Chapter 295: Luo Skirt Dances and Appears White Blade

Meng Xisheng left Lin'an in March of the fifth year of Yanhuang, and the steamship freed the Great Song Dynasty navigation industry from the restrictions of the monsoon, allowing it to travel overseas at any time when the weather was suitable. However, for the purpose of technological monopoly, the steam ships of the Great Song Dynasty are currently only available to the fleet with the title of "royal", so as to prevent the steam engine and the corresponding technology from being stolen by other countries. His original plan was to return to China at the end of the fifth year of Yan and Huang, but the war between the two clans in Xilan forced him to spend more time mediating between the two clans.

According to Zhao and Ju's instructions, for this kind of war between the natives, he can only carry out "limited intervention", that is, try to win the friendship between the two sides, but there is no need to force them to stop fighting. Their own problems should have been solved by themselves, of course, provided that they did not involve the fundamental interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

"What's your name?" Gently stroking little Padda's head, Meng Xisheng asked again.

"Padamasa Lijia."

The little girl made a series of long and awkward tones, but her childish voice was very good, Meng Xisheng nodded with a smile, although he learned Sinhala, but for the outrageous name of the Xilan people, Meng Xisheng still had a headache, he asked: "Is it okay for me to call you Little Padda?" ”

Little Pada blinked, and although she could feel the warmth of this Song man, she couldn't understand why he would treat her so well as a stranger. In the midst of the war, she was young, but she was used to seeing the warmth of human feelings, the hot and cold world, and saw more of the ugly side of human nature. Her mother held little Pada tightly and looked at the Song man in fear, for fear that he would snatch her daughter away from her.

Meng Xisheng didn't wait for an answer for a while, then stood up and beckoned to Zhao Yi, who immediately took out a large handful of candy from his pocket and clumsily stuffed it into Little Pada's hand, but Little Pada's hand was too small, and the candy fell to the ground. Meng Xisheng shook his head with a wry smile, pulled up Little Padda's coat to form a small bag, and then put the sugar in this bag. When he picked up the last one, he saw that little Padda's eyes were still full of horror and wariness, so he peeled off the candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "Sweet." ”

The aborted toffee begins to melt in the mouth, with a hint of milky flavor in the sweetness. Meng Xisheng chewed the toffee lightly and looked back at his attendants: "Zhao Yi, you send them to the shelter to register, be patient." ”

Zhao nodded and communicated with Little Padda's mother and daughter in Sinhala, and when she heard this "Song man" say that she would take them to the shelter, Little Padda's mother was overjoyed.

Although I don't know the identities of these two Song people, judging from the fact that the Xilan people who live here have to salute them when they pass by, these two people's status should be very respectful, and if they help, it will not be difficult to survive in this Xilan City.

"Thank you, thank you!" The mother kept thanking her.

The mother's reaction made little Pada no longer suspicious, she held a bag of candy, took one, peeled it off in the same way as Meng Xisheng, and then put it in her mouth, the sweet taste made the little girl fall in love at once. She thought about it, peeled one and fed it to her mother, then put all the sugar into the package that her mother was holding, and took out a rough and simple Buddha statue from the package, and gestured to Meng Xi.

"Give it to me?" Meng Xisheng asked.

"Here you go." The little girl nodded innocently.

Meng Xisheng smiled, this little girl looks like a little princess, the little princess has been three years old, and when she brings her gifts, she also has to give something back every time, although they are all ridiculous playthings that adults see, but for the little girl, it is their favorite baby.

He crouched down, and little Pada hung the Buddha statue around his neck, and then prayed devoutly. Meng Xisheng couldn't understand the little girl's quick and urgent prayers, so he touched her head and motioned for Zhao Yi to leave with them.

Meng Xisheng walked down the street with his hands behind his back, and the people passing by saluted one after another, and the bell of the evening class rang from the temple in the distance, and there were devout Buddhist believers kneeling down and worshipping on the road. Meng Xisheng tapped his waist with his hand, and a tired but happy smile appeared on his waist.

This is the city he single-handedly established, which will become the outpost of the Great Song Dynasty to farther places, and also the line of defense of the Great Song Dynasty to curb the eastward expansion of the Great Cannibal forces. Although the power of those great cannibals is not strong, their merchants are all over the world, and their business methods are very despicable, unlike the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, who pay attention to integrity, they can do whatever it takes to gain profits.

