It was not until half a month later that the Ming sailors spotted the traces of other merchant ships in front of the lookout post.

It looks like a sea ship in the Annam area, and the Ming Sea ship has not had much contact. However, it must not be very far from the border of Annam.

After another six or seven days, the Ming Hai ships finally arrived on land.

After discovering the land, the Ming Sea ships did not stop for long, but sailed towards the coastal area by taking advantage of the wind as shown on the chart.

During this trip, Ming Hai did not go to Quang Nam but went to the boundary south of Quang Nam, so it was not intercepted by the naval warships of Quang Nam, and the ships of Annam encountered nearby did not know what this huge merchant fleet was moving south along the coastline for.

In order to hide people's eyes, the Minghai ship also specially pushed the guns on the deck into the cabin.

Not far away, on the sea, a two-masted bird ship headed towards the merchant fleet.

After the bird boat approached a fortune ship headed by a ship, the Ming merchants on the ship shouted: "We are Chinese merchants in Luzon, and we have come to Anhai Trade on purpose." ”

The officers and men on the bird boat obviously understood the words of the Chinese merchants.

Tilting his head, he shouted at the merchants on board.

"Since you are a Nanyang merchant, please follow me." Soon, the bird boat swung its oars and headed towards the distant shoreline.

After about two hours, the fleet arrived at an estuary, and the river rushed violently into the sea with thousands of mud and sand, almost washing a large part of the sea water out of the sea into a faint turbid color, which formed a sharp contrast with the blue water in front of it.

Presumably, this is the boundary of Midi.

Yang Yong stood on an eagle boat, holding his hands and staring at the eight lucky boats not far away.

Behind him, dozens of warships, large and small, gathered here, looking at this strange group of visitors.

On the deck, Lin Xu also looked at this large fleet.

However, there was a hint of contempt on his swarthy face.

The warships that came over seemed to be numerous, but they were all bird ships, clippers, and they only carried a small gun, and some did not even have a gun.

As far as the eye can see, there are dozens of warships on the nearby sea, and few can vaguely identify those in military uniforms.

The soldiers were all armed with swords, cards or spears, and several gunners with firearms could be seen in a panic pushing projectiles or pouring gunpowder into the guns.

Looking at these rabble, Lin Xu couldn't help but shake his head, although dozens of warships surrounded him, as long as the guns in the cabin were pushed out, it would only take an hour to beat this group of Ming people to pieces.

Even eight fortune ships will not do much damage.

Yang Yong naturally didn't know what the Ming army generals on the Fu ship were thinking.

At this time, he looked at the eight lucky boats staying on the sea not far away, and there was a look of greed on his face.

"General, it seems that it is a merchant ship sent by the Ming Court of Luzon, and it is estimated that it is to send us silver and grain." The bird ship had also returned to report the news.

"Yes, go and inform Lord Yang Yandi." Yang Yong looked at a lucky boat led by him, and a sampan was lowered on the lucky boat, and about a dozen people crowded into the boat and rowed here.

"Take them ashore." Yang Yong also felt that there was a lot of inconvenience at sea, so he still went to the land to discuss in detail.

Soon Ding Ge was on land on a sampan, and he was joined by ten Ming sailors.

The soldiers present looked curiously at this group of Luzon businessmen.

Brother Ding also only brought a few retinue merchants, and the merchants on other merchant ships naturally stayed on the merchant ships, and those Ming soldiers followed Lin Xu to disembark to land under Lin Xu's orders.

The aim, of course, was to protect these merchants.

As the owner of the ship in Minghai on this trip to Annan, Lin Xu naturally had to protect him thoroughly.

The soldiers on the shore looked at these Ming soldiers with great envy.

On his shoulders was a black firebolt, a bright armor, a sword around his waist, and a strange thing shaped like a medicine pestle.

At this time, it is already the end of spring, and the area of Shuizhenla, which is located in Southeast Asia, has gradually become stuffy.

However, for the Ming people and merchants living in Luzon, it was not unbearable.

Following Yang Yong, more than a dozen Ming merchants and soldiers entered a small road, surrounded by dense rainforest, and the road was also muddy.

Several Chinese merchants engaged in maritime trade did not often walk into this kind of rainforest mountain road, and it seemed that they were unable to walk through the dense rainforest, and they fell several times, and their gorgeous clothes were covered with mud.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Ming army on the side supported the merchants, which allowed the merchants to go on.

Yang Yong, who was on the side, looked at the more than ten soldiers and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

He deliberately chose a shortcut, which can save half a day's journey, and wanted to test whether these soldiers of the Ming court in Luzon were in vain, who had wanted to keep up with the ten Ming soldiers who did not fall, and their bodies were still very neat, but several of his soldiers were slid down the slope by the muddy mountain road, covered with mud, mosquitoes, and miserable.

In fact, these Ming soldiers played guerrilla warfare with Muhamvili's pirates on the Batanes Islands, fought with the Fan people on the island, shuttled through the dense and humid rainforest, and sometimes had to beware of the sentry arrows or poisoned arrows of the local Fan people or pirates.

During the march, these Ming soldiers never left the gun, and several players still stood on the periphery to protect the group.

Yang Yong naturally could see that these Luzon Ming people were wary of themselves, and he smiled at Brother Ding: "It's a mile away." ”

Ding Ge nodded after hearing this, as a maritime merchant who lives on sea voyages all year round, this hardship is still bearable.

In fact, although these Chinese merchants were covered in mud, they did not show any signs of tiredness, and they were able to keep up with the march of the officers and soldiers.

Of course, this is also related to the support of the Ming soldiers all the way.

After about a quarter of an hour, after passing through a vast wood, the group finally saw the plain.

Standing on the ridges of the fields, as far as the eye can see, there are patches of rice fields, and the sun of the rising sun falls on the fields and waters, and folds a warm brilliance.

They had never been to Chenla, but the paddy fields, depressions, and cultivators standing in the fields in front of them made them unforgettable.

The group did not disturb the cultivators, and they looked at the natives with their hoes in amazement as they advanced towards the village.

"Since Lord Quang Nam Nguyen allowed us to go south to settle in the fertile land of Shui Chenla, Lord Yang has recruited displaced people and established villages and cities."

Yang Yong pointed to this paddy field and said: "Over the years, Lord Yang has worked hard to appease the displaced people and recruit Han cultivators, and now there are more than ten Han people in nearby villages, and the Han people can account for five or six out of ten."

Brother Ding silently looked at the people working in the fields nearby, and there were indeed many Han people in their appearance.

The city was still some distance from these villages, and the group finally decided to have lunch in one of the villages before setting out.

More than a dozen soldiers broke into several houses and collected food from some villagers' homes.

At this time, it was noon, and every household was cooking, and these soldiers also collected a lot of food.

A group of more than 50 people requisitioned several residents' bamboo buildings for meals.

The climate in Southeast Asia is hot and rainy, and there are many bamboo or wooden buildings in the people's houses, which belongs to a kind of dry column building in the south.

The roof of the house is in the shape of a "human", which is easy to drain during the rainy season and does not cause water accumulation.

The ground floor of the bamboo building is generally inhabited, it is a place to raise poultry and pile up firewood and grass, and the upper floor is the place where the residents live, so it is also called a stilt house.

This type of house has excellent ventilation conditions and is very suitable for the hot and rainy climate conditions of Southeast Asia.

Such buildings were also common in Luzon, and the Ming people were used to it.

It's just that after seeing the uncontrollable resistance and rejection on the faces of the local residents, the shrewd merchants naturally noticed something.