I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 341 Unite against Ming Dynasty and save Europe.

Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, has been plundered by pirates.

More than 3000 soldiers guarding the capital were all killed, and the king was thrown into the sea and swallowed by a dozen sharks.

From nobles to ordinary civilians, all valuable items were looted.

The nobles who could not pay the ransom were taken away by pirates and disappeared into the vast sea without a trace.

And those who had paid the ransom were robbed again by a group of gangsters afterwards, and were slaughtered in the end. The news that Lisbon was in a sea of ​​flames spread throughout the high-level Western countries.

pirate?What a joke!
It is not that there are no pirates in the West, but the identities of these pirates are well known to all countries.

Pirates of such a large scale and strong force can attack a capital and win easily.The high-level leaders of Western countries have been thinking for a long time, but they can't think of any force that can easily achieve this step.

Even if he is as strong as Osman, he probably can't do it so easily.

For a while, the top leaders of various countries felt uneasy, and they stepped up their marine defenses to prevent the tragedy of Lisbon from being staged in their own countries.

At the beginning of October in the third year of Hongxi in the Ming Dynasty, the western countries strengthened their maritime defenses. When countries close to the Portuguese country, such as Spain, were considering how to annex the Portuguese country, which lost its king and fell into chaos, an invitation letter appeared Hands of kings.

This invitation letter was sent by the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman clearly stated in it that they knew the identity of the pirates, and invited representatives of various countries to Ottoman to participate in a meeting related to the safety of the entire West.

Originally, the countries hesitated at the beginning, thinking that Osman might have some conspiracy, and because the two parties had different beliefs, there was nothing to talk about, so they were ready to refuse.

As for the statement about threatening the West, this is even more nonsense.

The biggest threat to the West seems to be you Ottomans.

But what happened later forced them to go to Ottoman to attend the meeting.

It's impossible not to go, the pirates are too rampant.

Since the end of the Aden Fair in April, many countries have ordered a lot of armor equipment from Daming.

Daming does not accept cash on delivery, but requires countries to send gold and silver to them before sending the goods to them.

If you are not as powerful as others, you naturally have to follow other people's rules.

After calculating with Daming the money that needs to be paid, the representatives of various countries brought Daming's supervisory soldiers back to the country as soon as possible, and began to prepare the money. Let's bring back the equipment as quickly as possible to strengthen our own armed forces.

In August, some countries with sufficient assets prepared payment funds and went to the Gulf of Aden to settle the bill.

But I don't know if they are unlucky, or the pirates' intelligence capabilities are too strong.

The ships from various countries went to checkout, and they were besieged by pirates not long after they set out to sea.

The money to buy the equipment was robbed, all the soldiers protecting the money were killed, and the ships transporting it sank into the vast sea.

At first I thought it was an accident, but when things happened one after another, countries began to become suspicious.

If it's just one or two accidents, it may be really bad luck to meet this group of pirates.

But now that the forces of many countries are like this, it makes these countries suspicious, wondering if these pirates have anything to do with Daming.

The reason why they doubt Daming, but not other countries or internal forces in the country, is because some countries knew that other countries that transported money had been robbed by pirates, so they chose to travel in secret, but they were still robbed by pirates.

And those ships that did not transport money, although they occasionally encountered pirates, most of them were safe.

This time, it made the countries murmur in their hearts.

You don’t want to grab the ship that doesn’t contain money, but you grab one of the ships that I carry money. This doesn’t make me doubt you, it’s really hard to do.

What happened later made this point even more certain for the countries.

One of the cases may have discovered that these pirates were related to Ming Dynasty, so they set up a smoke bomb for safety.

Get a few empty ships and take Ming's soldiers to Aden, while the real money-drawing ships are disguised as ordinary merchant ships.

As a result, the boat that pulled the money was robbed, but the boat that actually pulled the money arrived in Aden safely.

After the news spread, the initial goodwill towards Daming from all over the world completely disappeared without a trace.

It's not that they never thought about questioning Zheng He, but when they thought of the two steel battleships docked in the Gulf of Aden and the huge fleet, the anger in their hearts disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The power disparity between the two sides is too great.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

The anger of weak and small countries is nothing compared to those powerful countries.

