Chapter 19: Thousands of Miles to the Western Regions 1

After Zhang Shixing sent Wu Laozhang away, he asked the boat boss to pull the anchor and set sail.

Boat Old Avenue: "This black light is blinding, the sea is high and the waves are urgent, how to drive the boat, tomorrow when the wind and waves are calm." ”

Huang Zhan said angrily: "You accepted our pearls, why do you still push back." We are in a hurry, so we ask us to start the boat at once, and sail slower and not hurry. ”

The captain of the boat played a scoundrel and said, "When you get on my ship, you have to listen to me." When I say go, I go. ”

Wang Shu rushed up and grabbed the old man's coat and said, "You dare to play a scoundrel and return our pearls to us." ”

The boat boss pushed Wang Shu away, Wang Shu turned sideways, and pushed him on the back, the boat boss fell and gnawed mud when he boarded, he got up and was furious, whistled, and more than a dozen crew members rushed up with sticks, harpoons and other things, and surrounded everyone.

Zhang Shixing set up a door, blocked in front of Zhu Yunwen and the others, and shouted to the boat boss: "I am not afraid of the hundreds of people in Manchuria, let alone wait." Just come on. ”

When the captain of the boat heard this, he hurriedly stopped, stepped forward and said, "You are the Jingzhi monk who burned down the Manraka ship in the rumored fire and saved the old port?" ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "It's the poor monk." ”

The boss of the boat bowed his head and said: "He Qi, the grass people, has seen the Grand Master of the Pure Wisdom Protector. ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said, "Those who don't know are not to blame. Boss He, we really have something important, please set sail immediately and send us to the country of Bang Gela. ”

He Qi said with a smile: "I will never sail the boat from others, but Master Jingzhi is different, so we will pull the anchor and set sail." ”

With that, He Qiming's subordinates pulled out the anchor and hoisted the sails, and the big ship left the glittering light harbor and headed for the depths of the dark and boundless sea.

The ship sailed northwest along the Strait of Manraka for seven or eight days, and came to the country of Sumatra, where the big ship was accompanied by guests, all of them merchants selling pepper, and the basket was piled with half green and half red pepper grains.

He Qishun grabbed a handful of pepper from the back basket of the guest, threw a few and chewed it in his mouth, and said to Zhang Shixing and others: "The color of the pepper is blue, and when it is red and old, the people here wait for it to be half old, pick and dry goods and sell them." However, its pepper grains are inflated, quite unbeautiful, not as full as the pepper grains of Guli country, and the taste is mellow. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Sure enough, it is better to read 10,000 books, than to travel 10,000 miles." I learned another trick. ”

He Qi pointed to the shore and said, "Look, that's the pepper they planted." ”

Zhang Shixing and others stood on the side of the boat and looked at the shore, only to see that the coast was a gentle slope, on which there was no grass and trees, and the soil and stones were all scorched yellow. In the distance, there are a few fields, sparsely planted with upland rice. On the edge of the field are several thatched huts, around which pepper is planted and vines grow, like beets in Guangdong, China, with yellow-white flowers that will bear fruit in the future.

Leaving the Sumatra Thorn Country, the ship went westward, traveled with the wind for three days and nights, and came to an island, the island is composed of a large flat-topped high mountain, and it is like a hat in the distance, so it is called Hat Mountain.

He Qi pointed to this island and sighed: "After this mountain, it is the Western Ocean, also known as the No Ocean." Ships from the west to the ocean collect their sails, and they all look at this mountain. In the shallow water of the two zhang up and down the mountain side, there are sea trees. The locals take it as a treasure and sell it, that is, the so-called coral in the Central Plains is also. ”

Zhang Shixing and the others saw that there were also twenty or thirty residents at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, and there were dozens of people on the shore with white cloth wrapping their heads, with dark complexions, holding huge corals and shouting loudly.