What annoyed Meng Xi the most was that wherever they went, they would forcibly promote their religion, and there were quite a few fanatics among the great cannibals, preaching that those who did not believe in their religion would have different hearts, and their wealth and life would not be protected by the gods and could be deprived of them at will. Meng Xisheng heard a lot of such news in Tongyang Port, Gaolangbu and other towns.

This made Meng Xisheng's impression of the Great Food Merchant even worse, originally he didn't like that there were merchants in this world competing with the Great Song Dynasty merchants, and using such means to compete made him even more disliked. Therefore, after capturing Takarobu, he immediately expelled the local Great Cannibals, and in addition to this, the six warships he brought with him patrolled the waters around Hosoran in the name of guarding against pirates, forcing the fleet of the Great Food Merchants to enter the port of Takarangbu for inspection.

At this time, if the big food merchants wanted to trade with the Great Song Dynasty, they had to go through three inspections, the first was the Xilan Yang Inspection Division of Xilan Gaolangbu, the second was the Nanyang Inspection Department located in Tongyang Port, and the third was the Great Song Dynasty Navy Inspection Department of the Great Song Dynasty. Only with the seal of these three inspection divisions, the big food merchants can anchor and trade in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Qingyuan, Huating and other places, and as for Tamsui, it is forbidden for all foreign chasers to approach. The Great Song Dynasty sailors had sharp guns, whether it was long-range attacks or close combat, these modern professional soldiers were not able to compete with the Great Food Warship, so although the two sides had several conflicts, each time ended in the victory of the Great Song Dynasty, after seeing the power of artillery, the Great Food Merchants had to admit that on this ocean, they could only act as boatmen at most, and could not act as the masters of the ocean.

However, Meng Xisheng did not end here, Gaolangbu Port has been built, whether it is urban defense or coastal defense measures, it can ensure that it has a strong survivability. The establishment of the coal station made it an outpost of the Great Song Dynasty to the west of Xilanyang. When he returned to Lin'an this time, he was ready to hand over the proposed plan to the Son of Heaven, and at the same time asked the Son of Heaven to send more sailors.

Now Meng Xisheng's official position in the Great Song Dynasty is the bachelor of Boya Lou of Zhengqipin, and he is also the envoy of Nanyang Affairs of the Governor of the Great Song Dynasty. It is his duty to run Nanyang, but this Xilanyang is a bit overstepping his authority, so after returning to Lin'an this time, he also has to consider whether to ask the Son of Heaven to reappoint the governor of Nanyang affairs.

As he was making his rounds, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked back, it was a messenger.

"Governor Mengdu, there is a group of big food merchants asking to see you."

Although I don't like the big cannibals, but dealing with the big cannibals is inevitable, with the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not enough to dominate the profits on this trade route, and Europe far beyond the mountains and seas, it is even more blank for the Great Song Dynasty.

"What's the matter with them?" Meng Xisheng took the horse and asked the messenger.

"They said that there was a major military situation reported to the governor." The messenger said.

A few years ago, the Great Food merchant Jeken Skye went to the Great Song Dynasty as a Great Food Envoy, and also signed an alliance with the Song Dynasty to jointly deal with Menghu, but with the division of Menghu, now the pressure of the Great Food has decreased sharply, and they only have to face the second son of Temujin, Chagatai, so they do not attach much importance to this alliance. This time, he suddenly came to report on Meng Yuan's military situation, could it be that Chagatai had already integrated all the departments and started to invade the west again?

Thinking of this, Meng Xisheng hurried back to the office in Gaolang Bucheng.

The Governor's Office of Gaolangbu City is naturally the most majestic building in the city, and the lines of the building are very simple in the completely industrialized style, although it does not look as solid as the castle, but it has good light and ventilation performance, and the living and working are far more comfortable than the castle. The garden and fountain in front of the office have rockery flowers and trees in the style of the Great Song Dynasty, as if a small piece of landscape is naturally miniature here.

Jakensky mingled in the midst of the group of merchants, and he couldn't help but pout as he listened to the strange voices of these merchants.

Compared with the imperial gardens of the Great Song Dynasty that he had seen with his own eyes, this place was as dilapidated as a thatched hut, and the knowledge of these people was really shallow, so how could they think of stringing together to negotiate with the Great Song Dynasty to divide the benefits of maritime trade?

He was accompanied by only two merchants who had been to the Great Song Dynasty, and both of them looked like him.

When everyone saw Meng Xisheng sitting in the north of the lobby, Jakensky was stunned at first, and then full of joy, after all, he was an acquaintance, although in recent years I heard that the governor of the Song Kingdom has a not friendly attitude towards the big food merchants, but as long as he is friendly to himself, and he still has a trump card in his hand.

