readx; The reason why Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen wanted to temporarily find a ship for refit was also out of helplessness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infohp://772e6f742e6f%6 Originally, the Princess Anna set off directly to return to China is the fastest and safest, when I came, I just walked once, the sea route has been cooked, and now it is a south wind, fast is four or five days, slow is ** days, you can arrive in Macau.

However, in addition to Zhenla, Zhu Youzhen's mission to Zhang Huangyan also included Siam, Johor, Boni, Sulu and many other Nanyang countries. Especially in Siam, Zhu Youzhen has high hopes for grain trade with that country, and he has to visit it, so how can he go home now.

Second, the Annan people had already approached the city of Kampong Sun, but they did not dare to attack the city because they were afraid of the Ming army. As long as Princess Anna leaves, Lord Nguyen's army will definitely immediately break through Kampong Thanh and destroy Chenla. However, if the situation here is not reported to the emperor as soon as possible, the Ming army will not be able to take any action, so it can only send people back to China to deliver the letter, and the sea route is still the only option.

However, although the country is close to the sea, navigation is extremely underdeveloped, and there are only some small fishing boats engaged in offshore fishing. Benharto ordered all the fishing boats that could be found and let the Ming envoys choose at will, but Zheng Sen shook his head after seeing them and said, "These boats are too small, and the maximum displacement is not even twenty tons. Not to mention the kind of storm that came when it came, even ordinary sea winds and waves could not withstand it. ”

After three days of helplessness, the lookout on the Princess Anna suddenly noticed that another ship had come to the sea. The situation was unknown, and the whole ship immediately entered a state of combat readiness, all the sailors were in position, full sails sailed into favorable positions, and the guns of the black hole hole were eyeing the direction of the incoming ship.

When the ship got closer, Zheng Sen breathed a sigh of relief. Because it can already be seen from the telescope that there are no artillery on this ship, just an ordinary merchant ship. Moreover, the ship type is a common lucky ship on the coast of China, indicating that it is not European on board.

The ship also saw Princess Anna from afar, and quickly stopped it. Zheng Sen ordered the battleship to approach the incoming ship and verify the identity of the other party. I didn't want to talk about Cao Xiang, Cao Xiang arrived, and it was actually the Siamese envoy who came!

When the Siamese envoys landed and met with Zhang Huangyan and King Zhenla, everyone understood what was going on. It turns out that Siam and Zhenla are both subject countries of the Ming Dynasty, but the relationship with the Ming Dynasty is much closer than that of Zhenla, and the tribute has been paid as many as 100 times for more than 200 years, and the return visit of the Ming envoy has been more than 10 times. However, since the beginning of the Wanli period, the power of the Ming Dynasty has been declining, especially after losing the battle of Sarhu, it has been unable to take care of these small countries in the South Seas, and the rewards are not as good as before, and Siamese tribute is not as frequent as in the past, the most recent time is in the early years of the Apocalypse.

However, Siam is still very respectful to the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty, and when he heard that the new monarch of the Ming Dynasty had ascended the throne last year, he immediately sent envoys to congratulate him. However, it is very unfortunate that when this envoy arrived in Guangzhou by sea, it was just in time for the Manchu Eight Banners Army to enter the customs in a big way, and the imperial court was busy defending Beijing. It was not until the Eight Banners Army withdrew from Guanwai that the envoys entered Beijing by land from Guangzhou, and when they arrived, it was already the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, and Princess Anna had already set off from Dengzhou.

Since last year, that is, in the second half of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the army of Lord Annam Nguyen has invaded Chenla on a large scale under the guise of occupying the city, and it has been like a bamboo. Speaking of Siam, the relationship between Siam and Chenla is not very good, and they have attacked each other many times over the centuries, and Siam also destroyed Angkor, the capital of Chenla at that time, forcing Chenla to move the capital to Phnom Penh.

But over the years, the national power of both countries has also declined. Chenla was bullied by Annam, and Siam was in a long-term war with its neighbor Myanmar to the west.

The past two years coincided with the brief truce between Siam and Burma, and Siam had not yet recovered from this breath, when he was suddenly surprised to find that an even more belligerent and more fearsome opponent, Annan, had quietly appeared beside him. To the northeast, the old rival Laos has become a vassal of Annam, creating friction on the border from time to time; And Zhenla was defeated by Annan and lost a large part of the country. Of course, Siam didn't want to face two powerful enemies on the eastern and western fronts at the same time, so he hoped that Zhenla could withstand Annan and not fall so quickly, otherwise it would be his turn next.

Therefore, the Siamese royal family has always been very concerned about the situation in Chenla. A few days earlier, the Ming envoys had arrived in Kampong Son, and the news quickly reached Siam. The capital city of Siam, Ayutthaya, is hundreds of miles away from Kampong Sun, and the King of Siam, King Songtan, after urgent consultation with his ministers, decided to immediately send his ministers to Kampong Song to meet the Ming envoys, one is to pay tribute and offer tribute, in order to show Siam's deference to the Ming Dynasty; The second is to see why the envoys of the Ming Dynasty came here, because the envoys sent by Siam to the Ming Dynasty have not yet returned; the third is to inquire about Daming's attitude towards the current situation in Southeast Asia; Fourth, he asked Daming to help him deal with Myanmar.

Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed, originally he wanted to visit Siam as soon as possible, but he was unable to leave Kampong Son. Now that the Siamese envoys have taken the initiative to find it, things will be easy to do. And more importantly, the ship Chachai took was not bad, although it could not be compared with the Princess Anna, but it also reached 600 materials, which was enough to complete the ocean voyage.

Zhang Huangyan asked Chachai if he could rent his ship, Chachai originally wanted to befriend the Ming envoys, and he also hoped that the Ming Emperor could understand the situation here as soon as possible, so he immediately agreed.

Next, Zheng Sen led dozens of fighters and threw himself into the intense modification work. The first was to add another mast to the brig, and most importantly to add a shoulk sail so that it could sail even against the wind. Of course, although there was no trouble with pirates or anything other than storms along the way, Zheng Sen still had to move the four broadside guns to this ship just in case. The renovation is a lot of work and will take at least three days.

What made Zheng Sen happy was that many of the original sailors on this ship were Han Chinese. Some of them are egg farmers, and some are destitute farmers who have to travel across the ocean to Siam to earn a living. At first, these people were very afraid of the Ming army, but after Zheng Sen's patient explanation, he promised that he would not arrest them and return to China for punishment, after all, they were flesh and blood compatriots, and they quickly dispelled their doubts. They were also willing to assist the Ming army in returning to Macao, and they also threw themselves into the intense refitting work.

Zhang Huangyan was also very happy when he heard about it, and when he had nothing to do that evening, he boarded the ship to visit these sailors. When everyone heard that the envoys sent by the Banzai Lord were coming, they lined up excitedly and nervously to greet them. But as soon as they saw Zhang Huangyan, everyone couldn't help laughing, it turned out that Zhang Huangyan was wearing a full set of official uniforms in order to maintain the appearance of an envoy. Of course, this official uniform is not ugly, but Kampong Xun is located in the tropics, hot and humid all year round, and Zhang Huangyan is sweating profusely at this time, as if he has just been fished out of the water.

"My lord, there are no outsiders here, take off your clothes and cool down!" Zheng Sen, who was shirtless, said with a smile.

Zhang Huangyan was also happy to "go deep into the masses", took off his clothes, and a cool sea breeze blew, which was very pleasant. While laughing with everyone, he couldn't help but think: The Holy One said that this world is very big, and it is true. At this time, I'm afraid the country is still icy and snowy!