In Guli City, in the harbor, King Ning's warships began to land amidst the rumbling shelling, preparing to capture Guli City.
"Fire~Fire~"
Vasco da Gama stood on the fort and kept roaring. After waiting for several days, Vasco, who went to the Goa area, did not come back. Instead, the Ming Dynasty's warship came back first, bringing them bad news. The Portuguese in the Goa area
The whole army was destroyed.
This made Vasco da Gama extremely angry. It took almost all the efforts of Portugal to open up the East India route. It took great difficulty to occupy the Guli Kingdom, but now it was about to be taken away easily by the Ming Dynasty.
He, the Governor-General of India, has not yet taken up his position, but he is about to step down. This is something he cannot accept. He must teach the people of Ming Dynasty a lesson and let them know how powerful he is.
Artillery shells flew back and forth between the two sides, the rumble of shelling resounded through the sky, and billowing smoke filled the air.
At the port, King Ning's army had begun to land, but they were met with a stubborn resistance from the Portuguese in Guri. At the port, the Portuguese used muskets, bows and arrows, swords, etc. to resist stubbornly.
"First team takes aim!"
However, soon, the powerful attack of King Ning's army began to show off.
The people who landed first lined up, and under the command of the commander, their muskets sprayed out dense pellets.
In an instant, the ground was dyed red with blood.
The Ming army's muskets were more advanced than the Portuguese muskets, with a longer range and faster rate of fire. The key was that the three-stage intensive shooting formation could maximize the power and advantages of the muskets of this period.
The resistance of the Portuguese was as ridiculous as ants blocking a boulder or a mantis blocking a car. Wherever King Ning's army went, the Portuguese collapsed instantly.
There is no advantage in terms of numbers, and the equipment, weapons, training, etc. are not as good as King Ning's army. In addition, at this moment, the fighting will of these pirates, ruffians, etc. is almost collapsed.
So soon, the Portuguese throughout Guli City began to launch continuous sneak attacks. In less than an hour, King Ning's men officially captured Guli City.
"Haha, this is my first city in Ningguo!"
King Ning came to the main palace of Guli City, which was the former governor's palace of Vasco da Gama. King Ning looked around carefully and felt very high-spirited. He finally had a piece of his own territory.
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince~"
Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng, Dong Lin and others congratulated King Ning in unison. At the same time, they all had smiles on their faces. King Ning had his own territory, which meant that the establishment of Ning State would soon be on the agenda. They
These people who followed King Ning were soon able to become marquises and prime ministers.
"Haha, being able to conquer Guli is all thanks to your efforts. When Ning Kingdom is established, I will give you many rewards."
Prince Ning looked at the people under his command, and then at the somewhat crude Governor's Mansion in front of him.
Although everything is very simple, it already has the atmosphere of a new dynasty.
"Your Majesty, we have now occupied the Guli Kingdom. We should occupy the entire Guli Kingdom as soon as possible and let everyone in the Guli Kingdom accept the rule and management of the Prince."
Li Shishi stood up and said.
"Um."
Prince Ning nodded slightly, then thought about it and gave the order: "Dong Lin, Li Shishi listen to the order."
"I'm here!"
The two people stood up quickly.
"I order you two to lead 3,000 troops to take over various parts of Guli Kingdom and conquer the local indigenous people in Guli. The indigenous leaders from all over the country must come to Guli City as soon as possible to pay allegiance to the king!"
Prince Ning said very domineeringly.
They had already understood the local indigenous people of Guli Country clearly beforehand.
The country of Guri is not big. The local indigenous people are divided into many large and small tribes. They are weak, but the key is that they can be bullied. The Portuguese successfully conquered the country of Guri with less than 2,000 people, leaving the indigenous people of Guri country
Surrender.
King Ta Ning has an army of five thousand, plus tens of thousands of huge troops, so it is very clear that he can conquer the Guli Kingdom.
"yes!"
The two nodded solemnly, and then quickly began to take action.
"Liu Yang is listening to orders!"
"I'm here!"
"I order you to immediately prepare for the establishment of Ningguo, establish the cabinet, six ministries, the fifth military governor's office and other institutions, divide the provinces, and formulate laws."
"I obey the decree!"
"Wang Bi obeys the order!"
"I'm here!"
"I order you to organize manpower, inventory the land of Ningguo, count the population of Ningguo, and formulate taxes!"
"I obey the decree~"
As King Ning continued to issue orders one after another, the people under King Ning began to act quickly.
At the same time in Goa, without the threat of the Portuguese, King Shu's troops began to deal with the local indigenous people. Although there were only two thousand troops, they faced tens of thousands of indigenous people.
However, King Shu's troops still quickly swept away the indigenous people in Goa like chopping melons and vegetables. In a short period of time, they conquered the various indigenous tribes in Goa and made these indigenous people surrender to King Shu.
's rule.
After successfully occupying the Goa area, the King of Shu also quickly began to establish the Shu Kingdom.
