Speaking of the "Great Age of Navigation", anyone familiar with history will be familiar with this. They can talk about Vasco da Gama and Columbus. However, the so-called Age of Discovery seems to only be
It has something to do with Westerners, but this is just a struggle for Westerners to open up new shipping routes. It probably has nothing to do with us being China and our country! Therefore, even if future generations know about the Chinese people in the Age of Discovery, they will talk about this matter.
They also had an attitude of just watching the excitement and having nothing to do with themselves, just like they talked about the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Persian Empire, and the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
In fact, this is a slightly skewed understanding. The war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Persian Empire, and the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire were all driven by interests, and on the surface, they were driven by interests.
It is to compete for control of the "Silk Road". Although the subsequent war has not yet broken out in the Ming Dynasty, if the trajectory of history does not change much, this war will not be far away.
Far away.
The origin of the Age of Discovery was also driven by interests. Before the Ming Dynasty, stretching from China to the west to the Middle East, there were all the "Mongol Khanates" established since Genghis Khan's Western Expeditions. As the "sovereign state", the Yuan Dynasty
After its demise, other "Mongol Khanates" also experienced turmoil. The Mongolian Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, the Kipchak Khanate and the Golden Horde in the Middle East fell into war one after another. The short-lived Timurid Empire,
It also fell into division after the death of Timur. In other words, the Silk Road, which had lasted for thousands of years, basically came to a state of stagnation in the middle and early Ming Dynasty.
All the countries in Central Asia and West Asia have been beaten out of their wits, and the Silk Road has basically been "stopped".
As for foreign trade, well, let's put it this way, in the eyes of the emperors of the past dynasties of China, this kind of business that can only make a few dollars is really a trivial matter. The Silk Road is no longer a business.
Well, it would prevent those vassal countries from "paying tribute" and wasting the court's money, as long as it does not affect the lives of the people in the country. However, the Chinese are not anxious about the Silk Road being stopped, but the Europeans are very anxious. China
If the price of silk from China to Venice and Florence only increased fifty-fold, then this businessman would definitely be the conscience of the industry. It can be said that the two most prosperous cities in Europe at that time basically started by processing silk.
, and the prosperity of the Mediterranean coastal economic belt would be a joke without the silk trade.
In addition, Oriental porcelain, sugar, tea, spices, and all kinds of beautiful things that in the eyes of Europeans seem to only be owned by God, not to mention their influence on Europeans.
Okay, we can’t get there on land, let’s go by boat!
A few big hard-working people who wanted to get rich gathered together and yelled, then they found a group of small hard-working people who wanted to get rich, found a few small boats that were sampans to the Chinese at that time, and headed east in a hurry.
Coming.
The Age of Discovery suddenly began.
Vasco da Gama, Columbus and his like, after all, still have an official background, just like Benson and others who have no money at the moment. No matter how much they want to get rich, they still carry the epaulettes of the Portuguese Navy on their shoulders, but what's more,
Many bankrupts, adventurers, even murderers, and scoundrels who had no official background and wanted to get rich or were just walking around out of boredom also joined this ranks. They arrived in India, Malacca, and then China!
When arriving in China, the first door they often see is Taiwan, which is now Dongfan!
Therefore, it is absolutely correct to call the current Dongfan a paradise for adventurers, but this paradise is a little bit shabby.
Even before there was no sea ban, the Ming Dynasty only set up an inspection department in Penghu. As for the tribes on the main island of Dongfan, they didn't have much thought to take care of it, so that the local indigenous people in Dongfan were just like
A group of "foreign barbarians", whether they were Japanese pirates or European adventurers who came across the sea, arrived in Dongfan, but there was no ready-made land for them to occupy. They had to build it by themselves. But, what do you call these?
It would be too difficult for them to build a city on the ground when people were fighting and killing people. Therefore, after opening a simple port, these people built their own living area around it in a careless way. This was considered a living.
.
That's it. There are clear distinctions between these living areas. The Fusang people belong to the Fusang people and the Europeans belong to the Europeans. Even pirates from Annan, Malacca, India and other places can get involved here, as long as you don't delay.
If others get rich, it does not constitute an obstacle to others. People here don't care about having a few more peers. Of course, the premise is that you have the ability to protect yourself.
