Just as Zhou Chong was enjoying family happiness at home, Da Gama and his group took the boat arranged by Zhou Chong to head north, and finally docked at the port under construction on Tianjin Wei. This port is nominally the governor of the Four Seas.

The military port built at the back door was actually used for civilian purposes most of the time, mainly because Jiang Nanfang's goods were transported directly to the capital. Zhou Chong even planned to directly change the grain from the south to the sea, but this matter involved too many benefits.

, so it is still under preparation for the time being.

"General God, I heard that your country had implemented a policy called sea ban before, stipulating that civilian ships were not allowed to go into the sea, and overseas merchants could not bring ships close to the coast of the Ming Dynasty, which also led to the abandonment of countless ports along the Ming coast.

But along the way, I saw that many ports along the coast of Daming were under construction. Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has lifted the ban on the sea? "Dagama stood at the bow of a warship and looked at the harbor that was booming in front of him.

He asked a young Ming general next to him.

"Haha, I didn't expect that the ambassador knew very well about my Ming Dynasty's decree. At that time, my Ming Dynasty had just driven away the Mongolians, and the country was not peaceful. However, Japanese pirates were rampant in the coastal areas, so the law of ban was implemented. However, now my Ming Dynasty is strong and powerful.

, The Japanese pirates have long been undone, so there is no need for the sea ban. However, this decree involves the interests of many people, so His Majesty is not able to abolish it directly, so it is retained in name, but in fact it has begun to be lifted.

The sea is forbidden!" The young officer, known as the God General, explained with a smile.

The young officer is named Shenning. He is Shenying's youngest son and is also the most favored by Shenying. He is only in his twenties this year. He has been learning military tactics with Shenying. Before, when Liu Wu and Liu Liu were wiped out,

Shenning was promoted to garrison for his merits. He also made many great contributions in the last war with Portugal. He is now promoted to a guerrilla general and transferred to Zhou Chong for office. This time he was sent by Zhou Chong to escort Da Gama and others.

Entering Beijing.

Da Gama was both glad and regretful when he heard that the Ming Dynasty had actually begun to give up the policy of sea ban, and was glad that the Ming Dynasty gave up the sea ban. So they were able to buy so many Ming products, which allowed them to earn in Europe.

With huge profits, it is a pity that as the Ming Dynasty gave up the maritime ban, it will definitely vigorously explore maritime power. The initial establishment of the Governor's Office of the Four Seas has already scared them Portugal. If this oriental dragon is allowed to develop for a few more years,

I'm afraid the whole of Europe will tremble under its dragon claws.

Da Gama's warships had special mooring locations, so they didn't have to wait like merchant ships from the south, so their ships were parked soon. After seeing the local officials, Shenning immediately attracted Da Gama.

They entered Tianjin Wei to rest, and as for the gifts given to Zhengde on the boat, there was a special person responsible.

Tianjin Wei will know the name. This is a garrison guarding the capital, and its geographical location is very important. It can be said to be the gateway to the capital, so there have been large troops stationed here. However, as peace has passed, the Tianjin Wei's army has also relaxed

Here, like other garrisons, the land of the military households was annexed by the upper-level officers and gradually became tenants of the military officers. Moreover, with the increase of the population, more and more children of the military households had no land to plant. Finally,

He could only find other ways to support himself, so Tianjin Wei gradually changed from a military base to a town. Although it was not as prosperous as later generations, it was already quite large.

After Da Gama entered Tianjin Wei, he kept looking at everything around him with greedy eyes. Although there are many legends about the Central Plains in Europe, the legend is always a legend. No one knows what the real Central Plains land is like.

They could only guess the prosperity of the Central Plains through Marco Polo's travel notes. He had seen a corner of this huge empire through Guangzhou and Shuangyu Ports. Now he has finally come to the heart of this empire. I don't know what the two will be like here

A scene?

Da Gama had seen the prosperity of Guangzhou and the prosperity of Shuangyu Port before, and these two places also satisfy his fantasy of the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, even Guangzhou and Shuangyu Ports, far away from the capital of the empire, could be so prosperous.

, then the place close to the capital will definitely be more prosperous and prosperous.

Disappointed! Very disappointed! When Da Gama looked at the scene around him, his beautiful fantasies about the Ming Dynasty were gone, because he saw nothing else except poverty and filth.

Poverty and dirtyness can also be seen everywhere in Europe, but he did not expect that the Ming Dynasty, which embodies the beautiful fantasies of Europeans, is actually not much different from Europe.

In fact, Dagama is really too harsh on Tianjin Wei. After all, this place was not a commercial port before, but just a military base. In addition to the military's military, it has made it poor in addition to poverty. Although now, with the construction of the port, it has made it.

