Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1451, Angry Persians

Pirates are rampant here in North Africa and the Gold Coast of West Africa. The thriving Spain and the ambitious Koreans and Japanese are also wantonly expanding their colonies, making the entire West African region like a pot of porridge.

In the royal palace of Tabriz, the capital of Persia, Ismail I was looking at the world map to study the direction in which the Persian Empire could expand and the areas that could be colonized.

"The Ming Empire is too huge. Almost the entire world has fallen into the hands of the Ming Empire. There is very little land left for us Persians, and there is only a large expanse of land in West Africa."

Ismail I was a monarch who thought he was talented and bold. Although he was very young, he was able to establish the Safavid Dynasty single-handedly, conquered east and west, and quickly settled in the Persian plateau, which is enough to show his talent.

The ambitious Ismail I has always wanted to reproduce the glory of the ancient Persian Empire and establish a powerful Persian Empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.

It's just that he was born at an untimely time, and he was surrounded by powerful opponents who were so powerful that it made people feel hopeless.

The north has been occupied by the Ming Empire. Regarding the Ming Empire, he has no intention of competing with the Ming Empire. The west is the Ottoman Empire. The powerful Ottoman Empire has repeatedly beaten the Persian Empire.

As for the Tianzhu continent in the east, it has already been divided up by the vassal kings and colonial firms of the Ming people. Although the Persian Empire is powerful, it cannot provoke these Ming people.

Only the remaining southern Arabian Peninsula is another desert land, very poor and almost worthless.

What can be done is to expand and colonize overseas, but the Persian Empire has experienced wars with the Ottoman Empire a few years ago, and it has not seized the best opportunity for foreign colonization. Now it seems a bit late.

"Fortunately, we acted quickly. We occupied a large island here in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. With this island as the center, we can then expand to the interior of the African continent."

"The African continent is very huge, with vast land, and the local Kunlun slaves are very backward. It is not difficult to occupy a piece of land."

Ismail I studied it carefully, and soon said with regret: "It's a pity that we didn't get a colony in East Africa, and the Ming people divided it up."

"Otherwise, there is a transfer station, and it can also expand inland from East Africa to West Africa."

"Your Majesty, West Africa is considered to be the last pure colonial land in the world. The competition is very fierce at present, including North Korea, Japan, our Persia, and European Spaniards, Portugal, France, England, etc."

"If we want to acquire more land, we must increase investment in the West African colonies and increase more troops and manpower."

Ismayi I's side, his teacher Charland said after thinking.

"Teacher, you are right. I also have the same intention. I plan to send the two newly-trained guards to West Africa. However, our strength at sea has always been weak, and we don't have a decent navy. Even ships that go to sea , We don’t have many, which has always limited our expansion in West Africa, after all, we have to go across the sea.”

Ismail I nodded solemnly. The Persians are constantly learning from the Ming Empire, purchasing large quantities of Ming's arms and weapons, learning from Ming's military system, and training new troops.

This series of operations also allowed Ismail I to consolidate his rule over the entire Persian Empire. Ismail I cleaned up the tribal chiefs and military nobles who were too big in the past.

"This is indeed a problem. Our shipbuilding industry is still very backward. We cannot build large ships, and the speed of construction is too slow."

"On the one hand, we have to learn from the Ming Empire and develop the shipbuilding industry. On the other hand, we still need to spend more money to buy ships from the Ming Dynasty to meet our external needs."

Charland also nodded in agreement.

"Did you gain anything from your trip to Daming this time?"

Ismail I nodded slightly, then looked at Charland and asked.

"I have gained a lot, and the impression is also very great!"

"The development of the Ming Empire is really too fast. When I went to Daming a few years ago, I still felt that the gap between us and the Ming Empire was not very big, but now, I feel that the gap between us has suddenly closed. a lot of."

"Especially when I took the train from the Western Regions of Ming Dynasty to the capital, the shock was really too great."

Charland nodded and sighed.

"I've heard of the train a long time ago, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to ride it."

Ismail I nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, the role of the train is really great. It is very fast. It can also travel day and night, traveling thousands of miles a day. It can also carry two thousand people or a large amount of goods at one time."

