Chapter 712: Only the Emperor of Heaven turns his head away (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 712: Only the Emperor of Heaven turns his head away (please subscribe!)

Based on that idea, Kamfizis took out a map.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of Zunjing, if you want that piece of land, you can choose it yourself!"

Zhu Kezang raised his eyebrows. The Dutchman was very sensible. He originally thought he was asking for some support, but he didn't expect him to admit it so quickly.

Zhu Kezang was not polite, took a pen, looked around, and finally selected a piece of undeveloped land in the Dutch Cape Town Colony.

That would be the later city of Mandela, which was located in Alger Bay, probably in the southeastern part of later South Africa.

Development really started there after 1820.

Of course, from that moment on, the city was renamed Sanbao City.

This commemorates Zheng He and the East and West.

Can someone please tell me, Zheng He has never been to South Africa, is it not good to name it like that?

Later, the American "Life Weekly" magazine selected "the list of the 100 people with the greatest influence on the history of thousands of years of mistakes." The status of "Life Weekly" magazine is slightly lower than that of "Time Magazine", but it has also become a household name.

In that list, there were four Chinese people on the list, including Zheng He, ranked 14th. Is the reason why Zheng He’s status is so high because of the misunderstanding of Zheng He in foreign countries and the misunderstanding of Zheng He in foreign countries?

There are different perceptions of Zheng He. Zheng He's achievements are far higher than they realize. Even the perception of Zheng He is different from country to country.

It is generally believed in China that Zheng He traveled as far as Java in the east and west, and as far west as East Africa and Saudi Arabia.

"Zheng He's Envoy's Journey" is a detailed record of Zheng He's fleet's journey to the East and West, including a large number of original materials, such as the emperor's edict, the organization of Zheng He's fleet, lists, navigation journals, accounts, etc., but

No, the original archives have been lost over the course of history.

Later, we can learn about it based on some relevant historical materials, such as "Historical Records of the Western World" and "Yingya Shenglan". Those historical materials contain many incomplete details about Zheng He's records of Western and Western countries, and the original copies that came from the east are incomplete.

Therefore, the east-west route that foreign countries believe is based on known information.

In Australia, many historians believe that Zheng He's fleet sailed to northern Australia. The indigenous people living there spread the legend about the "Red Kinney People": Hundreds of years ago, those "Red Kinney People" drifted from the sea.

They can salvage fish and exchange food with the indigenous people. They have red skin (the indigenous people are black). The indigenous people are very similar to the "Red Kinni". They made some pictures. The pictures are similar to the ships of Zheng He's fleet. They are very similar.

Ming Dynasty clothing.

In the city of Darwin in northern Australia, small Buddha statues from the Ming Dynasty have been unearthed.

In Portugal, they believe that Zheng He sailed to the farthest west of the East and West Oceans to South Africa and Madagascar. Portugal was the first European country to have contact with ancient China on the sea. During the Age of Discovery (the Great Geographic Discovery), Portugal began to circumnavigate Western Europe.

It passed through Africa, passed through India, and finally reached China (Ming Dynasty), so Portugal had a strong say there.

When the Portuguese colonial fleet explored South Africa and Madagascar, the indigenous people there also had some descriptions of the "red men" and fleets of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike Australia, when the Portuguese arrived in South Africa, Zheng He and the East-West Ocean had just passed.

decades, so the indigenous people of South Africa can clearly describe their contact with Zheng He's fleet decades ago.

At first, the South African natives thought that the Portuguese fleet was still the Ming Dynasty fleet, and wanted to exchange silk and porcelain with them.

The most typical one is the letter written by Girolamo Cernigi to the Portuguese royal family in 1499. Girolamo was born in Italy in 1453, did business in Portugal, and later led the Portuguese colonial fleet to sail.

The letter said that about 80 years ago, a fleet of red men arrived there.

Eighty years ago, in 1429, Zheng He's last trip to the East and West, for black people, the red people they saw had the same red skin as the Chinese people.

The letter mentioned that they were wearing armor and helmets, and the ship was equipped with explosives. At that time, there were few countries that could equip ships with explosives.

At that time, Girolamo believed that they were Germans or Rakshasa people. Germany specifically referred to the "Holy Roman Empire", and the Rakshasa country was not the "Grand Duchy of Moscow".

Girolamo continued sailing north to the Kenyan region of East Africa, which was the furthest point they now knew Zheng He's fleet had reached on its east-west voyage. Through communicating with the indigenous people there, he was completely certain that the Chinese people were

They led an "Invincible Fleet" to arrive there decades ago. They brought fine linen, silk, bronze, gold, and porcelain, and dispatched a fleet to South Africa.

Unfortunately, Girolamo did not live until the Portuguese arrived in China. Girolamo died in 1510. By that time, Portugal had already explored Southeast Asia.

Did Zheng He ever visit South Africa? It is indeed very commemorative to have a piece of land in Africa named after him.

Why did Zhu Kezang choose the land in Sanbao City (Mandela City)?

Because there is a place called Johannesburg a thousand kilometers north of it, where there is the world's largest gold mine: the Rand Gold Mine.

Possess 55,000 poison push gold!

The key is no, that place is very undiscovered.

It was not discovered until 1866!

At that time, the British and the Boers fought a war for twenty years over whether to seize the gold mine.

The Rand Gold Mine has been mining since 1866, and its maximum annual output reached an astonishing 1,000 tons in 1970. After that, it also had an annual output of more than 600 tons every year. Regardless of whether it has reserves or not, its output far exceeds that of other mines.

As for gold mines, in the 21st century, the Rand Gold Mine has been dug to more than 3,600 meters underground, but gold ore bodies are still being continuously discovered at the bottom of the mine.

Zhu Kezang planned to develop Sanhe City for a period of time first, and then quietly send people to occupy the Rand Gold Mine.

"The emperor of Zijing, Bidong, will waive the lease fee for me, but I hope that the Ming Dynasty will allow the Dutch East India Company to monopolize the spice business in Nanyang!"

Kamfizis knew that they could not have a monopoly on other items such as perfume, alcohol, and cigarettes, so he came up with the idea of ​​monopolizing spices.

Seeing that the Dutch were so honest, Zhu Kezang readily agreed.

After all, the Dutch gave such a large gold mine to the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty could be more generous.

"Governor Kan, because I am so sincere, I officially cancel the No. 1 Chinese Sanction Order. I hope that the Dutch East India Company will do business well in the future. We will do whatever William III says without asking the shareholders and the company.

Our interests come first!”

Zhu Kezang spoke very slowly. When he said something, Ye Xingde would translate it.

Whether Zhu Kezang could speak other languages ​​​​in formal occasions depends on the status of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Kezang finished speaking, Kamfizis also breathed a sigh of relief. The crisis was finally over.

"Dutch East India Company, Chenkanfezis must be the only one who will look down upon the Emperor of Heaven!"
Chapter completed!