Purple was always the color that could only be used by the upper class in the ancient Chinese color division, although there were also many colors that were considered to be colored in the past few thousand years, such as Yin Shang Shangbai, Ji Zhou Shangxuan (black), Qin Shangxuan, Han Shangchi (red), Cao Wei Shangqing, and Shang Chi in the Jin Dynasty.

But no matter how the theme color of each dynasty changed, the preference for purple remained the same among the royal families and nobles, so it is not surprising that rosewood, born with an elegant and luxurious purple vein, has become the most sought after in China's thousands of years of history.

The history of the Chinese nation's use of rosewood to make furniture probably began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, even in the war-torn Northern and Southern Dynasties, the wealthy families at the top of the society have never given up on rosewood.

Excessive demand will of course lead to the disappearance of rosewood in China, which in turn exacerbates the scarcity and preciousness of rosewood, even in the current Northern and Southern Dynasties, the complete set of furniture processed from large rosewood trees is a treasure.

Now He Liang has brought back such a large number from Nanyang, I don't know if there are thousands or tens of thousands of rosewood, and I don't know how many complete sets of furniture can be made! These logs alone are a lot of value, and it's really rich! Wang Ze knew that in the future generations, this thing would be sold in two ways!

However, at this time, although the red sandalwood is precious, it is far inferior to the madness of later generations, at least Yang Ku and Zhuo Ran can't understand Wang Ze's current mood, and Yang Ku is more concerned about how much commercial value He Liang's voyage to the West explored.

Nowadays, the islands in the East China Sea are scarce and lack iron ore, so they mainly rely on the purchase of grain and iron products from Sanqi, Nanchen and other places; Therefore, for more than a year, the local tax revenue in the East China Sea has mainly been sea trade taxes and supplies for passing merchant ships.

However, these incomes are far inferior to the money and food spent on resettlement and development on the islands of the East China Sea every year, and if he can find a suitable shipping route, then Wang Ze's finances will become good, at least he will not have to spend so much money on resettlement to various parts of the East China Sea every year.

Seeing that the cargo on the ship was almost unloaded, He Liang waved his hand and shouted to the sailors on the ship: "Xiao Langjun has now prepared fragrant soup and a banquet in the city for everyone to receive the wind and wash the dust, brothers hurry up and set off, there is nothing to eat if you go late!" ”

The sailors cheered and squeezed a row of carriages in the direction of Qinjin City, and He Liang smiled and said to Wang Ze, Yang Ku and the others: "Xiao Langjun, Mr. Yang, in fact, I think the biggest gain of this voyage is not the treasures I brought, but the sea charts drawn in this year and the situation analysis reports of the countries along the way!" I'll introduce you when we get back to the city! ”

After coming to the county guard's mansion, the first thing He Liang did was to take out a wooden globe, and then open the map drawn, and then he said to everyone in the hall: "I heard Xiao Langjun say a few times before, the earth under our feet is round, I didn't believe it before, but I believe it this time!" ”

Zheng Kui, who is in his forties this year, is still a little puzzled: "Is this earth really round?" He Liang, what evidence did you find? ”

In the past, Wang Ze preached the Hun Tian theory everywhere that the earth is a round ball, but this statement is mainly marketable among young people who are mainly students and senior believers of the Haotian God Cult, and it is always difficult for middle-aged people like Zheng Kui who are older to accept the theory that the sky is round decades ago and the earth is round.

"I really don't have any evidence, but I believe in Xiao Langjun's immortal methods, I don't know if I don't go out, and I found that the map of Nanyang that Xiao Langjun gave me before was similar to the map we surveyed and mapped along the way, and there were some places where we didn't pay attention when we surveyed and mapped, but Xiao Langjun actually drew it!"

Wang Ze smiled slightly: "This globe is not my credit, thanks to the old fairy Liu who got the navigation map of Huishen from the hands of the disciples of Huishen, a monk of the Southern Dynasty, and then made this globe, I just refined the map on it a lot!" ”

"Xiao Langjun is just too modest," He Liang looked at Wang Ze with admiration and said: "This time on my first voyage, I have been running all the way to the Western Ceylon Mountain, mainly relying on these maps, otherwise I wouldn't dare to run so far!" Xiao Langjun, this time I have built a few supply points on several islands in the South Seas, and now there are only one or two hundred people left in each supply point, and we still need to send some people to those places as soon as possible to consolidate it! ”

Yang Ku nodded and said: "This is indeed a good idea, although it is more dangerous to sail to the West, but the profits are also more abundant, we are not a hammer deal, it is better to set up their own docks along the way, but those countries along the way still have to be friendly with them!" ”

"Poof!" He Liang, who was drinking water, couldn't help but squirt out the water in his mouth, he apologized embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, you don't know, where are there any decent countries on the ground of the South Seas now, except for a few places where there is barely a country, most of the other big islands where I set up supply points are wild lands, and the natives and monkeys on it are no better!" ”

"If the land is so wild, why do you set up a stronghold in those places, so that it is extremely inconvenient for trade exchanges? And the miasma should be even worse! "Boss Yan couldn't help but worry about the people who stayed at the supply point, thinking that Lingnan was no longer suitable for people to live in, so the wild place of Nanyang further south was still a place for people to stay!

