[251] Take control of the Boni Kingdom

Bo Ni Kingdom once had a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Yongle six years, the then king Mana Jagana with the queen, the prince and a line of more than 150 people, personally went to Yingtianfu to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and was hospitalized by the Ming Chengzu. Mana Jagana visited Yingtianfu for more than a month, unfortunately contracted the disease, although carefully adjusted by the imperial doctor, finally died of illness due to serious illness. Before he died, he asked for the burial of China, and Ming Chengzu followed his will and buried the foreign monarch according to the royal rites.

Although Mana Jagana died in the Ming Dynasty, the exchanges between the two countries have not been severed, the Su Bo mud green produced by Bo Ni contains several kinds of metals, and the porcelain fired with this grapefruit material has a black blue or navy blue crystal spots in the original bright blue, and the metallic tin light is slightly flashing, which has a unique charm. Later, the blue and white porcelain of the official kiln of the Ming Dynasty was almost monopolized by this imported pomelo material, if it were not for the Dutch to come and break this relationship, maybe Boni was still a subject country of the Central Plains.

On the contrary, if you can hoe out of the hands of the Dutch with the power of the Ming Dynasty, it is a good thing, at this time the Dutch of Bo Ni attacked the Portuguese Malacca, and has already withdrawn, but Bolkiah did not dare to really resist the Dutch, hearing that it was the battleship of the Ming Dynasty, Bolkiah was a little happy, and hurriedly summoned his most trusted minister Hayatta into the palace, and asked him to welcome the arrival of the Ming army on his behalf.

When the Ming army was still a few miles away from the dock, the army of Bo Ni had already discovered the Ming army, and in the face of such a huge fleet, all the soldiers of Bo Ni were so frightened that their legs trembled, but the pressure of duty was still concentrated on the wharf, but no one had the courage to really stop the Ming army from landing.

They had already learned the power of the Dutch's cannons and muskets. When they saw a larger number of artillery on the Ming fleet, where did they dare to resist? Even hundreds of Dutch can't beat them, how dare they deal with so many Ming troops. The Ming warship leaned on the horse's head, and the Bo Ni soldiers could only retreat step by step, and constantly drove away the people who rushed to see the excitement around. Some of them had already made up their minds to drop their weapons and flee as soon as the opposing army attacked.

When Hayatta arrived at the wharf, the Ming army had already docked ten small warships, and thousands of sailors were neatly lined up on the wharf, each of them holding a musket with bayonets, the shiny bayonets shining in the sun, and the whole wharf was full of murderous atmosphere.

"In the name of the Sultan~" Hayatta said, "Don't be rude to guests from afar!" "Hayatta ordered the soldiers, who had been retreating for a long time, to withdraw

When these soldiers heard Hayatta convey the Sultan's order, they immediately felt like they had been pardoned, and in the blink of an eye, they left cleanly, and the dock was full of fully armed Celestial Empire troops, and Hayatta did not know the bottom of his heart, he trembled and dared to walk towards the Ming army.

"Stop!" Hayatta is still more than ten steps away from the nearest Ming soldiers, and several Ming soldiers in front of him have pointed at Hayatta with their black holes, Hayatta clearly knows the power of this weapon, the Dutch are relying on muskets to conquer the country of Boni, and once went into the mountains to deal with the Dayak people, even the most brave Dayak people can not resist the attack of bullets.

He hurriedly shouted in Chinese: "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, I am the envoy of the Bo Ni Kingdom, and I have come to ask to see your general." "He is also quite fluent in Chinese. Hayata's Chinese was passed on to him by his father, mainly to read and understand the books brought from the Central Plains, but he didn't expect that it would have a more important use now.

Hearing Hayata's words, several soldiers glanced at each other before putting down their guns, Hayatta breathed a sigh of relief, he was in his heart, Bo Ni had received the Ming fleet twice in hundreds of years, at that time the strength of the Ming Dynasty was not weaker than the current fleet, but there was no offense against Bo Niqiu, Hayatta secretly prayed, bless this fleet will be the same as the Ming fleet more than two hundred years ago.

"You wait!" With that, one of the soldiers turned and walked towards the docks, apparently promising to inform Hayata.

