Days are everlasting

In the 22nd year of Daming Taichang, the port of Yongming City.

Yongming City was later named after Vladivostok in the Qing Dynasty, and after the Russians occupied it, it was named after "Vladivostok", which means "conquering the East". Today, under the vigorous development of the imperial court, it is a rare city in the north. A large port, very prosperous.

After studying the materials of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Ming court began to remake the treasure ships non-stop, and even made some innovations on this basis.

There are rumors in later generations that an official named Liu Daxia of the Tingbing Department burned all these materials, but if such a serious act was really committed by an official, then the historical materials must have been recorded, so Liu Daxia burned Zheng He. The rumors of the materials from the voyages to the West are probably also the masterpieces of the later Qing court.

In any case, these accidents have not happened now. With the treasure ship and Zheng He’s complete information, although Ming’s shipping has stagnated or even regressed after Zheng He, it is not too late to start again.

A few royal guards wearing big red python suits and flying fish suits sat on tall horses to lead the way, followed by the guard of honor and guards, and the overall use of the prince's guard of honor.

Jin Yiwei, who can wear the big red python clothes and flying fish clothes, has reached the level of a hall official, and the minimum is a thousand households.

There is no need to question the possibility that Qianhu can lead the way and the person behind is the prince.

After clearing the road, the people standing quietly by the side of the road looked at each other, and waited until the guards of honor had passed before they had time to discuss: "It's really grand. I don't know which family's prince is back?"

In recent years, the feudal lords and upstarts of Ming Dynasty have lived up to Zhu Changluo's expectations, and have extended their hands to the European continent. Of course, the imperial court has made great efforts in it.

But if he wanted to find another way, Zhu Changluo couldn't afford to compete with the first batch of vassal kings.

In fact, after the success of the previous person, more and more people want to eat fish and try something new, but the cake in front has already been divided, so even if they ran over to hug Zhu Changluo's thigh, Zhu Changluo could not interfere with the feudal lords in a big way For European actions, I eat alone.

However, in the second year of Taichang, Zhu Changluo knew from the Dutch he captured that the immigration to America had only started for a few years, and even if the information lag between each other was counted, it was only a few decades at most.

It took hundreds of years of immigration in the United States to achieve the scale before the War of Independence. Now, it is probably still in the midst of a large-scale fight with the Indians. For Ming, it is simply a golden time.

The situation in mainland Australia is similar, that is to say, outside of the mainland, Daming can completely eat the two cakes of America and Australia first.

The first person to discover the Australian continent was a Dutchman. He discovered that Australia was about the same time as the immigration to the Americas. However, Australia was not completely suitable for human habitation because of its "harsh" environment—a paradise for animals and plants. Moreover, there are also aborigines there, and the real use of it depends on the British. The timeline is much later than the original discovery time-it is still insufficient compared to the Americas.

Officially because Daming has two other big cakes to divert attention, Europe is now in a stalemate with the first batch of vassal princes and nobles who made the move, but it has not completely torn face with Daming.

Those who are most eager for Europe are the first batch of vassal kings who marched into Europe. As for his descendants, Zhu Changluo has already reserved some good places in America and Australia.

Of course, he is not without a spokesperson in Europe.

"You don't know this? It has been spread a few days ago, His Royal Highness Xinwang is coming back."

Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor in history, the fifth son of Taichang Emperor, was also the prince who was sent to a fief near Europe by Zhu Changluo after he reached the age of becoming a vassal.

From the perspective of fiefdoms alone, the level of civilization in Eurasia is already more developed than that of America and Australia, and it is more suitable for comfortable development there. That has to be the situation after it has been successfully transformed. Now it can only be said that the level of development is not enough.

Therefore, it is not too partial for Zhu Changluo to set the fiefdoms of the princes and daughters born after he transmigrated in America and Australia.

The person who asked the question at the front did not extinguish his curiosity after hearing the answer from the person next to him: "Then who are these people who are following King Xin?"

Although the guard of honor at the prince level is very large, it can still be seen that the people who follow behind are not members of the Prince's Mansion. After all, this is Yongming City. Blond hair, blue eyes, and even black hair but fair skin can clearly see the characteristics of foreigners people are easily recognizable.

"Tang Wang, Fu Wang and the others are making too much noise over there, those savages can't help it." Just by listening to the answer, the person who answered was full of disdain.

If it is said that Zhu Youjian, the king of Xin, was sent to the fief outside Liaodong to pick peaches and enjoy himself, then he was named the grandson of the Tang Dynasty, and he inherited the throne of Tang Wang not long after, and has since become Zhu Changluo's most solid Zhu Yujian, who is a fan of Tang Dynasty, took him to the front line to work hard shortly after inheriting the throne of Tang Wang. He belonged to the first batch of vassal kings who ate crabs, so he really received a lot of training.

