Present-day northern India was invaded by the Timurid Khanate, and the capital Delhi was occupied, slaughtering 100,000 prisoners of war. The original Delhi Sultanate was divided into dozens of states, large and small, and it was very chaotic. The south is full of states, but much calmer than the war in the north, and the kingdom of Guri, located on the southwest coast of India, is like a paradise, surrounded by mountains and seas, with many good harbors, rich in special textiles and pepper.

King Guli showed great sincerity to the Ming fleet, and presented a gorgeous belt of fifty taels of gold and inlaid with countless precious stones to the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow.

Yao Guangxiao personally issued the edict and the golden seal, and erected a stone tablet in the royal city and said: "His country goes to China for more than 100,000 miles, the people and things are salty, and the bustle is the same wind, and the stone is carved in the city, and it will be shown forever." ”

With Guli taking China as the suzerain, as long as the power of the Ming Dynasty could penetrate into the Indian Ocean for a day, he no longer worried about being invaded by foreign enemies, and soon under Xu Hao's operation, Guli and Ceylon formed an alliance.

The Ming people were unhindered in India, and the fleets were planned to stay in the harbor for months, and a large number of merchants rejoiced, went ashore to bargain with the locals, and were ready to return home with a full load of goods.

In order to protect the merchant ships, Xu Hao sent 100 warships to escort the convoy to the city of Zhan.

The customs of Guri are different from those of other Indian states, probably because it has been an international trade hub since ancient times, the atmosphere is more open and inclusive, and generations of kings are also promising monarchs, and there are Alla merchants and Persians everywhere, and it is a country with a very diverse culture and beautiful scenery.

The kindness and docility of the Indians reminded Xu Hao of later generations, and if he had planned carefully, it might not be difficult to conquer the Brahmins and Kshatriyas, and then unite the two classes to rule the whole of India, just like all conquerors.

Of course, Xu Hao was just thinking about it, he had never had the ambition to build an empire. The fleet recruited some Guri who were familiar with the information of the Westerners, and sent a fleet north to visit Kolkata, a famous commercial city in the Ganges Delta in eastern India, but unfortunately due to war and other reasons. The thousand-year-old Kolkata is no longer as prosperous as it once was, and is in ruins.

Instead, he found a new port nearby, and brought back local specialties such as three-tendon leaves and jatamansi oil, fine cotton cloth and pearls, and exchanged porcelain for a shipload full of gold coins.

On his return, he met a local tribe in a harbor, savage and warlike by nature, and after currying favor with the chieftain with silk, he returned with pearl tortoiseshell and a large number of ivory.

Merchant ships loaded with sapphires and pearls, precious stones, precious spices, natural glass, copper, tin, lead, and other commodities set off for China one after another.

Two hundred kilometers south along the coastline is an ancient country called Kezhi Country, which is no less prosperous than Guli Port. The terrain is very special, the harbor is wide and deep, surrounded by many small islands, and it is a deep-water harbor that is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Since ancient times, foreign merchants of different languages, colors, and creeds have set up camp on various islands, and the arrival of the huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty has brought unprecedented shock to this city, which is accustomed to seeing foreign merchant ships, and one of them is a Venetian merchant named Contin, who has to join the fleet.

Xu Hao didn't know that this guy had returned home after studying in history, and dedicated the nautical chart to the Portuguese king who was determined to sail away. It has played a certain role in the exploration of the whole world. Even if you know the way, it probably won't stop it, and the route from Europe to China has been discovered by the Arabs as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there is nothing to hide.

The crew had nothing to do and taught the local fishermen the large fishing nets, which were operated by multiple people. This made the fishing industry of Kochi proud of the whole of India, and to commemorate the event, the Ministry of Tourism, of India later created a gold-lettered signboard that said that it was around the beginning of the 15th century AD. The Chinese brought the nets to the local area.

Kezhi has a deep relationship with China, and has already paid tribute to China during the Tang and Song dynasties, and is a country that is more pro-Ming than Guli. Rivers and lakes all over the country, the rivers provide convenient waterway transportation, the climate is like spring all year round, and the temperature difference is very small.

