Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 658, wooden bones are bundled

In the northern Indian Ocean, a fleet of more than a dozen large ships was sailing from north to south, and the Minglong flag hung on the ship was constantly flying.

Du Mingen, the Marquis of Taiping, who was dressed in crimson, was looking in the east direction.

He was homesick, really homesick!

Starting from Tianjin after the spring of last year, it first traveled all the way south to Nanyang, opened the Nanyang route, and at the same time severely cleaned up Luzon.
Then go westward from Nanyang, along the route that the Sanbao eunuch used to go to the West, from Sulu to Malacca, then to Siam, to Myanmar, to Tianzhu, south to Ceylon, and then all the way north to Persia in the Middle East .

It was already New Year's time when he arrived in Persia. Now, in order to complete the journey traveled by Sanbao eunuch, he continued to lead more than ten large ships and headed south again.

He decided to go to Africa, to Mugudushu, and take a look at the legendary Kunlun slave.

But at this moment, he was really homesick.

It has been almost a year since he came out, and he spent most of his time wandering at sea. Even though he saw the exotic scenery of various countries along the way, even though his big ship was filled with gold, silver, jewelry, and exotic goods, none of this could stop him. I miss my hometown and my relatives in my hometown.

"I don't know what's going on with Daming now~"

"Is this Tianjin more prosperous?"

Du Mingen's thoughts were full of thoughts. After being away from home for a long time, he felt that he couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to go back to Daming as soon as possible and visit his hometown.

But he knew the dream in his heart.

This sea is my final destination.

This time, after he was going to arrive in Africa, it was difficult to travel all the way along the east coast of Africa. First, he had to understand the situation in Africa and prepare for the next voyage.

In fact, he really wants to go to Europe, but the conditions are not allowed. The situation of the fleet is not optimistic. Many materials prepared are exhausted, especially soybeans, tea leaves and dehydrated vegetables. A few things, it's easy to get sick while sailing the ocean.

Originally, when they arrived in Tianzhu, there were more than [-] large ships, but every time they arrived at a place, Du Mingen would send a ship back to Daming first. After this journey, until now, there are only a dozen large ships left to go south to Africa together. .

Of course, one advantage of sailing this way is that there are countries along the way, so many things can be replenished, unlike going to the Golden Continent, not to mention the long journey, and the barbarian land along the way, it is difficult to get what you need.

In addition to the problem of supplies, the crew members are also like Du Mingen, they are all homesick, and they all want to go back to Daming.

Many crew members have expressed their intentions to Du Mingen's side, wanting to return to Daming, and even never go out to sail again.

They earn enough money to live a prosperous life.

Because many crew members have rich sailing experience at sea, after returning to Daming, they are the people who are scrambling for it from major commercial firms, and it is easy to walk casually in the sea area around Daming.

Some sailors have even made plans to open a plantation in Nanyang and retire there in the future.

The crew who can follow Du Mingen to Africa, like Du Mingen, have the heart of the sea and want to go further on the ocean and see more places.

"Arabian Peninsula~"

"To enter the Red Sea, it would be great if there was a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. In this way, you don't have to go around Africa for thousands of miles to go to Europe."

Soon, Du Mingen came back to his senses, picked up the map and carefully studied the voyage.

His gaze was locked on the area connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It was very short, but it forcibly separated the two places, making it impossible for ships to pass through.

In his mind, he suddenly thought of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, thinking that if a canal was opened between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, there would be too many, too many people going to Europe.

"Europe~"

"Do you want to go to Europe from here to have a look at that time?"

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Du Mingen's mind.

I also recalled what Liu Jin said about Europe in my mind.

Liu Jin still has a lot of descriptions about Europe, and even Liu Jin thinks that people in Europe will definitely become Ming's strongest opponents on the ocean in the future.

So Du Mingen really wanted to go to Europe to have a look and see what is so magical about this Europe. Even Liu Jin believed that Europeans would become Daming's strongest opponent in the future.

"This is Egypt, now under the control of the Ottoman Empire."

"The Ottoman Empire and the Europeans have been at war, and the relationship between each other is very tense. It seems unrealistic and too dangerous to go to Europe from here."

After thinking for a while, Du Mingen couldn't help shaking his head again.

