101. Bin Tong Long
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In the dead of night, the people who have worked hard all day have already fallen asleep, except for the occasional patrolman, even the night owls who often go in and out of the Goolan Washe have mostly stopped, and at this moment, the noisy city of Guangzhou during the day seems to have fallen into a dead silence
Just when everything was quiet, there was a sound of fists and kicks in a secluded alley, followed by a gentle pain: "What a thief, what a powerful fist and kick." (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)"
"Less noise, you are tracking all the way, what kind of intention is it." A muffled voice retorted. "If you don't make it clear, don't leave any of them today."
"The thief shouts to catch the thief." The first voices responded. "Your Excellency has stepped on the plate for three days, and you still blame the troublemaker." The person on the other side was obviously stunned, and the person who spoke at this time suddenly chuckled as if he had received some kind of signal. "Boy, be fooled, our people are coming, you can't fly this time."
"Damn it!" He cursed in a suppressed voice, and then wanted to run away, but the other party deliberately led him here, and reinforcements from the other party had appeared in the passages on all sides. "Who are you, the government? Denomination? Or is it "
"You kid, you still want to get to the bottom when you're dying, come on, catch him." The sound landed, and the two sides scuffled together, the sound of fists and flesh intersecting one after another, and the muffled snort continued, but it seemed that they were worried about something, neither side used a more lethal knife, and the stick could not be used in this small place.
"Stop." The battle was raging here, and suddenly a stern voice came out of the crowded. "Stop." With this voice, the crushing side finally broke out of the battle circle, but before he could catch his breath, the stern voice sounded again. "You're Hong Fist." A stern voice questioned. "Where did you learn it? Are you from the government? No wonder you keep staring, it turned out to be the lackey of the Tartars, the rebellion of the Han family! Come on, kill him! ”
"Don't, don't!" The suppressed voice waved his hand hurriedly, the other party had already started to kill, and if he didn't explain, he was afraid that he would be unable to escape death, so even if the other party was tempted by lies, he couldn't help but make the fake come true. "It's not a person from the government." As if he was afraid that the other party would not believe him, this person gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and a sentence came out of his mouth. "One worships heaven as the father, and the other worships the earth as the mother."
The person on the other side was stunned for a moment, and the stern voice paused, and asked suspiciously: "You have entered the circle (note: joining the Heaven and Earth Society, commonly known as joining the club, and also worshipping and being born), and take out the treasure (note: the certificate of membership of the member) and the waist flat (note: the member ticket is also known as the octagonal signboard and gossip). ”
"The dragon head (that is, the hall master, the incense master) misunderstood, and there was no circle under it, but it was the wind (note: outsiders) below."
As soon as the stern voice was heard, he immediately ordered: "It's the Tartar's secret agent, cut him!" ”
The suppressed voice immediately argued: "I came from Fujian, and when I saw that someone in your hall worshiped the crane mother, I intended to inherit the five ancestors and visit the master of your hall in the name of Hanliu, but I hated the Tartar and was afraid that it was a trap, so I only had a few snoops. ”
"Fifth Ancestor? Hanliu? The stern voice stopped his men. You say you're from Fujian? The stern voice seemed to be a little disbelieving, and after thinking for a moment to make a decision. Come, tie him up, and bring him back for interrogation. Looking at the other party who wanted to resist again, he said in a stern voice without emotion. Boy, you still have a way to survive if you are obedient and obedient, otherwise even if you attract the attention of the Tartars, you will be killed here today."
The Cham people originally believed in Indian Brahmanism, and Mahayana Buddhism and Tantric Buddhism were introduced to Cham in the early Song Dynasty. These newly introduced religions were immediately popular with the Champa people, and for a time replaced Brahmanism as the state religion of the Champa people. However, after all, Brahmanism has deep roots in Champong, and soon absorbed and integrated some of the teachings of Mahayana, Hinayana and Tantra and other Buddhist schools to achieve revival, but the good times did not last long, with the introduction of Islam, the once glorious Brahmanism was quickly replaced, so when Cai Tong arrived in Bintonglong, the city was a temple of worship.
"What a poor place." Because he couldn't be received by the lord for a while, Cai Tong, who handed over the letter of state and was arranged in a simple post house, walked around Bin Tonglong, in fact, the area of Bin Tong Long was slightly larger than Dongning, but because of the exploitation of Annan in the north, the whole country was extremely poor, but the faces of the people in Zhancheng could not see the dissatisfaction with poverty, only some big families still remembered the glory of the past. "But it's also poor."
"What Lord Cai said is very true." Deng Qizu, who worked as a tour guide for Cai Tong, was a sailor from Zhangzhou, and had to settle here because he was stranded and exiled, although he married a local wife for several generations, he was still proud of being Chinese, and his family retained the habit of speaking Hokkien, so Cai Tong could communicate with him. "But it's not that they are willing to be poor, it's because these people are too lazy."
Cai Tong was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, and said with a smile: "That's right, only the Han family and Miao descendants are the most industrious in this world, so they can take root everywhere and stand out. ”
Cai Tong was in a good mood, Deng Qi naturally wouldn't pour cold water, so he just smiled, at this time Cai Tong suddenly asked: "Deng Qi, are there many descendants of the Ming Dynasty like you in Zhancheng?" ”
"There are almost four or five hundred Han people in Bintonglong." Deng Qi replied honestly. "Annan is going to have more."
