Chapter 366: Finally Arrived at Adan
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Knowing what happened, Zheng He was even more reluctant to go to Zufar, so as not to cause a war. The people led by Chen Xiong, now more than 20 people in the treasure ship are willing to stay, and they are scattered and assigned to other ships, and I heard that there are more than 80 people who are staying in the ambush site with Zufar's soldiers, so I don't have to worry about them.
Wang Hou got on the boat again, and bowed to Chen Xiong's corpse three times, from the heart, he admired Chen Xiong's resourcefulness very much, if this person can use his wisdom in the right way, I don't know how many people will benefit, it's a pity! I wanted to pull out the "Dharma Zen Staff", but I thought it would be better to let him go like this, hoping that he could use the "Dharma Zen Staff" to wash away his sins.
Descending to the first floor, Wang Hou pulled out the blocked wooden stopper, and the sea water poured in again. Don't dare to delay, otherwise the hull will sink, and if you are still on it, you will inevitably be swept into the sea by the whirlpool and will not be able to get out.
Back on the "Tian Yuan", Wang Hou watched the boat sink into the water little by little until it disappeared, and there was no happiness in his heart, but a wisp of sadness. Zheng He stood beside him and sighed for a while: "With his wit, I really can't figure it out, why is he in this small boat...... Perhaps the Malin Qibao can not only control the water compass, but also affect the human mind. ”
Wang Hou was stunned, feeling that what Zheng Zongbing said was not unreasonable, everything has advantages and disadvantages, but fortunately, the Malin Qibao has been blown into pieces, and Chen Xiong sank into the sea with him. Directly heard Zheng He and said: "After his uncle Chen Zuyi was killed, 'the sea road is clean and peaceful, and the people rely on it to settle down', I hope that Chen Xiong's death can also make this sea quiet for a few years." General Wang, it's dawn, we need to correct our course, and it's time to hurry......"
On the afternoon of December 18, the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, ☆☆☆☆☆ was very lively in the port of Adan State, which is located on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Aden. Most of the men were dressed in white robes, with square turbans on their heads, and ornate short knives hanging from their waists, and the hilts were inlaid with gold, silver, and gemstones. Women wore black robes, covered their faces with black turbans and veils, and wore necklaces and bracelets.
People flocked to the harbor, anticipating the arrival of Zheng He's fleet. In the afternoon, a tall "hill" was seen sailing on the sea in the distance, and everyone cheered and greeted the arrival of the fleet with the traditional Chinese gongs and drums.
After the treasure ship docked, Zheng He walked out of the "Tian Yuan", although the first five voyages to the Western Ocean, he had crossed the Red Sea from here, trekked three thousand miles west to reach Tianfang (today's Mecca, the birthplace of holy Islam), for pilgrimage, but this time, Zheng He took the country of Adan as the end of this trip, and planned to dock for two months, and then travel about 3,000 miles south to Mugudushu (now Mogadishu in Somalia on the east coast of Africa), where he met with the fleet of Nanhai Gong and Liu Sect Master, and then sailed directly to the Western Ocean and returned to Daming.
Located at the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Adan is the gateway of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, known as the key point of maritime communication in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is also a distribution center for gems and pearls. Adan means "happy place", which refers to the fact that after a long voyage at sea, the spirit is extremely tired, and you can rest and play in Adan City, and you will naturally be happy; It also means that the scenery here is beautiful, like paradise.
Adan has a tropical arid climate, with two seasons of cool and hot in a year, with the hot season from April to October, and the temperature is similar to the midsummer in the south of China. November to March of the following year is the cool season, and even if it is a cool season, it is close to the turn of spring and summer in Jiangnan. At this time, the climate is pleasant, not only agricultural and sideline products are luxuriant, but also rare birds and animals thrive.
But for Zheng He, what is more important is the seabed here, not only does the sea mud contain a lot of gold, but its quality is dozens of times higher than that of land gold mines! Of course, digging up mud from the bottom of the sea is not an easy task, and it requires a lot of boats and manpower. This is also when he was in Changle Taiping Port, Zheng He said to Wang Hou, "In addition, the fleet has other tasks, but it is difficult to say now, when the time comes, let's talk to the general in detail." ”
Because it was the final stop, only Jolene and her dozen retinues were left in the ranks of foreign envoys. In addition to Li Xing, who was still busy docking other ships, the commanders, scribes, hundred households, yin and yang officials, medical officers and doctors on the Tianyuan, as well as the eunuchs, eunuchs, young eunuchs, internal officials and internal envoys, as many as 300 people, and hundreds of soldiers carried a load of burdens and followed behind Zheng He.
Qiao Lin saw that the treasure ship was docked, and her mood was even more complicated, not only the excitement of seeing the familiar scenery along the coast, the joy of returning to her hometown to hear the local sound, but also the sadness of being in the same room with Wang Hou again, pulling Wang Hou's arm, and looking at him eagerly. Wang Hou pretended not to know, and asked without a word.
Zheng He, who was walking in the front, walked a few steps closely, bowed to the person who greeted him, and said, "His Majesty the King personally greeted him, which made Zheng sincerely afraid. It was Armand, the king of Adan, who was about fifty years old, wearing a white robe and a white turban, and returned the salute to Zheng He, and said with a smile: "Zheng Zongbing and I are old friends, and we are still so polite." They both laughed at the same time, and at that moment Jolene rushed over, grabbed the king, and shouted in Arabic.
