There were no clouds in the sky, and there was only a solitary sun above my head. The warm sunshine shone on my body, and the oncoming sea breeze carried a refreshing taste.
Now the Ming Dynasty has entered the twelfth lunar month of winter, but the temperature in Nanyang is still that of early summer. Even if you are wearing light gauze sleeves, you will not feel cold at all.
Seabirds flying from nowhere, flying in circles around the warship under the sunlight, sometimes swooping down on the sea surface, sometimes fluttering their wings high.
Such a lively elf instantly attracted the attention of An Qing and Yao Yue.
An Qing yelled and pulled Yao Yue's arm, jumping up and down uncontrollably.
Yao Yue held her hand tightly, fearing that she would fall on the undulating bow of the ship.
Suddenly, Han Du felt that it would be good to take An Qing out to sea.
Well... Yao Yue is also there, double the good, double the happiness!
Han Du's eyes subconsciously glanced at Yao Yue, but he didn't expect that Yao Yue, who was chatting with An Qing in a lively manner, would also secretly cast his eyes at Han Du.
The two eyes met instantly, and Yao Yue's pretty face quickly turned away, and her pretty face quickly became crimson.
Yao Yue, who is in her early thirties, has the same appearance and figure as she did when she was twenty years old, and is even more plump and charming than before. The glance back just now made Han Du's belly feel warm.
"This goblin who deserves to be punished, let her know how powerful I am tonight!"
Since Yao Yue was pulled by An Qing to pretend to be the Duke's wife in front of Xiaosong Lingzi, she has been left in the Duke's Mansion by An Qing.
Next to her was the former most beautiful woman in the capital. You and Han Du were actually married. After insisting for two days, Han Du pushed his way into Yao Yue's room at An Qing's instigation.
Now Yao Yue is living in the Zhenguo Palace in an upright and upright manner, and her treatment is no different from that of a concubine, except for one status difference.
"Husband~"
While Han Du's mind was filled with images of intoxication and enjoyment, An Qing's voice became louder and louder.
"Ah?" Han Du suddenly came to his senses, "Were you calling me just now?"
An Qing asked angrily: "What were you thinking about just now? Why did I call you several times but you didn't respond at all?"
After hearing this, Yao Yue looked away with a blushing face, pretending to be looking at the seabirds.
Han Du suddenly felt embarrassed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Just now I was thinking about what happened after going to the West..."
Yao Yue would not believe such nonsense. Yao Yue could clearly see what Han Du was thinking just now through his eyes.
But An Qing believed it and asked quickly: "Husband, how long until we can reach the West?"
Han Du chuckled: "We haven't even reached Nanyang yet. It's still early to think of the West."
Anqing was not disappointed at all. She was even more happy when she heard that the journey was still far away. This meant that she could enjoy the view of the sea for a long time and feast her eyes on it.
"I heard that Luzon and Jiugang are the most prosperous places in Nanyang, even better than the Ming Dynasty. Will we go there?"
Han Du smiled and explained: "We have passed Luzon. Time is running out. Let's go directly to Old Port."
"Ah? I still want to go to Luzon. Why didn't you tell me in advance?" An Qing whacked Han Du with some complaints.
Han Du comforted him and said, "It's okay. You can go when we come back. Besides, the interiors of Luzon and Ming Dynasty are very similar. It's too familiar and boring to look at. It's just like the capital you saw. On the contrary, Old Port Bringing together people from all over the world, you will find many things and people you have never seen before, which makes it much more interesting."
"Okay, let's go to the Old Port first." An Qing was attracted by Han Du's description of the Old Port and asked hurriedly: "How long until we get to the Old Port?"
"Soon!"
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Old Port.
It used to have the same name as Luzon, but now the prosperity of Old Port is far greater than that of Luzon.
First of all, there are too many people. Originally, the population of Luzon was greater than that of Old Port, but since Timur began his campaign in Central Asia, many nobles, officials and wealthy businessmen who saw something bad and had the ability to escape fled in all directions. Half of them chose to go to sea, hoping to To escape the fate of being tied to a stake by the Timurids.
As a result, Daming came into everyone's eyes.
More than ten years ago, people in the West still knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty, but since Handu came to Horumos, a mysterious and rich eastern country appeared In the speech of Westerners.
As Tamerlane went to war, the scene where Tamerlane was pointed at and scolded by the Ming envoys at a banquet summoning envoys from various countries with the power of victory was also spread by people who were interested. And even though Timur was furious on the spot, he did not dare to kill the Ming envoy. He even paid countless gold and silver treasures and respectfully sent the Ming envoy back with gifts.
Since then, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty throughout the West has skyrocketed. Just a messenger of the Ming Dynasty was able to reprimand Timur in a condescending manner. After all, too many countries in Central Asia were destroyed by Timur, and even these countries did not offend him.
