Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 202 Daming's Five-Year Plan

But if he can use his sincere attitude to obtain some excellent armor and weapons from the Ming army, it will also increase Abbas' chances of winning in the battle against the Sabankara.

"You are loyal to Daming, and the general will naturally welcome you very much!"

"But what you said just now, let my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty help Baihei City to resist that Saban? This is very wrong!"

After listening to Abbas's words, Tang He said with a very serious expression on his face.

The expressions of Maru Ali and Abbas are different.

Abbas didn't have much disappointment on his face. He didn't have much hope for the small Ming army.

Maru Ali's face was full of disappointment and anxiety. Without the strong protection of the Ming army, Ayubzi, the lord of Sabankara, would have easily occupied the Black City of Bayer.

"Before I sailed to the west, His Majesty and His Highness the King of England have already told you that as long as you show Da Ming's might, you must also show Da Ming's benevolence. What you said about Saban did not offend Da Ming. It is not good for Da Ming to start a war lightly." prestige!"

Tang He said this, although he was rejecting Abbas' request.

But in Tang He's heart, he already had his own prediction about the current situation.

The real situation is that before Tang He went to the West, Zhu Han had repeatedly asked him to find the right time to occupy a permanent territory in Persia, gain the support of some local Persians, and establish the Daming Persia Protectorate. That's the actual colony.

It's just that Tang He, as a Chinese, knows that land is a very important symbol. Before he is fully sure, he can't let these Persians see his intentions for the Persian land.

Moreover, the fleet led by Tang He also has an important task, which is to establish direct trade with Persia. I heard from them that Sabankara is very powerful. If it can live in peace with Ming Dynasty, it must be a very potential. Business partner.

Tang He had just arrived and the situation was unknown, so it was naturally impossible to easily stand on the side of Bayer's Black City and fight Sabankara as an enemy.

"Follow your orders!"

After the persuasion failed, Maru Ali could only take Abbas out.

When the Ming Fleet arrived in Bayer Black City this time, although it did not promise to provide Abbas with troops and horses to assist in the battle, it still gave Abbas many benefits in commercial trade.

Among them, a large amount of porcelain, white sugar, tea and spices from Nanyang transported by the Ming merchant ship all made the merchants who worshiped the black city crazy.

In less than half a month, Abbas collected a huge amount of taxes from these Persian merchants who came to buy goods from Black City.

Half a month's income almost equaled Abbas' tax burden for half a year before.

Abbas' treasury income soared, and he immediately spent money to hire many Turkic and Khorasan mercenaries from outside.

These Turkic people and Khorasan people mainly live in the northeastern part of Persia, where there are a large number of tribal wars and wars all the year round, and they become mercenaries of various forces.

Using the money in his hands, Abbas quickly increased his military strength from more than 1 to more than 2.

At the same time, Abbas did not forget to continue courting and befriending Tang He, the chief admiral of the Ming Fleet. All kinds of Persian jeweled horses and beauties were sent to Tang He almost every day. A light armor.

Under the leadership of Zhu Han, Daming already had a more sophisticated blast furnace steelmaking technology, which not only could effectively remove sulfur, phosphorus and other impurities in steel, but also could make steel with different proportions according to his needs.

In addition, there are abundant water resources in the south of the Yangtze River. A few waterwheels are erected next to the steel factory, and the listed steel can be easily made into the required profiles by using hydraulic power.

In just four years of Hongwu, Yingtianfu's steel manufacturing was able to fully meet the armor needs of the Ming army.

Factories and workshops in other places can also produce large quantities of cheap and durable simple plate armor.

These plate armors basically only have a breastplate and a small amount of shoulder armor and arm armor. Compared with the full armor equipped by the Daming Guard Army, it is really a bit rudimentary.

But these light armors are very suitable for the navy.

The environment of sea voyage is humid, and the full armor with complex structure is very difficult to maintain.

As for these simple plate armors, because of their simple and light structure, it doesn't take long to protect and maintain them with force.

Moreover, in the small space at sea, when hand-to-hand combat is required, these light and simple plate armor are more suitable for sea combat than heavy full armor.

When the Ming soldiers landed in Baierhei Harbor, many of them wore this simple plate armor.

