"This is Tianzhu? It doesn't look good!"

Lao Cui and Lao Du were lying on the side of the boat, looking at the harbor not far away.

One thing to say, this seaport is far worse than the Keelung Port of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Qiongzhou Military Port built later is much cleaner and more magnificent than this Tianzhu seaport.

The first impression of Tianzhu Harbor on them was that it was dirty and dilapidated.

Fishing nets and canvas hung everywhere along the harbor, and the water along the shore was still covered with yellowish-white foam.

You must know that for so many years, Lao Cui Lao Du has paid great attention to hygiene at Tang Ping's request, so when he saw such a scene, he felt a kind of discomfort from the bottom of his heart.

"Ping Guogong, don't you really need us to go together?" Fourth Master Luo and Qian Laosan asked with some concern, "This place is the caravan that runs the farthest on the sea, and it is very rare to reach the place."

The implication was that this place was too remote, and the two of them wanted to follow Tang Ping to protect his safety.

"No!" Tang Ping said firmly, let them follow ashore, what if the mission fails?

The envoys were full of two hundred men, and more than a dozen small boats were put down, and they rowed ashore by themselves.

"Third brother, what are we doing now?" Fourth Master Luo asked on the boat.

"Go back, don't you know Ping Guogong's skills? He can take so many people from Chang'an to our Qiongzhou in an instant, even if he encounters danger, he can leave directly."

"Also, if we don't have us in the South China Sea, I'm afraid that those monkey pirates in the South Seas won't stop."

For Tang Ping's ability, the two of them are 10,000 at ease, since Tang Ping only let them send them here, then do what they are told.

On the other side, Tang Ping and his party went ashore, although the harbor was in tatters, there were still a lot of people.

The people on the shore all looked at Tang Ping and his party together.

There's no way, their clothes are really a bit eye-catching, and the black armor of the water is all made of modern materials.

It's a material that these people have never seen before, and it's probably similar to how modern people see a group of aliens wearing armor.

Then soon two men dressed in similar costumes and armed with weapons approached.

In Tang Ping's mind, this should be the local manager.

"Who are you? What are you doing in our Ketai Harbor?"

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One person asked in a chattering voice, but unfortunately the people on Tang Ping's side couldn't understand it, and then they all looked at Wang Xuance.

After all, everyone knows that he knows Tianzhu language.

But who knew that Wang Xuance was also sweaty.

He does understand Tianzhu language, and it can even be said that he is proficient.

But what he knows is Tianzhu official dialect, just like the Mandarin of our later generations.

And these two guard-like people probably speak a certain dialect of Tianzhu, which is like throwing a person who is proficient in Mandarin into a place where Hokkien is spoken.

Just when Wang Xuance was thinking about how to explain to Tang Ping, Tang Ping suddenly spoke.

"We are envoys from the Tang Dynasty and want to see your king."

Although Tang Ping spoke Chinese, there was a clattering sound that came out almost at the same time as what he said.

This is the system reward that Tang Ping got last time, a headset that can interpret simultaneously, I didn't expect it to come in handy here.

At that time, Tang Ping was afraid that this headset would not be able to recognize the ancient languages of the world, but he didn't expect that the black technology of the system was awesome.

Even so, the dialect of Tianzhu, a remote fishing port, can recognize the translation.

The two guards didn't expect that Tang Ping on the other side was actually fluent in local dialect as soon as he opened his mouth, and they were all stunned.

You must know that if they go to the city dozens of kilometers away, they have to change their accent slightly so that the people in the city can understand.

However, the two of them reacted quickly.

"Datang?"

They glanced at each other

After that, the two of them brightened their eyes and stretched out their hands.

"Since you are from another place, please pay the tax, according to the capitation, a large amount of silver per person."

The large silver coins they refer to are those of the Sassanid Persian silver coins that have been thinned and enlarged, and the patterns and reliefs on the coins have been changed.

The purchasing power of each large silver coin is quite high, and if a person really had to pay such a tax as a poll tax, I am afraid that many caravans will go bankrupt.

Obviously, these two guards had never heard of the country of Datang, and it was quite bluffing to see that their group was neatly dressed, so the lion opened his mouth and wanted to knock on a bamboo pole.

After all, even if Tang Ping and they seem to be bluffing, there are only about 200 people, and they are still from other places, and they have a garrison next to this harbor

Six or seven hundred, I really won't be afraid of this mere two hundred.

Tang Ping is not a fool, he also stopped at several ports along the way, and also exchanged a lot of currencies from all over the world.

There is also a bottom in mind about the approximate price level of this sea area.

He also had the big money that the two guards said, and it was nothing for him to pay this tax.

But he was the representative of the Tang Dynasty, if he was knocked on the bamboo pole as soon as he went ashore, and it would be spread out in the future, it would not be a loss of his Tang Ping's face.

Second, in modern times, he and his dog traveled to Southeast Asia, and they were stretched out by the local staff at the customs to ask for tips, and if they didn't give it, they wouldn't have a good face.

At that time, in modern times, Tang Ping and the three of them had never given such a tip, and in this era, it would be even more impossible to knock a sum of money from him.

So he pointed to a man who came down from a boat next to him and said, "Why don't they give so much?"

He had already heard it just now, and there were three large merchant ships over there, and with the cost of docking, a total of 100 silver coins had been given.

When the people of the caravan saw Tang Ping pointing at him, and had a conflict with the guards of the harbor, they actually stopped and did not leave, and looked at Tang Ping and them with interest in their hands.

"If you are told to pay the money, where did you get so much nonsense?" One of the guards said with a red face.

For the fat sheep in other places, knocking on a sum is the main source of income for these guards, of course, as long as they are willing to pay, it is okay to bargain and pay less.

But like Tang Ping, who choked as soon as he came up, they hadn't met much yet.

After all, they are the most powerful country in the region, and no one else who comes here to do business will dare to offend them.

"Childe, do you want to do it?" Lao Cui Lao Du's hand slowly put it behind his waist.

Although I don't know what the other party said, I still know how to observe words and looks, and they can understand what Tang Ping said.

This is obviously that the other party wants to rip off the bamboo, and then the talks fall apart.

Originally, they came to save Tang Sanzang, and Tang Sanzang was detained by the other party, so they already knew that they would inevitably have to do it when they came.

And although Lao Cui Lao Du's movements were hidden, the two guards couldn't understand what they were saying, but they obviously felt that the momentum of the group of people on the opposite side had changed, and the two of them also had a change in complexion.