Although the morning sun has not yet fully risen, Nanyang Town is already very lively. Chamber of Commerce personnel who get up early to go to work, vendors who sell breakfast on the street, and women who get up early to buy vegetables in the vegetable market, are intertwined into an extremely lively picture.

Picture. With the increase of population, Nanyang Town has become more and more lively. I believe that it will not take long to form a small city here.

Zhou Chong walked to the bustling street and looked at the pedestrians on the street, and felt very satisfied, because the bustling town in front of him was built by him, and he believed that with the development of time, the Nanyang Town will come to an end in the future.

It slowly expanded to the entire Shuangyu Port, thus forming a huge port city. When Zhou Chong thought of this, he couldn't help but feel passionate about being able to build a prosperous city. This was something he didn't even dare to think about in his previous life.

The reason why Zhou Chong went out so early today was mainly because he came to visit the Chilava family, intending to learn about Portugal's strength in India and other places from them. After all, the Portuguese will launch a large-scale attack on Malacca next year, and Zhou Chong will definitely not

It will make them succeed, so naturally we need to learn more about each other's intelligence now.

Speaking of which, after the arrival of these European craftsmen in Chilava, Zhou Chong quickly classified them according to their talents. Among them, the craftsmen who built ships and knew how to cast cannons were naturally the first to be reused. With these people joining, the first

The breakthrough was the artillery workshop where Priest Nader was responsible for. Now they have found ways to improve artillery, and even Priest Nader promised to take out qualified artillery in three days.

Compared with the artillery workshop, although the shipbuilding craftsmen led by Chirava joined the shipyard, shipbuilding is a systematic project, and it is definitely not possible to rely on a few of them alone. Therefore, Chirava is now familiar with the shipbuilding technology in the Central Plains. At the same time, combined with the combination of

He knew Western shipbuilding technology and was ready to design a better ship according to Zhou Chong's requirements, at least better than the Clark ship that is popular in Europe now.

Zhou Chong had already wanted to visit the Chilava family, but during this period, Chilava ran around to design a new boat and had no time at all. It was not until this morning that he took some time to meet Zhou Chong, in order not to delay.

It was time for Chilava, so Zhou Chong came to visit early.

Going east along the bustling streets of Nanyang Town, we soon came to a relatively independent community, which is the residential area of ​​European craftsmen. On the east side of this community, there is a tall building, which is exactly the following

Father John and Priest Nader designed the Catholic church that was built, and every Sunday, all European craftsmen gathered in the church for worship. At the beginning, it attracted a group of people to watch, but it took a long time.

People are not surprised by it.

Zhou Chong walked to this residential area of ​​European craftsmen. Compared to the stinking smell before, it is much cleaner now. At least the road is no longer the previous urination and drowning, and the air is much fresher, but we still can't walk into those

The yard where European craftsmen live is already sloppy. In addition, there are no women at home, so the yard is as dirty as it is.

Zhou Chong followed the road to a resident closest to the church in this residential area. This was the residence of the Chilava family. Zhou Chong stepped forward and knocked on the door. As a result, he heard a familiar voice from inside, and then

As soon as the door opened, Xila, wearing a light blue dress, was standing in front of the door pretty, with an excited smile on her white cheeks. Although she no longer had the strange smell of the past, the smell of fragrant powder was still there.

Very pungent.

"Mr. Zhou, please come in quickly. My father is waiting for you, and Father John has arrived!" Miss Shira was not surprised to see Zhou Chong outside the door, but instead used a strange Chinese tone to Zhou Chong.

He said hello that she was very attentive to learning Chinese and went to the town to talk to others in Chinese every day. Although she made a lot of jokes, she also made rapid progress and now she can communicate with Zhou Chong normally.

Yesterday, Xila knew that Zhou Chong was going to talk to her father about something today, so she got up early and dressed up. Since the last conversation, she found that Zhou Chong was very knowledgeable and learned from the people in the town.

Zhou Chong was a scholar in the Ming Dynasty and had a lot of knowledge, so she really wanted to find an opportunity to have a good conversation with Zhou Chong so that she could understand Daming more.

"Miss Qianla, you are so beautiful today. You use a lot of fragrant powder. Our Ming Dynasty believes that the elegant fragrance is more attractive, so Miss Qianla can use less fragrant powder in the future!" Zhou Chong walked into the yard and smiled.

"If there was a woman from the Ming Dynasty in front of me, what Zhou Chong said would not only appear frivolous, but also offend people. However, Miss Qianla's concept is different from that of the Ming Dynasty women, and her advantages and disadvantages can be pointed out directly,

The other party won't mind.

