This man was also a servant trained by the Liu family in the early days. His name was Liu Ju. He has been working at sea with Liu Guangting, and he and Liu Guangting were once surrounded by Li Dazui at sea! Now he is Liu Guangting's right-hand man.
This time he came back specially to bring great good news to Liu Haojia, that is, the Ceylon that Liu Haojia wanted, which is the modern Sri Lanka island, has been found and is at war with the Portuguese on the island!
Liu Haojia first read the documents he brought back, and then listened to his specific story. As expected, he saw a magnificent scene of an expedition!
Liu Haojia sent two fleets off two years ago! One fleet goes north, and one fleet goes south! The fleet heading north was headed for the Americas. Under the guidance of Liu Haojia, they took the road across the Bering Strait and entered the Americas.
Although this road is going against the ocean current, the speed of the fleet will be slower, but there is land and it will not get lost. Logically speaking, this fleet should have arrived in America now, but it would take too long to transport back the potatoes, corn and rubber seeds Liu Haojia needs, so there is no news yet.
The fleet heading south is to bypass Southeast Asia and reach Sri Lanka on the Indian Peninsula. It will capture it as a base, cut off the white people's eastward route, and build it into a trade base for the West!
Because they had the nautical chart of Zheng He's southward journey, the fleet sailed across Southeast Asia quite smoothly after setting off. Moreover, the fleet followed the footprints left by Zheng He, so they were welcomed by the local natives wherever they went. The merchants who accompanied the ship made a fortune! The porcelain, silk and other items they brought were all exchanged for rich and expensive materials in the hands of the natives!
When the fleet arrived at the Strait of Malacca, they occupied a place here and began to build a city-type fortress as required! The location is Singapore in future generations! A small fleet will be stationed here to guard the strait.
After the fleet stayed here for a while, it was sure that the castle had been initially established before setting sail again. But the time they stayed here was enough for a merchant ship to make a round trip to Guangdong. Those maritime merchants quickly made a decision to concentrate their goods on several ships and return to Guangdong, and then purchase a batch of goods in Guangdong and return.
Things turned out surprisingly well. By the time these ships returned, the first phase of the fortress had just been completed, and there was enough power here to protect itself. So the fleet moved on and headed straight to Sri Lanka!
It seemed as if God had blessed us along the way, it was calm and we didn’t encounter any storms! Of course, this is also related to the fact that they have been sailing along the coastline. And even the rampant pirates didn't show up! This is because the size of the fleet is so huge, with more than two hundred large and small ships, no pirate dares to get close!
By the time the fleet arrived in Sri Lanka, they were already exhausted, but after comparing the charts, the people in the fleet couldn't help but sigh that Liu Haojia was really foresight! The geographical location of Sri Lanka is really important! So they landed and set up camp without hesitation! In the process, they and the local natives surrounded the Portuguese stronghold in Sri Lanka!
In fact, Sri Lanka is also a country with many disasters! They were first invaded by the Aryans and formed the Senghalan Kingdom in Sri Lanka. In the later period of the Sanghalam Kingdom, the Tamils from southern India invaded here again, and the two sides have been entangled in Sri Lanka for more than a hundred years!
Later, Sri Lanka was discovered by the Portuguese expedition, and settled on the island and built a strong castle. So the locals fought with the Portuguese for more than a hundred years, until the Portuguese were defeated by the British, and the British replaced the Portuguese and became the new masters of Sri Lanka!
Therefore, the main opponent of Liu Haojia's fleet attack this time is the Portuguese entrenched on the island! The war with the Portuguese after landing was naturally what Liu Haojia was most concerned about, so he asked Liu Ju to talk about it in more detail.
The battle after landing went very smoothly! After landing, they had two small-scale firefights with the Portuguese and drove them back to the castle! Then they quickly surrounded the Portuguese!
The Portuguese relied on the strong strength of the castle, so they tried to resist for a long time! But what they didn't know was that Liu Haojia had already tried his best to cast ten heavy cannons and sent them to
The fleet is specially designed to deal with the castle!
According to Western standards, these heavy guns are approximately 32-pound guns! Huge iron cannonballs would pose a serious threat to their castle! However, according to Liu Haojia's instructions, the fleet did not display these powerful weapons at all. Instead, it adopted a posture of long-term siege and continued to carry out small-scale exploratory attacks.
Their actions attracted the attention of the locals! When they discovered that these visitors from the East began to attack the Portuguese without hesitation, the people spontaneously sent a large amount of supplies and actively asked to join the war! Liu Guangting promptly announced that they were here only for trade and not to seize land, which was even more welcomed by the people at the bottom!
But the local rulers are still full of doubts about this! In fact, their suspicions were correct! Liu Haojia has no intention of giving up this vital enclave! This will be the largest military port in his plan! His private fleet, those maritime merchants, will deploy their main force here! So when the Portuguese were expelled, it was time to go to war with them!
Due to the projection of power, the Portuguese could not form a large army to completely strangle these indigenous people, but Liu Haojia has this ability! This time the fleet itself carried more than 2,000 combat-ready soldiers! If you include all the sailors, there will be an army of more than 10,000 people.
When the locals were at their strongest, they could only gather 20,000 people to fight the Portuguese! And there are still 20,000 people armed with cold weapons! So there is no way they can be Liu Guangting's opponents!
However, there is another policy in dealing with the Portuguese Liu Haojia, which is to expel him without harming him as much as possible! This is not because Liu Haojia is benevolent or for other reasons, but simply because he does not want to have too much trouble with the West and wants to maintain a good trade channel!
Although the Portuguese are now gradually declining, they still have a huge share of the maritime trade routes. Liu Haojia needed the help of the Portuguese to sell more goods to the West in exchange for more real money!
Under this strategic goal, Liu Guangting showed a good attitude towards the locals! He claimed that he did not occupy the land, and only asked to rent a place to park ships and conduct trade. The land ownership still belonged to the locals!
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