Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 526
After a lot of work, all the Japanese pirates who fell into the water became a nutritious meal for fish in the sea, and none of them survived.The saddest thing is that the Denglai Navy doesn't even want their heads. It's not that they are generous. They have already seen through it. Now the big boss is very poor. No matter how many heads they get, they won't get any rewards. Why do you need to get one or two thousand bloody heads to dirty your ship?With Yang Menglong's order, the Transformers fleet turned their bows in unison and sailed towards Yantai port, leaving one or two thousand corpses floating in the sea to be torn apart by marine fish.Because of this damn naval battle, they were already three hours late, so the people waiting at the pier must have gone crazy, right?

The four European merchant ships greeted them, and hung flags to indicate that they were businessmen who came to China for business. They were very grateful to the Denglai Navy for saving their lives, and hoped to board the flagship of the Denglai Navy to thank the Commander in person.Yang Menglong thought for a while and said, "Let them come up."

Immediately, a small boat sailed over, and several blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners climbed up the rope ladder.Everyone found that this group of foreigners was completely different from the magic sticks they had seen before, which were dirtier than the elders of the beggar gang. Their clothes were gorgeous and neat, and they were very elegant. , Among them there is actually a foreign girl with long black hair and blue eyes!We have seen a lot of foreigners, but this is the first time we have seen such a young and beautiful foreign girl. The sailors' eyes suddenly became brighter than a hundred-watt light bulb, and they whistled wildly at the foreign girl—I learned from Yang Menglong.The foreign girl was not shy either, she smiled charmingly at the sailors generously, and then performed an elegant European aristocratic etiquette to Yang Menglong and others who came up, exhaling like blue, with a clear and gentle voice, and said in Chinese: " My name is Catherine, Catherine Dandolo, from the great Venetian city-state republic, the owner of this fleet. Thank God for letting me come to the rich East, and sending a powerful fleet to save us from the clutches of pirates Thank you so much for being rescued!"

Wu Sheng, Xue Siming, Li Yan, Hong Niangzi, Shen Tingyang...all of them looked confused. They didn't know where the so-called "Venice City-State Republic" was, let alone where it was great!However, Yang Menglong still has a little understanding of the history of the Venetian city-state Republic. The history of this city-state can be traced back to the ancient Roman era.In 451 A.D., Attila the Hun raised the whip of God and ruthlessly beat the European peoples. Hundreds of thousands of troops rampaged across the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. The people either became slaves or filled ravines, and the blood that flowed from them washed the Apennine Peninsula over and over again.A group of civilians were frightened by this terrible war, and fled to an island for refuge before the Huns arrived.After the retreat of the Xiongnu army, they took root on this island with no fresh water, and started the sea trade business from salt making and selling.Their business grew bigger and bigger, and the island that was not suitable for human survival gradually turned into a bustling big city, and the population became more and more dense, and Venice rose like this.By the time of the Crusades, Venice’s power had spread all over the Mediterranean Sea and controlled shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Whether it was the Crusaders, Byzantium, or the prosperous Egyptian Ayyubid Dynasty, they had to give them face.Throughout the three centuries, the Crusades that lasted for more than two hundred years brought great suffering to Europe, but made the Venetians a lot of money, especially the Fourth Crusade. They used the Crusades to capture The No.1 city in Europe——Constantinople. , Rockefeller and other richest people for thousands of years are super rich.In the Middle Ages full of ignorance and poverty, the wealthy Italian city-states such as Venice, Genoa, and Milan, which inherited the essence of ancient Roman civilization, were pearls embedded in the Mediterranean Sea, blooming brilliantly in that dark and desperate age. of brilliance.

