The next day, the first day of the first lunar month, was not as Li Shaer expected, but Wen Di became very busy from the second day of the lunar month. Although he would return to the capital once after taking control of Egypt, the Egyptians did not have an Indian king. To enjoy the guild, Wen Di of course had to go to Egypt with a full set of bedding.
There was also a shipload of ordnance to be brought. In order to show the Ming Dynasty's powerful national power in Western countries, Yun decided to let the army use cannonballs and muskets at all costs, and also transported a whole shipload of cannonballs and gunpowder.
In addition, Wen Di also has to accept the teachings of Claviyo. Wen Di wants to marry the princess of the Kingdom of Aragon, and will have more dealings with the Fu country in the future, so he must learn their rules. Fu's rules are completely different from those of the Ming Dynasty, Wen Di It is very difficult to learn Di. Fortunately, Ming is very powerful and he does not need to follow it completely, but it will take an unknown amount of time to just understand a general idea. Of course, it is not enough to teach him in just a few days, so Clawei made a date with him Let's go to Egypt together and continue teaching on the ship.
The seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the day for Wendi to set off. Early that morning, Yun summoned his son in the Qianqing Palace. He wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing and just patted his son. Shoulder.
But Wen Di suddenly asked a question: "Dad, years ago, why did you suddenly start a discussion in the court about what it means to be a human being?"
"Why are you asking this? This has nothing to do with the conquest of Egypt." Yun asked rhetorically.
"Dad," Wen Di said, "this incident was started just before the attack on Egypt. How can it have nothing to do with the attack on Egypt?" He didn't quite believe what his father said.
"Wen Di, father will not lie to you. This matter indeed has nothing to do with the conquest of Egypt. It is only related to one of the consequences of capturing Egypt. But what is going on, father cannot tell you yet." Yun stared at it. With his son's eyes, he said seriously.
After hearing these words, Wen Di finally believed that his father's discussion about what it was to be a human being had nothing to do with him, but he was even more curious about what his father's purpose was. Ke Yun refused to tell him, and he could only mutter: "Several things." Now that something has happened, I refuse to tell my son now. I have to wait until after we capture Egypt."
"Why, you are still angry," Yun patted his head again and said with a smile: "It's not that my father doesn't want to tell you, but that he is afraid that it will spread and be known to everyone. It is not good if many people know some things, so I won’t tell you. If you want to know now, my father can tell you, but you must not reveal it to others, or anyone else.”
"Then it's better not to know, son," Wen Di said immediately. He didn't think that his speaking ability was as good as that of the old bureaucrats, and he would probably be tricked by them. Anyway, these problems would not affect the attack on Egypt, not now. It’s okay to know.
Yun smiled again and gave his son a few final instructions. Wen Di bowed his head and agreed, turned around and walked out of Qianqing Palace, and rushed to the dock without looking back.
He quickly rushed to western India by boat, and met with a Shangzhi guard led by Cao Xing, who had been here for nearly two months, as well as troops sent by the three governor-general offices of India and more than 20,000 Indian native people, and took a boat Leaving Egypt first. The land division led by Cao Xing was already gearing up to fight the Mamluks in Egypt, but he didn't know that before fighting the Mamluks, he would have to fight other Tianfang believers. A battle.
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The deepest port in the Persian Gulf, Basra.
In this era, Basra was one of the cities with the most developed trade in the world. Countless goods from the East and the West were gathered in Basra, and then flowed to all parts of the world. By operating the East-West trade, the city of Basra accumulated unimaginable wealth.
In a sense, this is the wealthiest city in the world.
Since this is a city mainly for trade, of course there will be many merchants and merchant ships. These merchants may not live in Basra for a long time, and the ships will not stay here for a long time. However, because there are too many ships coming and going, the docks are
It's always a lively scene.
But these days are slightly different from those in the past. Since these days, more and more ships have been staying at the docks of Basra City. Many ships seem to have hit the rocks and will not leave after unloading their cargo.
It seems to be waiting for someone; and every day there are many tall and strong men coming from the west. Although these people from the west come to the city of Basra on horseback, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that they have been in Basra all year round.
People who wandered on the sea did not know why they left the sea. Many small businessmen who were coming and going were very curious about this and couldn't help asking around the city. The answer they got was: The Lord called on everyone to carry out holy war to resist the pagans in the East.
On this day, many small businessmen had just pulled their goods onto the ship and were about to set sail when they suddenly saw a group of people appearing northwest of Basra. The group was not large in number, but everyone rode horses, and all of them were good horses.
They arrived at the city gate like lightning, got off their horses and walked into the city. The soldiers guarding the city gate were very respectful to this group of people and welcomed them into the city.
This is not what surprised the businessmen the most. What surprised them the most was that the flag carried by this group of people was actually a black clam flag! "Is the news I heard a few days ago true? Is it true?
Calling believers to carry out holy war against the pagans in the East?"
"The flag of flying a clam barber is really useful. It actually called so many pirates to come to Basra, and many of them are pirates from North Africa." Among this group of people, one of them was older and wearing armor.
