Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1952, something big is going to happen in Chu
Inside the reception hall of the Governor's Mansion in Nanzhou City, South Africa.

The governor Du Mingen is cordially receiving the minister Mao Qian from Xingguo. This Mao Qian is the secretary of the household department of Xingguo and deeply trusted by King Xing.

"Master Hou, this time you must help us rejuvenate our country."

After exchanging pleasantries, Mao Cheng also showed his intention to come.

"Master Mao, do you know what happened?"

Du Mingen asked after hearing this.

"We in Xingguo suffered a major flood this year, and the food harvest is almost complete. Although we still have some food, we can't support it for too long. We are in urgent need of food, so please ask Lord Hou for help."

Mao Cheng also spoke out about the issue of Xingguo.

Xingguo is located on the golden coastline of West Africa, in the tropics, roughly where Gabon is in later generations, and has a tropical rainforest climate. During the rainy season, the precipitation is very heavy, which also brings a great test to the development of Xingguo.

Flooding is one of the most urgent problems for Xingguo.

"I can't do anything about it. I'm all in South Africa, and I can't help you rejuvenate the country against the flood."

Du Mingen took a sip of tea and said calmly.

In fact, Mao Cheng's meaning is already very clear, that is, he hopes that the South African colony can support the food for Xingguo, but he has no intention of paying.

Naturally, Du Mingen also pretended to be confused. If you don't mention money, I will say that I can't do anything.

I'm not doing charity, so why don't I just give food to you for free?
What's more, this South African colony itself is only the governor, and there are shareholders behind it, so I can't use everyone's money to do charity.

"Master Hou, our Xingguo is also a descendant of Yanhuang, and our Xingwang is the younger brother of today's emperor."

"Now that I'm in trouble, Master Hou must help."

Seeing that Du Mingen was pretending to be confused, Mao Cheng continued.

He came here to beg for alms this time, rejuvenating the country is difficult.

King Xing himself does not have the family background like other princes. King Xing was named king in the fifth year of Hongzhi, and he went to Huguang to become a feudal clan in the seventh year of Hongzhi.

Even though Emperor Hongzhi was his elder brother, he treated him very well, his elder brother took good care of him like a father, even Princess Xing was arranged for him by Emperor Hongzhi himself.

But after all, King Xing's family background is still too weak, and the time is too short, so the foundation is weak.

After coming overseas, he managed to establish his own vassal state, and basically spent all his wealth. The development of this rejuvenating country is due to a serious lack of funds.

No way, King Xing also gave up his old face. Not only did he often write letters to Emperor Hongzhi crying about being poor, he said that he had to eat or drink in West Africa, and he was often bullied and so on. Life is hard It's very, in short, it's as miserable as it is.

This Emperor Hongzhi has always been a soft-hearted person, and he also took good care of the Ming royal family. In the past, those vassal kings who cried poor would reward the vassals with taxes from a certain place. Now that his own brother is crying poor, it is natural that he should care about it.

Therefore, from time to time, Emperor Hongzhi would directly give some silver taels to King Xing, often hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of silver to King Xing, and would also order the West African Fleet to take better care of Xingguo and so on.

The elder brother of Emperor Hongzhi really has nothing to say, so that King Xing sometimes has the cheek to go to Emperor Hongzhi, but what should Xingguo do if it wants to develop?
Naturally, they are looking for alms from other feudal lords and colonies. King Ning of Ning State, King Chu of Chu State, South African colonies, Western United Firms, etc. are all the objects of their alms.

In the past, for the sake of King Xing, everyone would help him to some extent. After all, he is the younger brother of Emperor Hongzhi, so he should take care of him.

But King Xing is not shameless at all. He finds reasons to beg for alms every now and then. If there are too many times, everyone will ignore them. Everyone's money is not blown by strong winds. How can they support you every now and then? owe you.

"How about this, our South African colony will donate [-] catties of grain to you, but you have to transport it by yourself. As for the rest, we really can't help."

Du Mingen walked past with thousands of idiots in his heart, and he came here every now and then, next time he would never see someone from Xingguo, it was too shameless.

Soon, Du Mingen sent out the Mao Kip. This Mao Kip was about to get [-] catties of grain, but he was not happy, because the [-] catties of grain was not worth much, and the key shipping cost had to be paid by himself. Come out, the prince will definitely scold him to death when he goes back.

Next, I will go to other feudal states and colonies to see. Anyway, I can ask for a little bit, and food is also something that Xingguo is in urgent need of.

"Liu Da, from now on, no one in Xingguo should arrange to meet with anyone. If you come, tell me that I'm not free."