The king had already seen Jolene, and he also noticed that Jolene was holding a person, and he looked at Wang Hou twice, wondering why his daughter was so close to this person. At this time, seeing their daughter running over, the father and daughter had been separated for nearly two years, and they were naturally happy to meet, but they reached out and patted Qiao Lin's head and scolded: "It's still not big, did you get naughty along the way and make Uncle Zheng angry?" ”
Zheng He said with a smile: "The little princess is very obedient along the way, Your Majesty, you may not have heard that the little princess has also achieved a good ranking in the Beijing Martial Arts Conference." The king looked at Jolene with loving eyes, and muttered, "But when you grow up, you can still get a good ranking with the kung fu of that three-legged cat?" ”
Qiao Lin took the opportunity to say: "Father, let me introduce you to a person, he is not only the first in the martial arts conference, but also the strongest master in the world, and he is also my helper." He turned around and beckoned to Wang Hou.
Wang Hou hurriedly stepped forward and made a gesture to the king, and Zheng He on the side smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the little princess is right, General Wang is not only outstanding in martial arts, he is the first master of my Ming Dynasty, but also has noble martial arts and is commendable. ”
The king was still secretly blaming his daughter for messing around, how to worship under others, and when he heard Zheng He say this, he put away his reproach slightly, and was ready to go back and teach his daughter a lesson, nodded at Wang Hou, and looked at Zheng He again: "Zheng Zongbing has worked hard all the way, go to the palace to rest first, and then we will talk in detail." ”
Zheng He nodded yes and walked side by side with the King of Omand. Wang Hou noticed the king's coldness towards him, and guessed that it had something to do with Jolene, and had heard her say that after coming back this time, her father would definitely force her to marry, and he only hoped that the king would not misunderstand. In fact, Wang Hou didn't know that the custom of Adan Kingdom, men can't take the initiative to talk to women, and pulling their arms like Qiao Lin is already shocking unless they are close relatives. Just thinking about it, his arm tightened, and he was pulled by Qiao Lin again, and not only did he not break free, but he pulled it tighter, and secretly smiled bitterly, so he had to walk forward without squinting.
The cheers on the shore came and went, and Adam's guards stood in two rows, far away from the crowd of onlookers, forming a wide passageway. Wang Hou had seen this situation many times, but this time, he had a strange feeling of a foreign land, and became more and more determined to leave for Mugudu tomorrow and meet Yan'er.
Suddenly, at this moment, a voice came from my ear: "Sister Yan, look at how affectionate they are." Although the voice was not loud and was muffled by cheers, it was clearly captured by Wang Hou. I couldn't help but be stunned, looking for prestige, and saw that most of the people who were moving were wearing white headscarves, and only four of them were particularly conspicuous: wearing green gauze hats!
Wang Hou's heart was pounding, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and walked quickly over there. When the guard saw him coming, he waved his hand not to approach for safety reasons. Wang Hou ignored it, and went straight past the guards, separated from the crowd of onlookers, and arrived in front of the four people wearing Daoli.
Before the guards could understand what was happening, one of the masked men jumped up, grabbed the young man who had crossed the line, and shouted, "Nerd! The young man hugged the masked man with his backhand and laughed. Another masked man hugged the young man, screaming "nerd, nerd", and the other two masked men stood beside him, because they were covered by the green veil, and they didn't know what they looked like, but they could see that one of them was trembling all over, obviously excited; The other man began to sob.
Wang Hou never expected that he would meet Liu Hanyan, Zhou Qingzhu, Li Zhixian and Jin Minhui here, holding Yan'er tightly in his arms and speechless for a while. At this time, Qiao Lin also walked over, recognized it as the four members of the Ruthless Gang, and said happily: "Elder Yan, are you here too?" It's really good, the helper has been saying that he wants to go to you for the past few days, and now we don't have to go, and we can stay a few more days! ”
Liu Hanyan broke out of Wang Hou's arms, hugged Qiao Lin and laughed loudly: "Elder Qiao, I didn't expect us to see each other again, it's so good!" "When they broke up, they didn't expect to come to Adan and meet here.
"Okay, okay, everyone is watching us, it's not too late to go to the palace if you have something to say." Li Zhixian reminded everyone on the side. Wang Hou saw that the eyes of the surroundings were gathered here, and he came to his senses, but he couldn't help but be excited in his heart, and laughed: "I have long said that the Ruthless Gang will become the largest gang in the world, attracting the attention of people in the world, and this sentence has really come true today." The right palm gently patted on Zhou Qingzhu's hat, "Let's go!" ”
In the Chinese Pavilion of the Royal Palace, the six members of the Heartless Gang gathered in one room to listen to Wang Hou talk about the things they encountered after the breakup, from the Mei brothers in distress to the submission of the strange prince, from the chief of the preaching village to the saint, from the injury of Xiao Na in the Wusha Conference to the general altar of the Zoroastrian to find the Holy Fire Pill, and when he said that he had reached the Dharma Zen staff, he naturally omitted the experience of "Wang Qiaodong".
In addition to Qiao Lin, the other four people were sometimes angry, sometimes happy, sometimes "ah", surprised, sometimes "sigh", and couldn't help sighing, especially when they heard that Chen Xiong was killed in the boat, the four of them were even more happy. Wang Hou asked, "Did you encounter anything over there?" How did you come here? ”
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