This kind of steel plate armor with a hint is much stronger than the chain mail armor equipped by the soldiers of Bayer Black City.

Abbas, as the lord of the black city of Bayer, faced the threat of Sarabika, so he naturally wanted to improve the equipment level of the soldiers.

Tang He was not surprised that Abbas wanted to buy a batch of Daming simple plate armor.

After coming to Persia for more than half a month, Tang He has a clear understanding of the level of soldier training and equipment here in Persia.

The weapons equipped by local soldiers in Persia are far inferior to those of Ming soldiers, but their local iron ore is of high quality, and the weapons they make are light and sophisticated with simple craftsmanship.

Therefore, it is a wise move for Bayer Black City to purchase Daming's simple plate armor.

"How much armor does Abbas want!?" Tang He asked Maru Ali, who was acting as an interpreter.

"General, Lord Abbas wants a thousand sets of breastplates! He is willing to pay ten gold coins for each set of breastplates!" Maru Ali asked after asking.

Ten gold coins, according to the local price in Persia, can buy a very sophisticated set of chain mail.

The breastplates worn by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were shining coldly and extremely strong. They could easily be sold for ten gold coins here in Persia.

Therefore, when Abbas made this request, he was very apprehensive, lest the Ming general would not agree to sell him these armors at such a cheap price.

But Tang He's reaction was very straightforward, and he immediately agreed to Abbas' request. Not only that, he also expressed his disapproval of the number of [-] sets of armor.

"My Daming's armor is of the highest quality in the world. If you want to buy it, you can only buy one thousand sets, and at least two thousand sets are enough."

"If the money is not enough, there is no problem. You can use credit or use goods to offset the payment."

Abbas and Maru Ali were overjoyed by Tang He's friendly and generous attitude.

In fact, this is an important method that Zhu Han handed over to Tang He. First, he used business to gradually control these Persian feudal lords, and then slowly cultivated the power of Daming. Integrate the Persian region with a strong iron fist, and all submit to the governance system of the Persian Capital Protectorate.

"However, there is a condition that you need to agree to sell these armors to you." Tang He followed up.

"I don't know what the conditions are?" Abbas asked immediately.

Abbas thought that these wealthy Ming people came to Persia to do business, and the conditions they put forward were nothing more than taxes and supply of goods.

However, the conditions proposed by Tang He were far beyond Abbas' surprise.

"There is a small deserted island in the sea outside your city. As long as you sell it to the Ming Fleet as a resting place, then these two thousand sets of armor can be sold to you!" Tang He said slowly.

Upon hearing that it was such a condition, Abbas agreed without hesitation.

He and the island he mentioned are in the sea five or six miles outside the city of Belhei. The island is barren, with only one bitter water well on it, and will-o'-the-wisps and black oil emerge from time to time.

The Persians didn't like this island, and even called it Devil's Island.

Moreover, this island is too small, the total length from east to west, north to south, is only one mile.

Abbas transferred the island to the Ming Dynasty represented by Tang He without hesitation.

The two sides immediately reached a win-win deal.

Abbas, the lord of Baier Black City, not only expanded his army with the trade of Ming Dynasty, but also purchased this batch of very strong and practical armor, which greatly increased the military strength of the entire Baier Black City.

After gaining the confidence, the people in Bayer Black City spoke a lot harder.

When Ayubz, the lord of Sarabica, once again sent someone to summon Abbas to swear allegiance, Abbas did not hesitate to reject the tyranny of the Sarabika people.

The envoy of Sarabika realized the change in Abbas's attitude before and after, and sent someone to inquire about the reason in secret.

He soon learned of the recent changes in the military strength of Bayer Black City.

"My master Ayubz, as the lord of Sarabica, is the protector of all Persians. If you insist on going your own way and refuse to swear allegiance to Ayubz, who has been blessed by Allah, you will inevitably bear the burden of my master in the future." The endless rage, the entire half-black city will also fall into death and hunger!" The envoy of Sarabika made a final warning and threat to Abbas before leaving.

However, Abbas didn't care. His current military strength has soared. It is no longer a simple increase from 2 to 3. After obtaining the high-quality armor of the Ming army, Abbas felt that he His [-] troops are equivalent to [-] ordinary Persian soldiers.