Hayatta was quickly brought to Shi Lang's face, seeing Shi Lang's young face, Hayatta couldn't help but doubt whether he could call the shots, but he just looked at the Ming army on both sides, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to plop down and kneel: "Hayata, the little minister of Bo Ni, knocked on the general of the Celestial Empire." ”

Seeing that the envoys sent by Bo Ni were so respectful, Shi Lang also generously changed his courtesy, and he couldn't lose the prestige of my Heavenly Empire in front of such a small country. "Your name is Hayata, don't you have to be so polite, get up." Shi Lang also grew up at sea since he was a child, and he has been to the South Seas with his father many times, and he is no stranger to the people of the South Seas

Hayatta hurriedly got up, secretly saying in his heart that the Celestial Empire was a state of etiquette after all, and perhaps the situation was really as the Sultan expected, and the Celestial Empire army was just passing by.

"Where is the ruler of your country? When the army of the Celestial Empire arrives, why don't you come to greet it with a guard of honor? Shi Lang asked

Hayatta smiled and said cautiously: "Your Excellency General, when His Majesty the Sultan of our country heard that the army was coming, he prepared a banquet in the palace to welcome your arrival. ”

Shi Lang said: "In this case, then you can lead the way, and I will go and meet your sultan." ”

Hayatta glanced at the Ming army who kept coming ashore, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and asked: "I don't know what the army of the kingdom is doing here?" If small countries need help, they will do their best. ”

Shi Lang smiled and asked, "Will you really do your best?" ”

"In front of the kingdom, how dare you tell lies. Definitely, definitely. Hayatta replied quickly

Shi Lang said with a big grin: "I heard that Erbang is being bullied by the Dutch red hair, as the upper country of the Erguo country, His Majesty the Ming Emperor is extremely angry and ordered the army of the Celestial Empire to come and expel the Dutch red hair. ”

Hayatta was overjoyed and said, "General, Bo Ni is willing to send troops to assist the Celestial Empire in the war!" ”

Shi Lang waved his hand and said: "There is no need to send troops, the army of the Celestial Empire can be completed, just see that your rabble is not the material for war, the country only needs to provide grain and grass for the army and repair the ships." ”

Hayata's heart jumped, thinking that it was really as black as a crow in the world, and it wasn't a knock-off, so he asked cautiously: "I don't know how many Celestial Empire troops are coming, and how much grain and grass materials do our country need to prepare?" I also ask the adults to give a specific amount, so that our country can prepare well in advance, so that the war will not be put on hold because we can't take out too much grain and grass, and the little envoy can be sure of it. ”

"Not much~" Shi Lang stretched out two fingers, "Twenty thousand troops are used in January!" ”

Hayatta gasped, all the people of Bo Ni add up to more than 100,000 people, although the products are abundant, but such a sum of money and food can be used to empty all the treasury of Bo Ni, and there are still years of savings.

As soon as Shi Lang saw Hayata's face, he knew that he was in a dilemma, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, since the country of Er is a subordinate of my Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, how can I treat the country of Er lightly?" This grain and grass will be bought and sold at a fair price here by our army. ”

Hayatta was immediately overjoyed, yes, the Celestial Empire is not a barbarian in the West, the most particular about courtesy and exchanges, when going to the Celestial Empire to pay tribute, he can often get several times the reward, maybe this grain and grass can also increase the price a little, isn't it God wants to make Bo Ni rich, Hayata suddenly patted his chest: "General rest assured, Bo Ni will definitely do his best to raise food and grass for the army." ”

Bo Ni is small, but the national strength has accumulated for hundreds of years, more than 100 years when the king is the strongest not only includes the entire Borneo, but also extends to Luzon, although it has declined a lot now, and has been looted by the Netherlands for many years, it is still not to be underestimated, the golden wall built by the royal palace is brilliant, covers a vast area, and the large square in front of the palace can accommodate more than 1,000 people.

Hayatadi took Shi Lang to the main square of the palace, and saw that Shi Lang's hundreds of soldiers also walked straight towards the palace, and hurriedly turned around and said: "The general will wait for a while, and the little envoy will go in immediately to inform the Sultan, and ask the Sultan to come out to greet your lordship." ”

Shi Lang laughed: "After all, the lord of the country is the lord of a country, and the general should visit him in person." After saying that, Shi Lang's soldiers gently pushed Hayatta away, carried muskets, and carried steel knives straight into the palace

The Sultan of Bolkiah was sitting in the main hall of the palace at this time, happily watching the palace governor directing the servants to prepare a banquet for the upcoming generals of the Celestial Empire, and the ministers of Bo Ni with a bit of status gathered around Bolkiah, talking loudly about the wealth and benevolence of the Celestial Empire, their ancestors and some people went to the Ming Dynasty to see the Great Tomorrow, and received a lot of rewards, and many of the treasures in their collection came from the Celestial Empire.

