Because there is no hurry to go, so the European number is also stop-and-go, almost every place Zhao Yan will take his family to enjoy the local scenery, now the rule of the Great Song Dynasty over the Nanyang area has been very stable, the local natives have resisted, but under the butcher's knife of the Song army, these natives quickly became honest, in addition, the number of immigrants in the Great Song Dynasty in Nanyang is also increasing, so Nanyang has almost become the back garden of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is almost no problem in terms of safety, which also allows Zhao Yan to play with confidence.

But even so, Zhao Yan and their ship still arrived at the Strait of Malacca very quickly, when Zhao Jia had not graduated from the Naval Academy, the Great Song Dynasty had not completely occupied the Strait of Malacca, but only had a port at the southeast exit of the Strait, but now the entire Strait has completely fallen into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, as for the original Turen Kingdom on both sides of the Strait, it has long disappeared into the dust of history.

The European stayed in the Strait of Malacca for two days, got off the ship to enjoy the local beauty, tasted the local specialties, and finally crossed the Strait of Malacca again, and then after a period of sailing, the fleet finally came to the lion country, some people call it fine orchid, in fact, it is the Sri Lanka of the later generations.

The Lion Kingdom is most famous for two things, the first is the abundance of gemstones on the island, which is rich in all kinds of gemstones, and has always been the favorite of gem merchants in the Great Song Dynasty. The second is the Buddha tooth relics of the lion country, the lion country believes in Buddhism, there is a Buddha tooth relics in the country, coincidentally the Great Song Dynasty also has a Buddha tooth relic, which is still the former Tang Dynasty monks from overseas ushered in, so that the two Buddha teeth echo each other, many great Song Dynasty monks came to the lion country thousands of miles away, in order to chant in front of the Buddha tooth and rest, in addition to many Buddhist believers in the Great Song Dynasty after seeing the Buddha tooth, and ran to the lion country to meet the Buddha tooth here. In this way, I can show my devotion to the Buddha, and by the way, I can also buy some gems here to go back.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that although the Lion Country does not belong to the land of the Great Song Dynasty, there are a lot of Song people here, and when Zhao Yan and they just got off the boat, they saw many Song people coming and going on the dock. Almost all of these Song people came to do business, and from time to time you can see these Song people directing people to carry some heavy goods to the ship, and these goods must be the jewels of the Lion Kingdom without asking.

Gemstones are women's favorites, and many of Zhao Yan's family members believe in Buddhism, such as Yan Yuru and Xue Ning'er, and Cao Ying believes in Buddhism, so after coming to the Lion Country, Zhao Yan and they have to stop for a few more days anyway, and they can buy some gemstones. Second, they can also let Cao Ying and the others go to the Buddha's tooth house to worship, and it is precisely because of this that after Zhao Yan and their ship anchored in the port, Zhao Yan took his family ashore, and then went directly to the capital of the Lion Country.

The name of the capital of the Lion Kingdom is very long, and the Great Song Dynasty generally habitually called it the Lion City or Xilan City, which has the king's palace and the Buddha's tooth relic is enshrined in the Buddha's tooth house next to the palace. Every March, the Buddha's tooth is unveiled for a grand ceremony, which is also one of the most important festivals in the Lion Country.

Zhao Yan didn't want to reveal his identity. But he was protected by more than a dozen warships and came to the Lion Country, and in other people's ports, there was no way to hide it, so for their group, the king of the Lion Country had long paid attention to them, and even went out of the city to greet them in person.

The reason why the king of the lion country is so polite. Mainly because the Lion Kingdom is inseparable from the Great Song Dynasty at all, and not only because there are many Song people who come here to do business, but because the Lion Kingdom has been fighting against the Tamils in the north, and this war has been going on for hundreds of years, and the two sides can be said to be feuding. And because of the large number of Tamils and their fierce temperament, the Lion State has not been dominant, but since the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty, not only sold weapons to the Lion Country, but even sent an army to help them resist the attack of the Tamils, it is no exaggeration to say that the Lion Kingdom is relying on the support of the Great Song Dynasty to maintain peace now, if the Great Song Dynasty retreats now or cuts off the supply of weapons, I am afraid that it will not take long for them to be wiped out by the Tamils.

Also because of the above reasons, so the Lion Kingdom is very close to the Great Song Dynasty, the year before last and last year also sent people to the Great Song Dynasty twice to pay tribute, I heard that the Lion Kingdom also intends to be a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, but this matter is still being discussed, because now the subject country of the Great Song Dynasty is not the same as in the past, after becoming the subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will provide them with some protection, and there are some preferential policies in terms of commerce and trade, which also makes the Great Song Dynasty very strict with the subject country.

Since no matter the identity is hidden, Zhao Yan simply indicated his identity, which made the Lion King also shocked, in recent years, he has also done some understanding of the situation on the Song side, naturally heard of Zhao Yan's name, and now I heard that this legendary prince actually came to his own land, which made the Lion King also feel that his face was bright, and he welcomed Zhao Yan into the Lion City very enthusiastically, and personally set up a welcome banquet for them.

Although Zhao Yan did not have any interest in the palace of the Lion Country, but it was not good to refuse the invitation of the other party, so he took his family into the palace to attend the banquet, and rested in a palace in the palace at night, early the next morning, the Lion King personally led them to the Buddha Tooth Retreat to visit the Buddha, Zhao Yan does not believe in God and Buddha, but he is very respectful of any religion, not to mention that the relics of the Buddha are also enshrined here, so he also showed a solemn expression after coming to the Buddha Tooth Retreat, and listened to the Lion King personally introduce the history of the Buddha Tooth Retreat to him while walking.

Speaking of this Buddha tooth retreat has a history of hundreds of years, since the Buddha tooth was welcomed to the lion country, it has been enshrined here, the history is longer than the royal palace of the lion country, and can come here to worship the Buddha's tooth are all famous monks of the lion country, it can be said that this is simply the highest Buddhist institution in the lion country, all monks are proud to enter here.

Cao Ying and Yan Yuru also showed great piety after they came to the Buddha's Tooth Retreat, and put forward a request to see the Buddha's Tooth in person, to which the Lion King also readily agreed, and personally took them to the high-rise building in the Ashram, this high-rise building is inlaid with countless gems, it looks extravagant, and the door of each floor has a mechanism, and each floor will cause a loud noise, so that the whole city knows that ordinary people can not see the true face of the Buddha's Tooth Relic without consent.

However, just when the Lion King had just opened the first floor of the tall building, and Zhao Yan and the others were about to enter, they suddenly heard someone next to them shouting: "His Royal Highness King Yue stays, do you still know the old man?" (To be continued.) )