Up to now, Tang Fan has occupied one of the largest territories in what the Ming people called the Western Land.

As the common people talking on the side of the road said, the ones who followed Xin Wang Zhu Youjian from the treasure ship to Yongming City were nobles from some European countries, including dukes, princes, queens and princesses.

But no matter how big their names are, they still have to bow their heads under Daming's power.

According to the normal route, Zhu Youjian should not go south from the direction of Yongming City to return to the capital this time. If you want to go by water, this is not the fastest choice.

However, the route this time is a bit strange. After the treasure ship arrived in Europe to pick up Zhu Youjian and others, it made a special trip to America. In fact, this is the correct purpose of the treasure ship. Otherwise, Zhu Youjian should have traveled by land. They came back from the official road specially built by Daming, or came back via those slightly smaller official ships—but the speed was much faster with the precise navigation route and experienced operators.

Behind Zhu Youjian, there are still some important ministers who are overseas returning home, but their official titles are not as high as Zhu Youjian, so they all go ashore behind Zhu Youjian.

What's more, dispatching the entire treasure ship is also a job.

Behind the majestic prince's ceremonial guard, there is a much more shabby pomp compared to the western nobles.

Few of their knights and guards were allowed to enter the treasure ship. After all, they were worried about their personal safety, and the people of Ming Dynasty also had such concerns.

The queen of France, who is holding her eldest son in her arms, and the daughter of King Philip III of Spain, known as Anna of Austria, have a slight sadness on her brows. Maria rides together in a carriage.

The carriage was kindly provided by Prince Xin's Mansion, so the degree of luxury is naturally needless to mention.

However, these two most honorable women in their own country did not feel at ease at all. They held painted fans to conceal their faces in their hands. Cheng's Chinese-style beauty fans did not make the two of them happy because they got a treasure that is hard to find in this country.

Henrietta Maria is the younger sister of King Louis XIII of France. After marrying King Charles I of England, she had several children. The next King of England must be her eldest son. It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with such a life Okay, but the situation in the UK is very bad.

If you have to explain it, people of later generations will know what period Britain is in when they see a unique term-the early period of the rule of "Lord Protector" Cromwell.

In other words, civil war will soon break out in Britain, and in a few decades, the glorious revolution will completely break out.

Because of the domestic situation in the UK, and her Catholic queen was one of the reasons why the people opposed Charles I, Henrietta Maria was escorted back to France to discuss how to gather the strength of European countries to deal with the Ming court vassal. After that, he stayed in France and never returned to the UK.

Compared with Maria who returned to China with the nature of asylum, Queen Anne of France seems to be much more legitimate, and she is also the person with the highest status in the French informal envoy team.

But obviously, Queen Anne's life is not too easy.

The Prime Minister, Monk and Nobility, and Cardinal Richelieu, who had always been trusted by King Louis XIII of France, passed away. The power of the great aristocracy, which had been suppressed for many years, was on the rise again. With the help of Richelieu, Louis XIII strengthened the monarchy □□, facing the big aristocratic group that wanted to escape from control again, without the help of his confidants, he was a little bit devastated.

The vassal kings of the Ming court are covetous, and it is not easy for France, which is a top country in the European continent, to deal with it.

Like the United Kingdom, France, which is located in Western Europe, is separated from the land occupied by the Ming Dynasty with Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Austria and other countries. However, European countries are related to each other, and it is completely unfeasible for Western European countries to watch the fire from the other side .

Russia is of the Orthodox faith, and it is different for countries with Catholic or Protestant beliefs. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty crossed the grassland and first fought with Russia, those European countries did not respond, but after that, Ming Dynasty did not choose to conquer The whole of Russia—after all, it is not warm in spring and cool in summer at all, and it does not conform to Chinese aesthetics. If there is a better choice, it is natural to put them aside first—after some vassal kings turned to Europe and continued to march, they were the first to suffer. The country of the Catholic faith panicked.

Although France helped the Protestant forces in the 30-year war, they couldn't let go of such important matters related to faith, national power and other things.

Louis XIII was in a state of desperation, and after falling out with his mother and younger brother, he couldn't find a relative he could trust completely, so the heavy responsibility was entrusted to Queen Anne.

Bringing her eldest son to a foreign country, and even leaving her youngest son Philip, Duke of Anjou, in the French court, Anne could not be completely willing in her heart.

However, Daming, this is a country that is completely different from France, Spain, and even the whole of Europe. Even if she is sad in her heart and has a lot of thoughts, seeing such a country now, she temporarily forgets all kinds of thoughts.

