Chapter 2224

"No mention of alliance?"

When Fang woke up and returned to the capital, he received the news and went to the ceremony department.

"Yes, they just mentioned trade and alliance. They know that Daming is not keen on it."

Hu Chen and the envoys of the three countries have met and asked a lot of questions tentatively.

"They are like businessmen who are keen on Trade and try to ask if they can buy some ships in Daming. It's funny."

Hu Zhen said with a smile, "they thought we didn't know their wishful thinking, so I declined directly. As for the alliance, the messenger of the Canary flower said yesterday that it was up to the king to make the decision."

Daming's alliance!

Fang Xing and Hu Zhen smiled at each other and said, "they don't deserve it. Hong Bao's performance in Taixi can't help but be amazed. He made Daming famous in Taixi, but it brought a disadvantage..."

"The Taixi people are afraid of us!" Fang Xing was helpless, "but Daming will not be afraid of their reaction."

Hu Zhen nodded in agreement with this judgment and smiled: "it's good for them to be afraid of Daming, so we don't have to beat them. Think about it, to beat them, our navy has to start from Daming to Taixi. It's too expensive to talk about it for two years at a time."

"But the profit will be greater." Fang Xing said, "Tessie is eager to trade with Daming. Daming's goods are just for them. Once traded, Daming can get a lot... More importantly, search their wealth."

"But I know that you xinghebo don't just look at interests. The Taixi people are ambitious. According to Hong Bao, they are unwilling to be trapped there, and it's hard to fight meat fans. The most likely thing is to go by sea.

But Daming is also expanding at sea. In this case, sooner or later, there will be contradictions, from quarrels to swords and guns, and finally a national war... That's not far away. "

Fang woke up in the palace and asked Zhu Zhanji to see the big map hanging in the room. When Zhu Zhanji was looking at Taixi, he asked, "don't you think it's right?"

Zhu Zhanji turned sideways and said, "those Taixi people are wild and difficult to tame. Our fleet comes to visit. What will happen to them while they panic?"

"Plan ahead!"

Fang woke up and wanted to talk about this problem. He went to the map, rowed his fingers along the alligator Bay and said, "the Taixi people have not been able to find a route. Their expanding heart can burn the sea area, so I concluded that they are taking action."

Zhu Zhanji touched his short beard, looked up the map, and finally settled on tessi's side.

He pointed out his finger to Lisbon and said, "they have come to the prince, and the prince is the most determined to sail and explore abroad. He is also the host... What is he doing here?"

His eyes were cold. Fang woke up and said, "Henry should have come to spy on Daming, especially the ship construction, but Hong Bao was smart and threw them on the grain ship, and blocked them in the cabin under the deck all the way..."

Zhu Zhanji said, "they have not gained much. At most, they have a vague understanding of Daming. Do you say... Raise them or send them back?"

Fang woke up with a dry cough and said, "if they can't go back, Tessie will become a dead enemy with us."

Zhu Zhanji disdained and said, "are we still afraid of this?"

Fang Xing pointed to the meat fan and said, "but we have to pay attention here. If there are great enemies in both directions, I don't worry about the defeat, but I hesitate about money and food."

"Militarism?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a headache: "if there is a war on both sides at the same time, Xia Yuanji will be hanged immediately. Most of my emperor will become a tyrant in the future."

"At present, the cost of Jinling is very large. The construction of warships has just begun, and the cost will be even greater in the future. Xia Yuanji has hinted that he asked me not to do anything expensive in recent years. I said that in recent years, the Palace should be as frugal as possible and fewer people should enter. Those palace maids are old enough to send home, and the palace..."

The cost in the palace is really not small, but most of it is on people.

The emperor's family can only spend so much if they are ox and fork, so it is the king's way to simplify the manpower in the palace.

"The vassal is also a cost, but if it is safe overseas, it is not a matter of course, so in the final analysis, the navy is the key."

Originally, the fleet of Daming was divided into two groups. One was the Western fleet under the command of Zheng He, which was the largest and most powerful.

The other is the navy fleet under Fu Xian, which mainly cruises in the offshore and also combats smuggling.

At present, the two fleets are integrated. According to the plan, they will be divided into several fleets in the future, with different directions.

The goal of reorganizing the navy was actually tessy from the beginning.

Fang woke up and looked at the crocodile Bay and said, "the Taixi people are not fools. They will certainly follow Hongbao's fleet from a distance. If they walk close to the coast, they must pass through the crocodile Bay and turn around. For them, it is... The new world..."

……

In the hall, Doc wants to go home.

In the room, there are three people and interpreter. A pot of tea is in the middle of the table, and three cups of tea are steaming.

Doc smelled the tea and said intoxicated, "this is a gift from God. The king must be willing to exchange the same weight of silver."

Henry glanced at the numb Abel and said, "our trip is to see the situation of Daming. Now staying in Peiping seems to be wasting time..."

Henry agreed with DOC's proposal to return home, leaving Abel.

When doc saw that Abel seemed to be outside a wandering object, he sarcastically said, "don't think that Ming people would regard Frank as an ally. The count didn't take you seriously, and the Ming Emperor didn't take you seriously. You can talk about * *'s allies! No!"

Abel moved, not angry, but muttered, "their ship needs to be inspected, so what's your hurry?"

Uh

The embarrassment immediately made Henry turn his head and think that his elegant sailing pioneer would make such a low-level mistake. It's really embarrassing to hear about it!

Doc smelled the tea again and said with a sneer, "don't they have several ships? There are many more."

Abel raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid there are more than a few!"

With a chill in his heart, Doc asked, "do they want to send a huge fleet?"

Henry nodded and said, "last time it was the boat team. It was said that it was the mission. In fact, it was exploring the channel, so they were very vigilant."

"That's right."

Abel leaned back and his chair tilted. "Doc, next time they go again, they will shock the whole Tessie. Yes."

With a puff, the front legs of the chair fell to the ground, Abel shook his body and said, "I bet the second time they go again, that's when they show their tusks. What shall we do?"

The atmosphere was dignified, but Henry was relaxed.

"Henry, you are an old sailor. Tell me, what should we do?"

Doc seemed a little worried, but Abel continued to be in a daze.

"Stop pretending!"

Henry looked at them and said, "I bet you two were thinking about exploring this route after knowing that Ming people arrived at tessi from the new route, so what are you loading?"

Seeing that there was still no embarrassment on the faces of DOC and Abel, he said coldly, "you joined hands, right?"

Abel and DOC looked at him expressionless.

Henry sneered: "sure enough, yes! Compared with those sites, the new world is obviously fat swan meat, waiting for you to occupy and harvest wealth..."

Doc fought back lightly: "didn't Lisbon?"

Abel also said, "maybe your people are the fastest. Maybe you have found the channel and are searching for a new world at the moment."

Henry picked up his tea cup, took a sip slowly, closed his eyes as if he were tasting.

For a long time, he sighed, "so many good things!"

"Yes..."

"Yes..."