Chapter 420: The Monument of the Ryukyu Kingdom

Giant tortoises are valuable. Because the tortoise is a highly ornamental animal, it is precisely because it is an ornamental animal that is raised by many rich people, even if the tortoise is expensive, the rich are still willing to buy it and raise it at home. Just because of the long life span of the tortoise, the first is that it is ornamental, and since it has a long lifespan, it can bring longevity to the family.

In this way, there will be a market, and there will be hunters who go to hunt for tortoises. This is the reason for the drastic decline in the number of tortoises, which have become endangered.

This is all because of human greed and **, human beings are the most terrible, environmental change and deterioration are inseparable from human beings, human beings should be the main responsibility.

Although the tortoise is very precious, and hunting it can bring you a lot of money, no one wants to hunt the tortoise! Because the tortoise is the longest-lived among the turtles, its longevity is considered to be top-notch among the turtles, just think about it, a top-notch tortoise, how precious it is.

What's more, what Cao Yusen and they want to find most is the turtle cave, where is the turtle cave? Maybe it's right down here! Beneath the island they're on!

Although the turtle cave is a place where turtles bury themselves, of course, that is their own understanding, but a continental turtle like an elephant tortoise may find it if it has the conditions. Because turtles are looking for a feng shui treasure to bury themselves. But a tortoise that can't eat seawater can really come here? Or is it that the tortoises here have produced the survival of the fittest in order to survive, and it can be adapted to seawater?

"Look! What is that! Zhang Qiuchi's eyes were particularly pointed, and he pointed to a giant animal moving in the distance, perhaps because of Zhang Qiuchi's shouting, which made the giant animal turn its head and look at Zhang Qiuchi.

It's a turtle! Everyone also saw that it was a leatherback turtle! The shuttle turtle is a national second-class protected animal, with a maximum body length of 3 meters and a shell of more than 2 meters, also known as a leather turtle.

The largest specimen ever recorded has been found in Wales, weighing 916 kilograms and measuring over 2.5 metres in length, and sadly, the leatherback turtle was found dead when it ingested a piece of plastic.

And now the leatherback turtle presented in front of Cao Yusen and others is not only 3 meters long, but also an astonishing 4 meters! How can such a large turtle not be called a monster?

Obviously, the flora and fauna here are, for some reason, much larger than those in other places.

But seeing a turtle is always a joy thing! Because what they're looking for is a turtle cave!

An idea will arise in everyone's minds: the turtles know a feng shui treasure, and they will naturally rush to it. When I think about it this way, I think that the possibility of a turtle cave at the bottom is really too big, too big!

That's great! In that case, why not speed up the pace? You have to turn this place upside down, and you have to find the way to the turtle cave.

It's just one thing that everyone knows, that is, as long as the island sinks, everyone may be buried at the bottom of the sea, and how to get out is not understood.

So they think they should find out the location of the turtle cave as soon as possible, and there will be no more danger if they enter the turtle cave, right? Then it will be a smooth ride!

Of course, this is what people think, but whether this is the case or not is unknown. People are searching to find out where the turtle cave is.

Jiang Huitao was naturally very concerned about the situation on that side, and he just wanted to understand the situation when he called.

Yuan Chengzu made it clear to Jiang Huitao one by one, and when Jiang Huitao heard it, he was constantly nodding his head, and he was so happy in his heart that he naturally ordered Yuan Chengzu to speed up the steps to complete it.

As Yuan Chengzu was talking, he heard an excited shout: "Great! We've found the baby! Totally babe! That's great! ”

What kind of baby can make people so excited? Is it the location of the turtle cave that people have discovered? If that's the case, it's a great luck!

Yuan Chengzu said: "We have made an important discovery! I'll go over immediately! Jiang Huitao nodded and said, "Go ahead!" You'll have to follow along! You can't be left behind! ”

Yuan Chengzu came over, but what they saw was a tablet, and that tablet was written with the words "Ryukyu Kingdom".

The Kingdom of the Ryukyus? Could it be that this island once belonged to the Ryukyu Kingdom? Although the Ryukyu Kingdom is not far from here, it is not in this direction! How could there be a monument to the Ryukyu Kingdom? However, the stele clearly states that the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Since it is related to the Ryukyus, it is necessary to get to the bottom of it, and if you don't make it clear and understand, how can you do it?

It is said that the name of the Ryukyus is as follows: Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of the Yu cavalry, to go to sea to search for foreign customs. Today, when I traveled from Amami Oshima Island in the north to Yonaguni Island in the south, I saw a pearl-like island floating in the sea, and "if the dragon floats on the water", he named it Liuqiu. Because "Qiu" means a small dragon, in order to avoid the emperor's dragon, the place was renamed Liuqiu. In the five years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the place was named Ryukyu, which means glazed jade and pearl balls.

The official language of the Ryukyus is greatly influenced by Hokkien, especially the Hokkien dialect, especially during the Ming Dynasty, when the 36 surnames immigrated to the Ryukyus.

These 36 surnames are craftsmen, scholars, or people with a skill, and their descendants have been courteous to the king of the Ryukyus for generations, and the high-ranking officials are appropriate, and the horses have to be ridden, so the Hokkien language is even more popular.

It can be said that the Ryukyu Kingdom was greatly influenced by Han culture! Now there is a monument of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but did the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom land on the island and erect this monument, or what is the reason?

At a glance, in addition to the Ryukyu Kingdom, there are four words "Yu Yue" and "Min Yue" on the stele, which is strange! What does the Ryukyu Kingdom have to do with Yu Yue and Min Yue?

The so-called ancestor of Yue is the concubine of Shaokang, the monarch of the Xia Dynasty, and the concubine of Wu Yu was sealed to the southeast and established the Yue Kingdom, and Wu Yu is the ancestor of Goujian, the king of Yue, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Later, the king of Yue Wujiang went north to defeat Qi, and did not designate an heir, the eldest son Yu and the second son Hoof each claimed to be orthodox, so they established themselves as kings, and the Yue State was divided, and the Chu State annexed a large amount of territory of the Yue State. As a result, the Yue royal family moved south to Fujian, and the descendants of Yu and Hoof established Minyue and Dongyue respectively, and the Hokkien language has appeared, of course, it is inseparable from the Minyue established after Yu Yue.

It seems that Yu Yue and Min Yue can't go together with the Ryukyu Kingdom, but why are these words engraved on this stone tablet? Is this to show how are these related?