Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 186: Ming Dynasty Sails to the West!
"Your Highness, the plague in the Golden Horde has stopped now, and the supply of goods is fully guaranteed. This time I brought three ships of female slaves, a total of 500!"

While leading the way, Maru Ali boasted to Zhu Hanhua about the "goods" he brought this time.

Zhu Han had already heard about the plague that Maru Ali mentioned.

In fact, this plague has another famous name in history, that is, the Black Death.

That's right!

It is the Black Death that caused the loss of one-third to half of Europe's population in history.

Ten years ago, the Golden Horde besieged the city of Kaffa on the Crimean Peninsula. The surviving Genoese in Kaffa returned to the Italian peninsula after the war, but they never wanted to bring the terrible plague back to mainland Europe.

The Black Death, which lasted for several years, killed nearly 500 million people in Europe. The last Black Death frenzy occurred in the land of the Slavs in Eastern Europe.

The terrible black death frenzy caused great losses to all commercial activities, including the best-selling slave trade on the Eastern European Plain.

That is to say, in the past two years, the Black Death, which blocked the transmission route by killing a large number of people, has gradually disappeared.

The slave trade on the grasslands of Eastern Europe gradually resumed.

The supply of goods in the hands of Maru Ali is gradually becoming more and more abundant.

Therefore, the [-] Slav female slaves that Maru Ali brought this time were all of better quality than before.

Zhu Han knew that Maru Ali, a Persian businessman, was more capable of bragging about his words.There wasn't much response either.

Because everything needs to be seen by oneself.

but.

When Zhu Han came to the pier and saw the [-] Slav female slaves placed in the open space, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Good guy, it really belongs to the top class!"

Zhu Han saw that although these Slavic female slaves were about to go on a long sea journey, they all looked good, many times stronger than the dirty, disheveled and messy hair in the previous two times.

Obviously, these female slaves received better treatment during the long journey.

Maru Ali has long regarded these Slavic female slaves as his own cash cow.

Ordinary slaves would be huddled up in the smelly and stuffy cabin when they sailed at sea, and they would even be chained together, eating stinky beans or black bread, and drinking bitter and stinky water.

In such a harsh environment, many strong male slaves could not bear the harsh environment and fell ill and died, let alone those weaker women.

Every Slavic female slave can bring nearly a hundred times the income to Maruari, so he will not tolerate the easy death of a female slave worth hundreds of gold coins.

These [-] Slavic female slaves lived in carpeted cabins during the voyage, drank clear water and fermented grape juice, and ate fine sailor meals, so these [-] female slaves actually Miraculously, no deaths occurred, and everyone looked better, maintaining their best appearance.

Zhu Han was also very satisfied with the [-] Slavic female slaves.

On the left, he looked at this little Slavic girl who looked like Shcherbakova, at the right he looked at another little Slavic girl who looked like Trusova, and looking forward, there were several Slavic female slaves who looked like stars in various movies.

"Maru Ali, what you brought is really top-notch!"

Zhu Han couldn't help but praise, and what immediately made Maru Ali happy was to kneel down and kiss the floor tiles in front of Zhu Han.

"As long as His Royal Highness is satisfied, I am willing to do my best!"

Maru Ali, a Persian, not only speaks Chinese proficiently, but also speaks idioms proficiently.

According to Zhu Han's previous regulations, these [-] Slavic female slaves had already been quarantined and tested on the island east of Zhejiang, ensuring that they would never bring any infectious diseases to Daming territory.

So the next process is familiar to everyone.

All these Slavic female slaves were handed over by Zhu Han to Natalie and Sophia, and they carried out the first step of training and language training.

The two women, Natalie and Sophia, saw so many fellow Slavs. Not only did they not have the tearful empathy of fellow Slavs, but they felt that these new female slaves were a threat to their status.

But Natalie and Sophia are very smart, they both know that they have given birth to children for Zhu Han, their status is already guaranteed, and they will not do anything too outrageous, after all, these Slavic female slaves belong to Zhu Han Zhu Han cannot allow any loss of property.

Therefore, the grievances of Natalie and Sophia can only be vented in the process of training these female slaves.

Zhu Han is quite confident in the training methods of these two Slavic concubines. He believes that in less than a month, these Slavic female slaves will be able to take up their new positions and provide a steady stream of joy for the men of Ming Dynasty.

