Chapter 967
The rune seemed to have substance, which was more substantial than any light and shadow rune encountered in the scene! It can be seen that this old turtle has profound skills! This talisman culture is a flat stone and fell into Akan's hand, with a pattern of a dragon turtle carved on it. Could it be that this giant turtle also has the blood of the dragon clan?!
"Where do you want to go? Let me give it to you. You must know that this is deep in the ocean and far from the land. Even if you have wooden kites, it will take a long time..." The old man in Ge smiled.
"How do you go?" Akan didn't understand how the giant tortoise quickly took him to his destination, but he still told him the destination, "We are going to the continent on the west coast of the Ocean, the land of China."
The old man in Geyi smiled and nodded. Akan felt his feet tremble, as if the turtle island had collapsed as a whole, and the sea water was coming from all sides to flood the turtle island! Just when he was panicking, the sea water closed two or three meters above his head, but did not fall. It seemed that he was covered in a large glass cover.
Then the Turtle Island continued to sink, and the earthy coral reef began to swallow the giant tortoise and the Akan Shu Demon. It turned out that the giant tortoise did not float on the sea surface, but lay on a large coral reef, which was more than ten meters below the sea surface. Now the giant tortoise used its talented earth escape magic to move the universe to Akan's destination!
The underground travel was dark and rapid. In a blink of an eye, when the giant turtle floated from the bottom of the sea again, Akan discovered that there was still a vast ocean around the Turtle Island. It seemed that it had just sank to the isthmus under the sea and floated up again, without moving at all.
"This is already near the mainland. The mainland seems to be much denser than when I came before, so it is not convenient for me to get ashore. There are not many ways for you to fly over." The old man in Geyi was as peaceful as ever.
Akan was puzzled. When he and the Book Demon flew to the sky, they found that this place was indeed the coast of the mainland, and the giant turtle was lying on a reef, like a small island. The old man in the geese had long disappeared.
This is still the coast of Fujian. Under the guidance of the book demon, Akan controlled the wooden kite to fly outside the city of Hangzhou. After entering the city, he went straight to the Hangzhou patrolman.
Outside the mansion, Akan Shu Yao handed over the famous letters of Shi Fan and the cemetery baron, and there was a notice of the entry of the yamen runners. Soon, the gate opened wide and Shaoxing master led the two in.
At this time, Wang Zhi, the "Purity King" of Jinghai, had been killed. Hu Zongxian had already been commended by the court for his contributions to pacifying the sea chaos and suppressing the Japanese pirates. He was in full swing. However, because Zhang Fan was in a hurry and did not inform him, he had to list this outstanding lieutenant on the list of war damage. Today, he suddenly heard that Zhang Fan had nothing to do and sent someone to contact him, and was very happy.
After receiving the Akan Shu Demon to the mansion, he held a banquet to welcome them. During the meal, Hu Zongxian asked about Zhang Fan’s recent situation. He heard that Zhang Fan’s team had established its own power in the Caribbean and even began to pursue the hegemony of the New World, and immediately showed a strong interest. In addition, Akan’s overseas treasures offered by him were envious.
When he heard that Zhang Fan's team needed the help of the Ming court in order to confront the powerful Spanish Empire's Invincible Armada, he knew that it was profitable and he expressed his willingness to help Zhang Fan convince the court. You must know that he wanted to win over Zhang Fan's overseas force and gain power for himself in the court.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fan left without saying goodbye. He thought that this magical captain, the Western Baron, had died in a chaos and mobilized personnel to search in a net, but he found nothing and was very disappointed. Unexpectedly, more than half a year later, Baron Shi Fan sent his companions to contact him, and he felt very relieved.
Under Hu Zongxian's guidance, Akan and the Shu Yao did not immediately meet the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Jinling, which is now NJ City, and began to bribe and lobby the Ming Dynasty officials. You must know that Hu Zongxian was a disciple of Yan Song, the most important powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty. Yan Song's power in the court was at its peak! With Hu Zongxian's recommendation, Akan's skills in the camp were smooth sailing along the way!
However, the scene wealth in Aken's hands was also like flowing water! These Chinese powerful officials all had a great appetite. Fortunately, Zhang Fan's team accumulated some wealth in Africa and the Caribbean, and some valuable Western industrial products, artworks and local specialties were all rare treasures here and were very popular among the powerful.
The scene also has wealth bonus for such product value transfer, which is very close to reality. Similarly, when Chinese specialties come to the Western world, they will also be extra wealth from the scene. This also saves Aken a lot of money.
After more than a month of intensive Jin Yuan lobbying, Akan laid a solid foundation! Then Hu Zongxian personally submitted memorials to Emperor Jiajing, and widely publicized Zhang Fan's great achievements in destroying the pirates last year! This is the tangible military merits made by Zhang Fan's Book Fairy and Xuanyuan Xing in the Ming Dynasty!
