Chapter 193 Warmly welcome His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County to come and guide
The huge treasure ship broke through the waves, and a dolphin suddenly appeared on the bow. This was a good sign for the sailors.
Zheng He looked at the jubilant dolphins with a smile on his face. He recalled Zhu Zhanzhen's words before setting off. His words seemed to have some magic power and always lingered in his mind.
"Do you want to go further afield?" Zheng He said to himself.
At this time, Xian walked up to him. As his partner on many voyages to the West, Hou Xian had already seen his intention. Zheng He was no longer hesitating at this time, but was filled with excitement. This energy
It was the same as before their first voyage to the West.
It's been a long time since I've been like this, and the excitement of rushing into the unknown invades me.
"Master Zheng, let's go to Horumus again. Let's try to go further west."
"But our job is to send people back."
"Complete the mission first, and then decide whether to go farther away. As long as you say you want to go, I will follow you to the death."
"Go, go?" Zheng He murmured to himself.
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Zhu Zhanzhen left Storm Harbor and soon arrived at the Gulf of Thailand. The waves in the Gulf of Thailand were small and the water was clear. Looking at the sparkling blue waves, Cao Xinyue's eyes couldn't help but shine.
It's just that she didn't want to act like a little girl in front of Zhu Zhanzhen.
"Ganwu is just ahead of your Highness. We have sent an envoy to inform you that we will be able to dock in a moment."
After this notification, one day passed, and when Zhu Zhanzhen docked, the kings of Ganwu and Ganwu came to welcome him at the port.
It was a man with a dark beard, wearing local clothes and golden decorations. He spoke very respectfully, but even Zhu Zhanyang couldn't understand.
After translation, it is: "Varman XI, King of Ganwu, welcomes the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County."
The king also took a few more glances at the huge warship behind Zhu Zhanzhen.
Ganwu and the Ming Dynasty had a good relationship. A hundred years ago, they were once the most prosperous dynasty in Southeast Asia, but in recent years they have been suppressed by Siam.
King Varman XI solemnly welcomed Zhu Zhanyi and took Zhu Zhanyi on an elephant. Other businessmen invited by Zhu Zhanyi also rode on the elephant.
There are two reasons for receiving such a grand welcome. One is that the Ming Dynasty is powerful. A small country like Ganwu must have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. The other is that the news of the sea ban has been informed to King Varman XI. Trade with the Ming Dynasty can help
They brought great wealth, and as the king, he treated them as honored guests.
The street scenery in Ganwu is very different from that in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is looking at both sides of the street curiously. People are dressed differently. In a place rich in material, there are fruits on the roadside and fruit trees all over the mountains. Many of these fruits are
The Ming Dynasty did not have it.
Nowadays, with the convenience of steam warships, we have the ability to transport some fruits back to the country. The cheap fruits here can be sold for a high price in the Ming Dynasty.
King Varman XI prepared a grand welcome dinner for a group of people in his palace, but because of the exotic food, many people were not used to it.
However, you can still appreciate exotic beauties. Those who can dance in the palace must be carefully selected women. Even if the skin color of the women here is generally darker, there are always beautiful ones.
And the girls here wear less.
A group of gentlemen watched with great interest and followed the leader out to eat, drink and have fun. Everyone was happy.
After the dance, we started talking about business. King Varman XI picked up his wine glass and started chattering. After translation, he said: "I am very grateful to His Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County for coming to our Ganwu in person. I am also very happy about the Ming Dynasty's decision to impose a sea ban.
We in Ganwu are willing to trade with the Ming Dynasty. We have many good products that can be sold to the Ming Dynasty."
"King Varman, our Ming Dynasty has now started maritime trade, exchanging supplies with Ganwu and developing harmoniously. The main commodities our country needs now are grain and fruits. These things can be shipped to our country for sale. Of course, you can also share whatever you want with us.
Our merchants said, I will bring all the merchants who can carry out maritime trade."
A group of businessmen toasted and exchanged greetings with King Varman XI.
King Varman XI pointedly said: "Your Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County, the sea is very windy and the climate is humid and hot. Food is relatively easy to say, but it is difficult to transport fruits to the Ming Dynasty. However, I see that the ships you have seen are unusual.
It's awesome and it drives fast. Can you sell us a few of them? I can use them as merchant ships to transport goods."
It turns out that we still have the idea of our steam warship. Can I give you this thing?
Zhu Zhanzhen declined politely: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has an order that ships are not allowed to be sold outside, but it can be done this way. After our merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty clear out the goods, we can cooperate with your merchants to transport your goods to the Ming Dynasty for a certain fee."
The cost will be fine, and pirates at sea will not dare to approach my Ming Dynasty merchant ships."
When Varman XI had some doubts, Zhu Zhanzhen told the story of Yamamoto Sixty-Two and Zhu Di's will: "Anyone who dares to attack our merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are pirates or other countries, the Ming Dynasty will conquer the whole country and fight until death."
