When he heard that the 20,000 troops he sent were wiped out, Malacca Sultan Ahmed was stunned for a long time and did not react. Moreover, just the day before, he received good news that the front-line general was "attacking the enemy."
Suddenly, Ahmed, who had just ascended the throne, felt very panicked and helpless. At this time, the Indian merchants who had collected money to do business came to the door again to persuade him to transfer his treasures.
In a panic, Ahmed finally accepted the advice of the Indian merchants and transferred a large amount of treasures from Malacca City to the inland small town of Pao. Because in this small town of Pao, there is a palace of the Sultan.
However, because of the lack of secrets and the news leaked, the morale of more than 10,000 soldiers in Malacca was hit - the Sudan began to transfer property, which proved that he had no confidence to fight the enemy...
Therefore, when the Portuguese army began to siege the city of Malacca, the morale of more than 10,000 defenders in the city was very low.
Moreover, Albukirk was very cunning and deliberately captured many indigenous Malay men. He stood with sharpened wooden sticks and stood with more than 4,000 Portuguese troops coming to attack the city, creating the illusion that "there are many Portuguese troops."
But in fact, more than 10,000 Malay indigenous men who came to Albuquerkra were responsible for posing and scaring people.
But the Malacca soldiers who were guarding the city didn't know that they thought there were so many people in the Portuguese army. So, the more they fought, the less confident they were...
After more than a month of siege, the morale of the defenders in the city completely collapsed...
In desperation, Sultan Ahmed, with his family and thousands of core troops, quietly evacuated Malacca City at night.
The next morning, when the Sudan had fled with his direct troops, the remaining thousands of Malacca soldiers in the city also abandoned the city and fled. The Portuguese effortlessly occupied Malacca, an important trade transfer port in Southeast Asia...
Afterwards, Albukirk ordered the soldiers to rob, and the Portuguese soldiers excitedly started the robbery.
But what disappointed the Portuguese was that it seemed that treasure was not as much as they imagined...
Among them, Albukirk's direct troops, who was responsible for robbing the Malacca Palace, were the most unlucky. Because there was really nothing left in the Malacca Palace. After all, all the good things were transferred by Sultan Ahmed.
However, the homes of the nobles and wealthy businessmen in Malacca still have a lot of treasures. The Portuguese soldiers who were not Albuquerk's direct lineage had a full meal this time.
Albukirk was also a little helpless. After all, this was the "limited area" he arranged for the robbery before, and he could not regret it.
At this time, he wanted to lead his troops to pursue Sultan Ahmed. Unfortunately, the Portuguese army was not very adaptable to the climate environment of the tropical jungle. The last time he was able to successfully occupy Kuala Lumpur was because Kuala Lumpur could be traced along the Klang River. There was no big river to trace over Pago, so it was difficult to find.
Therefore, Albukirk had to stay for the time being and consolidate his rule in Malacca City. Anyway, it would be a great achievement to be able to seize Malacca City, not to mention that the Portuguese army had long occupied the Kuala Lumpur tin mine with a large output.
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Afterwards, Albukirk divided the Portuguese army into two parts - part of them continued to control the super-large tin mines in Kuala Lumpur and made profits from tin mineral output. The other part continued to occupy the city of Malacca. After all, Malacca is an important transit station on the Indian-Southeast Asia-Da Ming trade route, and can reap a lot of taxes and fees for stopping ships.
As long as you manage these two places well, Portugal will make a big profit. You know, tin in Europe is very expensive now, more expensive than copper...
Of course, if he knew that the Ming Dynasty had only 80 texts of tin metal, he probably wouldn't even have the interest in mining - how convenient would he buy tin metal directly in Daming?
However, the Ming Dynasty has always been in seclusion, and even the Kingdom of Malacca would take one or two years to pay tribute. Therefore, the low price of tin metal in the Ming Dynasty does not affect the high price of European tin metal.
