Outside the Bay of Bangla. A small boat was sailing slowly. There were three men on board, a rowing sailor, a second lieutenant officer, and a captain officer, Jing Men, who was lying on the bow of the ship and using a telescope to see what he could see.

"These damn Mengla, they don't even have a defensive line." Jingmen looked at the coastline and said. He didn't see any shore fortifications on the coastline at all, such as artillery positions, infantry camps, etc., none of these at all.

"Sir, can we just attack?" The second lieutenant on the side asked.

"No, we still need to wait, we need artillery, we don't have artillery support, if the other party rushes over a large number of people at once, although we can resist for a while, but there are too many of them, there is the sea behind us, we will have the possibility of being driven into the sea, damn the merchants of Chu State, they didn't hold on, if there can be a good bridgehead, it's easy to say." Jingmen put down the binoculars in his hand and rubbed his eyes and said.

"Sir, we'd better wait for support at the moment, we can do bigger things with artillery support." The second lieutenant said, looking at the coast of Bangla in the distance.

"Hmm. Wait, our people need to recover, and only when we regain our strength can we act, but these Menglaites are really bold, they don't even do fortifications, and there is not even a single person on the shore. Don't really know what they're doing? Jingmen looked at the Mengla coast in the distance and said.

In fact, the Menglas did not build any fortifications, in their opinion, everything they did was an accident, an unexpected attack on the trade area of the Koreans, and at the same time an unexpected attack on the trade area of the Chu people, their original intention was to scare the Koreans and the Chu people, as a result, their army actually attacked two trade areas, which greatly surprised them, in addition to these, there are more things that are that after the attack, they chose to dodge, rather than actively defend, they themselves know very well, the Chu peopleThe Koreans all have artillery, they can bombard their coastline back and forth, they can't hold it at all, and no one wants to defend it. A lot of people are here to take advantage, they don't want to fight at all, that's something that all of them know.

On Tolan Island. Huang Ma is meeting a special guest.

"What you're doing is going so far, you're going to let us put out the fire, is that possible?" Huang Jian was extremely annoyed and said to a Mengla envoy.

The messenger's name is Aro. The whole is too long, I can't remember it at all, and I can only remember the simplified name, which is a common problem among the people of Chu and all the Central Plains countries.

"We are very sorry for such a thing, everything was accidental, accidental, we just made you feel a little bit of pressure, and there was not too much malice. Really, my friend, please believe in our sincerity. Arrow said with his hands folded in apology.

"I'm sorry. An apology can't solve the problem at all, we are already very angry in the country, and the army is coming. Tell them, we can't do that. Huang Jian said angrily. But everything in the yellow room is pretended. In fact, the losses of the Chu people were much smaller than those of the Koreans, and the Chu people were all merchants, and they were not willing to give up such trade opportunities, and they wanted to continue to trade, because it would be more beneficial to them.

"We know this very well, our king has accused our officers fiercely, and they already know that they are wrong. We can give you a certain amount of compensation. Land we can expand. We will not harass your trade zone. But hopefully you will continue to provide us with enough arms, after all, we need those things. Arrow said.

"Oh. Unlikely, we have already lost a lot. If we do business with you, who knows if we will have a safe life, if we don't have a life, wealth for us, we don't need it, this is what we need at the moment. Huang Jian said.

"This. I think, my friend, it's not very good to do that, peace is a very friendly thing for us, and it's good for us. Arrow still persuaded.

"We also want peace, but how to guarantee our peace, we need garrisons, and we need a larger trade area, and you need to provide a certain amount of indemnity, so that we can recruit more soldiers to protect ourselves, otherwise, there will be no peace between us." Huang Jian briefly explained his peace conditions, garrisoning troops, expanding the area of control, and at the same time requiring the other side to provide compensation money to recruit locals as soldiers to protect their safety.

"This, we need to think about it, we can only provide a certain amount of compensation, and we are unlikely to agree to such a thing as the garrison." Arrow shook his head.

"It's already our bottom line. If you can't, there's nothing you can do. Huang Jian shook his head and said. This is the first contact between the two sides, but both sides have their own bottom lines. The Meng-Lahs knew that they could not afford to provoke the Chu people, and the Chu people did not want to expand further, and for the Koreans, they seemed to prefer the intensification of the contradictions, so that a greater war would break out, and in the war, they would gain greater benefits.

West Coast of India. Today's Mumbai area, however, is not a big city port.

"Right here, there are a couple of small islands, and it seems to be a good port, and it would be very advantageous to build a city here, especially a city harbor for trade." Song Ge said with a telescope.

"Sir, there are some villages on the shore. Are we going on the offensive and attacking them? First mate Archie asked.

"No, no, let's not attack, try to be as good as possible with them, we don't know anything when we come here, we don't want to be driven out by the other party like last time." Song Ge said. The last time the Changge anchored in the area, because his subordinates did things too absolutely, which directly caused them a lot of losses, their supplies were not replenished, and there was still a lot of fresh water, but his men killed the locals. The locals banded together to launch a rapid counterattack, fortunately they were very alert, and their firearms were sharp, after fighting each other, they immediately left the battle, they came here to explore, to do business, the fight was not what they expected, after all, firearms cost a lot of money.

"Yes, Captain, I see. I'll take control of my men. Archie said.

"Hmm. It's good that we need to know everything about the local area, and it's very beneficial for us to know these places so we can do more. Song Ge said.

In fact, Song Ge didn't know if the locals were friendly, just like last time, they would definitely be attacked, and the locals were not necessarily friendly, there were also hostile and angry towards them, for this, he knew to break away from the area, after all, he was not here to fight.

Soon the Changge released the boat and landed, and after waiting for a long time, good news came from the shore, and the locals seemed to be very interested in them from the sea, and expressed a warm welcome, so Song Ge let the Changge approach.

"Who are they? What is this place called? Immediately after he landed, Song Ge asked Archie this question.

"I'm sorry, sir, their language is very difficult to understand, the language we know has no effect on them, it seems to be another language, they keep calling Mahalla or something. The language was too long for me to understand. Archie shook his head and said helplessly.

"Okay, that's all." Song Ge said helplessly. Along the way, there are many such cases, they have been naming regions according to the local people's names, such names have local characteristics, but the language barrier is still a big problem, they can only judge according to the other party's expressions, gestures, or joy and anger.

"Captain, what is this place called?" First mate Archie asked.

"Let's call it Mahalla. It's simpler, if it's too long, we can't call it at all, we can only use such a name. Song Ge said.

"Mahalla. The name is a bit hard to understand. Archie said. He thought it was very ugly for such a name. When there is no way, the locals say this, and their language is not understood at all, India is still not completely unified, or the real sense of unity, although the Mauryan Empire came to India for the first time, but there are still many problems, such as language, and the army, the local people still rely on the city-state lord to maintain local order, the Mauryan Dynasty encountered a big problem in the north, the Yueshi people continue to harass and go south, resulting in lower and lower control here, such as Mengla is such an example. But the Central Plains countries didn't know this at all, because they had just learned about this place, and what they did was already what they had done hundreds of years later.

"Do you have any specialties here?" Song Ge then asked. Song Ge needed to record and write it down, and if he didn't, it would be impossible to tell what kind of places they had been, and the authorities needed it too much.

"Yes, that's it." As he spoke, Archie took two pieces of cloth.

"It's cotton, they say so, it's very comfortable to wear, and this hemp is also light, and it's very hot here, so it's a great benefit to us." Archie said.

"Oh." Song Ge just looked at it, and then recorded it. He didn't seem interested in anything like that, because he felt it was too ordinary.