The most powerful people in this place are the Fusang people. Although these Fusang people are divided into several groups internally, they are still very united when dealing with the outside world. In addition, because of the same origin, those they plundered
, or the Ming people who came here themselves were willing to mix with people with black hair and eyes like themselves, which made their power even stronger.
Abe Heigoro was the leader of the most powerful of these Fuso people.
Abe Heigoro was a samurai. If the master he served had not been defeated and annexed in the country, perhaps he would still be sitting happily with his samurai master one day. However, at the moment, he occasionally thinks of his past.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with his current life. In the past, he could only eat small fish and rice balls before going on an expedition. Now he can eat them whenever he wants. In the past, he would have to lower his head quickly even if he looked at it from a distance.
He can now exchange for those noble women in the country every month. If he gets tired of playing with them, he can go to the Ming Kingdom and snatch some fair and tender women back. This is like living in the Kingdom of God!
At this moment, he was lying comfortably on his tatami, letting the woman he snatched a few days ago squirt in his crotch. He put his hands under his head and looked at the hut above his head, thinking.
But I don't know where it went.
The tatami under me was produced in Suzhou City in the Ming Dynasty. It was made of the finest rushes. Only the officials in Fusang could afford it! I heard that Suzhou was the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty.
As for one of the cities, if I have the chance, I really want to go there and take a look, even if I don't bring my own boat and people to rob it, or I bring money to spend it. The Ming Dynasty who was next to Qin Wu last time
Chinese scholars say, "There is heaven above, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below." Maybe his words are a bit exaggerated, but there are definitely places worth going to.
The woman on his crotch may have hurt him with her teeth. He took a breath of cold air, raised his hand, and slapped the woman aside.
"I've given it to you, Xiaoquan!" He waved his hand nonchalantly, and a Fuso man who had been standing in the room showed joy on his face. He even thanked him and untied his clothes without caring that this was not his shack.
, pressed down on the poor woman, and in a blink of an eye, the sound of chirping filled the entire hut.
"Mr. Anpei, Qin Wu is here again with his boat!" Thinking of the report from one of his men outside the hut, Anbei Kogoro stood up lazily, wrapped up his clothes and inserted a knife into his waist.
With a pinch of salt, he just walked out.
"Here he comes, what's the fuss? We don't do much business these days, I'm afraid he will be disappointed!"
In that simple port, there were two sea ships parked side by side. They were Qin Wu's signature ships. No one on the shore paid much attention to these sea ships that often appeared here, not even those on the sea not far away.
They seemed not to have seen the other two ships on board.
Qin Ge and Qin Wu were standing on the pier of the port, followed by about ten people. Qin Wu was pointing around and introducing the situation here to his elder brother.
When Abe Kogoro walked over, he happened to see Qin Ge frowning with a look of disdain on his face.
"Qin Jun, who is he!" Abe didn't like to see this look. Is this looking down on us? The businessman who stood here with such a look last time is now buried in the mountain behind.
"This is Kogoro!" Qin Wu did not answer Ampei's words, but said to his brother with a smile: "A brainless and greedy guy, his favorite thing is to torture women in a room, this kind of person,
He should have died a long time ago!”
"Bagh Yalu!" An Bei understood what he heard. He pulled out the ribs from his waist and pointed at Qin Wu: "Qin Wu, you have to pay the price for your words, at least ten people from the Ming Dynasty."
woman!"
"Did you see that you are still thinking about women when you are about to die?" Qin Wuli ignored him and shook his head at his brother.
"Kill!" Qin Ge snorted, and as soon as he finished speaking, Li De beside him raised his knife and dropped it. The short knife in An Bei's hand was still pointing at Qin Wu, but a head rose into the sky in the blood.
The several Fuso people behind him reacted very quickly. When they saw their leader being killed, they screamed strangely and rushed forward with their swords drawn.
Qin Ge's expression remained unchanged, Qin Wu and a few people around him greeted him, and in a few rounds, they killed these Fusang people with their swords.
More Fuso people rushed out of the hut. Some of them rushed towards us with weapons. Some of them were still confused about the situation and were asking loudly. However, soon, the people who rushed over came.
They stopped, and the shouting people's voices suddenly became clear. They saw that on the boat behind the Ming people who killed their leader, groups of heavily armed Ming officers and soldiers were coming from the boat.
Rushed down.
"No one of Kogoro's men will be spared. The others will surrender and not be killed!" Qin Ge took out a handkerchief, put it in front of his nose, and said unhurriedly.
