"This princess got the news from the mouths of some Easterners. Their empire is called Daming. It is to the east of the Timur Empire and is completely bordered by the Timur Empire. But do you know? Between the Ming Dynasty and the Timur Empire During this period, there has never been a war, not even once. But the Tamerlane Empire as we know it was fighting everywhere, and we don’t know how much land they occupied.”
Miransha listened to the princess's words, and his mind was quickly thinking about the deep meaning of the princess's words. Judging from the conversation with the princess just now, Her Royal Highness is not only smart, but also has extraordinary knowledge. Miransha did not dare to be careless and leave an impression of incompetence on the princess.
"What the princess means is that they are afraid of each other and dare not launch a war against each other rashly?"
Faraij showed a satisfied look, waved his hands, and said: "Apart from this reason, I can't think of any other reasons. Have you ever seen two ferocious beasts staying together and getting along well?"
Miransha nodded blankly, and that was the only reason. Two very powerful empires were closely side by side, but had been in peace for a long time. There was no other reason other than the fact that they were equal in strength and no one was absolutely sure of defeating the other.
"So, Her Highness the Princess throws out the land to attract them to fight each other?"
Faraij nodded and said sternly: "These two lions are too powerful. No matter which one they are, they are enough to scare other kingdoms. Standing next to them, if we can't make them fight each other, what should we do? Survive?"
Miransha had to nod and admit that what the princess said made sense, but he still couldn't help but sigh: "But in this case, we will lose all the land across the sea. Isn't the price too high?"
Faraij snorted disdainfully and said, "What is land? There is endless land to the south of the Mamluks. We can take it in our hands anytime we want."
Miransha nodded subconsciously. The Mamluks did have a lot of land to the south. The reason why the Mamluk dynasty did not occupy it in the past was not because there were strong enemies there and it was difficult to attack. On the contrary, there was no decent kingdom at all, only some scattered tribes. It's not because the land there is barren and has little value. On the contrary, the land there is very fertile.
The reason why the Mamluk dynasty did not expand southward was because the Mamluks themselves did not lack land. Instead, they lacked enough slaves to cultivate all the land.
If so much land had been ceded to outsiders in the Ming Dynasty, there would have been a huge uproar. Even some veterans with fierce personalities dared to crash to death in the Jinluan Palace.
However, land had no other meaning in the Mamluk Dynasty. Like gold, silver and jewelry, it was also something of certain value. As long as conditions permit, they will give up land without hesitation.
Seeing that he had finally persuaded Miransha, Faraiji put a little more pressure on him, "The most important thing for us now is to quickly send troops to pursue Belgouge without giving him time to breathe."
"Yes, I will make arrangements right away." Miransha was shocked and said solemnly. It is true that Belgorge is their biggest threat now, and as for the lost gold and land, they cannot take care of so much at the same time.
As long as you can help Faraij to the throne first, if you lose these things, just lose them.
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Han Du was also surprised when he received the news. I originally thought that Bell Guge could survive for a while, but I didn't expect that he would be defeated so quickly. If I had known this... Forget it, Han Du shook his head in the end.
A thousand birds in the forest is worse than a bird in the hand. Being able to get so much gold and land was beyond Han Du's expectation. It would be better to swallow these things completely first.
"Tang Jing."
"The general is here." Tang Jing was called to him by Han Du.
"Take people immediately and transport all the gold back. In addition, since the overall situation of the Mamluk Dynasty has been decided, let the Baiyun Tiger come back as well."
"Follow the order."
After receiving Han Du's order, Faraiji handed over the gold to Tang Jing. In addition, he did not have any objections to Han Du's decision to recall the 500 people who protected him.
Next, Faraij will continue to send troops to the south to hunt down Belguq, and the south is the real rich area of the Mamluk dynasty. She was worried that people from the Ming Dynasty would try to take advantage of her again after being seen. Naturally, she didn't even try to save face and directly agreed to Han Du's transfer of troops.
Eight hundred thousand pounds of gold, even if packed in large boxes, would take hundreds of boxes. To be honest, Han Du had never seen so much gold at once.
Even Zhu Biao looked straight in the eyes and sighed: "I have never seen so much gold in my life. I'm afraid there isn't even that much gold in the Taicang Bank, right?"
The Taicang Bank is the Ming Dynasty's treasury, which is managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It stores the tax revenue of the entire imperial court. In the past, when Lao Zhu was poor, he didn't care whether the court was short of money or not.
Whatever is yours and mine is mine! At that time, Lao Zhu reached out to Taicang Bank a lot.
