After three days of rest, the fleet "Zhenrongcheng" that visited Europe set sail again. A few days later, the fleet arrived at the "Natural Port", which is Ceylon's "Colombo". This is the naming feature of the Ming Dynasty. Just as the Portuguese named it "Colombo" to commemorate Columbus, with the expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the world, many similar place names will inevitably appear in the future.

Place names like Dihua, naturalization, and inheritance will inevitably replace place names like Columbus, Magellan, and Victoria.

The Europeans named it to show a person's "achievement", but the Ming Dynasty was for the purpose of education. Whoever is civilization can naturally see clearly at a glance. After all, the so-called "civilization" of Europeans is based on massacre, and I, the Ming Dynasty... that is "educating the four directions", and I sincerely want the locals to live a good life and a good life like the Han people.

Being the virtues of a saint, being taught by China, and respecting the rituals of China... Isn't such a life better than slashing and fire? Of course, when you encounter someone you don't want to, it is natural to be beaten and scolded by your father. After all, beating is a kiss, and scolding is love!

Look, beating and scolding, now there are Mandarin language everywhere in the naturalized port.

The fleet did not stay in Guichenggang for a few days, and then continued to set sail. The fleet did not sail along the ocean currents like the European ships of this era, but headed directly towards the Mozambique Strait. Although the Ming Dynasty had not yet sailed to Europe, the Ming Dynasty's fleet has been sailing everywhere in recent years, especially the fleet, which had already made simple measurements of many parts of the Indian Ocean through navigation clocks and sextant.

According to the plan of the Navy Governor's Office, it is necessary to draw an accurate navigation map east of the Cape of Good Hope in ten years, and then consider the west of the Cape of Good Hope.

It is safe to take down steadily, after all, sailing is risky.

However, Zhu Youbin's appearance changed the plan of the Navy Governor's Office, but it was not much change, but it was just a little ahead of time. In fact, the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships had sailed to Mozambique Island a few years ago - a colony of Portugal. Although Portugal lost all colonies in India and East Asia under the attack of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty seemed to have no ambitions for Mozambique Island. Even the arrival of Ming merchants prospered the island, making it a transit station for East-West trade to a certain extent.

When the Governor of Mozambique learned that the Ming fleet was coming, he naturally looked forward to his full guard as if he was facing a great enemy, for fear of being attacked by the Ming army. After all, Portugal has suffered a lot in the Ming Dynasty in recent years.

From Macau to Goa, a man who was not lost was beaten by the Ming Dynasty.

Now that I heard that the Ming fleet has come, how could it be that I am not afraid?

However, they were destined to be in vain. After all, Zhu Youbin's fleet was visiting Europe, so there was no need to have a conflict with the Portuguese for a small island.

When passing Madagascar, the fleet's course changed slightly, heading towards the eastern part of the island, and finally stopped at Fort Dovan in southeastern Madagascar, which is a French colony and an important supply point for this voyage.

According to Zhu Youbin's plan, the fleet will contact the Europeans here, and France is a major European country, so it is naturally the first to contact. It is always good to knock on the door first.

The arrival of the Ming fleet made an unimaginable sensation in the construction of the Duofen Fort.

It is not just because the Dovan Fort was just a small fortress, and there were no warships in the port, and there were only hundreds of French merchants and soldiers in the castle. Faced with the overwhelming fleet coming, they were naturally frightened and huddled in the castle and dared not show up, and secretly observed the specific situation through a telescope.

Until the general translation on the fleet expressed friendship to the Fort Dovan Castle, and shouted a gift list, and said that it was a visit to Europe and passing by, hoping to replenish supplies here, the French talents in Fort Dovan finally breathed a sigh of relief. While breathing a sigh of relief, they also responded with a salute.

The colonists, who were scared by this huge fleet, even took the initiative to express their willingness to provide supplies to the delegation through the Ming merchants in the port. Europeans have always been like this, first respecting their strength and then respecting others. As long as the other party is strong enough, they will definitely be obedient.

However, because the Dufan Castle was too small, many of the supplies supplied were wild game. There were even many dodo birds that were rare in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, look, these stupid birds are so stupid. Don't look like lambs. I heard from the French that they are like domestic chickens. They only know how to run, and they can't run fast, and they will be caught by someone. "

Li Wende pointed to the silly bird in the cage and said.

"It's this bird. I've seen it at the Royal Zoo. I heard that thousands of birds have been bred by the Royal Zoo and the Grand Priest. Maybe you can see it everywhere in the Ming Dynasty in the future. People say that it tastes pretty good."

After taking a look, Zhu Youbin said in surprise:

"This one has to be dozens of kilograms, like a lamb. No wonder even His Majesty thinks it is suitable for the people to raise, and instructs the Grand Minister of the Imperial College to breed as poultry."

In fact, in the 1650s, although dodo was no longer everywhere on the island like a hundred years ago, there were still many.

Like many novel species discovered in that era, people on Eurasia have always been keen on collecting a few specimens or capturing some *** captives. Before the extinction, at least 11 dodos were kept in Europe; there were traces of two dodos living in the Mughal royal gardens in India. Even in 1647, even in Japan, which was in the country, Nagasaki collected at least 1 ** dodo. As for the Ming Dynasty, there must be good enthusiasts who bought the dodo.

As early as more than ten years ago, after Zhu Guoqiang established the Royal Zoo, there were naturally navigators and merchants tribute to novel species from various countries. Dodo was one of them. He paid tribute to dozens of live birds and hundreds of bird eggs at one time. Because it was large, weighed dozens of kilograms, had a high meat production, and its food was relatively small compared to pigs and sheep, so Zhu Guoqiang specially instructed the Dasi farmers to breed and domesticate them in order to promote breeding in the Ming Dynasty.

"By the way, it seems to be called "Yujiu"... Well, that's the name! I'll kill a few of them first and let everyone taste it fresh!"

A foolish dove weighs dozens of kilograms. As long as you kill a few, it will be enough for a boat to eat. That night, a pot of fragrant braised "英英" was served on the table.

As soon as he tasted the first bite, Zhu Youbin frowned and said:

"This meat is very tidy and has a thicker taste than goose meat. I really don't know how His Majesty admires it..."

In fact, Zhu Youbin didn't know that the climate in Madagas was alternating wet and dry climate, so in order to survive, the dodo must store a large amount of fat in the wet season with rich food to resist insufficient food in the dry season. This also caused its taste to be polarized. The meat is old and hard during the dry season, and there is greasy fat during the rainy season, making it difficult to get greasy.

However, in an artificial nurturing environment, with sufficient food provided by humans, it is very easy to become obese, and the taste is of course much better than what grows under natural conditions.

The reason why Zhu Guoqiang valued this "fool" was not only because of its extraordinary weight, but more importantly, poultry meat is the most efficient, high-yield meat, with high yields and little food, so he naturally admired. As an emperor, he had to consider many things, of course, including allowing the people to eat enough meat. No matter what meat, as long as they can eat enough meat, they can ensure the people's physical fitness and ensure that they will not become sick men of East Asia like the people under the Qing Dynasty, due to malnutrition...

Of course, all this is something that people of this era cannot understand, but on the other hand, well, in another era, this bird is already extinct, which cannot be said to be a kind of legacy of the "big foodie empire".

Now that we are here, Zhu Guoqiang, as the emperor, will certainly use his privilege to be an emperor to make up for his regrets in this regard. Not only do he have to eat it himself, but he will also allow future Ming people to eat these rare treasures from overseas and enjoy the changes brought to their lives by the Age of Discovery...
Chapter completed!