My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 14 One small step for Ming, one giant leap for the world!

The lively banquet dissipated, and the representatives and envoys of various countries, under the arrangement of the Sultanate, returned to the room to rest with satisfaction.

Some people go back to enjoy and fall asleep, while others have no time to enjoy.

And these people are the top leaders of the Bangladeshi Sultanate.

Before the banquet started, the old king informed some people that after the banquet, don't rush to go back, there are some things to discuss with them.

At first, these people thought they were sending someone to follow Daming's fleet to pay tribute to Daming.

But when the meeting started and the old king told the content of the meeting, these people were dumbfounded.

"What, you want to give our land to Daming!"

The old king's son, the father of Zhu Gaoyu's twin maids, looked at his father in astonishment.

In addition to the shock, there was also a beam of light looking at his own father as if he was looking at a traitor.

The old king glared at his son and knocked heavily on the table.

"It's not a gift, it's a lease. The land is still ours. They just borrowed it for a period of time."

The old king's son heaved a sigh of relief. Just now when his father told the content of the meeting, he thought he was going to give Sardi Port directly to Daming.

"Father, how long are they going to rent?"

The old king looked at several important officials and said with a guilty conscience: "99 years!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone secretly rolled their eyes.

Dude, '99, what's the difference between giving it to them?
After 99, if the Sultanate of Bangladesh is still not as powerful as Ming Dynasty, it is not certain who will own Sadi Port.

"I don't agree with this!"

The old king's son was the first to stand up against it.

The Sultanate of Bangladesh will be his property in the future. Sadi Port is an important trading port of the Sultanate and the money bag of the royal family. He will never hand over the money bag to others for management.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I also feel that this matter is inappropriate."

As the prince's father-in-law, the Minister of State Affairs also raised objections.

Several other important ministers also expressed their opposition.

Looking at the crowd who opposed, the old king sighed.

"The Timurid Empire is split, you should know."

Everyone was a little confused, weren't they talking about the lease?Why did you mention the Timurid Empire again?
Looking at the people who didn't know why, the old king said slowly: "Since Timur's death, his country has been divided into two parts, Mikaesh and Shahru."

"Now after the two of them have fought, the territory has been completely stabilized, and they have begun to slowly expand outward."

"I think you all know what's going on in the west. It's impossible for them to resist the Timurid Empire with their strength."

"I can tell you here that within five years, a new war will come again."

"And by that time, we, with low strength, lack of soldiers, and backward equipment, will have no ability to resist."

The people present were silent for a while.

Weakness is the original sin.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the old king sighed, and continued: "Da Ming promised that as long as we lease Sardi Port, they will provide us with [-] artillery pieces in three batches within three years for homeland defense."

"We will also send outstanding officers from Ming Dynasty to help us train our soldiers."

"Besides, they will sell us [-] weapons, [-] sets of leather armor, and [-] sets of iron armor at cost price every year."

"And promised that when the war is tense, we can pay, by way of hiring, to hire Ming's troops and even warships to help us fight and resist the invasion of other countries."

After listening to the conditions given by Daming, the prince's heart moved slightly.

If Daming can really do what he promised, the lease bill is not unnegotiable.

Noticing that everyone was moving, the old king sighed again.

If it was possible, he really didn't want to do such a thing against his ancestors and against the people?
However, the other party gave too much, so he had to be moved.

"In addition to the transactions in these cases, we will also gain benefits on the surface."

"For example, Daming will give us 1000 taels of silver every year as a rental fee, and merchants from our country don't need to add more business taxes to buy goods from Daming."

"The Ming side will also promise that our Sultanate can send ten students to study at the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty every year to learn the profound culture and knowledge of the Ming Dynasty."

"Also, the Ming Dynasty will also announce to the outside world that my country will be listed as an important vassal state."

"In this way, if other countries want to invade us, they have to consider Daming's ideas."

"After all, Daming's powerful fleet is swaying in the sea every day. As long as they are not as blind as Ceylon, they can see it."

"In this way, invisibly, another layer of barriers has been added to our Bangladesh Sultanate."

"As long as we don't take the lead in provoking, we will have enough time to develop our country with Daming's protection. Coupled with the knowledge we have learned from Daming, as well as the information and economy brought by business, our Bengal Sultanate will take off."

"Even if we can't surpass Daming, we will be the strongest in the entire country around us."

"Even with the help of Ming Dynasty, we may take over the entire Asan region and become the first country in history to rule the Asan region."

Good guy, the old king was very excited when he said this.

To rule the entire Asan area, this nima is too tempting.

Now he has an impulsive thought of rushing to Zhu Gaoyu's resting room immediately, waking him up and pulling him out of the beauty's arms, and signing the lease contract immediately.

After a night of discussion, the old king finally persuaded the high-level leaders of the Sultanate and decided to lease Sardi Port to Daming in exchange for greater benefits.

On the treaty side, though, they proposed some changes.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoyu thought about it, exchanged opinions with the old king, and then set a new lease agreement.

The treaty is as follows:

First, Da Ming leased Sadi Port, the Sultanate of Bangladesh, for 1000 years at a price of 99 taels per year. After the time expires, Da Ming has the priority to lease.

Second, the Bengal Sultanate paid tribute to Ming and was willing to become a vassal state of Ming.

Thirdly, every year the Bengal Sultanate can send ten students from the Ming Dynasty to learn the Confucian culture of the Ming Dynasty, but the tuition expenses must be paid by themselves.

Fourth, during the lease period, Daming has absolute management rights in Sadi Port. The Bengal Sultanate is not allowed to send soldiers and officials into it without reason. Whatever happens, the laws of Daming will prevail.

Fifth, in order to help the Sultanate resist foreign enemies and increase its national defense, Ming Dynasty will provide 250 artillery pieces to the Bengal Sultanate in three batches within three years, and send soldiers to teach them how to use them. Gunpowder and shells need to be purchased at an additional cost.

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There are more than 20 kinds of rules and regulations.

It's not that the people of the Sultanate of Bangladesh didn't see some of the hidden traps, but they couldn't refuse the benefits brought to them by the lease terms.

So for those small traps, they can only pretend not to see them.

"Snapped!"

As the old king stamped his seal and signed his name on the treaty, the terms of this lease were half completed.

Next, as long as Zhu Gaoyu takes the treaty back and asks the old man to stamp it, then the treaty will be officially formed.

However, Zhu Gaoyu couldn't wait that long. At the moment the treaty was signed, he arranged for soldiers to directly station in Sadi Port, bringing it under the management of Daming.

Emperor Shengtianming's Story: In the 8th year of Yongle, Daming got the first concession and officially took the first step of overseas expansion.

Although this is only a small step for Daming, it is a big step for the unification of the world as a whole.

(End of this chapter)