Wen Nan welcomed Hong Tao's approach with both hands and feet, and he even took the initiative to ask to stay in Kabalan as the first headmaster, and it was their lifelong pursuit to spread the teachings of the saints to overseas barbarian countries. If one of his students went to the Great Song Dynasty to take the exam a few decades later, he would immediately be famous for eternity, and he would inevitably be in the history books. It's a pity that Hong Tao didn't give him this opportunity, and only promised his colleague that he could be transferred to work, and he still honestly stayed by his side to write a biography and be a secretary.

The three hundred Mamluk cavalry Hong Tao took only one hundred and fifteen, because the ship really could not fit it, it was easy to handle people, and there was no place to place the horses. In desperation, the remaining 150 cavalry were all cheaply given to Prince Taba. In fact, he can't afford it, but Hong Tao gave him a note, and then he can afford it, that is, collecting taxes! It can't be called tax collection, Hong Tao said it's called management fees. Every merchant who came here to do business did not pay any tax, but paid a small sum of money to the government of Port Cabalan, that is, Prince Taba. What is this money for? Of course, it is taken from the people and for the people. After receiving the money, Prince Taba was responsible for the safety, hygiene, and order of the market and the port. Therefore, everyone's money is not in vain, which is equivalent to spending money to hire a waiter and bodyguard.

Collecting money, of course Prince Taba was happy, but he didn't dare to accept it, especially from the two major forces here, one side was the Great Song merchant, and the other was the Great Food Merchant, and it gave him a headache to take out any one. But this was before, and now that Hong Tao said that he could accept it, he immediately dared to accept it. Who is the biggest in Cabaran? It's not a Great Song merchant, it's not a big cannibal, and it's not Prince Taba. It is the double chairman of Jinhe Company and Strait Company. He said it was done. Then this thing must be done, and if it is not done, it must be done! Whoever dares to object, Prince Taba dares to do it! Although he doesn't have any troops in his hands, his son-in-law Bo Jiao does. The more than 100 Mamluk cavalry were nominally his, but the management was in the hands of Bojiao, and with a fully equipped Zhenzhou ship, Prince Taba felt that he could take another step towards the title of king.

As the saying goes, good fortune and bad fortune do not go alone, and the fleet has just entered the Strait of Malacca. Before reaching the east side of Phuket, the Guangzhou came out, and Hong Tao knew that something was wrong without looking at their flags. Because the hull of the Canton is black and white, as if it has just experienced a fire.

"Uncle, we have been ambushed! The port of Malacca is also lost, they have too many ships, I can't beat them! "When Boyu climbed the flagship, he spoke with a crying voice, and a white cloth was wrapped around his head. There are blood marks in it. When he really saw Hong Tao, tears fell. Very aggrieved.

"How old are you still crying? No sailor wants to follow a crying captain, and you don't plan to go to sea in the future? If you want, take back the tears for me, and I'll count to three! When Hong Tao heard Boyu's words, his heart was steady. Just now he thought that Jinhewan had been copied, as long as his hometown was fine, other places would be lost, and there would be a future if people didn't die.

"......" Bo Yu glanced at Weng Ya's contemptuous expression, and then looked at the smiling faces of the sailors around him, and felt that he seemed to be a little too cowardly, so he blinked vigorously and held back the cry, but the tears did not stop, and they were still falling.

"Come in and talk slowly!" Hong Tao just thought he didn't cry, if the teenage children were put into the future generations and still carried their schoolbags to junior high school, even if the children of poor families were in charge early, the habits of those children in their bodies could not be completely removed.

Didn't Boyu escort the two merchant ships out of Cabalan Port first, and the journey was quite smooth, and soon got into the Strait of Malacca. But instead of going directly to the port of Malacca, he ran to the port of Penang and docked at it first. Why? It was the first time he led a fleet alone, and he was not only the captain of the ship, but also the commander of the fleet, with the commander's flag hanging on the mast. This kind of glory is usually not available to him, but finally once, he was not so suffocated in front of more people that he was suffocated.

That's a big deal! If he rushes to the port of Malacca, and he doesn't have the thief's eyes of Hong Tao, he is likely to fall into someone else's trap directly, because now the port of Malacca has been occupied by others, and even the king of Malacca has been killed. As soon as he heard that the port of Malacca was occupied by someone else, Boyu immediately became angry, so he single-handedly led the Guangzhou to rush over overnight, intending to recapture the port with a grenade. The result...... This stunned boy really has a big life, because it was a night battle, the other party was caught off guard, and he was not very used to it, so he killed a back and forth, but in the end he didn't surround him and let him run. However, he didn't take any advantage, the port didn't get close to the past, and the Guangzhou was hit by several fireships, if it weren't for the fact that the shell of the Guangzhou was beyond the thickness that people imagined at the time, it is estimated that it would have become a big torch long ago, and the grenade on it exploded again, and a few people could not survive.

