Seiwa

Ibrahim was born into a large and wealthy family.

Both his grandfather and father were well-known local businessmen.His mother was the youngest of his father's four wives.Likewise, Ibrahim was the youngest son in the family, with eleven older brothers and many more sisters.

Until the age of six, Ibrahim studied with his father's best friend, the wise man in the oasis.

In the learning process, Ibrahim showed extraordinary talent.He could memorize every word taught by wise men, and write silently every passage of scriptures he read.He even copied the sea charts handed down from his great-grandfather's time.

Ibrahim's extraordinary wisdom caught his father's attention. From the age of six to ten, in just four years, he mastered the navigation knowledge accumulated by the family for several generations, and began to learn his father's most valuable business experience.

"Ibrahim, you make me proud!"

His father, wearing a white robe, held Ibrahim aloft.

Strong arms, broad chest, loving eyes, and deep laughter make up the whole world of Ibrahim.

His elder brothers are not jealous, good upbringing, hard time at sea, so that the whole family can be more closely linked.

"Ibrahim is the pride of his father and the pride of everyone."

Jaber, the eldest, took over Ibrahim from his father.He is married, but has no children.The age difference made him dote on his youngest brother even more.

"Jabir, go to sea next year, and I will hand over a merchant ship to you."

Ibrahim's father announced the news in front of the whole family.

Jaber was very excited, his father's words meant that he would be independent.From this moment on, he will have his own ship, his own caravan.

"Ishaq, you go to Jabir's boat and help him."

"Yes, father."

"Halaf, you stay on my boat, you still have a lot to learn."

Ibrahim's older brothers followed their father to sea one after another.Most of his older sisters are married.Since the year before last, he has been the only child staying at home.

"Ibrahim, don't worry, when the time is right, father will naturally allow you to board the ship."

Year after year, while waiting, Ibrahim spent the longest five years of his life.When he was 15 years old and finally able to board a ship, a strange army suddenly appeared in the oasis where his family had lived for generations.

The fiery red battle jacket, the armor shining in the sun, the sharp spears, and the terrible artillery.

Amidst the roar, thick black smoke was ejected from the muzzle of the gun, and a huge iron ball fell from the sky, instantly smashing down an official residence.It was the most luxurious building in the oasis and the residence of the Ottoman officials.

"kill!"

The sound of killing tore through the hot wind of the desert, and the flaming army rushed the Ottoman Empire's army to pieces. The battle was almost over at the beginning.

Ibrahim was very excited, he almost watched all this excitedly.

The officials sent by the Sudan were insatiable, and the father and brother had to pay a great price to satisfy his appetite and obtain the documents from the Black Sea.

The residents living here are also oppressed, because they are conquered nations.

The arrival of this army changed everything.

Ibrahim didn't know what his life would be like in the future, he watched everything that happened on the battlefield intently.

"Master, it's dangerous, get out of there!"

"It doesn't matter." Ibrahim pushed the servant's hand away, "There is still a distance from the battlefield, and, don't you see, they only attack the Sultan's army."

As it turns out, Ibrahim was right.

After the battle, the residents of the oasis were still in shock.Ibrahim wanted to go forward, but was stopped by the servant.This time, the servant would rather die than let him go.

"Ibrahim?"

A familiar voice rang in his ears, and Ibrahim raised his head. He was pleasantly surprised to find that one of his elder brothers rode out from the strange army.

He was dressed in unfamiliar clothes, except for the familiar hood.

"elder brother!"

The servant knelt on the ground, Haraf jumped off his horse and strode towards his brothers, "Don't be afraid, they are from Ming Dynasty. That young general is a friend of my father's."

The Ming army was sweeping the battlefield, and the general who led the cavalry was Chen Ji, the grandson of Chen Heng, Duke of Jing.

After returning from North Korea, he was transferred to Duke Ding.The Ming Dynasty went to war with the Ottoman Empire, Shen Xuan took command of the seal, and Chen Ji defeated many competitors to lead the vanguard of the left army.

Not long after the expedition, a group of food merchants led by Zhongguan came to the army.They volunteered to serve as guides and lead the way for the Ming army.

It is reported that this is due to Xingningbo.

When Xing Ningbo saw the tribute caravan, he advised the emperor to allow them to settle in the Ming Dynasty as a condition, and exchanged a group of guides for the army who were familiar with the local conditions.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, your mind is as broad as the sea."

The big food merchants accepted this condition.In fact, many of them have long wished to stay here.It's just that the imperial court has extremely strict inspections on "foreign population". There is no official document, and the period of stay exceeds the permit. No matter who you are, you will be expelled.

