother’s hair falls all over the floor when she sweeps it away, and my wife
My eyelids hurt, but my son has fully recovered now)