Located at the southeastern tip of the Indochina Peninsula, the city of Champa is also known as Champa Buluo, because "Buluo" means "city" in Sanskrit, so it is simply translated as Champa country, or Champa.

The hometown of Zhancheng was originally Xianglin County in Rinan County of the Han Dynasty. Later, it became independent and established the city state. Unlike the Dayue Kingdom in the north, which bathed in the Confucian culture of the Central Plains, the southern part of the city was heavily influenced by Indian culture, and the people mostly believed in Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism.

Since the Song Dynasty, located in the south of the border, Zhenla, Da Yue, Zhancheng three countries are constantly in turmoil, among which Zhenla is strong, once destroyed the country and occupied the city several times. In the thirteenth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1220), the king of Champong, Jaya Paramita, defeated Chenla and restored the Champa state. Later, Zhenla and the southern Luo Hu Kingdom were opposed, and the relationship with Champa was slightly eased. Even so, due to the intertwined borders of the two countries, there are constant wars of all sizes on the borders of the two sides.

In the Northern Song Dynasty Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu four years (1012), Jianghuai and Zhejiang were in great drought, and the paddy fields were not boarded, Song Zhenzong sent an envoy to Fujian, took 30,000 rice seeds (with a capacity of 10 buckets) in Zhancheng, and distributed them to the above areas for sowing, and achieved success. Soon, Henan and Hebei areas were also planted with Champa rice. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Champa rice spread all over the Southern Song Dynasty and became the main variety of early indica rice. Champa rice has also become the main food eaten by the people of the Southern Song Dynasty all year round.

On a high ground on the south bank of the Sai Kung River, thousands of dark-skinned men sweat and rain as they carry earth and stones to build a fort on the wharf. The diameter of the fort is nearly 100 meters, including a four-zhang high watchtower, an ammunition depot, an official hall, a barracks, and a one-meter-high wall. The fort can be equipped with more than 20 heavy guns, which is circular in shape and can cover the entire river surface and land.

The fort can accommodate hundreds of soldiers, overlooking the surroundings, and if it is equipped with small cannons and earth-shattering thunder, it is enough to withstand the attack of thousands of people.

And on the plain not far behind the fort, walls of different heights are being built, the thickness of the city wall is only about three meters, but the height can reach ten meters, stretching for several miles, which is very spectacular.

Inside the city wall, the sound of reading in the town's school hall came, "outside the long pavilion, ...... by the ancient road", babbling, it is also Song dialect, poetry and songs.

The wharf has been built, with stones as the foundation, cement slurry poured in, dozens of huge steps, stretching for miles along the coast, with a deep draft, which can accommodate hundreds of ships, large and small. Two long cement trestle bridges, one south and one north, go deep into the sea and serve as a docking place for large ships.

On the river, several cargo ships rowed from far away on the inland river and stopped at the shore of the wharf, where the coal and iron ore on board were unloaded by the people and transported along the cement road connecting the interior, or to the shacks on the shore, or to the iron mills on the shore, where coal was burned into coke and steel was smelted.

The reason why it is called the ironmill, rather than the ironworks, is that the scale of the ironworks is so small that it can only be tinkered with and some much-needed civil iron. As for a large number of iron tools and weapons used, they were all transported by the Great Song Dynasty.

For those huge warships, it is easy to transport iron and firearms, and you can also ballast and push the boat down the river.

A radius of more than thirteen miles, it should be about the same.

Du Xian stood on the fortifications under construction, looking at the rising city wall not far away, looking forward to it.

3,000 Song army sailors garrisoned in the south of the city, since the defeat of the Zhenla army in several small battles, in the need to anchor warships, the Song army chose more than 100 miles south of Zhenglai Bay as the sailor station.

Unconsciously took out the textbook of Jinling Lecture Hall from his bosom, and turned to the folded page, which was exactly a map, a world map.

It is this world map that gives Du Xian a goal, that is, to drive the warship of the Great Song Dynasty, sail in every corner marked on the map, and conquer every unknown place on the map.

Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, Atlantic, English Channel.......

Australia, Africa, Europe, North and South America......

A map is not only his dream of Du Xian, but also the dream of many great Song sailors!

Since I had this map, the land of Shenzhou, which used to be three mountains and five mountains, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, felt small.

Over the past year or so, he and his naval warships have traveled throughout the South China Sea, visited many places, and enriched the map of the South China Sea a lot.

"General, is it necessary to build this walled city so big? More than ten miles around, it's almost time to catch up with Jinling City! ”

Wang Kai, a sailor's pawn, went to the fort, his face was dark, young and enthusiastic, his eyes swept to the deep inland, the wind was blowing and the valley was moving, and his eyes were full of emerald green.

This place is as warm as spring, the rice is ripe three times a year, a spatula can be exchanged for a few catties of rice, and there is also the grain and grass provided by the Champa State, so they can't starve.

"It's better to make it bigger than to fix it smaller. In case the time comes to turn against the Champa people, or the Zhenla people come to attack, this can also protect everyone! ”

In fact, Du Xian led his subordinates and craftsmen to build this "fortress", which has already left the southern border of the Zhancheng State, because the Zhenla State is weak, the internal strife is continuous, and it is unable to govern, Du Xian took the Great Song Dynasty soldiers to take the lead.

Zhenglai Bay is deep and sheltered from the wind, suitable for large warships and merchant ships to berth, which is why Du Xian chose this place as the location of the naval division.

As for whether he offended the Zhenla Kingdom and whether the Zhancheng Kingdom was shocked, Du Xian couldn't care about it.

"General, just those shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Zhancheng and Zhenla, it's not that I underestimate them, just bully the common people. Speaking of war, look up to them! ”

He has fought two or three battles in cooperation with the Champa army, and Wang Kai knows the combat power of Champa and Zhenla.

"Don't underestimate them, and don't bully the local natives. It is necessary to imperceptibly change the food customs, read and write, so that they will become Song people unconsciously. ”

Du Xian whispered to his subordinates.

The Great Song Dynasty culture was much higher than that of the surrounding countries, and was also imitated and followed by the surrounding countries. is like the Song School in the town, where there are many children of local nobles. Even the construction of the city wall was supported by many local wealthy families.

Coupled with the fact that there were successive anchorages and visits of the Great Song merchant ships, the shops of the Song people gathered, and the town has become lively and prosperous.

"General, isn't that good? You won't turn your face with Zhenla, or the Cham people, right? ”

Wang Kai looked around vigilantly and lowered his voice.

"I don't know. However, the customer bullied the store. I have a great Song Jian boat and a cannon, and it is inevitable that the king of Zhenla and the king of Zhancheng will be suspicious. ”

The city has few people and the country is weak, and Zhenla may sneak attack the town. After all, this place still nominally belongs to the country of Zhenla.

"Champa is a vassal state of my Great Song Dynasty, and he doesn't dare to do anything to us. General, listening to these people, Zhenla is now very weak, and the king of Zhenla is cowering in the area of Angkor Village. From here to the south, large swaths of land are unmanaged. Our army just took advantage of the situation to go south and annexed this piece as the granary of our army. ”

During the reign of King Chenla Yavarman VII, Chenla was the most powerful country in the South Seas, with 200,000 war elephants, more than 100,000 troops, and a vast territory. After that, the king built a large number of buildings, built Buddhist temples, used military force, deceived the people, and continued to fight in the outside and the Siamese kingdom of Zhancheng, which declined rapidly.

Among the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, there is a famous saying, a famous saying of the emperor:

Our journey is a sea of stars.

In Wang Kai's view, these rich places, where capable people live, were originally the hometown of the Han dynasty, and should also be returned to the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

"You're right, I think so, too. You can't go home in a few years, right? ”

Du Xian pointed to the fields to the south, his eyes shining.