After all the procedures were completed, the officials under Zhu Han did not pay Maru Ali with gold or silver coins, but gave him several receipts.

These bills are printed with exquisite and complicated patterns, and densely packed characters are also printed on them.

Moreover, the big seals of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment and the Palace of the King of England were stamped on the bill at the same time.

These bills were invented by Zhu Han, and they were used to pay the receipts for the slave trade.

Because after the Persian merchants like Maruali brought the goods, they didn't simply return to Persia with gold and silver coins, but they had to exchange them for various commodities in the territory of Ming Dynasty and bring them back.

Therefore, it is not very convenient for them to use gold coins and silver coins. It is really troublesome for these Persian merchants to verify the fineness of gold coins and silver coins and to strengthen the safety of their own storage.

So Zhu Han directly issued this kind of bill to Maru Ali. With these bills, Maru Ali can exchange it for the goods he wants at any shipping company in Daming City.

Of course, if Maru Ali doesn't want to exchange it for goods, he can also use these bills to exchange them for gold coins and silver coins at any Seven Seas merchant.

Today's Qihai Company is no longer a simple cargo trafficking.

Under Zhu Han's guidance, the second brother-in-law, Li Zhen, has managed Qihai Store into a super giant with two hundred branches.

Every state capital in Daming has the business of Qihai Company.

And Daming's Jinyiwei spies also used the Seven Seas Company to quickly establish an intelligence network in various places.

After concluding the deal with this group of Slavic female slaves, Zhu Han asked Maru Ali about Persia.

The Mongols, who once roamed all over Eurasia, established the Ilkhanate after conquering Persia and other places.

However, not long ago, the Ilkhanate completely fell apart and declared its demise.

Today's West Asia, Persia and other places are already in chaos.

Now that the Persian businessman Zhu Han of Maru Ali has a basic understanding of Persia and other places, it's time to send Ming's own ocean-going fleet to explore.

Maru Ali also knew that Zhu Han wanted to send Daming's navy to Persia and other places.

The army of Ming Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to Persia, so naturally it was impossible to simply go sightseeing.

The purpose of the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than land and wealth.

Maru Ali knew all this, but he was not afraid that Persia would be invaded by Ming.

Because, for Persian businessmen like Maruali, they have no concept of motherland at all.

Since the demise of Sasanian Persia, Arabs, Turks, Khorizmians and Mongols have taken turns to rule the land of Persia. The local Persians have been unable to control their own destiny. No matter who comes, they are all subjects.

Therefore, if the army of the Ming Dynasty could enter Persia and establish its rule, Persian merchants like Maruari would not have much resistance.

Even Maru Ali is very much looking forward to the establishment of Ming's army in Persia, because Maru Ali himself is an official of the Ming Dynasty and has a good relationship with His Royal Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty. Once the Ming Dynasty establishes rule in Persia , will inevitably appoint himself as the local agent of Persia.

Maru Ali is worthy of being a businessman with a clever mind, and he can be said to have a good guess about Zhu Han's psychology.

Zhu Han learned from Maru Ali that since the fall of the Ilkhanate of the Mongols, the area around West Asia and Persia has fallen into a situation of warlords from all over the world.

According to the historical trajectory, this situation will last for decades, and it will not be until the rise of the famous lame Timur that this area will be controlled under his own cruel rule.

Therefore, according to Zhu Han's prediction, the Ming Dynasty only needed to send a strong general to enter the coastal area of ​​Persia under the leadership of Maru Ali and other Persian merchants, and establish some strongholds to easily intervene in the local situation.

The army of the Ming Dynasty had an absolute advantage in training and equipment, while the fragmented small warlords in Persia had very low combat effectiveness.

Judging from the situation dictated by Maru Ali, the fighting power of the local warlords in Persia may not even be comparable to that of the Korean army.

Zhu Han’s strategy of sailing to the west by Ming Dynasty intends to imitate the model of the British East India Company in history, with the navy of the Ming Dynasty as the vanguard to open up the Maritime Silk Road, and bring all the maritime merchants in Southeast Asia, Tianzhu, Persia and Arabia under his own control , Establishing the maritime order of Ming Dynasty.

Then, Zhu Han supported Maru Ali, the Persians who were loyal to Ming Dynasty, to establish a rule in the local area, and joined forces with the separatist Persian warlords, just like the British conquered India.

