The return of the imperial fleet caused a long-lasting craze in Nanjing.
During the two-year voyage, the fleets led by Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian visited many islands in the Western Ocean, and went south along Fujian, passing through Champa and Siam, and visited Kayile, Ceylon, Kochi, Kuri and other countries by sea for the first time. At the same time as he improved his maritime charts, he established friendship and started trade with the southwestern states of India in the fifteenth century.
Most of the time, both parties can be mutually friendly and get what they need. The fleet obtained spices, gems, grain and wood. The monarchs and common people of the foreign states were all very happy when they received the products of the Ming Dynasty.
A few very few people, such as the King of Ceylon, Arikunel, were greedy and tried to challenge the majesty of the Ming Dynasty and take advantage of the fleet. Zheng He would naturally not be polite. There is only one sentence to describe the outcome: stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
When Eunuch Zheng is in a bad mood, or the officers and soldiers escorting the fleet are unhappy, such as Ariel Kunel, they can't even pick up any rice, so they just order him to stay, and his house is confiscated, which is regarded as a "loss" of the fleet. .
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