Later, when Lao Zhu got rich, he felt that it would be uneconomical to continue to reach out to Taicang's silver treasury. What if one day his ministers also asked him to take out the silver from the inner treasury?
Therefore, Lao Zhu no longer asked Taicang Bank for money, and explained that the imperial court would belong to the imperial court in the future, and his own would belong to himself.
All Taicang bankhouses have never been rich. There is not much silver in them, and there is even less gold.
"His Highness didn't expect that he could gain so much in one trip, right?" Han Du smiled.
Zhu Biao nodded, "I really didn't expect that. In the past, I only heard people talking about overseas wealthy people, but today I have seen it."
The most important thing is that Han Du didn't expend much effort to obtain the gold. The navy suffered almost no casualties. The only losses were gunpowder and cannonballs. There was no place to replenish these items overseas.
But gunpowder and cannonballs were not rare items at all in the Ming Dynasty. There were as many as there were in the Ordnance Bureau, and they were not even as valuable as bullets. Those gunpowder shells that Zhu Biao wasted could have been replenished in minutes in the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing the passion for gold in Zhu Biao's eyes, Han Du couldn't help but get closer and whispered: "If your highness needs it, I can get some for your highness."
"Do it? How to do it?" Zhu Biao blurted out.
It's not his fault. In fact, he has been very poor these years. Suddenly seeing such gold, it is impossible not to be tempted. If there happens to be Han Du, he will naturally be interested.
After the words were spoken, Zhu Biaocai suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with what he did. He quickly explained: "Gu, that's not what I mean."
Han Du gave him an "I understand" look and said seriously: "It's very simple. No one knows the specific amount of the transaction between us and Faraij. Even if His Highness takes away 200,000 from it, Pounds, no one will know."
All transactions are completed through Shi Si. Although he also knew the amount of the transaction, even if he went back, Shi Si would not go to the capital, he would only go to the old port.
Moreover, Han Du can also specifically ask him not to leak the inside information to others, so that nothing can go wrong.
"This..." Zhu Biao wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them anyway. After all, that is 200,000 pounds of gold. If he had this kind of money, not to mention how many things he could do, at least the East Palace would be much richer.
"Are you sure that Father will not know?"
Han Du nodded.
Zhu Biao's face changed rapidly from blue to white, and finally he straightened up and walked towards the ship, "I'll go and see what else I brought back."
After saying that, he ignored Han Du.
Han Du smiled slightly, and Zhu Biao's meaning was obvious. That is, everything is handled by you, Han Du, and I can't trust you, as long as the results are achieved.
The reason why Han Du wanted to use gold to test Zhu Biao was because he wanted to know whether Zhu Biao dared to take food from Lao Zhu's hand.
If Zhu Biao didn't dare, then Han Du would be quite disappointed. Because this means that Zhu Biao still has not stepped out of the shadow brought to him by Lao Zhu, and is still under Lao Zhu's wings.
The result of the test also made Han Du very satisfied, which meant that Zhu Biao had begun to get rid of Lao Zhu's influence, had his own beliefs and persistence, and had the courage to confront Lao Zhu.
On the grounds of reducing risks, Han Du directly placed all the gold on ten warships for storage, and no one except Han Du knew which ten warships it was. But there were only 600,000 pounds of gold on these ten warships, and the rest was quietly put on a merchant ship by Han Du. When you get to the capital, just find a house and transport the gold in and store it.
Zhu Biao also has an industry in the capital, so it can be placed in his house.
The time to arrive in Tianfang was not short. Han Du once again asked Zhu Biao to return to Beijing. This time Zhu Biao did not object.
But before returning to Beijing, there is one more thing that needs to be taken care of. Faraiji ceded so much land to the Ming Dynasty, so he couldn't just leave it there and ignore it, right?
"Your Highness, what do you think of doing with this land?" Han Du approached Zhu Biao sideways, opened the sheepskin in his hand, and placed it on the table between the two of them.
Zhu Biao glanced at it casually and said: "Isn't this simple? Just set up a governor's palace to guard it like in Nanyang."
Han Du smiled awkwardly and explained: "Whether it is Antioch or Mecca, they are thousands of miles away from us. I am afraid that such a large area of land cannot be guarded by just relying on a governor's palace."
"Let me know what you think." Zhu Biao nodded and looked at Han Du.
Handu bowed slightly, pointed at the sheepskin and said: "I want to set up a governor's palace in Mecca, Medina, Antioch, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem and here."
Han Du wanted to set up seven governor's offices in one breath.
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