Three days later, our merchant ships sailed into a narrow strait.

Located between the South Tianzhu Continent and the Sinhalese Buddha Kingdom, it is also a necessary place to connect the east-west sea trade routes.

"Brother Xian, if it weren't for the urgency of time, you should really go up and have a look at this Sinhala Buddha country!"

The west wind in the strait was tight, and the merchant ships did not need to shake their sails and steer them, but they were already speeding towards the east like a jumping arowana.

The people on the boat were idle, all standing on both sides of the ship looking at the exotic scenery on both sides of the coast.

Brother Lin Jinxiang pointed to the verdant and boundless island on his right hand and laughed loudly at me.

"Sinhala! The name of this Buddha country has already been thunderous since our journey to the west, and it is a pity that we can't go to the island to worship almsgiving! ”

I also sighed that the birds on the sea were full of birds, and the calls of the seabirds were like undulating waves, from far to near and then slowly far away, and finally completely melted into the churning tide.

"The Intrepid Mountain Monastery on the island is home to more than 3,000 monks from other countries who practice Buddhism all year round. Every year, there are countless monks and monks who return to the wilderness of the Southwest China Sea to promote Buddhism! Oh, if you talk about the first good place of Tianzhu Buddha today, the Dreadnought Mountain Temple should be one of them! Amitabha! ”

After Brother Lin finished speaking, he clasped his palms in the direction of the island and sang a few Buddhist verses.

We also stopped talking, clasping our palms together and worshipping like Brother Lin, and our hearts were filled with infinite compassion and gratitude.

There are still too many people in the world who have not yet been civilized, who do not understand human ethics and morality, and do not know etiquette, righteousness and shame.

It is indeed necessary for those Buddhist monks and Christians who are compassionate and brave to dedicate themselves to preaching, teaching, enlightenment, enlightenment, and leading these beings out of the wild world.

After leaving Sinhala, we encountered our first storm since our eastward journey.

Landslides and tsunamis, clouds covering the sun, make people feel gallant!

Fortunately, Brother Lin's men are all veterans of the sea who have experienced a lot of battles, and they have their own means to deal with such a hurricane.

After a few rounds, the ship finally found a shelter from the wind in a rocky lagoon lined with rocky cliffs.

"Young master, let's go ashore and take the land route! Hurricanes are impermanent! ”

When the storm first came, the pot helmet was unprotected and inexperienced, and by the time the merchant ship docked and anchored, this gentleman had already been hit with a blue nose and swollen face, and his face was unrecognizable.

And Qin Chong and I have never experienced such a bump, vomiting all the way, and we can't wait to take out our entire heart and lungs to dry in the scorching sun.

In this way, the wind and waves on the sea in the Roman land back then were nothing compared to the sea in front of them!

"Three brothers, Lin didn't take good care of you and made you suffer!"

Before Qin Chong and I could speak, Brother Lin had already personally brought fresh water to wash me and others.

The idea of re-taking the land route was on my lips, and I swallowed it hard.

Ten years ago, the third brother of Chang'an was still a child, and he followed his buddy from this sea route to Jiankang.

The three of us are strong men who stand up to the sky and the earth, and we can't withstand this bit of wind and waves, so what will we look like in the future?

"Brother Lin, the world says that the sea is vast and impermanent, and today I finally believe it! Hehe! ”

I took the water scoop and linen towel handed by the elder brother of Lin Jinxiang, and rinsed the bitter water in my mouth, and the person was much refreshed.

"Lin Dongjia, the Huanglong Sand Sea west of Yangguan on the land trade road is like this! Hahaha! Big rocks fly into the sky and fly through the clouds!

That's called a spectacular! ”

Qin Chong had already recovered, and he didn't want to show his decline in front of Brother Lin, a peer, so he smiled forcefully.

"Although Lin has not seen it in person, he has heard that the business routes in this world, whether by land or sea, are rare dangerous roads in the world! We traders are the dancers on this blade, and if we are not careful, we will be doomed! Hehe! ”

Brother Lin sighed, Grandpa said these words to me when he was alive, and Uncle Su also had the same sigh.

"But don't worry, three brothers! In the desert, you are the king, but you are a brother on this sea, but you are an old guest! Hahaha! There is plenty of wine and meat on the boat, and the wild girl in the mountains ahead is full of style! I don't know if you brothers are interested! Hahaha! ”

Brother Lin patted me on the shoulder and led everyone off the boat, and there was a long laugh of heart.

Jianghu high-rollers are home all over the world, wine and beauty are indispensable, and there is wine and drunk today!

After a few days of resting on the nameless coast of Siam, the storm at sea slowly subsided.

The merchant ships continued on their way, and the long coastline ahead turned southeast, and the rushing currents roared more and more when they were blocked by the mainland.

We walked side by side with the land to the east for more than 50 days, and finally came to the edge of a north-south strait.

Brother Lin told me that at the end of this strait is the Puluozhong Islands.

The Puluozhong Islands then continued northward to the waters of the Champa State.