It began to become prosperous, but compared with Guangzhou and Shuangyu Port, it still seems extremely poor and backward.

After two days of rest in Tianjin Wei, all the gifts were transferred from the boat to the carriage, and then the group followed the official road and headed towards the capital. Through the past two days of understanding, Da Gama's understanding of Tianjin Wei also

It deepened a lot, which surprised him to find that although the small town in front of him was dilapidated, it was also full of vitality like Shuangyu Port. Perhaps many years ago, this place would be another Shuangyu Port, or even more.

Shuangyu Port is even more prosperous, and the endless flow of trucks on the official road proves that his guess is very likely to come true.

However, as Da Gama walked along the official road, it was the first time he went deep into the inland of the Ming Dynasty. The scene on both sides of the road made him a little disappointed with the Ming Dynasty, because he saw dilapidated villages everywhere.

The people in the Ming Dynasty who occasionally saw were all yellow and hungry. At first glance, they knew they were people who often couldn't eat enough. This was completely different from the Central Plains where gold was everywhere in their European fantasy. Sometimes they even

It felt that the average living standards of the Portuguese were also above the Ming Dynasty, which made him shatter his imagination of the Ming Dynasty and he couldn't help but look down on the Ming Dynasty.

A few days later, Da Gama finally arrived at the heart of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City. When they suddenly saw the Beijing City standing there, such a prehistoric beast, Da Gama and his group were all shocked, although

They have also seen many famous European cities, but compared with the huge capital of Beijing, it is much worse. And the closer it is to Beijing, the more people there are on the road, and they pass by

The villages and towns are also very prosperous. Although they have not entered the city yet, Da Gama and the others can already guess how prosperous the city is.

Beijing did not disappoint Da Gama and his group. When they walked through the tall gate and entered the city, they were immediately stunned by the prosperous scene in the city. In their opinion, Guangzhou and Shuangyu Ports had already been very good.

It is so prosperous, but in front of this huge Beijing city, there is so much difference. Their capital of Portugal, Lisbon, cannot even compare with Guangzhou, let alone compared to the Beijing city in front of you.

I saw shops on both sides of the streets in Beijing, and various exquisite goods were placed on the counters. From time to time, people in the shops promoted them to pedestrians. Among these goods, Da Gama and others knew the porcelain, silk, and tea.

When they dreamed of goods, there were goods shipped from Europe to the Ming Dynasty, and there were more goods they didn't know, which dazzled them for a moment, and looked left and right, like a rusty bun in the city.

People in the capital were also very curious about Da Gama and the Portuguese with different eyeballs and hair colors. After all, after years of maritime bans, even if Hu merchants came, they usually appeared in coastal cities, and few of them were found.

The Hu Chamber of Commerce appeared in the capital, so these people were very curious about the people of the Dagama mission, and even some eldest daughters and daughters-in-law who never went out also ran out of the house to watch the fun.

However, the people in the capital were curious, and they also saw the officers such as Shenning beside Da Gama, as well as the troops protected on both sides. This made ordinary people dare not come forward to inquire, but just whispered to discuss the origins of these people.

Many people with good memory have already remembered that when the governor of the Four Seas won a battle overseas, he sent a few such Hu people to His Majesty. Those Hu people are similar to those in front of him. Could it be that these people are

Another prisoner of the Governor of the Four Seas overseas?

Officials of the Honglu Temple had long received news of the arrival of the Portuguese mission, but they did not pay much attention to it. After all, in their opinion, the so-called Portugal is just a similar status as a small country in Southeast Asia, and they had wanted to covet the Strait of Malacca before.

In the end, he was defeated by the navy of the governor of the Four Seas, so it was even more unimpressive. Therefore, the officials of the Honglu Temple did not care about the arrival of the Portuguese envoy, and did not even send people out of the city to greet him, until Shenning Bada

When Gama and the others sent them to the gate of Honglu Temple, a few officials came out from inside to arrange food and accommodation for them.

Although Da Gama did not understand the rituals of the Ming Dynasty, he was a smart man. After seeing the lazy officials at the gate of Honglu Temple, he also added the other party's contemptuous expression and the Ming officials he had learned before.

The arrogant mentality made him immediately understand the situation of being despised, and he couldn't help but feel very annoyed. In addition, Magellan in the mission seemed to have seen something, and an angry expression appeared on his face. After all, as a powerful country in Europe

One, they have never been so despised.

However, no matter how angry Dagama and Magellan were, they could only endure it silently. After all, they came to the Ming Dynasty to open up the business path with the Ming Dynasty. Now there is no problem with Zhou Chong, but if they offended the Ming Dynasty in the capital,
Chapter completed!