Chapter 45 The South Seas Stir

Although He Xi said that he would not care about King Jingjiang, he did not expect that King Jingjiang would be gone for more than a month, although there has been news coming back here. But the man never returned.

During this period of time, He Xi also took the time to think of the barren King Jingjiang. Because He Xi is also very busy.

Deep ravines have been dug in the heights to serve as foundations for the city walls. But that was the end of the construction of the city walls. It's impossible to make any high-tech here. Rammed earth walls are sufficient. However, the three guards of King Jingjiang, together with their families, totaled tens of thousands of people. Within a month, it was sent one after another.

So, building a house is the most important thing.

Because there is no shortage of wood. Therefore, all the houses built here are made of wood. Almost all of them worked together to build a county seat with several streets.

The overall scale is in the shape of a mouth, and the city wall is outside the Gain. The open space inside is for the construction of buildings such as the royal palace. Today, there are only a few large houses. As the king of Jingjiang, He Xi and others lived.

You must know that the Jingjiang Palaces in Guilin were originally the hidden residences of Emperor Yuan Shun. The scales are as you can imagine. Now, although due to various reasons, the construction of the palace has been postponed. But in general, there needs to be enough space.

Otherwise, King Jingjiang himself would not be willing.

Wait until these things are over. King Jingjiang walked out of the deep mountains and old forests.

King Jingjiang has been outside for more than a month, and he has changed from a dignified appearance to a raunchy appearance. Unshaven beard. However, He Xi felt that King Jingjiang's temperament had changed somewhat.

He Xi just felt that King Jingjiang's temperament had changed. But he didn't know how much change this month had brought to King Jingjiang.

The horse infantry army of more than 1,000 people led by the King of Jingjiang is not worth mentioning in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the guards of the King of Jingjiang are not the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty. The first-class army of the Ming Dynasty was either in the north or in Beijing. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what King Jingjiang thought deep down. How can the most elite army be given to the king of Jingjiang.

But even so, when King Jingjiang used it to clean up the natives on the island of Taiwan, he was naturally invincible.

King Jingjiang is in the forest. Three tribes were annihilated and thousands of natives were killed. Two of them are cannibal tribes. So much so that King Jingjiang was ambushed. It's just that these natives don't even have iron knives, and they can't pierce the armor of the Ming army at all.

The end result can be imagined.

After several "big" wars, the Familiar Barbarian tribe was very knowledgeable about current affairs. So they asked to surrender one after another. King Jingjiang swore an oath with these tribal elders one by one. Ask them to pay tribute. and sent warriors of his clan to serve under him.

In this way, with Jingjiang City as the center, the range of one or two hundred miles within a radius has become the sphere of influence of King Jingjiang.

There are other gains.

There are more than a dozen catties of golden sand, dog's head gold, all kinds of pearls and gemstones, hundreds, and all kinds of furs, and there are countless of them. Although dozens of soldiers died in battle. In addition, the warriors recruited from the tribe were more numerous than when they went out.

And these belongings can bring timely rain to the Jingjiang Domain.

However, more important is the change in the spirit of King Jingjiang.

No matter how small the scale of these battles was, no matter how easy the battles were, after all, on the battlefield, King Jingjiang had never seen so many dead people at one time. There are also various bone ornaments brought out from the cannibals, using human bones.

This gave King Jingjiang a powerful stimulus.

Let Jing Nan's temperament become calm.

There is a lot less frivolity.

Sure enough, the battlefield is the most experienced people.

Now the king of Jingjiang really has a bit of the temperament of a vassal king.

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Nanyang.

On the agreed island, several ships from both sides arrived. The guards on both sides also formed a circle and watched from afar. And the bigwigs of both sides, that is, Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming, met here.

Chen Zuyi is still young, only in his thirties. A Hokkien dialect with a Wenzhou accent. If He Xi is allowed to listen to it, it is simply a book from heaven. But Liang Daoming on the other side is from Fujian. Naturally, I can understand it.

Compared with Chen Zuyi, Liang Daoming is older, and his hair is half white. He is also very kind in appearance, not so aggressive.