"Four or five hundred, that's a lot." Cai Tong smashed it and continued to ask. "Then how are these Han people doing here?"
"The Han people of Bin Tong Long are not very rich, or they are like the small ones who translate, or they do some small business, or they go to the sea, of course, there are a lot of real money, and they all buy land outside the city, according to the small ones, among them, Master Wan, Master Lu, etc., have nearly 10,000 acres of farmland, and the King of Bin Tong Long also gave them knights."
"Oh?" Cai Tong nodded, if the Bintong Dragon King was not ready to summon him, he might be able to find these people under the banner of Ming Zheng to thread the needle and lead the way. "It's like this, by the way, does anyone want to return to China, of course, Fujian and Guangdong can't go, but Dongning can always do."
"Of course, there are many people who want to return to their roots, but I am afraid that no one is willing to go to Dongning." Deng Qi is obviously not optimistic about Cai Tong's recruitment behavior. "The Han people here are more or less related, and now the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil." Deng Qi's words obviously took into account Cai Tong's face. "There is no one who wants to go back to serve as a soldier and eat food."
Cai Tong nodded wordlessly, that's right, people are seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, although they are not very rich, but they have already lived a stable life, and they will not want to go back and experience the test of blood and fire, it seems that it is not easy for the general to expect to recruit Han families from the countries of the South China Sea to move back to Dongning.
"Speaking of which, the Han people of Bintonglong first moved from the former Song Dynasty." Cai Tong was sighing, and listened to Deng Qi continue. "It's been hundreds of years, these people are used to living here, although each generation is counting on Ye Luo to return to his roots, but it is just a burial, if you really want them to go back, I am afraid that they will not be willing to give up this inheritance." Cai Tong squinted his eyes, he couldn't listen to Deng Qi's words anymore, at this time he wanted to return to the post house quickly, and then write hard to report his discovery to Zheng Kezang, maybe only blood and fire can create the unyielding backbone of a nation. "Even if there are people who want to go back, that's still the case."
Back at the post house, Cai Tong hadn't even lifted the pen, and the official who managed the post house came over to inform: "The envoy is back, someone from the palace is coming, please enter the palace tomorrow, if the lord doesn't come back, the lower officials will go all over the city to find the lord."
Tomorrow the king of Champa PoSaut will meet Cai Tong, Cai Tong willingly hand over a dime of silver, although the Champa common Arabic silver coins and European silver coins of the same specification, but this does not prevent the post officer from understanding the value of the silver, so as soon as the tip arrived, this guy was satisfied and retreated
Turning the day, Cai Tong, who was dressed in a six-grade military attache suit, waited in the post house early in the morning, but until the three poles on the day, the messengers who came to greet him in the palace did not arrive.
Just as his hungry chest was pressed against the back of his stomach, the envoy finally came late: "Please invite the envoy of the kingdom to enter the palace." ”
The feeling of sitting on the elephant is still very dizzying for the first time experiencer, but Cai Tong represents the dignity of Dongning, so he has to endure the discomfort and make a comfortable posture, fortunately, from Bintong Longcheng is small, and there is not much road from the post house to the palace, which makes Cai Tong survive
Strictly speaking, this meeting is different from what Cai Tong imagined, there is only one minister who accompanies the middle-aged Tusi, obviously this is just a private contact and an informal meeting, of course, the other party also has a reason, after all, Champa is now the territory of Annam, and the weak Bintong Dragon people do not want to anger the ruler of Hue openly, in this regard, Cai Tong can only express understanding.
Since there is no dispute between the two sides on diplomatic etiquette, then let's go into the actual talks, the so-called people are poor and short-minded, and the beggar-like down-and-out Bin Tong Long people first consider their own interests, so the chief minister couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know what your country can provide to Bin Tong Long after the two countries are friendly?" ”
"Within the scope of my authority's permission, I may give your country five hundred pieces of shark skin armor." Cai Tong saw that the other party seemed to be a little disappointed, so he explained further. "If you can export rice, sumac, brown sugar, sandalwood, agarwood, and other goods to the domain, then the domain can also pay for it with equivalent leather armor, swords, and even guns and artillery."
"Firebolt? Artillery? "The eyes of the king of the throne lit up." Is it the same thing as the firearms provided by the Portuguese to Quang Nam (note: the Nguyen lord did not claim the title of king to open the country, Quang Nam is the name of the Europeans). ”
"That's right, but the firearms provided by the Honfan are sharper than those provided to Annan by the Franc Jiren."
"It's just that Bintong Longguo is weak and weak, and there is Guangnan Guo's exploitation, so there is really not too much rice and sandalwood to pay you." Seeing that the king of Champa wanted to agree, the old minister immediately complained. "Maybe something else can be used as a discount."
"Then please grant the domain the right to prospect and mine in your country, and allow the domain to establish a merchant house in your country." Cai Tong said with a snake on the stick. "If your country agrees, the feudal domain may be able to reduce some of the prices."
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