Under the planning of Zhang Fan and Shu Yao, all the pirates and pirates that had to be wiped out after ten years were eliminated in one day, so that the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas were calmed in advance, and the people along the Ming Dynasty were spared from being damaged, which was very beneficial to change the direction of history. Such a scene task was completed very well. Of course, the scene would not be stingy with rewards, and the improvement of fame was inevitable. Of course, there were also the late Ming Dynasty court rewards.
Akan did not come at a free time. He paid nearly a hundred overseas treasures to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, which were equivalent to nearly a hundred scene wealth! It was like five-foot-high red coral, large ambergris, deep-sea pearls with fists, the purest African gems, as well as the strange creatures of Africa and South America, handicrafts and industrial products from the Western world. These rare treasures made the Emperor of Ming Dynasty happy!
In the past month, through his own records, Hu Zongxian invited many masters of fine-brush painting to draw a large number of beautiful scenery catalogs of the New World, and presented them to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty together with these rare treasures!
Hu Zongxian had already made a group of famous painters from Jiangnan at that time, including Shen Mingchen, Wen Zhengming, Xu Wenchang, etc., and all of the writers defected to him and became his aides and think tanks. The foreign album of the book demon made Emperor Jiajing feel novel and was amazed at the scene to name the New World, "This place is really a beautiful continent!" Therefore, the name of America is the official name of the New World, which seems to have been returned to history by the scene in another way.
You should know that the emperors of China have always regarded themselves as central countries. The emperor is the pride of heaven. How can they just take the benefits of their subjects without exceeding the rewards of their subjects? Besides, the reciprocity of etiquette is a kind of cultural heritage. All Gentiles and subjects will inevitably receive rewards far exceeding the rewards of their dedication! This is related to the face of the court and the dignity of the royal family!
Before this, Akan, with his gift, handed over a memorial to expand territory for the Ming Dynasty as a minister outside the Ming Dynasty. When encountering obstacles, he asked the court to send troops overseas, open up the sea border, allow cross-sea trade, and allow mainland people to immigrate overseas. In return, the territory that Shi Fan's team has opened up outside will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty court.
This series of invitations, tributes and requests for help that meet the best procedures are the result of repeated plans by Hu Zongxian and his Shaoxing army's think tank. It should be able to bring the best results for the ultimate goal of Zhang Fan's team. First, use great military achievements to tempt the court with overseas treasures, and give enough face to the Ming court and the royal family, and finally make a request.
The biggest reason for this series of complex political measures is that the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy is inconsistent with the requirements of Zhang Fan's team. If a request is made directly, one thousand percent will be rejected by the court! Otherwise, why would it be so expensive?! The Ming Dynasty's maritime ban is a controversial foreign trade policy in history. The implementation of this policy not only affects the development of Chinese history, but also changes the direction of world history after the Age of Discovery!
If China joined the colonial actions of the era of geographical discovery, like the West, how modern history would be written will be a big problem! You should know that the population base of the Ming Dynasty at this time was not the same as that of the maritime colonial empires such as Spain, Portugal, England, and the Netherlands!
If the Ming government opened up the maritime borders and allowed or even encouraged their people to trade, colonize, and expand their territory, it is unimaginable what the history of this world and future generations would develop. But one thing is very clear. The century-old national humiliation that was humiliated by Western powers due to weakness, backwardness and corruption in the future generations of China would not have been possible!
The court rewarded the reward without any objection, but the request to open the sea ban was put on hold. Even when most of the court officials with weight attached the proposal, Emperor Jiajing still stubbornly pressed the memorial and waited for reconsideration. Because as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he could not change the decisions of his ancestors at will.
Half a month later, after some games on and off the stage, and under the money offensive of Akan, the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy finally became a little loose. This huge and slow political machine finally slowly rotated in another direction of history under the efforts of Zhang Fan's team...
In the spring of the 38th year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty conferred a title of Jinghai Hou! This man was originally a legendary Ming lieutenant, but he made great contributions overseas and was granted a baron by a Western empire. However, the Ming Dynasty did not have a baron. Moreover, since he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, he made immortal contributions in the sea and was still overseas and expanded the territory for the imperial court. How could he not be awarded a superior reward than a small Western country?!
More importantly, if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not give me a reward, wouldn’t this Ming minister have expanded his territory for other countries? As the saying goes, it is not right to be right. The emperor does not need hungry soldiers. The court rewarded a large number of wealth to serve as funds for expanding territory. It also recruited a large number of outstanding craftsmen in various industries, ready to go overseas with the Ming Navy at any time to establish the China New City!
Chapter completed!