When Pedru got off the ship, his steps were empty, and he couldn't accept the combat power of these ships.[23[w]x

This is no longer a strong person, but a dominant overlord.

The question now is how many such ships are there, let alone such a ship. If there are dozens of ordinary ships that defeat him, then Portugal will be dying if he wants to get involved in this area of ​​sea.

After sitting down and talking again, the way has changed. Bai Minghe doesn’t need to ask in detail, he just needs to ask one direction. Pedru told everything he knew.

Bai Minghe frowned as he heard Pedru's words, and at the same time listened to the clerk's translation. He also said to a clerk beside him: "Create it, the Three Buddhas have actually died in name only and split into countless sultanate countries. These sultanate countries are supported by three forces."

The clerk quickly wrote, and Bai Minghe continued to preach: "The biggest ones were from the nobles of the Arab Empire, then the nobles of the Ottoman Empire, and a very few adventurers from Portugal."

Pedru mentioned there: "We are going here because the Mediterranean has been occupied by the Navy of the Ottoman Kingdom, and several ports in eastern North Africa have also been attacked. It is estimated that it is now controlled by the Ottoman Kingdom, especially Egypt. There can be suggested a land-based hydraulic transportation line, and then the Suez port will be here, which will take a lot of time less than we bypass Africa."

"You mean, there is a canal?" Bai Minghe was surprised: "Suez Canal?"

"Yes, there is a canal, but you are noble and those boats cannot pass through, and my boats cannot do it either, but there can be some small boats. If you spend a lot of money to repair some waterways, then your boat may have a chance."

"Tell me!" Bai Minghe was very interested.

Pedru was an officer. In Portugal officers were certainly nobles and well-educated.

"A honorable lord, as early as the Egyptian pharaoh Sinusel III, for the convenience of transportation, he ordered the excavation of an east-west canal connecting the Red Sea and the Nile. Suez is the name of this pharaoh. But this ancient canal did not last long. Next, five hundred years later, another pharaoh planned to re-open it. It was excavated for a long time, but it ended because of his death. At this time, the canal could still have some flatbed ships to transport a small amount of supplies!"

Baiminghe believes that there are waterways, but they are very shallow and cannot be used for a long time due to various influences.

Pedru said again: "After about three hundred years, Ptolemy II began to renovate the canal, and it was constantly improved and rebuilt for a thousand years. Until six hundred years ago, the era of Caliph Mansour really lost its effect. More than a hundred years ago, it began to dig again. The current transportation capacity may not reach the level of eight hundred years ago."

Pedru's words surprised the people of Daming secretly. It sounded like it had a history of two thousand years.

The white-famous crane was secretly calculating.

After all, the original plan for this canal should be in the thirteenth century BC. Until now, I really dare to say that it has been three thousand years.

"Come on, arrange it. Calculate how much silver and manpower is needed to dig a canal of 400 miles long in the desert that can allow two thousand-foot cargo ships to pass through. Then calculate. Five thousand materials, ten thousand materials. Silver is not a problem, and manpower is not a problem. I need this canal."

Bai Minghe ordered that Pedru could not understand Chinese and did not know what Bai Minghe was saying.

In front of the white-famous crane, Pedru naturally did not dare to ask casually.

The white-named crane said again: "This canal canal can save us a month's route and go directly to Byzantium!"

"Get orders!" Wang Cheng clasped his fists hard.

He understood when he heard Byzantine that there were countless reasons for the White-Ker to fight. Just one, fighting the battle to restore the country for Angela would be enough to declare war on anyone. There could have been an empire that was even bigger than the Ming Dynasty, and then there would be a place of wealth.

Byzantium is pronounced in Chinese, but it is a transliterated name. Pedru heard it: "Dignity, Byzantium has perished."

"No!" The white-named crane shook his head gently: "The Byzantium has not yet, but the capital has been occupied. When you fight back, you still snatch the capital back. The Ottoman Kingdom will definitely provide me with 500,000, one million, or two million people to build a canal, which can allow 45 million Portuguese Mark's heavy ships to pass through the Suez Canal!"

Tons of the word "White Crane" doesn't know if it appears.

The four Portuguese Marks are 900 grams, and 45 million are about 10,000 tons.

Pedru was not shocked too much in this data. The giant ship was quite huge. It was estimated that it should have a load capacity of more than 3,000 tons, and its drainage must have exceeded 5,000 tons.

Pedru explained the current relationship between countries in Europe, and Bai Minghe listened carefully.

Especially the situation in the Ottoman Empire, of course, in Pedru's pronunciation, it was Ottoman.

A personal guard approached Bai Minghe's ear and whispered: "Sir, something small happened in Da Nang. Annan confronted General Mao Wenhu for 30,000, not to start a war, but to ask General Mao Wenhu to release a border market, because since General Mao Wenhu controlled Da Nang, Annan had no foreign trade for a long time."