Speaking of the "Great Age of Navigation", anyone familiar with history will be familiar with this. They can talk about Vasco da Gama and Columbus. However, the so-called Age of Discovery seems to only be
It has something to do with Westerners, but this is just a struggle for Westerners to open up new shipping routes. It probably has nothing to do with us being China and our country! Therefore, even if future generations know about the Chinese people in the Age of Discovery, they will talk about this matter.
They also had an attitude of just watching the excitement and having nothing to do with themselves, just like they talked about the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Persian Empire, and the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
In fact, this is a slightly skewed understanding. The war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Persian Empire, and the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire were all driven by interests, and on the surface, they were driven by interests.
It is to compete for control of the "Silk Road". Although the subsequent war has not yet broken out in the Ming Dynasty, if the trajectory of history does not change much, this war will not be far away.
Far away.
The origin of the Age of Discovery was also driven by interests. Before the Ming Dynasty, stretching from China to the west to the Middle East, there were all the "Mongol Khanates" established since Genghis Khan's Western Expeditions. As the "sovereign state", the Yuan Dynasty
After its demise, other "Mongol Khanates" also experienced turmoil. The Mongolian Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, the Kipchak Khanate and the Golden Horde in the Middle East fell into war one after another. The short-lived Timurid Empire,
It also fell into division after the death of Timur. In other words, the Silk Road, which had lasted for thousands of years, basically came to a state of stagnation in the middle and early Ming Dynasty.
All the countries in Central Asia and West Asia have been beaten out of their wits, and the Silk Road has basically been "stopped".
As for foreign trade, well, let's put it this way, in the eyes of the emperors of the past dynasties of China, this kind of business that can only make a few dollars is really a trivial matter. The Silk Road is no longer a business.
Well, it would prevent those vassal countries from "paying tribute" and wasting the court's money, as long as it does not affect the lives of the people in the country. However, the Chinese are not anxious about the Silk Road being stopped, but the Europeans are very anxious. China
If the price of silk from China to Venice and Florence only increased fifty-fold, then this businessman would definitely be the conscience of the industry. It can be said that the two most prosperous cities in Europe at that time basically started by processing silk.
, and the prosperity of the Mediterranean coastal economic belt would be a joke without the silk trade.
In addition, Oriental porcelain, sugar, tea, spices, and all kinds of beautiful things that in the eyes of Europeans seem to only be owned by God, not to mention their influence on Europeans.
Okay, we can’t get there on land, let’s go by boat!
A few big hard-working people who wanted to get rich gathered together and yelled, then they found a group of small hard-working people who wanted to get rich, found a few small boats that were sampans to the Chinese at that time, and headed east in a hurry.
Coming.
The Age of Discovery suddenly began.
Vasco da Gama, Columbus and his like, after all, still have an official background, just like Benson and others who have no money at the moment. No matter how much they want to get rich, they still carry the epaulettes of the Portuguese Navy on their shoulders, but what's more,
Many bankrupts, adventurers, even murderers, and scoundrels who had no official background and wanted to get rich or were just walking around out of boredom also joined this ranks. They arrived in India, Malacca, and then China!
When arriving in China, the first door they often see is Taiwan, which is now Dongfan!
Therefore, it is absolutely correct to call the current Dongfan a paradise for adventurers, but this paradise is a little bit shabby.
Even before there was no sea ban, the Ming Dynasty only set up an inspection department in Penghu. As for the tribes on the main island of Dongfan, they didn't have much thought to take care of it, so that the local indigenous people in Dongfan were just like
A group of "foreign barbarians", whether they were Japanese pirates or European adventurers who came across the sea, arrived in Dongfan, but there was no ready-made land for them to occupy. They had to build it by themselves. But, what do you call these?
It would be too difficult for them to build a city on the ground when people were fighting and killing people. Therefore, after opening a simple port, these people built their own living area around it in a careless way. This was considered a living.
.
That's it. There are clear distinctions between these living areas. The Fusang people belong to the Fusang people and the Europeans belong to the Europeans. Even pirates from Annan, Malacca, India and other places can get involved here, as long as you don't delay.
If others get rich, it does not constitute an obstacle to others. People here don't care about having a few more peers. Of course, the premise is that you have the ability to protect yourself.
