My Daming New Empire

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He didn't understand how those patterns were embroidered on such thin silk.

He is not a person who has seen the world. Twenty years ago, he walked eight thousand miles to the holy city to worship. He not only saw the powerful Mamluk king, but also saw the Romans who traded with the Mamluk king.

But no nobleman can have such a luxurious dress.If the other party is willing, he is willing to exchange a city for the other party's hat.

How dazzling is that exquisite gemstone!

A middle-aged man in red followed behind the grandson, and the clothes on his body also made Osman III admire. It can be seen that the man in red is just the entourage of the grandson, but the clothes of an entourage are better than that of the king. Be beautiful.

What made him even more puzzled was, why didn't the other party grow a beard?

Before he could figure it out, the other party walked along the exquisite carpet to the front of a palace-like carriage.At this time, the envoy of Ming Dynasty reminded him, and he woke up, and hurried forward to say hello.

What surprised Osman III was that the entourage who followed the grandson also understood their language.Although the tone of voice is somewhat different from theirs, the language and characters determined by the same great prophet enable people everywhere to understand the teachings of Allah.

Zhu Zhanji originally wanted to show a gentle attitude, but when Osman III came to him, he almost stunned him.

The other party probably hasn't taken a bath for a year. It's September and the temperature here is nearly [-] degrees, which is still relatively hot.His body exuded a smoky smell. In order to cover up these smells, he applied a lot of sesame oil on his body. The smell mixed together made people want to vomit.

But he didn't realize this at all, and wanted to get close to Zhu Zhanji desperately.

Fortunately, Zheng He, who was by his side, knew that Zhu Zhanji loves cleanliness, so he couldn't even stand the smell, let alone let him smell it to His Highness.

Zheng He stood in front of Zhu Zhanji, gave him a long bow and said, "The eldest grandson of the great Ming Emperor, the noble grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Empire, under the order of the Emperor, went to the West to seek to expand trade routes. Passing by your country today, I want to trade with your country. I am the deputy commander of the mission, Zheng He, Duke of the Dian Kingdom of the Ming Empire, and send my greetings to His Majesty the King!"

Osman III was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly asked, "What is the position of Duke Dian?"

"The Duke of Dian is the Duke of the Ming Empire, and is at the same level as the Dukes of the Western countries, the Dukes of Great Countries."

Osman III understood at this moment, knowing that the other party was almost equal to his own status. Although the other party was only a duke and he was the king, the duke of such a powerful empire was probably more noble than himself as the lord.

He hurriedly saluted Zheng He again, and the two exchanged courtesies before Zheng He invited Zhu Zhanji to board the dragon chariot.

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Osman III, and said lightly: "The Duke of Dian should also call him on the dragon chariot, no matter how bad he is, he is still a king."

Zheng He smiled and said: "Your Highness, bear with it, these barbarian small countries, there is nothing special about it."

Today, when he smelled the other person's stink, Zhu Zhanji suddenly remembered that in this era in Europe, people don't take a bath.Moreover, there are no toilets in the city, and people defecate everywhere. Thinking of this, his interest in Europe at this time suddenly diminished.

The ancient Romans were very clean and liked to take a bath.But when Europe's population increased and diseases became rampant, people had a natural fear of taking a bath.

It is not that there are no doctors in Europe in this era, but most of their doctors are priests who rely on prayer to heal diseases.

Even in the eighteenth century, when people were sick, doctors still mainly bled the patients.

Since the Middle Ages, especially the Black Death 70 years ago, Europeans have become even more afraid of bathing. Although they did not know that the germs were transmitted from rats at first, they also knew that the place near the water source was the source of disease. more likely to get sick.

So their cities began to build on the hills. Even if they transported water every day, they dared not live by the water, let alone take a bath.

Here too, the church played a huge leading role.

They think that a dirty body is seen as closer to God, and not taking a bath becomes a symbol of holiness!Those who are brave enough to go years without bathing will even be canonized as saints!

Under this great spiritual inspiration, many pious clergymen and Christians started the arduous practice of filth. His Excellency St. Abraham insisted on not washing his face or feet for 50 years, and finally succeeded in canonization.

Monsieur Saint-Simon allowed maggots to crawl over his festering wounds, and never washed them until he died.

The mother of King Henry IV of France insisted on not taking a bath all her life, and was canonized as Saint Agnès.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji even wondered if it was a mistake to come to Europe at this time.

