Chapter 344: Flickering
After staying in Bori for half a month, the fleet began to move westward again.
The difference from the eastern route is that there are a large number of regimes in the west, which of course has to do with its proximity to the continental shelf.
Although the Luzon Islands are not small, they are so far away from the surrounding continental shelf that few people from other areas can pass there except for the indigenous people who do not know when they existed.
If you look through the historical materials, you will find that the earliest time when Huaxia went to the Philippines was actually in the Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, but at that time Huaxia did not care about these, and left directly after a simple stay, and then this land only existed in the historical materials.
"Fugui'er, how much do you know about this country?" Li Yuanjing asked, pointing to a new country in front of him.
He didn't know what the name of this country was, and even if he had sent Pingyang and others to land and contact him, he didn't know either, and the reason was also very simple, the language barrier.
This is a place that has never been involved in the Tang Dynasty, and there are few records in historical materials, but according to topographical observation, Li Yuanjing feels that this should be the later Malay, and the strait to the north is likely to be Malacca.
As for the name Fuguier, it was given by Li Yuanjing, although it is a bit earthy, but it has the characteristics of Chinese countryside.
Well, the main thing is that no one knows what Fuguier's real name is, although Fuguier says his name over and over again, but how to translate this thing?
In the end, Li Yuanjing slapped his head, isn't your first word rich? Then be rich......
"I don't know very well, but I've heard people say that they are much stronger than Boli, so Boli has been guarding against them all these years!" Fugui'er thought for a while and said. (Translation omitted)
"In a few years, Bori won't have to guard against them!" Li Yuanjing nodded.
"Your Highness, does Datang want to help Boli train the army?" Fugui'er's eyes were shining, and he had been talking about the Tang Dynasty army since he saw it.
Look at the clothes, look at the equipment, which one is not something that can make them envy to death? Needless to say, as long as Datang can help him train two thousand similar troops, he will dare to argue with all forces in Boli.
There's no way, it's all weapons made of steel, and it has an absolute advantage in the face of sticks and stones, and it has a good ability to break defenses.
"Nope! Do you know why your family is able to rule Bharhi? Li Yuanjing shook his head and asked.
"Why?" Faced with this simple question, Fuguier suddenly made a difficulty.
"Because your family can do it, but others can't, this is the difference between people, the same, there are some things, Datang can do it, but you can't do it, this is also the difference between people!" Li Yuanjing smiled, and then flickered:
"But don't worry, Datang never does anything to his friends, and if anyone dares to touch Datang's friends, Datang will definitely let him taste what is called despair, you are a friend of Datang, this king recognizes you as a friend, the next Boli King is you, and it can only be you, Datang's army will protect you!"
Although Fuguier has little culture, he is also a prince of Bori, and he always has a wide range of knowledge.
Li Yuanjing will not praise himself as the king of Bori for no reason, he must have his own calculations.
But in the face of the temptation of the throne, Fugui'er nodded a little frightened, and said timidly: "Then what do I need to do?" ”
"Next, Datang will use a lot of manpower to develop some places, and what you have to do is to organize these manpower to help Datang work, but these people are not working in vain, Datang will pay them wages, in exchange, and then this king will let people calculate the cost of transporting cloth and other daily necessities to Boli, and then sell them to you at a small profit, you can sell them in Boli at a little extra price." Li Yuanjing said with a smile, this is a win-win plan.
It's just that Datang has won a little too much, but for Fuguier, it can make some money.
It's just that the more far-reaching meaning Fuguier can't think of it, and he can't realize it.
Of course, not being aware of it doesn't mean you won't be suspicious.
Of course, Li Yuanjing knew that Fuguier was worried, but this was nothing, and then said: "The current situation of Boli is not even one percent of Datang's, it can be said that there is nothing, the people can work for Datang to make money, and the money earned can be used to spend Boli, as long as someone spends money, the government will be able to get taxes, the more money is spent, the more money in the hands of the government, in addition, Datang will also introduce more advanced technology into Boli, under your leadership, Boli will only become stronger day by day, think about it, Thousands of years from now, your descendants may call you the Emperor Fuguier......"
"Good! But that will wait until I get the throne...... "Fugui'er can't help it anymore, Li Yuanjing is also a king, and there is an emperor above him."
Fugui'er is even more miserable, just a prince who can't be ranked, after the new king ascends the throne, he will take his tribe to find a place to live, maybe in the future it will be destroyed by others, maybe it will destroy others, who can say for sure?
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After Pingyang landed, he felt that the atmosphere here was not quite right, but he couldn't say what was wrong for a while.
Although the two sides still don't understand the language, with the communication with Boli, Pingyang is still familiar with the old method.
Although it is more advanced than Bori here, it is only a comparison between the two, and compared with Datang, it is still too backward.
However, a strange phenomenon caught Ping Yang's attention, because he discovered that there were some Huaxia things here.
"Chief, this seems to be a country called what, that person I know very well!" Just when Ping Yang was confused, one of his lieutenants suddenly reminded.
"Familiar?" Ping Yang was taken aback, he didn't know what country he was doing, but he knew that this place was far away from Datang, how could a captain who had never left Datang see the man in front of him?
"I guess, when I was a child, I often heard my grandfather talk about this incident, when he was ordered by their king to go to the Liang Kingdom to make a watch, and it is said that he was still a prince!" The lieutenant stared at the other party carefully for a while, and said with some certainty, after all, more than ten years have passed, and he was just a child in his early ten years old at that time, and his grandfather's description of the person in front of him was also very detailed, which was too unforgettable, and some memories had gradually blurred, but after seeing it today, he could still recognize it at a glance.
As time passed, the captain's statement was gradually confirmed.
An old man in the twilight was carried in, gray-haired, thin and bony, and the whole person was dying, and even had a feeling that he would die at any time.
However, when the old man spoke, the doubts in Ping Yang's heart disappeared in an instant.
"The first king once went to the Liang Kingdom when he was young, I wonder if there is a connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Liang Kingdom?" The old man spoke Chinese tremblingly, as the son of the entourage of the envoy back then, his clever talent allowed him to follow his father to learn Chinese, and while realizing that the Han people were strong, he did not lose the Chinese language.
It's just that they have cut off contact with the Han Chinese for decades, which makes his talent for the language useless, and his children and grandchildren are not willing to learn it, but they did not expect that the language would come in handy when he was about to die.
And at this time, Ping Yang also realized that his lieutenant had not heard of the king in front of him, because the king who had been to Nanliang was dead, otherwise how could he be called the first king? But this doesn't mean anything, the father and son look relatively close, and they haven't seen each other in person, so it's normal to admit mistakes.
"The Southern Liang has been destroyed for more than 80 years, but there are still descendants of the Southern Liang who are official ...... in the Tang Dynasty."