He Qi put down a small boat, rowed to the shore, bought a coral back, and showed it off to everyone, saying, "I only spent two coins to sell it to such a high quality, and I can get ten times the profit when I get it back to the old port." ”

Everyone looked intently, and saw that the coral tree was three feet high, and the root had a big root the thickness of a thumb, black as ink, and as moist as jade. The branches on it are lovely.

After Zhu Yunwen looked at it, he saw things and thought about people, his eyes were moist, and he muttered to himself: "I haven't seen this thing for a long time." It turned out that the gauze hat and hat beads he used to wear were similar to this.

After sailing from Maoshan, they traveled northwest, and after 20 days, they finally came to the country of Punggara, which is now Bangladesh. He Qi anchored the ship in Zhedi Port and said to everyone: "The country of Banggara has arrived, and you can go ashore by taking a small boat." After that, he took out more than a dozen silver coins from his arms, handed them to Zhang Shixing, and said, "This is change, and all the expenses here are used with this money." ”

Zhang Shixing excused himself, then accepted it, and looked at the money carefully, the diameter was one inch and two minutes, the bottom surface was wrinkled, and it weighed about three coins when he put it in his hand.

Zhang Shixing thanked him, waved goodbye to him with everyone, took a small boat into the port, came to Suona Harbor and abandoned the boat to land, saw its national fortress stone for the city, walked into the city, only to see that the city was densely populated, the shops were lined up, and all the eyes were Hui people, and its palace and a large and small yamen were all in the city.

All the people in the city were black, and the men were shaved and wrapped in white cloth. The clothes are covered from the head, they are round-necked long clothes, with various wide hand scarves around the bottom, and they wear shallow leather shoes, with a kind face and simple folk customs. Kanshu.com

They were walking down the street when they suddenly saw a husband and wife, tied to a giant tiger with iron ropes, dragging them down the street to play in front of an inn. The husband untied the ropes and made the tiger sit on the ground. He took off his shirt and held a wooden stick, jumped up and down in front of the tiger, and from time to time punched and kicked the tiger, adding sticks and sticks to make him have a tiger attack. His wife beats a small drum on the side, which is slow at first, with its own tempo, and then gradually tightens and suffocates.

As the drums intensified, the tiger roared and swooped out. The husband grabbed the tiger's head, fell with the tiger several times, and when he was done, he put one of his arms into the tiger's mouth until his throat, and the tiger did not dare to bite. The husband grabbed the tiger by the neck, and the tiger groaned a few times, and then fell on the ground and begged for food. The shopkeeper was a rare white-faced old man, who took out a few pieces of meat and threw them on the ground, and the tiger ate them all in a few clicks. Seeing that the husband and wife would not leave, the old man took out another silver coin and handed it to the husband and wife, and the two of them left happily.

The old man said in Chinese, "It's really unlucky, it hasn't opened yet, but it has given up a silver coin." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Shixing and the others hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "The old man is Chinese?" ”

The old man hurriedly returned the salute: "I am from the Punggara country, but my father is Chinese, but unfortunately he has passed away, where did you come from?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "We are from the old port. ”

The old man said, "I see." There are a lot of Chinese people in that place. I've been there. What are you doing here? ”

Huang Zhan said: "We want to do business. Find a place to stay first. ”

The old man grinned and said, "Okay, then you can stay in my store first, and I will give you the best room at the cheapest price." ”

After that, the old man led them into the store, picked a clean upper room inside, and gave them four to live in.

Zhang Shixing paid a silver coin for them to stay for three days. The old man said, "My name is Aru, and you can call me at any time if you have anything." With that, he took the silver coin into his arms and left with a smile on his face.

Several people sat around and discussed the future of action.

Zhang Shixing said: "I don't think you can stay here for a long time. ”

The crowd was amazed and asked why.

