Chapter 251: Hunting on the Western Coastal Land......
At this banquet in the palace of Shiraz, everyone also drank some fruit wine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the teachings of Isis and Lan, devout believers among the Hui are not allowed to drink alcohol.
Before the emergence of Islam and Lanism, the Hui people were addicted to alcohol, and they loved to drink to an unbelievable degree, and in their language, there were more than 100 names for wine.
In their previous poems, wine, women, and music were the eternal themes of life.
It was not until after the emergence of their religion that the prohibition of alcohol began, but there was also a process for this prohibition of alcohol.
At first, their religious leaders explained to the people that alcohol was harmful and beneficial, but it did more harm than good.
Later, people were forbidden to pray while drunk, and finally, alcohol was banned.
Their Qur'an clearly says: "O you who believe! Drinking, gambling, worshipping images, asking for lots, is only an act of filth, but it is an act of the devil, so stay away so that you may succeed.
Will you abstain from drinking and gambling if the devil wishes you to hate one another because of drinking and gambling, and prevents you from remembering Allah and keeping prayers? ”
However, they are not so extreme as to prohibit others in their territory from drinking...... Moreover, there are some areas where believers may not be so religious, and fruit wine is still allowed.
There are even believers who also like to beg for liquor...... Because there is no mention in their teachings that fruit wine can also be turned into a high wine.
The same is true of tobacco, which has been accepted by some of the upper classes in Cairo and has become a new trend in the consumption of tobacco from the upper classes...... There is really no mention of it in the teachings of their faith.
Even the nobles of the Mamluk dynasty believed that smoking it would make the warriors more heroic in battle!
Island nations such as the Tier-Ba Country, which had left the mother land of Islam 200 years ago, were able to keep in mind and abide by the basic requirements.
So, that night, all the people in the palace of Shiraz drank heartily.
When the king of Shiraz left, he gave the two young captains two tusks three meters long, each weighing more than 100 kilograms, which were impressive enough in terms of size alone, and were carried by six shirtless men.
After Wang Zheng and Xiao Er returned to their ship, they announced that the first-level alert would be lifted and the normal level of third-level alert would be restored.
They admired two elephant tusks in the conference room that they had never seen before...... They have already decided in their hearts that these two are gifts from the Lord's house!
But as if that wasn't enough...... Besides, are they the biggest?!
The faces of the two men turned red with drink, and they scrambled to take the hunting team to hunt on the western continent across the sea...... In the end, the two decided that the family would take turns for seven days until the northeast wind blew in December.
When they communicated with those Great Song merchants earlier, they also got an important message...... When the northeast wind blows in December every year, they can start directly from the country of Layer, and the journey will be smooth, and they can go directly to Guli Port on the southwest coast of the Tianzhu area, or Xilan Island in the Tianzhu area, which is far less than the route along the mainland to the north and then to the east, which saves a lot of distance and time!
There are many unnamed islands along the route, some of which have fresh water and wild fruits on them, which can be used as supplies.
After Wang Zheng and Xiao Er heard this information, they carefully studied the nautical chart given to them by Zhang Daozhu.
They have fully believed in the knowledge given to them by Bishop Zhang Dao, the earth below them is round, and they are in the southern hemisphere...... But that route, their island master Zhang didn't mark it!
They could have returned safely according to their original routes, and they didn't have to take this risk......
But at that time, Xiao Er said happily: "Island Master Zhang sent us out to let us explore the way, so this adventure is worth it." ”
Wang Zheng recalled the explanation given by the island master Zhang when they set off, and indeed encouraged them to explore more...... Well, he agreed with Xiao Er's opinion, and waited for the northeast wind to pick up in December, and then they set off!
In this way, they can have nearly twenty days to be promoted at this level...... In twenty days, they can complete a lot of layouts.
After these few days of understanding, they basically understand the historical changes in this area.
More than 200 years ago, Hassan ibn Ali, the prince of Shiraz in Islam, Islamized, took his six sons to the west coast of what is now the kingdom of Shiraz.
They were in a very difficult situation when they first arrived along the coast, when there were few inhabitants and they were in the stage of primitive society.
At that time, the Ali family exchanged a large amount of Persian cloth for a foothold.
He also had his children and grandchildren marry the daughters of the local indigenous chiefs and their daughters to bond their bonds.
Over several generations, the Ali family relied on their intellectual and cultural superiority to gradually unify the mainland coastal islands and mainland coastal lowlands from Lamu Island in the north, which is later Kenya, to the island of Comoros in the south.
With Kirwa as their capital, they established the Şangi Empire, which at that time was an important part of the empire on the island where the kingdom was located, and was administered by an important branch of the Ali family.
At that time, the entire Sangye Empire was mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishing, but commerce was already quite active.
The previous Samgei empire itself did not yet have an advanced shipbuilding industry, and the tonnage of self-built ships was limited.
Some Hui merchants monopolized their commercial transportation by virtue of their large tonnage and ocean-going sailing vessels.
At that time, the Zangi Empire exported ivory, gold, and some spices, and also sold black slaves from other regions.
They imported silk and porcelain from the East; Buy all kinds of weapons from the Uighurs.
They were so fond of porcelain from the East that they refused to throw away even broken porcelain, inlaying them on walls and pillars.
But there was an internal split in the relatively large Sangqi Empire...... The important members of the Ali family were seriously conflicted by some disagreements, and the empire was divided into six parts, and the descendants of the six sons of the previous prince Hassan ibn Ali founded six states.
But on the surface, they all claimed to be under the leadership of the Sangge Empire, but they didn't interfere with each other, and there were occasional contradictions.
The kingdom of Tierra is one of the six kingdoms
The Persian Shiraz Empire brought a lot of suffering to the local blacks, but objectively it also brought new technologies and new processes to promote the development of the coastal continent.
For example, the country of Tieba has developed from an island originally inhabited by some indigenous people to a distribution center for certain commodities.
Every year in December, January and February, merchants from all over the world gather here to exchange the goods they need for each other, and even attract merchants from the Great Song Dynasty to stay on the island.
The original Shiraz people have been fused with the locals for more than 200 years, but with the glory of the so-called Sangji Empire, they still call themselves Shiraz people.
Wang Zheng smiled and said to Xiao Er: "They are so anxious to ask for our merchant ships, is their intention not only to engage in commerce? ”
Xiao Er said happily: "Whatever! After agreeing to our conditions, I think we can build a ship repair yard here......"
Of course, such things were trivial, and they had already negotiated with the minister of the king of Shiraz that as long as they had their own land, they could build anything.
At that time, they were most concerned about how to hunt more prey on the continent on the western coast. (To be continued.) )