After arranging the affairs of the Champong State on the battleship, Gao Junshan ordered the fleet to continue southward, and then, bypassing the southernmost tip of the peninsula, turned around and headed north, heading towards Mako.

After a day's sailing, we reached a fishing port called Quecy.

Chenla is a large country, bordering Champa in the northeast and Siam and Laos (which have been part of China) in the northwest, and the main ethnic group in the country is the Khmer ethnic group, with a vast territory and a population of more than 20 million.

The Huaxia State sent troops to eliminate Annam and Quang Nam, and Champa was the beneficiary country, while Zhenla suffered a loss.

Therefore, Zhenla, who greeted the Huaxia fleet in Quecy, was not as grand as the Champa State, and when the "Zheng He No. 1" arrived in the waters of Quecy, more than ten wooden sail warships came to Zhenla's navy, which stopped on the waterway into the port.

An officer from Zhenla stood at the bow of the ship, shouting to the battleship with his head held high, and beside him stood an official, who translated word by word in Chinese.

Li Derong came to Gao Junshan's private room and reported to Gao Junshan: "Your Majesty, the officials of Zhenla want to see you, saying that their king has brought you a message. ”

Gao Junshan was reading a thread-bound book in the private room, the title of the book was "Xijing Miscellaneous Records", he heard Li Derong's report, put down the book, and followed Li Derong out of the private room, went down to the first deck, and under the guidance of Li Derong, came to the right side of the boat to look down.

I saw that at the bow of a big ship, there were two people, one tall and one short, short and slightly fat, tall and thin, looking at the battleship with their heads held high.

Li Derong shouted loudly: "My Chinese emperor is here, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

The Humpty Dumpty man muttered loudly and didn't know what he was saying, Gao Junshan didn't understand a word, and when the Humpty Dumpty man finished speaking, the tall man beside him made his hands into a trumpet shape and loudly translated the short man's words once aloud.

Gao Junshan heard him very clearly: "Honorable His Majesty the Emperor of the Huaxia Kingdom, I am the Cambodian Yipin civil official, the Cambodian Shoufu Ke Moi, on behalf of our King Chan of the Kingdom of Cambodia, I am here to greet His Majesty the Great Emperor, we sincerely welcome His Majesty the Great Emperor to visit our country, King Chan has set up a banquet for His Majesty the Great Emperor in Phnom Penh, Ke Moi respectfully invites His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Kingdom to get off the ship for the banquet. ”

It turns out that Zhenla has been renamed Cambodia, and Gao Junshan still knows Cambodia very well, which has a long historical relationship with Huaxia.

Gao Junshan said to Li Derong: "Tell them that I will go down as soon as I am ready, and let them wait." ”

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Half an hour later, Gao Junshan and Ruan Fangqing stepped down the suspension ladder, and took a speedboat with his six senior staff, slowly approaching the big ship sent by Cambodia, when the speedboat docked steadily next to the big ship, the sailors on the big boat put a few springboards on the speedboat, and Gao Junshan and his party got on the big Cambodian ship through the gangplank.

Cambodia's Shoufu Kemoi bowed respectfully to the high mountain, folded his hands, raised them in front of his chest, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor of China, our King Chan of Cambodia is waiting for you in Phnom Penh. However, due to the long distance, there were still 500 miles to Phnom Penh, and the king ordered his ministers to hold a banquet for His Majesty the Emperor of China in Quecy first. ”

Gao Junshan also folded his hands and saluted Kemoy in return: "We in Huaxia hope to establish friendly relations with you Cambodia, and I am very willing to accept your invitation. ”

Gao Junshan led nearly 1,000 people to land from the battleship, and the first working group in charge of Chenla, about 30 people, also followed Gao Junshan to Quesy, and at the same time landed Gao Junshan's guards and more than 500 marines.

Kemoy did not break his promise, he set up a grand feast for the high mountains in Quecy, he did not expect more than a thousand people from Huaxia to come at once, so the banquet was postponed for an hour.

While Gao Junshan was waiting for the opening of the table, the members of the working group briefly explained the customs of the locals.

Cambodians love red and blue, believing that red symbolizes auspiciousness and festivity, and blue symbolizes light and freedom. They don't like white and think that white symbolizes death, so people are taboo to wear white pants and sarongs.

They taboo to pass things with their left hand, Cambodians consider the left hand to be extremely unclean, and they also believe that the head is a sacred part of the person, and it is not allowed to touch it at will, otherwise it is a great disrespect to them.

They also believe that the peacock is an ominous bird and do not want to see the peacock and its patterns.

Left-handers should pay special attention to the fact that it is best to use their right hand when eating, so as not to let others think that we do not respect them.

Then Gao Junshan and his senior staff exchanged views on the question of camping at night, and briefly discussed the route to Phnom Penh.

After an hour, the feast could finally begin, and Kemoy himself came to Gao Junshan, folded his hands and chin as for his chin, as a sign of respect for Gao Junshan, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Kingdom, we have delayed lunch, and we apologize to you very much. ”

Gao Junshan folded his hands in front of his chest and said, "Thank you very much for your hospitality!" ”

The venue for this reception is set up in a spacious farm, where Cambodians love to serve traditional meals, the staple food is rice, and the main food is fish and shrimp, lettuce and cold salad.

Gao Junshan was led to a vacant place by Kemoi, he sat on the ground first, and the tall interpreter told Gao Junshan that Cambodians have the habit of sitting on the ground when eating.

As soon as they had sat down, two men came, brought a table without feet, and laid it on the floor, and then several women brought the dishes to the table.

Due to the hot weather here, the men are shirtless, and their lower bodies are wrapped in a cloth, which is still a flower cloth. The cloth is long and does not need to be sewn with needles and threads, and it is wrapped from the waist down to the calf, and then passed through the crotch, and is tightly tied to the waist behind the back, and the rest of the cloth sticks out like a fish's tail, which is very interesting to look at.

The women, on the other hand, wore a thin cardigan with short sleeves, and the lower body was no different from the men.

The dishes on the table include: smoked fish, shrimp with eggs, grilled shrimp balls, vegetarian dishes, cold salad and so on.

Coleslaw is a vegetable with green onions, ginger, garlic, chili, coconut water, etc., which is moderately salty and sour, spicy and delicious, and has a unique flavor.

Once the dishes were ready, Kemoy reached for the rice, wrapped it in a lettuce leaf, dipped it in the condiments on the table, and stuffed it into his mouth.