Turning his head, Du Mingen started admonishing Liu Da.

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Liu Da quickly replied that he had noticed something from the sidelines just now, that Xingguo seemed to be here to fight the autumn wind.

"This King Xing is really shameless. He comes here every now and then for alms. He really thinks our money is blown by the wind."

Du Mingen couldn't help shaking his head, he didn't understand why King Xing was so shameless.

Without thinking about it again, Du Mingen soon met Master Huiming, the prime minister from Chu, in the living room.

In the living room, Master Huiming was dressed in a nondescript manner. He might be a monk, but he might not be a monk. He might be an official. He was wearing cassocks and an official hat on his head.

It looks very strange and very funny.

Let’s say he is a prime minister, let’s say he is a monk, and he has a strong bureaucratic atmosphere. His behavior style is not like a monk at all. Also extremely greedy for power.

"My Lord, the South African colony has always been a role model and model for the major colonies and vassal states, but you in South Africa don't have a temple so far. This is not acceptable. Everyone who believes in Buddhism has no place to trust."

"I don't know if we are allowed to send some people from Chu to build Buddhist temples to spread Buddhism."

Master Huiming looked at Du Mingen, all his attention was on Du Mingen, he just glanced at Liu Da who was standing behind Du Mingen, and proposed to spread Buddhism and build temples in the South African colony.

"This will not bother you, Master."

"Our South African colony has banned the spread of various religions from the very beginning, and the same is true for Buddhism. We don't believe in Buddhism, so naturally there is no need to build Buddhist temples."

Du Mingen didn't have a good impression of Master Huiming. With such a nondescript thing, only the king of Chu, an old idiot, would trust him and let a monk be the prime minister. What a fool.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong. This person must practice more while he is alive, and accumulate more good deeds. Only after he dies can he enter the Buddhist kingdom to enjoy it. Otherwise, he will go to hell and suffer all kinds of torture."

"People in the world are ignorant of the greatness of Buddhism, Lord Marquis, you should know it, you should take refuge in my Buddha, save all sentient beings, let Buddhism spread to every corner of the world, how can you prohibit the spread in South Africa. "

When Master Huiming saw it, he frowned and said.

"Master Huiming, I think you are the prime minister of the state of Chu who is willing to meet you. If you want to talk about this matter, I don't think there is any need for us to talk about it."

Du Mingen was immediately unhappy, his face was gloomy, there is nothing good in this Buddhist sect, and the same is true for this Master Huiming, he is cursing himself.

"Master Hou insists on this, so I can't say anything."

"I came here this time mainly to buy arms and weapons from you, Lord Hou."

Master Huiming felt helpless when he saw that Du Mingen didn't like him at all.

He has always been committed to spreading Buddhism. He founded the only school in Buddhism, which pays attention to spreading Buddhism to all parts of the world, while strictly rejecting other religions.

This South African colony has a large number of Ming people, and the spread of various religions is prohibited. It is definitely the best soil for the only sect. He also sent several waves of people here to preach, but they were all expelled by the South African colony.

This time I came here in person, and I also wanted to try to see if I could make this Du Houye change his mind, but it still ended in failure.

"Buy arms and weapons?"

"We naturally welcome this. What kind of weapons and weapons do you want to buy, and how much do you need?"

When Du Mingen heard this, he immediately regained his energy. The sale of arms and weapons is a big business, and it is also a very profitable business.

The state of Chu is considered to be the richest among the many vassal states, with a large area, a large population, and a lot of money.

"We want to buy 200 cannons, 3 muskets, some bullets and shells, and we also need to buy some cold weapons, military boots, military uniforms and the like."

Master Huiming thought for a while and came up with a list.

"Ouch~"

"This is a big deal. Buying 200 cannons and 3 muskets at one time is enough to arm a powerful army."

When Du Mingen heard this, he was slightly surprised. This is a big deal.

"how?"

"Could it be that Master Du can't get it out here?"

Master Huiming asked with a smile.

"Of course there is no problem. I can sell you as much as you want, and I can give you some discounts for the price."

Du Mingen replied straight away, this is just a small amount of ammunition, and the South African colony can easily take it out.

"That's fine~"

"We want it urgently. We hope it can be delivered to us next month. Is it possible?"

Master Huiming nodded in satisfaction, thought for a while and said.

"Of course there is no problem~"

Du Mingen and Master Huiming were discussing the arms sale.

Here Liu Da felt an unusual aura.

"I'm afraid something big is going to happen to the Chu Kingdom!"

"Buy so many arms and weapons all at once, and the state of Chu is not at war with anyone now, so why do you want so many arms and weapons?"

Liu Da was thinking in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)