Chapter Ninety-Six: Khmer Refugees
Since the beginning of the Khmer succession crisis, the situation at home and abroad is turbulent, Phnom Penh also has a large-scale uprising, and the Cham on the side is in great contrast, the nobles in order to suppress the rebellion, the thunder means, people are very afraid that they will secretly poison the hand, so they have fled to the Champa, this is the first large-scale population flight since the Khmer entered the dark age, involving Phnom Penh, Kraties, Stung Dinh, Siem Reap four places, Phnom Penh and Kratie moved into Puriango, Purian Goli is inhabited by many Khmers, Compared to there, it will not be too restrictive, but the Shangding and Siem Reap people are not, Shangding and Siem Reap do not rely directly on Puriango, compared with Puriange, Vijaya is closer.
A large number of Khmer refugees have poured into the city of Xiyuan in Vijaya Province, and the government of Vijaya is about to be exhausted, after all, there are many refugees in the two places, and the central government needs to coordinate, which has brought them huge pressure in the short term.
At the same time, Saigon was renamed Porenogo, but it also retained its old name, which can be called Saigon City or Porenogo City, and the original old city was set up as Zhuxi City, and the western area with a low degree of development was set up as Heishui City. The purpose of this trip is Zhuxi City, no matter how bad it is, you can go to Heishui, no matter how low the degree of development is, they are all Khmer people, and they are also kind.
Sita Settlement
The chiefs and high-ranking of the umbrella tree tribe have come to visit the Sita settlement, they also very much want to find a place to settle down, but there is no way, in order to survive, they must go out to hunt, otherwise they will starve to death, their ancestors have also tried to plant fruit trees that can bear fruit, although the survival rate of fruit trees is very high, but his fruiting rate is too low, completely insufficient to provide for the tribe of people to live, and there are no other crops with high yields that can be cultivated, This is the reason why Oceania has always been a nomadic civilization.
The chief watched as the rows of houses lined up neatly with the Civic Center in the center, the tallest building in the entire Sita settlement. The entire civic center is 3 stories high, and it is the only concrete house in Sita, and all the remaining cement is left for the construction of fortifications, after all, not all aborigines will be as friendly as the Gubbigubi, and if they do not detect the tribal attack in time, the entire settlement will be easily attacked.
And from the last time the Gubi Gubi people peeped at Sita, it made Hou Zongsheng feel very nervous, but fortunately this time they met a relatively mild native, this incident can be regarded as a wake-up call for him, the action of building the city wall has to start quickly, before the completion of the city wall, the public security department will arrange people to inspect at any time, and when the city wall is completed, you can inspect the city wall.
The government is responsible for the construction of the city wall, and the government uses taxes in exchange for the people's voluntary labor, and the people are naturally very willing to build the city wall, after all, it is for their safety, they can still distinguish between black and white, and they are not free workers, the government not only pays them for their work but also provides them with food and drink.
Hou Zongsheng and others invited the chief and others into the city hall, everyone was naturally the first time to see the dark-skinned people, full of curiosity about them, the chief and others were also shocked, and said that these are miracles, the current decoration of the city hall is basically completed, the decoration is not luxurious, but it is also complete, Hou Zongsheng asked people to move stools and invite everyone to sit down.
The translator conveyed the meaning of Hou Zongsheng to everyone, and everyone sat directly on the ground.
Hou Zongsheng: ...
Translator:...
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Hou Zongsheng looked at the translator, I now seriously doubt the professionalism of your translation.
The translator said, "Everyone, please sit down on this." The translator pointed to the stool behind them.
They looked at the little stool with suspicion, is this thing as good as a stone? Won't it be broken? The chief saw that everyone else was seated, so he also sat down, and the other tribesmen followed them.
The two sides continued to discuss the issue of trade, and the natives did not have currency, so Hou Zongsheng prepared to promote the occupation of currency among the natives.
Hou Zongsheng took out the currency and said to the translator: "You translate for them, this is our commonly used coin, you can exchange items for money, and you can use this money to buy salt and food with us." ”
The chief was curious to pick up the coin, which was engraved with a cross and the word Binasor on the back, and the Pengyu was indeed recorded as King Binasol in the history of the Champas, so the mint simply engraved this as a national symbol on the coin. The coins were made of silver and looked shiny, and the chief felt that this must be some kind of immortal artifact, which could be used to trade the goods of the immortals.
The chief took the coin and said a lot, and the translator translated it for everyone, and everyone was a little surprised to hear it, this thing was shiny, very beautiful, and asked how many furs could be exchanged.
Fur is very rare in Cham China, and even in the market share of the two major trading centers of Guangzhou and Malacca, the share of fur is less than 1%, so the trade price is relatively high. The reason why it has not risen particularly high is that whether it is Guangzhou or Malacca and the areas they radiate, the winters are very warm, and there is no need for fur to keep warm, and fur can be used to make luxury goods, nothing more.
At present, the world's largest fur trading center in Novgorod, the capital of the Novgorod Republic in Northern Europe, because Novgorod City is located in the center of the transportation system, Novgorod City has become a gathering place for merchants and a transshipment station for goods from all directions, coupled with the unusually cold in Northern Europe, the fur trade is hot, and the trade radiation area accounts for 40% of the total fur production, which is the most important fur trade center in the world.
The two sides also discussed the issue of trading channels, and Hou Zongsheng said that he could teach them the Cham language for free, but at the same time hoped that they could also learn their language, and the chief readily agreed, and they could not ask for the language of the gods.
After that, Hou Zongsheng led the people of the Umbrella Tree Tribe to visit the rice field and said, "This is the food we eat, and the yield is extremely high, which can help you settle down steadily." ”
The natives are naturally tired of wandering life, after all, most people don't want to live a life without a meal, so they have said that they want to learn planting techniques, Hou Zongsheng is very satisfied, let them settle, relying on cultural input can quickly assimilate their culture.