It was another afternoon, and Xia Xun was still sitting in the courtyard of Duck's house drinking tea. ("")
In a corner of the courtyard, under a lime tree, Tang Saier and Jeanne were doing something unknown. Duck, the doting father of his daughter, could only stand aside helplessly and watch them play games.
Tang Sai'er asked Jeanna to tie her to the linden tree. At Tang Sai'er's prompt, little Jeanna checked several times to confirm that she was tied tightly, and it was impossible for Tang Sai'er to break free.
nodded.
Tang Saier smiled and said: "Okay, you turn around, count three, and then turn around again! Uncle Duck, the same goes for you!"
"These two kids!"
Duck smiled helplessly and turned around with his daughter, counting: "One, two, three!"
They turned around together, and then they were surprised to find that Tang Saier was standing behind them with a smile, and the rope was still tied to the tree and hanging on the ground.
"God! How did you do it!"
Duck ran over in surprise and checked the rope repeatedly. Jeanne also pulled Tang Saier in surprise and asked questions repeatedly.
Tang Saier said proudly: "This escaping technique is nothing. I will test your ventriloquism in a moment. If you have already practiced it, I will teach you. My master also taught me the fire escape technique, which is the highest method of our sect.
I started learning it when I was six years old, and I didn’t finish it until I was twelve years old. As long as you study hard, I will pass it on to you later!”
"Uh huh huh!"
Jeanne nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, Tang Saier ruffled her fiery red hair, and the two of them laughed happily together.
At this time, the interpreter Jiang Xu ran into the yard of Da Ke's house out of breath, and said to Xia Xun with joy: "Sir, Eunuch Zheng is here! Eunuch Zheng's fleet is here!"
Xia Xun stood up suddenly and said excitedly: "He is indeed here! I knew he would not disappoint me!"
The arrival of Zheng He's fleet shocked the entire Mediterranean. These Easterners were driving unimaginable giant ships, carrying a population equivalent to a city. This giant ship was basically a floating city. ("")
Zheng He's fleet had just sailed into the Strait of Gibraltar, and merchant ships from various countries rushed back like crazy to report the shocking news to their national authorities. The same was true in Marseille Port. The letter Jiang Xu came to report was from a French sailor
When they brought back the news, Zheng He's fleet had just arrived at the Spanish port.
Twelve days later, Zheng He's huge fleet arrived in Marseilles as if on a tour along the Mediterranean. The King of France had heard the news and sent a special envoy to Marseilles to welcome this mysterious envoy from the far eastern country together with local officials in Marseilles.
All the dignitaries and common people in Marseille flocked to the dock because they all wanted to see with their own eyes the huge ship that was said to be like a floating city on the sea.
In order to make room for this Eastern fleet, all the ships in the port were cleared, and the sea was empty. In the distance, the sails that blocked the sky and the sun jumped into view.
The welcome team on the pier was diverse. On a high round stone platform in the port, entertainers were performing in costumes shaped like various animals. A wild boar played a trumpet, a goat sang a hymn, a big bad wolf played a flute, and four donkeys held their hooves.
Chest, ready to sing loudly.
On a flat ground in the corner of the pier, there were some naked women with fluffy hair and streaks of oil paint on their bodies, twisting and dancing, with big breasts and wide buttocks, completely uncovered, so that many men looked away from the spectacular fleet.
Pull it back from time to time and gouge out their attractive parts.
Sailors with shaved heads or turbans were lingering on the pier, waiting to catch the ropes thrown from the ship and tie them to the pier. There were also some strong men who only wore a towel on their shameful places.
Painted with gold or silver powder, they stood motionless in front of the welcoming team, like sculptures.
The Lord Mayor nervously asked his secretary whether the preparations for the large banquet and dance in the city hall were ready. ("") The Lord Bishop, dressed in full attire, wearing a cross, and holding a staff, stood solemnly on his left, Your Honor.
On his right side, he was arranging his white wig that was blown askew by the sea breeze.
A group of nobles wore three-cornered hats with feathers on their hats, each with their chests and belly puffed out. The ladies and ladies wore long skirts that trailed to the floor. They wore hats with gauze hanging on their heads. The gauze at the front had been lifted up, and they held small
The fan was shaking so fast that it looked as if their waists were about to be broken.
The honor guard wearing cylindrical hats, holding drums and horns and other musical instruments, walked in formation and played their instruments in a space squeezed out by the onlookers who were pushed by the police.
The clowns in the crowd were not willing to be left alone. They wore high hats and painted their faces with paint. They struggled to get through the crowd and shouted loudly: "Watch your wallet, be careful of thieves..."
The crowd surged in like a tide, looking at the huge fleet that was getting closer and closer, and exclaimed. Xia Xun also stood in the welcoming crowd at the pier, seeing the respect and awe of European countries for the Ming fleet,
A feeling of pride suddenly arose in my heart.
But seeing such a welcoming scene, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh God! Are these French people going to turn the welcoming ceremony into a carnival?"
