The vast Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world!

It is the first month of the 16th year of Xuanwu. It is still snowing heavily in the north of the Song Dynasty, but it is still very warm here.

After the warships composed of 100,000 naval troops in the Song Dynasty left the Strait of Malacca, they had been moving forward on such an ocean. They were amazed at the climate of the ocean. In the past, the Song Dynasty navy fought in the north, and this was their first time to come to a warm tropical region.

There is another name in the Indian Ocean, that is "Western"!

In later history, Zheng He went to the Western Ocean to this Indian Ocean waters!

Now the Chinese have entered the West hundreds of years ahead of schedule, and the current fleet is more powerful than Zheng He's fleet back then!

More than a thousand huge warships were riding the wind and waves, and occasionally merchant ships passed by, and the merchants above showed a look of horror on their faces.

This is an ocean-going fleet that has never been seen in this era. Even in later history, such fleets are extremely rare!

Two treasure ships were at the forefront, surrounded by countless small boats, and behind them were more than ten huge lucky ships and other warships.

The waves on the sea were extremely strong, but the treasure ship still seemed extremely stable.

Wang Gui and Wu Jie were standing at the bow of the same treasure ship. Their hair and clothes were blown by the wind and swaying towards the back, with excitement on their faces.

"From here all the way north, you will soon be able to reach Daguang!" Wang Gui said.

Daguang is the location of Yangon in later generations! Yangon was the largest city in Myanmar, and in this era, Myanmar was just a small town! The entire Myanmar has not yet been unified, and one-third of the territory in northern Myanmar belongs to the "Dali Kingdom", and now it belongs to the Song Dynasty!

"There are also many pirates near Daguang. We need to completely eliminate the pirates around us and then occupy Daguang." Wu Lin said.

"I think so. I will lead half of the fleet into the bay. You will lead the remaining fleet to block the periphery of the bay and don't let a pirate escape." Wang Gui said.

"Okay!" Wu Lin nodded.

Ten days later, the fleet arrived at the sea area where Yangon was located. All the pirates in the nearby waters were only a few thousand. Under the encirclement of the Song army fleet, all the pirates were almost wiped out in just three days!

Thousands of Song soldiers came to Yangon, and countless Song soldiers came down from the ship and headed forward.

Yangon is now in control of the local Tu people. A middle-aged man wearing extremely expensive silk but black, thin and small long led a group of Tu people out. The middle-aged man was tied with a white headscarf on his head, and a few colorful feathers were inserted on his head. He was the head of the Tu people.

With so many warships and the arrival of the army, the Tu tribe leader was extremely shocked. He knelt down without hesitation, and the tribes behind him also knelt down one after another.

"This is the place where my Song Dynasty merchants stayed and subsidized in the past. From now on, this place belongs to my Song Dynasty. Are you willing to accept the jurisdiction of my Song Dynasty?" Wang Gui said coldly at the man.

"I'm willing." The head man said with a trembling voice.

This is also an important town on the Sino-Western trade sea line. There are often merchants from the Song Dynasty, so this person can also speak Chinese.

"You are the heroes of the times, and you have performed very well! From now on, there will be a small portion of your trade taxes here, which is enough to ensure that you will continue to live in wealth. You are also my descendants of the Song Dynasty. In the future, you can go to the Song Dynasty to enroll in school, or even live in the Song Dynasty." Wang Gui was very satisfied with the performance of the leader, nodded and said.

After that, Wang Gui and Wu Lin inspected the environment near Yangon and determined that the threat here was extremely small. After that, the two left more than ten warships here, and then they continued to lead the fleet toward the front.

On the treasure ship, Wang Gui wrote a report. Wang Gui believed that the South China Sea was very close to China, the Tu people in the South China Sea were extremely backward, and the Tu people in the South China Sea were also very small, not even comparable to any province in the Song Dynasty! Under such circumstances, the Song Dynasty should completely occupy the South China Sea and migrate the people to the South China Sea! However, there is an important problem at present. Although the population of the Song Dynasty is nearly 100 million, there has been too much population migration over the years, and the people need to be recuperated. Wang Gui deeply felt that the current population of the Song Dynasty is still a little insufficient, and the court still needs to encourage childbirth. The current policy of encouraging childbirth is still a bit lacking, and the strength is still insufficient.

He wrote down his opinions. After meeting a Chinese businessman, he would ask the Chinese businessman to transfer it to Quanzhou Prefecture, and then Quanzhou Prefecture would transfer it to the Government Affairs Council.

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In February, the Song Dynasty fleet arrived in Ceylon.

