At the slave market in Sicily Harbor, witnessed by merchants and slaves from all sides, Tian Erniu defended the citizens of the Ming Dynasty extremely strongly.
Anyone who sells people of the Ming Dynasty is punished by death, no matter which country you are from. This is not too overbearing.
But these people present are convinced of this at this moment. The power of the Ming Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The entire eastern world is shrouded in the huge territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Pacific Ocean has become the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ottoman Empire, which spans three continents, was attacked by the Ming Dynasty because it provoked the Ming Dynasty. All the cities where the 200,000 Ming army passed were completely wiped out. The 500,000 Ottoman Empire army was wiped out by the Ming army.
The entire Ottoman Empire was in turmoil.
The coalition of England, France and Portugal, the Ming Dynasty simply dispatched a fleet and easily won the war, forcing Portugal and England to sign an agreement to cede territory and pay compensation, forcing the proud Gaul chicken to lower its head.
No one will doubt whether Ming Dynasty is able to fulfill this point, because those who doubt this point have already received a profound lesson.
Those who sell the people of the Ming Dynasty are punished with death, but those who help the Ming Dynasty can receive generous rewards and gain the friendship of the Ming Dynasty. This is the Ming Dynasty.
Gratitude and grudges are clear, and a drop of kindness is repaid by a spring.
The people of Ming Dynasty at this time had their own pride and pride, and their national spirit and backbone were still there, which was far beyond what could be compared to those of later generations who had their backbone and spirit broken.
The people of the Ming Dynasty at this time were confident and proud, and were extremely proud of their civilization, culture and race. In their eyes, all outsiders were barbarians, and the world outside the Ming Dynasty was a barbaric land.
Strong and unyielding, proud of the world!
Soon, Tian Erniu led the people away from here, leaving behind everyone who was still in shock.
Many merchants and slaves looked at the corpse lying on the ground, and then looked at Daming who left with neat steps. What Tian Erniu had just said was still echoing in their minds.
As long as you can help a Ming Dynasty person, you can get a reward of one thousand taels of silver, and you can also gain the friendship of the Ming Dynasty people, and you can go to the Ming Dynasty for business and trade.
This made many businessmen couldn't help but get excited, and they planned to have people inquire about the news after they went back to see if some Ming people could be rescued.
Especially some businessmen from the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. They knew that the Ottoman Empire captured many Ming people when they attacked the Hezhong area and sold them as slaves to various places.
So there are still many people who know some news about Ming people.
In the past, it was not easy to gain the friendship of the Ming Dynasty, and even more difficult to do business in the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty has extremely strict restrictions on foreign businessmen and the like. It is not possible to go if you want to, but if you can get permission from the Ming Dynasty, it will be much easier to do business in the Ming Dynasty.
"I heard that some children from the Ming Dynasty were sold to the Middle East and became slaves of the nobles in the Middle East. After they returned, they had to find a way to redeem them."
"I have always wanted to do business with people from the Ming Dynasty, and now I finally have the opportunity."
The businessmen were all making calculations. Some businessmen actually knew some news, and now all of them couldn't help but laugh.
As for Tian Erniu, he took his people back to where he lived, asked the doctors accompanying the army to treat Ye Yun and Ye Qing, and took good care of the two children. He immediately held a meeting to discuss the attack on the Ottoman Empire.
"Monkey, you have been here in the Mediterranean for the longest time. Have you checked out all the pirates in the Ottoman Empire?"
Tian Erniu's face looked very ugly. He originally planned to rest for a few days. After all, he traveled a long distance to come here and resting for a better future battle.
But what he saw today filled his heart with anger.
The Ottoman Empire attacked the Hezhong area, massacred the city, and sold the children of the Ming Dynasty to various places. If Ye Yun and Ye Qing hadn't met them, they don't know what kind of fate they would have had.
We must take revenge, severely retaliate against the Ottoman Empire, let them taste the pain, and know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, so that they will not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty in the future.
"It has been found that the maritime power of the Ottoman Empire is mainly divided into two types. One is the official navy of the Ottoman Empire, which is mainly distributed in the coastal areas on the eastern side of the Mediterranean and the southern coast of the Mediterranean. The second is the pirates supported by the Ottoman Empire. These pirates
They can be found almost all over the Mediterranean, often raiding coastal cities and ports in Spain, France, Italy and other places on the northern coast of the Mediterranean."
"It is not difficult to defeat them. This is the Mediterranean. We can ignore other things and directly enter the Aegean Sea, and then attack Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. In order to protect their core place, they will definitely take the initiative to find opportunities to fight with us.
Let’s start a war.”
Zhao Houhou stood up and began to explain in detail the map of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Ottoman Empire during this period not only had strong power on land, but also on the sea.
The Ottoman Empire's navy blocked the waters east of the Mediterranean. Ottoman Empire pirates even frequently plundered Mediterranean cities in Spain and France. This shows the Ottoman Empire's powerful power at sea.
