The Strait of Malacca is located at the junction of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, the equator just passes through the south side of the strait, and it is precisely because of this that the climate here in the Strait of Malacca is hot and rainy, the land on both sides of the strait is full of dense forests, and there are a large number of animal and plant resources growing in the forest.

The current Straits of Malacca is ruled by the Kingdom of Malacca, to be exact, the Sultanate of Malacca, because it has been occupied by Islam, and the whole kingdom believes in Islam, and even the name of the king is preceded by the title of "Sultan", which shows the influence of Islam.

The Kingdom of Malacca is also known as the "Manraka Kingdom" in the Ming Dynasty, this kingdom has sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty many times, and the Ming Dynasty is also very good to the Kingdom of Malacca, ordering it to pay tribute every other year, which is much stronger than the ten years of the Japanese Kingdom, it can be seen that the status of the Kingdom of Malacca in the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively high.

From the map, the Kingdom of Malacca is divided into two parts by the Strait of Malacca, which are located on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, of which the land area on the Malay Peninsula is larger, and the capital of the kingdom, Malacca City, is also located on the Malay Peninsula, and it happens to be located on the traffic arteries of the Strait of Malacca, ships need to anchor here, and tens of thousands of taxes are collected every year, which can be said to be an inexhaustible cornucopia.

Today's weather is good, the blue sky is not a single cloud, and it looks very transparent. If you stand on the seashore and look into the distance. You can only see the sea and sky in the distance. Can't tell where the sea is and where is the sky?

Palak yawned and came to the port, and although the sun had not yet risen in the east, the morning in Malacca was already very hot, and although he was wearing only a single coat, he could not help sweating a little.

"Damn weather!" Palak cursed under his breath, and no amount of scolding could cool the weather, but it was better than doing nothing.

Palak was a petty official in the port of Malacca. It is mainly responsible for providing fresh water to some ships in the port, after all, the ships coming and going have a great demand for fresh water, and almost every ship needs to fill up the fresh water after docking at the port, so don't look at his official size, but he is very busy, of course, the oil and water are also very sufficient, at least his monthly income can not only easily feed the whole family, but even he raised two women outside, and he spent the night at one of the women's house last night.

Thinking of last night's one-night affair. Parak couldn't help humming a little song, saying that their Parak family was also a famous nobleman in Malacca City. More than fifty years ago, their family produced a famous figure named Swallow. Palak, once the prime minister of the kingdom, assisted three kings in a row, the Palak family at that time can be described as infinitely beautiful, but unfortunately by their generation, the Palak family also weakened, and he is not a descendant of the family, so he only got such a small official who supplies water from the port, but this is already good, and the children of some families can't even get an official, and they can only drum up some goods to sell to the past maritime merchants to make a living.

I saw Palak humming a little song to the east side of the port, which is the area where he is in charge of water supply, although the Palak family is weak, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the port that Palak is in charge of belongs to the best section of the port of Malacca, the berth is large and deep, very suitable for docking large sea vessels, and the berths here are almost never empty.

However, as soon as Palak arrived at the port, one of his men hurriedly came and said, "My lord, why did you come, now the ship of the tribute envoy is about to depart, but the fresh water on the ship has not yet been filled, and the people on the tribute ship have begun to lose their temper." ”

"What? The ship of the envoy? Palak was also startled when he heard this, and at the same time finally remembered that this year happened to be the year of tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the tribute had already been prepared to be loaded onto the ship, and it was parked in the port under his management, and he had planned to fill the ship with fresh water yesterday afternoon, but the people on the tribute ship said that the tribute envoy was not there, and they did not dare to let anyone get on the ship without the order of the tribute envoy, after all, the ships were loaded with valuable tribute, and they could not bear the responsibility if they lost them, so let them load it again tomorrow, But Palak forgot about it.

"What are you still doing in a daze, the order to pass on, hurry up and let people load water on the ship of the tribute envoy!" Palak finally reacted at this time, and yelled at his men. Although he had been scolding the tribute envoy in his heart, otherwise he would have filled the water yesterday, but it was too late to say this, if the ship could not leave the port according to the problem of fresh water, then his sin would be great, and if he lost the errand, he might be arrested and imprisoned, after all, the family could not protect him now.

