Chief Bingshun said: "What the Flying Dragon King said is that we walked about 3 or 40 miles to the southwest, and gradually couldn't find the way. Some of our people have been scattered, some have been bitten by snakes and insects, and some have died of poisonous hair, and some barbarians have haunted us from time to time, attacking us with blowpipes and poisonous arrows. The barbarians were stumbling on their feet, flying like apes in the dense forest, and they couldn't catch them.

I have been seeing a large lake in the middle of the forest, and I insist that everyone stay here for the time being, and not go any further. The barbarians are in the dark, we are in the light, and the barbarians do not have a city landmark, and we can't echo like headless flies, just hitting people's knives. ”

Chongwen nodded, "So what?"

The chief soldier smiled and said: "This is the beauty of our Dakang sailors, we pass through an island and an island, and we must survey in detail and mark it on the chart." There is a map of Amami Oshima in Liu's needle book, and I still vaguely remember the terrain of Amami.

I told them that the barbarian villages must be near the water river, and that our ships would divide into several routes along the river, land and water, and finally converge inland, so that they could attack and defend, and if they could not do so, they could retreat to the coast. The boats are all flat-bottomed boats, and it is not possible to take the sea route, and it is better to take the inland river than the barbarian canoes and coconut bark boats.

It was decided that our troops would divide into four Aokou and march inland along the Nase Water, Sumizumi, Minato and Ugansui Water, which were only more than 10 miles apart. ”

Zhang Lian said with a smile: "In this way, the Amami Barbarian Chief can't escape. ”

"It's really thrilling to say, thanks to the fact that we didn't go deep into the lake. It was only later that I found out that the Amami Barbarian Chief and the Fire had ambushed more than 2,000 young men in the forest behind the Great Lake, ready to wipe us out.

Now we entered from the outer Aokou on all sides, and only the old and weak women and children were left in the villages along the way, which were looted by us, and finally surrounded the young men led by Nahuo on the shore of the great lake. ”

Chongwen asked, "You killed them all?"

The chief soldier said: "This Amami Island produces a kind of silkworm, which is different from my Chinese silkworm species, and Daoyi is also good at weaving and dyeing, and all here produces a kind of large island silk, which is very exquisite." The Kyushu pirates robbed a lot of big island silk, and I told them, you killed them all, who will weave and dye this silk for you, and how will you get rich in the future?

I said that it is better to let them go and do business with them well, so that every year in the spring famine you can come here to trade, will everyone still be hungry?

Those islanders were trapped on the shores of the great lake, and there was no conflict, and they thought they were going to be slaughtered by us, and they were very frightened. I told the fire that we are here to do business, not to kill people, and we can use iron nails, cloth, wax, and fur to exchange with Amami for Oshima silk, and live in a desperate place with the fire, so there is no reason not to agree.

I also told him that it was very inconvenient for us outsiders to go deep into the mountains and forests, so we had to occupy the four Australian ports of Nagase-o, Suyong-o, Ominato-o, and Uga-o, for the purpose of trade and trade. He said to Nahuo that those Australian ports could be used by us, but we robbed their villages, and now there is no big island silk, even if we occupy the Australian mouth, there is nothing to exchange.

I said it was okay, we wouldn't take their silk for nothing, and we would leave something behind when we left, and we wouldn't let Amami suffer. And we will come back soon, and then we will be in the fourth Australian ** easy, and you will not be so poor. ”

Chongwen said: "You did a good job, you opened up a 300-mile route in less than a month, and conquered a large island of Amami, and captured 4 Australian ports, which was smoother than I imagined." ”

The chief soldier shook his head and sighed: "But this also fueled the arrogance of the servants, and they did not encounter too hard stubble, making them think that they were barbarians all the way, and in the end they killed them." It was about the 8th day of the lunar month, and we settled Amami, departed from Uganao, and continued our voyage to the southwest.

By the time we figured out the south of the big island, it was already the end of the month. At this time, the Huashan family had mastered more than 30,000 large island silks, and there were countless silks in the hands of various naval armies in Kyushu, and some small pirate ships could not be piled up, and they had returned to the country, and there were still about 5 or 6,000 people who refused to leave and wanted to continue south.

Kayama Shihisa refused to return to the voyage, saying that he had known that Ryukyu was rich for a long time, and that he must see it with his own eyes this time. We had to continue south, at the end of the year we landed in Tokunoshima Tianchengao, Tokunoshima produced a kind of highly venomous snake, the local natives called the rice spoon snake, let us suffer a lot, many people died of snake venom.

However, the local area is rich in sugarcane, and the local people use the soil sugar liao to boil the frosting, which is not as good as my Dakang white sugar, but it is also delicious. The pirates of the country would rather be bitten to death by a snake than leave, and they have to have these frostings. But this time they learned wisely, no longer wantonly killing and looting, and exchanging the furs and goods in their hands with the natives, but the servants were greedy, and they ate a lot along the way. ”

Zhang Lian stumbled and said regretfully: "One step late, Chengao will return to the servants on this day, how can this be good." ”

Chief Bingshun sneered: "Their good luck can only come here." Heading south from Tokunoshima into the Ryukyus, Okinora Island, Yoronjima Island, and Isina Minamijima are all part of the territory of Yamhoku Province, but these islands are all desolate, except for the occasional fisherman call, and there are few villages and towns.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of drinking water, and the servants made a fortune, and their interest was high, and they were determined to go south to Ryukyu. At the end of the first month, we sailed south from Isina Island and traveled 40 miles into the outer sea of Yamahoku, where we saw Kouri Island from afar, and after Kouri, we passed through Yaga Jiji Island and arrived at the coast of Yamakita Province, where Haji Castle, the northernmost castle in Yamahoku Province.

