Liu Xin's words sounded a bit exaggerated, but Gao pragmatically thought about it and felt that there was not much problem with her statement.
An expedition to the Spanish mainland is obviously impossible. Firstly, it is not necessary. Secondly, the ship type is different - of course, the main thing here is the difference in sail surface. There is no Suez Canal now. If you want to go to Europe, you have to take the Cape of Good Hope, and then cross almost half of the Atlantic Ocean vertically. And the most important thing is that there is not even a reliable supply point along the way.
This kind of expedition is not worth mentioning, just like Spain and Portugal cannot defeat Beijing in Nanyang for the same reason.
So, what about the Indian Ocean? Jinghua really has an advantage now, and it is also a "local advantage." Burma and Siam are already in hand. They all have ports in the Indian Ocean direction, and the Malay Peninsula is also a grave with dead bones. "Sooner or later I will capture them." Under this situation, the Indian Ocean - especially the East Indian Ocean, is said to be There is no exaggeration at home, so why isn’t it a local advantage?
If we have to make a hypothesis, for example, if Jinghua and Liangya go to war, it may indeed be a bit difficult to deal with Portugal's series of coastal strongholds in India and Arabia, but no matter how difficult it is, at least Jinghua's "frontline" ports are closer to them than Lisbon is close, isn't it?
However, when Gao Pangshi mentioned this issue half-jokingly, Liu Xin shook his head and said: "When I said that we can maintain an advantage in the Indian Ocean, I only said it on the basis of defense. If you say that in the Indian Ocean If we fight from the east Indian Ocean to the west Indian Ocean, and even include the Arab region, I personally have reservations about this method of fighting."
"Hey, why?" Gao Pragmatic said in surprise: "Don't we have a large numerical advantage? And in terms of attack distance, it doesn't seem to be particularly far."
Liu Xin frowned and asked, "Do you know what ocean currents are?"
"I know, but I'm not very familiar with it." Gao pragmatically said hesitantly: "The ocean current is not good for us?"
"It's too unfavorable." Liu Xin answered decisively, and then looked at Gao Pragmatic, who obviously didn't understand what he said, and explained: "Ocean currents are also called ocean currents, which refer to the regular and relatively stable speed of sea water along a certain direction. Flow is a large-scale, non-periodic movement from one sea area to another, horizontally or vertically, and is the main form of seawater movement."
"I know this."
"Don't interrupt, listen to me." Liu Xin glared at him dissatisfied, and said: "Ocean currents mainly include four forms: the first is called wind sea current, which is caused by wind and is also the largest on the ocean. The speed and direction of the main ocean currents and most wind currents are relatively fixed.
The second type is called density current, which is formed due to the different density of seawater in different sea areas. For example: the ocean current flowing from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean is the density current.
The third type is called compensating flow. Due to the continuity of sea water, if sea water is lost in one place, sea water elsewhere will flow to replenish it. This replenishment forms a compensating flow.
The last one is called tidal current, which is more complicated. Simply put, it is the periodic horizontal movement of sea water caused by the tidal force of celestial bodies... It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, just let it go for now. "
This thing about ocean currents really touched the blind spot of Gao's pragmatic knowledge. He could only say "oh" and wait for Liu Xin's next step.
Liu Xin also guessed that Gao Pragmatic didn't understand much about this, so he said: "We don't need to talk about the Pacific and Atlantic today, let's just talk about the Indian Ocean. The ocean currents in the Indian Ocean are slightly more complicated than those in the Pacific and Atlantic. Generally speaking, Along the equator, the ocean current first runs in a straight line from west to east, and not far south of the equator, there is another straight line from east to west.
But it is impossible for us to run against this ocean current from east to west, because if we follow this ocean current, we will probably go directly from Java Island to Tanzania in later generations, near today's Zanzibar - which is far away from western India The coast is already too far away from the Arabian coast.
Another characteristic of this ocean current is that it will go south from Zanzibar to near the Cape of Good Hope, then turn east to reach southwestern Australia, and then return north to the vicinity of Java Island, thus forming an ocean current circulation in the South Indian Ocean.
The western coast of India and the coast of Arabia mentioned just now are all in the Arabian Sea region geographically. The main ocean current circulation here can also be called the North Indian Ocean current circulation. One of its characteristics is that it has nothing to do with the Bay of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian Peninsula.
