The first batch of Portuguese craftsmen had been sent to Tianjin, but Wang Shouren took a boat to leave Malacca, which had been staying for half a year, then crossed the Strait of Malacca and headed westward, passing through the Lion Kingdom, which was rich in gems, and finally arrived at Goa on the west coast of India.

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As the governor of the four seas, Wang Shouren is plagued by government affairs every day. However, during this period, what he paid the most attention to was the actions of Shen Zhou in India. After all, this was one of the three major expansion directions of the Ming Dynasty's maritime expansion formulated by Zhou. This

The path of expansion is the most complex and difficult, which is related to the interests of the Ming Dynasty in India, Africa and Europe, and is also the most important interests of the Ming Dynasty in recent stages, so no mistakes can be made.

Originally, after destroying the invading Portuguese fleet, Wang Shouren wanted to send Qu Lie to attack Goa. After all, compared to the young Shen Zhou, Qu Lie, who has rewards and prestige, and is more calm, is more reassuring, but he

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhou actually took people to chase Da Gama who had escaped, and finally chased him to the Lion Kingdom, which was not far from Goa. Instead of giving another order to ask them to come back, it would be better to let them attack directly.

Goa, this can also have unexpected results.

Speaking of which, Wang Shouren is the first supervisor of the Naval School, and Shen Zhou is also his student, but he is still a little afraid of using Shen Zhou and other students who graduated from the first military academy, so he chose Qu Lie at the beginning.

But now the situation is forced, and in the end, Shen Zhou had to attack Goa. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good. Even the veterans Qu Lie and Chang Xiao praised the results of Shen Zhou in Goa. Old Admiral

Shenying was even more happy for several days and kept pulling people everywhere to drink.

Originally, when Goa was just captured, Wang Shouren wanted to take a boat there to handle local affairs personally. However, as the saying goes, good things go a long way. Just when Wang Shouren was about to leave, a war broke out with the Houli Dynasty in Champa, Vietnam.

As a result, Chameng people asked for help from the Governor's Office in the Ming Dynasty. For the Ming Dynasty, Vietnam has always been a reactionary element. The so-called enemy's enemy is a friend, so Wang Shouren could not ignore Chameng's request for help, so he had to stay and deal with the support of Chameng.

The city matters. As a result, this delay lasted for more than half a year. Now I finally got out of my body.

Half a year has passed, Goa is no longer the whole city was cleared when it was occupied. With the arrival of the Ming garrison, Goa's safety has also been guaranteed. In addition, God Zhou has not been there during this period.

Idle, I led the fleet to sweep all the ports on the west coast of India, making Portugal's power along the Indian coast and on the Arabian Sea empty. The Ming Dynasty replaced the Portuguese as the real overlord of this sea area, while the Portuguese

The power retreated to Mozambique in southern Africa and was temporarily unable to regain control of the Indian coast.

It was also because of the Ming Dynasty that firmly established its dominant position in the waters around India that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty finally became bolder. In the past, only a few bold merchants dared to cross the Strait of Malacca to transport to India and other places, but now it is getting more and more

The more people travel through Malacca and transport their goods further away. After all, these goods are transported further away, they can make more profits, such as silk of the same texture, prices in Malacca and in India

The price is often more than ten times different. Thinking about the profits, it is enviable. In the past, the seas west of Malacca were too dangerous, so only some courageous or powerful merchants dared to go, but now this route is by Daming.

If they don't seize the opportunity, they can only watch others make money.

Merchants have always been the most dynamic group. As these people poured into Goa, the empty streets quickly became full. Some merchants even began to take advantage of the empty opportunity of Goa and scattered their efforts.

If you buy land from the government, the land price is cheap now and it will not cost much money at all. But if you get more popularity in the future, the land price will double.

It was also the arrival of merchants that made Goa regain its vitality quickly. When Wang Shouren arrived in Goa, he saw a prosperous scene, especially in the port of Goa, a large number of merchant ships flowing continuously, although it is still impossible to

Compared with large ports like Malacca and Shanghai, it has also returned to its former prosperity.

It is especially worth mentioning that in the past, the Portuguese had always been suppressed by Muslim merchants due to religious reasons. As long as they were Muslim merchant ships, they had to pay heavy taxes in Goa. Although this practice effectively suppressed Muslims.

The development of merchants has also brought resentment from local Muslims.

However, the Ming Dynasty was tolerant of most religions, especially Muslims had many believers in the Ming Dynasty, and the most famous one was Zheng He. Shen Zhou's father Shen Ying did not like Muslims, and Shen Zhou also treated Muslims.