Countries that understand this truth deeply, looked at the invitation letter from the Ottoman Empire, the most powerful Western power, and secretly made a decision.

November of the third year of Hongxi in the Ming Dynasty.

The representatives of various countries who received the invitation came to Istanbul, the capital of Ottoman.

This meeting, which gathered most of the western countries, was held on November 11.

"Gentlemen, welcome to Istanbul. I am Baron Oliver, Minister of State of the Ottoman Empire. I will preside over today's meeting."

In the morning, the meeting was held in one of the main halls of the palace.

Representatives from various countries sat expressionlessly in the assigned positions, staring at Baron Oliver who appeared above.

Seeing that the representatives of all countries looked over, Oliver cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Gentlemen, the crisis that threatens the entire West has come again. The degree of horror of this crisis will surpass the Mongol Empire and seriously threaten our country. The survival of the race."

As soon as Oliver started, he dropped a piece of news that made everyone breathless.

"Some people may think that I am scaremongering, but I can tell you clearly that this is reality, it is something that will happen in the future, and it is a disaster that will definitely happen in the future."

Turning around and grabbing the cloth covering the board behind him, Oliver pulled hard, and the cloth on it slipped off, revealing a map that shocked everyone.

This is a huge map, with many large and small lands scattered on it, and there are markings in Ottoman characters on the large and small lands.

"This map is the top secret of our Ottomans. In order to fight against the evil enemy, our Majesty the King took out this map and shared it with you."

Looking at the shocked and greedy gazes below, the corners of Baron Oliver's mouth curled up slightly.

This map was obtained from the east by the Ottoman Empire at countless costs.

According to the person who sold the map, this is a world map collected by the Eastern countries for more than ten decades.

Not only are the various countries marked on it, but there are also many unknown continents in the West.

There are no national powers on these unknown continents in the west, but only a group of uncivilized barbarians.

There are countless untapped treasures on it, as long as one of the continents is taken, a country can survive for thousands of years.

Originally, the Ottoman Empire planned to use this map to annex those unowned lands.

Thinking of Daming's terrifying strength in intelligence, the Ottoman Empire knew that it would be difficult for Ottomans alone to stop Daming's progress.

Aumurad is also a ruthless person. After realizing that he could not compete with Daming, he simply dragged the entire West into the water.

Since I am an Ottoman and am not your opponent, Ming, then I will pull the whole of the West to fight with you.

Aumurad didn't believe it anymore, uniting the power of the whole West couldn't stop Ming's invasion.

After defeating Ming in the future, relying on the strength of the Ottoman Empire in the west, not only will it not become weaker due to fighting with Ming during the alliance period, it is likely to become stronger.

As long as you move your hands and feet in the battle with Ming, the power of other western countries will be weakened. Once Ming is defeated, the Ottoman Empire will be unrivaled in the west.

Those unowned lands will also become Ottoman territory.

And he, Omurad, will fulfill his childhood wish and become the greatest emperor in the world.

Baron Oliver, who was standing on the side of the map, stepped forward and raised a baton in his hand after everyone slowly woke up from the shock of the map.

"Gentlemen, Daming, the golden kingdom in the east, I believe everyone is familiar with it!"

The representatives of various countries in the audience nodded slightly.

In the past, Da Ming was very strange to them, and many of them had never even heard of Da Ming's existence.But since the military exhibition, Daming has been synonymous with power and invincibility in the subconscious minds of Western countries.

The East has become an object that countries look up to and fear.

Seeing everyone nodding, Oliver continued to speak.

"I believe everyone knows about Da Ming, but they don't know how powerful Da Ming is, let alone how many troops they have in their territory."

Hearing such a question, everyone in the audience fell into silence.

Yes, they only know how powerful Daming is.

But how strong Daming is, they really don't know at all.

He raised his hand and knocked on the table, attracting the attention of the silent crowd.

Oliver took a deep breath, and clicked on the location of the easternmost island on the map.

