Just Hongwu's share of maritime trade for five years and one year allowed several coastal shipping companies to collect nearly 15 million taels of silver in taxes.

Zhu Han led the Ming Dynasty fleet to purchase a group of strong slaves before leaving the city of Malacca. These slaves were mainly used to serve as rowers on galleys.

These slaves who served as oarsmen were all trafficked by Persian merchants, mainly from countries and regions along the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean region in the Middle Ages was in chaos, with various countries and religious forces constantly arguing with each other, and large numbers of captives were often sold into slavery.

Even in the distant Southeast Asia, there are many white slaves from Europe.

Zhu Han's Ming fleet sailed north along the coastline and soon arrived in the southern part of Myanmar, which was the east coast of the Indian Ocean. Apart from the hot rainforest, there were no valuable specialties.

Zhu Han commanded the Ming Dynasty fleet to replenish some Danshui here, and purchased some livestock from the local indigenous people to slaughter and make bacon.

Zhu Han led his men around the place again and found that except for the local indigenous people, there were no other signs of civilization.

These backward natives did not have the ability to purchase Ming products, and the only items they could produce were some gems that were not in good condition.

Except for hard currencies such as gold and silver, Zhu Han was not interested in luxury goods such as gems and jade.

He has his own considerations about the business model.

These things have the harmful effect of corroding and degenerating the people.

All luxury goods are only useful when harvesting foreigners.

Zhu Han felt that the extravagant and hedonistic trend of the Ming Dynasty must be controlled artificially.

It is not far from Tianzhu Road, and after about ten days of sailing, we can reach the new Dali City where Duan Gong is located.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, when Zhu Han was about to set sail, some rocks collided with each other, causing considerable damage to the two galleys.

These two galleys are necessary vessels for the Ming army's activities in the offshore. They have shallow drafts, fast speeds, and are not affected by the wind direction. Without these two galleys, the Ming army's reconnaissance and landing in the offshore will be greatly affected.

Impact.

So Zhu Han immediately ordered the craftsmen on the ship to find a way to repair the two ships as soon as possible.

What a coincidence.

The craftsman who was good at repairing sailboats had suffered from plague and dysentery before, and his body was too weak. He stayed in Malacca City and did not follow him.

The current craftsmen are not skilled enough and the progress is far behind Zhu Han's requirements.

At this moment, a slave rower in charge of rowing stood up and asked for help in repairing the warship.

This slave was a Catholic slave with curly black hair. After being introduced by his translator, Zhu Han agreed to the slave's request and decided to give him a chance. As long as he could repair the warship, he would be given a free sailor.

identity of.

Among the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going fleet, hierarchical order is the most important.

To maintain hierarchical order, a tight and strong superior-subordinate relationship must be ensured.

If you want to change your status on the ship, you must use real merit to change your status level.

From the captain of a battleship to the ordinary oarsman on the ship, every position requires sweat and blood to get what you want.

The slave rower did not disappoint. With his help, the Ming army's warship was quickly repaired. In order to reward the slave, Zhu Han announced in front of all the sailors on the ship that the slave would be restored to the status of a free man.

After Zhu Han learned about his repair process, he was surprised to find that the slave was not illiterate.

He drew many figures on the drawings and wrote a lot of Latin text.

Although Zhu Han couldn't understand which language these Latin characters belonged to, he could clearly know that this slave was definitely not an ordinary person.
Chapter completed!