The most powerful people in this place are the Fusang people. Although these Fusang people are divided into several groups internally, they are still very united when dealing with the outside world. In addition, because of the same origin, those they plundered
, or the Ming people who came here themselves were willing to mix with people with black hair and eyes like themselves, which made their power even stronger.
Abe Heigoro was the leader of the most powerful of these Fuso people.
Abe Heigoro was a samurai. If the master he served had not been defeated and annexed in the country, perhaps he would still be sitting happily with his samurai master one day. However, at the moment, he occasionally thinks of his past.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with his current life. In the past, he could only eat small fish and rice balls before going on an expedition. Now he can eat them whenever he wants. In the past, he would have to lower his head quickly even if he looked at it from a distance.
He can now exchange for those noble women in the country every month. If he gets tired of playing with them, he can go to the Ming Kingdom and snatch some fair and tender women back. This is like living in the Kingdom of God!
At this moment, he was lying comfortably on his tatami, letting the woman he snatched a few days ago squirt in his crotch. He put his hands under his head and looked at the hut above his head, thinking.
But I don't know where it went.
The tatami under me was produced in Suzhou City in the Ming Dynasty. It was made of the finest rushes. Only the officials in Fusang could afford it! I heard that Suzhou was the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty.
As for one of the cities, if I have the chance, I really want to go there and take a look, even if I don't bring my own boat and people to rob it, or I bring money to spend it. The Ming Dynasty who was next to Qin Wu last time
Chinese scholars say, "There is heaven above, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below." Maybe his words are a bit exaggerated, but there are definitely places worth going to.
The woman on his crotch may have hurt him with her teeth. He took a breath of cold air, raised his hand, and slapped the woman aside.
"I've given it to you, Xiaoquan!" He waved his hand nonchalantly, and a Fuso man who had been standing in the room showed joy on his face. He even thanked him and untied his clothes without caring that this was not his shack.
, pressed down on the poor woman, and in a blink of an eye, the sound of chirping filled the entire hut.
"Mr. Anpei, Qin Wu is here again with his boat!" Thinking of the report from one of his men outside the hut, Anbei Kogoro stood up lazily, wrapped up his clothes and inserted a knife into his waist.
With a pinch of salt, he just walked out.
"Here he comes, what's the fuss? We don't do much business these days, I'm afraid he will be disappointed!"
In that simple port, there were two sea ships parked side by side. They were Qin Wu's signature ships. No one on the shore paid much attention to these sea ships that often appeared here, not even those on the sea not far away.
They seemed not to have seen the other two ships on board.
Qin Ge and Qin Wu were standing on the pier of the port, followed by about ten people. Qin Wu was pointing around and introducing the situation here to his elder brother.
When Abe Kogoro walked over, he happened to see Qin Ge frowning with a look of disdain on his face.
"Qin Jun, who is he!" Abe didn't like to see this look. Is this looking down on us? The businessman who stood here with such a look last time is now buried in the mountain behind.
"This is Kogoro!" Qin Wu did not answer Ampei's words, but said to his brother with a smile: "A brainless and greedy guy, his favorite thing is to torture women in a room, this kind of person,
He should have died a long time ago!”
"Bagh Yalu!" An Bei understood what he heard. He pulled out the ribs from his waist and pointed at Qin Wu: "Qin Wu, you have to pay the price for your words, at least ten people from the Ming Dynasty."
woman!"
"Did you see that you are still thinking about women when you are about to die?" Qin Wuli ignored him and shook his head at his brother.
"Kill!" Qin Ge snorted, and as soon as he finished speaking, Li De beside him raised his knife and dropped it. The short knife in An Bei's hand was still pointing at Qin Wu, but a head rose into the sky in the blood.
The several Fuso people behind him reacted very quickly. When they saw their leader being killed, they screamed strangely and rushed forward with their swords drawn.
Qin Ge's expression remained unchanged, Qin Wu and a few people around him greeted him, and in a few rounds, they killed these Fusang people with their swords.
More Fuso people rushed out of the hut. Some of them rushed towards us with weapons. Some of them were still confused about the situation and were asking loudly. However, soon, the people who rushed over came.
They stopped, and the shouting people's voices suddenly became clear. They saw that on the boat behind the Ming people who killed their leader, groups of heavily armed Ming officers and soldiers were coming from the boat.
Rushed down.
"No one of Kogoro's men will be spared. The others will surrender and not be killed!" Qin Ge took out a handkerchief, put it in front of his nose, and said unhurriedly.