Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 988 Champa
Finally, Ping Qiusheng did not forget to take a few close-ups of Cam Ranh Bay with his own 500D.

"It's a pity that there is no wide-angle lens, and I have to fight hard when I go back." Ping Qiusheng took a breath.By the way, I stole several swimsuit photos of Zhao Xue from the long-distance exploration team—in order to facilitate activities on the boat, she was wearing a swimsuit on the boat.

Zhao Xue is not very beautiful, and she is also wearing a pullover one-piece swimsuit that is not sexy at all.But she is one of the few modern women among the elders. She is tall and tall, which fits the aesthetics of the elders.For the elders who face the skinny maid every day, they are nothing less than a peerless beauty.

Looking at Zhao Xue's two strong, wheat-colored thighs in the long-distance shot, who was leaning on the side of the boat to survey the depth and temperature of the water, Ping Qiusheng inevitably experienced some physiological changes, and he couldn't help sighing slightly: Zhao Xue has been killed by Bai Guoshi. The seductress near the water is gone.However, he didn't feel that there were too many regrets - after all, there were many restrictions and taboos in the marriage between the elders, wouldn't it be very disappointing to have an unhappy ending like Liu San's.

About 50 kilometers west of Cam Ranh Bay, there is a large bauxite belt in East Asia. The exploration team has certain expectations for whether there are small-scale bauxite mines along the coast of Cam Ranh Bay.Aluminum is a very useful light metal, not only extremely useful in industry, but the financial sector is also counting on aluminum to make tokens - although high electricity levels are still a long way from supporting industrial aluminum smelting.

However, the exploration team obviously didn't find anything worth mentioning, so Zhao Xue has been wearing a swimsuit for the past few days at the beach of Jinlan Bay, which caused the adrenaline of Ping Yuan to secrete a lot.

Ping Qiusheng's maid was mediocre in appearance, and after solving the problem of whether she was there or not, she gradually couldn't attract him too much sexual interest, so she simply didn't bring it on board this time.Although he thinks about the position of the Japanese governor every day, he also knows that the Japanese women in this time and space are lacklustre, no matter how noble their backgrounds are, they are meaningless.

He often communicated with Quark on the slave issue on the ship-of course, Elder Ping was not interested in Quark's merchandise.The appearance of the Malay race does not conform to his aesthetics.He was more interested in what Quark mentioned about the slave market in Basra: female slaves of all colors and nationalities gathered here, waiting to be sold.Every time I could hear his blood spurting, I tossed and turned sleeplessly at night.

Quark, who is ignorant, should go get a batch for the Senate immediately!Although Ping Qiusheng hinted several times that these female slaves would have a good market in Lingao, he didn't expect Quark to be unaware of this, and it always involved the quality comparison of Southeast Asian slaves and black slaves.

After resting in Nha Trang for two days, the fleet set off for the next stop.At this time, Quark's fleet should be said to be safe, but with a keen sense of business opportunities, he decided to temporarily follow the Australian fleet to Siam—perhaps there are more opportunities to make a fortune.

Ping Qiusheng was sorting out the materials of the past few days on the boat. Although Nha Trang has been occupied by the Nguyen family of the Hou Le Dynasty, there are still many traces of the Champa Kingdom left, as evidenced by the stone towers everywhere. Influenced deeply by India, Brahmanism was once very popular, and there was also a caste system.

In terms of ruling power, the Ruan family's control over this place is relatively loose. There are not many fortresses, and there are almost no signs of military activities.It is known from the local residents that the officials and army of the Ruan family only confiscated food and goods in the local area, and occasionally recruited strong men by force, and there were not many other activities besides this.

Ping Qiusheng found that there are still some Chinese immigrant villages in this place - the land under Ruan's control is limited, the population is smaller, and the expenses of large-scale military operations have to be dealt with, so a large number of Chinese immigrants are attracted to reclaim land in the new south and pay taxes endowed.As an encouragement, Ruan also bestowed various titles and titles on the leaders of the Chinese immigrant groups.

Obviously, it is not difficult to establish a solid stronghold in this generation after starting the Southeast Asian Raiders.There is no need for a particularly powerful fort, just a small fort like Yulin Fort.With the geographical advantage of Nha Trang, a large amount of rice can be obtained here.

The so-called Champa rice is widely grown in this area. Champa rice is drought-tolerant and has a short growth period. It only takes more than 50 days from sowing to harvesting. It has been introduced to Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian in the Song Dynasty.It is a time travel artifact before Song Dynasty.Here, as the original place, with enough light and heat, the yield is obviously higher.It’s not good for monkeys to have these grains for free. Taking Nha Trang and Cam Ranh Bay as soon as possible will continuously absorb grain resources in south-central Vietnam, especially the Chao Phraya Delta region, Ping Qiusheng thought so.

However, in the long run, the value of the resources here in Nha Trang is not very great-there are no special resources here except rice.Perhaps after the entire East Asian layout is completed, the traditional positioning will be restored here: a vacation port for veterans plus a naval base. Of course, it is also good to serve as an entrepot trade port for Australians and Southeast Asia before taking down Malacca.

