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

Chapter 15 Daming lacks everything, except dogs!
"Ta Tata..."

The sound of orderly footsteps and the sound of weapons and armor rubbing broke the tranquility of dawn.

The businessmen from various countries who were awakened, as well as the local residents, opened the windows unhappily.

There were a few grumpy ones who wanted to swear as soon as the windows were opened.

But when they saw the scene below clearly, the anger that had just risen was extinguished instantly.

The weapon that refracted the fire made them feel even colder.

On the street, as far as the eye can see, there are torches everywhere.

Groups of heavily armed Ming troops quickly passed below with their weapons in hand.

"Affix one to each door, don't expose one."

"In addition, no one is allowed to walk before dawn, and those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"

Glancing at the figure in the window behind the door, he lifted the iron helmet on his head, and Lu Yu loudly told the soldiers to speed up.

Lu Yu, who was born in the frontier army, later joined the guard of Yanwang Palace.

In the battle of Jingnan, he has been protecting Zhu Di, followed Zhu Di to fight in the north and south, and made a lot of contributions.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was promoted to Qianhu.

He has a very good relationship with Zhu Gaoyu. When they were in Prince Yan's Mansion, they often chatted and ate together.

Zhu Gaoyu was named Queen of Yue, and at Zhu Gaoyu's invitation, Lu Yu became the commander of the guards of the Yue Palace.

Sadi Port is related to Zhu Gaoyu's future plans, and he needs a trustworthy person to watch over here.

After elections and elections, Zhu Gaoyu kept Lu Yu and asked him to serve as the first governor of Sadi Port, responsible for the security management of Sadi Port.

Businessmen and local residents from all over Sadigang stayed in fear all night. They didn't dare to go out until dawn when there was no movement outside.

As they walked out of the house, they found that the entire Sadi Port had changed a lot.

The flags of the Sultanate that were flying everywhere were replaced by the Sun and Moon flags that they had only seen in the past few days.

The soldiers patrolling the streets were no longer soldiers of the Bengal Sultanate.

They were officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who wore iron armor and lined up with various weapons in their hands.

"What's going on here? Why are they all replaced by Ming soldiers? Could it be that the two sides are at war?"

This is everyone's first thought.

In their conception, if this happened, it was a war, and it was Ming that won the victory.

"There is a notice here!"

Just as everyone was nervously looking at the patrolling soldiers and discussing in low voices, a call sounded from the side.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a businessman from Persia pointing to a notice posted on the door.

The crowd quickly gathered around.

The notice is in two languages.

They are plaintext and Arabic, which they don't understand.

"Who knows how to read, help me read what is written on it?"

There was a local resident who could not read, saw the crooked symbols on the notice, and looked at the people around him blankly.

"Cough cough..."

A businessman from Timur, after reading the content above, read slowly with a solemn face:
"Letter to friends from all over the world: In order to promote further spiritual, cultural and economic exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Bengal Sultanate, the two countries have decided to join forces to jointly manage Sadi Port after discussion."

"Next, in order to better facilitate exchanges and trade here, Daming will carry out some reform plans for Sadi Port. Please don't panic. The reform will be notified in the next few days..."

As the businessman read out the contents of the notice, the expressions of all the people present were solemn.

They understood one meaning from this notice, that Sadi Port will be under the management of Daming from today.

...............

"Are they crazy? The annual rent for such a big port is only 1000 taels."

At the port, merchants and local residents from all over the world looked at the notice and talked about it.

Zheng He, who had already returned to the ship and was about to set sail, looked at Zhu Gaoyu in disbelief.

"No, they are not crazy, but they are very clear-headed and made the right choice."

Looking at the crowd at the port, Zhu Gaoyu replied affirmatively.

1000 taels is indeed very little, not to mention renting such a large port, just pull out a few shops on the pier, and the annual rent is more than 1000.

But for the Sultanate of Bangladesh, they have no choice but to agree.

If they choose to refuse, what consequences they will face, they dare not imagine.

Zhu Gaoyu had too many choices.

If they choose to refuse, thus angering Da Ming, Da Ming will give the surrounding forces the weapons and equipment and promises to support them.

Then their Bengal Sultanate will face only two words, destruction.

One side is being a dog, and the other side is destruction.

Of the two options, the Bengal Sultanate chose to be the dog.

This is the helplessness of a small country.

To survive or to perish, there is only one choice.

And they can't hesitate to think about it. If they hesitate to think about it, Daming will get impatient and release the news.

Those small forces who want to be dogs for Da Ming will definitely rush up immediately, throw themselves at Da Ming's feet, kneel and lick Da Ming.

Zhu Gaoyu even said a word to the old king, "Da Ming lacks everything, except a dog who wants to rely on him."

So in order not to let other dogs take the lead, Zhu Gaoyu didn't say give them 1000 taels, even if he gave them 100 taels of silver, they would agree.

Thinking of the old king's painful expression when he signed the contract, Zhu Gaoyu felt relieved.

"Next, I will leave it to you to invite representatives of other forces. I need to take a part of the boat and go first. We will meet up in Qiongzhou then."

Zhu Gaoyu didn't explain the twists and turns to Zheng He, and there was no need to explain it to him.

There are only two people in the world who can patiently explain to him, one is his father and the other is his wife.

To put it bluntly, Zheng He is not worthy of his detailed explanation.

Staring at Zhu Gaoyu for a long time, Zheng He opened his mouth to speak several times, but under Zhu Gaoyu's calm gaze, he gave up asking and nodded in agreement.

What Zhu Gaoyu wanted to do, Zheng He no longer planned to care.

He didn't know whether what Zhu Gaoyu did was his own idea, or His Majesty's secret confession.

Now he can only let the other party do it, but he will record all this truthfully and go back to report to His Majesty.

At that time, it will be clear at a glance whose idea it is.

"How are you preparing!"

After explaining to Zheng He, Zhu Gaoyu returned to the prepared ship and asked Wang Jin about his preparations.

"Your Highness, food, water and ammunition are very sufficient. The brothers who participated all signed and pledged, and swore that what happened next would not be leaked to the outside world."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded in satisfaction.

Signing, painting, etc. are just in case, and Zhu Gaoyu never thought that things will be kept absolutely confidential.

Still the same sentence, as long as his father doesn't settle accounts with him, he will not counsel anyone in the whole of Daming.

Looking around at the ready-to-go ship, Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand proudly.

"set off!"

The target of Zhu Gaoyu's single action is the Strait of Malacca.

Most of the time in the future, his actions and sphere of influence will be in the Southeast Asian waters.

For the sake of convenience, he must have these traffic arteries in his hands.

Now he has mastered Ceylon and Port Sadi.

Next, as long as Malacca is under control, the main roads of the entire Southeast Asian waters will be in his hands.

(End of this chapter)