When the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty saw Wang Zheng and Xiao Er's fleet, they were like seeing relatives, and they chatted while drinking and crying at the banquet that entertained them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of them were one of the supervisors arranged by the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to buy cloves, precious metals, and goods such as ivory, rhinoceros horn, and antelope horn here.

They have been living in this country for more than four years, and most of them have succeeded the previous director.

These people will probably wait four to eight years before they will have the opportunity to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and then someone else will replace them.

After listening to their explanations, Wang Zheng and Xiao Er sincerely admired their Zhang Island master for being well-informed------ those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty seemed to be unwilling for others to know about this place, many merchants who had been in business for a long time did not know that there were still business opportunities in such a distant place, and there would be merchants of the Great Song Dynasty in their activities!

Those Great Song businessmen said proudly: "This place is different from the ordinary------ as long as you manage it with a little care, nothing is not more than thirty times the profit!" ”

The country is made up of more than 20 nearby islands, with northeasterly winds blowing from December to March and southeasterly winds from May to October.

The "long rainy season" is from March to May, and the "short rainy season" is from October to December.

There are large tracts of fertile land and a good climate, and lilacs and coconut palms can be seen.

The local aborigines are also good at growing rice and taro, and they produce a lot of ------ trees every year, and there are also various kinds of fruits in the woods, all of which are delicious and delicious, and there are many sea fish in the sea.

Every year during the rainy season, a large number of merchants of all sizes come to the island to sell all kinds of goods, and if you are extremely lucky, you can exchange a few porcelain bowls for dozens of rhinoceros horns, which is hundreds of times the profit!

But for some reason, the traders among the black people are becoming more and more savvy, and the number of people they can exchange is getting less and less, God knows where else they can get porcelain------ Wang Zheng and Xiao Er glanced at each other, this may be related to their own trade.

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er had seen the dwellings on this island beforehand------ it was easy to distinguish between different races.

The buildings of the local Hui people are stone houses with the style of Isis and Lan, and the local black people are made of a mix of tree branches, palm leaves, and coconut leaves.

In the western highlands of the island, there is a relatively neat stone house------ where the palace of the Duchy of Shiraz, founded by the early Hui people who came to the island, and the armed forces they saw when they came ashore were their army.

Wang Zheng heard them mention the army, and laughed, oh my God, that's also called the army?!

Dozens of small, black men with open breasts, wrapped in sackcloth, and carrying spears, they can also be called soldiers?!

The tip of the spear was still tied to the club, and it looked uncertain if it would fall off in battle.

They don't even have a waist knife!

Those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty hurriedly said that the elites of the Duchy of Shiraz were stationed around the western palace, and they were all shrewd and capable, with sharp knives and guns, and they were very skilled------ they had defeated the pirates who came to the island to rob!

At that time, there were only two or three hundred of them, but there were thousands of pirates who landed on the island!

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er praised with a smile and said, not bad, not bad.

Although the houses of these Great Song merchants can only be built using local building materials according to local conditions, it can be clearly seen that there are characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty, and the living rooms they built are decent, with beams and pillars one by one, and the wood is all high-quality ebony!

It's just that the four walls are all open, like a square pavilion------ and the breeze blows in from all directions, so it's very cool in this season.

The wine that everyone eats is self-brewed fruit wine, which is sweet and sour, and not very intoxicating.

After eating for a while, the two young men couldn't sit still, and under the leadership of the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, they went to the beach and walked around.

The beaches here are different from the beaches at the mouth of the Badao River, they are all white silver sand------ with the emerald green seaside mangroves on the shore, and the coconut trees dancing in the sea breeze, but similar to the scenery of the Yazhou area of Naqiongzhou.

At this time, some black fishermen were fishing in canoes.

A merchant of the Great Song Dynasty said with a smile: "The blacks here are not good at fishing with nets, they only like to fish ------."

Other traders added that where the water was murky, the black fishermen tied a stone to bark rope under the canoe and stopped fishing if they felt they hit the reef on the way.

"Oh, they fish so much that they can get it in one day?!"

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er raised their binoculars at the same time and looked at the dozens of canoes on the sea in the distance, which were rising and falling in the waves.

A black fisherman seemed to have caught a big fish suddenly, and while he was tugging on the tight fishing rope, he turned back and shouted something, when a wave came, and his canoe suddenly flipped over and buckled.

Xiao Er sighed: "Fishing at sea is already not easy------ it's all over at once!" ”

Wang Zheng sneered and said, "They are a bunch of fools, why is it difficult to weave a fishing net??" ”

At this time, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty also set up a pergola and were watching.

A merchant of the Great Song Dynasty replied: "The two leaders don't know anything, those black people can also weave nets, but they don't know how to keep it for a long time------ they have worked hard for two days, but they don't need it a few times, and it is not cost-effective." ”

Another said, "They don't need much, but they don't have enough food for the whole family for a day, so they don't fish much, so fishing is also suitable!" ”

Wang Zheng still sneered and said, "What a fool! Whether it is dried or salted, it can be well preserved, and if there is more, it can be sold, and it is not impossible to make a fortune! ”

The Great Song merchants looked at each other, and then nodded in unison.

Natives are natives, where will they care about tomorrow's life!

Xiao Er didn't speak, but at this time he suddenly shouted excitedly: "Look, how dexterous they are!" ”

The black fisherman who had buckled it soon peeked out of the sea, as if he had not loosened the rope in his hand------ several fishermen around him quickly jumped off their canoes and swam towards the canoe that was fastened on the sea.

A few others went to help the man with the rope------ it seems that the fish is really not small.

Those people were up and down on the sea, wandering and busy.

Wang Zheng sneered at this time and said, "So stupid, what is there to see?!" ”

With that, he turned to leave.

At this time, several heavily armed soldiers approached them not far away, and the person at the head was wearing a half-body leather armor that exposed his belly.

The Great Song merchant whispered, "They are the elite men of the Principality of Shiraz!" ”

Hmph, Wang Zheng's hand quietly grasped his short fire gun and skillfully opened the insurance.

At this time, Xiao Er was still watching those black fishermen.

They were working together to deal with the big fish, swimming to a halt and then quickly handing the rope back to the man who had re-boarded the canoe.

Hehe, that's right, how can a person be an opponent of a sea fish in the sea?!

After a while, the fish of the sea may not be able to drag the canoe after all, and soon became the trophy of the fishermen!

When the big fish was dragged onto the canoe, its weight almost overturned the canoe again!

Such a big sea fish, it should be hundreds of catties-------

Xiao Er saw it in the monoculars, and the black fishermen were laughing, and their teeth were quite white.

These blacks are the seedlings of good sailors!

Wang Zheng kept looking at the few people who were walking towards them, and he called out softly, "Little Second Captain, someone is coming." ”

The second captain immediately put down the monoculars, turned his head to look over, and when he saw it, he also quietly held the short firecracker.

The soldier in half-leather armor came to them with his men. (To be continued.) )