As long as Ming Dynasty establishes its own ruling power in Persia, it will be able to advance and attack, and retreat and defend in the future.

To the east, you can attack the Delhi Sultanate in North India, and to the west, you can control the fertile land in the Mesopotamia.

The future world is a world where land and sea hegemony coexist, and Ming must take the first step of the sea strategy as soon as possible.

Zhu Han's strategy of sailing to the West has basically entered the stage of concrete implementation.

Everything is basically ready, just waiting for a suitable time to start.

. . . . . .

The Ming Dynasty slaughtered the Quartet on the Mobei grassland, not only conquered the various tribes in Mobei, but also captured the little emperor Aiyou of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

Now under Zhu Han's influence, he plans to display his power on the ocean.

All of Daming's actions seem to have forgotten that he still has another hostile force.

Chengdu, Sichuan.

Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was always gloomy amidst the congratulations from civil and military officials, without any expression of joy.

Not long ago, Chen Youliang sent tens of thousands of troops to crusade against various tribes of Tubo in western Sichuan.

In history, the Tubo Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty can be described as falling in love with each other.

And also have the same fate.

When the Tang Dynasty fell into the separatist rule of the vassals and towns and fell apart, the Tubo Dynasty on the plateau also fell into a war between warlords and a big split.

Moreover, the melee division in Tubo was even more serious. Until the Mongols conquered them, the various ministries of Tubo were still in a melee situation.

When the Red Turban Army raised troops and turned the Yuan Dynasty upside down, various tribes in Tubo launched frequent raids on Sichuan and other places.

Especially after Chen Youliang led the army to occupy Sichuan, the Tubo ministries were basically still loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, and even plundered the Chen Han regime wantonly.

Chen Youliang definitely couldn't tolerate this. He sent tens of thousands of troops to crusade against these Tubo tribes.

After nearly half a year of fighting, the Tubo tribes around Sichuan were defeated one by one, and surrendered to the Chen-Han regime one after another.

But Chen Youliang couldn't be happier.

Because these Tubo tribes were so fucking poor, Chen Youliang sent tens of thousands of troops, spent countless food and military pay, but got a group of poor Tubo tribes who didn't even have a few iron pots.

The living environment of the Tubo tribe is harsh, and the production level of agriculture and animal husbandry is very limited.

Even if a disaster happened, it would be difficult to support himself. Now even if he surrendered to Chen Youliang, he would not be able to squeeze out much oil and water at all.

For Chen Youliang, the war against various tribes in Tubo was basically a business of losing his pants.

Today, Chen Youliang doesn't have much wealth left in his warehouse.

Moreover, what made Chen Youliang even more depressed was that these conquered Tibetan tribes were not only poor, but also did not contribute much manpower.

The warriors of the Tubo tribe lived on the plateau one by one. Even if the weapons and armor were very simple, they were brave enough to fight and fight.

But once these Tubo warriors left the plateau, they came to Sichuan and joined Chen Youliang's army.

But all of them are dizzy all day long, sleep at least seven or eight hours a day, and can't march and fight at all.

Chen Youliang was also very helpless for these Tubo warriors who "go up the mountain like tigers and go down like insects".

Counting on a bunch of sleepy people is impossible to fight, so they can only be sent back.

In fact, Chen Youliang did not know that this was a common physiological reaction. The Tibetan warriors on the plateau were in a state of low oxygen all year round. Drunken oxygen reactions will definitely occur, and drowsiness is the most common manifestation all day long.

If these Tubo fighters are allowed to adapt for a while, they will soon be able to restore their combat effectiveness.

But Chen Youliang didn't have this patience, and he didn't have time to train Tubo soldiers to serve him.

Chen Youliang did not gain any national strength by subjugating these Tubo tribes.

It can only be regarded as letting the Chen Han regime reveal the strength of the little overlord in its own area.

However, all these news came along with a series of news of Daming's victories, which made Chen Youliang's hard-won martial arts look so humble.

"Zhu Chongba, now that not only Liaodong has been surrendered, but Zhu Han has also surrendered Mobei, the Mongols will no longer be able to threaten the Ming army."

In the apse of the Chengdu Imperial Palace, Chen Youliang was calling his younger brother Chen Youren, Prime Minister Zou Pusheng and others to discuss.

(End of this chapter)