My Daming New Empire

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Although the Ming Dynasty was invincible in the Nanyang region, from the first eradication of the pirate king Chen Zuyi, to the extermination of the entire Ceylon King family.On his last voyage to the Western Seas, Zheng He wiped out the Nambali Kingdom on Sumatra Island, and captured the leader Suganla alive.

Daming's prestige in Nanyang was earned with one shot at a time.

However, the fighting power displayed by the fighters of Ming Dynasty has not reached the point of being invincible.In every battle, Da Ming relies on numbers to win, and the combat effectiveness of Da Ming's soldiers is no stronger than their natives.

Only this time, the Ming soldiers actually dropped their sharp iron weapons and replaced them with this kind of muskets.The power of muskets has not yet been tested, and the Bengkulu tribe is a touchstone.

On the second day, Yang Weixisha wanted to witness the power of the big fire gun in the name of visiting the shooting competition practice.

For this application, Zhu Zhanji just smiled and agreed.

Janvexisha finally got the musket of his dreams. When he saw the black barrel exuding a charming luster, his heart was full of fear.

Because he couldn't imagine how this barrel was made.

The barrels of muskets before the Ming Dynasty could still be seen to be hammered out by blacksmiths with hammers, but now, the well-proportioned tube walls and smooth inner and outer diameters made it impossible for him to figure out what method was used to make them. from.

He also intentionally opened a pack of gunpowder packs belonging to a Ming soldier, and found that the gunpowder of Daming had also changed, it was no longer in the form of powder in the past, but in the form of crystal grains.

This change is also the reason why the firing distance of the Daming Musket is longer.But he also didn't know how the granules of gunpowder were made.

Daming... this magical country, he really wants to see it with his own eyes.

Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we have the possibility of wrestling with Daming.

Before that, he decided never to confront Daming head-on.

On the third day after Yang Weixisha arrived in Star City, news came from the Bengkulu tribe.The Ming army stopped Wan Mao and his party on the bank of the Las River. There were less than 4000 people. The beating Bengkulu people could not move an inch, and no one could cross the Las River.

Wan Mao died on the spot, and his clansman killed his family, and then they all surrendered to Daming.

In the entire Bengkulu tribe, more than 2 people were beaten to death in more than half a month, nearly half of the young and strong died, and the entire tribe was almost disabled.

Today's Bengkulu tribe not only lacks the ability to wrestle with Shi Jinqing of Old Port, but also relies on the protection of the Chinese to prevent the entire nation from being annexed by other tribes.

What surprised everyone even more was that less than 400 people died in this battle of the Ming Dynasty, and more than 300 of them were Japanese, and there were less than ten real Ming people.

And most of them were not killed on the battlefield, but died in the miasma and the mouth of poisonous snakes and insects in the forest.

The result of such a battle shocked everyone, even Yang Weixisha felt fear.

When everyone was panicking, the Ministry of Criminal Justice of the Ming Dynasty publicly tried Ha San, Iskandar Shah, and other accomplices in front of all the envoys of the country.

In addition to Ha San and Iskandar Shah, Daming also directly executed 11 princes from various tribes and more than 200 subordinates.On the execution ground by the pier, the heads of the murdered were rolling.

Paramesura tried every means to keep his son's life, and even would rather exchange the throne.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't give him any hope, and Iskandar Shah was the first to be beheaded.As for the mastermind, Ha San, after everyone was executed, the last one was sent to the guillotine.

Daming used the cruelest means to show its toughness to the Nanyang countries, and at the same time, it also told everyone that Nanyang will prosper in the future and perish against Daming!

Even Yang Weixisha didn't dare to be tough at this time, they could only bear it until they found a way to deal with Daming.

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Chapter 31 Continue southbound

"From Maluku to Nanzhou, you must not just look at the map and think that it is easy to reach a few hundred miles. Because it will be the most difficult journey."

In the meeting hall, Zhu Zhanji, Zheng He and other admirals were sitting. Except for Zhu Zhanji, everyone's faces were filled with excited smiles.

In Bengkulu, he won a big victory in a decisive and neat manner, and the countries in Southeast Asia were so frightened that they did not dare to have any objections.

Even the Sinicization strategy that Zhu Zhanji believes is easily accepted by all countries.

