Chapter 299: The Tale of Tianzhu Trade (2)
Captain Wang Zheng did have a prestige in the Bo Ni Country region, and during the period when they exchanged for dragon incense brains, two Song merchants came to visit, and made an appointment to accompany them when they returned. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
There are too many pirates in this plane, and they have become a huge obstacle in the maritime trade.
They simply admired the combat effectiveness of the captains of Wang Zheng.
During the feast, they promised to help Wang Zheng and them buy dragon brain.
Longxiang Brain was known as Rui Brain in the upper class society of the Great Song Dynasty...... Aunt Li Qingzhao, the goddess of poetry, wrote: The mist is thick and the clouds are sad for eternity, and the brain sells the golden beast.
As long as this is shipped back to Da Song, it is definitely easy to sell, and even a quiet perfume business needs this ingredient.
Therefore, this kind of help from the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty can be regarded as a huge concession, as long as their safety can be guaranteed.
Captain Wang Zheng appreciated this kind of refuge of the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and was a little proud.
The second vice captain said, "Don't kill too many people!" The main family won't do this anymore!! ā
At that time, Captain Wang Zheng replied disapprerovingly, saying, "If we don't kill these people, we will be so respected in Bomud City?!" The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty have taken the initiative to make profits, and after I go back, the master will definitely praise me for my ability. ā
The conversations between the two were written into their travel diaries.
Their dispute over this made Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, decide to talk to Wang Zheng properly.
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, said at this time: "Killing people is not the best way...... Think about it, is there a better way? ā
Wang Zheng looked at his master and said, "I can't think of ......"
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, said: "You can hand them all over to the king of the Bo Ni country to deal with, so that the king of the Bo Ni country will have more face, and second, they will not let go of the pirates......
"But, Master Zhang's family, the king of the Boni Kingdom respected us very much at that time. I didn't despise the name of the island because I hadn't heard of it......"
The Bo Ni Kingdom had close contacts with the Great Song Dynasty, and sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty twice in the second year of the Song Taiping Xingguo (977) and the fifth year of the Song Yuanfeng (1082), and its king had always had the desire to go to the Great Song Dynasty to live in person, but it never happened.
In fact, his successor fulfilled this wish in his place, and about in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405), the king of Boni, Manajaka, came to live in the Ming Dynasty with his family and courtiers, and Yongle died of illness in the sixth year. The Ming Dynasty was buried outside the Ande Gate in Nanjing.
Therefore, it is normal for the king of the Bo Ni Kingdom to treat the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty well...... But Wang Zheng thinks that his killing is the reason why people respect him, hey, this education still has to take the trouble to change him.
Once again, they were attacked by pirates in the Shiran Islands.
At this time, the area was also unstable.
About 2,500 years ago, Aryans from North India immigrated to the island of Shilan and founded the Sinhalese dynasty, and later Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty of India sent his son to the island to promote Buddhism, which was welcomed by the local kings. From then on, the Sinhalese people rejected Brahmanism and converted to Buddhism.
Later, the Tamils of South India also began to migrate and settle on the island of Shilan, and they formed the Tamil Zhuran dynasty in the northeast of the island, and due to the religious beliefs of the two countries, the Sinhalese kingdom and the Tamil Zhuran kingdom were constantly fighting, and still at war from time to time.
This time it was unlucky, Captain Wang Zheng and his fleet were forced to get involved in the war between the two sides.
The two countries of them fought not only on land, but also on the sea. Of course, the level of their naval battles was all at the level of a canoe. The largest is a two-masted ship.
Moreover, they still fought in the form of pirates, specializing in attacking the opponent's maritime trade.
But then again, at this time, in some of the lower civilizations, the roles of maritime merchants and pirates will be reversed.
When the pirates swarm and attack. They were also met with an unexpected response...... Captain Wang Zheng and his team members had already exercised before, and the intensity of the blow was even greater, and even the sailors spontaneously threw harpoons at them, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.
In the end, it became a chase again, and they captured many more prisoners.
Captain Wang Zheng was very proud. When they brought these captives to the Lion City, the capital of the Sinhalese Kingdom, he wanted to deal with them according to the original method, and the second deputy captain had an explanation.
"You see," he said, "most of these pirates were of short stature, with a darker complexion, small, flat noses, thick lips, and dark, thick, curly hair. They are all Chinese people......"
Captain Wang Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't care where they are, attacking us and others is looking for death...... You said that most of the countries along the way, even if they were only a few miles away, were executed when they caught pirates......"
The second deputy captain was speechless for a while.
The people of Sinhala were delighted to see that they had executed half of the Tamils...... When Captain Wang Zheng handed over the remaining half of the captives to the Sinhalese kingdom, they were killed without mercy.
At that time, Captain Wang Zheng also signaled to the second deputy captain, let's see, the result is the same.
The Lion City they arrived at was the largest city on the entire journey, with a population of more than 300,000 and more than 400,000 miles around.
The Negombo region near the Ayutthaya is rich in cinnamon bark, and as early as the seventh century, Arab traders came here to sell it to Europe and China.
They are here mainly for this, and of course, they also sell the new spice that belongs to the Badaohe region, the medium-spicy chili noodles......
They didn't believe it before, and the head of the Zhang Guo'an family, who claimed to have never been to this area, even asserted that the chili pepper would definitely sell well here, and could even be sold for a good price, and more in exchange for cinnamon.
Of course, Zhang Guoan knew by relying on the day after tomorrow that in that time and space, the people in this place were not happy to eat.
Cinnamon is originally spicy, so a little more spicy, they are more acceptable.
His inference was confirmed...... When they taught them a few tricks on how to use chili noodles, the local merchants immediately accepted it, and because of the quantity, their red chili noodles were sold for a good price, which could be exchanged for a large amount of cinnamon.
There are also abundant gems here, but Captain Wang Zheng doesn't like it very much, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty prefer jade...... But the second deputy captain has a heart, he remembered that there was a master who liked such colored stones before, so he changed some back by himself, what if the quiet master also liked it?
It was the first big city they went to, so they also walked around.
The second vice-captain of the junior wrote down the worship of the Buddha's tooth in Sinhalese.
He said that there were nearly 1,000 temples around the entire city, and there were tens of thousands of monks.
On the side of their royal palace there is a Buddha's tooth retreat.
It is hundreds of feet high, and it is a treasure decorated with pearls, and it looks like a star day and night.
The place where the Buddha's tooth is defended is unusually strong.
Put a few closed on the high-rise building, the lock key mud seal five senses are sealed, if a household is opened, it will resound through the city.
The people here are kind and good at business, and the customs are very different from those of the Great Song Dynasty.
Everyone was visiting the Lion City with great interest, and no one expected to form a grudge against the Tamils...... (To be continued.) )