Why does Zheng He's fleet take a group of women every time it goes out to sea?

If you want to ask, which is the greatest fleet in ancient China? I'm afraid many people will think of the fleet led by Zheng He, and it is. At the peak of the Ming Empire's national strength, Zheng He was appointed by Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to set up and lead a huge fleet and sail at sea, which spread the prestige of the Ming Empire all over the country and objectively promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and other countries in the world.

Therefore, during Judy's reign, the prestige of the Ming Empire reached its peak. After meeting Zheng He's fleet, many countries can't help yearning for Daming's strength and crying for a visit.

Surprisingly, these members of the mission who came to Daming, including many kings and several kings or princes from all over the world, are estimated to be acclimatized during their visit to China, but even if they are dying, they don't want to return home, and they will die within Daming's territory. How to evaluate these people? Iron powder, steel wire powder, probably not too much.

What few people know is that Zheng He took a large number of women with him every time he led a fleet to sea. Some people are right. These women are very old and not as dirty as people think.

So what did Zheng He take these women for? We should know that the ancients were superstitious, and women could not go into the sea casually with men, which would offend Poseidon. Once Poseidon gets angry, the consequences are unimaginable. Zheng He, as a navigator, must know this statement, so why did he insist on taking a group of women out to sea?

In fact, there is a reason for this. Zheng He's fleet is not as simple as three or five days at a time, and it often takes three months or even six months.

At that time, the convenient living facilities were not perfect, there were many elderly people on board, and the problem of eating could be solved, but the clothes were worn out and it was difficult for people to sew and mend, so a large number of elderly women were urgently needed to serve their daily lives.

Another reason is that Zheng He is a warm man. Since he shoulders the heavy responsibility of carrying forward the splendid civilization of the Ming Empire, he should take some practical actions. Many places in the sea he has been to are barbaric and backward areas with poor sanitary conditions. When local women are pregnant and give birth, there is no scientific medical condition, and sometimes the umbilical cord of the baby needs to be bitten off with teeth.

Therefore, Zheng He specially brought some experienced midwives. When the other party gives birth to a woman, these midwives provide help services as much as possible and teach them the knowledge of delivery by the way.

Such thoughtful and in-place service, with sincerity, will inevitably win sincerity. Therefore, those overseas countries actively responded to Zheng He's call and yearned for the Ming Empire. These humanized measures seem to have played a role. For example, the spring breeze has turned rain into the most flexible force and affected people's hearts.