Chapter 45: Troubles in Nanyang
Although He Xi said that he would not care about King Jingjiang, he did not expect that King Jingjiang had been away for more than a month, although news had been coming back here. But the person never came back.
During this period of time, He Xi also took the time to think of going deep into the barren King Jingjiang. Because He Xi is also very busy.
Deep ravines had been dug into the high ground to serve as the foundations for the city walls. But the construction of the city wall stopped here. It is impossible to create any high technology here. A rammed earth wall would suffice. However, the three guards of Jingjiang King, together with their families, totaled tens of thousands of people. Within this month, they were 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 wooden houses. Almost everyone worked together to build a county town with several streets.
The overall scale is in the shape of a square, with the city wall outside Gein. The open space inside is for the construction of palaces and other buildings. Today there are only a few large houses. As the King of Jingjiang, He Xi and others live there.
You know, the Jingjiang Palace in Guilin was originally the latent residence of Emperor Yuan Shun. All sizes are imaginable. Now, although due to various reasons, the construction of the palace has been postponed. But generally speaking, you have to leave enough space.
Otherwise, King Jingjiang himself would not be willing.
Wait until these things have just come to an end. King Jingjiang walked out of the deep mountains and old forests.
King Jingjiang has been away for more than a month, and his appearance has changed from his handsome appearance to his current unkempt appearance. Unshaven. However, He Xi felt that Prince Jingjiang's temperament had changed somewhat.
He Xi just felt that Prince Jingjiang's temperament had changed. But he didn't know how much change this month had brought to King Jingjiang.
The more than a thousand horse infantry troops led by King Jingjiang were not worth mentioning in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the guards of King Jingjiang were not the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty. The first-rate armies of the Ming Dynasty were either in the north or in the capital. It's not like Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what King Jingjiang was thinking deep down. How can we give the most elite army to King Jingjiang?
But even so, when King Jingjiang used it to clean up the indigenous people on Taiwan Island, he was naturally unfavorable.
King Jingjiang is in the forest. Three tribes were destroyed and thousands of natives were killed. Two of them are cannibal tribes. So much so that King Jingjiang was ambushed. However, these natives did not even have iron knives and could not pierce the Ming army's armor.
The final result can be imagined.
After several "big" battles, the mature tribes were very aware of current affairs. So they all asked to surrender. King Jingjiang made an oath with these tribal elders one by one. Demand tribute from them. He also sent warriors from his clan to serve under him.
In this way, with Jingjiang City as the center and a radius of one or two hundred miles, it became the sphere of influence of King Jingjiang.
There is another gain.
There are more than ten kilograms of gold sand, gold nuggets, hundreds of various pearls and gems, and countless kinds of furs. Although dozens of soldiers died in the battle. In addition, the number of warriors recruited from the tribe was not small but more than when they went out for the expedition.
And these properties can bring timely rain to Jingjiang Fan.
However, what is more important is the mental change of King Jingjiang.
No matter how small the scale of these battles and how easy the battles were, they were still on the battlefield. King Jingjiang had never seen so many dead people at one time. There are also various bone ornaments brought from 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 challenging place.
Now King Jingjiang really has 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 a distance. The bosses of both parties, namely Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming, met here.
Chen Zuyi is still young now, only in his thirties. He speaks Fujianese with a Wenzhou accent. If He Xi came to listen to it, it would be a heavenly message. But Liang Daoming opposite is from Fujian. Of course I can understand.
Compared with Chen Zuyi, Liang Daoming is older and his hair is half gray. 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? Not much? I'm old. I just want to leave this situation to the younger generation peacefully. I don't want to interfere with the affairs of the court, no matter what it is. We don't want to get involved. These people should live well in Nanyang. The mainland is just their hometown."
Liang Daoming saw it clearly. He didn't want to go home at all.
Although I dreamed about it at midnight, it was still haunting me. But he knew better that it was just a dream and would always be a dream. Nanyang is probably his burial place.
Chen Zuyi said: "Liang Weng, we Han people have to stick together to survive overseas. These people in Nanyang have no good intentions at all. We are weak in Nanyang. As time goes by, we may be eaten by them. The only way is to establish a relationship with the imperial court. , can last long.”
"I heard there was a vassal king behind this time. Maybe this way has been opened up. At least we won't be short of goods in the future. We won't be short of money either."
Liang Daoming said: "Your idea is very good, you can do it yourself. My old guy won't accompany you anymore."
Chen Zuyi wanted to persuade him again, but Liang Daoming had already said: "Today, I actually care about your face. You have to give me face, old man."
Having reached this point, Chen Zuyi could only send Liang Daoming away with a smile.
The two of them each returned to their boats.
Liang Daoming took a sip of strong tea and said, "I'm not dead yet."
What Liang Daoming fears most about Chen Zuyi is that sentence: Han people must stick together to survive overseas.
Is this right? Of course.
But Liang Daoming spent half his life on the sea, but he never wanted to be grouped with others. He is older, but he still wants to pass this stall on to his son. I don't want to hand it over to Chen Zuyi. And his son is far from Chen Zuyi's opponent.
This is what Liang Daoming is worried about.
The pirates from all sides who fled from the coast to Southeast Asia in the early years of Hongwu have formed several independent groups under various integration and shuffling, and pirates who are attached to the local kings. There are many pirates attached to various countries, with Annan being the most numerous. Without him, Annan had some systems that were not much different from those of the Ming Dynasty. But other countries, in the eyes of pirates, are also barbarians, so naturally they are unwilling 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 both parties are not much different. Liang Daoming is naturally afraid of Chen Zuyi.
Chen Zuyi here also sighed and said: "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan."
Compared to Liang Daoming. My mind is still on pirates. Chen Zuyi is much smarter than Liang Daoming. From the southeast coast, he fled to Nanyang. Chen Zuyi has greeted many Nanyang countries, some of which are weak and strong. Java is the most powerful country in Nanyang, with a large number of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops. Even the Yuan Dynasty suffered a loss in Java. One can imagine the strength of Java.
But there are also small kingdoms, which are no more than one city. It has been a vassal and paid tribute to several powerful countries, so that these powerful countries feel that this is their own territory.
In Nanyang, the upper limit of the country is very high, but the lower limit of the country is also very low. Faced with this situation, what Chen Zuyi thought of was: "Princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind." He also thought of the legend of the Three Fengchen Heroes, who were already in the Water Margin, and the Ruan brothers became kings overseas.
Chen Zuyi thought to himself: "Why can't I?"
With this idea, Chen Zuyi also went in this direction. Yes, Liang Daoming is right. Chen Zuyi wanted to annex Liang Daoming's tribe. But this annexation is not the same as that annexation. If the annexation is done by pirates, there will inevitably be a firefight, and the victor will be killed. But if it is annexed by a country, there is a gentler way. For example, he worshiped Liang Daoming as prime minister. Or, if the two parties get married, at worst, the Liang family will become a descendant like the Khitan Xiao family, and Chen and Liang will share the world.
Today, Chen Zuyi tried his best to talk to Liang Daoming. On the one hand, he was dealing with the changes in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, I just want to build a relationship so that I can go further.
It’s just that Liang Daoming didn’t pick up the fight at all.
Chen Zuyi was helpless. Chen Zuyi felt a trace of murderous intent surging in his heart, and said secretly: "Liang Weng is old."