Coconut is the country's biggest specialty and is known as the country of coconuts. Further up from Kezhiguo, Xu Hao speculated that it was probably Mumbai, the largest port in India in the later era, because the guide described some ancient buildings on the archipelago, which may be the Elephanta Grottoes.

Fifty years ago, Mumbai was occupied by the Islamic kingdom of Gujatra, which means that Xu Hao is about to set foot in the realm of the Arama.

However, Xu Hao suddenly ordered the fleet to stop advancing, because the information gathered showed that there was no point in continuing on.

At this time, Europe was far inferior to the West Asians in all aspects, and it was still in the obscurantist Middle Ages, and the knights of the Crusades would only blindly face the pigs, which were not the opponents of the Ottoman Turks at all, and the Ottomans had lost to the Timurid Tatars in recent years, and the Tatar suzerain, Meng Yuan, was completely defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

Timur divided the Ottomans into four, meaning that Venetian merchants would be able to reach India for at least fifty years.

The real exchange of things will have to wait for a hundred years after the Renaissance, and the world of Europe and the Middle East is too far away from China, although Xu Hao wants to travel to Europe, but the reality is that he can't help but return.

It turned out that the businessman brought bad news from China, and the Empress Dowager Xu died of illness in Jinling on the fourth day of the seventh month, and Xu Hao, as a nephew, had to leave for China immediately to mourn.

With a trace of regret, he returned to his home after more than a year of absence, and after paying tribute to his aunt, Xu Hao chose to recuperate at home for a period of time and closed his door.

This made Zhu Gaochi, who was restless for the sake of the north, very unhappy, and also knew that Xu Hao was a painstaking person to escape from the world, and he was helpless.

Hongye gave birth to a son, and Mu Hui, who had already returned to Quanzhou, Fujian with Mu Hui, who was happy to be a father, and Mrs. Mu also returned to the capital with Ning Xue and others.

I wish Boqing and Jiang Dengyun and others successfully passed the examination, Wang Ji is ready to become an official, and his cousin Xiao Yuying was finally acquitted after the criminal department decided the case, and now lives in Xiaojia Village with his aunt Mei.

On this day, Xu Hao held a banquet for his son Xu Ye at home to celebrate his birthday, and he couldn't help but feel guilty in the face of his women, and said with a smile: "I plan to find a remote place to move to, build this place, and spend my whole life wandering in the fields and never returning to this earthly world." ”

Xu Miaojin said unhappily: "This move is really boring. As the old saying goes: "Small chaos avoids the hometown, and big chaos avoids the city". When the war was in chaos, the people of the village still knew that they wanted to gather in the big place to survive. Now His Majesty is working hard, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, without the shock of beacon fire, and without the barking dog at night, how can he suddenly move such a village and wilderness of elegance, and his words are absolutely like this? ”

In fact, Xu Hao just sighed for a while, after more than a year of HNA, the whole person seems to have become more open-minded. Sailing on the sea seems to be romantic and bloody, but in fact it is definitely one of the worst and hardest jobs, boring sea life, drinking water is rancid, and rotten vegetable leaves are the most delicious food.

This is still the Ming Dynasty's huge fleet with the most perfect living conditions, and you can imagine the suffering of the small fleet, and the proportion of sailors dying of various diseases during the Great Voyage was as high as 40%.

Xu Hao deliberately teased the other party and said with a smile: "It's just taking advantage of this peaceful autumn." I just wanted to move to the village. If the dog barks at the moon shadow, the autumn of the beacon smoke alarm, if you want to be a green field, how can you get it? ”

Mu Ningxue said with a smile: "The so-called struggle for fame in the court." Compete for the benefit of the city. My husband doesn't like to fight for fame or profit, but I feel that the sweetness is like the millet that is ploughed, and the warmth is not like the cloth that I weave myself. Besides, my husband and wife have never liked to be noisy, but they want to live in peace. But this can be said at home. But the sound of laughter disturbs people's dreams, and there are so many people who come and go to socialize that they can't be idle for a moment. How can you take the immortals to swim in the spring forest and walk leisurely in the paintings between the walls? ”