But with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the glory of the Venetians came to an end.The Ottoman Empire is the descendants of the Turkic people who were driven to Central Asia and West Asia by the Tang Dynasty... Everyone knows that once the nomads who were beaten into dogs by the Central Dynasty in China go to the Middle East and Europe, they will immediately start the slaughter mode. This is true of the Dayuezhi people, the Huns, the Rouran people, and the Turkic people. Every time the Central Dynasty of China launches a strategic counterattack against the Yuwu people, it is always the Europeans who pay for it.The Ottoman Empire inherited the wolfish blood that flowed in the blood vessels of the Turks. They were proud of dying on the battlefield and ashamed of dying of old age on the sick bed. They were defeated in the Battle of Manchikot as early as before the Crusades broke out. The Byzantine Empire captured the Byzantine emperor and forced Byzantine to cede all of its territory in the Near East. Byzantine's national strength declined. In 1453, Ottoman captured Constantinople and destroyed the Byzantine Empire, which had been passed down for thousands of years, and then launched rounds of stormy attacks on Europe, hitting the city of Vilna several times.Venice, which had huge interests in the Mediterranean Sea, was the first to be hit by the Ottoman Empire. This small city-state fought endlessly with the behemoth Ottoman with its powerful navy, and they actually won each other.But after all, Venice is just a small town with a population of less than 20, and its opponent is a behemoth with a population of 3000 to [-] million. Although Venice's navy defeated the Ottoman navy time and time again, they were still unable to inflict serious damage on their opponents.The most typical is that once they wiped out the main force of the Ottoman Navy fleet and used it as a bargaining chip to demand a truce, but the Ottoman Sultan said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, there will be a larger fleet in the Mediterranean in a few months." It!" And they did, and within a year, the Ottoman navy was back, bigger and more powerful!
The most deceitful thing is that Venice is fighting hard, but Milan, Genoa and even France are always stabbing in the back and fighting against them!Dealing with the Ottoman Empire is already difficult enough, and there are still a lot of guys stabbing knives in the back. How can the situation of Venice be so "hard"!If history has not changed, more than 100 years later, that [-]-meter-and-a-half dwarf will lead the Gallic army to leap over the Apennine Peninsula, and the Venetian city-state Republic will become history.However, history has changed now, no, the Venetian fleet has all come to Yantai waters...

Yang Menglong said cheerfully: "It turns out that they are guests from Venice. Welcome to Shandong, welcome to Shandong!" But he muttered in his heart: "Why did the Venetians come to China? There is no record in history!"

In fact, it’s a shame that history can be recorded. I didn’t see that in the official history, all Europeans were uniformly called “Red Barbarians” or “Francis”, and they didn’t even bother to distinguish which group was Spanish and which group. Dutch?

Catherine's beautiful eyes rolled around Yang Menglong's body, and she smiled charmingly: "Your Excellency is the commander of this fleet, right? I haven't asked for your name yet."

Yang Menglong said: "My name is Yang Menglong!" He pulled Wu Sheng over: "His name is Wu Sheng, my subordinate." Then he pointed at Xue Siming, "Xue Siming is also my subordinate!"

Catherine pointed to the four captains and introduced them one by one: "Fernan, the captain of the 'Bloodthirsty Mary', Keating, the captain of the 'Rod', Nierland, the captain of the 'Nibelungen', and the ship I was on. Agbe, the captain of the 'Memphis', they are all very good sailors, they have served my Dandolo family for generations, especially Captain Nilander, who has participated in many naval battles with the Turks and sunk more than ten ships. A Turkish battleship with outstanding military exploits." She paused, and after the four captains saluted Yang Menglong and the others one by one, she continued: "We learned from the letters of some missionaries who came to China to preach that there was a young man in the East. The governor is very open-minded and willing to have in-depth exchanges with Europe, so I bought four ships and traveled thousands of miles to the East, hoping to meet that legendary hero..."

Yang Menglong smiled until there was only a slit in his eyes, and asked everyone cheerfully, "Is she talking about me?"

Everyone rolled their eyes in unison, "No!"

Yang Menglong said: "Jealousy is not a good habit!" He asked the foreign girl, who was half a head taller than him, very kindly: "Which governor do you want to visit? I can recommend him to you."

Catherine smiled: "There is no need to introduce, I think I have already met the person I want to meet." Turning around, she took a huge brocade box from a handsome maid, opened it in front of Yang Menglong, and immediately, A soft and gorgeous strange light illuminated everyone's eyes: a crystal clear sapphire bloomed dazzling light in the box!This sapphire is as big as a pigeon egg, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "invaluable". No matter how you look at money like dung, your heart will beat faster and your mouth will dry up when you see it, and you can't wait to take it for yourself right away!Catherine offered the gem with both hands, and said respectfully: "This is a greeting ceremony, thank you for saving me from the pirates, young Governor of the East!"

Yang Menglong swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "For me?"

Catherine said, "Yes."

Yang Menglong smirked: "Then... How embarrassing is that? Such a big gemstone is so valuable, I can't buy the same one to give you back even if I sell everything."

Catherine's eyes widened: "Don't you Orientals like to ask for gifts? You still want to give the same gift in return?" The tone was incredible, as if seeing a monster.

When she said that, everyone was a little embarrassed.No way, what they said is the truth. Chinese people really like to give gifts, and they prefer to receive gifts. If you want to do something without giving gifts, it is basically useless.Yang Menglong scratched his head and said, "Then...then I won't be polite."

Catherine said: "If you can accept this gift, I will be very happy..."

Before he finished speaking, the gem was in Yang Menglong's hands. The speed at which he took action could only be described as "the speed of light"...

(End of this chapter)