Chapter 167: Zhao Xu's Message
"Hahahaha~, Luzon, we're coming!" Zhao Jia stood on the bow of the ship and laughed loudly, a few days they finally met and arrived in the waters of Luzon, and even met a few ships of the Great Song Dynasty merchants, when these merchant ships learned that Zhao Jia and they had actually made a round-the-world voyage, they were all admired, and provided them with a lot of help, such as sending craftsmen to help Zhao Jia repair the ship, and also gave them a lot of food, medicine, etc., these are very precious things at sea, so Zhao Jia and they were also very moved, I also give them some souvenirs that they brought back from Europe or the Americas.
After a few days of sailing, Zhao Jia and their fleet finally arrived at the Luzon Island, which was the first Nanyang Island occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, after so many years of development, now the entire Luzon Island has been completely incorporated into the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, the number of Song people on the island accounts for forty percent of the total population, and the remaining sixty percent of the natives almost agree with the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, so this is the most solid piece of land in the overseas rule of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Banana Harbor, you must go to Banana Harbor to relax!" Looking at Luzon Island that slowly appeared in front of him from below the horizon, Yang Shiliang next to him also waved his fist fiercely and said, he had been to Luzon Island more than once before, and knew that the largest and most prosperous port on the island was the banana port established when the Song army landed for the first time, which was also the largest settlement of the Song people on the island, and there were all kinds of entertainment venues.
Compared with the excitement of Zhao Jia and Yang Shiliang, the Yuan next to him seemed very calm, only to see him holding a pen and paper in his hand, lying on the side of the ship and writing seriously: Today we finally arrived at Luzon Island, and then we are the mainland of the Great Song Dynasty. Then we started this circumnavigation voyage from Europe, during which we suffered a lot of losses, and many people fell on the road forever, but today we finally succeeded, and the fact that the earth is spherical is not just a speculation, but a fact that we have proved with facts. This event will forever go down in the annals of mankind!
The other crew members on the ship were also jubilant, and then the whole fleet began to speed up towards Luzon Island, but the area of Luzon Island was too large, Zhao Jia and they came to the northeast corner of Luzon Island, and Banana Port was in the south of Luzon, so Zhao Jia and they needed to take a long detour to reach Banana Port, but the crew of the fleet was too tired, so in the end, Zhao Jia discussed with Yang Shiliang and others, and finally decided to find a small port in Luzon to dock first. Replenish your water before heading to Banana Harbour.
It is precisely because of this that in the end, Zhao Jia and their fleet came to a small port called Crescent Port in eastern Luzon, this port is located on an extended peninsula, the shape of the peninsula is very similar to a half crescent, so it is called Crescent Port, the scale of this port is not much, Zhao Jia and their fleet entered the port, and the entire port was crowded. In fact, the port is not a commercial port, but a fishing ground. Nearby is the famous big fishing ground in Luzon, there are several times a year to catch the fish, the big fishing boats in the port catch the fish and sell it to the canning factory on the shore, make canned fish and sell it to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty, it is also by relying on this pillar industry, so that the crescent moon port near the formation of a relatively prosperous small county. The name is naturally also called Crescent County.
Zhao Yan and their huge fleet docked at the port, which naturally alarmed the local officials, in fact, after hearing the news, the local county commander immediately ran to the port in person, after all, since the establishment of Wanyue County. There had never been such a large fleet docked in the port, and even he was worried that the other party was a pirate or something, so he had already notified the nearby garrison.
But after Zhao Jia got off the boat and identified the other party, he saw that the young county commander was also shocked and couldn't close his mouth, he didn't expect that such a group of big Buddhas would come to his small place, and there were many others, just Yuan, the Buddha seal Zen master who was canonized by the imperial court, was enough to let Luzon Zhizhou personally greet him, not to mention that there was a prince of Yue Wang on the ship, which was the top royal family in the Great Song Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that the county commander of Wanyue County was also very enthusiastic about Zhao Jia and his party, especially when he learned that the other party had just embarked on a round-the-world voyage, he was even more respectful of Zhao Jia, he was also a graduate of Gewu College, so he naturally knew the risks taken by the round-the-world voyage, especially when he thought of Zhao Jia's identity, he felt extremely admired.
Under the hospitality of the Crescent Moon County Order, Zhao Jia and they rested in the port for two days, and then set sail again to prepare to rush to Banana Port, but on the way to Banana Port, their fleet left Crescent Moon Port and headed for Banana Port, but suddenly encountered several ships coming from the direction of Banana Port and intercepted them at sea.
"Before you get off the boat, ask the other party what the hell is going on?" Zhao Jia was also very curious about the ships blocking in front of him, and immediately sent someone forward to ask, it is said that Luzon has become the inland sea of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible for pirates to appear, and even if it is a pirate, it is impossible for the other party to be arrogant enough to intercept their dozen big ships with a few medium-sized ships, right?
The person who came forward to ask came back soon, but it turned out to be a news that surprised Zhao Jia very much, the person who stopped him turned out to be the governor of Luzon, you must know that although Luzon has a vast area, there is only one state on the entire island, and the highest administrative official is the governor, and according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, the general officials in office cannot leave the place where they serve without the special approval of the imperial court.
In fact, not only Zhao Jia was surprised, but also Yuan and Yang Shiliang couldn't figure it out, and the three of them discussed it for a while, but they still couldn't get the point, so they asked people to invite Luzon Zhizhou to come over, and after a while, they saw a middle-aged official come to Zhao Jia's boat in a small boat, and then go up the deck along the ladder.
"Xiaguan Luzon Zhizhou Fan Wen meets His Royal Highness the Prince!" I saw that after the middle-aged official got on the boat, he tidied up his official uniform and immediately saluted Zhao Jia.
"Fan Zhizhou doesn't have to be polite, I don't know why you came here and why did you block our way?" Zhao Jia immediately returned the salute and asked, seeing that the other party looked steady, he shouldn't stop them for no reason.
Hearing Zhao Jia's question, I saw that this Fan Zhizhou didn't have any nonsense, and replied directly: "Your Royal Highness, your majesty is under the dictation of Your Majesty, please rush to Dengzhou immediately to meet Your Majesty!" (To be continued.) )