Although Sarabica has a large territory and has nearly 4 troops, at most it can only dispatch [-] to [-] people to threaten Bayer Black City.

With a similar number of people, Abbas has sufficient confidence to guard Bayer Black City.

"Allah bless the pious, and I am the most pious in Persia!"

Abbas used his own restraint to make a self-proclaimed rational refusal.

However, Abbas, the weak lord of the black city of Bayer, is arrogant and domineering in front of the powerful Sarabika no matter how reasonable he is.

The weak dare to reject the strong, which itself is a kind of provocation.

Ayubz, the lord of Sarabika, couldn't help being furious after receiving the news.

"Order to all places, I will use an army of 5 people to crush the Black City of Bayer!"

"The head of Abbas must be hung in the black city of Bayer, and let him watch the black city of Bayer fall into death and flames with his own eyes!"

Ayubzi responded to the fables in the scriptures of the Prophet, expressing his determination and murderous intention to win the black city of Bayer.

Tang He, who was stationed in Baier Black City at this time, did not know that this prosperous and prosperous Persian city would soon fall into a terrible war.

Tang He was busy hiring local Persian coolies at this time to help the Ming army build the Devil's Island that they had just acquired.

Tang He intends to build this small island into a sea fortress, which can be foolproof by using the powerful naval power of the Ming army.

The fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, November.

The capital, Ying Tianfu.

The tall bell tower in the city rang ten times in a row, which meant that it was almost noon.

The people in Yingtian City have long been familiar with this novel bell tower, and it can even be said that they are already familiar with this precise time-telling machine in their daily life.

Not only is the bell tower with a very peculiar appearance, but also a series of tall and novel buildings have been built one after another in Yingtian City in the past year, such as several novel star observatories, fountains and Xinhua watches.

These novel buildings unique to Ming Dynasty all show the wealth and power of Ming Dynasty at all times.

Ying Tianfu is a famous capital, if the people living here are not in the mood to take it lightly, I am afraid that they will not be in the mood to be busy with business, and they will be patronizing and amazed all day long.

Only those outsiders from other state capitals would run to the street one by one when the clock tower announced the time, and look up at the distant clock tower.

As for the foreign envoys and businessmen from foreign countries, their reaction was even more exaggerated when they saw these novel buildings in Ming Dynasty, especially the envoys from those small countries in Nanyang, who would even kneel on the ground when they heard these bells at first, Kowtow in the direction of the palace to express their respect for the supreme kingdom of heaven.

Naturally, the sound of the bells in Yingtian Mansion also spread into the palace.

"It's already ten o'clock, and we have already said what we should say. After you go back, you will come up with a specific charter for everything discussed today, and send one to the palace and one to the King of England." There!"

Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair and said to the cabinet ministers below.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in history, the cabinet system was not implemented, but the prime minister system of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties.

Although each dynasty did not set up the specific official position of prime minister, their powers were similar, only the official names were different.

The cabinet system can well avoid the phenomenon of monopoly of power and ministers, so soon after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han immediately suggested to my brother to implement the cabinet system.

The people sitting in the palace hall today are all members of the Ming cabinet.

Li Shanchang, who is well-known in history, did not become the number one hero of Ming Dynasty because of Zhu Han's appearance. If you really want to say that his specific contributions will never compare with a fraction of Zhu Han's.

As for the other Zhu Sheng, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian and others, although they have made a lot of contributions in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they can't even compare with Li Shanchang, let alone surpass Zhu Han's contribution.

Another example is the credit of Hu Weiyong, Song Lian and others, far from reaching the strength to enter the cabinet.

So the cabinet of Ming Dynasty is actually Zhu Han as the chief assistant.

It's just that Zhu Han is really too lazy to take care of some daily affairs, and often doesn't want to come to the palace to discuss political affairs with Li Shanchang and others.

That is to say, today is a very important day, so Zhu Han came to the palace early and sat there all morning.

Because in another month, the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty will end, officially entering the threshold of the sixth year of Hongwu.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the correct implementation of national policies and prevent the situation of changing orders overnight, Zhu Han suggested that his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang start a five-year plan implementation strategy.

(End of this chapter)