Chapter 17: The Small Kingdom of Champa
Call Shi Lang and the quartermaster and logistics officer, and now adjust the route of the sea voyage, from Cham to the countries of the South Seas to the south of Africa and finally to the mysterious island. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Now there are still almost 20,000 miles, and if you travel normally every day, you can go 400 nautical miles, and it will take you 50 days to do nothing, and it will take at least three months to reach your destination except for supplies and some conditions at sea.
You can also do business along the way, buy some specialties and sell the seized silk porcelain.
The ship sailed on the turquoise sea, and it was only half a day's journey to Cham.
According to the copper-faced Han Hu Han, Cham is a corner of the mainland, is a vassal country of Annam, mainly Zhanzhu in the Indian ethnic group, believes in Brahmanism, and serves Shiva at home. The Champa rice here is very famous, and the people here are never short of food and drink. In the Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong once purchased 30,000 Hu and promoted cultivation in Jianghuai, which greatly increased the output of grain.
After Hu Han saw Xiao Lang'er's amazing martial arts, he was desperate for Xiao Lang'er, he was a person who admired the strong.
Xiao Lang'er also wants to know about the scenery outside the territory, these Cha people like to bathe naked, and their skin is dark, it seems that when they get there, they are also a beautiful man.
The boat sailed into the capital of the Cham city, Linyi, where a group of Cham people were bathing in the river and cleansing their bodies, with a tall white palace behind them. When a huge ship drove in, they were stunned, and the palace guards stood on the tower and hurried to inform the prime minister.
When the prime minister of Cham came out to see, he still had a little knowledge, often did business with Daming, and also went to Daming Nagong.
"This is an angel, send someone to meet you quickly, and inform the king quickly! The Prime Minister ordered.
"Yes!" the guards hurried to inform the king.
The King of Champa was watching the singing and dancing in his palace and watched the beautiful Indian dancers dance their bewitching belly dances. The Indian dancer is Olisa, who is from the Mughal dynasty, wearing gold bracelets and anklets, beating the beat, and twisting her extremely flexible waist. The tall eyebrows were raised one by one, the eyes were flowing, and the look was shining, provoking the hearts of a large number of princes and nobles, and they applauded.
The concubines sitting next to the king of Champa showed a look of jealousy, eager to slaughter this dancer.
The guard whispered in the ear of the king of Champa.
The king of Champa waved his hand, "Welcome the envoy of the great tomorrow!" and asked the chief manager to prepare a dinner, saying that he led his ministers to the river to wait, and Champa was a vassal country of the Ming Dynasty.
When Xiao Lang'er carried Rulan in his left hand and Miss Windsor in his right hand to get off the boat, everyone bent their backs and greeted the visitors of the Ming Dynasty.
Hu Han served as a translator here, very beautiful, introducing the arrival of the envoys of the Celestial Empire, this is the Marquis of Haijing of the Ming Dynasty, this is the Gonggong of Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the deputy general Shi Lang.
The king of Champa clasped his palms together, shook his fat black face, and wore at least twenty kilograms of gold necklaces and precious stones around his neck, indicating that he was very friendly to the arrival of the angels.
When I saw the Marquis of Haijing, who had a slightly dark face, I felt a sense of intimacy in my heart, the merchants who came in the past were all in vain, ugly and dead, just this Hou Ye was handsome and talented.
Holding the hand of the marquis, he shouldered the elephant that greeted him, looked down below, accepted the worship and praise of the subjects, enjoyed the rain all the way, and walked into the palace.
In the palace, the palace maids stood upstairs, happily looking at the visitors, a little exchanged, evaluating everyone's appearance, of course, they were very interested in Xiao Lang'er, but when they saw Rulan and Windsor, they kept competing, and felt that they were far less beautiful than them.
In the group of palace maids, there is a young woman wearing a red saree, with an outstanding image and affectionate eyes.
At the beginning of the feast, the singing and dancing are leveled, and there are more Hindu songs and dances, and they come to dance from time to time.
Led by Olisa, Olisa is the focus of everyone, her eyes and plump body attract the attention of countless people, and the most important thing is her amazing dancing, which is full of praise.
The king of Zhancheng raised his glass again and again to greet Xiao Lang'er, and the two seemed to be particularly compatible, and under the introduction of Hu Han, the king of Zhancheng understood the intention.
"Lord Shen, we feel a special honor to be able to come to our Zhancheng, we feel a special honor, we can like our Zhancheng rice, this king is even more glorious, come! The king of Champa held up his glass.
"I thank the king for such a warm hospitality, we can conduct friendly business in the future, and welcome the king to my territory Butterfly Island!" Xiao Lang'er took a sip.
The two of you went back and forth and drank very hard.
The king of Champa said to the princess beside him, and the princess sent someone.
After a while, a pretty girl dressed in a red sari came in and met the king and princess.
When I saw Xiao Lang'er, I felt a little shy. "This is the little girl Madury, eighteen years old, and has not yet left the cabinet. Come on, dance a dance for your guests!"
The drums sounded, and the singers next to them beat the beat, and the maiden gave a salute and walked to the center of the palace, spinning red saris like a burning flame, and the children of the nobles of the royal palace who occupied the city were dumbfounded.
Then the others jumped up, and Olisa kept twisting her belly to the beat, and the atmosphere of the palace reached its peak.
The joy lasted until late at night.
Xiao Lang'er was resting on the big bed in the palace, and suddenly, there was a noise and sirens outside, could there be something wrong.
The Phnom Penh Dynasty attacked, sending more than 2,000 elephant soldiers, under the leadership of the prince of Phnom Penh, from the border, the war elephants trampled the earth and shook the mountains, even the palace had to shake.
The main reason this time is that the prince of Phnom Penh has taken a fancy to Princess Maduri, and Maduri particularly hates the prince of Phnom Penh, and he already has a heart, and he is unwilling to live or die, and now the prince of Phnom Penh led the elephant soldiers to rob the princess.
Xiao Lang'er hurriedly walked into the palace hall, only to see that the king of Zhancheng was in a hurry. And Maduri went to the castle tower in a military uniform and carrying two knives.
"What should I do? Phnom Penh is menacing, and a catastrophe is inevitable!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, my 1,000 sailors are on standby on the ship, ready to come to help, as long as you support for a moment. Xiao Lang'er said.
Xiao Lang'er asked Liu Jin's father-in-law, Rulan and Windsor to stay in the palace, and he and Shi Lang went to the boat by the river. I saw the fire reflecting red in the west, the smoke was filled, and the shouts of killing rushed to the sky. came to the ship, summoned more than 300 people from the firearms group, and nearly 100 people from the Xiangxi Navy Army, and disembarked to help Zhancheng.
Shi Lang organized artillery bombardment of the enemy on the ship, and the enemy would be defeated disastrously.
When he was an hour, Xiao Lang'er had already arranged the troops and arranged the firearms team to defend at the main gate of Zhancheng, commanded by Ruyun, with Windsor as the deputy, and Liu Jin Gonggong supervising the army.
He had to pass a war elephant and lead a thousand elephant soldiers with Maduri in front of the city wall.