From the moment he got up in the morning, Ananda Brahra, the owner of the ship, thought that something big might happen today, and after he got up, he worshiped Brahma devoutly, and prayed to the god of the sea, hoping that the journey of the day would go well, but it turned out to be useless, and he would still come.

Two never-before-seen ships approached him, and there was no way to avoid it. The one in front was fine, but the one in the back seemed to be able to smash the two thousand pana (Indian silver coins, weighing 3.5 grams) under his feet with a single touch. At first, the people on the boat only asked for directions, but after he kindly pointed them out, they turned around and turned around to catch up. It was then that Ananda saw the sails of the aliens, which were not sails at all, they were clouds.

"O Father of Morut, let your kindness patronize us.

Block us from the sun's rays.

May the heroes be merciful to us and benefit our horses,

May we have many sons and grandchildren, and be abundant and abundant.

O Loudra, you are the most exalted one who was born to glorify,

The strongest of the strong, the O Vajra wielder.

Bless us to the place of peace away from sorrow,

Blocks all damage attacks ......"

The shipowner, Anandabrah, prayed again and did not seem to see the alien ship getting closer and closer, and the thirty or so Shudras (4th caste) on the boat were paddling desperately, and the remaining Vaishyas (3rd caste) did not pray with Anandabrana, but drew their iron swords and prepared to fight the aliens hand-to-hand.

The ship's actions were clearly seen by the Mountain Ghost, and the captain Shen Yinshang had no choice but to ask people to shout 'Zhu Luo' while pointing to the north, and shouted a few times Seeing that the other party did not respond, he had to say: "Take a few pieces of silk." ”

Silk is an important commodity of trade, in addition to the general silk, practice, plain, silk, as well as nobles and even the palace with embroidery, splendor, practice, silk. After Shen Yinshang instructed, only a few silk horses were brought out of the cabin left and right. The silky color is bright, and the sunlight shines on it without ever being beautiful and luxurious.

"Silk!" A few Vaishyas, who were armed with swords and prepared to fight desperately, couldn't take their eyes off the silk, and as maritime merchants, they didn't know silk.

A few horses of silk in the other party's hands are better than the goods of their own ship, so what is there to resist? Anandabra's prayer ended quickly, and as he watched the dinghy getting closer, he even tidied up his somewhat embarrassed outfit.

"Julo?" Shen Yinshang, who boarded the ship, waved lightly at a few people, and then talked about Zhu Luo, pointing to the north.

Silk silk held the left and right hands, and only then did Ananda Brahma take a closer look at the aliens who boarded the ship: the skin was not very white, but the temperament was definitely Kshatriya (the second class of caste), there were his own servants, a beautiful sword hung from his waist, and his clothes were woven of silk, which was extremely gorgeous. It was just that Vaishyas habitually bent over and asked very carefully, "Venerable one, you are from Cina?" ”

India's communication with East Asia, in addition to the Southern Silk Road, is also derived from the Sogdian language, meaning Qin, or the state of Qin, as is the Persian word Cini, the Arabic word Thin (the Arabic pronunciation does not have Ch, so it is replaced by Th), and the Greek word Thinae.

Before setting off, the fleet had already figured out where Wuji had figured out that 'cyn' meant the Qin people, the Persian Cini, the Greek Thinae only referred to the Qin people, and the Cina, which had a similar pronunciation, should naturally also refer to the Qin people. Shen Yinshang shook his head, he pointed to himself, and said: "Chu 、......" A map of East Asia with only the state of Chu was unfolded by his entourage, and he pointed to the state of Chu in the map and said: "State of Chu." He pointed to a blank space in the northwest of Chu and said, "Cina." ”

"Chu State?" On the map, there is only one large Chu country, and the whole of India is drawn not far to the west of the Chu state, and the Indus River valley and the Ganges River basin are specially marked, as well as Sri Lanka.

When Ananda Bharata took a closer look at the state of Chu, Shen Yinshang pointed to India on the map and asked, "Zhuluo?" ”

"Julo?" Anandhara understood what he meant, and he pointed to the north of Sri Lanka and said, "Julo." Then he pointed to the continent to the west and said, "Julo." ”

"Kalinga?" There are many things that are easy to illustrate with a map, even if there is a language barrier. When Shen Yinshang asked Kalingka again, Ananda Bora pointed to the north of Zhuluo, which was Karlingka; To the south, Sri Lanka, he called it Sinhala (Sanskrit Simhalauipa, meaning lion trainer).

However, Shen Yinshang couldn't understand many of the next words, and Ananda Bora didn't speak all Sanskrit, but also some Zhuluo dialect. Ananda Boreak shook his head when his retinue unfolded a comparative dictionary of the Greek and Chu languages, he couldn't read Greek, but he began to mention one word constantly: Arakan Kulam.

Half an hour later, Shen Yinshang sent someone to the gluttony to restore his life. "The people of Bizhou say that the north is Julo, and the south is Arakan Kulan, or there are Greeks, and the rulers do not know whether to go north or south?"

"How many miles south?" The most effective communication tool is the Greek Chu language dictionary, and Lu Zhuo naturally hopes to have people who understand Greek.