This northern Indian Ocean circulation is similar to the southern Indian Ocean current circulation, taking a counterclockwise circulation route, but the southern Indian Ocean circulation is a rectangle, but here it is a triangle. You can think of this ocean current as starting from Sri Lanka, heading west to Somalia, then flowing northeast to the Persian Gulf, and finally returning to Sri Lanka from the Persian Gulf. "
Gao Pingshi understood it, but he didn't quite understand the meaning. He couldn't help frowning and asked: "Liu Xiang, I understand, but what exactly do you want to express?"
"What I want to express is that the Portuguese have many strongholds in the Persian Gulf and the western part of the Indian Peninsula. From these places, they can easily follow the ocean currents to Malacca, or the coast of Myanmar, the western coast of Siam and other areas. And you also We know that the smoother their sailboats go, the greater their advantage will be.
And if we want to attack Arabia and the coast, we will be against the wind and the current. Even if the wind requirements of hard sailing ships are not so strict, the impact of seawater flow is still huge. To put it simply, if the two fleets collide on the way, we will lose half of them before we open them. "
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a while, and then cursed in a foul voice: "Fuck..."
It was rare to hear Gao Situ spit out sweet things, and Liu Xin was also stunned for a moment. Fortunately, her experience in later generations made her not pay much attention to such words. She just shrugged and said: "So if you want to launch an offensive in the Arabian Sea, I can only suggest that you attack the Somali front line first, and start over there. At least build a base. But you know that’s all I know about world history. I don’t even know what the situation is like in that area now.”
Gao Pragmatic said angrily: "What the hell, the African indigenous kingdom is generally called Mogadishu, but that's only in name. In fact, it's very chaotic internally. In addition, the land environment and climate are very bad. I'm crazy." That’s why I went to fight there.”
He rolled his eyes and added: "This idea is not as good as me going directly to attack southern India. There are also many small countries there. Although two or three of them are not too small from a geographical point of view, their military strength is relatively limited. .”
Liu Xin thought for a while and said: "You mean, directly attack the southern plateau of India, and then push northward one by one from... port cities like Cochin?"
Gao Pangshi did not directly answer yes or no, but just said: "Anyway, after listening to what you said, I think it is more reliable to build a stronghold in southern India and fight north than to fight at sea."
Liu Xin thought about it and said: "It's not impossible... You said before that the Mughal Empire is now in a period of expansion, and the core of their rule is in the northern plains of India, which is the Ganges River Basin. In this case, if Jinghua comes from India It is indeed feasible to start in the south. It can not only temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Mughal Empire, but also conquer the vast southern India as a foundation.
As for the future, we can even consider launching a pincer offensive against the Mughal Empire from Bengal in the east and the Deccan Plateau in the south... I think it is feasible strategically. "
Gao Pangshi was a little surprised when he heard this, and said: "Are we going too far? We were just talking about fighting the Spanish and Portuguese Empire. Why are we suddenly going to fight the Mughal Empire again? Let me make it clear first, Nan Xinjiang will not consider the Western Expedition in the near future - we haven’t even finished Nanyang yet!”
"Nanyang? Without the interference of the Spanish and Portuguese Empire, which one of those small countries in Nanyang is not a turtle in the urn? As long as the construction of Dingnancheng is almost complete, you can get it anytime you want, no matter where you are in Nanyang."
Liu Xin pursed her lips toward his document bookcase and said, "Look at how much information there is on these small countries. I see, the majority of people in Beijing who are interested in expansion are already in the majority. If you hadn't suppressed them, , they have long been eager to take the initiative to form a pioneer group and explore the road first."
Gao Pragmatic said with some tiredness: "Of those archipelagos in the South Sea, the most suitable places for development are Java Island and other places. There are some small countries in these places. At that time, Srivijaya declined and was annexed by the Kingdom of Majapahit. Majapahit itself was to resist the Yuan Dynasty. The alliance formed later formed a unified kingdom, jointly ruled by the "Seven Kings", which once ruled more than half of Southeast Asia, especially the highly developed areas, which were almost all under their rule at that time.
Later, Majapahit completely replaced Srivijaya Srivijaya during the reign of Hamam Vulu and became a powerful maritime power and trade center. The country's power reached its highest peak and it became the most powerful country in the Southeast Asia region.