On the blacklist, the Japanese are at the top of the list.Pushed away again and again, still stubbornly clinging on.Working as a coolie at the port is a hundred times better than going back to Japan to starve.

Be a pirate or a Japanese pirate?You'd have to die to do that.

With the strengthening of Daming's coastal defense, the living space of Japanese pirates and pirates was compressed to the limit.

Zhu Gaosui, King of Zhao, led the fleet across the sea, like a giant beast, extremely ferocious, whoever encountered it would be unlucky.

The fleet of the Ming Dynasty held high the banner of justice and robbed pirates of all sizes.The pirates hid, and then stared at the almost extinct Japanese pirates.If there is any trouble, immediately land on the Japanese island "Hirawa".How inhumane the process is, it is only recorded in the history books. Since King Zhao "visited" the Japanese country twice and had a "friendly" meeting with the Japanese general, the Japanese pirates have completely become history in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.The only place to find them is the Java Islands.

According to gossip, these Japanese pirates traveled across the ocean on a Ming sea ship to bring disaster to Java.

For this reason, the West King and East King of Java jointly protested to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Zhu Di was leading the army looking for people to fight around, and the European kings were panicking, and they huddled in their castles and prayed to God, so that this evil god would leave quickly.Zhu Gaoxu was aggrieved in Nanjing, facing Chengshan's melodies every day, unable to move, and was full of anger.

Java just hit Zhu Gaoxu's - gun - muzzle.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't find an outlet for the fire, so he threw the protest letter back without saying a word.

"Without evidence, how dare you slander like this, thinking that Daming is easy to deceive?!"

The Javanese envoy was terrified, and finally realized that Emperor Yongle was not easy to mess with, and the crown prince in front of him was also not easy to mess with.Compared with the mature and prudent emperor, the [-]-year-old crown prince is obviously hotter.Judging from this posture, there is a great possibility of sending troops to Java.

The envoys knelt down and nodded, it was their fault, the Japanese pirates landed on the island by themselves and had absolutely nothing to do with Daming!

Go there by yourself?

The envoy gritted his teeth. Although the Japanese pirates are short, they have strong stamina. The servants thought they should be swimming!

Zhu Gaoxu: "..."

At this point, he can't continue to embarrass him.

In the end, the matter ended with the King of the West and the King of the East pleading guilty and offering 1 taels of gold.

The question of face is not considered by the Javanese, but gold is a big deal.In order to raise compensation, Java dug three feet again, and even went to Sumatra to dig and grab gold.

Naturally, the King of Sumatra will not sit idly by such actions.

After coming and going, the armies of both sides started fighting, and the fighting lasted for five years.

The Japanese pirates who caused this war fled as early as when the Javanese envoys were kicked back by the Ming Dynasty.

Japanese pirates are fierce-cruel-wu-lai, but not stupid.The Javanese are ruthless, don't run, waiting to be retaliated by the locals?

Where these Japanese pirates went, there is no clear record in the official history.It is only said in unofficial history that they drove sea ships and became pirates, targeting Europa merchant ships.It is also said that they were taken in by Ming Dynasty, and after returning to Japan, they became the largest "underground" force, and even the Japanese generals were suppressed.

According to another version, they died after leaving Java.Even the boat sank to the bottom of the sea with people.Legend has it that these Japanese pirates carried a large amount of gold and silver treasures, including five boxes of gold alone.

There are different opinions. Many explorers in later generations have searched for shipwrecks in the waters near Java, but without exception, they found nothing.

In later generations, Western scholars conducted investigations on Java, and a familiar name reappeared in the materials.

The first-class uncle of Ming Dynasty, Meng Qinghe.

What role he played in the whole incident, due to incomplete historical materials, has no way of research.The documents stored in the Huaxia Museum can only be accessed by Huaxia researchers.

Western scholars were not discouraged, they could not find any Chinese historical materials, and a handbook left by a big cannibal made them feel like a treasure.After the entire content of the notes was translated, a protracted debate immediately arose in the academic circles.

Did the Ming Dynasty government premeditately "invade-occupy" the land of other countries?

The owner of the notes is named Ibrahim, and judging from the contents of the records, he is the son of a big food merchant.

"Da Ming's army defeated the Sultan's army, killed and expelled the officials sent by the Sultan."

"The general of the Ming Dynasty was very young and very friendly. He was invited to his home by his elder brother... Although he had different beliefs, he was very polite and gained the favor of wise men..."

