Faced with the pressing pressure of the Mughal Empire, the entire Ahom Kingdom was in misery.
In this case, if a behemoth is willing to help, how can the Ahom Kingdom not hold on tightly?
The most important thing is that this new behemoth has no interest in annexing the Ahom Kingdom.
After Zhou Zezhi left, Su Yafa's originally cold heart became completely hot.
He quickly looked for the Dai people who came from the southwest, wanting to know more about the situation and what it would be like to become a vassal state of the empire.
After understanding it, Su Yafa, Gangda and others were very excited.
Just because there is no price to pay for becoming a vassal state of the empire, and the empire treats vassal states very well.
Someone from the Nanzhang Kingdom said that now a large number of people from the Nanzhang Kingdom go to the southwest of the empire to work, and they are really making a lot of money.
The emerging empire treated these outsiders equally and did not treat them harshly.
In addition, the empire is already studying and preparing to join forces with the Nanzhang Kingdom to build a thoroughfare. Once completed, the Nanzhang Kingdom will no longer be isolated from the outside world and can more quickly accept the influence of the empire's development.
As for the Dai people within the empire, they all lived a new life.
They are no longer bullied by other ethnic groups, can live and move freely, and receive new education.
Some Dai people joined the army, which immediately brought huge improvements to their families. So much so that today's Dai people are proud to join the army and are eager to achieve a qualitative leap.
In particular, some imperial commodities brought by the Dai people opened the eyes of Su Yafa and others and realized their value.
They couldn't help but think how great it would be if they could build a road from Ahom to the Empire and open the door to do business with the Empire!
So after Zhou Zezhi returned, before Hou Xun's intention was conveyed, Su Yafa formally represented the Ahom Kingdom and requested to become a vassal state of the empire.
Everything went so smoothly, but Zhou Zezhi had a hard time traveling thousands of miles back and forth in just one month, but the results were very impressive.
Seeing that the situation was unfolding, Hou Xun did not dare to neglect, and quickly made an appointment with Claude, David, Gomez and Rajsinhe II, and sent people to contact Siam, Nanzhang and Myanmar to ask them to send plenipotentiary ambassadors.
Visited Ahom together.
"Once we do this, the Tianzhu people will definitely not be able to calm down and will definitely use force."
Claude has been operating in Tianzhu for a long time and has a deep understanding of the nature of Tianzhu people.
"Isn't this exactly what we need? If the Tianzhu people stand still, how can we get enough benefits?"
Hou Xun's statement brought laughter of satisfaction from everyone.
Ahom is now just a piece of fishing bait.
A piece of bait that makes Tianzhu lose his morality and causes all countries to end in a nameless manner.
Siam, Nanzhang, Burma and other countries were all excited after receiving Hou Xun's note.
The suzerain country is willing to take them to play together and get benefits, which is something that has never been imagined before.
So the envoys from the three countries soon arrived at Ceylon.
In this way, Hou Xun was able to gather enough envoys from the eight countries, and the lineup was very spectacular.
Under the escort of the navy, the eight-nation envoys officially visited the Kingdom of Ahom.
This movement can be described as shaking the earth.
The people of Tianzhu soon got the news.
The grand occasion when the envoys from the eight countries entered the capital gave the people of Tianzhu a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
"Your Highness the King, we need an explanation. As a vassal state of Tianzhu, why didn't Ahom not inform us of such a major event?"
Sekrahim, the special envoy sent by Tianzhu to Ahom, stormed into the palace aggressively and questioned Su Yafa.
Sekrahim's uncle was a famous general in Tianzhu. He defeated the Ahom Kingdom in 1615 and forced the Ahom Kingdom to cede large areas of land.
Therefore, after he was sent here, he was very arrogant, as if he regarded himself as the Supreme Emperor, and interfered wantonly in Ahom's affairs.
For this person, Su Yafa had long hated him to the core.
It's just that he was helpless in the past, but now...
"Ahome has never been a vassal state of Tianzhu. We have never forgotten the harm Tianzhu has done to Ahome. Someone, drive this arrogant invader out."
Sekrahim was simply stunned.
When did Su Yafa become so brave?
It's a pity that the palace guards only listened to Su Ya's instructions and took him out before he could continue roaring.
What else doesn't Sekrahim understand? It must be the newly arrived eight-nation envoys who will support Ahom again.
Ignorant and weak people dare to disobey the will of the Mughal Empire!
Sekrahim did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent people to send the situation here to the hands of the deputy king of Bangladesh, Mir Jumrah.
Jumrah is the actual ruler of Bengal and has been responsible for infiltrating Ahom.
At this time, he learned that there were external forces supporting Ahom and intending to go against the Mughal Empire. He became furious on the spot.
"Send someone to tell Su Yafa that he must immediately apologize to the great King of Tianzhu and expel the so-called envoy. Otherwise, he will feel the wrath of Tianzhu's thunder."
The actions of the Tianzhu people have not reached Ahom yet.
On the Ahom side, Su Yafa and other monarchs and ministers had a very pleasant exchange with the eight-nation envoys.
Unlike the previous Ming Dynasty, the empire did not require tribute from vassal states, and it did not require diplomatic rights to be approved by the empire.
Relatively speaking, the vassal states of the empire are relatively free.
The empire's biggest requirement is that the vassal states must be fully open to the empire in terms of economy and trade, and always maintain the greatest preferential treatment in terms of tariffs.
This kind of thing is completely insignificant to today's imperial vassal states.
After all, each vassal country is still a farming country, and its own industry and commerce are very weak. Even if you want to maintain local industries, there is no need.
On the contrary, the entry of abundant imperial commodities can bring huge benefits to the local area.
Secondly, the Kingdom of Ahom allowed the Empire to garrison troops.
Hou Xun also made it very clear that the purpose of garrisoning the army was to help the Ahom Kingdom resist the invasion of the Mughal Empire and to help the Ahom Kingdom train its army.
The National Defense Forces who came with the mission only performed a show, and Su Yafa, Gangda and others immediately accepted this condition with sincerity.
Moreover, their bodies were straight and straight, and they were no longer afraid of Tianzhu people.
In addition to the empire, other countries have also reaped sufficient benefits from Ahom.
Britain, the Netherlands, and Portugal have the same economic and trade rights as the empire, and it is actually the largest market they have opened in Asia.
Siam, Burma, Nanzhang and Ahom can also complement each other in many aspects. Under the auspices of Hou Xun, they began to discuss the establishment of a Southeast Asian Economic Cooperation Organization and prepared to join forces to do business with the outside world.
Anyway, now that they have the backing of the empire, they no longer have to worry about being infiltrated and invaded by Western colonists. Instead, they can still make money and make a fortune. Why not?
The situation where only the Tianzhu people were injured was quickly achieved!