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The arrival of Zheng He's fleet was like a meteorite falling from the sky, landing in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, setting off a shock wave more powerful than a tsunami in surrounding countries.
During his stay in Marseille, before he could be invited by the King of France to visit their capital, other countries had already sent special envoys to meet with the envoy from the Eastern country and warmly invited him to visit their own countries.
Even Hungary, Germany, and the Holy Roman Empire, which were not on the Mediterranean coast, sent envoys, and Pope Martin V even sent a red archbishop to come personally.
A series of visits by the Ming Empire began in various European countries. Zheng He discussed diplomacy and discussed business with the merchant fleet. After learning about this mysterious country in the East, various countries agreed to send envoys to return with Zheng He's fleet to visit the Oriental man.
great emperor.
The visit lasted about six months, until the monsoon came, and an unprecedentedly huge fleet began to assemble, preparing to sail to the East along the new route. It became inevitable that the number of ships would exceed a thousand.
At this time, Venice had already taken the lead and went to sea ahead of other countries. However, they found that it was indeed very difficult to completely occupy a choke point and block the throat of the entire Europe.
They are within the Mediterranean Sea, and they want to choke the necks of European countries. Portugal, which has a geographical advantage, can choke their necks in the Strait of Gibraltar.
On the outer sea, Portugal has the advantage, and on the Mediterranean, the Venetians have the advantage. In order to decide the ownership of important checkpoints such as the Cape of Good Hope, after the Ming fleet left, a series of naval battles started between them. The war was already endless.
Europe is in greater chaos.
The Duck family stood on the dock and watched Xia Xun's fleet leaving the dock. Their fleet was gradually moving away. The small Port of Marseille cannot accommodate so many ships. Fleets from various countries are all in the Strait of Gibraltar.
They gathered together and then sailed to the East Ocean with Zheng He's fleet, where Xia Xun's fleet also went to rendezvous.
The Duck family took all their belongings. They had already rented out the house here, and they were about to return to the countryside. Little Jeanne looked at the fleet with tears in her eyes. She couldn't bear to leave that big sister.
The chef couldn't bear to leave her uncle Xia who brought her delicious food every time he came home.
The words Xia Xun left before leaving still lingered in her ears: "Don't worry! We will be back!"
"If Uncle Xia doesn't keep his promise and bring Master Sai'er to see me, when I grow up, I will go find her myself!" Little Jeanne clutched her pink fist and swore secretly.
The crowd seeing off at the beach gradually dispersed, and the Duck family also left in three steps, but there were still two people standing on the beach at the beach. The gentle breeze from the sea blew their clothes, and their clothes were fluttering in the wind.
It trembles slightly.
"Sir, let's go back!"
The old man standing one step behind the man in front took half a step forward, hunched over as he habitually said, this old man was none other than Ke Zhou.
Zhu Yunwen in front shook his head gently: "I want to be alone for a while!"
"yes!"
Ke Zhou took half a step back, bowed his hands, and said no more words.
Zhu Yunwen is only in his thirties, but he looks like an old man in his fifties. There are light wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and his gray hair is trembling in the wind.
He remembered that day again. That day, he knelt down in front of Xia Xun and begged: "This time, I won't run away or hide. You can cut off my head to kill my fourth uncle. All I ask is you."
Spare them, they are innocent!"
"You can't kneel, Your Majesty! You are the Emperor!"
The loyal Lao Ke hugged his body and cried heartbrokenly.
Although his children didn't quite understand the exchange between him and Xia Xun, they knew that this man was going to be harmful to their father. They stared at Xia Xun with hostility. The smaller boy with blue eyes ran to Xia Xun's side.
She clenched her little fists and beat him on his thigh, shouting in French: "Devil, robber, get out of my house!"
Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes, stretched his neck, and waited for the sharp steel knife to fall. He waited for a long time, but only waited for Xia Xun's words: "Taizu founded the country, used gold and jade as the quality, and made sixteen
The seal is used to carry out state affairs. In the third year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Your Majesty made another "Precious Seal of the God of Condensation". So far, we have seventeen seals in total.
Later, the present emperor entered the palace and inspected the treasure seals. There were missing three treasure seals: "the treasure of the emperor's devotion to heaven", "the treasure of the emperor's relatives" and "the treasure of the emperor's decree". I would like to ask your Majesty, where are these three treasure seals?
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The box containing the three treasure seals was handed to Xia Xun by Ke Zhou, whose face was full of tears. After Xia Xun opened the box and carefully inspected the three treasure seals, he fastened the box and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Soon,
There is also a larger fleet of His Majesty that will come here. I suggest that you go to the countryside to relax in the near future. I hope you have a happy life in France! Mr. Ribery!"
Zhu Yunwen slowly raised his head and looked at Xia Xun's leaving back in shock...
Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief, withdrawing his thoughts. Looking around, the fleet was only a blurry black shadow on the sea level. Zhu Yunwen sighed and turned his back, leaving only a lonely figure in the sea...
