In addition to these important economic and trade situations in the fleet report, Zhu Beiguo's description of the local customs in the report is both concise and vivid, which attracted many readers of the Red Mansion and Nicole, especially the various experiences and stories about Bintong Longgang, which became a topic of conversation after dinner:

“…… By the way, let's talk about our overall feeling here: in Bintong Longgang, as long as you are willing to spend money honestly, doing business here is still very smooth, especially the procurement process, and various supporting services are quite powerful.

After all, this is a traditional port with a history of more than 500 years, all kinds of rules, whether explicit or latent, in short, there are certain rules, in addition to the government's tax standards have some fluctuations, business procedures, service standards and supporting facilities are quite complete---- because there are various guilds and region-based business clubs to provide you with all kinds of help.

Of course, all the services are not free, but the prices are fair, especially for newcomers, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can get all kinds of help, and basically all of them are child-free.

We found that almost all the trade projects in Bintonglong Port have a large number of Chinese participation, and this ethnic group has a relatively high social status in the local area, especially in various matters related to the dock business, the Chinese have a certain degree of control.

It seems that the Champa Kingdom is very polite to the Chinese literati, many of them work as clerks, interpreters, accountants, appraisers and even tax collectors on the docks, these people have guilds behind them, as for the Chinese merchants, it is too much, and these Chinese have organized fixed caravans, they go deep into the jungle, bring all kinds of local products from the interior of Chenla to the port for sale, the Champa Kingdom government encourages this, because these caravans prosper the local economy and bring a lot of taxes to the kingdom.

In addition, this country, as recorded in history, is a country that believes in Brahmanism, you can see all kinds of intricate and gorgeous reliefs everywhere, the palaces are also splendid, walking on the streets suddenly feel like you are in a princely city in India, where the nobles here ride elephants and red umbrellas, and hundreds of people swagger through the city.

Obviously, the Brahmanical kingdom of Champa was a different kind of local rule, and its rule was maintained by a caste system, where the Brahmin monks and royal nobles were the highest class, the merchants, craftsmen and peasants belonged to the middle class, and the lower caste groups were diverse, all kinds of occupations, and even businessmen, which is somewhat out of our common sense, merchants are usually the middle class, but I don't know why these people are also low-caste people in Champa.

In this country, people of the lower castes should retreat when they see people of the higher castes, and if they meet in the streets in broad daylight, the people of the lower castes will carefully avoid the people of the higher castes when they walk, and they cannot even step on the shadow of the people of the upper castes.

Obviously, the Chinese belong to the middle class in the local area, and one of the Chinese who did business with us told us that he is from Chaoshan, and there are many Chaoshan people here, and there is a special guild hall, if you are unfortunate enough to encounter difficulties in a foreign country, you can go to the guild hall for help, and the guild will even introduce you to the local boat girl, so that you can start a family here.

By the way, there is a very peculiar group of women here - the boat girls.

The boat girls live on the boat all the year round and belong to the low-class caste, but according to our eyes, these boat girls are generally more beautiful than the locals, whether they look or skin, they are more beautiful and white than the locals, and they are half a head taller than the locals, but this group of people is indeed the lowest caste of the untouchable class, obviously except for us, it seems that the locals do not think how beautiful the boat girls are, this is probably the difference in the aesthetics of the times.

Boat girls usually live in groups, living near the water, fishing and selling aquatic products for a living, and they help each other very together.

The marriage of the boat girl is very peculiar, and she lives with sailors from overseas, probably this is the reason why the girl is beautiful, after all, her descendants are all mixed-race girls.

When the boat girl is old and unable to have children, she takes refuge in Buddhism or seclusion in the village, they usually live together in the village, although they are not lonely, and they are buried in the joint burial cemetery of the boat girl after their death.

Under normal circumstances, the boat girl never marries the locals for life, as for the reason---- it is probably because the boat girl is a pariah, and it is not easy to marry, and another reason may be that the local men are more obscene, and they are indeed not as rich and strong and handsome as overseas sailors.

If a boy is born, he usually has to leave the ship to earn a living alone when he is thirteen or fourteen years old, and it seems that he has little responsibility to support his mother, and if he gives birth to a girl, he will inherit everything from the ship's girl when he grows up, but he has all the obligations to support his mother.

The Chinese clerk of the Chaoshan Guild Hall told us that the boat girl likes the Chinese sailor the most, and the Chinese sailor is richer and more handsome than the locals, but the two sides are only a cohabitation relationship, but after the Chinese sailor leaves after doing business, the boat girl will wait for the sailor to come back, so even if the Chinese sailor who runs to the sea has a wife in his hometown, he always has a fixed boat girl here.

However, it is not uncommon for sailors to be heard from for a few days, and usually after a year, the shipgirl will find another overseas sailor to live with.

In this way, the group of boat girls does not seem to have the concept of chastity, but the boat girls are actually a very affectionate group, for example, there are often Chinese sailors (including sailors from other countries) who are in distress for various reasons, as long as they drift to Bin Tonglong and find the original good boat girl, these boat girls will take them in, even if these original friends are now down to the point of being penniless, they will not only take you in, but also fund to help you return home, Therefore, many foreign sailors, including Chinese sailors, like to find a boat girl to live together in the local area.

This is probably also an alternative attraction of Bintong Longgang.

After hearing about the boat girl, Hu Xiaolin and Peng Qiang were very moved, saying that they all moved their minds in this regard, and the people in the hall immediately said that they could find them immediately, but it was definitely not possible at that time, we did not have a fixed route in Bintonglong, but it was just *** pleasure, even if it was like this, there was no time at that time, we were really in a hurry, I couldn't bear to say that it would not work now, let's talk about it later, and finally Peng Hu and the two could only regret it.

Okay, after talking about the customs, now let's talk about a gossip about the royal family - recently there was a small fact in the Champa Kingdom, one of the old king's concubines gave birth to a pair of twins to him and after a hundred days, very healthy, this is a major event in the Champa Kingdom, because the old king finally has an heir, but this is a dragon and phoenix fetus, which does not seem to be an auspicious thing in the local area.

The most important thing is that the dragon and phoenix fetuses are sisters and brothers, according to the caste system, the firstborn should inherit the throne, but the Champa Kingdom has never had a queen, one is the eldest princess, and the other is the second son of the king, will there be civil strife in the future for the throne?

So some ministers proposed a compromise plan, this is the only way to let the two children grow up and not drown the baby girl---- that is, when the dragon and phoenix fetuses grow up, let the two become husband and wife, one is the king and the other is the queen, so that the pure blood of the royal family can be maintained, and the contradiction of the succession to the throne is resolved.

In short, we all feel that the Champa Kingdom is a very strange place in Nanyang, and we always feel that it is a little out of place with the painting style of other places in Nanyang......