After leaving Luzon Island, Chen Ji-hyo seemed very optimistic, but he told everyone a story about "Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf".

Everyone heard that a wolf could speak, but they shook their heads and smiled bitterly, thinking that this man suddenly became crazy. Chen Zhixiao, who was shaking Zhuge Liang's fan, was so angry that his face turned blue.

The fleet headed southwest and soon arrived at the neighboring country of Sulu, Luzon.

Sulu is also an island country, and is in the Sulu Islands. The natural conditions cannot be compared with Luzon. At least Luzon still has a conditional advantage, but it is difficult for the Sulu Islands to engage in farming, mainly fish and shrimp.

For food.

Therefore, ancient books say: Sulu is a small country, with barren land and few millet and wheat. People eat fish and shrimps, boil sea to make salt, brew cane to make wine, weave bamboo to make cloth, and the climate is always hot.

But if you lose everything, you will gain something, and you can be classified into the great way of yin and yang.

Although the Sulu Kingdom is not suitable for farming, it is also a place with unique advantages. The pearls produced here are beautiful and large, and there are really many pearls weighing two cents.

Therefore, ancient books say: Sulu has a pearl pond. When you look at it at night, the light floats on the water. The natives use pearls to exchange markets with Chinese people, and the greater ones benefit dozens of times. When the merchant ships were about to return, they would leave several people as property, hoping that they would come back again.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the eastern king of Sulu Kingdom, Badu Gebahala, the western king of Mahalachi Gelamadine, and the wife of the Dong king, Badu Gebahala, and led more than 340 leaders of his family to float to the sea.

Paying tribute, gold engravings, and offering pearls, gems, and tortoiseshell.

As a result of his generous actions, all the three kings were granted the title of "King of Sulu". Among them, King Dong was honored and was awarded the title of "King of Sulu".

However, the good luck of the Eastern King seemed to be exhausted in this gift. On the way back to Dezhou, the Eastern King Badu Gebadala died of illness. Emperor Yongle sent a doctor from the Ministry of Rites to Dezhou to bury the Eastern King with the ceremony of a vassal king.

He also gave the posthumous title of "Kongding" and wrote the inscription personally.

After King Dong died of illness, his eldest son returned to his country to succeed the throne. The princess and two other sons stayed in Dezhou to guard the tomb and settled. Until this dynasty, the descendants of King Dong of Sulu still lived in Shandong and were "loving to Shu".

In fact, even if you have a lot of wealth here, how can you live a free and easy life in the Ming Dynasty?

After a day's voyage, the fleet went directly to Hele Island, which is the main island of Sulu.

"This place is more powerful than Luzon, and there is actually a fortress built!"

Qiao Yifeng was responsible for the safety of the joint fleet. He had already got a single-eye telescope in his hand and checked the situation at Hele Port from a distance. He unexpectedly found that there was a earthen fortress built in it.

Lin Youfu has joined the joint fleet and was arranged to go to Qiao Yifeng for training this time. Hearing this, he immediately asked nervously: "Commander Qiao, what should we do?"

"Don't panic, these are all local cannons, and the range is not far!" Qiao Yifeng said conscientiously when observing the situation of the gun, and then explained: "You should be wary of it, if there is really something wrong, you

They were directly bombarded the turret, they were no match for us at all!"

Lin Youfu and others had already had bloody symptoms and were not afraid of any battle. They nodded solemnly and said yes.

In fact, their concerns are redundant. Not to mention that the bloodline of Sulu Dongwang settled in Shandong, someone in Sulu has already contacted Sulu first and has a cooperative attitude towards things.

King Sulu East made a grand welcoming ceremony for the fleet visit. A total of 200 soldiers were greeted by a large group of gorgeously dressed nobles.

Compared with Luzon, the power of the Sulu State was obviously more concentrated, presenting a slave society. The nobles of the Sulu State slaved the civilians and not only required the people to protect the pearl pond, but also to collect pearls.

But it is not for Sulu that the country retained semi-slavery. In such a resource-based country, power is destined to be concentrated in the hands of a few people, otherwise it would be impossible to cope with the coveted Zhuchi of the surrounding forces.

Hu Niu represents Lin Junran giving a gift, and both sides look very harmonious.

Thanks to the pearl trade, Sulu seemed much richer than Luzon. Not only did he reflect his clothing, but his houses and buildings were also resolutely stronger than Luzon.

In this port, several merchant ships were parked, and a large amount of cargo was moved down by coolies. Hele Town already had the size of a town, and many civil or stone structure houses were presented on both sides of the stone street.

Sulu's Eastern Palace is not big, and the stone wall in front of the door gives people a majestic feeling. When you enter it, it is the main hall in the style of Song and Ming dynasties, which adds a bit of atmosphere and elegance.

In the main hall, the Dongwang, dressed in a generous dress, sat on a small central high platform, with civil and military sitting orders on both sides. However, Sulu did not have the habit of sitting on a chair, and only added a seat cushion to the ground.

Things went smoother than expected. Chen Zhixiao told the story of Lin Qiran's intention to join forces with the countries in Southeast Asia to boycott Spain. However, the King of Dong angrily said with several Chinese words: "This move is very good, these people have been doing it long ago.

I, Su Lu, stared at them, had long wanted to destroy them, but I don’t know when the King’s Army will arrive?”

It was also coincidental that the Spanish also fell in love with the pearls and gems of Sulu, and once had the idea of ​​Sulu. However, Sulu could stand in the South China Sea, so he naturally had some of his real skills, but he was with the Portuguese fleet.

I've called a few times.

It has to be said that with Sulu's combat power, it is naturally impossible to defeat the Portuguese fleet, at most it is to protect its own treasures.

"We, Lord Lin, are now Wuming. Since we have not received rescue from Sha Yao and Nabi Kingdom, and do not know the true situation of Sha Yao and Nabi Kingdom, we have to wait for this matter! But it is really necessary to borrow,

We Lord Lin will definitely lead our troops to wipe out the Spaniards!" Chen Zhixiao said bitterly, and then made another promise.

A hint of disappointment flashed across the eyes of the King of Dong, but he also understood their considerations. He looked at the leopard in the water next to him and said, "About the matter of your desire to pick pearls in Sulu, the leopard in the water has already mentioned it to me.

!I actually knew that your pearl pond was exhausted, but I, Sulu, are not very ideal here. You really only pick pearls in Repulse Bay!"

"Not bad! We only need the ten-year pearl-picking rights in Repulse Bay to provide our Ming Dynasty royal family with more pearls!" Yang Chunlai expressed his firmness.

When the Red Flag Gang was wiped out last time, Lin Qingran made arrangements for Yishui Bao and others and arranged the pearl pickers to Sulu Kingdom. This Sulu Kingdom produces pearls and pearl pools, but its pearl collection technology is undoubtedly inferior to that of

Daming.

Now that the diving bell is available, the Ming Dynasty's bead-picking technology is naturally even more powerful, and it is very likely that a batch of good beads will be collected from this old bead pond.

As soon as we thought of this, everyone looked nervously at the King of Eastern. This hit a wall in Luzon. If there was no progress in Sulu, then this voyage would be considered a failure.
Chapter completed!