Louis Dieudonne Bourbon, who was embraced by Queen Anne, curiously lifted the curtain hanging on the side of the carriage. It was still relatively cold in March in Sun Life City, but the bustling business and labor scenes outside made Louis I watched it with relish, and didn't want to put down the curtain.

Although it is a city in the extreme north, but relying on the port, Sunshine City has also become a famous and prosperous city in the north.

Thanks to Zhu Changluo's efforts, the public health conditions have also been greatly improved. At the very least, the capital, ancient capitals, provincial capitals, and famous cities all over the country, and even extremely prosperous cities like Yongming City, have no street corners. There will be a situation where you can defecate everywhere. Because of the rich water system in the south, the urban sanitation conditions are relatively good. With the efforts of Zhu Changluo in the north, there are a large number of public dry toilets everywhere, which finally changed the past even in the capital. There may also be such "ancient features" everywhere.

The sanitation conditions in the north and the south of Daming were different before Zhu Changluo’s improvement. It was because of the distribution of the water system. In terms of hygiene, the whole of Europe couldn’t compare with the people of Daming. After all, Chinese people have been paying attention to this since ancient times. The habit of taking a bath every day, and in Europe, even Zhu Changluo after crossing, the deepest impression is that their nobles do not take a bath several times in their lives, and the ditches and lakes outside the castles of the nobles are actually cesspools.

It really hurts to think about it.

In the eyes of little Louis, this is a bustling city that even the capital of France can barely compare with. It is other local specialty products. There are pastry shops, clothing and jewelry shops on the street, as well as novel juggling. Even a glimpse of it makes him never forget it.

Although their carriages were provided by the palace, they could not be counted in the guard of honor of the palace, so even if they were behind the convoy of the palace, they could still see various special scenes of the Ming city.

As a vassal king, in addition to his own fiefdom and residence in the capital, Xin Wang Zhu Youjian also had to live in a post station or post house on the road, but the treatment was naturally incomparable to others.

Although they are foreigners, the French mission who took a ride with King Shin along the way also lived in the post house.

Now that they have returned to Daming, someone will naturally try their best to relieve His Highness Xin Wang who is exhausted from traveling.

It is no exaggeration to say that in this era, whether it is Sunshine City or other port cities in Daming, it can be said that specialties from all over the world have gathered together, and the long-standing food traditions of the big food country have also conquered the stomach of little Louis.

The elderly Queen Anne and Princess Maria—although she is the queen of England, but this is a French mission, so she naturally has to use her status in France—maybe because of the long-term consumption of local specialties, the taste has been finalized , but not so young Louis.

Children's tastes have not yet been finalized, which means that they have a higher acceptance of foreign food.

This is also the reason why the Chinese cuisine of later generations has to be rectified according to the tastes of the local people after they go abroad. Almost all special delicacies have actually undergone changes when they go abroad.

The most typical is Indian curry, which uses strong spices and has a spicy taste, while Japanese curry has a slightly sweet taste, which is more in line with the taste of Southeast Asia.

However, Queen Anne and Princess Maria are very good at accepting Chinese food, and they are full of praise for every dish, completely forgetting to maintain a ladylike demeanor.

Even if it is a treasure ship, when sailing on the ocean, it will not carry too many ingredients beyond the regulations, but after landing, the various treatments that the prince can enjoy can be guaranteed.

The French mission along the way can be said to have benefited a lot, and little Louis was even more appetizing. He was afraid that after returning to France, he would not get used to it for a long time.

After a long journey of three months, the French mission finally followed King Xin's team to complete a small half of the Dragon Map of the Ming Dynasty and arrived at the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty—Beijing.

This is a mega city with a carrying capacity of more than 200 million. In addition to the original Forty-Nine City—that is, the Forbidden City, the Inner City, and the Outer City as a whole—the Beijing City was expanded again, creating an ancient version of the One or Two City. Zhu Changluo, the emperor of the third, fourth and fifth rings, said that there are too many people who want to settle in the imperial capital, so blame him?

During the reign of Hongzhi, known as Zhongxing, the number of residents in Beijing was only 67. However, this is already a large number. It can be placed in Europe by five or six Paris. This is still a huge volume like France. Big countries, as for other countries, well, it’s better not to compare, it hurts feelings.

The huge and majestic Emperor Ming shocked everyone who saw it for the first time. The glazed tiles on the Forbidden City of the imperial city reflected the magnificent brilliance under the sunlight, reflecting the majesty of the whole palace city. Look magnificent.

The author has something to say: the earliest American immigrants were in the early 17th century, in 160x, and Australia was discovered at this time.

By the time the War of Independence started, it was almost 150 years later, and it was also a hundred years after Australia was discovered that it was actually used, so it means that the end is still the golden age of world exploration!