Now it’s only in North Africa. People here are more clean than Europeans. That’s how it is now. When you go to Europe, you probably don’t have to keep a sachet.

He brought Osman III to the dragon chariot, and he was led by Zheng He to sit in the corner opposite Zhu Zhanji. He didn't realize the trouble caused by the smell on his body, but admired the huge carriage very excitedly.

Sitting in such a carriage made him feel more noble, and he couldn't help waving to the subjects on both sides of the road.

Looking at his movements, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help being a little funny, and said to Zheng He: "Ask him carefully about their relationship with the Mamluk dynasty and European countries. That share is marked with major European cities. Let him take a good look at the map. I hope it can stir up conflicts between them and Portugal and Spain. The harder they fight, the better it will be for me, Ming..."

Zheng He didn't put little Portugal in his eyes, and said: "Your Highness, Portugal is just a small country according to the general affairs. Do you dare to fight with Marin? And Spain, although it has developed over the years and took back most of the country, but Granada is still in the hands of the Moors, and they are not unified, so what is there to fear?"

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Chapter 45 Gibraltar

Of course, Zhu Zhanji is not afraid of the current Portugal and Spain. When he learned from the big cannibal that the current king of Portugal is João I, what Zhu Zhanji considered was how to disrupt the rhythm of Portugal's development.

The king, known by the Portuguese as Joao the Great, is known as the greatest king of Portugal.

During his tenure, Spain, which had not yet been unified, gradually became stronger.Although there is no such country as Spain, Castile, Córdoba, Seville, Jerez, Cadiz and other places have been integrated since ancient times because of intricate in-law relationships.

Especially in their joint battle against the Moors, they were even more closely linked.

The Portuguese could not develop towards the mainland, so they could only turn their attention to the sea.When Portugal, under the leadership of John I, established a national policy of developing towards the sea, it directly sounded the prelude to the advent of the age of great navigation.

Because a wife in the previous life was Spanish, he also knew some history of Spain and Portugal.

In fact, there are also close in-law relationships in Portuguese-speaking Spain. The Queen of Portugal, the niece of King Joao I, and her grandmother is the Princess of Castile.

Joao I was an illegitimate child, so he had no relationship with Spain. Because of this, under the instigation of some ministers who wanted independence, Joao I robbed his niece of the throne and made Portugal independent.

Starting from João I, Portugal became completely independent and began to develop towards the sea. From him, he laid the foundation for the future division of the two countries.

Now that Zhu Zhanji has come to this era, of course he will not allow European countries to turn their attention to the sea. What he has to do is to curb the development of navigation in European countries, and he needs to start with Portugal.

As for Spain, Queen Isabel, the master of their ZTE, should not have been born yet!It will take at least a century to become truly strong, and it can be said that there is no threat at present.

However, there is one thing that must be guarded against, and that is the butterfly effect caused by the appearance of the Ming Fleet.

In the original history, the Age of Discovery was started by John I and his son Prince Enrique.They fumbled a little bit, and after decades of experience accumulation, at the end of the fifteenth century, Da Gama arrived in India with four ships.

When Prince Enrique was alive, the Portuguese’s great geographical discovery was to live in peace with the natives, but after his death, influenced by the temptation of huge profits and the idea of ​​quick success, those explorers who wanted to get rich overnight became Butcher.

Take Vasco da Gama as an example. At the end of the fifteenth century, he first arrived in Guri and Kochi, India, to trade with each other.

The first profit was sixty times the value of their cargo.

But they were still not satisfied with such a high profit. When they arrived in Guri for the second time, they raised their butcher knives, occupied the area around Guri, and proclaimed themselves the Governor of Goa and India, and started colonization.

It's only 1417 now, 80 years from that time period.

However, the appearance of the Ming Fleet will definitely change the course of history. When Europeans see the Ming Fleet, they will immediately explode with enthusiasm for sailing and explore the east.

Zhu Zhanji wants to curb their enthusiasm for sailing, but it won't work just by talking.We must fight, we must let them know the pain, so that they dare not go into the sea with nothing.

When the convoy reached the city gate, it was no longer possible to enter.

Today's Anfa is still a defensive castle-like city. Their city is small in scale and the city gates are narrow, making it impossible for Zhu Zhanji's huge dragon chariot to enter.