Somewhere on Liuqiu Island, about 200 miles northeast of the Pinghu Islands, is probably where Changhua was located in later generations, the northern area of the Jianan Plain.

More than 3,000 Song troops and more than 5,000 pioneers who landed in advance were stationed here, built ports and dock forts, and reclaimed nearby land.

The reason why the closest place to Pinghu Island was not chosen was because there were a large number of indigenous tribes there, which was the core of the so-called Liuqiu country.

There are also natives in this vicinity, and when the Song army pioneer group just landed on the shore, they met a group of natives who were fishing on the seashore.

The natives rode on simple rafts and tied javelins with long ropes into the sea, and when they pulled the ropes back, a large fish might be stuck in the javelin.

When they saw dozens of boats like hills, coming from the sea, they immediately saw a god, and hurriedly knelt down on the raft, praying in fear.

Zeng Ba asked the soldiers to take these natives onto his own boat, intending to have a cordial exchange, but he found that chickens and ducks spoke with each other, and the language was not compatible.

After communicating for a long time, Zeng Ba finally pointed to the shore and kept asking, "How many people are you still on the shore?" How many people!? ”

Before, Uncle Xie Fang sent someone to investigate, but he basically took a boat to explore along the coast, at most, he was moving in a small area on the shore, and he didn't go too deep, so he knew a little outline information.

More than a dozen natives trembled, and for some reason, it took a long time for an older one to answer tentatively, "Playing card house ......

Then the other natives also shouted, "Truck house...... Gurgling ......"

"What are you masturbating?" Zeng Ba scratched his head when he heard this.

Lin Yingjia, who was wearing a civil official robe on the side, pondered, "Commander, maybe they are talking about the name of the place here, it sounds similar to the pronunciation of 'Liuqiu'." ”

Lin Yingjia is a native of Jinjiang County, Quanzhou, 31 years old, a new science and technology jinshi, quite enterprising.

It is definitely not enough to rely on force alone, civilian officials are always needed, and when Zhao Mengqi selected people among the alternate officials, no one wanted to do so.

The civil official of the Song Dynasty was very arrogant, and if the court arranged an unsatisfactory position for him, he would be a refusal to obey the edict.

Therefore, on the one hand, there are a large number of candidates for alternate officials, and on the other hand, there is a serious shortage of officials in many remote areas, and even if the imperial court sets up a 'finger shooting' system and leaves some local official positions open for them to choose, there are still very few people who go.

In the eyes of the vast majority of civil officials, exile is worse than exile, and no one wants to come, even if there is a treatment of increasing the quality of high-ranking officials and reducing the grinding.

As a result, there were several new science and technology scholars from Fujian who took the initiative to apply, and Lin Yingjia was one of them, so Zhao Mengqi got him a straight man with eight grades, and Quan Zhiliu asked for state affairs.

A new science and technology jinshi is much higher than the champion at the beginning of the official position, which is too rebellious, but no one envies it at all, and even many people secretly laugh at it.

Zeng Ba listened to what Lin Yingjia said, and was slightly stunned, "Place name? It's so embarrassing to say it, so it's just called the port to get ......"

Lin Yingjia couldn't help laughing, "The system is the pioneer of opening up the territory, and naming the place is also the proper meaning, but this is going to be recorded in history, it is better to be elegant, how about calling it Lukang?" The deer of the elk, harmonious has the meaning of blessing, please a good fortune, and wish us national merits. ”

"Haha, good, good, good color, Lin Zhizhou is a really learned person, then call it Lugang."

Zeng Ba Dale then pointed to the old man and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The old man still didn't understand, and pondered for a while, "Babuza, Babuza......"

"Your name is Babuzha?" Zeng Ba pointed his finger at the old man's chest and confirmed it again.

The old natives were puzzled, then pointed to themselves, and circled all the natives behind him, "Babuza." ”

Lin Yingjia spoke again, "What he means is that their tribe is called Babuza." ”

Zeng Ba couldn't cry or laugh, and pointed at the old man again, "I'm asking about you, you!" You! You! ”

The old man shrunk his neck, pointed his nose, and said hesitantly, "Gurgling......?" Wow new, wow new! ”

"What the hell is digging out my heart, and I still dig out my lungs." Zeng Ba couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Lin Yingjia was also amused, "Commander, I think I'll call him lucky." ”

"It's still Lin Zhizhou's mastery, and the name is good!" Zeng Ba laughed, and then looked at the old native, "Then I will call you lucky, do you understand, it's lucky, it's not a ghost digging your heart, this is the name given to you by the Great Song Wenqu Xing." ”

As he spoke, Zeng Ba stretched out his hand and patted the old native's smooth shoulder, and said with a smile, "In the future, this island will be the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, if you people who have become foreign people know how to be obedient, you can naturally become the people of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, bathe in the emperor's grace, and live a real life, you are indeed lucky, as the first person to welcome the king, as long as you behave well in the future, I will ask Your Highness for an official body, and you will be glorious!" ”

The old man, no, is fortunate to understand, but from Zeng Ba's expression guessed that it was probably not a bad thing, so he smirked and replied, and pointed to the rafts floating under the boat, and gestured for a while, and he didn't know whether he wanted to give the catch above to Zeng Ba, or whether he wanted to exchange goods.

