A day later, Mr. Sun sent a telegram to congratulate him, and asked Zhu Xu and Penghu to report to everyone what they had seen and heard along the way, including the trade situation and customs, as a first-hand reference material for everyone to explore various parts of Nanyang in the future.

Also because Zhu Beiguo's fleet took a non-mainstream route this time, Gu Jin also asked these people to report on the hydrology and ocean currents along the way according to the chronological order of the logbook.

The following content is from the written newspaper written by Zhu, Xu, Peng, and Hu:

"In the early morning of July 7, the Feminist, Captain Timo, and the Assassin, together with the two ships of Nantian Yizhai Hengyu and Hengsheng, sailed north from Menado, heading northwest, 330.

The two Cantonese tea boats in Nantian Yizhai are the pilot ships, walking in front of the left and right of our ship respectively, and behind the two ships are the Captain Temo and the Assassin to form two columns, and the feminist I am on is the flagship, in the middle of the two columns, keeping a distance of about one to one point and five chains on both sides.

After sailing at an average speed of six knots for two days and nights, the fleet arrived on the afternoon of 8 July on a very wooded land area that is said to be near the village port, known locally as Lahadatu, an important trading point along the coast of East Borneo.

Approaching the port of Lahadatu, the flotilla unexpectedly encountered the Sulu convoy, consisting of a giant schooner and three fast crab boats, apparently warships, patrolling the area.

The Sulu fleet spotted us and immediately signaled us to stop the ship for inspection, but we sent a flag to refuse and told the other party: We are ships owned by the Australian Federation, and according to the trade agreement reached between the Australian Federation and the Sulu State, unless invited or agreed by the other side, neither the Soviet and Australian sides are allowed to board and inspect the trade ships of the two sides at sea.

But the other side immediately responded that they did not know what the agreement was, and said that we were pretending to be an Australian ghost ship to evade inspection and speeding forward in an attempt to block our lane.

So I had to order the engine room to be raised at once, and to lower the mainsail, and move forward with mechanical power, and to inform the Captain Teemo and the Assassin on the port side to do the same.

Half an hour later, the fleet docked at the port of Lahadatu, and after preliminary on-site measurements, the port was excellent, with a water depth of more than 3.5 meters, and had a wind-sheltering function, and the Pride class sailboats were fully loaded and ready to dock.

Lahadatu was familiar with the boats of Nantianyi Village, and it was clear that the village maintained fairly close trade ties with the local natives, so we were able to replenish fresh water and fresh fruit here, and buy large quantities of rice and coconut oil.

The locals were very kind to us, and the sailors of the stockade told us that in addition to the fact that the calico we used to exchange goods was very popular with the locals, there was another reason: when we appeared, the Sulu fleet left in a hurry, and even the locals did not have time to collect their tribute......

At noon on 9 July, the fleet set out again and sailed along the complicated and tortuous coastline of the east coast of Borneo, turning southwest a day later and continuing along the coastline, during which the land scenery was good and there were no storms on the sea.

After sailing for two days and nights, the fleet arrived at the port of Bo Ni on 11 July, a place in the old world called Brunei, with a population of at least 10,000 people.

In Bo Ni Port, the fleet of Nantian Yizhai cleared all the Australian goods, and it is clear that Australian goods are very welcome here, especially the calico produced by Huasheng Textile, and we learned that the calico produced by Huasheng Textile from Macau is one-third higher than our selling price.

We also found that here, like Indian calico, Australian calico has become a local hard currency---- and in the local market, many transactions do not use gold and silver at all, but use calico to measure the price.

For example, when we buy rice locally, we exchange it at a price of 3.5 kilograms per foot, and the selected tin sand can be exchanged for about 2 kilograms of calico for about one foot.

It is said that the Bo Ni Kingdom is now very strong, according to the historical records of the Old World, the entire northern part of Borneo during this period is basically the territory of the Bo Ni Kingdom, but it is also according to historical records, the current Bo Ni Kingdom has begun to decline---- especially in the east, there is the encroachment of Sulu and the conflict with the Spaniards at sea, the cause is still the common disease of these Nanyang kingdoms - official or semi-official privateer piracy.

Moreover, the Bo Ni Kingdom has recently been fighting with the Majapahit of Java for the city of Ponti in the south, and now there is a war going on on both sides.

The city of Ponti is the capital of the Kingdom of Pontinac, which is more famous in the Old World, the capital of the famous Chinese state established in the 18th century, the Republic of Lanfang, and in the 18th century in the Old World, the city would have a new name: Pontianak.

However, the current Kingdom of Pontinac is still a Hindu state attached to the Kingdom of East Java, which is not known in history and will probably disappear soon.

The reason why I mention this is because when the fleet of Nantian Yizhai came to Bo Ni for a few months to do business, they showed the local officials the power of the Australian single-shot handcuff, and it is said that the king of Bo Ni was very interested in this weapon and hoped that the village could supply it, and it was obvious that this weapon would definitely be used in the war to conquer the kingdom of Pontinac.

As for whether we do this deal or not, then I have to consider it carefully, anyway, I don't have a good impression of the Boni country that believes in the Crescent religion, and I don't want the Boni country to conquer that Hindu country, anyway, I hope to sell these weapons to Pontinac, I don't know what everyone's opinion is.

We see a lot of Chinese-looking people here, basically all of them are doing business, there are also engaged in document translators, the sailors of the village said that most of these people are the descendants of the Jiajing Wanli Houfu Yue Haikou, there were thousands of them in the Bo Ni country, and later the men married local women, and now they have basically disappeared into the local area, but there are still thousands of people who have traveled thousands of miles back to their hometowns to marry Han women, so we estimate that there should be at least more than 3,000 Chinese here.

On the morning of 12 July, when the west wind blew strongly, the sailors of the stockade were very happy, saying that if they set sail on this wind, they would reach southern Guangdong within 10 days.

So the fleet set off immediately, and after going out to sea from Bo Ni Port, with the power of the sails, the average speed actually reached more than eight knots, for the sake of prudence, we did not go directly north to cross the South China Sea, but first went northwest to the port of Bintong Long in Champang.

The port is about 1,000 kilometers northwest of Boni, and the fleet arrived at the port after sailing for two days and nights!

I feel very fortunate that God took good care of me and did not encounter any storms along the way, but Huang Xianggu said that this westerly wind season has always been like this, and every year ships from Annam to Borneo will choose this time to sail back and forth.

At present, Bintonglong is the temporary capital of the Champa Kingdom, which is now very weak, and its land and population are constantly being plundered and eroded by the Quang Nam Kingdom in the north and Chenla in the west.

When we arrived, the tax collector at the wharf charged us 4,000 taels of copper at the rate of 800 taels per ship---- and I heard that this was only a port tax, and the same amount would be collected when we left the port.

Obviously, if there is a transaction after landing, there will definitely be a transaction tax, but it is not clear how much.

The sailors of Nantian Yizhai told me that the tax is usually about 50% of the value of the goods, and about 10% of the high value, but the specific amount depends on the mood of the tax collector, in short, there is no fixed number.

Obviously, the tax here is very heavy, more than double the tax of Borneo port, but we are also people under the eaves have to bow our heads, there is no other way than to pay taxes honestly, after all, we want to purchase Champa rice here, Wang Lao also asked us to bring back the seeds of Champa rice, it is said that Champa rice only needs five months to mature, if the climatic conditions are good, or there is excess land for interplanting rotation, it is not impossible to crop three times a year, the key is that Champa rice is also very drought tolerant, so Wang Lao thinks, Champa should be very suitable for cultivation on Zixia Island.