The fleet sailed across the coastline of Champa.Champa has a long history. Fifteen dynasties have been established successively since it rebelled against the Han Dynasty and established itself. The once famous big country on the Indochina Peninsula has now been reduced to a lingering small state.There is Le Nguyen in the north and Khmer in the west.If it weren't for the continuous internal and external troubles of the two countries, they would have been annexed and divided long ago.

On the way, they landed several times, and the special investigation team conducted investigations, and found that calling this place a "country" was a little bit reluctant, and there were only some villages and ragged people in the area-there were no such things in the straw hut-like residences. What daily necessities.Not even the bare minimum of rough china.Pottery and wooden utensils are used, and large shells are used.Whether rich or poor, the only pastime is betel nuts.Almost everyone chews.

In the scope of the special investigation team's investigation, they didn't find any places called "cities", only some large-scale villages.The guards are heavily guarded, and it seems that they are always on guard against the invasion of the Ruan family.

However, in some harbors by the sea, you can still see the ruins of the past ports. Some of the ruins of the ports are quite large, obviously there used to be prosperous cities.

As a country that used to be an important transit point on the Maritime Silk Road and had a prosperous business, Ping Qiusheng was really surprised that it had fallen to such a point.

From Ping Qiusheng's point of view, the situation in Champa belongs to the category of his head being caught in the door.Originally, the Ruan family's relationship with Champa was peaceful, and they also tried to win over Champa through marriage.After all, maintaining military pressure on the north and south fronts is not a good situation for the Nguyen family, but at this time Champa was overheated, maybe it was inspired by the fighting between Burma and the Portuguese, maybe it was because of the relationship between beliefs, when it was too busy to take care of itself, it unexpectedly Send troops to assist the Sultanate of Johor to attack Malacca.The Ruan family had an alliance with the Portuguese at that time, and they had to rely on Portuguese warships to fight against Lord Zheng. Without the Portuguese sea support, it would be difficult for the south to counter the Zheng family.So he turned his head and launched an attack on Champa, not only eliminating the threat, but also expanding its territory.

It seems that the situation in Champa is promising.Ping Qiusheng realized that Zheng, Ruan, and Champa had a complicated relationship. As long as they had a little bit of resources, they could intervene and reap great benefits.

It was another two-day voyage, and the route had already turned to the southwest. On the morning of the third day, when the sky was dawning, a large trumpet-shaped entrance to the strait appeared in front of the fleet. islands.This is the Ho Chi Minh City in the original time and space - the outlet of Saigon.

But this place is now the sphere of influence of Cambodia.Although the folks call it Saigon, the Khmer people who occupy this place call it Priango, which means the forest of the king, and it is the territory of the deputy king of the Kingdom of Cambodia.The specific location is probably around the proposal area of ​​Ho Chi Minh City today.

With the melee between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a large number of refugees from Vietnam and Champa came here to take refuge and settle down.In addition, there were a large number of Chinese settled here to do business here, so it seems to be prosperous on the surface.It's just that the Kingdom of Cambodia itself is in danger, and there is pressure from Siam in the west.

Not long ago, after the bizarre "death" of the official businessman in Siam, Yamada Nagamasa, conspiracy theories spread in this area, because it was suspected that the ruler of Siam would soon be unfavorable to the Japanese, and a large number of Japanese immigrants who had been doing business in Siam also came Entering Cambodia for asylum, many people fled to Saigon.This place is like a refugee camp in Southeast Asia.

Huge—compared to the Dutch and Portuguese fleets here, the two ships of Quark and the two ships of the Southeast Asian Company are considered quite large—the arrival of the fleet gave the local residents another opportunity to look at the diorama. Chance.No ship flying the flag of the Southeast Asian Company has ever been here.

The Khmers have no local sea power, and Saigon is almost a free port.The hydrological conditions of the port are very good, and many foreign merchant ships will berth here for trade and supplies.But it is summer now, and there is a threat of typhoon. Only a few Chinese merchant ships sailing along the coastline are in the port, and there are not a single European ship.

The fleet moored at a sandbar in the middle of the estuary and set up camp there. After going through the necessary negotiation procedures, a guide familiar with the local area led them all the way to Priango City. Those who were going to enter the city were Ping Qiusheng, Quark and others.There was also a escort of sailors, carrying gifts for the local ruler.

The natural conditions of the port here are quite good. According to the memory of the old time and space, it is not a big problem to accommodate a [-]-ton ship berthing with a little modification.

Along the way, before reaching the bottom of the city, we have seen many shacks. They are probably refugees from the north. Some people saw that the party was quite handsome, and they probably wanted to ask for some food and money, but they all looked serious. , and an unknown shotgun on his back, he dared not approach.

Ping Qiusheng saw that although they were dressed in rags, they looked good, and it seemed that they could still eat, so they would not go to other places to flee famine.The richness of the Mekong Delta is indeed extraordinary, but it is a pity that these people ruined it.

(End of this chapter)