But if he can use his sincere attitude to obtain some sophisticated armor and weapons from the Ming army, it will also increase Abbas' chances of winning in the battle against the Sabankara people.
"You are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and I will naturally welcome you very much!"
"But what you just said, asking me, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, to help Baiheicheng resist that Saban? This is deeply inappropriate!"
After hearing what Abbas said, Tang He said with a very serious expression on his face and said affectionately.
Malu Ali and Abbas have different expressions.
There was not much disappointment on Abbas's face. He originally did not have much hope for the small Ming army.
Maru Ali's face was full of disappointment and anxiety. Without the strong military protection of the Ming army, Ayubuz, the lord of Sabankara, could easily occupy Beirhei City.
"Before I went to the Western Sea, His Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of England had already told me that as long as I showed the power of the Ming Dynasty, I also wanted to show the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty. This Saban you are talking about did not offend the Ming Dynasty. It is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty to start the war lightly.
prestige!"
Tang He said this, although he was rejecting Abbas's request.
But in Tang He's heart, he already had his own prediction of the current situation.
The real situation is that before Tang He went to the Western Ocean, Zhu Han had repeatedly told him to find a suitable opportunity to occupy a permanent territory in Persia, gain the support of some local Persians, and establish the Ming Dynasty Persian Protectorate.
It is an actual colony.
It's just that as a Chinese in Tang He's heart, he knew that land was a very important symbol. He couldn't let these Persians see his intentions for Persian land before he was completely sure.
Moreover, the fleet led by Tang He also has an important task, which is to establish direct trade with Persia. They said that the power of Sabankara is very large. If it can live in peace with the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be a very potential one.
Business partner.
Tang He had just arrived and the situation was unclear. Naturally, it was impossible to easily side with Bayerhei City and become the enemy of Sabankara.
"As you command, my lord!"
After his persuasion failed, Malu Ali had no choice but to retreat with Abbas.
This time the Ming fleet arrived in Bayerhei City. Although it did not promise Abbas to provide troops and horses to assist in the battle, it still gave Abbas many benefits in business and trade.
Among them, the large quantities of porcelain, white sugar, tea, and large quantities of spices from Southeast Asia transported by merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty drove the merchants of Baihei City crazy.
In less than half a month, Abbas collected huge amounts of taxes from the Persian merchants who came to the Black City to purchase goods.
Half a month's income almost equals Abbas' previous tax burden for most of the year.
Abbas's treasury income increased sharply, and he immediately spent money to hire many Turkic and Khorasan mercenaries from outside.
These Turks and Khorasan people mainly live in the northeastern area of Persia, where there are constant wars and a large number of tribal wars, and they have become mercenaries for all forces.
Using the money in his hands, Abbas quickly increased his military strength from more than 10,000 to more than 20,000.
At the same time, Abbas did not forget to continue to please Tang He, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty fleet. All kinds of Persian precious horses and beauties were sent to Tang He almost every day. The purpose was simply to buy some Ming army equipment.
A kind of lightweight armor.
Under the leadership of Zhu Han, Ming Dynasty has developed more sophisticated blast furnace steelmaking technology, which can not only effectively remove impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus in steel, but can also produce steel with different proportions according to its own needs.
In addition, Jiangnan has abundant water conservancy resources. If you drive a few water trucks next to the steel factory, you can easily use water power to shape the listed steel into the required profiles.
In just the fourth year of Hongwu, Yingtianfu's steel manufacturing was able to fully meet the armor needs of the Ming army.
Factories and workshops in other places can also produce large quantities of cheap and durable simple plate armor.
These plate armors basically only have a breastplate and a small amount of shoulder armor and arm armor. Compared with the full armor equipped by the Ming Dynasty Guards, they are really crude.
But these lightweight armors are very suitable for the navy.
The environment of maritime navigation is humid, and the fully armored armor with a complex structure is very difficult to maintain.
And these simple versions of plate armor, because of their simple and lightweight structure, do not take much time to protect and maintain.
Moreover, in a small space at sea, when hand-to-hand combat is required, these light and simple plate armors are more suitable for maritime combat than heavy full armor.
When the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty landed at Bayerhe Port, many of them wore this simple plate armor with them.