Unlike the original history, after robbing the city of Malacca, the Portuguese army did not massacre the city, but arrested most of the strong men in the city and sent them to Kuala Lumpur to mine tin mines...
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The two sides of the story are divided, not to mention the Portuguese invading army of Albuquerk. At this time, Malacca Sultan Ahmed, with thousands of remaining soldiers and a group of ministers, struggled to establish a temporary regime in the inland town of Ba'or, and maintain the Malacca Sultanate without collapse.
However, compared to the fact that there was no time to bring any treasures in history, Sultan Ahmed still hoarded a lot of treasures in Pago City this time of escape.
The Kingdom of Malacca was established for a hundred years and relied on its superior geographical location to engage in trade transit. Its status is no less than that of Lijiapo in later generations. Therefore, the royal family's family is still very rich.
The gold, silver and treasures transferred to Pago before were completely enough to support the continued maintenance of the Malacca Kingdom. Unlike in history, the country was unable to bring wealth because of fleeing in a hurry, which led to extremely difficult financial difficulties in the country's destruction. Then, Sultan Ahmed died in poverty and illness in 1513.
In this time and space, because Marin reminded Sultan Ahmed in advance, the Sultan is still rich now. Therefore, the imperial institutions of the Kingdom of Malacca were completely preserved. At the same time, Sultan Ahmed also began to recruit and train new recruits in order to recover the tin mines in Malacca City and Kuala Lumpur.
As the Malacca court in Pago City began to resume operations, Najib, who continued to serve as foreign minister, suddenly remembered what Kong Tai said when he went to Guangzhou a few years ago - if the kingdom is invaded, he can ask for help from the Ming Dynasty...
So Najib found Sultan Ahmed and said:
"Sultan, we can ask the Ming Dynasty for help!"
"Call for help from the Ming Dynasty?" Sultan Ahmed said hesitantly:
"I know the Ming Dynasty is very strong, but I heard that the Ming Dynasty has no treasure fleet and no longer has sea heroes like Lord Sanbao. Now, the Ming people are no longer going to sea, so what can I use to save us?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Najib was suddenly a little discouraged, but he insisted:
"Whether it works or not, we have to try it. Maybe, Daming will save us?"
顿了顿后,纳吉又说道:
"And it seems that the new tribute trade time is coming again, and it's time for us to go to Guangzhou to carry out tribute trade..."
Ahmed's eyes suddenly lit up. It was a good thing to make a fortune! But soon, he was discouraged again:
"My dear, I also know that tribute trade is very profitable. However, our big ships were all lost in Malacca City. Even if we want to send ships, there is no big ship suitable for voyages. There are only a small boat left!"
Naji thought for a while, then looked at the treasures piled on the ground in the Pago Palace, and suddenly his eyes lit up:
"Or why should I take the land to the east to take a boat to the Ming Dynasty?"
"But there are only fishing boats in Mersing Port, and there are no large boats suitable for going to Guangzhou." Ahmed obviously knew the situation.
"Sudan, don't you still have a lot of treasures in your hands? You can take the treasures and the tribute proof of the Ming Dynasty. First go to Mersing Port to take a fishing boat to Siam (Thailand). Then, use the treasures to buy a large ship in Siam. At the same time, purchase a large number of specialties in Siam. After filling the boat, go to Guangzhou to trade tribute..." Najib suggested.
"Purchase tribute goods in Siam? This is not right..." Ahmed felt that this was a bit of a joke.
"What's wrong with this? Our Malacca is a commercial country. Most of the goods we pay tribute are purchased from other countries. There is nothing to buy tribute from local Siam."
"By the way, I heard the request of the Ming Dynasty before, so I would like to give more rhino leather and rhino horns?"
"No problem, let's bring a few more rhino leather and some rhino horns to go there. Anyway, this thing is not worth much in our country!"
“好,就这么定了!”艾哈迈德拍板道.
Chapter completed!