"The merchant ship that eats people!" After hearing the words of the messenger, there were several sounds of surprise or surprise on the ship. Miura Yuzhen and others ran to the bridge one after another, raised their clairvoyances and looked to the north, and sure enough they saw
When we arrived at a ship, people who were familiar with the style of cannibal ships could tell at a glance: this must be a cannibal merchant ship!
"Great, we found a man-eating merchant ship! It's great! It's great!" Miura Yuzhen was a little incoherent, and his whole body was shaking with excitement.
If he had just passed the Cape of Good Hope and sailed north and discovered a cannibal merchant ship, although he would be happy, he would not be so excited; but after sailing for more than two months, he still could not find any trace of the cannibal. Most of them
When people were forcing him to return, he suddenly found a merchant ship that was eating people. This change from despair to joy, and he did not jump off the ship happily was the result of his efforts to restrain himself.
"Quickly, stop that ship! Stop that ship! See if they are cannibals!" Fukuyama Rokuro immediately ordered. As he said before, he didn't have any objections to Miura Yuzhen, but
After six months of sailing, they did not think that the fleet had arrived at the hometown of Kunlun Nu, and there was no point in continuing the voyage, so they wanted to return; but now they have discovered a ship with the appearance of a giant cannibal. Of course, they must immediately verify whether they are
The Great Eater asked himself whether he really sailed from the east of the Central Plains to the west of the Central Plains, and whether he could really prove that the earth is round.
Of course, the big food-style ship was unwilling to cooperate, but after Fukuyama Rokuro ordered two cannons to be fired, they became obedient, stopped the ship, and followed the instructions to lower a small boat to send the two of them to the Chongjin, the flagship of the expedition fleet.
1. After that, Miura Yuzhen and others knew that they had indeed sailed from the east of the Central Plains to the west, proving that the earth is round.
The news reached the ears of the sailors, and everyone rejoiced! Even though they had wanted to return to the voyage before, and even forced Miura Yuzhen to agree, they finally wanted to find out whether the earth was a sphere, and they learned that the earth was indeed a sphere.
In the end, everyone felt that their wishes had been fulfilled and were very happy.
They were so happy that they even let go of this man-eating merchant ship. They parked the fleet on the shore and held a grand banquet. They took out all the food stored on the ship, as well as all the drinks they bought along the way, and set fire to it.
They held a grand bonfire and celebrated the carnival. The banquet lasted for three days and three nights, and everyone stopped only after they were exhausted. Fortunately, the local dark-skinned people were captured and used as slaves by the cannibals all the time.
They have developed a conditioned reflex and dare not approach people with lighter skin, otherwise they will become the first neutron people to become slaves of dark-skinned people.
After the banquet, everyone returned to the boat and rested for a whole day and night before they recovered and regained their senses, and began to talk about where to go next.
"We must not return to Higashikata Island!" Fukuyama Rokuro said categorically: "This place is close to Tianfang. Although Tianfang is not as rich as the Central Plains, it is also one of the richest places in the world. You can buy many things that Higashikata Island urgently needs here.
The items are great, and the price is ten times cheaper than Hanzhou!”
This is indeed true. The open-pit gold and silver mines in Hanzhou have not yet been mined out. Except for slaves, almost everyone can eat with bowls and chopsticks made of silver. Transporting goods from the Central Plains to Hanzhou costs a lot, so
The price of a piece of linen in Hanzhou was fifteen times that of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the price of a piece of iron was thirty times that of the capital of the Ming Dynasty! Even if they bought things back from Tianfang at more than twice the price of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it was still a good deal.
But Tamanosuke Ito said disdainfully: "Do you need to say this? Who would have thought of it? What is being discussed now is whether to return to Higashikata Island with the purchased goods, or whether to return to this island and name it Moga after the Emperor Ming Dynasty.
The land of Hunting Continent occupies one place and serves as another land for Kazuto.”
"Occupying a place on the Moga Hunter Continent to be a land for Japanese people?" Rokuro Fukuyama retorted without hesitation. "How many Japanese people are there now? It's very difficult just to manage Higashi Saki Island. How can we tell the difference?
Manage a piece of land in the Moga Hunter Continent?"
"Of course you can't transport people from Hanzhou. Of course you have to transport people from the mainland. Even if the land occupied is on the west coast of the Mogali Continent, it is much closer than transporting people from the mainland to Hanzhou." Tamanosuke Ito
Argue with him.
"Transporting people from the mainland? Do you think the people of the Ming Dynasty are stupid! With so many ships full of people passing through Nanyang, they will definitely be suspicious. As long as they send people to track them, they will definitely find the land we occupy and even discover new shipping routes. Still
How to keep the secret of the new route? It is even more important to keep the secret of the new route!" said Fukuyama Rokuro.