This kind of steel plate armor has much stronger protection than the chain armor equipped by the soldiers of Bayer Black City.
As the lord of Beirhei City, Abbas naturally wanted to improve the equipment level of his soldiers in the face of the threat from Sarabika.
Tang He was not surprised that Abbas wanted to purchase a batch of Ming Dynasty simple plate armor.
After arriving in Persia for more than half a month, Tang He already had a clear understanding of the training and equipment level of soldiers in Persia.
The weapons equipped by the local soldiers in Persia are far inferior to those of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. However, the quality of their local iron ore is very high, and the weapons made with simple craftsmanship are lightweight and sophisticated.
Therefore, it is a wise move for Bayerhei City to purchase the Ming Dynasty's simple plate armor.
"How much armor does Abbas want?" Tang He asked Maru Ali as the translator.
"General, Lord Abbas wants a thousand sets of breastplates! He is willing to pay ten gold coins for each set of breastplates!" Maru Ali asked after asking.
Ten gold coins, according to the local price in Persia, can buy a very fine set of chain armor.
The breastplates worn by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all gleaming and extremely strong. They could easily be sold for ten gold coins in Persia.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So when Abbas made this request, he was very worried, fearing that the Ming general would not agree to sell these to him at such a cheap price.
armor.
However, Tang He's reaction was very straightforward and he immediately agreed to Abbas' request. Not only that, he also expressed his disapproval of the number of one thousand sets of armor.
"The quality of Ming Dynasty's armor is the best in the world. If you want to buy it, you can only buy one thousand sets. No matter how much you have enough, you will have to buy at least two thousand sets."
"If you don't have enough money, it's no problem. You can take it on credit or use goods to pay for the goods."
Tang He's friendly and generous attitude made both Abbas and Maru Ali overjoyed.
In fact, this is an important method that Zhu Han gave to Tang He. He would first use trade to gradually control these Persian feudal lords, and then slowly cultivate the power of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty can speak out in Persia, he can then use his strong power.
A powerful iron hand consolidated the Persian region and submitted it all to the Persian Protectorate governance system.
"But there is a condition for selling these armors to you that you must agree to first." Tang He continued.
"I wonder what the conditions are?" Abbas asked immediately.
Abbas thought that these wealthy Ming people came to Persia to do business, and the conditions they proposed were nothing more than taxes and supply of goods.
However, the conditions proposed by Tang He greatly surprised Abbas.
"There is a deserted island on the sea outside your city. As long as you sell it to my Ming fleet and use it as a resting place to park and station, then these two thousand sets of armor can be sold to you!" Tang He said slowly.
When he heard that it was such a condition, Abbas agreed without hesitation.
He and the island he was talking about were in the sea five or six miles away from Bayerhei City. The island was barren, with only one bitter well on it, and will-o'-the-wisps and black oil appeared from time to time on the island.
The Persians did not like this island and even called it Devil's Island.
Moreover, the island is too small, with a total length of only one mile from east to west, north to south.
Abbas did not hesitate to transfer the island to the Ming Dynasty represented by Tang He.
Both parties immediately reached a win-win deal.
As the lord of Baihei City, Abbas not only used the trade with the Ming Dynasty to expand his army, but also purchased this batch of very strong and practical armors, greatly increasing the military strength of the entire Baihei City.
After gaining confidence, the people in Bayerhei City became much tougher in their speech.
When Ayubuz, the lord of Sarabika, once again sent people to summon Abbas to swear allegiance, Abbas refused without hesitation the tyranny of the Sarabika people.
Sarabika's envoy realized the change in Abbas's attitude before and after, and sent people to secretly inquire about the reason.
Soon I learned about the recent changes in the military strength of Bayerhei City.
"My master Ayyubouz, as the lord of Sarabika, is the protector of all Persians. If you insist on going your own way and refuse to swear allegiance to Ayyubouz who has received God's blessing, then you will definitely suffer the consequences of my master in the future.
With the endless fury, the entire semi-black city will also fall into death and hunger!" Sarabika's envoy gave Abbas a final warning and threat before leaving.
However, Abbas didn't care. His military strength has now greatly increased. It is no longer a simple increase from 10,000 to 20,000. After obtaining the high-quality armors of the Ming army, Abbas felt that he
The 20,000 troops under his command are equivalent to the ordinary 30,000 Persian soldiers.