"This is the famous Penglai Province, the most marginal territory in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and further east is the endless sea."

Then the baton slid down and pointed to the Malacca area.

"There are countless islands and continents here. I regret to tell you gentlemen that this is also under the control of Daming."

After introducing the situation in the south, Oliver took a deep breath and pointed to the land in the north that was several times the size of Europe.

"here."

Stretching out his hand to draw a big circle, Oliver said in a low voice: "This huge and hopeless land is the land of Daming. From south to north, to the sea, it belongs to Daming."

"hiss!"

There was a sound of gasping for air from below.

They already thought that Da Ming was very powerful, but now it seems that their imagination is still too weak.

God, is this the territory that a country should have? I'm afraid God will not be able to do this step.

Before everyone could consume the fact that made them desperate, Oliver reached out and touched the edge of the Golden Horde.

"This is Sarai, the marginal territory of the Golden Horde, which was once a subordinate state of the Mongol Empire. I regret to tell you gentlemen that all the way to the east from top to bottom, except for the Timur Empire, is all the land of Ming Dynasty. "

Quite a few of Weiwei's representatives suddenly slumped on the chairs, their faces full of bewilderment.

Apart from the heavy panting, there was no sound in the hall anymore.

Everyone was so frightened, Oliver seemed not to give up, and once again gave everyone a hard blow.

"Gentlemen, I regret to tell you here that the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence and the map in our hands that I just mentioned were three years ago."

"In the past three years, Daming has never stopped. Only God knows how powerful they are now."

The Ottoman Empire didn't believe in God, but today's meeting was all from Western countries. Oliver didn't want to argue about racial beliefs, so he directly pulled God out, hoping to bring everyone closer.

"Gentlemen! In order to let everyone understand Daming more intuitively, we have also invited representatives of the Timurid Empire who have been at war with Ming for nearly 10 years and are still in stalemate."

When the representatives of various countries looked at the map in a daze, Oliver once again spoke a piece of news that surprised everyone.

The Timurid Empire, many Western countries have heard of this name, but Ottoman and two sheep are blocking the front, and they have not had any contact with this country.

But they know that this country is also very strong, and it once beat Osman to the ground.

In the Battle of Ankara decades ago, the Ottoman Legion was defeated by Timur. According to the knowledge of all countries, it seems that even the king of the Ottoman Empire was captured.

At that time, Ottoman was still attacking Byzantium, and it was because of this disastrous war that Byzantium lingered for several years.

Countries did not expect that in order to fight against Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire actually put aside the life-and-death enmity between the two countries and chose to unite with the Timurid Empire.

When the representatives had different expressions, a man with a smile on his face came out from the next room.

"It's my great honor to introduce you. This is Mr. Hadar, Minister of State Affairs from the Timurid Empire!"

"Good morning, gentlemen!"

Following Baron Oliver's introduction, Hadar, who stepped onto the stage, bowed slightly.

Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, the representatives of various countries in the audience applauded and welcomed them with smiles on their faces.

"Okay, gentlemen, next is Mr. Hadar, who will introduce you to the current situation of Daming."

Oliver stepped aside with a smile, leaving the seat for Hadar.

"Thank you Baron Oliver!"

The two sides had already discussed what to say, Hadar said politely, and then stood off the stage and faced the representatives of various countries.

"Da Ming is an ancient country in the east. They have existed for thousands of years like Egypt. Although they have been invaded by other countries many times, their own heritage has never been defeated."

Hadar didn't talk about the strength of Daming at the beginning, but introduced the history and origin of Daming to everyone.

"A hundred years ago, the Mongols swept the world. At that time, the Song Dynasty, the last country of Ming Dynasty, was also conquered by it and ruled by the Mongols."

"The Mongols later established a dynasty there, named Dayuan, and planned to occupy it permanently."

"It's a pity that history seems to have reincarnation. Even if it is as powerful as Dayuan, it is like the foreign race that occupied Daming before. After only a few generations of emperors, the power of the country has declined extremely quickly."