The "...... to the South" fleet was marked only on the map, and did not indicate the mileage. The retinue pointed to a point between Sri Lanka and the Indian subcontinent, in the Pauk Strait, and said: "Arakan Kulan is here, or a large port. ”

India was not conquered and ruled by the Greeks, but Persia was different. Persia was the Seleucid Empire, and the rulers were the Greeks. If Arakan Kuram was a port, then those who knew Greek must have been Persian merchants. Whether to go to the Great Port of Arakan Kulan, or to Julo, and then to Kalinga. Lu Zhuo thought for a moment and asked Xiang Wugou: "What do you think?" ”

"I thought I was going south to Dagang. Where businessmen gather, there is a lot of information. "No hook is long." Besides, I will only wait for a few days to go north, and the south will be a tailwind, not far, or two or three days. It is not too late to go south and then to the north, so that the situation in India is known. ”

The last sentence of Wu Gou Chang touched Lu Zhuo, and he came in a hurry, and he didn't know what was going on in India except for what he didn't want to say. If Arakan Kuram is a big port, it is natural to be able to inquire about a lot of news. And the location of this port......

The Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka are separated by a strait. As if reluctantly, the mainland stretched out her right arm to Sri Lanka, as if to caress the island, far from the mainland. Arakan Kuram is in the armpit. It is indeed a sheltered harbor, with Sri Lanka in the east, arms in the south, the mainland in the west, and only in the northeast, and there is an exit of more than 50 kilometers between the mainland and Sri Lanka.

The decision to make the Gluttony soon reached the Indian ship, and Shen Yinshang motioned for Ananda Brahma to head south for Arakan Kulam. Anandabrah's eyes were fixed on the silk he was holding at his side. Shen Yinshang understood what he meant, and after smiling, he didn't give him all the aya, but only took two of them.

"Please come in and talk." The same sea vessels, Indian ships emit a foul smell and are filled with worthless clay pots. Shen Yinshang didn't have any interest in this, and only asked Ananda Bora to go to the mountain ghost to talk about it. Already understanding that this was Ananda Bhara from the Eastern Silk Country, he did not refuse, he prayed a few times and thanked Brahma and followed Shen Yinshang into the boat.

The Mountain Ghost turned, and the Gluttony followed, and as soon as the sails on the crossbar were deployed, even if they were going against the current, the speed was much faster than the previous upwind and downstream. Walking and walking, the Indian ship was left behind. Ananda Brahlo was not in a hurry about this, the Vaishyas on the ship were his men, and he preferred to be in the silk business rather than the clay pot business, which could not make much money. All he was thinking about now was how he could borrow more money in the port of Arakan Kuram to buy his next batch of silk.

Arakan Kulam is a port, and it is an international port. Persian merchant ships traveled south along the west coast of India, where they generally did not travel north along the east coast. Because the northward movement was mainly the sphere of influence of Zhuluo, from the Kalinga to the Ganges River valley, the entire east coast was mostly Zhuluo's merchant ships.

Chulo did not belong entirely to the Mauryan Empire of India, but was located south of the Kaling Jarmas, and the city of Fahrenheit (the capital of the Mauryan Empire) was only a kind of feudal administration. After the destruction of Kalinga more than twenty years ago, maritime trade on the east coast of India was monopolized by Cholo. However, at this time, Zhu Luo was still very weak, and it was not until a few hundred years later that East Asia became familiar with her name: Zhu Luo, or Zhu Yuan.

Of course, Lu Zhuo did not know where this Zhuluo was and what it would be like in the future, but he hoped to find people who knew Greek in Arakan Kuram and ask them about the news of his journey north to India. After meeting with the Indian king and establishing a trade alliance with him, he was halfway through his mission. Lu Zhuo was like this, but the city commander and the group of businessmen around him could not hide their excitement. They were finally able to see the goods of the foreign country in a foreign port, which was a big event that had never happened before.

In anticipation of everyone, the lookout of the Mountain Ghost, who entered the Pauk Strait three days later, finally saw houses and farmers on land for the first time, and the next afternoon, Arakan Kulan finally appeared in front of everyone.

It was a long castle with a circumference of about 30 li, and it had walls, but it was more of a courtyard wall than a wall. On the other hand, the houses in the city are quite exquisite, and the side by the harbour is dominated by two- and three-story buildings. In the distance of the building was a row of wooden trestle bridges, where nearly a hundred Indian merchant ships not much different from Ananda Bora were parked, and some swarthy Lifu were unloading their goods naked, and they unloaded them in a peculiar way, not on their shoulders, but on top of their heads.

"Arakan Kulan!" Ananda said loudly as he pointed to the harbor, and then spoke in Sanskrit, which no one could understand.

Two large merchant ships that no one had ever seen sailed into the harbor, the Lifu on the trestle, the Vaishyas on the dock, and the Kshatriya in the building were not only surprised on their faces, but also a little panicked, and no one knew the intention of these two merchant ships. While the warning was being raised from the shore, the small navy guarding the harbor immediately paddled out to sea as a precautionary measure.

The Commander was worried that their warship would collide, but when he lifted the Lu Lijing, he was relieved to see that the warship here was the same as the old big wings that could not be rammed, and the battle relied on hand-to-hand combat with soldiers.