Sure enough, Miss Qianla immediately smiled happily when she heard Zhou Chong praise her beauty. When she heard Zhou Chong point out her shortcomings, she lowered her head and sniffed it on her body, and then said in confusion.

: "Is the fragrance powder really strong? Why didn't I smell it?"

Zhou Chong smiled bitterly when he heard this. Although Qianla had already started taking a shower, she had long been used to the strange smells on herself and others. It can be said that her nose had been damaged, so naturally she could not smell the thorns on her body.

The smell of the nose.

Qianla was very smart. Seeing the bitter smile on Zhou Chong's face, she immediately understood something. She smiled and said with a smile: "I understand. Thank you Mr. Zhou for your reminder. I will pay attention in the future."

Speaking of this, Xi La paused for a moment, and then said with some distress: "Actually, I really want to learn how to put on makeup with the women in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, I also know that most of the women in the Ming Dynasty know how to embroidery and other female workers, and I have always wanted to learn it, but

But I haven't found anyone to teach me."

At this time, Zhou Chong had already walked to the door of the main hall. After hearing Qianla's distress, Zhou Chong's heart moved, and then smiled and said, "Miss Qianla, if you want to learn female workers and make-up, you can go if you have time in the future

My family, my wife and sister are at home. I will introduce you to you at that time, and you can ask them some things about girls.”

"Really, can I visit your home?" Qianla was also very surprised when she heard this. With Zhou Chong's age, his wife and sister must be her own peers. If she can be with her age, then

When a woman in the Ming Dynasty made friends, she would definitely be able to better integrate and understand Daming, which made Qianla very happy.

"Of course, my wife and others will definitely welcome you very much. You can talk about some European customs and culture at that time, and I believe they will definitely be very interested!" Zhou Chong said with a smile again, Jin Xuan and Cheer Dai

It is also boring to be at home, and it is also a good thing to have more new friends.

After Zhou Chong's affirmative answer, Sila immediately ran away happily, saying that she wanted to prepare tea for him, while Zhou Chong smiled and then stepped into the living room. Sure enough, she saw Father John and Chilava.

Sit there and chat.

Seeing Zhou Chong coming in, Chilava and the others stood up immediately. Zhou Chong also said a few words to them. Then, after Qianla brought the tea, everyone sat down separately. Only then did Zhou Chong tell his purpose.

Come out.

Father John is a Spanish. Portugal has just left the rule of Spain. The relationship between the two countries has never been very friendly. Although religion has no borders, the priest has nationality. Chilava is also not a Portuguese. To be precise,

He should be a Roman, and was previously persecuted by the Portuguese Governor to India, so he had to take his whole family to exile in the Ming Dynasty. It was precisely because Zhou Chong knew the identity and background of Father John and Chilava that he decided to be the first one.

Just ask them for questions.

Father John and Chilava were not surprised to hear Zhou Chong asking about the strength of the Portuguese. After all, in their opinion, Zhou Chong was originally engaged in maritime trade. Now the Portuguese are coming in full force and are about to invade.

Nanyang, a traditional power of the Ming merchants, naturally threatened Zhou Chong's interests. Now he wanted to inquire about the strength of the Portuguese by himself, which was also very normal. Moreover, because both of them had different selfish intentions, they knew it.

All the things were told.

Through the joint explanation of Father John and Chilava, Zhou Chong finally learned that the Portuguese arrived in India about twelve years ago, that is, in 1498 AD, and the captain of the Portuguese fleet was also a famous one.

Character, this person is Vascoda Gama, who can be compared with Columbus in the history of navigation.

When Da Gama went through a lot of hardships to reach the west coast of India, India was in a period of many countries and wars were constantly between countries. Da Gama took advantage of this chaotic relationship in India and it was easy to unite the local one.

The power and began trade with India, but when he returned to Portugal with Indian goods, the goods were worth sixty times the total cost of his fleet's departure this time.

It was also Da Gama who successfully arrived in India this time, and the sky-high returns stimulated the entire Portuguese Kingdom. So in 1500, Portugal sent another huge fleet, with 1,200 soldiers on this fleet.

, accounting for one thousandth of the total population of Portugal at that time, and there were 13 warships. Their mission this time was no longer just for trade, but for establishing a trading base in India.

This huge Portuguese fleet was led by a nobleman who followed the route discovered by Da Gama. Although he suffered some losses on the way, he finally arrived in India smoothly. In the small Indian state at that time, Muslim merchants controlled it.
Chapter completed!