Hard's whole body suddenly trembled, and his teeth kept colliding up and down, making a "gurgling" sound. That was Tamerlane sweating profusely. When he goes out at any time, is he not surrounded by people shouting and majestic?
He had to conceal his identity when he went to the Ming Dynasty. What was Timur Khan afraid of? Was he really afraid that the Ming Empire would kill him directly if they knew his identity?
Even Timur Khan was so afraid of Daming. Harder suddenly felt that the air around him suddenly became extremely cold, and the sun shining on him did not warm him at all. He felt as if he was standing here three
Next to the lion with a terrifying head, he could be eaten at any time.
Han Du glanced at the frightened Hader, wondering what was wrong with him. We were discussing Timur, not you, so what are you afraid of?
"What's wrong with you?" Han Du asked in confusion.
Hader trembled his lips and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "Hader, Hader, there is no Ming. What kind of empire is the Ming?"
Han Du grinned, showing his white teeth, and said with a smile: "What? You want to know?"
When Hard saw Han Du's teeth, he felt as if they were trying to choose someone to eat. He suppressed his fear and nodded slowly: "Hmm~"
"The Ming Dynasty~" Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and Tang Ding with a smile, and saw a proud smile on their faces, and then continued: "The Ming Dynasty traveled 13,000 miles from east to west, and 10,000 miles from north to south.
Five thousand miles away, there are fifty million men and one million soldiers."
With that said, Han Du pointed at the warships around him and said, "Have you seen these warships?"
"Yeah, I saw it." Hard and his shocked mind went blank, and they could only answer Han Du's question instinctively.
Han Du smiled and retracted his finger, and said meaningfully: "The Ming Dynasty has four fleets like this."
Han Du's words are of course an exaggeration. The warships here have at least half the combat power of the Ming Dynasty Navy, which means that the Ming Dynasty has at most two such fleets. But Harder doesn't know. Han Du wants to say four, that is
Four.
"Four? One such fleet is invincible. The Ming Empire actually has four?" Although Hader can speak five languages, he no longer knows which language to use to express the shock he feels now.
"Yes, it is invincible." Han Du clapped his hands happily, looked at the dumbfounded Harder, and said: "The suzerain means invincible! Do you know who the last suzerain was?"
"Who is it?" Hader was completely led by Han Du.
Han Du paused with a smile and then said: "It's Dayuan, also called Meng Yuan. Dayuan is invincible in the world with his cavalry and shooting skills.
A hundred and thirty years ago they attacked the Black Sea, maybe you have heard of their names."
"Ever hit the Black Sea? One hundred and thirty years ago." Harder was confused for a moment, and then legends appeared in his mind. The cavalry all over the mountains and plains covered the sky with their arrows, and each one looked like a demon.
De's whole body couldn't stop trembling.
"Yes, it's God's whip? You're talking about God's whip!" Hader's eyes widened and he stared at Han Du, forgetting the respect he always upheld.
But Han Du didn't care, he smiled and nodded casually and said: "When you said that, I remembered that they are indeed called the Whip of God. But the so-called Whip of God is only a quarter of the Great Yuan.
Points are not all of Dayuan."
After hearing this, Harder was speechless. Even the Whip of God was only one-quarter of Dayuan's strength, far from the full strength of Dayuan. He no longer knew how to describe Dayuan's power.
Fortunately, with this clear comparison, he had a vague measure of Ming's strength.
"What about the Great Yuan Empire?" Harder asked subconsciously, and then felt that his question seemed inappropriate, and explained hesitantly: "Well~ What Harder said is, is such a powerful empire still in the east?
?”
Zhu Biao and Han Du Tang Ding burst into laughter upon hearing this.
The smiling Harder felt a little concerned, and asked cautiously in a low voice: "What? Is there anything wrong with what Harder asked?"
Tang Ding looked at Harder with smiling eyes and asked, "Do you know how Ming Dynasty came to be?"
Harder shook his head subconsciously.
Tang Ding suddenly laughed and explained to him: "The Ming Dynasty was established after the destruction of Dayuan. Tell me, where is Dayuan now?"
"Dayuan, was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty?" Hader was immediately shocked beyond measure. God's Whip, Dayuan, which was more powerful than God's Whip, was actually destroyed by the Ming Empire?
Han Du nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the Yuan Dynasty went against the grain. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty raised an army as a commoner. In fifteen years, he swept across the world and drove the Yuan Dynasty to the grasslands. Then it took another twenty years to completely destroy the Emperor Yuan Dynasty.
Court, destroyed it. Up to now, Dayuan has been completely destroyed for seven years. Emperor Tianyuan, the last great Khan of Dayuan, was also captured alive and was named King of Anle by His Majesty the Emperor. He is now living in the capital."