Seeing that the big guys all showed worried looks, He Liang excitedly said to everyone: "Although Nanyang is a wild land, with reckless jungles and miasma running rampant, the land above is extremely fertile, and I heard that rice can even be harvested three times a year in countries such as Linyi (southern Vietnam) and Funan (most of Cambodia includes Laos and part of Thailand)!" There are no countries around the few strongholds I have chosen, they are all indigenous tribes, and the land is extremely fertile, which can provide me with a foundation in the East China Sea! ”

Hearing He Liang say this, Boss Yan and Yang Ku's eyes suddenly straightened, even if there is no route, just these years of ripe land are very attractive to them, if they occupy such a large area of land in the South Seas for farming, then the East China Sea will never worry about the problem of food.

Nowadays, it seems that one's own grain can also be purchased from Nan Chen, but food is the foundation of a country, and one way to buy from other countries is to let others pinch their necks.

"Big brother, just tell me where you occupy those strongholds!" Seeing that everyone was waiting in a hurry, Wang Ze couldn't help but speak.

He Liang pointed to the map and told in detail, and Wang Ze learned that three of the five supply points he had newly occupied were in the Philippine Islands in later generations, and the other two were on the northern coast of Borneo.

It turned out that since separating from Wang Ze's newly occupied Keelung stronghold in the north of Yizhou, He Liang led most of the armed merchant ships about 40 or so all the way south, and the fleet consisted of more than 3,000 sailors and various accompanying personnel.

After heading south along the east coast of Yizhou, he first established a stronghold named Yidong (Taitung) in the south of the east coast of Yizhou, and after leaving 400 people in Yidong, He Liang left Yizhou and continued to travel south along the ocean current.

Then they passed through a series of archipelagos at sea and arrived at a large island, which was much larger than Yizhou, because there were many descendants of Han people-epitek maritime merchants who had traveled south for hundreds of years, so the island had a Han name, Lu Han, which means the land of Han people living abroad.

Wang Ze took a closer look: "I rely on this, isn't this the Luzon Island of the future!" However, Luzon got its name because there were many Song Dynasty maritime merchants who lived on the island during the Northern Song Dynasty.

He Liang, who was excitedly telling the new version of 'He Liang's Adventures', didn't notice Wang Ze's surprised expression at all, he only cared about talking about his discovery.

The geographical location of this series of islands between Yizhou and Luhan is very important, especially in the waters of the Batan Islands, where many typhoons pass through in the summer and autumn every year, and it is very necessary to set up shelter points on these islands, so as to greatly protect their passing ships.

In addition, this series of islands also has several large islands that can live in people, but because of the limited number of He Liang's fleet, a docking point was only set up on an island in the south of this series of islands near Luhan, and now there are 100 people staying on the island, just because the islands are small, they are only considered to be docking points, and they are not one of the supply points set up by He Liang in the South Seas.

Since the islands were occupied by oneself, it was necessary to give them a name, because there was only one island between this string of islands and the Ryukyu Islands, so the two islands that were called the Batan Islands and the Babuyan Islands respectively in later generations have now become a place called the 'Little Ryukyu Islands' on He Liang's chart.

"Haha, look at the monkeys in the Philippines are still grabbing land with us, and now your Luzon Island has become our Luhan Island, there is no way who let my brother come here for more than a thousand years!" Watching He Liang expand his territory on the map, Wang Ze's heart couldn't be more comfortable.

There is the entrance of a large river on the northernmost coast of Luhan Island, because of the large plains that the river has impacted, so the land here is very fertile, and the first supply point occupied by He Liang in the South Seas is here, and it is only a little more than a thousand miles away from Yizhou, and it is convenient to travel back and forth.

The second stronghold was near Manila in later generations, but because the indigenous tribes living here were stronger than the indigenous tribes in the north, He Liang stayed here longer, built a port and a strong castle, and stationed nearly 500 people here, and even fought with the nearby indigenous tribes when he returned from the West and passed through here.

In this way, He Liang stopped and stopped along the way, and established a supply point on the east and west sides of Long Island (Palawan) and the north coast of Borneo, and by the time he arrived at Temasek, a major commercial and trade center in the South Seas, it was already close to June.

Temasek is the ancient Chinese name for Singapore, as early as the 3rd century AD, during the Sun and Wu period, the ancient Chinese book Wu Shi Foreign Biography referred to Singapore as "Puluozhong", which means "the island at the end of the peninsula". Chinese ships bound for Western countries pass through Temasek and dock here.

Originally, He Liang came here and planned to return home, but here He Liang got acquainted with a merchant from Nanchen, and during the conversation, the merchant was very envious of the profits of the Western sea trade between the Rest Merchant and the Tianzhu Merchant, but because of the danger of crossing the Western Ocean, the merchant was discouraged.

He Liang listened to it in his heart, so He Liang discussed it with the sailors of the fleet and decided to go to the legendary Buddha Court to have a look.

"The people of Ceylonese have heard that they have a kind personality, so you should be good there, right?" In his later life, Wang Ze had seen some introductions to Sri Lanka, saying that the Tamils on the island were more aggressive, while the Sinhalese living in the south of the island were kind and friendly.

Who knows He Liang sighed and said: "I heard that there are many local monks in Ceylon and the monks of the Southern Dynasty, at the beginning of the year, His Majesty Chen Baxian, the Emperor of Nanchen, abolished a number of temples, and after the monks of the Southern Dynasty spread the news to Ceylon, the local monks are not as enthusiastic about us Hanmin as before, if we don't say that we are merchants of Nanchen, I am afraid that we will still worry about our lives!" ”

Only then did Wang Ze realize that the consequences of his attitude towards the Futu Sect were still to come, and many countries in the West and Nanyang believed in the Futu Sect during this period, so I am afraid that there will be many troubles in the future.

'Your sister, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, if they dare to provoke me, it depends on the long knife on our waists! Thinking of this, Wang Ze gritted his teeth and made up his mind!