"Then do as you say, shout slogans in a big way, and let the wind out."
"First destroy the Ottoman Empire's maritime power, and then directly attack the Ottoman Empire's capital."
Tian Erniu listened carefully, and after thinking about it, he gave the order.
It is far away from the Ming Dynasty and there is no need to consider too many things. As long as it has sufficient supplies, it is enough. The Ming Dynasty's ally Spain can provide this, and Sicily is the supply point for its fleet.
In addition, relying on strong ocean routes, the fleet can go to Egypt to obtain supplies. The Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt has repeatedly caused invasions by the Ottoman Empire. It has a very good relationship with the Ming Dynasty and is willing to provide supplies to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty can use the Indian Ocean route.
Transport the needed supplies to the Red Sea and then to the Mediterranean via the Egyptian Road.
With nothing to worry about, you can naturally do things freely.
"Yes~"
Zhao Houhou, Jiang Liang and others replied in unison.
Not only Tian Erniu was filled with anger, but they were also filled with anger. They all wished they could arrive at the capital of the Ottoman Empire in their warships and then use artillery fire to vent their anger.
"Tian~"
Not long after Tian Erniu's meeting ended, Kolster came to the door with someone.
Colste was originally a down-and-out nobleman, but because on the day of the war with the Three Kingdoms, he followed Tian Erniu's fleet and repeatedly won, and made great military exploits, so he was also made a Duke by the King of Spain.
He is considered to be among the top aristocratic circles in Spain.
"Your Majesty the Duke, you came just in time. I have something to ask you."
Seeing Kolster, Tian Erniu immediately smiled and said.
"Tian, you have gone too far in the slave market and seriously violated our Spanish sovereignty."
Kolster frowned, thought for a while and then said.
Tian Erniu directly executed more than a dozen merchants for selling people of the Ming Dynasty in the slave market. The news reached Kolster immediately, and he also came to the door quickly.
"Your Majesty the Duke, if you are here to accuse me, you can arrest me now."
Tian Erniu replied calmly.
"Tian~"
"That's not what I meant. Spain and Ming Dynasty are allies, and we are also friends."
"It's just that when you are doing this, can you consider how we in Spain feel? This is our Spanish Sicily."
"If you leave the matter to me, I will definitely satisfy you. They will also die. But if you do this, it will be difficult for me to explain to His Majesty the King."
Kolster sighed and said.
He is the most senior person in Spain here in Sicily, so naturally he wants to express his dissatisfaction to Tian Erniu on behalf of the Kingdom of Spain.
"That's your business~"
Tian Erniu didn't care about this. He thought about it and said, "I'm going to attack the Ottoman Empire soon. Do you want Spain to send troops?"
"Of course we have to send troops. We are allies. The Ottoman Empire's attack on the Ming Dynasty is attacking Spain. As allies, we naturally have to send troops together."
Kolster touched his head with a headache.
The people of the Ming Dynasty have always been easy to get along with. The Ming Dynasty's fleet is stationed in the Spanish port and rarely causes trouble. Unlike soldiers from other European countries who often drink and cause trouble.
But this time, he still felt that it was a big headache, Spain's face was disgraceful, and the Ming people were too domineering in their own territory.
But there is no way, he can't really do anything to Tian Erniu, not to mention that Spain and the Ming Dynasty are still allies, and Spain will have to rely on the Ming Dynasty in the future.
What's more critical is that the agreement between Spain and Ming Dynasty is about to expire, but Ming Dynasty has no intention of renewing it, which makes Spain very anxious.
Losing the Ming Dynasty as an ally was nothing. Spain was strong enough and won this war again, so there was no need to worry about challenges from other countries.
The key is that once it loses its exclusive trade rights with the Ming Dynasty, it will be difficult for Spain to accept it.
The goods of the Ming Dynasty were very popular in Europe. Relying on the exclusive rights to trade, Spain also earned huge wealth. From the Spanish royal family to ordinary people, they all enjoyed the benefits.
Now that it has lost its exclusive rights to trade, if Western European countries competed fairly, life would be difficult for Spain, so it would naturally refuse to do so.
Therefore, the King of Spain has written to the Emperor of Heaven many times and sent many gifts, hoping to continue to renew the agreement.
Regarding the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire, Spain also decided to help and sent Corste to lead a fleet to support the Ming Dynasty fleet.
Of course, this also had the intention of expanding the power of the King of Spain.
Having just won the Three Kingdoms War, Spain received a large amount of war reparations and its strength was greatly increased. Naturally, it wanted to take the opportunity to expand Spain's sphere of influence in the Mediterranean.
The Ottoman Empire was naturally the first target of Spain's attack. Whether it was fighting for territory in the Mediterranean or attacking the pirates of the Ottoman Empire, Spain had to participate in this war.