Along the way, the situation in this area is relatively clear. The Ottoman Empire is very powerful at this time, occupying the central area of ​​the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Even the Safavid Dynasty in Persia was overwhelmed by the Ottoman Empire.

"Forget it this time. Let's go to Africa first, and then go back to Daming to rest for a few years. After a few years, when the colonial strongholds along the way are established and the route is stable, we will open up a route to Europe."

After thinking about it, Du Mingen put away the map and decided not to go to Europe this time.

It would be too dangerous if one's own ship could not sail there. The war between the Middle East and the Europeans had lasted for many centuries, and the Europeans had launched several Crusades back and forth.

This is not a confrontation between two countries, but a confrontation between two civilizations, and a confrontation and struggle between two religions.

"After returning to Daming, you must explain the situation here to His Majesty, and strictly prohibit any kind of religion here from spreading to Daming, it's crazy."

Thinking of the war between the Europeans and the Ottoman Empire, Du Mingen couldn't help shaking his head.

Traveling all the way west, he can be considered to have seen a religion-centric civilization that is completely different from Eastern civilization.

For these places, nothing is more important than this, and for this reason they are also very crazy and paranoid, which made Du Mingen realize the hidden danger and instability all at once.

In the east centered on Ming Dynasty, gods are important, but it is absolutely impossible to override the kingship, but here, the gods are above the kingship.

For the holy place in their hearts, the two civilizations have fought for centuries, with heavy casualties.

This made Du Mingen very puzzled, is God really that important?

"The bones are all bunched~"

"The farthest place that the Sanbao eunuch has reached, I heard that the people there are all dark Kunlun slaves."

Du Mingen turned his gaze to the south, and remembered the relevant information he had inquired before.

There were Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty, and they were sold to the Tang Dynasty by Persian merchants from the Middle East, but the number was not large. Du Mingen was still full of expectations for Africa.

In Liu Jin's mouth, Africa is a vast and rich land.

Gold, silver, as well as ivory and precious stones are produced here. There are vast grasslands and strange black Kunlun slaves.

"Based on the voyage, the bones that can reach the northeast corner of Africa in today's time are all gone."

Du Mingen was full of anticipation, looking forward to arriving in Africa as soon as possible to see the magic of Africa.

A few days later.

"Land~land~"

On the mast, the watchman shouted excitedly, and at the same time rang the bell.

Immediately, the crew members on each ship couldn't help getting excited, and they all looked towards the west area. A faint silhouette of land appeared in the field of vision, and it became bigger and bigger in the field of vision, gradually occupy the entire field of vision.

"Africa is finally here~"

Du Mingen looked at the land in front of him and smiled.

After all, I seem to have not been to Australia and Europe. Europe must not have its own share this year, and Liu Jin will definitely send other people to open up routes to Australia.

But this is Europe. In the future, we will definitely have to open up our own routes.

"Send the order to go down and find a place to park."

Du Mingen carefully looked at the continent in front of him with a telescope, hoping to find Kunlun Nulai on the land, or to see if he could find a bigger city, port, etc.

Mogadishu, also known as Hama, Upper Ghani, etc., is an extremely ancient city. Before 1000 BC, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt would often send people here to purchase spices.

This is the place where the most frankincense and myrrh are produced, and it is also the place where these two things have the longest history.

At the same time, the ivory and leather trade here is also extremely prosperous. Merchants from the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Tianzhu gathered here to sell the frankincense, myrrh, ivory, leather and other places here to all over the world.

Mogadishu at this time is far from what Mogadishu in later generations can compare.

Mogadishu at this time can be regarded as the largest and most prosperous city in eastern Africa, and Mogadishu in later generations is full of wars, rebellions and huge profits.

In Mogadishu in the early morning, with the rising sun in the east, the billowing waves are bright red, and the rows of ancient Qing~~~zhen~~ temples on the coast are bursting with Sanskrit sounds, and the towering spires Standing atop the round white caps, while rows of old white Arab castles reflect the morning sun.

A new day begins.

This ancient city began to become noisy again, and the Arabs, Persians, and local Samalites started a new busy day.

However, someone soon discovered that on the eastern sea, amidst the rolling red sun waves, more than a dozen large ships flying the flag of Ming Dynasty were slowly approaching the port of Mogadishu.

　Mogadishu has a long history, but it was mainly created by Arabs and Persians~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)