Those beasts are lions.
Animals like lions entered the Central Plains when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions.
Many people knew about lions, but it was their first time to see lions with their own eyes. Five lions suddenly jumped out and scared them. As for the people of Marin Kingdom, they never thought that there would be a sudden attack by wild beasts. The lion jumped out and hurriedly drew his bow to shoot.
The bow and arrow shot out had little effect on the lion, but after hitting the target, it aroused the lion's anger and made it pounce even more ferociously.
"Fire!"
Zhu Xuan shouted.
boom!
Gunshots rang out.
As soon as the five lions rushed over, they were shot through their bodies. They were so dead that they fell into a pool of blood.
Genna and other people from the Marin Kingdom widened their eyes when they saw those ferocious beasts being dealt with so easily. After a while, they all knelt down and knelt down before Zhu Xuan and others, muttering something to each other.
"What happened to them?"
Xu Miaojin asked curiously.
To them, hunting down a few wild beasts is a very common thing.
With those rifles around, they wouldn't feel scared even if there were five more big lions, and they would shoot as many as they came.
"They treat us like gods."
Zhu Xuan understands that in these backward areas, there are some forces that they cannot recognize, and they often explain them in the direction of God, just like now.
In the eyes of the Marin people, Zhu Xuan and the others easily killed five lions. Even if they were not gods, they were still related to gods.
"We are not gods!" Cen Hua shook her head.
"Get up!"
Zhu Xuan said something in Latin, then helped Genna up, but did not explain.
They regard themselves as gods, so they can do many things easily.
Genna bowed deeply before he was willing to get up.
The other people in Marin also got up, but now they looked at Zhu Xuan and the others with a little more respect, as if they were really looking at gods.
"The people here have really strange ideas."
Cen Jing couldn't understand their strange logic.
After this little episode, they no longer had the intention to continue shopping and returned to the tribe of Marin Kingdom.
By this time, it was already evening.
Genna asked people to prepare dinner and lit a bonfire. They all gathered around the bonfire, singing and dancing. Genna told Zhu Xuan that this was their way of welcoming and the highest etiquette.
Although I couldn't understand what they were singing, I could feel the enthusiasm. Seeing the people in Ma Lin like this, Zhu Xuan and the others had a lot of fun.
Other people from Marin Kingdom also sent many things they had never seen before.
"Sister Hua'er, this is delicious."
"Sister Miaojin, this water is so sweet. I saw them taking it out from the trunk of a certain tree."
The two little girls enjoyed their meal very happily.
The lion we killed today became their dinner.
A large piece of barbecue was delivered to Zhu Xuan.
Shenji Camp, Qianwei Camp, and Jin Yiwei all sat together to eat. If they hadn't killed five lions today and could share the meat, and someone went out to sea to catch some seafood, Zhu Xuan and the others would have depleted the Marin Kingdom. .
However, the people of Marin Kingdom respected Zhu Xuan and the others like gods. Even if they were really poor, they would not say anything.
"Thank you, King Genna, for your hospitality."
Zhu Xuan smiled.
Genna's attitude was more respectful than before, and he bowed and said: "The Ming Emperor is so polite."
Bonfire night, enter the second half.
They also invited Zhu Xuan to sing and dance together.
Xu Miaojin happily took Zhu Xuan's hand and walked around the bonfire.
Cen Hua's playful nature as a child showed up and she ran after Zhu Xuan and Xu Miaojin. She had a lot of fun until the second half of the night, when the party came to an end.
Zhu Xuan and the others were not used to living in those thatched huts and wooden houses in Marin Kingdom, so they went back to the boat to rest.
Noon the next day.
Zhu Xuan stretched and then woke up.
"Your Highness, that king has been waiting under the boat for a long time, waiting to trade with us." Hou Xian came over and said.
After being reminded, Zhu Xuan remembered this matter.
It was all because he had too much fun with the people from Marin Kingdom last night. He got up immediately, washed up, had something to eat, and then took Wu Yongfeng and Cen Jing off the ship. He saw them on the port pier, having prepared a lot of things.
"King Genna, I have kept you waiting."
Zhu Xuan asked: "Can I take a look first and see what you have?"
Genna said: "Of course!"
They opened the things they brought, and there were not a lot of them. They were miscellaneous, and there were even fruits.
"This is……"
Zhu Xuan looked at a basket with some special fruits. He picked it up and studied it, thinking that in the past, such fruits had fallen from the plants used for greening in the school.
“These seem to be called oil palms!”
He remembered, it was oil palm.
The previous teacher also explained to them that the uses of oil palm can be made into edible oil, high-quality soap, acetic acid, formaldehyde, and even wine...
It can be eaten and used for chemical purposes. It should be useful in their industrialization process.
It turns out that the origin of oil palm is in Africa.
"I want this. I can exchange it with us."
Zhu Xuan asked: "Can these fruits be grown?"
Genna nodded and said: "All of them are fine. There are also these. Do you want the Emperor Sun of the Ming Dynasty to take them?"
He had baskets of beans brought over.
Zhu Xuan picked it up and looked at it for a while, and said in surprise: "These are coffee beans!"
He didn't know whether the people of Marin knew what coffee beans were, but seeing how they could be traded, he must have discovered the uses of coffee, as well as oil palm.
"I want this too."
Zhu Xuan made the reservation.
He looked around among all the goods.
Other things are not very attractive to Zhu Xuan, but Sister Miaojin likes fruits and has bought a lot of fruits, using ice to keep them fresh when the time comes.
"Wu Yongfeng, move our cloth down." Zhu Xuan said.
The better quality cloth from Ming Dynasty quickly caused a sensation among them.
This kind of backward tribe is not even good at textile technology. They must be envious when they see Zhu Xuan and others wearing such good clothes. Now that they can also have them, many people come to exchange them for transactions.
They didn't have many things, and the trade didn't last long. In about an hour, almost everything that needed to be exchanged was exchanged. The water source on the ship was also replenished. Zhu Xuan ordered his people to move all the exchanged things to the ship, and then exchanged them with him. Genna said goodbye.
"Goodbye, Grandson of the Ming Emperor!"
Genna led everyone and reluctantly stood at the port to say goodbye.
Zhu Xuan also waved to them and gave the order to set sail and continue southward along the African coastline. The next stop was the Cape of Good Hope.
"Brother, why do we need to replace these things?"
Xu Miaojin asked curiously while eating fruit.