It has long been recorded in the history books of this Champa country, and it originally belonged to the jurisdiction of our Great Han Xianglin County.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was in disarray, and the local Zhanren princes set themselves up as kings, taking Zhancheng as the name of the country, and the Zhancheng Sea Kingdom also came from this.

However, it is now October of the summer calendar, and the ocean currents in the strait are flowing from northeast to southwest with the turn of the trade winds.

This means that if the merchant ship goes further north, it will be against the wind and the current.

If the continent is long, it can also rely on the power of the slender lady, and it is no longer possible to go against the wind in this sea.

Brother Lin's merchant ships have been walking this waterway for decades, so he already knows the hydrology.

On the other side of the strait, they camped on a primitive continent called the country of Yavati.

There are no inter-market cities, no wild people specializing in agriculture and animal husbandry, and all the grain and grass are self-sufficient.

Moreover, according to Brother Lin, the ocean currents going north will not arrive until two months, and the three meals for more than 20 people on and off our ship is not a small amount.

Therefore, on the second day of the island, except for the two men who guarded the boat, the rest of the people went out to the camp to hunt or gather.

The entire island was completely covered by rainforest, and we had to follow a small stream upstream.

On the way, they laid all kinds of traps and hidden weapons, waiting for the prey to throw themselves into the net.

This method of hunting is far less pleasant than the bow bent by our prancing horses in the mountains of the Northland.

After the trap was placed, the group returned the same way and encountered three local wild people who had returned from hunting.

Naked, with brown skin and fish patterns all over the face, it is daunting.

And their prey was a gray python with a bowl mouth and a length of about a foot, which also made me feel sick.

Brother Lin and the others seemed to have long been accustomed to it, and they bowed with the indigenous wild people and exchanged greetings.

The man had already handed over two pieces of linen as a welcome gift.

Brother Lin is grunting, pointing fingers and soil

The author spoke for a long time in the language of birds, which basically meant that we had laid traps in this area, so that they should be careful when walking.

"Brother Kaneshiro! Walking northeast from this place, there are more than 1,000 ownerless islands, large and small! Sometimes I really want to put down my business and lead my clan to be the owner of an island here, how fast it will be! Hahaha! ”

Looking at the distant figures of the natives, Brother Lin laughed at me.

"Every land without a Borderland can be king! If Brother Lin really has this intention, Jincheng is willing to help the eldest brother and achieve the great cause of kingship in this wild land! ”

I smiled at Brother Lin Jinxiang, but I didn't dare to compliment it in my heart.

How can such a miasma-ridden and uncivilized overseas island compare to the prosperous world of the Han Kingdom in the East.

"There was a big businessman in Panyu County, Lingnan, who also had the same idea as me. Leaving behind your family and business to come to the northern island of the country of Yavati to prepare for your ambitions, and guess what? ”

Brother Lin turned around and asked me, and while we were talking, we were back on the beach.

"There are only two results, either you will return home or you will be famous!" I guessed with interest.

"In the end, this big merchant went crazy in the end, and drove around the world alone in a flat boat, and never knew where to go!" Brother Lin lamented deeply.

"How so?" I was amazed, I really didn't expect such an ending.

"The natives here are no better than the Huaiyi, Yue people or Qiangrong aborigines in the north of our Shang and Zhou dynasties. These indigenous vices are deeply stubborn and old-fashioned, and cannot be taught by the ways of the sages. And they also have a custom of mutual anger between man and god, that is, cannibalism! After seeing the human flesh feast of the indigenous house slaves, that Panyu brother became crazy from then on, and even forgot where his homeland was. What a pain! What a pain! ”

When Brother Lin said this, his face was full of misery, and he deeply regretted that the merchants of Panyu County in the Great Jin Dynasty had suffered such a thing.

"The natives we just met were clearly taught by the Dharma. In addition to his undressed and rude appearance, he doesn't look like a wicked person! I muttered.

"What the virtuous brother said is very true, how can the customs of generations be distinguished by the word good and evil! These natives are like three-year-old babies before they are civilized, without any scheming and deceitful skills, and they are also rare pure and kind people in the world. Perhaps in their eyes, there is no disrespect or sin in eating the flesh of the deceased, just like the boar and fat sheep we cook, hahaha! ”

Speaking of this, Brother Lin looked up to his head again and laughed.

"Brother Lin! Let's change the subject! It is a great sin to say it out of such a vulgar mouth! Amitabha! ”

I folded my hands and sang a few Buddhist verses to the mountains, and the hair on my body stood upside down.

"What the virtuous brother said just now helped me occupy the island and become the king, does it still count?"

The old brother of Lin Jinxiang held a longbow and looked at me with a solemn face.

"If you don't do it, the princes of the island country don't do it! How can we and other businessmen crisscross the rivers and seas and the world for the joy of home! ”

"Hahaha! Those who know me are also the virtuous brother of Kaneshiro! Since Brother Panyu Ren, the merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty have passed through these island countries in the South China Sea, just to seek wealth and nobility, and they have no merit! ”

Brother Lin casually took out the conch wine bag on his waist, took a deep sip, and handed it to me.

It seems that all the ambitions of the rivers and lakes in this life are all in the old wine of this Kushan country.

(End of chapter)

Shang and Buddha