"After the general and his brother left, my father came back. He said, 'Ibrahim, we are going to leave here and take a boat to live in the Ming Dynasty'."

"Da Ming, the great dynasty that my father and elder brother talked about. My father told me that the army of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful, and the army of the Sudan is no match. In order to get this opportunity, he and his elder brother are willing to serve as guides for the army of the Ming Dynasty. If the army of the Sudan finds out , is definitely a dead end, and the family will not be spared. But my father still did it..."

"The wise man said that the Ming Empire is different from the Ottomans. It will not force-conquer-violence-conquer, nor will it force women to fill the Sudan's harem. In fact, many businessmen hope to marry their daughters to the Ming Dynasty It's a pity that there are too few Ming Dynasty nobles with the same belief."

"The family was ready to leave, and my father gathered the elder brothers together and told everyone that he sold most of the land owned by the family to merchants in the Ming Dynasty, leaving only a small piece of the oasis. I was as puzzled as the elder brothers. A businessman from the North Korea bought a large piece of sand, is it to dig sand? What's even more strange is that the businessman who did this is not a..."

After half a copy, the handwriting became blurred and missing.

Turning over the remaining pages, it is the life of Ibrahim and his family in the Ming Dynasty.It can be seen between the lines that Ibrahim is very satisfied with life, and when he was 30 years old, he obtained "fame" and became an official, which made his family feel very honored.Many of the father's friends wanted to marry their daughters to him.

At this point, the notes came to an abrupt end.Obviously, there is still a lot of content behind, but it has disappeared in the long river of history and cannot be traced.

However, these materials are enough for Western scholars to attack the Ming Dynasty at that time. They claimed, "the Ming government at that time planned to plunder the land where Ibrahim lived, and under the guise of a businessman, implemented shameful-disgraceful- The plundering-plundering is no different from what they did in Cochin.”

Those who hold the opposite opinion say that this inference is completely nonsense!

"Land grabbing? A desert?"

"That's not a desert, there's oil underneath, and the total reserves rank first in the world!"

"Oil? Hundreds of years ago, when there were no steam engines, the people of the Ming Dynasty knew that there was oil buried under the barren desert, and waged wars for it? Don't be kidding, in the eyes of the people at that time, these black liquids were even more Not a single date palm."

The attacker was speechless, but still unwilling to give up, and continued to search for evidence in the vast sea of ​​historical materials.

Unfortunately, the truth is right in front of our eyes, but no one wants to believe it.

There is no prophet who can see hundreds of years later, but there is one Xingningbo who broke into history.

The answer is as simple as that, but the most imaginative scholar cannot believe it.Even if someone raises a question, they will be laughed at, "This is history, not a magical story imagined."

When scholars of later generations were arguing about the powerful dynasty hundreds of years ago, a storm was set off, and Uncle Meng, who changed the course of history, was having a headache because of Zhao Wang's gift.

Every time the fleet returns, Zhu Gaosui will give Meng Qinghe a "native product", which is quite special.The inspiration comes from an alpaca gifted to Uncle Meng by Emperor Yongle.

Lions and ostriches are not uncommon.

African buffalo and American bison graze leisurely in the grassland under the name of Uncle Meng.

Leopards and cheetahs can form a football team.

The colorful bird of paradise occupies the entire garden in the mansion.

Every day when he woke up to the sound of birdsong, Uncle Meng would cover his head. He didn't know whether to thank Zhu Gaosui for his "kindness" or to persuade the Duke to fight His Royal Highness Zhao Wang in the name of a martial arts competition.

Not long ago, Zhu Gaosui sent another pair of kangaroos to Meng Qinghe, but they were still a pair of males!Since then, every few days, a boxing match will be staged in the Earl's Mansion.The commotion was so loud that Zhu Zhanhe and his brothers gathered around to watch and eat together.

"The emperor's grandfather is going to war again, and the father is very angry. The emperor's grandmother said that the weather is good these few days, so I should take Zhan Qiduo out of the palace."

The New Year's picture doll is already a handsome young man, whose appearance combines the advantages of his parents, making him extraordinarily handsome.Accompanied by it, is the straight-up black belly and skin thickness.

After ordering his family to prepare lunch, Uncle Meng looked up to the sky and sighed, the good old days with three heads are really gone forever.

If people in the future know that Xing Ningbo, who can be called "the second strange man in Ming Dynasty", will make such a sigh, I don't know if it will be disillusioned.

Why the second strange person?

China has been paying attention to respecting teachers since ancient times. No.1 belongs to Xing Ning Bo's master, Dao Yan.

Of course, the legend about Dao Yan is another piece of history.