Whether it is given or exchanged, where will Zeng Ba scarce a few broken fish, he immediately took out a dozen sugar cubes from the leather bag on his waist, threw one into his mouth in front of Wan Xing, and then distributed the rest to the natives, "Eat, this is sugar, sugar!" Delicious and ......"

"Greed? Sugar? Fortunately, looking at the crystal clear sugar cube in his palm, his expression was both curious and reverent, as if he was holding a divine object.

Immediately, under the urging of Zeng Ba, he was fortunate to put the sugar cube in his mouth with a pilgrimage-like mentality, but after a moment, his eyes lit up and he was excited, "Sugar! Jabber...... Sugar! ”

The other natives who had tasted the extreme sweetness also shouted excitedly, and then under the leadership of Wan Xing, they bowed down to Zeng Ba.

Zeng Ba didn't accept this too big etiquette for the Song people, turned sideways, and then pulled Wan Xing's arm and pulled him up, "We can't afford it, don't lose your life for nothing, if you have the opportunity to see Your Highness, it's not too late for you to kneel, and it's just a piece of sugar, we have a lot of good things in the Great Song Dynasty, what can this be?" In the future, this island will be used to grow sugar cane, and when the time comes, you will be able to eat sugar until you vomit ......."

After these natives stood up with humble faces, Zeng Ba couldn't help but smile and said, "Zhizhou, I don't think it's difficult to deal with these natives, maybe our trip will be much smoother." ”

Lin Yingjia shook his head, "Don't be too optimistic about the system, Your Highness and Xie Xiang have explained, there are many indigenous tribes on this island, and their temperaments are very different, most of them are Austronesian language groups, and they are separated from each other on this island, and the customs are self-contained, but most of them follow the barbaric atmosphere, such as hunting human heads, disregarding human ethics, etc., His Royal Highness said, we are an advanced civilization state, and we should be responsible for educating the world, and those who are good can be taught, and if those who are not obedient to the nature, they must also have thunder means to eliminate them." ”

Zeng Ba felt that although Lin Yingjia was a little crepe, he was not pedantic, and he never put on the stinky shelves of civil officials, and he got along with each other happily.

Therefore, he looked like he was taught, "Ha, Lin Zhizhou reminded him correctly, it is the so-called salute before the soldiers." ”

Lin Yingjia said again, "Commander, let's go ashore first, and then summon those Nanfan to try to communicate with these natives." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zeng Bayi patted his head, turned his head to look at the fleet behind him, "I almost forgot that we also brought a 'translator', looking at their appearance, they are a little similar, and I don't know if they can really get through, so I don't care about it for now, and I'm ready to land." ”

Immediately, he issued a series of orders, which were transmitted throughout the fleet through the golden drum of flags.

Soon after, three ships approached the shore and then sent a commanding soldier ashore in a dinghy to establish a beachhead defense.

In addition, many small boats were lowered in the fleet, and sailors began to use rope hangers to probe the depth of the water in the vicinity and find suitable passages.

Perhaps fortunately, the hydrological conditions of this coast are quite good, and the water depth less than five feet from the shore is enough for sea ships to berth, as long as it is built, it is enough to become a good harbor.

However, at present, it can only be connected into a trestle with a small boat to land for personnel, and when there are enough people on it, they will go to the logging to find materials and build a few more trestles.

Nearly 9,000 people, plus countless supplies, it would take two or three days to unload them, to say the least.

Zeng Ba, Lin Yingjia and others went ashore first and observed the environment briefly.

The vegetation on the island is luxuriant, and there are large areas of forests in the plains, and many of the trees are still very tall and strong, Zeng Ba couldn't help frowning, "The land is very flat, but it will take a lot of work to reclaim it into farmland." ”

"Control, you don't have to dislike these trees, this is a treasure, you see the camphor tree of more than ten zhang, there are not many near Quanzhou, used for shipbuilding, construction, making furniture and supplies, it can also refine camphor oil, the shorter one should be the tree, can make good medicine, the leaves can also be fed to livestock, it is also excellent for making paper, and soapberry can be used to make soap, na, there is also Nanmu, according to His Royal Highness, there is a red cypress that can grow to 20 zhang high in the high mountains, and it is an excellent ship material...... Your Highness had the foresight that many of the people who came this time were good at logging, so we will accumulate the timber while cultivating it, and when the second group of craftsmen will come to set up workshops and turn these trees into wealth...... This island deserves to be called a treasure island by His Royal Highness! ”

Lin Yingjia talked eloquently, his expression full of excitement.

Zeng Ba laughed, "Haha, I originally thought that Xie Xiang sent us more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to cut people, but I didn't expect it to be cutting trees." ”

The two chatted for a while, and the three interpreters were also sent ashore.

These three interpreters are actually merchants from Java, Boni and Champa respectively, and they have different languages from each other, but they have a lot in common.

So I asked the three interpreters to communicate with more than a dozen natives, and after a while of comparing and guessing, I was finally able to barely communicate.

On this day, the Song army only built trestle bridges and camps by the sea, and did not go deep inland.

Originally, the natives were going to return to the tribe, but fortunately seeing that the Song people were so powerful, and providing them with extremely delicious food, they honestly stayed for questioning, but in the evening, a few people from their tribe came to find them, and they were also detained by the patrolling Song army.

After a night, Zeng Ba and Lin Yingjia finally had a preliminary understanding of the situation within a radius of dozens of miles.

Some people died, but not completely......