Volume of Changning Kingdom: Section 30 Changning Mountain
"This doesn't mean anything to me. It's a very ancient past. There's no need to pursue it anymore." Zhu Shunshen said, "Just think of me as a member of the Huang family. It's thanks to their efforts to save me this time."
, I can survive.”
"I heard that you are coming from Sabah. It is a port full of Chinese people. There is also a very high mountain, which seems to be called Widow's Mountain."
"Widow Mountain is called by people from big cities, but we all call it Changning Sacred Mountain," Zhu Shunshen said.
"My mother also mentioned that the tall mountain in the north was her hometown before she was alive, but she never told me where it was specifically, and for some reason she didn't want to go back. I really want to go there to see it.
Next time." Anna said hopefully.
"As long as you ask, the master will definitely let you go. Maybe someone there will know your mother." Cui Yongfang said with a smile.
"Is your father also from Changning Mountain?" Zhu Shunshen saw that the girl's appearance had both Chinese and European characteristics, and her strange accent of Hokkien, he already knew that she was a mixed-race child. However, in Sabah,
Most Chinese speak Hakka. If her mother is from Sabah, how can this child speak Hokkien?
"What is your daughter-in-law's name? If possible, I can help you find it. Sabah is not a very big place."
"Mother means mother, right? But she was called by the Lord when I was very young, and my father never told me..." Anna looked sad when she thought that she didn't even know her mother's name.
"It doesn't matter, twenty years is not a long time ago. Many people should still remember people and things at that time. I should go back and ask, and I should be able to find out."
After more than a week of treatment, Zhu Shunshen's malaria condition had been cured, and the presence of malaria parasites could not be detected in blood cell tests. Soon after he recovered, Chen Pengyu came to Silia with the second wave of support fleet. He could not wait.
Wu Tingwei saw that there was another elder who could sit in charge, so he took Cui Yunhong and others to Sabah on the pretext of "examining the scope of influence of the Huang family in Sabah". Huang Lu originally wanted to follow Anna for a visit, but she had to go to Sabah.
He hiked up mountains in the tropical rainforest, but he finally gave up because he was fat and afraid of the heat.
In order to avoid alarming the local indigenous people and Europeans, they did not use their own boats, but took the Huang family's boat on their way back.
The base camp of the Huang family is located on the coast of Kota Belu, Sabah, Malaysia in the old days. It is now called Shanpak Port by the Chinese who live here.
Sanpak Port is 300 kilometers away from Seria, 200 kilometers away from the big city of Kotabatu (Sri Begawan City), and 50 kilometers away from the capital of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu (Chinese Widow City).
The ship sailed for a day and a night, and the sea was calm. Several people gathered on the deck to watch the tropical scenery along the coast and chat.
"Yun Hong, do you think Sabah's name comes from Shanba Port?"
"I think it's possible, but the name of this place always reminds me of March 8th..."
"Pfft, times are different. A few decades ago, March 8th was a glorious word. This is all external spiritual and cultural pollution, which stigmatizes even good words!"
Cui Yunhong turned around and asked Huang Shidong: "Brother Huang, how did Shanbagan get its name?"
"It's like this. Along the sacred mountain, there are nine cities and ports built by our tribe on the coast from north to south. The Shanba port we went to is the eighth city and the largest one among the nine...
."
"There are quite a lot of you." Wu Tingwei was already silently thinking about how to use the Huang family's power here.
After Huang Shidong heard this, a hint of gloom flashed on his face: "But now there are only three villages left..."
"What happened?"
"Fifty years ago, the king of Sulu in the north sent troops southward, attacking cities and territories along the way. Our city in the north bore the brunt of the war. Although we fought bravely and drove the Sulu people back, the entire northern region
They were completely destroyed, with houses destroyed and farmland deserted. After the war, plague raged and pirates invaded frequently. More than half of the population was lost. Those who survived could not find a foothold and could only move south to several southern cities, such as Shanba Port.
It turned out that a small port prospered and became the largest city."
