I, Zhu Houzhao, join the US imperialist chat group

Chapter 66 Portuguese: Dear His Majesty the Ming Dynasty, I want to make progress!
The two Portuguese men were immediately frightened and knelt down.

Father Toges even said quickly: "Your Majesty, you didn't ask about Columbus yesterday? And... Columbus is not a Portuguese, he is a Spaniard..."

"Yes, Your Majesty. You didn't ask about this. After all, it was five years ago when we left the country! And...Mr. Columbus's voyage was supported by the Spanish Royal Family. We were just refugees. We left At that time, I only knew that he opened a new route for the Spanish royal family.”

Another Portuguese captain also quickly added.

Spain, new route.

Zhu Houzhao further identified the key figure Columbus.

Of course, he also found that he still knew too little about the West.

Seeing the frightened two people, he continued to ask: "If I don't ask, won't you tell me? Now tell me carefully, what era is the Age of Discovery? How many countries on your side are participating? This is the age of exploration."

Zhu Houzhao has realized that this Age of Discovery may be a very important time point in the West.

He needs to figure this out.

After all, Daming has already come into contact with many French people.

But in the eyes of others, these French people are just people of one country, and never think of them as multiple countries.

Now, only he knows that there are powerful countries like France, England, and Spain in the West.

"The Age of Discovery...what era is it? This..."

Todjes was stunned, what should he say as a person who lived in the Age of Discovery?

This question is inappropriate to ask.

But how could they dare to refute.

He couldn't help but look at the captain.

"Dear Your Majesty, the Age of Sail... What you want to ask is when we started sailing? Probably... probably that Marco Polo... Two or three hundred years ago, there was a man named Marco Polo from our side who came to you. Over here..."

The captain didn't know what to say, but under the pressure of the imperial power, he still racked his brains to find something to say.

"Yes! It's Marco Polo!"

"Who is Marco Polo?"

As soon as this name came out, Zhu Houzhao even responded to the chat content, and several American presidents also mentioned this person.

"Dear Your Majesty, Marco Polo is an explorer from our side. He came to your side two hundred years ago, and after returning to our side, he wrote a travel diary, which recorded the richness of our Eastern Empire. , so... since then, our people there have been yearning to come to the east, saying that your place is full of gold..."

"Then, Prince Enrique of our country... and others..."

"The Spanish royal family invested the most subsequently. They discovered gold because of the benefits they gained from sailing..."

Father Todjes also found an idea and started talking about Marco Polo.

Two hundred years ago, Dayuan? Is there gold everywhere?
While listening, Zhu Houzhao combined and connected the information in his mind, and finally had an overall impression of the Age of Discovery.

It’s pretty much what he thought before!
The Ming Dynasty stopped Zheng He's voyages to the West, but not only did the West stop.

Not only did it not stop, but it encouraged all kinds of people to go to the West starting from the Yuan Dynasty.

When it rained, they discovered that the world was very big. When it rained, they arrived at the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty, stuck to its laurels, missed the discovery of Western countries, and even missed the discovery of the New World America.

The problem is back!

The scale and duration of Zheng He's voyages to the West frightened Cleveland and others into fearing the East before the Age of Discovery.

Now, the Ming Dynasty has restarted their voyages to the Western Ocean and found Columbus. They should not miss this age of exploration.

The route is very clear. Their Ming Dynasty is not without the strength to join this great era of navigation.

All you need to do is go to Portugal or Spain and find Columbus as your living guide.

"Needless to say, I want to ask now, is Columbus still alive and still in Spain? What is the current national strength of Spain?"

After his thoughts were clear, Zhu Houzhao interrupted the two people's chatter and pointed to the key point. "Columbus, let him live..."

"Your Majesty, we can't guarantee that. After all, he often sails and the sea is very dangerous..."

The captain did not dare to speak too fully: "If God bless him, he is still alive now and is only fifty years old, so he probably won't die."

"Also, your Majesty, if you also want to join the new route, you can just like the Spanish royal family, fund us, and we can open up a new route for you and find a new continent! There are many maritime affairs in our country! Especially Ivan's brother, my nephew Ferdinand Magellan, who has joined our country's ocean-going office and is also an experienced young sailor. Before we came, they also assembled a fleet and wanted to come to the East! "

"If Your Majesty wants to cooperate with our Portuguese royal family to open a new route... we can serve Your Majesty! We Portuguese are not unable to work for Your Majesty."

At this moment, the captain felt even more keenly that the young Emperor of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be interested in sailing across the ocean.

I immediately became bold and wanted to make a future for myself and become bigger and stronger.

Why is it that Columbus can do it but he can’t? He also wants to be the King of Navigation!
Navigation in Portugal was too complicated, and even if he wanted to work for the royal family, he couldn't find a way.

In the East, perhaps he could find work.

"Ok?"

"You? Open up a new route for me?"

As soon as the captain's proposal came out, Zhu Houzhao's mind seemed to open up instantly.

He couldn't help but look at the captain carefully, especially this French face.

It seems that it is not impossible.

Columbus is not dead. He also needs to send someone to find and kidnap him. Anyway, he will be caught for cheating and kidnapping.

The problem is, he has no one available!
Using these Portuguese people may be able to achieve the purpose of secretly concealing Chen Cang.

After all, if he reveals his intention to open a sea or sail to the West, it will take a lot of effort just to argue with the cabinet.

Also, it just so happens that they can bring a group of Ming people on the road.

"This……"

Father Thomas couldn't help but look at the captain in surprise. This captain also dared to think and do it! Those who sail are those who can work hard.

"Why do you think you can work for me? Aren't you Portuguese?"

Zhu Houzhao did not make a rash decision, he needed to consider loyalty.

It's not like the Tang Dynasty had no precedents of using foreign nations, but those foreigners were more loyal than the Han people.

It's just that the foreigners before are different from the current France. France is too far away.

Zhu Houzhao was not afraid of being deceived, but he was afraid that if these guys were gone and never come back, it would be difficult to destroy the nine tribes.

"Dear Your Majesty, you don't know how many sailors there are in Portugal, how big the fleet is... and how miserable the lives of us poor lower class people are!"

"But here in Ming Dynasty, although there is some freedom these days, Your Majesty really gives us unimaginable respect and status."

"Also, the Ming Dynasty is so prosperous and rich! This is the human world!"

"I want to progress! I want to get a title!"

"And the most important thing is, Your Majesty, I feel that in you you are greater and wiser than Caesar the Great and our current King of Portugal!"

"Following you, I see a dazzling future!"

When the thought of casting light arises, the sky and the earth are widened in an instant.

Anyone who can be a captain is not an idiot. He seems to have seen a bright road.

The more important point is that Zhu Houzhao is young, so he has a future to fight for.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was much more powerful than the King of Portugal.

These days, he has realized it deeply.

(End of this chapter)