"Uncle, am I particularly ashamed......" Bo Yu finished talking about the general experience of the matter, and was still struggling with his image.

"It's not a shame to be ashamed, I just wonder, who has such a great ability to take down the port of Malacca, and even the king hasn't run away, do you know the ships that fought against you?" Hong Tao didn't care about comforting Moyu now, as a fleet commander, the little guy had to be punished, because he had violated many rules of the fleet, not only himself was wounded, the battleship was injured, but also several sailors were killed and wounded. If every captain is as reckless as he is, his fleet will never be strong, and it will sink quickly. But now this is not the main problem, the main question is who is the attacker? It is said that this area should be the territory of the Srivijaya, that is, the kingdom of Sri Buddha, and the western state of Zhulin has already let itself run away, half of the country has been burned down, and there is no time to run over to attack Malacca, can it be said that there are other big countries nearby? Or the Siamese people from the north?

"It's a bit like a big cannibal galley, but it's very small, with a wooden frame on the side, and it's like Cixi's side-frame boat, but it's big, about ten meters long. In addition, there are several large ships parked in the harbor, and I look like a sea ship of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is far away from dark and I can't see clearly. The king here said that they are from East Java, uncle, where is this East Java? As he spoke, Bo Yu picked up the pen on the table, drew a schematic diagram for Hong Tao, and told the rumors he had heard.

"Great cannibal! Sideframe boats? Song boat! East Java? …… It's not next to each other, huh? You go to the king here first, ask him for someone who understands, come and explain it to me" Hong Tao has never seen this type of ship painted by Moyu, and he can't figure out why there are ships from the Song Dynasty in the port of Malacca. Besides, it's still far from Java, why are they running here? Hong Tao has always been cautious about things he doesn't understand, even if his fleet is not afraid of those rabble, he has to understand why. The recovery of the port of Malacca is a must, but there is no rush for a while.

For the whole day, Hong Tao's flagship was full of people, including the envoy of the little king on the other side of the port of Penang, and the maritime merchants on two merchant ships, all running over and crying. The former sued for the murder of his cousin and the occupation of the country, hoping that the fleet of the Straits Company would help him out; The latter was worried that he would not be able to go back to Da Song, so he came to listen to the news. From their mouths, Hong Tao probably understood who attacked the port of Malacca, it was indeed Javanese, to be precise, East Java, or New Hasali, which is also an Islamic country.

This new Khasari country has always been at war with the Sriwijaya state, and in the past, the Sriwijaya state had the advantage, but since the Zhulin country also invaded the Strait of Malacca from the west, the Sriwijaya state has been a little unable to take care of it. Fighting on two fronts, suffering from the enemy on the back of the belly, coupled with the fact that the various vassal states that were originally a little loose were not very strong, they were gradually overwhelmed by East Java, and they had driven all the forces of Sriwijaya out of Java, and took the opportunity to invade Sumatra, the main territory of Srivijaya State, forcing Sriwijaya to move its capital from Palembang to Jambi, and the southern region had been lost.

However, for the first time, the army of East Java had never been in the Strait of Malacca. The only explanation is that the port of Malacca has developed so rapidly in the past two years, and has become a nearby trade hub, which has aroused the coveting of East Java.

Is this the reason? No one knows, but it's not very reasonable to say that, even if the port of Malacca is small, it is also the territory of the Sriviya country, and it has been more than ten days since it was attacked, and the Sriwijaya country has not even appeared in a single figure.

You said you didn't see it, that's impossible, everyone is separated by a strait, they haven't seen it for a day or two, the city has been destroyed here, the offensive and defensive battle has been going on for three days and three nights, and the fire on the pier can not be seen on the other side of the strait?

You say you don't have soldiers, that's even more impossible. If you can't even send such a few troops, then what kind of war will you fight with the country of East Java, and everyone will save trouble if you surrender directly. To put it more ugly, once the port of Malacca is lost, the Srivijaya Kingdom will be attacked on three sides, and even the most stupid king should know what this situation means.

There is another incident here, which makes Hong Tao even more puzzled, that is, two local fishermen who escaped from the port of Malacca reported to the king of the port of Penang that it was not only the East Javanese who attacked the port of Malacca, but also the Song people and the big cannibals! The first big ship to dock at the port of Malacca was the Song people. It was precisely because of these Song people's sea ships that the port of Malacca was not on guard, but as soon as nightfall, many troops got off the ships and directly occupied the port, and the East Javanese soldiers who landed on those small boats were followed one after another. (To be continued.) )