However, its internal problems soon broke out after the death of Hamam Mulu. The king of East Java and the king of West Java fought fiercely for decades. As a result, the center declined and the dependent states and territories became independent. Later, Majapahit was destroyed by the Danmu Kingdom who believed in the green religion, leaving chicken feathers on the ground, just like broken glass, and glass shards all over the ground. "
Liu Xin suddenly said with concern: "You just mentioned that Danmu Country believes in the Green Sect. Could it be that Majesty Boyi is not the one?"
"No, Majapahit mainly believes in Hinduism." Gao Pragmatic paused and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just remembered that when I was studying, there was a classmate who was a staunch anti-religionist and had a particularly bad opinion of green religion." Liu Xin said, changing the topic and asked: "This Majapahit , have you ever paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Yes, of course there is." As the main writer of the Wanli version of "Da Ming Huidian", Gao Pragmatic said without hesitation: "From the establishment of the Ming Dynasty in 1368 to the beginning of the 16th century when Majapahit destroyed the country, during these nearly 150 years In ten years, the Majapahit Kingdom sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty twenty-five times to pay tribute, and the Ming Dynasty also sent envoys to Java as many as ten times, but these included several of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West."
Liu Xin clapped her hands and said with a smile: "That will be easier. I think the Philippines - oh no, the Luzon model is very good."
She blinked and said: "The Kingdom of Luzon has been destroyed for twenty years, and I don't know if the descendants of the royal family can be found. Are you not planning to establish a puppet rule for the sake of the survival of the Ming Dynasty? I see It is completely reasonable for the Nanyang island country to 'continue to exist' as a Majapahit Kingdom."
Gao Pragmatic didn't say anything for a while, but Liu Xin frowned and continued: "But you'd better think about how to deal with the Green Sect earlier. It is different from the Buddhism currently believed in southern Xinjiang, such as Mahayana, Hinayana, Theravada and so on. But it's different.
Let me just say one thing: your naturalized household registration system is progressing most smoothly in Annan, and Annan is actually the most deeply influenced by Confucianism, and the influence of religion is not that great; followed by places such as Siam, Nanzhang, Myanmar, etc. In the Buddhist areas, the Buddhists in these areas were very powerful. Before Jinghua came, they could even influence the king's decision.
Fortunately, these Buddhist forces are not particularly proactive in interfering with the political power. But the Green Sect...I don't know much about their doctrines, but I know one thing, and you must know it too: they like to engage in ****. "
Gao Pragmatic sighed and said with some distress: "Actually, I have always insisted on religious freedom..."
Liu Xin looked at him with a half-smile, and Gao Pingshi coughed dryly: "We will discuss this later. Are there any problems in this regard in Luzon?"
"Originally, there was a point, but I think this problem may have been solved by the Spaniards for you." Liu Xin smiled slightly: "Look at this." As she said that, she pulled out another note and showed it to Gao Pragmatic.
Gao Pragmatic's eyes lit up after seeing it: "The Spaniards are really filial sons of God. They can no longer maintain their rule over the Philippines. They are still insisting on asking me to retain their missionary rights."
"What do you say?" Liu Xin said with a smile: "I think if Catholicism enters China, it will be 'naturalized' to some extent, but with them here, at least they can fight fire with fire."
Gao pragmatically nodded, but immediately shook his head and said: "What you said is politically incorrect. We firmly believe in religious freedom... So I decided to accept this request gladly and retain the Spaniards' Catholic missionary rights in Luzon."
After a pause, he added: "But reservations are reservations. Our household registration and naturalization system must be followed up immediately, and the construction of Confucian schools must be implemented with greater intensity than the current implementation in southern Xinjiang."
Liu Xin raised her eyebrows slightly: "What does this intensity mainly refer to?"
"In all aspects!" Gao Pragmatic said solemnly: "Those who study Confucianism, especially those who pass the Confucian examinations at all levels, will have priority in politics to enter the yamen at all levels in the future Kingdom of Luzon; in economics, they will be given a certain degree If Jinghua Bank enters Luzon in the future, they can also get priority loans; in terms of military and military merit, they must master certain Chinese characters before they are allowed to join the Manila Garrison that will definitely be there in the future... and so on."
Liu Xin took notes and asked, "Do you want to change the name Manila?"
"Change your name? Well, you can consider it."
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