Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 575, Tianzhu and the world around it

On the other side, Taiping Hou Du Mingen led his people to follow Bihar, an official from Visa Port, and walked towards Bihar's mansion while chatting.

Du Mingen carefully looked at this foreign city with great interest.

The urban buildings here are very simple, many of which are built with rocks, and many Buddha statues can be seen everywhere, showing that this is a country that believes in Buddhism.

There were a lot of people on both sides of the road, and everyone looked curiously at Du Mingen and the others, and at these Daming people who came from the far east.

It can be clearly seen that the people here in Visa Port are divided into two categories.

One is the nobles like those in Bihar. They are tall and fair-skinned, and they are also pampered. They wear loose robes and look bullish.

One is the curious but timid, short, dark-skinned people on both sides of the street. These people are often dressed in rags, and most of them don't even have shoes.

"Amitabha~"

"Tianzhu really deserves to be the place where the Buddha enlightened and taught the Dharma. You can see Buddhist temples and statues everywhere. Everyone pays homage to the Buddha~"

Master Huiming, who was in charge of translating, was also constantly observing the Buddha statues everywhere, as well as the crowds worshiping the Buddha statues. He couldn't help but nodded in relief.

"The master looks like an eminent monk~"

Bihar on the side looked at Master Huiming, clasped his hands together, and said very respectfully.

"Don't dare, dare not, I don't know much about Buddhism, and this time I came to Tianzhu specially to study."

Master Huiming quickly returned the gift and said modestly.

His Sanskrit is very good. The Andra Kingdom believes in Buddhism, so Sanskrit is also one of the common languages ​​here in the Andra Kingdom.

"The master's spirit of learning is really admirable. I have already informed the eminent monks from the temple here in Visaka Port to come, and then everyone can have a good exchange with them."

For Buddhist masters, Bihar is very respected, and King Andra who believes in Buddhism, these monks have a very high status.

"Thank you benefactor~"

Master Huiming quickly expressed his thanks.

"Master Huiming, can you help me and ask why they are clearly divided into two types, one is very white and tall, and the other is very black and looks like Kunlun slaves."

Du Mingen, who was at the side, saw Master Huiming and Bihar chattering a lot, and interrupted a little embarrassedly.

"Of course you can~"

"I was able to come to Tianzhu this time, thanks to Lord Hou's help. This mere translation is just a trivial matter."

Master Huiming quickly replied, and then transferred Du Mingen's doubts to Bihar.

"These people are untouchables, untouchables. Anyone who comes into contact with them will be in bad luck."

"As for us, we are all noble Brahmins and Kshatriyas."

Bihar also explained when he heard Du Mingen's words.

"Untouchables?"

"Untouchables?"

"Noble Brahmins and Kshatriyas?"

After Du Mingen heard this, he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

In the Ming Dynasty, is there any kind of emphasis on princes and generals?
Comrade Lao Zhu, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty, was still a farmer and a beggar before. Although he said that there were slaves and maidservants, it was not so serious that he was a pariah and untouchable.

Shaking his head slightly, Du Mingen didn't try to understand the meaning of these things in depth. After traveling to many countries and places, Du Mingen knew that it was better not to worry about the affairs of these places.

As for if you want to colonize here in the future, you need to send someone to figure out these things in detail.

Arriving at Bihar's official residence, the lively banquet began soon, with a lot of food, wine, singing and dancing.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Du Mingen and Bihar have gotten to know each other a lot, and they will inevitably ask each other about the situation in the other's country.

Bihar was very curious about Daming, so he also asked a lot about him.

"Master Bihar, from now on, our Daming merchant ships will come to your Visa port on a regular basis to do business in your Kingdom of Andhra. Please take care of me when the time comes."

Du Mingen smiled and said to Bihar.

Liu Jin intends to establish a stable route to the Western world, and now he has occupied Crescent Bay in the Nanyang region and established Crescent City.

In the future, more colonial strongholds will be established on the Nanyang side. At that time, colonial strongholds will be slowly established from the sixth level of Ma, Java, Siam, and Myanmar to open up the entire route.

It is natural to establish a colonial stronghold on Tianzhu's side. Now that we have a good relationship with this Andhra Kingdom, it will be easier to operate in the future.

"No problem, we are also very happy to help friends from afar."

Bihar readily agreed that if businessmen from Ming Dynasty came frequently in the future, the port of Visa would become more prosperous.

Not only businessmen from various countries on the Tianzhu side will come to the Visa Port, but also businessmen from Persia and Middle Earth will also come to the Visa Port, and the taxes collected will naturally be more.