A slight smile appeared on the man's face and he said.
"In my opinion, they did not come because of the call of the Mongols. Since the city of Baghdad was razed by the Mongols more than a hundred years ago, and the Mongols tortured and tortured them to death, although various places still support the
, but the Toads have lost their original authority. The reason why they rushed to Basra is to prevent the Ming Dynasty from controlling Egypt." The person on his left said this.
"Probably, the thing you mentioned is the main reason why they came to the city of Basra, but even so, it is absolutely impossible for them to gather here without the call of Hafa." The old man who spoke before said again.
"You're right." The man on the right of the old man said quickly, stopping what the man on the left wanted to say.
This old man is the most trusted minister of the current emperor of the Ottoman Empire, Mohammad I, and his husband in his youth, the Albanian Bayezid. The two people around him are Zahid, who escaped from India more than two years ago.
With Zahir.
Muhammad I was very frightened after learning that the Kingdom of Castile was going to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to seize Egypt. Not only did he immediately stop his plan to attack Hungary and sweep the Aegean Sea, he assembled the main army to prepare for war, he was also thinking about any other
A way to stop the Ming Dynasty.
He thought hard and finally came up with a way, which was to call on all Tianfang Christian pirates to stop the Ming army at sea. Even if they could not defeat them, they would only need to force the Ming Dynasty to stop sending troops because it believed that the losses of forcibly sending troops across the Sea of Food would be too great.
At this time, the Mamluks also knew that the Kingdom of Castile was going to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to seize Egypt, and they were even more frightened. Muhammad I sent people to contact Sultan Faraj of the Mamluk Sultanate. The two sides hit it off, and the Mamluk Sultan
In the name of the country providing clam haircuts, the Ottoman Empire was responsible for organizing and calling for the establishment of this pirate coalition.
As for why Zahid and Zahir appeared here, the reason is also very simple. After they fled westward to Persia, they could no longer stand and had to continue to retreat westward because they heard that the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful force in the Tianfang Sect.
A powerful country, so they defected to Muhammad I. Originally they just wanted to survive in this country, and they only thought about taking revenge on the Ming Dynasty in their dreams. But after hearing about this, they took the initiative to stand up and claim that they were from India.
, once fought against the Ming army. Muhammad I then sent the two of them to be Bayezid's assistants.
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the vast square in the middle of the city. There were many tall pirates gathering in the square. When they saw the flag of the clam barber, they hurriedly lowered their heads and saluted: "Dear Bayezid Pasha,
welcome."
"If you are able to respond to the Lord's call and come here, you are all true warriors, warriors who devoutly believe in the Lord." Bayezid said with a smile.
"Your words really put us to shame." The pirates said again, the shamelessness of their words made both Zahid and Zahir frown.
The expression on Bayezid's face did not change much, he just smiled and talked to them. After everyone chatted for a while, Bayezid's face became serious, and he walked up to the high platform and said to the pirates: "If it is an ordinary day,
I will keep chatting with you warriors, but now is different from the past. The pagans from the East have been exaggerating for more than ten years. Starting from fifteen years ago, the Ming people began to enter the Bay of Bengal, which was almost impossible to enter in the past.
, and with their strong national power, they quickly spread the ships throughout the Bay of Bengal and seized control of this sea area. Countless merchants from the Ming Dynasty also poured into this sea, and quickly accounted for the main share in the trade between India and the Ming Dynasty. Tianfang believers
We had to retreat."
"That retreat was not fatal to the Tianfang believers, because we still control the Great Sea of Food and the hub of East-West trade, so the losses were not great. But in the past two years, the people of the Ming Dynasty have gradually begun to enter the Great Sea.
They want to seize the sea route from India to the sky; not to mention, they even want to unite with the European Kingdom of Castile to seize Egypt and Suez."
"If they capture Egypt and Suez, European countries will be able to do business directly with the Ming Dynasty. From now on, we Tianfang believers will be excluded from this trade, and we will never get the huge wealth that God has given us.
The world of Tianfang Sect will also be lonely forever."
"So, for the sake of the wealth bestowed upon us by Allah, and for the prosperity of the Tianfang Cult world, we must stop the ambitions of the people of the Ming Kingdom, fight them back, and tell them that this is not the place they should come! Tell them to learn to respect the Tianfang Cultists! Tell them
They, the Tianfang believers are powerful!" Bayezid said loudly.
"Bayezid's ability to inspire people is really amazing. He didn't say much, but these simple words made all the pirates present so excited. It's amazing." Standing at Bayezid.
Zahir, who was next to Zide, couldn't help but murmured in a low voice. He was one of the few people in the venue who still remained rational.
But not everyone can be like him. Most of the pirates present were emotionally aroused by Bayezid's words. They stood up one after another and shouted excitedly: "Fight them back! Take back the Lord."
The wealth that the Lord has given us! Take back the wealth that the Lord has given us!”
The scene was chaotic for a while, and after a while everyone slowly calmed down.
(Muhammad I and Clam Barber are both intentional typos)