Similar to the Ningguo side, they also followed the system of the Ming Dynasty, established a cabinet, established three provinces and six ministries, divided each area into provinces, appointed officials, and also quickly inventoried the population and land in Shu, etc.
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In the port of Anning City (formerly Guli City, first renamed Anning City by King Ning), more than a dozen large ships from Ceylon Island slowly moored.
On one of the large ships, Hu Xian, the governor of Ceylon, looked at the city of Anning in front of him with some emotion.
Although King Ning's reign was still short, it only took more than a month from the time of the conquest to the preparation to establish the vassal state.
However, the entire port has been managed in an orderly manner by King Ning's people. The streets are clean and tidy, the docks are neatly planned, and a lighthouse has been built. There is a fort high on the port, and the Ningguo flag is flying above the port.
Different from the Ming Dynasty's yellow dragon flag, Ning's flag is also a dragon flag, but the color is purple, King Ning's favorite. At the same time, in order to show respect for the Ming Dynasty, the dragon's claws only have four claws, and the five claws are the emperor of tomorrow.
can be used.
"Prince Ning is really a talented person in governing the country. In just over a month, he has already managed everything in an orderly manner. When I came to Guli before, it was very smelly."
Hu Xian smiled and said to Zhu Benduan beside him.
Tianzhu is a good place, as everyone has already realized. The land here is fertile, the precipitation is sufficient, and there is abundant light and heat. It is very suitable for growing anything.
The local natives of Tianzhu are also very easy to rule. They are naturally accustomed to the rule of powerful foreign civilizations and are content with the status quo of being ruled.
But one thing that made the people of Ming Dynasty very criticized was that the people of Tianzhu were extremely unhygienic and it was a common thing to urinate and defecate anywhere.
So among the cities in Tianzhu, the smell is simply sour.
Of course, the Europeans of this era were similar, so after the Portuguese occupied Guri, they also didn't care too much about these things.
But the people of the Ming Dynasty couldn't stand it. The cities of the Ming Dynasty, let alone emerging big cities such as Tianjin and Songhu, even the original old cities, had very good health.
"It's indeed amazing. Ceylon Island is so powerful. How come it's about to establish a vassal state soon?"
Zhu Benduan smiled and nodded.
This time, the two of them were invited to attend the founding ceremony of Ningguo. Ningguo (Guri) is very close to Ceylon Island and is also on the mainland of Tianzhu. From now on, the Western United Trading Company will definitely have to deal with Ningguo.
Therefore, after receiving Prince Ning's invitation, Western United Trading Company also attached great importance to it. Hu Xian and Zhu Benduan came in person and also prepared generous gifts.
On the second day of February in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, King Ning established the vassal state of Ning in overseas Tianzhu.
Almost everything in Ningguo copied the Ming Dynasty's system.
Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng, and Dong Lin were cabinet ministers. At the same time, six departments were established: the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry to take charge of the government affairs of the King of Ning.
The capital was established in Anning City (Guli City). At the same time, King Ning also enfeoffed meritorious ministers on a large scale. Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng, Dong Lin and other meritorious ministers. Basically, the old people in Prince Ning's palace got a duke. They made meritorious service when they defeated the Portuguese.
The soldiers were basically awarded the title of marquis, earl, etc. based on merit.
Those who followed King Ning to go to sea, as long as they had meritorious service and studied a little, basically got an official position in Ning State. At the same time, King Ning also began to fulfill his promise.
Ministers, soldiers, etc. who had meritorious service basically received large amounts of land rewards and rewards. Even those who had no merit, as long as they followed King Ning to the sea and came overseas, everyone was rewarded with hundreds of acres of fertile land.
At the same time, some local indigenous people were assigned to be used as slaves.
At the same time, in order to consolidate his rule in Ning State and win over people's hearts, King Ning also appointed several local indigenous tribe leaders as officials.
Under King Ning's series of policies and methods, the entire Ning Kingdom quickly settled down. Although the local indigenous people were large in number, they accepted King Ning's rule very stably.
In Anning City, King Ning first offered sacrifices to his ancestors to heaven, wrote edicts, and then burned them to tell his ancestors about establishing a vassal state overseas. At the same time, he also prayed for the blessings of his ancestors, and for the prosperity and strength of Ning country.
Zuo stretches.
Then, witnessed by the ministers and guests from all over, King Ning officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself king. The ministers shouted a thousand years ago, a thousand years ago, a thousand years ago.
Well, the prince is the prince, and the vassal state is the vassal state. Even though it is essentially a country overseas, King Ning still cannot call him long live or emperor, because this is an issue related to legitimacy.
Only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can be called emperor and long live. They can only be kings and live a thousand lives.
The Ning State was formally established, and soon, the Shu State was also established in Shu River City (the mouth of the Ali Sea in Goa) a few days later. After the establishment of the Ning State and the Shu State, they immediately sent people back to the Ming Dynasty to report to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, he asked for Ming’s recognition.