"Thank you, Lord Bihar. Our Daming will never forget the friendship of your country, and Master Bihar. If you need any help in the future, you can also ask our Daming."

"Master Bihar, I wonder if you can tell us about the situation in Tianzhu. You also know that Master Huiming came here from our Daming to obtain Buddhist scriptures so that he can spread Buddhism to the east."

Du Mingen expressed his thanks with a smile, and then began to ask about the situation in Tianzhu.

Master Huiming was in charge of the translation, and was also very curious about the situation on Tianzhu's side.

"Tianzhu's side is different from your Ming Dynasty. Our entire Tianzhu is not as big as your Ming Dynasty."

Hearing Du Mingen's words, Bihar thought for a while and said slowly.

When he asked Du Mingen just now, he learned that Daming is a vast country, much bigger than their entire Tianzhu combined.

"But our Tianzhu side has not formed a unified country. Our entire Tianzhu can be divided into hundreds of countries."

"In places like northern and western Tianzhu, people there have long since stopped believing in Buddhism."

Then Bihar said very sadly.

Buddhism used to spread widely in Tianzhu and has a lot of believers, but now the countries that believe in Buddhism in Tianzhu are only those countries on the southern plateau of Tianzhu.

"Don't you believe in Buddhism?"

Master Huiming asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I don't believe it for a long time. The countries in the north believe in the Indian~~Du~~ religion, and the countries in the west believe in the ~~tear~~blue~~ religion passed down from the Middle Earth. (Harmony~)."

"For the sake of faith, our Kingdom of Andra often goes to war with these countries in the north and west. They are very barbaric and rough. Every time they occupy a place, they force everyone to change their beliefs, or they will be beheaded. .”

"I didn't expect that in the far east, there are so many people in Daming who believe in the Buddha. This is really a very happy thing."

When it comes to this, Bihar's heart is also very heavy.

These countries on the southern plateau of Tianzhu have always been unhappy with these countries in the north and west. In the history of Tianzhu, the north has always attacked the south, and there are also deep grievances in history.

It has never been unified here. Even the most powerful dynasty has only unified the kingdoms in the north, and the kingdoms in the southern plateau have never surrendered to them.

"I don't even believe in Buddhism~"

After hearing this, Master Huiming couldn't help being silent. He didn't expect that in the birthplace of Buddhism, in the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, there is no longer any belief in Buddhism.

As for Du Mingen, he silently wrote down these.

Tianzhu is a loose sand, which is very helpful for the Ming Dynasty to colonize here in the future. A loose sand means that it is easy to bully and can be broken one by one.

"Lord Bihar, I wonder how much you know about Persia, Middle Earth and Africa?"

After understanding the situation in Tianzhu, Du Mingen began to ask about the situation in Persia, Middle-earth and Africa.

It is relatively close to Persia and Middle Earth, and the key is that they are connected by land, which means that the communication between them should be uninterrupted, and they must know a lot of information about Persia and the Middle East.

"They seem to have just experienced a change of dynasty in Persia. The new Safavid dynasty overthrew the rule of the Sasanian dynasty."

"As for Middle Earth, it is currently under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire is very powerful, and their territory is very vast, which is no worse than your Ming Dynasty."

"And the strength of the Ottoman Empire is very strong. Their fleets are rampant in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Their cavalry continue to attack in all directions and occupy more and more extensive land."

When talking about the Ottoman Empire, Bihar also used some exaggerated words.

"As powerful as our Ming Dynasty?"

Du Mingen was slightly silent. Walking all the way from the east, Du Mingen encountered many countries, but all of them were basically very small countries, and they were also very backward countries.

Unexpectedly, I finally heard a powerful country.

This Ottoman Empire, in the eyes of Bihar, is comparable to Ming Dynasty. It must not be bragging, it should be a very powerful country, and the territory of its rule should also be very vast.

"As for Africa, I know very little. I only talked about some things in Africa with some Arab merchants from China."

"According to them, beyond the great desert in the north of Africa, there is also a very vast land, where the people who live there are very, very black, as black as coal, and I know very little else."

Bihar didn't seem to see what Du Mingen was thinking, but continued to talk about Africa.

　Thanks to the book friends for pointing out the mistakes in the book because of the five buckets of rice. The place where Zheng He stayed in Tianzhu on his voyages is called Guli, not Visa.I haven't checked the information, but here it is considered a Visa card, so let's make a mistake~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)