"Later, there was a miraculous man who fought all the way from a beggar, defeated countless enemies, drove away the Great Yuan founded by the Mongols, and established the present Daming. Zhu Yuanzhang, known as Hongwu Emperor!"

"The life of this emperor can be called a legend. When he was a child..."

"After growing old as an emperor, his grandson took over the throne, but unfortunately he couldn't lead the country and was taken away by his uncle. The current ruler of Ming Dynasty, to be precise, is the one who abdicated three years ago. This is the uncle who robbed his nephew of the throne."

Following Hadar's narration, the people below seemed to be listening to the scriptures, amazed for a while, and dazed for a while.

The history of Zhu Yuanzhang's fortune made them feel miraculous.

In their thinking, with such a legendary life, it is estimated that the Son of God could not be so lucky.

But after Zhu Di's coup d'état, they were very calm when they heard it, and there was no surprise.

This kind of thing is already commonplace for all countries, and there is nothing surprising.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Di's history of conquest that made them feel awe.

"Now the emperor Zhu Di who conquered a huge territory has abdicated, and now his son is in charge of this powerful empire."

"According to the information we have received, the emperor in control of Daming is a benevolent emperor who does not love war. He prefers to resolve issues peacefully through negotiations."

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

Such an emperor is good, especially the emperor of the enemy country, that is even better.

But before everyone was out of breath, Hadar's words lifted their hearts again.

"Perhaps everyone thinks this way first. The current Emperor Ming doesn't like war, which is good news for us."

"But here, I have to pour a basin of cold water on everyone. The current emperor does not have much power in Daming. It is the son of the current emperor who really controls the direction of Daming and the future destiny of Daming. , that is, the future successor of Daming."

Is it possible that the prince can control the emperor?

The representatives of various countries did not believe this at the first time.

A prince has such a great power, why didn't he rebel against himself and take that position, instead he procrastinated like this to give his father a chance to come back, isn't it stupid?
Noticing the disbelief in the eyes of the representatives of various countries below, Hadar shrugged with a smile.

"We haven't figured out why the prince did this, maybe he thinks he can control everything."

"Okay, gentlemen, how Daming and his son handle their relationship is their business. The next thing I want to talk about is this prince."

Hadar picked up a portrait, and a young man's head appeared in front of everyone.

"This is the prince, the actual controller of Daming now, with a very strange name, Zhu Zhangui."

Handing the portrait to the entourage next to him, while everyone was watching carefully, Hadar continued: "This prince named Zhu Zhangui is also a man with ambition and strength, and his experience is also very legendary."

"Zheng He must be familiar to everyone. He won the title of Duke by virtue of his achievements in traveling around the world."

"As far as we know, when Zheng He went to sea for the second time, the prince was only seven or eight years old, so he secretly followed Zheng He to the sea."

"It's been five years since they left. Zheng He's fleet, which was only for foreign exchanges in five years, has turned into pirates who burned, killed, and looted."

Hadar turned around and pointed to the locations of the southern and western oceans of Daming.

"The route they traveled was roughly like this. During those five years, countless small countries were plundered by pirates, and countless gold and silver treasures fell into the hands of the Ming fleet."

After briefly introducing what Zhu Zhangui did in his youth, Hadar looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

"Do you feel familiar? Is it similar to what you have experienced recently?"

The faces of the people below were ugly for a while. All that Hadar said completely verified their guesses.

They just said, before there were no powerful pirates here, why did a wave of powerful pirates appear as soon as Daming came.

"Gentlemen, what you need to care about now is not the issue of piracy, but the security issue of your own country."

"Mr. Oliver introduced the territory of Ming Dynasty just now. Think about the prince's robbery path I just mentioned. Have you noticed any differences?"

No one who can become a high-ranking country is a fool. After Hadar mentioned this point, everyone was shocked.

If they remember correctly, when the prince went to rob, there were still countries in the surrounding areas to the west and south.

At the beginning, when Oliver introduced the territory of Ming Dynasty, none of these countries existed.

In other words, when the prince was a pirate, Ming's territory was not as large as it is now.

Seeing that someone below had figured this out, Hadar knocked on the table to make everyone look at him, then turned around and drew a smaller circle on the map of the Ming Dynasty.

