Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1176, Ming Red Navy
On the vast Indian Ocean, dozens of large ships sailed on the sea, their sails were bulging by the wind, and the flags of the Ming Empire and the army of the Ming Empire hung high on their masts.

A knowledgeable person would immediately know that this is a unit belonging to the Ming Army.

Rows of Ming soldiers in military uniforms stood upright on the boat. Everyone was tall, tall and straight, with firm eyes and a trace of pride.

They are the Ming Army, a powerful army that spans the world. They punched grassland people, kicked Nanyang monkeys, slaughtered the Ottoman Empire, and taught European pirates. Wherever their military flags went, they were all Han soil, spreading the glory of the Ming Dynasty. , spreading the five thousand years of Chinese civilization and fire.

This time, the [-] Ming soldiers on the dozens of large ships in front of them will go to the Red Sea area to protect the interests of the Ming Empire in this area.

[-] army soldiers, plus [-] navy soldiers, equipped with [-] warships, will form the Great Ming Red Navy and the Great Ming Red Sea Fleet.

They will become the most powerful force of Ming Dynasty in this area!
"How long will it take to reach the Red Sea area?"

Mao Lun looked at the endless sea with a telescope, and seemed a little irritable. After more than three months of sailing from Daming Tianjin, he was already eager to reach the Red Sea area as soon as possible. The life at sea was really hard. It's harder than training every day.

"General, according to the voyage calculation, we only need two days to reach the Red Sea area."

Beside Mao Lun, his adjutant Yang Zhen quickly replied.

"There are still two days~"

Mao Lun nodded slightly, finally reaching the Red Sea.

"Get a map of the Red Sea region."

After thinking about it, Mao Lun ordered again, and soon a soldier took out a map of the Red Sea area, and Mao Lun looked at it carefully.

"Yang Zhen, where do you think our military base is more appropriate?"

Mao Lun looked at the map and thought.

"General, the last general thinks that the throat between the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, connecting the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean is the most suitable place."

"We only need to set up a military base here. Our army can go north at any time to enter the Arabian Peninsula, or go to Egypt, and go south at any time to enter all parts of East Africa to support the vassal states and colonies in various places."

"Our navy only needs to block this throat to control this important route."

Yang Zhen drew a circle on the map and said.

"Hmm~"

Mao Lun nodded in agreement. This time he came to the Red Sea, his mission was to establish a military base and a military port, and at the same time he was tasked with protecting Ming's interests in the Red Sea region, the Middle East, and East Africa.

The choice of this military base is very critical.

"Is there any news from Jin Yiwei?"

After thinking about it, Mao Lun asked again.

"When we stayed in Ningguo last time, Jin Yiwei gave us detailed information about this area."

"According to Jin Yiwei's information, this area has a tropical desert climate, hot and high temperature all year round, little precipitation, and few rivers around. Only this place called Djibouti has sufficient water sources, and its geographical location is very important, and There are also excellent ports that can meet all aspects of our military base needs."

Yang Zhen once again circled a small place on the map.

"Djibouti?"

"Which country does it belong to now?"

Mao Lun looked at the place of Djibouti on the map. The geographical location is indeed very good, it depends on the natural conditions of this place.

However, Jinyiwei’s information has always been very accurate. Today’s Jinyiwei is divided into two parts. One part is mainly used to monitor domestic officials and various places as before, and the other part is mainly for the collection and analysis of overseas intelligence. overseas operations.

Relying on its excellent intelligence capabilities, it has repeatedly made great contributions in the Ming Dynasty's external expansion wars, and sent the Ming army very accurate information from all over the world.

"Djibouti now belongs to the Adal Sultanate~"

"Currently, the Adal Sultanate is not a friendly country to us Ming people, especially since our Ming vassal state Chu State asked all the people in Chu State to convert to Buddhism, this Adal Sultanate has repeatedly Attack Chu State, and let the domestic pirates and thieves rob the merchant ships of my Ming Dynasty."

"If we want to set up a military base here, I'm afraid we still have to fight a war."

Yang Zhen also quickly told the situation here in Djibouti.

"Humph!"

"It is necessary to fight a good battle. If they don't give them a hard lesson, they really don't know how powerful the world is. They dare to bully even our Da Ming's vassal state, and even dare to rob our Da Ming's ships."