It was also thinking of this that Palak immediately ran to the dock to personally urge his men to speed up the loading of water to the tribute boats, and even after the last he was eager to do it himself, fortunately there were not many boats that needed to be refueled in the morning, and Palak could transfer everyone to refill the tribute boats, and finally filled up several tribute boats with water when the sun was fully rising.

"Whew~, it's finally full!" Palak sighed at this time, found a bucket on the dock and sat down to rest for a while, after all, he was jumping and jumping when he commanded the men just now, and he was not lightly tired.

But just as Palak was sitting down, he suddenly heard a commotion not far away, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a group of officials from Malacca City walking towards him, among these officials, there was an official in a white robe, this person was the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and it was even more coincidental that Palak actually knew this person.

"It's a damn Tamil bastard, and in the future, our Parak family will definitely drive you all out of Malacca!" Parak looked at the messenger who was surrounded by the officials, and cursed in a low voice, the messenger's name was Baman, and unlike Parak, Baman was not a Malacca, but a Tamil who had come to Malacca from India.

Speaking of the ethnic groups in the Kingdom of Malacca is very complex, but generally speaking, there are two kinds, one of which is the native Malacca, according to later generations, they should belong to the Malays, and the other is an alien race, including the Han people from the Central Plains, the Tamils from India, etc., among which the Tamils are the most numerous.

About ten years ago, the royal family of the Kingdom of Malacca competed for the throne, resulting in the country's political instability and great weakness, at this time the Tamils within the kingdom suddenly united and seized the power of the Kingdom of Malacca in one fell swoop. Mahmoud is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of the Tamil aristocracy.

The Palak family also declined in that Tamil seizure of power, so Palak naturally has a reason to hate the Tamils, and now the envoy named Baman not far from him is the most important son of the current prime minister of the kingdom, Shultey, it is said that he is very likely to take over the position of Schultai, in the past, Palak saw each other from a distance during a certain celebration, and was very impressed, so he recognized it at a glance today.

Of course, Palak only dared to curse in a low voice, after all, with his current status, he couldn't afford to provoke that Baman, and he didn't even have the qualifications to come forward to meet the other party, so he could only stand in the distance and watch the other party talk and laugh with the officials who saw him off and came to the side of the boat, and then accepted the blessings of the officials around him, and then turned around and got on the boat.

"I wish you, a Tamil mongrel, will encounter a storm when you go out to sea, and it is best to sink to the bottom of the sea with people and boats, and then piss that old bastard of Shultai to death, so that my kingdom will have two less scourges!" Looking at the high-spirited Barman standing at the bow of the ship, Palak cursed in a low voice again, don't blame Palak for being vicious, in fact, his words also represent the voices of many Malacca nobles who have lost power.

It's a pity that Palak can only curse like this, and the Barman can't hear it at all, but after he stands at the bow of the ship and says goodbye to the officials who saw him off below, the ship also slowly set sail, and immediately turned to the east when it left the port, once again opening this tributary road that has been passed down for many years.

After watching the smoothly traveling tribute ships disappear under the sea level, Palak retracted his gaze, and then the officials who saw them off also left the port in twos and threes, Palak was almost rested at this time, and immediately stood up and assigned the rest of the work to his subordinates, and he went to a hut in the harbor to make up for sleep, after all, he had consumed a lot of energy last night, and he had to go to another woman tonight, how could he not be in good spirits?

By the time Palak woke up, it was past noon, and the weather was even hotter, and he was awakened not so much from sleep as from heat. At that moment Palac got up and picked up a basin of cold water and poured it over his head, not to clean, but mainly to cool down.

After taking a shower of cold water, Parak's clothes were also wet, but he didn't change them, after all, with the current weather, the clothes on his body would be dried quickly, so Parak walked out of the house in wet clothes like this, and came to the dock to check if his subordinates were lazy? By the way, I bought a few fruits to satisfy my hunger.

But just as Palak was nibbling on the fruit, he suddenly saw a mast appear on the sea in the distance of the harbor, and with the first one, there was a second, and soon a forest of giant trees of masts appeared on the whole sea. As these masts grew taller and higher, tall ships appeared on the surface of the sea, and when he saw these familiar ships, the fruit in Parak's hand suddenly rolled to the ground, and his face was full of panic. (To be continued......)