"That's right," Zhu Biao also suddenly
Ran interrupted and raised his hand to point at Han Du, "The one who captured Emperor Tianyuan alive is the one in front of you, Zhenhai Hou Han Du."
Hader looked at Han Du and suddenly felt a boundless pressure coming from him, making him couldn't help but look away. No wonder he could talk about the life and death of Tamerlane Khan so easily. It turned out that he had captured the last one of Dayuan alive.
A sweaty man.
Han Du stared at Harder, and after a moment he asked with a smile: "Now do you know why the Ming Dynasty is a celestial kingdom and why it is a suzerain state?"
"I know, I know~" Hade nodded repeatedly and sighed. Before this conversation, he had no idea that there was such a powerful country as the Ming Empire in the world.
In the past, in his eyes, businessmen like him were like ants in the eyes of the Lord of Khrumos. Although Khrumos was only a city, it was still very powerful, so that even Persia did not dare to do anything to Khrumos easily.
In Hader's eyes, Persia was already a very powerful country, at least stronger than ordinary kingdoms. In Hader's eyes, the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire were extremely powerful.
However, Harder now knows that such an empire is nothing in front of the Ming Empire!
Handu ignored what Hader was thinking and said with a smile: "In that case, then tell me what happened to Ottoman and Byzantium."
"This" didn't expect that Harder would hesitate at this time.
Han Du narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth and asked, "What? Are you unwilling to say it?"
"No, no, no, the Marquis has misunderstood. It's not that Hard doesn't want to say it." Hard waved his hands toward Han Du, "After all, Hard is just a businessman and doesn't know much about things other than business. Hard only
You know, both the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire are very powerful. Of course, they are far less powerful than the Ming Empire."
Harder was afraid of offending Han Du by speaking, so he didn't forget to add something.
Han Du didn't pay attention to his caution, but frowned and asked: "Do you really know nothing at all?"
"Had heard that the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is now Bayezid I. By the way, the Sultan is the Great Khan of the Ottoman Empire." After Had finished speaking, he looked at Han Du timidly.
Han Du continued to ask calmly: "What about Byzantium? Who is it?"
"Hard really doesn't know." Hard sighed helplessly.
Han Du estimated that at this time, even if Hader had a hundred courages, he would not dare to hide it.
What are you hiding? Since he still says he doesn’t know until now, he probably really doesn’t know.
Han Du didn't say much, but Zhu Biao looked at Harder curiously and asked: "Then do you know how these two empires came from?"
Harder nodded first, then shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Han Du sounded a little unhappy.
Hader quickly explained: "Byzantium is an ancient empire, and it was so long ago. How they came here, Harder really doesn't know."
"On the other hand, Hader has heard a little bit about the Ottoman Empire. It is said that they were originally Turks who lived in Central Asia."
"Wait a minute," Tang Ding suddenly interrupted Harder's words, looked into his eyes and asked, "Are you sure they are Turks? They are Turks?"
Hader smiled a few times and explained: "Hader doesn't know either, but the pronunciation of this Turkic word should be correct. But whether it is what the Marquis thinks, Harder is not sure."
Harder was not sure, and Tang Ding immediately set his sights on Han Du. Not only him, but also Zhu Biao looked at Han Du with keen eyesight.
Do you think I am a know-it-all? Han Du sighed silently. Then he coughed twice and said, "The Turks he mentioned should be the Turks in the Tang Dynasty."
"But weren't the Turks wiped out by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty? How could we hear traces of the Turks again tens of thousands of miles away from the Central Plains?" Zhu Biao was very puzzled by this.
Han Du shook his head and said: "Most of the Turks were indeed wiped out by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. But it is not necessarily true that the Turks were extinct. It would not be true if they left the grassland and came all the way west here.
impossible."
Hader stood by and listened with his eyes wide open. The Turks are very good at fighting, okay? The Ottoman Empire is also very strong. As an old empire, Byzantium is also powerful, but it has always been suppressed by the Turks. The Turks
From a small tribe, it has now occupied Asia Minor and large areas of the Byzantine Empire, becoming a new empire. Its strength is certainly daunting.
But even such Turks were actually wiped out by the Ming Empire? But that’s not right. The Turks didn’t just come to Central Asia. They established themselves in Central Asia hundreds of years ago. Isn’t this the right time?
superior!
Han Du seemed to have seen through what Hader was thinking, and explained: "The Tang Dynasty was a great dynasty in the Central Plains hundreds of years ago. Its territory was larger than the Ming Dynasty today. It was also the suzerain state at that time, and it was known as the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Nations.