Just when we thought we were done, a large fleet suddenly came out from behind Kouri Island, and although they were all small boats, they formed a large stream of water gushing out from behind the island, seemingly endless.

I was taken aback, and immediately waved the flag and whistle, and ordered the rest of the ships to move closer to me with the flag of the Sea Dragon King. I was afraid that some of the ships would be too far away, so I also deliberately fired a warning shot, hoping to form a battle. The Ryukyu ships seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and the ambush had been in place for a long time, and the distance was only more than 1 mile, and the momentum was so fast that most of the ships had not gathered, and they were scattered by the Ryukyuan people in one go.

The Ryukyuan people were very brave, and although the ships were all in one, they were quite wide and sturdy. However, he was surrounded by several small boats of the Ryukyuan people, jumped on the boat and slashed them, and soon some of the boats were taken captive, and the servants on board were also killed.

The servants were accustomed to smooth sailing, where had they ever seen such a fierce islander, and the ship was full of property, and they had no fighting spirit, and they were so frightened that they shouted wildly and fled in all directions. Xu Yi shouted at me, let's fight with them, and as soon as I saw that there were still 3 or 50 boats of the Kayama family beside me, I led these boats to the Ryukyu fleet as soon as I was crossed.

Thanks to the big guns, we fired violently, and the pirates of the Birch Mountain family kept firing their bows and arrows, and the arrows rained down. Soon we were able to break through a passage in the Ryukyu fleet and knock over quite a few Ryukyu ships. Helplessly, the servants have no intention of fighting, those who can run have long since disappeared, and those who are surrounded are unable to break free, so we can only rely on ourselves.

Suddenly, a 300-material Daifuku boat appeared in front of us, hoisting a flag with the word "Shang", and a few small Fufu boats around, rushing towards us in a gang. I wondered in my heart, how could there be a compost of my Dakang thousands of miles away, could it be my Dakang sea hero?

At that time, it was a mess, and I couldn't think about it, the ship was fierce, and I actually shot at me with a great crossbow. The boat between me and Huashan is made up of three customs boats, where can it withstand the collision of the big ship. Xu Yi fired at the word "Shang", first bombarded with 1 pound of iron bullets, and then changed the shotgun to wash the deck.

The Great Fortune was badly wounded, and turned its rudder and retreated. I knew that there must be a great man on that ship, and that if I caught him, I would turn defeat into victory, and I ordered a quick pursuit, but how could my boat catch up with Fuku, and I saw that the gang go farther and farther. I couldn't catch up, and when I looked back, I saw that most of the fleet of more than 200 connecting ships and more than 3,000 people had been destroyed, and only these ships around me were still intact. ”

Chongwen said thoughtfully: "It is really possible that the people you met are Kang. Emperor Shenwu felt his sincerity, not only gave gold and silver cloth, but also sent 36 Fujian people to return to China with the Ryukyu envoys, helping them to build sea ships, teaching clothing and etiquette, cultivating and weaving, and turning razing into summer.

Among these Fujian people, there are the descendants of Mr. Lin Hejing, and there are also the descendants of Cai Junmo. When they saw you burning, killing and looting all the way, they thought that you must be a coward, and of course they wanted to be your enemy, but how they ambushed you from Zhongshan to Shanbei is incomprehensible. ”

The chief soldier shook his head and sighed: "Is the big sea blaming me for killing too much?"

Chongwen looked at the old helmsman and said solemnly: "There is no morality in the face of life and death, this route is related to the survival of Longwang Island and the East China Sea merchant group, you have done nothing wrong." You then said, if you return to the sea, how can Xu Yi be injured?"

The general soldier's face turned slightly pale, and he continued: "The big ship with the character "Shang" has retreated, and the Ryukyuan people have also retreated. At this moment, suddenly the sky was overcast, and a black cloud pressed down on the west, which was a sign of black wind.

As soon as I saw that the big thing was not good, I immediately turned the rudder and sailed to Gu Yuli's Aokou to avoid the wind. At this time, the sea was full of cargo that had fallen into the sea, and the servants did not even look at my flag, nor even the sound of the cannons, but were busy salvaging the Oshima silk and the furs, and there were few boats with me.

When the general sailed into the mouth of the Aokou, the gale rose, and suddenly the huge waves on the sea were monstrous, and the ships left in the open sea were swept away, either blown over by the strong wind, or broken by the huge waves, and swept to the bottom of the sea. When we entered Australia, we also suffered some wind, and Xu Yi was injured at that time, and a broken sail side support broke one of his arms.

I had to hide in the mouth of the Ao, and the Ryukyuan people built a breakwater in the Aori, which was quite safe. But I can only watch as those Kyushu pirates feed the Sea Dragon King, and there is nothing I can do.

Strangely, the direction of the wind changes rapidly, from south to north, east to west. There was no trace of the waves, and the waves were surging in several directions, crashing into each other. My old fellow has been at sea for most of his life, and he has seen winds and waves greater than this, but this strange thing has never been encountered.

What's even more strange is that the wind is around our fleet, the waves are raging in the fleet, and the surrounding 2 miles away is almost calm, it seems that the wind and waves are rushing towards us, and they are manipulated by Lei Gong, and I can't figure it out when I break my head. ”

Zhang Lian's face became more and more gloomy, and he said after a long time: "There must be something strange about this matter, I heard that Chen Wuzhen, the thief of Zhenzhou thousands of years ago, had the art of cursing the sea, but he could resist the wind and drive away the waves, and there are such demons in Ryukyu." ”