"From the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it takes only a few days to travel by train for thousands of miles, and there is no need to travel around at all. You can sit on the train and drink tea and enjoy the scenery along the way. .”

"We in Persia should also develop our own trains, build a line from Tabriz to the Persian Gulf, and strengthen exchanges and transportation between various regions."

"Besides the trains, Daming's various machines also dazzled me."

"In the Hezhong area of ​​Ming Dynasty, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, relying on immigrant towns, they cultivated a large amount of land. They only need a small population to cultivate these lands."

"Using the steam tiller to plow the land, followed by harvesters, threshers, shellers, mills, etc., it is very efficient and the output is amazing."

"An immigrant town with [-] people in the Hezhong area can produce enough grain to supply millions of people for a year, and the grain produced in the entire Hezhong area is enough to feed the entire country of Ming Dynasty for a year."

Charland continued to talk about what he had seen and heard in Daming.

It's not the first time he has gone to Daming, and every time he goes to Daming, he can gain a lot and feel a lot.

"Daming has a lot to learn from us."

Ismail I nodded solemnly after listening to it. He studied the language and characters of Daming, read books and newspapers of Daming, deeply felt the profoundness of Ming culture, and was able to see the rapid changes of Ming. Learn to strengthen the Persian Empire as you go.

"Report~"

Just when the two were sighing, a minister hurried in with an urgent report.

"Your Majesty, I just received news from the West African colonies~"

"Spain dispatched a fleet to snatch Darius Island, our colony in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, and the city of Cambyses, our colonial stronghold on the West African continent!"

The minister didn't have time to catch his breath, so he hurriedly told what happened in West Africa.

"what?"

When Ismail I and Charland heard this, they couldn't help opening their eyes wide.

Darius Island is San Antonio Island, one of the three major islands in the Gulf of Guinea, located in the northeast of Sao Tome Island, southwest of Jin Island, and the later Principe Island.

This island is similar to Jin Island. Although it is a large island in the Gulf of Guinea, it was first discovered by the Portuguese, but because there are no resources, the Portuguese have never established a colonial stronghold here.

Later, the Persians came to West Africa. In order to facilitate colonization on the West African continent, they also occupied this place, renamed it Darius Island, and established a colonial stronghold.

At the same time, on the West African continent, the Persians also established the city of Cambyses, which was officially involved in the plundering of West African colonies and established colonial rule.

Both Darius and Cambyses were well-known monarchs of the ancient Persian Empire. Using their names to name these two places can be said to be the expectation of the Persians for the great Persian Empire.

It's all right now, but it was captured and snatched away by the Spaniards at once.

Ismail I and Charland were extremely angry, but also seemed unbelievable.

"Spain!"

Ismail I almost gritted his teeth and shouted out.

After finally working so hard to create two colonies in West Africa, they were all taken up by the Spaniards at once.

You must know that in order to colonize and expand in West Africa, Ismail I tightened his belt to live. Without a powerful navy and sea ships, he could only buy them from the Ming people, but the ships of the Ming people were not cheap to sell.

Forming a fleet to go to West Africa, almost made Ismail I drink porridge every day. Originally, he was counting on the gold, silver, ivory, slaves and so on from the colony to subsidize his family.

All of a sudden it was gone.

How could Ismail I not be angry.

"Your Majesty, our Majesty retaliated with an eye for an eye and took back our colony in West Africa!"

Charland frowned, thought for a while and said solemnly.

"Humph~"

"Is it enough to just take back the colony?"

"No, we have to make the Spaniards pay a heavy price, otherwise they think that our Persian Empire is easy to bully. In the past, a small Portugal dared to block the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea."

"Now that Spain directly sends troops to snatch our colonies, it doesn't take Persia seriously at all. If we want to reproduce the great Persian Empire, we must let the whole world know how powerful our Persians are."

Ismail I's eyes were blood red, and his young face became ferocious.

He walked up and down the palace like this, thought for a long time and said: "Teacher, I would like to trouble you to go to the Daming Empire and buy some warships from the Ming people. We must build a powerful sea fleet to do so." able to defend our interests."

"Send another two guard divisions to the West African continent. We can't beat the Spaniards at sea, so we will rob them of their colonies on land!"

(End of this chapter)