Although Sarabica has a large territory and nearly 100,000 troops, it can only dispatch 30,000 to 40,000 people to threaten Bayerhei City at most.
With a comparable number of people, Abbas has sufficient confidence that he can defend the city of Bairhe.
"God bless the pious, and I am the most pious man in Persia!"
Abbas used his own restraint to make a self-proclaimed rational refusal.
However, no matter how reasonable and restrained the weak lord of Bayerhei City is, Abbas is still arrogant and domineering in front of the powerful Sarabika people.
If a weak person dares to reject a strong person, this is a provocation in itself.
Ayubuz, the lord of Sarabika, was furious after receiving the news.
"I have given orders to all places. I will use an army of 50,000 people to crush the city of Bayerhei!"
"Abbas's head must be hung in the city of Beirhei, so that he can watch the city of Beirhei fall into death and flames with his own eyes!"
In response to the fables in the prophet's scriptures, Ayyubzi expressed his determination and murderous intention to win the city of Beirhei.
At this time, Tanghe, who was stationed in Beirhei City, did not know that this prosperous Persian town would soon fall into a terrible war.
At this time, Tang He was busy hiring local Persian coolies to help the Ming army build the Devil's Island they had just acquired.
Tang He planned to build this island into a maritime fortress, which could be foolproof by using the powerful naval power of the Ming army.
November of the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.
The capital, Yingtian Mansion.
The tall bell tower in the city rang ten times in a row, which meant that the time was about to reach noon.
The people in Yingtian City have long been accustomed to this novel clock tower, and it can even be said that they are already familiar with this accurate time-telling machine in their daily lives.
Not only is this clock tower with a very strange appearance, but also a series of tall and novel buildings such as several novel star observatories, fountains and Xinhua watches have been built in Yingtian City in the past year.
These novel buildings unique to the Ming Dynasty all reflect the current wealth and power of the Ming Dynasty at all times.
Yingtian Mansion is the capital of the Daimyo. If the people living here did not take it indifferently, they would have been in no mood to be busy with business, and would just visit it all day long and be amazed.
Only those outsiders from other prefectures would run to the street one by one when the bell tower chimes the time, and look up at the bell tower in the distance.
As for those foreign envoys and businessmen from abroad, their reaction was even more exaggerated when they saw these novel buildings in the Ming Dynasty, especially the envoys from the small countries in Southeast Asia. When they first heard the bells, they would even kneel on the ground and bow to them.
Kowtow in the direction of the palace to express one's supreme respect for the Heavenly Kingdom.
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"It's already ten o'clock, and we have said what we should say. When you go back, you should come up with a specific charter for all the matters discussed today, and send one copy to the palace and one copy to the King of England.
There!"
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty sat on the dragon throne and said to the cabinet ministers below.
In history, the Ming Dynasty did not implement a cabinet system at the beginning, but followed the prime minister system of the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Although each dynasty did not set up the specific official position of prime minister, their power was similar, only the official names were different.
The cabinet system can very well avoid the phenomenon of dictatorship by powerful ministers, so soon after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han immediately suggested that I implement the cabinet system.
The people sitting in the palace hall today are all members of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.
Li Shanchang, who is famous in history, did not become the number one hero of the Ming Dynasty because of Zhu Han's appearance. If we really want to talk about his specific contributions, he will never be able to compare with a fraction of Zhu Han's.
As for the other Zhu Sheng, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian and others, although they have made a lot of contributions in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they can't even compare with Li Shanchang, let alone surpass Zhu Han's contribution.
Another example is that the merits of Hu Weiyong, Song Lian and others are far from reaching the strength to enter the cabinet.
Therefore, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet was actually Zhu Han.
It's just that Zhu Han is really too lazy to take care of some daily affairs, and is often unwilling to come to the palace to discuss political affairs with Li Shanchang and others.
Today was a very important day, so Zhu Han came to the palace early and sat upright all morning.
Because in one month, the five years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty will end, officially entering the threshold of the six years of Hongwu.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the correct implementation of national policies and prevent the situation of overnight changes, Zhu Han suggested that his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang initiate a five-year plan governing strategy.
