Harder's whole body suddenly trembled, and his teeth kept colliding up and down, making a "gurgling" sound. That was Timur Khan. When he went out at any time, wasn't he cheering from all sides and showing great majesty?
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 sunlight did not warm him at all. He felt like staying here, he was standing next to three extremely terrifying lions, and he might be eaten at any time.
Han Du glanced at the frightened Harder, wondering what was wrong with him. We are discussing Timur, not you, what are you afraid of?
"What's wrong with you?" Han Du asked confused.
Hader trembled his lips and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "Hader, Hader didn't, it didn't matter... Daming, what kind of empire is Daming?"
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. The strong ninja was afraid and nodded slowly: "Yeah~"
"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 goes from east to west, 13,000 miles, from north to south, 10,000 miles." Five thousand miles. There are fifty million men and one million soldiers."
As he spoke, 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 he could only answer instinctively when faced with Han Du's question.
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 Hade didn't know. Han Du wanted to say four, so that was four.
"Four? A fleet like this is invincible, and 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 is feeling now.
"Yes, it is invincible." Han Du clapped his hands happily, looked at the dumbfounded Hader, 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 its cavalry and archery skills. One hundred and thirty years ago, they attacked the Black Sea. Maybe you heard Their names.”
"Ever fought to 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... covering the sky and the sun. The arrow feathers...the figures that looked like demons made Harder's whole body tremble uncontrollably.
"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: "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, Hader was speechless. Even the Whip of God was only a quarter of Dayuan's strength, far from Dayuan's full strength. 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 wrong, and hesitantly explained: "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.
Hard, who was smiling, felt a little worried, and asked cautiously in a low voice: "What? Is there anything wrong with what Hard asked?"
Tang Ding looked at Harder with smiling eyes and asked, "Do you know how Daming 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?" Harder was 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 smiled: "Yes, the Great Yuan went against the grain. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty raised his army as a commoner. In fifteen years, he swept across the world and drove the Great Yuan to the grasslands. Then it took another twenty years to completely destroy the Great Yuan Emperor. 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 suddenly interrupted, raising his hand and pointing at Han Du, "The one who captured Emperor Tianyuan alive is the one in front of you, Zhenhai Hou Han Du."
Harder looked at Han Du and suddenly felt a boundless pressure coming from him, making him couldn't help but look away. No wonder it is easy to talk about the life and death of Timur Khan. It turned out that he was the fierce man who captured the last great Khan of Dayuan alive.
Han Du stared at Harder and asked with a smile after a moment: "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 Horumos. Although Khrumos is only a city, it is also very powerful, so that even Persia does 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. And like the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, in Hader's eyes, they were extremely powerful.
However, Harder now knows that such an empire is nothing in front of the Ming Empire!
Han Du ignored what Hader was thinking and said with a smile: "In that case, then tell me what happened to Ottoman and Byzantium."
"This..." Unexpectedly, Harder hesitated 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 anything. 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, then shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Han Du sounded a little unhappy.
Hader quickly explained: "Byzantium is an ancient empire. It is too long ago. How they came here, Harder really doesn't know."
"It's the Ottoman Empire, Hader has heard a little bit about it. 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?"
Hard smiled flatteringly and explained: "Had doesn't know either, but the pronunciation of this Turkic word should be correct. But whether it is what the Marquis thinks, Hard 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 in a daze. The Turks are very capable of fighting, okay, and the Ottoman Empire is also very strong. As an old empire, Byzantium was also powerful, but it was always suppressed by the Turks. From a small tribe, the Turks have now occupied Asia Minor and large areas of the Byzantine Empire, becoming a new empire. Their strength is certainly daunting.
But even such Turks were wiped out by the Ming Empire? But that's not right. The Turks did not just come to Central Asia. They established themselves in Central Asia hundreds of years ago. The timing is not right either!
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 was known as the Kingdom of All Nations. .”
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