"Gentlemen, here I can seriously tell you that 10 years ago, the territory of Ming Dynasty was only so big."

For a moment, everyone below stared round their eyes.

Oh my god.

There seems to be a big difference between the two circles.

Some representatives stretched out their hands, compared Daming's initial territory, and then compared it to the current territory, their expressions becoming more and more shocked.

How strong is Daming? In 10 years, he actually expanded his territory several times.

How did it take Daming 10 years to conquer such a large territory?

How many troops does this require?How much money do you need to pay?
"First, in the name of diplomacy, find out the wealth of each country, then plunder as a pirate, use the robbed money to strengthen yourself, and attack the enemy's vitality by the way, and finally find a reason to directly send troops to conquer the opponent's population. The land was completely annexed."

"This is Daming's current conquest strategy, and it hasn't missed yet."

"Now the Eastern Region has almost been completely occupied by Ming Dynasty, and now their devil's hand has extended to the West, starting the initial stage of this routine."

"Gentlemen, I believe you have seen Daming's ambition."

"I can tell you responsibly here that this is an ambitious country. Its goal is not one or two forces, nor is it the money that everyone values. It wants to swallow the whole world and become the world's most important country." The first empire to conquer the entire world since

"Gentlemen, this is not a real fantasy of Da Ming, but that they really have the strength to do this."

Hadar's words made the hall completely quiet.

Hadar was right, if he followed the routine the other party said, now Daming has already started the initial stage.

Zheng He made friends with other countries to inquire about the situation on the surface, and then plundered countries to collect funds in private, destroying the vital forces of each country, and preparing for the next increase.

Even some thoughtful representatives thought of a deeper level.

Daming's sale of weapons to other countries is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface.

It is very likely that Da Ming saw the beliefs and various contradictions of the Western countries, and wanted to use this to make the countries fight each other, let them weaken their own strength, and reduce the pressure on Da Ming's next increase.

Thinking of this, many people closed their eyes tiredly.

What's the use if they figured it out now?

They don't buy weapons, someone will.

Once they do not buy weapons, they will face armed rebels and other hostile countries.

At that time, there is no need to wait for Daming to come, and it will be enough for them to face the rebels and other countries who are armed to the teeth.

"Gentlemen, the current situation must be clear to everyone."

"The threat of Ming Dynasty is imminent. We, the Ottoman Empire, have made a proposal, hoping that all countries can unite together, temporarily abandon the previous grievances and grudges, and first confront the powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty."

"After Daming is resolved in the future, everyone will resolve any conflicts by themselves."

Oliver stepped forward and issued an alliance proposal.

The imaginary response did not appear, and the representatives of various countries in the audience frowned and thought about it, considering the gains and losses.

After a long time, the representative of England raised his hand.

"Mr. Hadar, I have something I want to ask."

Hadar smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the other party to ask casually.

The representative of England pondered for a moment, looked at Hadar and asked.

"Your country is at war with Ming Dynasty. You must know the military strength of Ming Dynasty very well. Can you tell us how many troops Ming has now and how many soldiers we need to gather to resist or defeat them."

Hearing the England representative's question, Hadar and Oliver looked at each other.

They have been avoiding this question and want to tell everyone after the alliance is established.

I didn't say it at the beginning, because I was afraid that exposing Daming's military strength would scare all these guys away.

But now that someone has asked, if they don't answer truthfully, I'm afraid this alliance will not be formed in a short time.

Even if it is established, once the strength of Ming Dynasty is known to other countries, internal complaints and contradictions will be rampant.

Thinking of this, Oliver gritted his teeth and nodded to Hadar.

It’s a blessing, not a curse, and it’s a disaster that cannot be avoided. Anyway, these people will know this information sooner or later. Instead of causing conflicts later, it is better to directly announce it to the public and screen out those countries with unstable minds first.

Glancing at the representatives of various countries, Hadar took a deep breath and told the information collected by the Timurid Empire with countless money and effort.

"Da Ming's current strength..."

(End of this chapter)