Zhang Shixing said: "We can come here by boat, and Zheng He's fleet can also come here." Sooner or later, he will still be discovered, so it is better to plan early. We should go inland. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "The people here are unfamiliar, and they are full of returns, where should we go?" ”

Wang Shu hammered the bed board and said: "Instead of being exiled and hunted down, we should return to China and die happily." ”

Huang Zhan thought for a while and said, "Yes, we might as well go back to China." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "We have Zheng He's fleet chasing after us, how can we go back?" ”

Huang Zhan said: "These days, we have been going west. I think of the ancient books, the west of China is Tianzhu, and Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty once traveled west to learn scriptures. We went the opposite way and returned home by land. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Even if we return to China, where will we stay?" The world has been owned by the swallow thief. ”

Huang Zhan said: "Master forgot, you still have a half-brother Zhongning King Battle sealed in Kaiping, we return from the Western Regions, we can go to him." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he was overjoyed, and said to Huang Zhan: "If you don't say it, I forgot." ”

He turned to Zhang Shixing and said, "I remember that you escorted their mother and son to Kaiping at the beginning. ”

Zhang Shixing heard them mention Tana's mother and son, and his calm heart churned again.

Its country is vast, the people are dense, and the folk customs of the whole country are good. There are many wealthy shipbuilders and operators in various countries, and there are also many domestic servants who go abroad. All men are black, and there is a white one in between. The king's and chief's garments were all presented with a return salute, and the crown was very beautiful. Chinese is derived from Bangge and has its own language, and there are also speakers of Spanish. The king minted money in silver, and the name was Jia, and each heavy official weighed three coins, and the diameter of the official was one inch and two cents, and the bottom was striped. All should be bought and sold with this money for pocket use. The name of the sea is examined, and the number of transactions is discussed. The folk crown funeral ceremony and marriage ceremony are all in accordance with the Huihui door etiquette system.

The climate at four o'clock is as hot as summer. The rice is harvested twice a year, and the rice millet is slender and long, and there are many fine red rice. Millet, wheat, sesame, various colors of bean millet, ginger, mustard, green onion, garlic, melon, eggplant, and vegetables are all available. The fruit has plantain seeds. There are three or four kinds of wine, coconut wine, rice wine, tree wine, and coconut wine, and there are many shochus. There is no tea sold in the market, and people treat people with betel nut. There are shops in the market, mixed halls, wine, rice and sweets. Camels, horses, donkeys, mules, buffaloes, cattle, goats, cotton sheep, geese, ducks, chickens, pigs, dogs, cats and other animals are all available. Fruits include jackfruit, sour, pomegranate, sugarcane, etc., and its sweets include sugar, sugar, frosting, candy, honey fried, honey ginger, etc. Five or six kinds of fine cloth are produced: the same long cloth, the name is humble, more than three feet wide, five feet long and six or seven feet long, this cloth is as fine as a powder note; The same ginger black cloth, the name is full, four feet wide, more than five zhang long, this cloth is tight and strong; The same name is Shanaba Fu, five feet wide and three feet long, just like the life of Luo, and it is also a buro; The same name Xin Bai is diligent, three feet wide, six feet long, the cloth eyes are sparse and even, and he is clothed with yarn, all of which are wrapped around his head with this cloth; The same name is the sand couch, two feet five or six inches wide, more than four feet long, like a good three shuttle cloth; There is a name called Black Buller, four feet wide, more than two feet long, the back is down, four or five points thick, and it is also covered by Luo Mian. There are mulberry silkworm cocoons, and they will be made of thread silk inlaid hand towels and silk. I don't know. Lacquerware, plates and bowls, iron, wheels, knives, and other utensils are all sold. The same white paper, also made of tree bark, smooth and delicate like deerskin.

The law of the country includes the punishment of flogging and imprisonment. There are official products, yamen, seals, letters, and lines. The army also has officials in charge of food and salary, and the name of the leader of the army is Bar Sraer. There are all kinds of skills in medicine, yin and yang. Its practice, wearing a black line white cloth shirt, the lower color silk hand scarf, with various colors of glass beads between the coral beads to wear into a tassel, worn on the shoulder, and with red glass burned into a bracelet, with two arms, people feast and drink, this generation also comes to music, singing and dancing, there are also solutions.

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