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Chapter 413: Portugal is making a lot of money! Liu Che opens the door! Trade!

Outside the sky.

Many ancient people did not quite understand why Portugal was able to rise at the beginning.

At this time, I began to detect the smell.

Concentrate your efforts on big things!
This is a way of thinking that is engraved in the genes of the Chinese people.

After listening to Tianmu's story and thinking about it for a while, you can realize the difference between the development of navigation in Portugal and other countries.

tomorrow.

Zhu Di, who was also very concerned about navigation, took the Zheng He fleet he organized as an example.

Explaining to his two sons:

"I see."

"Boss, now you understand why Portugal has been able to rise?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled and shook his head.

But judging by the look in his eyes and his fat facial expression.

Zhu Gaochi seemed to have some ideas in mind.

"This video has just begun and has not yet been fully told, so it is too early to judge."

"But Tianmu specifically mentions Portugal, which has been developing navigation as a national program for more than 200 years."

"Imagine if the Ming Dynasty's plan to sail to the West lasted for more than 200 years."

“Even if I don’t study it specifically.”

"Based on the summary of these 200 years of navigation experience, it is definitely possible to improve the navigation level of the Ming Dynasty by more than one level, right?"

Zhu Di nodded, very satisfied with Zhu Gaochi's answer.

Then Zhu Di added:
"Continue to focus on big things!"

"Portugal's advantage is really too obvious compared to other countries."

"Zheng He's fleet was so large, far larger than any other merchant caravan, because he mobilized the power of the country and concentrated the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty to build such a large fleet."

"Although Portugal is a small country, as long as it concentrates its national strength, it will be much stronger than an ordinary chamber of commerce."

“Plus continued operations.”

"And there are princes coming to the platform to attract talents."

"Even if Portugal's maritime power was weak at the beginning, it will surely rise after such a long period of development."

The sky continues.

[After more than 20 years of theoretical and practical exploration, Portugal's national navigation strategy has finally revealed some rules in the mysterious and daunting Atlantic Ocean.]

[Let sailors use these laws to try to conquer the ocean step by step. ]

[In the south of Portugal, there is a famous tourist destination, Cape Roca. ]

【This is the end of the world in Europe. 】

[It is the last memory of land for sailors on long voyages. ]

[The cold sea breeze hits Cape Roca, and all you can see is the vast sea. ]

[For many years, this was the end of what Europeans could explore.]

[For thousands of years, Cape Roca, a huge rock that extends deep into the sea, has been watching over the turbulent Atlantic Ocean. ]

[But by the 16th century, Cape Roca had shaken off its former desolation and loss. ]

【It became the fulcrum for Europeans to explore the New World. 】

[Countless ships set out from here, day by day, year by year.]

[Some people came back, some people disappeared. ]

[In 1443 AD, under the command of Prince Henry, Portuguese navigators set out from Cape Roca and crossed Cape Bojador on the coast of West Africa.]

【This is an unprecedented achievement! 】

[Because before that, Cape Bojador in West Africa was considered by Europeans to be the end of the ocean world. ]

[In order to cross this cape. ]

【Prince Enrique and his team have been fighting for 21 years. 】

[Although the size of this fleet is small. ]

[Compared to Zheng He's huge fleet of the same period, the two or three Portuguese sailing ships were not worth mentioning at all. ] [But with their great desire for wealth and strong religious enthusiasm. ]

[At this moment, the Portuguese navigators broke through the limits of the European maritime world in the Middle Ages! ]

[As people traveled further overseas, they reached more and more sea areas and formed a new understanding of the Atlantic Ocean! ]

[In the past, Europeans thought that the Atlantic Ocean was just a narrow strip of ordinary sea.]

But now, they are gradually realizing it.

[The Atlantic Ocean is much larger than they imagined, and extends almost infinitely to the south and west! ]

[The rise of the Portuguese, along the west coast of Africa all the way south, constantly established navigation supply points and strongholds. ]

【Start with these unexplored areas.】

[A steady stream of local specialties - gold, ivory, and precious spices such as African pepper - flowed into Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. ]

【Immense wealth filled Portugal’s treasury.】

While telling the story, the sky screen also provides a simulated sailing scene.

You can see models of ships representing the Portuguese fleet, racing across the turbulent Atlantic Ocean.

Many ship models sank.

But there are also many ship models that go south along the coastline of the correct world map and extend their tentacles to western Africa.

Large amounts of gold, ivory, spices, etc. were also transformed into concrete symbols and transported to Portugal in a visible way.

The final picture.

It is a close-up of Portugal's overflowing treasury filled with gold.

Han Dynasty.

Liu Che, who was afraid of poverty, was stunned when he saw the full treasury of the tiny country Portugal!

Liu Che couldn't help but think back to the time when he was just about to launch the Han-Xiongnu War.

At that time, the Han Dynasty's treasury was also very abundant!

There were even excess supplies that the warehouses could not hold and overflowed directly from the warehouses!

At that time, I was so wealthy and built such a powerful army!

But war costs money like water.

After years of war, the Han Dynasty was reduced to a pauper!

Liu Che also wanted to continue to solve the Huns problem once and for all.

But Liu Che also knew that he had no money left.

Of course, Liu Che has always paid attention to maintaining and protecting external trade routes.

However, the Han Dynasty's external trade routes were mainly the Silk Road and the Ancient Tea-Horse Road.

There is also a Maritime Silk Road.

However, the Maritime Silk Road is clearly not large enough and lacks jurisdiction.

The profit that Dahan made from this was not high.

The current foreign trade routes can indeed provide certain benefits.

But not enough!

Obviously it’s not enough!
The big man is still short of money.

Liu Che has also been thinking about how to make more money.

In addition to collecting taxes internally and squeezing more profits from the people of the Han Dynasty.

How to make money from outside?
This has always been a question that Liu Che has been thinking about.

Especially since the sky curtain appeared.

Everyone realizes that there are so many countries overseas.

Among them are many powerful and rich countries, and countries with abundant gold.

Around the world, at the other end of the Silk Road,
So many potential trading partners!

This news made Liu Che think even more.

(End of this chapter)