Srivijaya, Old Port.
Liang Daoming led people to patrol the border, and someone hurriedly ran over behind him and reported: "King, Uncle Zheng is back."
"finally come!"
Liang Daoming was overjoyed, and immediately arranged for his deputies to continue patrolling, and led his people back to the King's Mansion.
When Uncle Zheng saw Liang Daoming, he planned to salute, but Liang Daoming helped him up and said, "We are traveling abroad. Where can we find these etiquettes? Hurry up and take a seat. Let's talk about what happened in Penghu?"
In the past few days, there have been many pirates fleeing for their lives in Old Port, but Chen Zuyi and others have never been seen, which makes Liang Daoming a little uneasy.
A smile appeared on Uncle Zheng's face and he said: "King, Chen Zuyi may no longer be able to rob."
"Oh? Tell me carefully."
Liang Daoming looked at Uncle Zheng expectantly.
Uncle Zheng took a sip of tea and said: "Chen Zuyi wanted to eat Zheng He's naval fleet, seize the Dafu Ship, and completely control Nanyang. But the Ming Dynasty's naval fleet was already very powerful, and Zheng He who led the fleet He is brave and resourceful, and his soldiers are even more ferocious. I look at the strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and there is no rival in Nanyang."
"So powerful?"
Liang Daoming took a deep breath.
Uncle Zheng sighed: "Chen Zuyi can be regarded as the overlord of the sea. He is unscrupulous, brave and fierce, and has never been defeated. But under Zheng He, he had no power to resist. Although he used 200 ships and more than 5,000 Pirates, but still completely defeated, the process is like this..."
As Uncle Zheng narrated, Liang Daoming couldn't help but look at the Ming Dynasty Navy with admiration, and even developed a serious interest in Zheng He. He was a commander-in-chief and a general who was worth seeing.
"It seems that we need to contact Daming."
Liang Daoming said solemnly.
"If we can unite with the Ming Dynasty, then Manjha Boyi will definitely not attack our Srivijaya again."
Uncle Zheng said confidently.
Liang Daoming pondered for a moment and asked: "Chen Zuyi is not dead, where do you think he will escape to?"
Uncle Zheng shook his head and said: "Chen Zuyi has many strongholds on the sea. It is easy for him to hide. Although he escaped, more than half of his elite men have been lost. If we find Chen Zuyi at this time..."
Liang Daoming watched Uncle Zheng's hand scratching his neck, frowned, and finally shook his head.
Uncle Zheng's eyes were a little disappointed. Maybe the king had not yet decided how to deal with the relationship with Chen Zuyi.
Two years ago, Majapahit destroyed the old dynasty of Srivijaya and wanted to completely occupy Srivijaya. Liang Daoming was forced to stand up and resist. He led the Chinese and indigenous princes who were dissatisfied with Majapahit to fight back against Majapahit.
As the battle continues
With victory, Liang Daoming gained a firm foothold and was elected king.
In the past two years, more and more overseas Chinese have joined Srivijaya, making Liang Daoming's power continue to grow.
However, Srivijaya's sphere of influence is limited. In and around the old port, it is difficult to get out of the old port.
In order to expand the influence of Srivijaya and to compete with Majapahit, Liang Daoming chose to cooperate with Chen Zuyi.
Liang Daoming needed Chen Zuyi's fleet to protect the waters outside the old port and avoid Majapahit's invasion. Chen Zuyi also needed a ruler to recognize him, and for the convenience of robbery, he agreed to Liang Daoming.
The two of them cooperated, and the couple was quite sweet at first. Today they will go to the old port for a date, and tomorrow they will go fishing on the sea, chatting and laughing, you and I.
But after half a year, the honeymoon period was over, and Liang Daoming began to have trouble with Chen Zuyi.
The reason for the quarrel was naturally not because Liang Daoming had a third party, but because of financial disputes.
Liang Daoming said:
I want to live a good life, and you can't always be out there robbing.
Chen Zuyi was depressed:
I rob every day just to live a good life?
Liang Daoming was furious:
You rob every day, but no ships come to my old port. Where can I collect taxes? I haven’t had a boat for several months, so I’m going to live on drinking sea water?
