September 18th, a festival of special significance for the people of Daming, this is the birthday of Taizu. It was also on this day that the Combined Fleet set sail from Leizhou Bay and began its first ocean-going commercial activity.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a four-grade official uniform, led the officials and military generals to see off the fleet, with an eagerness in his eyes, hoping that the "Leizhou-Siam" route could be successfully opened this time.

Although Siam does not have as many silver mines as Japan and does not have as many gold mines as Luzon, it has the most fertile land, which is rich in large, plump rice.

Once this route is fixed, the Guangdong region will certainly be able to deal with disasters more calmly. It can even help other parts of the Ming Dynasty to survive the difficult times with the help of Siamese rice.

"The people of Guangdong are still in the midst of famine, and you are waiting to buy grain for the people of Guangdong, Siam to buy grain, this is a real strong man! This house is for the kings to see off, may you have smooth sailing! ”

Lin Haoran held the wine bowl high and saw off the fleet.

The combined fleet is led by Lin Dahu as the captain of the escort and Shen Liuye as the head of the merchant group, and the two have different division of labor. In addition to the combined fleet, there was also a convoy that was requisitioned, and many merchant ships followed.

The day of the voyage was well chosen, and it was a cloudless sunny day.

This fleet was centered with three big black ships and sailed away from Leizhou Bay, causing the people to be seen off at the dock slowly turning into small ants.

"Let's go to the bow of the ship!"

After the tiger girl in the unicorn costume stopped waving goodbye, she stared at the dock for a long time, and finally couldn't see her brother, so she led the little pig and others to the bow of the boat.

The sky is blue, and a few seagulls soar over the sea.

Creak......

The little golden monkey seemed very excited, and easily jumped to the highest mast, stretched out his paws to the eyebrows, and looked around there, finally realizing the boundlessness.

"Let's go!"

The tiger girl in a unicorn suit stood in front of the bow of the boat, squinting at the red bun face to meet the sea breeze, and shouted proudly with her arms raised.

As if hearing her command, the fleet raised its sails and moved briskly along the current. The fleet went directly into the vast ocean from Leizhou Bay and headed in the direction of Qiongzhou Island.

After a day and a half of sailing, the fleet successfully completed its detour from the eastern part of Qiongzhou Island, but reached Sanya. It's just that the fleet suddenly headed southwest and reached Da Nang in Annam.

It was a small port, but it was very lively, and a general led a group of well-dressed Annam nobles and servants waited here, waiting for the arrival of the Celestial Empire fleet.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the old general of the Qin Dynasty, built the Nanyue Kingdom in Lingnan, and set up Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen two counties in Annam. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty leveled Nanyue, and since then Annam has been officially included in the territory of the central dynasty of the Han Dynasty, and has experienced more than a thousand years of county era.

In the more than 1,000 years under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Dynasty, Annam slowly adopted the Han culture, production technology and political system, as the current Annam Mo Dynasty also implemented the imperial examination system.

At the beginning, Annam was Cochin, but because the Tang Dynasty had set up "Annam Protectorate" in its place, it was also called Annam. It was only due to geographical location and other factors, especially in the late Tang Dynasty, that the wind of secession of the Central Plains spread to Annam, resulting in the establishment of the Annan Ding Dynasty, which began to embark on the road of shedding China.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, which was plagued by internal and external troubles, gave the canonization of the king of Annam, officially recognizing the independent status of Annam.

In the fourth year of Yongle, in the name of restoring the Chen Dynasty, Chengzu Zhu Di sent Zhang Fu to lead the Chinese New Year's Eve army into Annam, and then made Annam the political envoy of Jiaozhi Bu and brought it under the central rule.

However, Annam was located in a remote place, and the political center of the Ming Dynasty moved north, and finally in the third year of Xuande, the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to give up the right to rule Annam, and chose to withdraw troops from Annam, resulting in the establishment of the Later Li Dynasty by Li Li.

It's just that in this dynasty, the powerful minister Mo Dengyong seized the throne and established the Mo Dynasty in Annam.

King Annam sued Jiajing, who immediately sent troops to recruit Mo Dengyong, and Mo Dengyong led his ministers to surrender. In the end, Annan was demoted to the commander of the Annan Metropolitan Envoy, and Mo Dengyong was appointed as the Commander of the Annam Metropolitan Envoy.

Nowadays, Annam presents a pattern of north-south confrontation, with the Later Li Dynasty occupying the territory of the south and the Mo Dynasty occupying the territory of the north, and both sides are looking for opportunities to eat each other.

According to Lin Haoran's guidance, the combined fleet went to the Later Li Dynasty to trade. It was not the king of the Later Li Dynasty that he traded with, but the powerful ministers of the Later Li Dynasty, Zheng Jian and those nobles, and delivered 40,000 pieces of Leizhou cloth.

Zheng Jian is a descendant of the Chinese Ji surnamed Zheng, claiming to be a descendant of Zheng Ke, the founder of the Later Li Dynasty, and the son-in-law of Ruan Gan, a powerful minister of the Later Li Dynasty.

When Ruan Gan died of illness, Zheng Jian inherited his official position, grasped the military and political power of the Later Li Dynasty, and became a generation of powerful ministers.

In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing, Li Zhongzong Li Weixuan died, and without a son, Zheng Jian supported Li Weibang, the fifth grandson of Li Li, the elder brother of Li Li, the founding emperor of the Later Li Dynasty, as the puppet emperor.

It is also the case that the current Later Li Dynasty does not belong to the Li clan, and the real ruler is Zheng Zhen.

Lin Haoran chose to kiss the Empress Li Dynasty instead of the Mo Dynasty, but it was not because of personal preference, but because of geographical factors.

The Mo Dynasty is adjacent to the Lianzhou Mansion and has a lot of threats to the Leizhou Mansion. Just intersecting with the Later Li Dynasty, it can form a flanking attack, which will form a relatively large pressure on the Mo Dynasty, so that it does not dare to attack Leizhou Mansion easily.

And the choice of Zheng Jian, the powerful minister of the Later Li Dynasty, is that Zheng Jian is the powerful minister of the Later Li Dynasty, and he has the unstable factor of Mo Dynasty on the outside and the puppet emperor inside, so he will need more help from the outside world.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Haoran adopted a foreign policy of "distant friendship and close combat" in Annam, choosing to alienate the Mo Dynasty and choose the powerful minister Zheng Jian.

Of course, estrangement is relative, like Annan came to purchase Leizhou cloth, the Leizhou government still welcomes it, but the tariff is 10% more than that of the Later Li Dynasty.

Departing from Leizhou Wharf, passing through Houli and Champong, we arrived at Siam.

When they arrived at the great city of Siam, the Siamese king Lomb Lya Gola personally received the crowd and was extremely happy to hear the news of the reopening of the Canton City.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Haoran adopted a foreign policy of "distant friendship and close combat" in Annam, choosing to alienate the Mo Dynasty and choose the powerful minister Zheng Jian.

Of course, estrangement is relative, like Annan came to purchase Leizhou cloth, the Leizhou government still welcomes it, but the tariff is 10% more than that of the Later Li Dynasty.

Departing from Leizhou Wharf, passing through Houli and Champong, we arrived at Siam.

When they arrived at the great city of Siam, the Siamese king Lomb Lya Gola personally received the crowd and was extremely happy to hear the news of the reopening of the Canton City.

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