In fact, this is Zhu Zhanji's preconceived prejudice. In later generations, Han culture was resisted by Nanyang countries. He thought that Nanyang countries would also resist Han culture.

But he did not expect that today's Ming Dynasty is the number one power in the world, and the Confucian culture is the culture that the barbarians yearn for.

Even Dongying and North Korea yearn for Han culture, and the Jiaozhi people no longer rebel because Ming sent Confucian scholars to them. In fact, the countries in Southeast Asia really yearn for Ming's cultural invasion.

As long as their religious beliefs are not touched, their acceptance of Han culture is very positive.

The battle was won, the trade went smoothly, and now even the sports meeting was held very successfully, which demonstrated the martial spirit of the Ming army.

After several months of delay in Nanyang, the southerly wind is blowing in the Strait of Malacca, and it is time for the fleet to move on.

The generals are excited because expanding the territory is always the most lofty ideal of every general.Now a land of no man not much smaller than Daming is waiting for them to conquer, who wouldn't be excited?

But Zhu Zhanji is very clear that the difficulty of visiting Australia is not much less difficult than that of the Ming Fleet crossing the Pacific Ocean to visit North and South America.

In the original history, Australia was not discovered until 200 years later, and it took nearly 200 years before Britain officially began to immigrate to Australia.

The reason why so many small islands were developed in the [-]th and [-]th centuries, while Australia was developed in the [-]th century, is due to Australia's special geographical features and special climate features.

Zheng He asked curiously: "Your Highness, why do you say that? Could it be that there are storms all year round in Nanzhou?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "Have you ever thought that since Nanzhou is so close to Java, why hasn't it been discovered by the Javanese?"

Seeing that everyone looked thoughtful, Zhu Zhanji said again: "According to the voyage diary of 'Magellan', I noticed two problems. The windy area and the southerly area make it very difficult for ships to sail south. Secondly, in the northern part of South Africa, there are large coral reefs, which makes it difficult for ships to approach the mainland."

Jin Kuo and Li Liang were sweating profusely. The others didn't know, but the two of them knew it very well.The so-called Magellan is actually a character randomly arranged by Zhu Zhanji. There is no Magellan at all, and everything is a play written and directed by Zhu Zhanji.

The two of them don't know where Zhu Zhanji got this knowledge. In their opinion, His Royal Highness is born to know.

All their glory, wealth, life and destiny are closely tied to Zhu Zhanji. They will do what Zhu Zhanji says, and they will never expose this point.

When they risked being beheaded to deceive the emperor, they had gambled everything.Later, the discovery of Hongji Coal Mine, Shilu Iron Mine, and Iwami Yinshan made everyone believe in Zhu Zhanji's information.

So far, the heads of the two of them have stabilized.

After being influenced by Zhu Zhanji for several years, they sometimes think that all this is true.But now hearing Zhu Zhanji open his eyes and talk nonsense, he still can't help being a little funny.

Zhu Zhanji didn't notice the faces of the two of them, and continued: "According to the study of Magellan's logbook, it is found that in the northern part of Nanzhou, strong winds blow from the mainland to the surrounding seas every year, although I don't know the reason for this. However, what is certain is that the northern part of Nanzhou is full of deserts and Gobi deserts, which are not suitable for human habitation.

In addition to the annual strong winds and thunder and lightning, there are all kinds of the most poisonous poisons in the world. Maybe an inconspicuous spider will die in a quarter of an hour after one bite.At the beginning, Magellan and the others died in the northern part of South Africa. "

Zhu Zhanji said that he didn't know, but he knew better than everyone else why the climate characteristics of Nanzhou were due to it.

Among the continents in the world, Australia has only a little higher rainfall than Antarctica. The entire continent is located in the ocean and close to the equator. Although the continent is small, it has complex climate characteristics.

This has led to the formation of different pressure zones between Australia and the surrounding oceans, which are headed against the wind, making it difficult for ships to approach.

Coupled with the different monsoons in two seasons every year, if you don’t follow the seasons and follow the course, you will never get close to Australia in many cases.

Zheng He asked: "Your Highness, is there no one on Nanzhou?"

"Of course there are natives. They are strong and dark-skinned. They live by hunting and gathering. They don't know how to plant, and they don't form large tribes and countries. Their lives are very primitive."