Hearing this question, Ito Tamanosuke's momentum became much weaker and his voice was lowered: "I'm just pretending to move to Nanyang. The people of Ming Dynasty will not care about the ships filled with people moving to Nanyang; the household registration of Nanyang countries is not as good as
The Ming Dynasty was very strict on the mainland, so they moved them from Nanyang to the Mojiahui Continent."
"Have they settled down in Nanyang? How could they still be willing to come to Moga to hunt the mainland?" Fukuyama Rokuro added: "Nanyang is not only rich, but also has a small population, and the land is fertile. It is very easy to settle down there. How can ordinary people still be willing to do so?
Come to the Mojia Hunting Continent? If you dare to force them to move away, they will dare to report it to the local government!"
Ito Tamanosuke was speechless. Miura Yuzhen made peace at this time. "It is not completely impossible to migrate, but the population migration must be carried out slowly. There must be no rush, and the people of the Ming Dynasty cannot be aware of it."
"That's what I mean. In my opinion, in addition to buying a lot of goods, there is another thing that is best taken back." Fukuyama Rokuro said.
"What?" Miura Yuzhen asked.
"Kunlun slaves on the mainland!" Fukuyama Roulang said loudly: "According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, Kunlun slaves are docile, strong, and loyal to their masters. They are rare slaves. We will hunt from Mojia.
The mainland brings Kunlun slaves back and lets them work for Heren. As Heren's slaves, they can speed up the development of Dongxian Island and even develop other islands. They can also pay less taxes on Bo Fan every year." Heren and Yan
It is not without cost for each family to control an island. They all have to submit to Bo Fan and pay Zhu Yun a sum of money every year, and the amount increases year by year. They also have to send troops to help Bo Fan when he goes to war, which is a bit similar to Bo Fan.
A small enfeoffed country.
Zhu Yun was initially unwilling to let them each control an island, but because the Yan family and He Ren were not weak, the price they paid to forcefully convince them was too high. After Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen's persuasion, they finally agreed that each of them would occupy an island.
islands. But this is just a temporary measure for him. When the place under his direct jurisdiction becomes stronger, he will of course take back these two islands.
"That's not bad." Miura Yuzhen was also a little moved. "But there are only six ships now, and it is more important to transport the goods back. When we return to Higashi-Sakijima, I will make plans with Fujiwara-kun after discussing it."
"Yes, we only have six ships, and they are not big ships. They can't transport much. This time we are just transporting goods, and we will transport Kunlun slaves next time." Fukuyama Rokuro also said.
After agreeing on the matter, there was nothing more important to discuss. They sat together and talked for a while, then dispersed and returned to their ships.
The fleet continued on the next day, sailing north. They discovered another island. This island is very large in area, thousands of miles from south to north, and thousands of miles from east to west. It is larger than the three islands of Japan combined.
Bigger. And what’s even more amazing is that the natives on this island are not dark-skinned people, but people whose appearance and skin color are similar to those of the natives of Southeast Asia. Fukuyama Rokuro knows a little bit of the language of the natives of Sumatra, and he can actually
Communicate with them.
"This island is good. We should move people from the mainland to this island and turn it into a land for Japanese people." Fukuyama Rokuro couldn't help but say.
"This is absolutely not possible!" Miura Yuzhen categorically objected. "This place is too close to Tianfang, and it has been discovered by the cannibals. Have you not seen that there are still cannibals living on the island? With the help of us and others, we can definitely
It is impossible to seize this island from the giant cannibal."
"That's true." After hearing Miura Yuzhen's words, Fukuyama Rokuro became frustrated again.
They originally wanted to purchase the goods they needed from this island, but after communicating with the local cannibals, they found that the goods on this island were extremely expensive, so they had to give up this plan and continue sailing north. They also passed by Kenya in later generations.
, Somalia and other places, entered the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden, and arrived at the port of the Abyssinian Empire.
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"When we arrived in Abyssinia, the whole country was very surprised by our arrival and gave us a warm welcome. Although it is not a paradise here, all kinds of goods that can be bought in the paradise are also available here, and the prices are not ridiculous.
It is expensive, and the merchants of Abyssinia are willing to sell it to us at a cheaper price, so we will stay in Abyssinia and purchase the goods."
"Before the goods were purchased, the Abyssinian Kingdom sent troops to attack the Ifat Sultanate in the east. Since it was well taken care of by the monarch during this period, we led the fleet to follow the navy of the Abyssinian Kingdom.
Against the navy of the Sultanate of Ifat."
"After several days of bloody battles, most of the warships of the Ifat Sultanate Navy were sunk or captured, and the navy's home port was destroyed with artillery. Afterwards, we were about to go back when we saw Xu Guandai and others.
People came with many boats. Because these boats looked like the Ming Dynasty, we asked curiously and learned that the Ming Dynasty Navy was fighting a bloody battle with the Tianfang Christian Navy, so we came to support and persuaded Ah
Mengistu Hailemariam, the naval admiral of the Kingdom of Bisinia, also brought ships to support. Your Highness also knows what will happen next, so I don’t need to say more," Miura Yuzhen finally said.