When Mao Lun heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Send the order, let everyone have a good rest for the next two days, and prepare for battle."

"Our first battle in the Red Sea region will be against the Adal Sultanate!"

"Yes~"

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Two days later, the port of Djibouti was only a small port, which was gradually formed when Arab merchants and Persian merchants from the north came here to do business.

Arab merchants immigrated here and mixed with the nomadic Somali, Issa, and Afar people here, and then gradually formed a society where Somali culture and Arab culture were mixed.

In recent years, with the rise of Ming Dynasty and the trade between Ming Dynasty and Europe, Djibouti, which is located in an important place, has also become an important transportation point. development and prosperity.

In the early morning, with a slight sea breeze, the port of Djibouti ushered in a new day.

The climate here is a tropical desert climate, with hot weather and little rainfall. It is very hot every day. Only the early morning is the coolest time of the day.

Therefore, a large number of people will come to the beach to enjoy this rare coolness, and the same is true in the port of Djibouti. The tax collector Oberk in the port is stretching his waist, looking forward to the arrival of a large number of ships.

What he hates the most are businessmen from Tianzhu, but in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer businessmen from Tianzhu. It seems that it is because Tianzhu is almost completely occupied by Ming people.

Tianzhu businessmen are extremely stingy, and they also like to care about everything. The key is that they lack credit and never want to pay taxes. They even want you to give them some money. They think that if they sell goods here, Djibouti will prosper, and Djibouti will not They should be taxed and even thanked.

"Damn Tianzhu people, you deserve to be taken over by Daming people."

Thinking of the Tianzhu merchants, Oberke couldn't help spitting, cursing in his mouth, one can imagine what a bad impression those Tianzhu merchants left on him.

In contrast, he likes the merchants of the Ming Dynasty the most. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty are very willing to pay taxes, and whenever a merchant of the Ming Dynasty arrives, these merchants of the Ming Dynasty will give him a small gift as a tax collector .

His home was filled with small gifts from Ming businessmen, such as silk, glass products, porcelain, etc. from Ming, which also made him a tax collector rich quickly.

So much so that now, seeing Daming's merchant ships, he couldn't help but want to extort money, and his appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and he was no longer satisfied with some small gifts from Daming's merchants.

To be honest, he actually didn't understand the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty. The strength of the Ming Empire was undoubted, and it had already been passed down here.

It stands to reason that such a powerful Ming Empire can act with more confidence. Even if it does not pay taxes, the great sultan would not dare to embarrass the merchants of Ming Dynasty.

But these Ming merchants gave people the feeling that they were very cautious, they were very cooperative in paying taxes, and they often gave small gifts to local officials, which made Oberk a little puzzled.

You must know that the Arab merchants and Persian merchants who come here to do business are very arrogant and extremely unwilling to pay taxes. It is very difficult to collect their taxes every time.

These Arabs and Persians keep talking about who we are from the great Arab Empire and the Persian Empire, how powerful we are, how difficult we are to mess with, you'd better get acquainted with them, and so on.

Regarding these, everyone is very clear that whether it is the Arab Empire or the Persian Empire, it is yesterday's old days, but these Arabs and Persians are very annoying, and they are indeed not easy to mess with. If there is a little thing, they will make trouble Where is Sudan going.

So, as a tax collector, he also doesn't like Arabs and Persians, but they are all the Lord's people. In contrast, although Daming people are friendly everywhere, he still likes to make trouble for Daming people.

Not for anything else, just to be able to extort and extort more property from the Daming people. With this little power in his hands, he has already built a mansion, bought dozens of slaves, and lived a very comfortable life.

He prayed every day that more Ming ships would arrive here so that he could have more income.

As usual, after he gets up every day, he will habitually look at the sea, hoping to see the figure of the sea ship approaching the port of Djibouti.

"A lot of boats~"

This time, he couldn't help but wiped his eyes, feeling as if he had seen something wrong.

After wiping his eyes, he looked at the sea again, his eyes widened slightly.

"Get rich, get rich~"

Then, he immediately cheered, because on the sea between the water and the sky, he could clearly see dozens of large ships approaching the port of Djibouti.

The Daming dragon flag flying on the boat was so dazzling that he could see it clearly at a glance from a long distance away. He seemed to see a lot of gold and silver flying towards him.

　We are already very strong, but it feels like anyone can bully us, even in our family~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)