"From here to the south are plains, mild and humid all year round, the four seasons are like spring, Zhancheng rice can be three to four crops a year, as well as forest trees, coconut bamboo, agarwood, pomegranate, sugar cane and other fruits, everything. In addition to elephants and other rare birds and animals, there are countless coastal fish, which are no worse than the southeast coast of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

At this time, Du Xian's heart suddenly flashed with the emperor's words.

"The city is humid and rainy, and the grain is ripe three times a year, which can not only feed back to the Great Song Dynasty in the future, but also become a springboard for the Great Song Dynasty sailors to go south to the world!"

The emperor was ambitious, the town was built, the fortifications were built, and the springboard was ready.

"General, that's right! Your Majesty is using troops in the northwest, I don't know what the situation is? It's a pity that we are sailors and can't help! ”

Wang Kai was a little regretful that he could not fight with the army.

"The emperor is in person, then you still need to ask, you must be beating the Tatar army! Your kid is still young, don't worry, Your Majesty wants to build an unprecedented Heavenly Empire, and there will be wars in the future! ”

There are so many beautiful rivers and mountains, the emperor's ambitions, and the future Great Song Dynasty really make the army look forward to it.

His "eldest brother" Zhang Sanzhang Zhongxia, as well as his brother Du Erdu, are still working hard in Western Xia. Several of his good brothers should have fought bloody battles in the northwest. I hope that they are safe and sound, and I also believe that the emperor has waved his troops north to receive the return of the soldiers who reinforced Western Xia.

"General, from here to the south to the seaside, to say the least, it is hundreds of miles, hundreds of thousands of people, millions of acres. Isn't it too little to rely on my 3,000 soldiers? ”

Wang Kai's eyes were shining, saliva was flying, and he was very ambitious.

"Three thousand soldiers, that's enough! The key is to establish an effective government governance mechanism. Construct water conservancy, send medical officers to save the dead and help the wounded, and select a group of children to study in the Great Song Dynasty, both poor and rich. Within a few years, under the bath of Chinese culture, this will be the overseas subject country of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

said that the head was the Tao, but Du Xian secretly had a headache.

The imperial court should send more medical officers, instructors, craftsmen, and more importantly, officials to govern the place, and immigrants should enrich the place. It's really hard for him to let a soldier worry about these things.

"General, one day, every corner of this map will be planted with the battle flag of my Great Song Dynasty!"

Wang Kai seemed to be interested, and said angrily.

Du Xian nodded subconsciously.

The Great Song Dynasty sailors are all over the world, and every place on the world map must of course be seen.

"General, look there! It looks like a ship is coming! ”

Wang Kai held the clairvoyant mirror, pointed to the sea level in the northeast in the distance, and shouted loudly.

"It can't be a real warship, right?"

Du Xian was taken aback, raised the clairvoyant mirror, and looked at the sea.

On the surface of the sea, the black dot slowly became larger, and then, countless sea boats appeared, and seabirds flew around. When the ship became bigger and the flag on the ship's mast came into view, Wang Kai was excited and shouted loudly.

"General, it's my Great Song warship!"

"Yes! It's the warship of my Great Song Dynasty, as well as sea ships and merchant ships! ”

Du Xian put down the clairvoyant mirror and kicked Wang Kai.

"The ship is coming, you kid still look! Go and give the order to the soldiers to meet them! ”

The warships are self-evident, and the ships on the sea must be loaded with supplies and migrants. As for the merchant ships, they transported all kinds of "products" of the Great Song Dynasty to Nanyang and other overseas places, and then transported back rice from Champa and Boni, as well as spices such as black pepper, nutmeg, and cloves from Guawa and Ceylon.

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

Wang Kai's face was full of red light and he strode away.

The arrival of the Great Song Dynasty warship means that there is a letter from home, news from relatives and friends, and the Great Song Dynasty sailor is about to open the world again, how can he not be excited?

"One day, the whole world will be the Great Song Dynasty!"

Looking at the Great Song ships parked in the bay, the high battle flags were fluttering, there were warships and sea ships, and the deck was full of soldiers and people of the Great Song Dynasty, Du Xian muttered a sentence in his mouth.