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Pay attention to the little calculation in the mind of King Varman XI. Once steam ships appear in other countries, they must have taken something from the Ming Dynasty, and they will be enemy countries.
Small countries like them don't have the guts to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Zhanzhen's words were very obvious. King Varman XI also gave up the idea of warships for the time being. The sea ban had just been launched, so he must take advantage of this time to establish a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
After half the wine tour, King Varman XI and other businessmen were very happy. Zhu Zhanchen said to him: "King Varman XI has one more thing that I need to inform you about during this visit."
"Your Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County, please speak."
"You also know that our Ming Dynasty is at war with Jiaozhi, but we pity the ordinary people of Jiaozhi and our army is not willing to massacre, so the war has been stalemate. There is already a shortage of food in Jiaozhi. I don't want to get news in the future, you and Jiaozhi
The Le Dynasty rebels had grain transactions, and if there were grain and other items to support the Cochin rebels, it should be considered as an alliance with Cochin."
When the ministers around Varman XI learned about Zhu Zhanzhen's threat, they were already furious. The Ming Dynasty was too arrogant, but Varman XI was a smart man and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is okay.
Don’t worry, the Cochin people are very rude and have old grudges with us. How can I help them? It’s just your highness, I can help the Ming Dynasty, and I also hope that the Ming Dynasty will help us and not trade with Siam.”
"No." Zhu Zhanzhen answered him simply.
I can negotiate terms with you, but you can't. What I'm negotiating with you is actually not terms, but notifications.
"Your Highness, friends must help each other."
"Yes, Ganwu is our friend, and Siam is also our friend. We hope that friends can get along well with each other, but if one friend threatens me, then I will help the other friend."
King Varman XI looked gloomy, and his ministers also looked bad, but after a short silence, King Varman XI laughed loudly: "Yes, His Highness is right, our two countries are friends. From now on
We need to help each other more.”
"What King Varman XI said is absolutely true."
Ganwu could not give up trade with the Ming Dynasty and push the Ming Dynasty to the side of Siam. As for not trading grain with Jiaozhi, it was just a favor. He could still hope that Jiaozhi would be better. He wished that the Ming Dynasty in northern Jiaozhi would be beaten to pieces.
The only worry in his heart is that the Ming Dynasty will take action against him to pacify Jiaozhi, but now that the Ming Dynasty has opened up trade, he is not worried anymore. As the king of Ganwu, he already pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and he will have to firmly hold on to the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Big thick legs.
After having had enough wine and food, it was already evening, and the night in Ganwu was extremely hot.
King Varman XI said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Pearl River, in order to entertain all distinguished guests, I have prepared some special items for you. You will come to your door when you arrive at your sleeping place."
"No, we are used to living on ships."
Zhu Zhanzhen politely declined King Varman XI, and Cao Xinyue looked at him with more appreciation.
At least in front of outsiders, he is upright, although he will tease himself.
The others sighed sadly, but thinking that there would be many opportunities to come here in the future, they couldn't act so eager for quick success, greedy for money and lustful in front of the Prince of Zhujiang County. On the surface, everyone was a gentleman.
I didn’t plan to stay longer in Ganwu. I only stayed for three days. The merchants accompanying me just talked about some business. Some of them should have had business contacts, but at this time, they had to pretend that they didn’t know each other at all. It was also a stop for training.
Their acting skills.
King Varman XI was very happy. As long as merchant ships came and went in the port, he could make a lot of money just by collecting commercial taxes. Why not?
He followed Zhu Zhanzhen all the time, and of course he said bad things about the King of Siam from time to time.
"Tamaraja (du) III (King of Siam) was a monk before."
"Later, he married several wives. It was really disrespectful to Buddha and extremely embarrassing."
"He has also fallen in love with his son's wife. She is simply not a human being. It is better for Your Highness to stay away from such a person."
"What kind of person can he be who has thoughts about his own son's wife?"
"Siam's fruits are not as sweet as ours."
"We are loyal partners of the Ming Dynasty. If His Highness asks me to send troops to fight against Cochin, I will prepare immediately. But we are not many people, maybe only a few hundred troops. Don't dislike it, Your Highness."
Anyway, a lot of bad words were given to Zhu Zhanxi to instill the idea that Siamese people are not good enough, and Zhu Zhanxian was tired from listening to them.
Three days later, they left for Siam, and King Varman XI personally went to the port to see them off.
The envoy had already gone to Siam to report, and the two countries were extremely close. On the way, they encountered a fleet of ships personally sent by the King of Siam to greet them.
The King of Siam originally thought that his fleet was very strong, but when faced with the flying Henanese, he stopped.
Later, there was a saying spread throughout Southeast Asian countries.
It was a sigh with a foreign accent: "People from Henan are so fierce."