In India, Zhu Yunwen gave a very clever reply, seemingly agreeing to the Indian king's request, but in reality, he also refused.
The King of India didn't understand the meaning behind the words. He only thought that Zhu Yunwen had agreed to sell some weapons to India. As long as the trade went well, he felt that the Ming Dynasty would definitely not break its promise.
However, he had no idea what Zhu Yunwen meant by "good performance," or how good the performance should be.
The reason why Zhu Yunwen engaged in arms trade with Western countries was ultimately because these countries were not particularly far from the Ming Dynasty.
Although Tianzhu is not very far away, it is still a major country. Selling them weapons makes it hard to guarantee that they won't significantly increase their overall strength.
It could even become a threat to the Ming Dynasty.
As for weapons, Zhu Yunwen only gave the King of Tianzhu a glimmer of hope.
In the end, this matter will likely just fizzle out.
As for trade cooperation, it's almost finished. Many cooperative projects have been put on the agenda, so Zhu Yunwen doesn't plan to stay in India any longer.
Instead, they continued preparing for their voyage.
So, after about two more days, Zhu Yunwen bid farewell to the King of Tianzhu and boarded the ship again.
They set sail with their fleet and sailed for several more days. As they traveled further and further, the local customs and traditions became quite different.
In particular, the appearance of some people has begun to change dramatically.
Some people with blond hair and blue eyes appeared.
In a large hall inside the main ship, Zhu Yunwen took a sip of tea and said to Ma Sanbao:
"So, where are we headed next?"
Ma Sanbao paused for a moment, then said to Zhu Yunwen:
"Your Highness, the place we are going to next is called Ceylon."
Zhu Yunwen asked in confusion:
"Ceylon? Shouldn't that be a country?"
Ma Sanbao nodded and said:
"That's right, it's a place called Ceylon. I've been here once before and sent several hundred men to conduct trade and negotiations."
Ultimately, these people never returned.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Sanbao and asked:
Why didn't they come back?
Ma Sanbao sighed and replied:
"At first we thought they had met with an accident, but later we learned that they were killed by the King of Ceylon."
After our fleet left, we heard that the King of Ceylon had threatened to annihilate our fleet if he saw it.
At that time, my main task was to find sweet potatoes and potatoes, and I didn't have many soldiers with me, so I dared not delay or rashly cause conflict with a country.
I've kept this debt in mind, but I haven't had time to pay it back.
Zhu Yunwen slowly stood up, glanced at Ma Sanbao, then at the generals accompanying him on the ship, and then spoke calmly:
“If there is a grudge, it must be avenged, especially such a deep-seated hatred. This Kingdom of Ceylon killed hundreds of my Ming soldiers. How can we let it go like this?”
Since that's the case, let's advance at full speed and get closer to Ceylon. I want to see where their king got the audacity to kill hundreds of my Great Ming people.
Where did they get the audacity to utter such threats? That they would annihilate our fleet.
Ma Sanbao immediately nodded:
"Your Majesty, I obey your decree. As for this matter, I have always kept it in mind. Now that His Highness the Crown Prince has set sail with the ship, I do not need to ask for permission again."
"As long as His Highness the Crown Prince gives the order, I will avenge my brothers who died before."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly, a hint of murderous intent on his face, and then said:
"The main purpose of this voyage is to establish cooperation with various countries, but that does not mean that we will not demonstrate the majesty of our Great Ming Dynasty."
If they are friends, we should establish cooperative relationships and establish trade relations. If they are enemies, then we must eliminate them and uphold the prestige of our Great Ming Dynasty.
Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, everyone in the hall straightened their backs.
With the Ming Dynasty's current strength, it is naturally impossible for it to tolerate any nonsense.
So they were also looking forward to the next scene of revenge.
After another day or so, Ma Sanbao reported to Zhu Yunwen that they had almost reached the waters near the Kingdom of Ceylon.
We'll have about half a day left to reach Ceylon.
Zhu Yunwen directly ordered the soldiers to prepare guns and ammunition, and to go directly to Ceylon to crush them with overwhelming force.
Ma Sanbao nodded, about to say something, when a soldier hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Your Highness, we have spotted more than a dozen pirate ships on the sea not far away."
Zhu Yunwen sneered and said:
"Pirates again? Are we their target?"
The soldier nodded and said:
"That's right, they're heading towards our fleet, and their ships aren't small either, each capable of holding dozens of people, totaling over a thousand, forming a pirate fleet."
Zhu Yunwen was somewhat shocked and said:
"These are big pirates, we can't let them get away. Don't attack them yet. Wait until they relax and get close, then surround and kill them with all our might."
The soldier accepted the order and left. Ma Sanbao chuckled, naturally understanding Zhu Yunwen's scheme.
The crew was instructed not to attack so that the pirates would think their fleet didn't have many defensive measures.
They didn't even have many means of attack, so they would think that this huge fleet was just an ordinary merchant caravan without much security measures.
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