Chen Zuyi was angry:
Is it reasonable for you to sit at home and collect money every day?
I come and go in the wind and rain, the white knife comes in and the red knife comes out, isn't it just to drink less sea water?
Liang Daoming hopes that the old port will be a free port and that everyone can come and go safely.
Chen Zuyi hopes to monopolize the sea lanes. No matter whether you are Chinese or a foreigner, as long as you are not his brother, you will rob others.
When there is nothing left to grab, even the brothers can grab some.
The conflict between the two continued to escalate, and Liang Daoming had no other choice but to sit in the port and look at the sea every day, hoping that the Sea Dragon King would emerge and eat Chen Zuyi.
However, imagination and curses could not kill Chen Zuyi. When he heard that Chen Zuyi had summoned pirates to make a big deal, Liang Daoming had his thoughts in mind and arranged for Uncle Zheng to lead people to participate, preparing to lend a knife to kill people.
Uncle Zheng lived up to Liang Daoming's trust and found Daming's sword, helping Daming clean up Chen Zuyi's pirate group.
However, Chen Zuyi did not die.
This is not only Zheng He's regret, but also Liang Daoming's uneasiness.
Liang Daoming looked at Uncle Zheng and said seriously: "You have to go to the Ming Dynasty, find Zheng He, and ask him to tell the Ming Emperor that I, the Three Buddhas, are willing to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute every year."
"King, this is a wonderful plan!"
Uncle Zheng was stunned for a moment and then figured out the reason.
After becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has the responsibility and obligation to protect the Three Buddhas. Whether it is Majapayi, other surrounding countries, or Chen Zuyi, if they want to move the Three Buddhas, they must consider the actions of the Ming.
The most important thing is that by becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not interfere with the rule of Srivijaya. Srivijaya is still Srivijaya, and the king is still Liang Daoming. What he pays every year is just some property.
No, you don’t even need to pay for your money.
No matter how much tribute was paid, Ming Dynasty would give back a certain amount of equivalent, or even give more rewards.
There is a hundred benefits and no harm.
Why not?
Uncle Zheng stood up, bowed deeply to Liang Daoming, and said, "Then please ask the king to write down the letter of credence. If possible, I will personally go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and forward it to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
"good!"
Liang Daoming was overjoyed, turned around and walked to the desk, spread out the paper, picked up the brush, and solemnly wrote: "Liang Daoming, King of Srivijaya, an overseas country, pays homage to the Ming Emperor..."
The capital, Kunning Palace.
Zhu Yunwen pulled Ma Enhui to sit down safely and said with a smile: "Queen, eat some meat."
"Don't eat, I have no appetite."
"How about some soup?"
"It's too expensive, I can't afford it."
"Uh, how about some green vegetables?"
"Now that I'm full, I'm going to work. Does your Majesty have any other instructions?"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Enhui, who looked sad, and said with relief: "The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 200,000 taels. I only need 100,000 taels to build Baoen Temple. The remaining 100,000 taels will be entered into the Queen's account book. How about that?"
"Your Majesty is joking, one hundred thousand taels is definitely impossible, not even the God of Wealth can do it."
Ma Enhui has done some calculations and knows how expensive it will be.
Zhu Yunwen picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of meat for Ma Enhui, and said softly: "Queen, just be optimistic. I only need to pay one hundred thousand taels, and the Baoen Temple will be built."
Shuangxi came over in a hurry and saw Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui having a meal, so he wanted to leave again.
"Tell me something."
Zhu Yunwen shouted.
Shuangxi took a few steps forward, took out a book from his sleeve, handed it over, and said, "Your Majesty, the Second King has sent a book. I hope your Majesty will have an idea."
"My Healing Game"
Zhu Yunwen was a little confused, so he took the book and looked at it. It was "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms". However, this book was neither printed by a factory nor by Zhonghua Book Company, but by a company called Liu's Bookstore. .
"Piracy?"
Zhu Yunwen stared, as countless white horses flew past in his mind, but someone was actually covering his own wool?