A guard stumbled in: "Your Majesty the Sultan, it's not good, it's not good, General Ming Guoren is here." ”

Bolkiah frowned and scolded: "What's wrong, there are a few generals here, don't invite them in quickly!" ”

The guard gasped and said, "Only one came." ”

Borkia Payment, one or the better, the fewer people who come, the easier it is to say that it is not good, it is a big deal to spend some money to sell.

"But the general brought hundreds of soldiers into the palace and dispersed all the palace guards."

"What?" Bolkiah was shocked, and hundreds of soldiers entered the palace to return, he could no longer sit still, and the other ministers of Bo Ni also began to talk.

Bolkiah was about to get up, Shi Lang and the others had already entered the main hall, and when they saw more than 200 troops with weapons entering the main hall, the servants of the palace all exclaimed in surprise and shrank aside one by one. There was also a panicked look on the faces of the ministers.

Shi Lang saw at a glance a fat man standing in the middle of the place, dressed in a gorgeous costume, wearing a crown, his whole body was also covered with all kinds of jewels, in order to welcome the generals from the Celestial Empire, Bolkiah put on the most expensive dress, no need to guess, Shi Lang also knew that he was the Sultan of Bo Ni.

"Are you the lord of Bo Ni?" Shi Lang asked

Bolkiah looked at Shi Lang blankly, unable to understand what Shi Lang said, and Hayatta hurriedly translated

Bolkiah listened to the translation before replying, "I am Bolkiah, the Sultan of the Boni Kingdom. ”

Shi Lang nodded and said: "The holy decree of the Son of Heaven of the Ming Empire has arrived, and the lord of the Boni Kingdom has received the decree~~ Kneel!" ”

Hayatta had no choice but to translate it directly, and Bolkiah frowned and said: "My country is not a subject country of the Ming Kingdom, and I am also the sultan of a country, why should I kneel?" ”

Shi Lang did not answer, but put away the holy decree, looked at Hayata, and said, "Lord Hayata, if I kill him. Shi Lang pointed at Bolkia and continued: "Let you be the lord of the Boni country, are you willing to kneel to accept the holy decree?" ”

"This~" Hayatta was speechless for a moment

Bolkiah didn't understand what Shi Lang was saying, but urged Hayatta to say, "What did he say? Tell me quickly! ”

"This~" Hayatta was even more speechless, and hesitated for a long time before Hayatta told Bolkiah that Shi Lang said that if Bo Ni was unwilling to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, then he would abolish the throne of his sultan and elect someone else as the Sultan of Bo Ni.

What worried Bolkiah the most still happened, Bolkiah had no choice but to kneel down obediently and accept the throne of King Boni canonized by the Ming Emperor and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Bo Ni used to have frequent contacts with the Ming Dynasty, there are thousands of Han people on the island, they are mostly engaged in maritime trade, although the number is small, but they have a lot of wealth, they are all local figures, Shi Lang entrusted these Han people with important tasks, the official position, and specially dispatched two hundred officers and soldiers of the water division for its call, the Ming army in a few days will be firmly in control of the situation of Bo Ni.

Subsequently, Shi Lang established the first overseas naval base of Daming at the confluence of the Kapuas River and the Lanta River on the west bank of Borneo. The river is wide and deep, and it can be used to penetrate deep into the interior of Borneo, making it a natural harbor. This is an ancient port, and in the past, people from other countries sailed here to exchange pepper, dried pepper, sugar cane and other goods from the locals, and the whole of Pontianak combined was less than 10,000 people, all of them were local Turks, not even chiefs. These indigenous people live a self-sufficient life. Men grow rice and hunt, women raise livestock and take care of household chores at home, and do not want to have more contact with outsiders, let alone outsiders are allowed to enter their dwellings, which are built longhouses, each of which is inhabited by hundreds of people, and the head of the longhouse is elected by them to be responsible for the management of the entire longhouse.

After Shi Lang arrived, he gradually gained a firm foothold through the Han Chinese who were doing business in the Boni Kingdom and approached these natives. Then, when the naval base of Pontianak was built, the fleet led by Zheng Zhilong also arrived at Pontianak, and the Ming army was now offensive and defensible.