The white-known crane nodded.

On the other side of Annan, there are mountainous areas and primeval forests. Not to mention the transportation problems, the important thing is that going there is even poorer than them. Danang is indeed the trading port that Annan needs the most. Even if it does not trade with the Ming Dynasty, it can still trade with Nanzhang and Siam.

Going north, it is the Ming Dynasty. Siming City had some trade in the past, but now it is gone.

Because further north of Siming City is the pearl breeding area of ​​the white-famous crane. General Mao Yijian blocked the road there, and there was a small trade in the border market, and Daming didn't care.

Guangdong's trade has gone overseas, and the trade in Annan is not worth exposing the pearl breeding area.

"Send the rest of the guests to rest, and let several guests with identities and understanding the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty accompany you. The official warrant is passed, and you will hand it over to the Sagala Dragon King. Everything will be done according to the original plan. If you encounter trouble, they know what to do. Fan Liang knows what to do. Let's go to Danang!"

Bai Minghe said he wanted to leave, so he must have set off immediately.

Without letting the Dragon King of Shagala take action again, this ship stayed here to deter this sea area. Of course, it must be worth a battle, and only enemies with some strength will be dispatched.

On the boat, Bai Minghe asked someone to prepare a telegram, and once he could contact him, he would immediately send it to Nanjing.

For nothing else, Bai Minghe wanted to see Angela. Because Bai Minghe felt that he knew a little bit of the historical part of TV staged, especially in Europe, seemed to be somewhat different from the current reality. At least Portugal was at least many years ahead of later TV.

Moreover, according to later records, the canal was built in the 18th century AD and took eleven years.

But according to Captain Pedru, someone started to repair the canal more than 3,000 years ago. The name Suez was taken from the name of the Egyptian pharaoh more than 3,000 years ago. A few days later, Baiminghe finally sent the telegram when he approached Shuizhenla Port. Several wards were relaying and contacted the capital in half an hour.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Dynasty emperor who was personally directing the testing of multi-channel Tianyin, was right in front of the telegraph.

When Zhu Qiyu saw a telegram coming and had been studying here for a long time, he saw the number on it and knew it was sent by a terminal. It belonged to the Third Fleet of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Dynasty.

After the translation, Zhu Qiyu had just a look, and the lieutenant in charge here brought the telegram to Zhu Qiyu.

"Ask him, what strange you find?" Zhu Qiyu asked if there was no reason, because he was the emperor.

The telegram was sent back soon. Bai Minghe was less than a hundred miles away from Shuizhenla Port and was considering whether to enter the port for a walk. After receiving this telegram, he was helpless and had to explain: The Portuguese have gained a foothold in North Africa and have been to South America. The Three Buddhas have been in name only and have been divided into countless small states, chaos!

The last word "chao" is very conspicuous, and chaos represents an opportunity.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty sent a telegram for a while and pointed at the responsible lieutenant here and said, "Call back and ask him to wait. I have to think about it. You can continue the experiment here. If it succeeds, I will be rewarded."

Zhu Qiyu left the telegraph room and thought about it, thinking that this was an opportunity, but how could he use this opportunity?

"Tell me that Yu Qian is here." Zhu Qiyu said to Wei Shaoqing.

The Baiminghe office area of ​​the outer courtyard of Baima Pavilion has now occupied one-third of the office. Obviously, based on the number of people on Yu Qian's side and the official duties that need to be handled, not to mention that when Baiminghe was not in Nanjing, Yu Qian needed more people to manage Baiminghe's miscellaneous work here, so even if he occupied two-thirds of the office area in the end, it was not surprising.

Of course, it will definitely not be occupied all of them. After all, there is still a place for Baiminghe.

Fortunately, the White Horse Pavilion is big enough, and Sun Yuanjun even stated that if Lord Yu Qian needs a place, they are willing to move north to Zijin Pavilion north of Baima Lake and free up the entire White Horse Pavilion.

Yu Qian naturally had no nerve to ask for it, but Sun Yuanjun still ordered people to renovate the Zijin Pavilion and was ready to give up the entire Baima Pavilion at any time. It was a bit too close to the market. Sometimes, you could get to the shouts of vendors outside the wall early in the morning, so it would be better to move to a quieter place to live. This Baima Pavilion has completely become an office place.

Yu Qian, who was directing the office houses assigned by the officials from the capital, heard that Long Live was going to see him, so he quickly walked to the side courtyard of Baima Pavilion.

"Yu Aiqing, do you take a look at these two telegrams?"

Yu Qian took the telegram and bowed and said, "Long live, what do you think Bai Minghe was thinking when he took in the Byzantine Princess?"

"Interesting!" Zhu Qiyu was reminded by Yu Qian. It was the first time that Bai Minghe went to Southeast Asia. At that time, he was very kind to these remnants of the exiled Byzantine Empire. So why is all this?
Chapter completed!