Ceylon is the later Sri Lanka. In this era, the Chinese called it the "Lion Kingdom" or the "Gem Kingdom". The gems here are very rich and well-known all over the world.

"This is the Lion Kingdom!" Wang Gui smiled at the big island in front of him.

"This small island is not as large as any province in my Song Dynasty. It is much smaller than the two large islands we found in the Beihai, but there are actually two countries on it, and they are constantly fighting!" Wu Lin said.

From the eighth century AD to the sixteenth century later, for hundreds of years, the struggle between the Sinhalese Kingdom and the Tamil Kingdom on Sri Lanka has been endless! It was not until the British that the struggle between the two tribes was completely occupied.

"We just gain strongholds here, control the sea line, and do not participate in their wars." Wang Gui was obviously disdainful of the war on the island, and shook his head and said.

Not long after, the Song army fleet arrived in Colombo and prepared to occupy the place.

Colombo is one of the nodes of trade between China and the West. Because of the abnormal geographical importance, after the Age of Discovery, first the Portuguese and then the Dutch. The British once occupied this place, but now the Chinese are here!

The Song army had just arrived at the dock, and there was already chaos on the dock!

The Song army went straight towards the city of Colombo. Before they could come to the gate of the city, the city had been closed!

Wang Gui ordered the Sinhalese people inside to open the city gate and accept the rule of the Song Dynasty, but the Sinhalese people did not agree.

Soon, the Song army launched an attack on this place.

The total population of the Sinhalese Kingdom is less than one million, and their total strength is only more than 50,000. Because Colombo's location is too important, there are more than 8,000 garrisons here! However, in front of the 100,000 Song army, these 8,000 garrisons were vulnerable.

In just half an hour, the Song army captured the place and occupied Colombo.

"Tell the merchants on the dock that we will not make things difficult for merchants! Everything will be the same as before in the future, and even the commercial tax here will be much lower than before. We will promulgate laws to protect the private property of merchants!" Wang Gui sent people to clean up the battlefield, while sending people to announce the policy of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty sent troops to occupy important strongholds on the sea line not to destroy trade, but to make trade more prosperous. Because only when trade is more prosperous can the Song Dynasty gain more benefits.

For more than a month later, the Sinhalese people continued to attack Colombo, but they were not opponents of the Song army at all, and they returned with great defeat every time!

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Until May, nearly 20,000 troops of the Song army were sent to Yangon, Colombo and other cities, accompanied by civil affairs officials!

These 20,000 troops were all the world-class troops that once fought against the Jurchens and Mongols in the north. It was no exaggeration to use the "invincible" that the Jurchens claimed to have been used on them. With them here, it is enough to maintain the rule of the Song army over Yangon and Colombo.

In July of the 16th year of Xuanwu, the Song Dynasty fleet headed west to Guli Kingdom!

Guli, the center of Sino-Western trade!

It can be said that no matter who it is, as long as you control Guli, you will control Sino-Western trade!

This is where Kozhikode, the later India was located. In this era, India was divided into countless states and was not unified. In history, it was not until the rise of the Mongols that the descendants of the Turkic Mongolians went south to unify India and established the Mughal dynasty.

The current Guli country is equivalent to the size of Yanjing, the Song Dynasty. Due to the developed trade, the population here is rarely 1.2 million. However, this one.2 million comes from various places and countries, most of which are merchants, and the number of troops here is less than 10,000!

When Zheng He first went to the West, the end was Guli Kingdom. At that time, the King of Guli had sent people to the Central Plains to pay tribute to Ming Chengzu, expressing his willingness to be a vassal state in the Central Plains.

After the rise of the Age of Discovery, the Portuguese, whose population was only 2 million, became the overlord of the ocean. The Portuguese Dagama led only twenty warships around the Cape of Good Hope and came to Guli. With twenty warships, they conquered Guli. Later, the Portuguese mastered the hub of Sino-Western trade.

And now the Thousands of Battleships of the Song Dynasty have arrived in Guli Kingdom!

In July, the Song Dynasty completely occupied Guli. The Song Dynasty navy promulgated laws here to ensure that merchants' property would not be damaged, and then to determine the tax laws. In the coastal cities occupied by the Song Dynasty, merchants from various countries paid taxes wherever they were paid, and in other places, they did not have to pay taxes. In this way, the tax revenue of East-West trade was greatly reduced! In the past, under the control of many forces, the trade between China and the West was very expensive. A piece of goods worth a few cents later was transported from China to Guli, and the price might reach a few taels of silver!

Until this time, the military operations of the Song Dynasty Navy came to an end for a while, and this most prosperous sea line in the twelfth century was completely controlled by China!
Chapter completed!