"Dear Lord Governor, we have a gift for you." When he saw the salute, Meng Xisheng was also stunned when he saw Jekenskai, but the two did not recognize each other, and the leader of the caravan, a merchant named Ibrahim, said loudly to Meng Xisheng: "I am sure that Lord Governor has never seen such a beautiful gift before. ”

"Oh?" Meng Xisheng smiled slightly, these big cannibals are used to boasting.

A moment later, several big cannibals carried in a huge vertical wooden box from outside, the wooden box was put down, Ibrahim motioned to Meng Xisheng to look, but Meng Xisheng smiled faintly and sat upright, he couldn't, so he had to open the door of the box himself.

There was a man sitting cross-legged in a wooden box.

It was a graceful woman with a head adorned with jewels, but when she raised her eyes and looked at Meng Xisheng, her eyes lit up with all the gems. She was wearing a veil, so she could only see a very blurry face, Rao was like this, Meng Xisheng still had a feeling of the bright moon in her arms.

He has never seen such a beautiful woman, she is the beauty of the harem of the Son of Heaven, but he is afraid that she is not as good as her.

Although the woman's face was covered with a veil, there was still a smile in her gentle eyes. She slowly walked out of the box, every movement looked graceful, she was the guard in the office, and she was stunned when she saw her like this.

Meng Xisheng couldn't help but stand up from his seat, he Chinese New Year's Eve today, although he has become a family, his family members are all staying in Liuqiu, although there is no shortage of women overseas, but there is no one with such a charm.

"This is the perfect beauty that the villain has found for Meng Dudu, and it is guaranteed that she is still a virgin, and if Meng Dudu is still satisfied, then the villain will keep her." Ibrahim was very satisfied with Meng Xisheng's reaction, his eyes swept over the woman's waist and hips, and although he was a little unwilling in his heart, he still sacrificed her.

The woman walked slowly towards Meng Xisheng, the wooden box was originally six steps away from Meng Xisheng, and she was only four or three steps away from Meng Xisheng soon after she came out......

Just when Meng Xi's heart was relaxed, Zhao Yi, who had completed the task he had given him, hurriedly ran in from outside the door, this indigenous child brought by Qiu Shuang from Dongshengzhou is now a seventeen-year-old boy. Nutrition and exercise made him grow strong and powerful, and the education and environment made him almost no different from the Song teenagers. The indigenous people of Dongshengzhou are not as different from the Song people in appearance as they are different from the skin color, so although he looks a little different, no one doubts that he is not a Song person.

The sound of his footsteps alarmed the woman, who did not know what the hurried voice behind her meant, whatever the change might affect her mission, so she did not hesitate to stretch out her hand to her bosom, and when she took it out of the ravines and waves, there was already a dagger in her hand that shone with cold light.

She quickly pounced on Meng Xisheng, and the distance between the two was only three steps.

The long-term training made Meng Xisheng's reaction very fast, but the distance of these three steps was only a matter of the blink of an eye, and when he exclaimed, turned sideways, and dodged, the woman had already rushed in front of him, and the dagger stabbed him fiercely in the chest.

"Zheng!"

Everyone saw that the woman's dagger stabbed Meng Xisheng in the chest, and Meng Xisheng screamed again, took a few steps back, and stroked the place where he was stabbed with his hand.

Zhao Yi came last, he had never seen the woman's face, so he had never suffered from her, so he shouted loudly, flew and flicked his legs, and kicked the woman's vest with one kick. The woman had already hit the blow, and the knife was on again, obviously she had to make up for Meng Xisheng again. She didn't know what to shout in her mouth, and all the big cannibals' faces turned green.

Just when her knife was about to stab Meng Xisheng, Zhao Yi's leg kicked her first, and her whole body flew up and crashed into Meng Xisheng, Meng Xisheng squatted, and she jumped over Meng Xisheng and hit the wall.

The guards finally reacted, and swarmed around, surrounding the woman and the big food merchant, who was trembling in both hands, but the woman shouted again, and stabbed the dagger into her heart, and the man fell, seeing that he could not live.

Meng Xisheng grabbed the Buddha statue in his hand, and the rough bronze Buddha statue that Xiao Pada gave him blocked the woman's fatal stab, his face was pale, his eyes were cold, and he didn't look at the corpse on the ground.

In order to deal with the big cannibal, he was familiar with the language of the big cannibal, and the woman shouted two sentences in a row, the first sentence was not heard clearly because of the urgency, and the second time he repeated it clearly.

"We are sacrificing for our lord Arawadin Muhammad!"