Therefore, when war came, some people subconsciously fled to the Ottoman Empire in the west. However, some people believe that the gradually decaying Ottoman Empire cannot stop the Timur Empire's army. Instead of continuing to flee in the future, it is better to go to sea and try the legendary Ming Dynasty.
As these Westerners flocked to the Ming Dynasty, when they arrived at the Old Port, they quickly discovered that nothing here disappointed them.
There are architectural styles familiar to Westerners in the building, but those unfamiliar buildings obviously belong to the Ming Dynasty. Although it was the first time for Westerners to see these buildings, a feeling of reverence emerged in their hearts, and an inexplicable sense of security enveloped everyone.
This is the Ming Dynasty. They traveled thousands of miles to come here and finally got rid of the hell-like demonic Timurid people!
Everything about the old port makes the Westerners who come from afar very satisfied. The Westerners here are walking on the street wearing their own clothes, and bump into the Ming people opposite who are wearing loose wide-sleeved tunics. After politely apologizing, they left quietly.
There is no discrimination against outsiders here, nor are the Ming people superior to others, nor are they enslaving Westerners. It seems that no matter whether they are Ming people or Westerners, as long as they come to Old Port, everyone is equal.
Even in the original West, this was not possible. The aristocratic gentlemen were so high up that they almost had the power of life and death over the common people. The status of those wealthy businessmen is only slightly better than that of common people, but far inferior to those of noble lords.
"Freedom...I smell the smell of freedom..." A wealthy Western businessman stood on the dock and knelt down emotionally towards the old port.
The people from Ming Dynasty, who were close by, saw the strange appearance of this Westerner and subconsciously moved away. After all, no matter what Westerners think, in the eyes of Ming people, it is extremely disrespectful to accept someone else's kneeling.
A bearded Westerner strode over, passed the Ming people indifferently, and stood in front of the kneeling Westerner with a big smile, "Babalban, my dear friend, we haven't seen each other for many years. Ah~ In the words of the great Ming Empire, it should be, stay safe, my friend!"
Balban couldn't understand the last words. He stood up with excitement and hugged the visitor tightly. "Thank you, thank you Nahir al-Din, my dearest friend!"
After reminiscing about old times, the two let go and separated.
Nahir al-Din grabbed Balban's arm, looked him up and down, and smiled: "You are lucky that you were not injured."
Then he turned around, waved his hand towards the endless Old Port behind him, and said, "How is it? This Old Port didn't disappoint you, did it?"
“My friend, it was you who saved Balaban from hell, and brought Balban’s family to heaven.” Balak
Bandao.
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The naval warships arrived at the old port in a mighty manner, where Handu would replenish fresh water and food before continuing to the West.
It had been many years since such a large navy had passed through the old port. The original aborigines did not feel that there was anything strange about it. After all, they had seen a fleet of the Ming Dynasty that was even larger than this.
But those Westerners who came later were dumbfounded. Where did such a huge fleet come from? Why are those warships so tall?
Nahir al-Din was sitting with Balban in the restaurant.
Ever since Balban came to the Old Port, he has been deeply attracted by the various Ming Dynasty delicacies here. As long as he has time, he will find Nasirdin to come here to get together.
Seeing Balban looking at the slowly approaching fleet with a shocked face, Nasirdin smiled slightly and said: "Don't be afraid, have you seen the Ming Dynasty's golden dragon flag hanging on it? This is the symbol of the Ming Dynasty Navy. , here comes the Ming Dynasty fleet."
"Da Ming...is this the strength of Da Ming?" Balban felt his throat was dry and couldn't help but swallowed.
Nahirdin shook his head and said proudly in front of his friends: "Where is the strength of the Ming Dynasty? It is said that the Ming Dynasty Navy alone has an army of 100,000 people. At most, it only has the strength of the Navy Division. As for what you said The Ming Dynasty, I heard that the navy is not very powerful in the Ming Dynasty. They have millions of troops on land."
"How many millions?" Balban's eyes widened, as if he couldn't imagine how many people there were. "Timur's empire only had an army of one million people, but how many millions did the Ming Dynasty have?"
Nasirdin smiled and said: "If he didn't have such strength, how could the Ming Dynasty be the suzerain of all the countries in the world, and even Timur had to bow down?"
Balban's heart was surging for a while, his face turned red and he tried his best to emphasize: "I have really come to a great empire, an unimaginable civilization!"
While the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion at the port.
The Governor's Mansion and the Xuanwei Division moved in unison, and the two teams of sergeants came to the port with uniform steps and lined up on both sides, blocking the people who wanted to watch the excitement and leaving the middle of the road empty.
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