Xu Cuiliu, who has become an old girl, was moved by gossip, and immediately yearned for it: "Sister-in-law must take me, this house is really not a quiet place." ”

Xu Miaojin said speechlessly: "I'm really convinced of your husband and wife, just move to Daoxiang Village tomorrow, don't let anyone disturb you, let's go to Yunye Crane." ”

"If you want it, it's decided." Xu Hao smiled, lifted his son up and handed it to the nurse.

The next day, Xu Hao and his wife moved to Daoxiang Village together, and reluctantly reconciled the couple's idle clouds and wild cranes, refused all trivial matters, and lived freely and leisurely, looking better than the immortals.

Xu Hao personally built the first floor with wood, decorated the path with soft stones, built a small wooden bridge, planted flowers and trees to sow seeds, played with his son every day, and walked and talked with the couple at night.

After dozens of days, Xu Hao got up early in the morning, looked at his courtyard, climbed the mountain and sat on the ground after dinner, and said: "There are ten acres of fields outside the fence, and a water bay passes under the fence; When the rooster crows for lunch, the women do not work to carry the burden on their shoulders.

The window looks down from the outside of the courtyard, and the weeping poplars and green grass are in front of you; Lift the curtain to see the farmer's encouragement, and teach the children to read without delay. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman in palace clothes appeared on the opposite side, Xu Hao turned a blind eye to her, continued to whisper a few times, and felt relaxed for a while.

The beautiful woman half-knelt on the grass and said in a low voice: "Lord Qiqi, Xu Wen colluded with King Qi to rebel; King Zhao of the Han Dynasty stayed in the capital by keeping filial piety, and the Tibetan monks entered the palace to teach His Majesty some wonderful methods, and recently there were more beauties from North Korea in the palace, and the Persian beauty was offered overseas, so that His Majesty did not know how to control his body and bones were getting worse, and most of the political affairs were written by the inner servants, relying on the seven ministers of the cabinet, and the court and the court said that if time passed, the cabinet would have the fact that the prime minister would be. ”

"I know it." There was a hint of worry on Xu Hao's face, he was worried that Zhu Gaochi had lost Zhu Di's suppression, and now he had no restraint from the Queen Mother, so once an obese person indulged in indulgence, if someone added something to the medicine stone, or had a heart attack in a moment of excitement.

I really don't know what is Zhu Gaochi's lifespan? With the death of Zhu Di, Xu Hao's prophetic advantage can be said to be gone, but fortunately, the crown prince Zhu Zhanji is in good health, no matter what intrigues Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui use, as long as he lives for a day, no one will want to usurp the throne and stand on his own.

He has to intrigue outside, and he has to intrigue when he returns to China, so he yearns for a peaceful rural life.

At the same time, the old lady Junzheng and Xiao Shi and others teased Xu Ye and Xu Song, the eldest son of Xu Song, gossiping with each other, only to see Sixi from the Weeping Flower Gate walking in and saying: "The wife of the Qi Mansion in the south arrived yesterday, and today she went to Bao'en Temple to offer incense, and Ming'er is going to come to our house to see the ancestors. ”

After speaking, the little girl brought the gift over, and Xiao Shi saw that it was ten horses of domestic satin, ten horses of high-grade Ning silk, a handle of white jade Ruyi, and a box of four-color purses, so he let the maid accept it.

Xu Song's wife, Yuan, asked curiously, "Who is the wife of the Qi family?" ”

Xiao explained: "Speaking of the Qi family and our family for generations, Mrs. Qi's mother was the goddaughter of the old lady's sister in the early years, and later the Qi family moved to Guangdong. You can't blame others, our family has been going north and fighting wars all these years, and most of our relatives and friends in the past have lost contact. ”

"Oh!" Yuan saw that it was a relative who couldn't be beaten by eight poles, and suddenly lost the interest in asking. (To be continued......)