Chapter 43: Longmen Island
The Gold and Silver did not go south to Palembang, but anchored in what was later Singapore, an island now officially recorded as the Dragon Incisor by the Qi Kingdom.
In fact, this place has long been transferred to Lu Ning by the Arab merchant Muhammad, the day before Lu Ning arrived at Longmenya, Muhammad also arrived at Longyamen, and he was followed by 500 soldiers of the Black Eagle Regiment of the Philippine Province.
In addition, Jing Hei, who is directly connected to the port, will also select 500 slave samurai to come here.
These 1,000 soldiers will be stationed here to defend Longmen City in Lu Ning's vision.
When Jing Si led Jingnan 500 to leave Bianjing, he was taught by Lu Ning in person, and when he arrived in the Zhitong country, he recruited and integrated slave soldiers from Burma, Thailand and other places, and when the Nanyang Navy Division defeated the Three Buddhas Naval Army, he selected 500 slave warriors to go south to Longyamen.
I guess it's not a few days later than myself.
Seeing Mohammed again, Lu Ning was very emotional.
Sixteen or seventeen years have passed, and now Muhammad is also old, with gray temples, like many Arabs, he is getting older, and he has become thinner and thinner, maybe he is very imposing in front of others, but in front of Lu Ning, he is like a little old man in his twilight years.
Nowadays, although the number of treasurers in the East China Sea has increased to more than 20, but when each of the treasurers is compared to the thirteen treasurers, the authority and resources in their hands are not the same, I am afraid that if it is not for a monarch like Lu Ning, these treasurers will become unstable factors, of course, ordinary monarchs, more than ten years, at home and abroad, can definitely not accumulate huge industries without too many agents can not be managed.
After chatting with Muhammad for one night, the next day, Lu Ning and him, led the black eagle pawns, into the hinterland of Longmen Island.
There are several areas of Longmen Island's natural harbor and supply points, and in the past, Sriwijaya sent officials to manage and collect taxes from passing merchant ships, but now it is not known where they have gone.
However, the Puluo tribe on Longmen Island, since more than 200 years ago, belonged to the Three Buddhas and was managed by the Three Buddhasyajaya, they were more depressed and backward, and did not know what the outside world was like, and now they are cowering in the deep soil village of the island, extremely hostile to the enemies who landed on the island, and once sent tribal warriors to attack the temporary camp of the Qi people.
When Muhammad bought the land on the whole island, he dealt with the old chieftain of the Puluo tribe, although now I heard that the leader of the Puluo tribe had already been replaced, but Lu Ning still brought Mohammed with him.
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Longmen Island is not big in later generations, a small corner of the place, the transportation is convenient like a village, but now, there are more than 40 miles of vertical and horizontal before and after, and short rivers flow, mountains and hills, so to go to its hinterland but to trek through mountains and rivers and difficult to travel.
In the ravine forest, walking beside Lu Ning, walking towards the hillside, Muhammad's breath became heavier and heavier.
Dou Shenbao hugged him and asked, "I'll carry you?" ”
Lu Ning made a gesture, "Let's rest for a while." ”
Zhang Shengqian, the leader of the black eagle pawns walking on the side, immediately whistled, and the black eagle pawns who were secretly moving forward around looked for favorable terrain to rest, and the scouts before and after also guarded their duties, and the mountain birds that had been startled all the way gradually calmed down, and the cries of various birds like a competition sounded in the mountains and forests.
Naturally, the Urabe would know that someone was heading towards their village, and there was no way to do it.
"Master, I'm fine!" Muhammad hurriedly waved his hand, but coughed again.
Lu Ning smiled: "Let's rest for a while, all the sons and daughters should also rest, so as not to be attacked by the Puluo people when the tired army is tired." ”
Mohammed's face was ashamed, "It's the little old man who is useless, if he delays the military plane, it will be difficult to excuse his death." ”
Listening to Muhammad's self-proclaimed, Lu Ning was even more emotional, and sighed: "Time is not forgiving! Lao Mo, you have to take good care of your body. ”
Muhammad had already converted to Heavenly Taoism, and his Chinese name was Mo Zhonghua, and Lu Ning was stunned for a long time when he heard the new name he had given him.
Listening to Lu Ning's words, Muhammad seemed to be very excited, and choked up: "Yes, yes, Master Xie has always been thinking about the old slave and often sends supplements to the old slave." ”
Lu Ning is helpless, how can he stay in the Central Plains for a long time, will he learn this set?
Lu Ning looked at Zhang Shengqian on the other side and said, "The black eagle pawn's step armor, is there anything that needs to be improved?" ”
Zhang Shengqian knew that Mohammed was a big man, one of the largest shopkeepers in the East China Sea, and he could face the saint in plain life, seeing that Mohammed was so respectful to this Wen Zhaofu, he was secretly shocked in his heart, listened to Lu Ning's words, and said busily: "My lord, the armor has been improved several times, and the small one is dull, but I feel comfortable and light after wearing it, and the protection is strong, I really don't know where it needs to be improved." ”
Lu Ning bowed slightly, Daqi's standard armor in Southeast Asia is now called Nanyang leather armor, and the black eagle pawn is wearing this kind of armor, which is very suitable for the humid and stuffy mountain and forest land, and the weapons of the black eagle pawn, in addition to the spear, are mostly spears and bows, which themselves come from the samurai in the jungle, coupled with formal training, the combat effectiveness is extremely strong.
Suddenly, there was a faint whistle in front of him, and it was the scouts who had spotted the enemy.
Immediately, in the surrounding forests, there was a sound of harmony, and they were all ready for battle.
But after a while, there was another whistle in front of him, which was very peaceful, three long and one short, which meant that he had found the other civilian, and it was the kind of civilian who could be a guide and was very friendly.
Zhang Shengqian blew the whistle, meaning to bring people over.
After a while, there was a sound of artemisia grass in front of them, and under the surveillance and escort of several black eagle guards, seven or eight barbarians appeared, both of them men, women, and children, and they were all frightened.
Until one of the older brutes, who looked at Muhammad carefully for a long time, suddenly ran up two steps excitedly, and began to chatter.
Muhammad was stunned for a moment, as if he also recognized the other party, and a complicated expression appeared on his face, with emotion and touch, and he chatted with the old man.
The Malay Peninsula and the land controlled by Sriwijaya have different tribal languages, but they belong to the same language family, and some tribes can barely communicate with each other.
Muhammad had learned the local language of the area, but for more than ten years he was mainly responsible for the trade of the South China Sea and the transportation of resources to the Central Plains, so it was a little difficult to communicate with the old man.
Wang Kun was beside Lu Ning and explained to Lu Ning what the two were communicating.
The old man, who turned out to be the younger brother of the former head of the Puluo tribe, after the death of his younger brother, with the support of the Three Buddhas, the head of another family in the clan became the new chief of the Puluo tribe, the old man's family, the status plummeted, and in the first few years, the new chieftain was good to them in order to buy people's hearts, but in recent years, with the stability of the new chief's status, the old chieftain began to brutally oppress.
When the Qi people came, the officials of the Three Buddhas fled, and the old man felt that it was an opportunity to lead the important members of the clan, so he took the opportunity to escape from the village and wanted to come to the Qi people.