Chen Zuyi said: "Liang Weng, what do you think of the news released by the Dai family? ”

Liang Daoming said: "What do you think? Don't look at it much? I'm old. I just want to hand over this stall to the juniors in an instant, no matter what it is for the affairs of the court. I don't even want to interfere. Those of us who live well in Nanyang. The mainland is just a hometown. ”

Liang Daoming saw it clearly. He didn't want to go home at all.

Although I dreamed back at midnight, I was haunted by my dreams. But he knew better that it was just a dream, and it would always be a dream. Nanyang is estimated to be the place where his bones are buried.

Chen Zuyi said: "Liang Weng, we Han people have to stay together overseas in order to survive, and these returns to Nanyang are not at all peaceful. We are weak in the South Seas. It's been a long time. I'm afraid I'm going to be eaten by them. Only by having a relationship with the imperial court can it last for a long time. ”

"I heard that this time there was a vassal king behind him. Maybe this road will be opened, at least we will not be short of goods in the future. and there will be no shortage of silver. ”

Liang Daoming said: "Your idea is very good, you can do it yourself." My old fellow is no longer with me. ”

Chen Zuyi still wanted to persuade again, but Liang Daoming had already said: "Today, I am actually looking at your face. You have to give my old man face, too. ”

The words have already been said about this, Chen Zuyi can only send Liang Daoming away with a smile.

The two returned to their respective boats.

Liang Daoming took a sip of strong tea and said; "I'm not dead yet."

Liang Daoming's most jealous of Chen Zuyi is that sentence, Han people have to stay together overseas to survive.

Isn't that right? Absolutely.

But Liang Daoming has been on the sea for half his life, and he never wants to be held together by others. He's old, but he still wants to pass it on to his son. I didn't want to hand it over to Chen Zuyi. And his son is far from Chen Zuyi's opponent.

This is Liang Daoming's worry.

The pirates of all parties who fled from the coast to the South Seas in the early years of Hongwu have formed several independent groups under various integration and reshuffle, and pirates who are dependent on the local kings. The pirates who are attached to various countries are the most numerous, with Annan being the largest. Without him, Annan has some systems, which are not much different from the Ming Dynasty. But other countries, in the eyes of the pirates, are also barbarians, so they are naturally reluctant to defect.

As for these independent pirate groups, Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming are the largest.

It's just that these pirate groups themselves were formed by annexing many small gangs. The growth paths of the two sides are not much different. Liang Daoming was naturally afraid of Chen Zuyi.

And here, Chen Zuyi also sighed and said: "The bird's ambition is clear." ”

Compared, Liang Daoming. The mind is still on pirates. Chen Zuyi is much smarter than Liang Daoming. Fled from the southeast coast to the South Seas. Chen Zuyi has greeted many countries in the South Seas, some of which are weak and some are strong, and Java is the largest power in the South Seas, with a large number of ships and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Even the Yuan Dynasty suffered in Java. The strength of Java can be imagined.

But there are also small princely states, but they are only the land of one city. Several great powers are called tribute, so much so that these powers feel that this is their own territory.

In the South Seas, the upper limit of the country is high, but the lower limit of the country is also low. Faced with this situation, Chen Zuyi thought of: "Princes and generals, rather have a kind." "I think of the Three Heroes of Wind and Dust, who are already in the Water Margin, and the legend of the Ruan family brothers being kings overseas.

Chen Zuyi secretly said in his heart: "Why can't I? ”

With this idea, Chen Zuyi is also going in this direction. Yes, Liang Daoming is right. Chen Zuyi wanted to annex Liang Daoming's department. But this annexation is not the same as the annexation of the other. If it is annexed by pirates, it will inevitably be a fire annex, and the victor will be wiped out. And if it is annexed in the way of a state, there is a more gentle way. For example, worshipping Liang Daoming as the prime minister. Or, the marriage between the two parties is a big deal, so that the Liang family, like the Khitan Xiao family, will become a descendant, and Chen and Liang will share the world.

Today, Chen Zuyi tried his best to talk to Liang Daoming, on the one hand, it was certainly to deal with the changes that occurred in the Ming court. The other thing is that I want to pull the relationship so that I can go further.

It's just that Liang Daoming doesn't pick up the stubble at all.

Let Chen Zuyi be helpless. Chen Zuyi had a hint of murderous intent surging in his heart, and said secretly: "Liang Weng is old. ”