There is no good impression of it, but the laws of the court cannot be violated. Therefore, after occupying Goa, he did not exploit Muslim merchants, but paid taxes equally. In this way, he was naturally welcomed by those Muslims, which was also the Ming Dynasty.

One of the reasons why we can quickly settle the position of maritime overlord along the coast of India.

In the Goa port that Wang Shouren saw, the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships accounted for one-third, and the remaining two-thirds were the Muslim merchant ships nearby. These Muslims have great magical powers. I even heard that they had found Portugal and came from Europe.

In India, after they bought Ming cargo from Goa, they would transport the cargo to Europe along that route. Although their Muslim identity is not popular in Europe, the cargo on their ships is enough to be forgotten.

Their religious identities.

Shen Zhou was also very welcome to Wang Shouren's arrival, because Wang Shouren did not come alone this time, and there was also a fleet led by Qu Lie. This fleet was to replace Shen Zhou and others to defend the fleet along the coast of India, so I waited

After the handover, Shen Zhou, who has been away from home for more than half a year, can take the fleet back to reunite with his family.

Like Zhou Chong in Tianjin, Wang Shouren also encountered a welcome banquet. Now Goa is no longer managed by Shen Zhou alone. Wang Shouren could not come before, but he sent many officials to come. After all, the generals only care about war.

They cannot and should not interfere in managing local affairs. This concept does not need Zhou Chong to instill in them. Scholars have formed this concept since the Song Dynasty, and even went astrayed and completely overwhelmed the generals under their bodies.

Turn over.

After the reception banquet, Wang Shouren had the opportunity to inspect the whole city. With the influx of merchants, the already empty city of Goa was once again filled with popularity. Not only were there Ming merchants in the city, but many were also there.

Muslim, but because Goa had just experienced the war, there was not much permanent population in the city. At most, some Ming Dynasty merchants came to do business. They usually felt a little lonely, so they bought some guzzlies and kept them in the city to make outdoor rooms.

They are the first permanent residents in Goa.

Walking to the streets of Goa, Wang Shouren felt that the city in front of him was completely different from Shanghai and Malacca. There were not many residents here. Everyone on the street was for commercial purposes. There were also many shops and warehouses on both sides of the street.

People are bargaining, it’s not much to start just now, but after a long time, they will definitely feel a little boring.

However, the city of Goa is not all so irritating. For example, there is a famous scenic spot in the city, which is the Portuguese Governor's Palace, which is surrounded by Gods and is not attacked. Now they have been besieging this Governor's Palace for more than half a year. At the beginning, Gods Palace was the Governor's Palace.

From time to time, people were sent to stand outside the Governor's Mansion to shout, urging the people in the mansion to surrender, but since the shouting for several days has not worked, Shen Zhou did not want to waste his life, so he simply ignored the siege of the Governor's Mansion.

The grape man planned to surround the people inside until the day when there was no food to come out and ask for a surrender.

There was a city in the city, and there was a group of Portuguese in the Governor's Mansion who refused to surrender. In addition, Shen Zhou established a wall along the Governor's Mansion, which completely isolated the Governor's Mansion, which made the outer city of Goa also

There is more security guarantee. Over time, even the most timid businessmen have begun to ignore the Portuguese in the Governor's Mansion. Even whenever they meet an acquaintance who comes to Goa for the first time, these people will

He would lead people to the Governor's Office, point them to the Governor's Office and talk about interesting stories about the fall of Goa. By the way, he would guess what the Portuguese in the Governor's Office usually did, whether they could have enough food, etc.

Over time, it has become a habit for those who come to Goa to visit the Governor's Mansion for the first time. Some people even say that if you come to Goa and don't visit the Governor's Mansion, it would be like you have never been to Goa at all, and the result would be slow.

The transformation has become what it is now, that is, the Governor's Mansion in Goa has become a local scenic spot. No matter who comes, you have to visit it first.

Wang Shouren is no exception. When he stood on the wall of the isolated Governor's Mansion built by Shenzhou, he carefully looked at the Governor's Mansion not far away with his telescope. When he saw the tall city wall opposite and the dense walls on it.

When he was defensive weapon, Wang Shouren couldn't help but sigh. It's no wonder that Shen Zhou would surround him and not attack him. Otherwise, if he attacked him with a strong force, he wouldn't know how many lives would be lost?

However, when Wang Shouren's eyes turned from the weapons on the city wall to the Portuguese soldiers who were still standing, a smile could not help but bring a smile to his lips. Although the city in the city was very solid and the weapons were arranged very tightly, it was even more solid.
Chapter completed!