When the Kingdom of Denmark and the Tang Empire were talking about relocation, Madi City, the largest port city on the east coast of central Africa, also welcomed a fleet of more than thirty ships.
These ships are all steam and steel ships, each of which is an ocean-going ship with a displacement of more than a thousand tons.
Naturally, only the Tang Empire can organize such a large fleet in the Indian Ocean. Even within the Datang Empire, the only people who can organize such a large fleet are the official forces represented by the military and the Immigration and Reclamation Department.
, there are only a few shipping companies at the top.
In addition to flying the Tang flag, these ships also fly the company flag of Feng Shipping Company, which means that these ships are ships under Feng Shipping Company.
But what is interesting is that in addition to these flags, there is also a special flag hung, that is, a red background with a white background and the word "Mo" on it.
This flag is the new national flag of the Annan and Northern Dynasties. No, it should be said to be the national flag of the Kingdom of South Vietnam.
Annan divided the two dynasties for many years and fought for many years. It was only in the past few years that the war stopped. During the process, the two countries repeatedly requested the Holy Emperor's canonization to confirm their orthodox status.
Regarding the canonization of Annan and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty was actually quite embarrassed. The people of the Tang Dynasty were very happy to see Annan and the Northern and Southern Dynasties split. Naturally, they would not easily express their support for either side and wished they would fight back and forth.
But on the other hand, the Tang Dynasty wanted to maintain feudal etiquette, that is, orthodoxy.
Mo Dynasty's powerful ministers rebelled. If you support Mo Dynasty, you are suspected of digging a hole for yourself in legal terms. The powerful ministers of this vassal state rebelled against superiors, and the empire still supports them. Doesn't this encourage the powerful ministers within the empire to rebel against superiors?
Therefore, the title of King Annam at that time was still canonized to the Li family of Annan Southern Dynasty.
However, with the relocation of various countries in Southeast Asia, the conflicts between the two sides were greatly eliminated. Even the Li Dynasty itself recognized the independence of the Mo Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty followed suit and conferred the title of Mo as the King of South Vietnam.
Although the Kingdom of South Vietnam has just been canonized, everything is still quite formal, and it naturally has this national flag.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty strictly prohibited all vassals from using dragon flags, regardless of whether they were five-clawed or four-clawed dragons. Therefore, including the Kingdom of Nanyue, they could only choose other options.
I originally wanted to use other auspicious beasts, such as Qilin, but they were still rejected by Datang one by one.
You are a native, why are you using Chinese mythical beasts? Don't you think you are too irritable!
In the end, the Kingdom of Nanyue also realized that many things should not be used indiscriminately. In the end, it simply used the word flag that is common to many countries in East Asia these days, using the surname of the royal family of the Kingdom of Nanyue, 'Mo', as a symbol.
The fleet of the Feng Shipping Company that arrived in Madi City this time was the fleet transporting the subjects of the Kingdom of South Vietnam!
Some of these thirty-odd ships are ordinary ships for both passenger and cargo use, and some are cheap passenger ships. However, there is also an ocean liner among them, and it is more decorated. At a glance, you can tell that it was built by Feng Shipping Company in the early years.
, a passenger ship specially used to run the Nanyang route, with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.
The conditions on this ocean liner are naturally much better than ordinary cargo ships or cheap passenger ships, and the people who can board this ship are naturally not simple. They are all dignitaries of the Mo Dynasty, and even the royal family of the Mo Dynasty.
Otherwise, Mo Chao would not have spent a lot of money to hire such an ocean liner. Although the Tang people would only sail the ship and would not provide any services, the Mo Chao people had to take care of the tasks themselves.
However, the price is still extremely expensive.
The Mochao royal family also took a bite, and then squeezed out part of the loan to hire this passenger ship.
On the deck of the passenger ship, Crown Prince Mo Chao, Mo Quan, stared blankly at the port in front of him!
This is not to say that the Madi City in front is anything special. Although Madi City is the seat of the state of Madi Continent, and Madi Continent is the third overseas territory of the Tang Empire on the east coast of Africa. This Madi City also has tens of thousands of people.
Life in the Tang Dynasty.
In Mo Quan's view, although Madi City is not small, it is nothing.
Along the way, he had already seen countless cities of the Tang Dynasty. Malacca, Colombo, etc. were among the largest overseas cities of the Tang Empire. However, Madi City was nothing compared to big cities such as Colombo and Malacca.
But even Malacca and Colombo cannot be compared with the mainland cities of the Tang Empire!
A few years ago, when Mo Dynasty and Datang were negotiating for relocation, as the crown prince of Mo Dynasty, he personally went to Songjiang, Datang to negotiate!
Songjiang, that’s called prosperity!
There are dozens of meters tall buildings at every turn, steam trains are speeding through the city, and the streets are all cement or asphalt pavement. Even if it rains, you don't have to worry about your shoes getting stained by mud.
Like all the indigenous diplomats who were lucky enough to visit Songjiang Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, the trip to Shanghai had a huge impact on Mo Quan. Even though he had heard about the development and prosperity of Shanghai before going to Shanghai, he still couldn't believe it when he actually saw it with his own eyes.
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It is a pity that not many indigenous people are lucky enough to see the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Because the Tang Dynasty prohibits indigenous people from entering the Tang Dynasty, only formal official diplomats and a very small number of people who have obtained permits can enter certain big cities.
Tang native cities, Shanghai is one of them.
So even though Mo Quan had already seen the prosperity of Shanghai, when he told others about it after returning to Shenglong, others still looked suspicious.
They couldn't believe that a city could be so vast, tens of kilometers long and wide, with millions of residents, and that all people travel by horse-drawn carriage or even train.
There are millions of people, more than the entire citizens of Mo Dynasty today!
After many years of war, the population of Mo Dynasty is now only over 800,000. Before Mo Dynasty left, they were looking for people everywhere and took them away by force regardless of whether they were willing or not. Even many of them turned out to be
It does not belong to their Mo Dynasty, but belongs to the population of the wild people in the mountains and forests.
However, there are only 800,000 people here.
However, a city in the Tang Dynasty had more residents than the total population of their Mo Dynasty, and it was several times more. How could they believe it?
What else could Mo Quan say about this? He couldn't explain it at all, and he couldn't even take them to see it in person to prove his statement.
Because it is impossible for Datang to approve their entry application.
It's a pity that he will probably never see Shanghai again in the future, let alone Shanghai, even his hometown of Thang Long will not be able to return.
Because now the territory of their South Vietnam Kingdom is no longer in Nanyang, but in this place in front of them. Of course, it is not Madi City, but a large inland area northeast of Madi City.