"So that's it." Wu Tingwei was originally surprised that Huang Senping originally started near Semporna in the northern part of Kalimantan Island. How come there were no traces of Chinese in the northern part of Kalimantan Island in later generations. It turned out that it was due to several natural and man-made disasters.
Only then did they gradually retreat to the central Sabah region.
"However, despite its prosperity, Shanba Port has only eight or nine thousand residents. Compared with the Central Plains, it is just a village." Huang Shidong said with a self-deprecating tone.
"Is it still because of the plague?" Wu Tingwei already felt that everything here could be related to malaria.
"Exactly, speaking of it, it rains all year round here in Borneo. There is enough sunshine to grow food and you can harvest it twice a year. There are also many fish in the sea. Even if you don't grow food and pick wild fruits in the forest, you can get by... But here
The miasma is really severe. In the past, when we went into the forest to open up wasteland, most of the people who opened up wasteland died before the fields were cleared. Eight years ago, we went through all the trouble to recruit a group of Hokkien people from Tangshan. With our help, we finally managed to clear the land at the foot of the sacred mountain.
Five villages were built, and we thought we could spread our business there. Unexpectedly, a great epidemic four years ago turned all our efforts into ashes, and almost all the new arrivals died at the foot of Changning Mountain."
It can be said that this kind of thing happens again and again. New immigrants have to survive this harsh test before they have the opportunity to thrive and flourish in the local area. But this kind of test almost never
It is extinct, and the new immigrants are often not even one out of ten.
"There are so many disasters." Cui Yunhong felt a bit of pity for these overseas survivors.
"This is the way this place is. We have become accustomed to life and death. Even those who are descendants of the emperor will not be spared. Ah Shen's brother also died because of this miasma. Fortunately, Ah Shen... ah no, the emperor was looked down upon by the chiefs.
The medicine saved me, otherwise this bloodline would have been cut off in our hands... It is better to go to the Central Plains..."
"The past few years have not been easy in the Central Plains. There have been frequent attacks by bandits and soldiers in the north, and countless people have died of starvation due to repeated droughts and floods."
"I have heard a little bit about things in the Central Plains. I really didn't expect that the country in heaven would be robbed." Huang Shidong sighed, "Most of the people here are people who have immigrated here for several generations. When talking about the Tangshan homeland, I always talk about it.
I feel like it is a paradise on earth, and when I die, I pray that I can be resurrected and returned to my homeland. Nowadays, natural and man-made disasters continue in Tangshan, and my heart seems to have no support, and I feel empty. Now I heard from European businessmen that there are also constant wars... The world is so big, but
There is no safe place."
"If you have the chance, you can go to Lingao with your father to see Guangzhou." Wu Tingwei said quite proudly, "I dare not say that it is a paradise on earth. The people live and work in peace and contentment. This comment is worthy of it."
"I believe this. To be honest with the chief, we have heard a lot about the chief's deeds in Qiongzhou and Guangfu over the years." Huang Shidong said, "Huang has only one wish: I hope that Chief Cui and Chief Wu can be together after they return."
I would like to express my sincere wishes to the Senate and relieve our sufferings. I would be very grateful..."
While everyone was talking, a tall mountain peak had already appeared on the horizon.
"Commander, please look, that high mountain ahead is the Changning Sacred Mountain." Huang Shidong pointed to the direction where the mountain emerged.
Everyone has set their sights on the towering highest point in Borneo - the 4,095-meter Mount Kinabanu, which means Chinese Widow Mountain in Malay.
In later legends about the origin of the mountain's name, it is said that Huang Senping's first wife Li Huiniang was buried here, hence the name. It is also said that a Chinese businessman in the Qing Dynasty did business here and married the daughter of a local chief. Later, the Chinese man went to sea and returned to the sea.
Before returning, the widow climbed up the mountain to watch her husband return, hence the name...
The origin of the name of the sacred mountain has different opinions among the Malay locals, but Mount Kinabanu in this time and space still has a serious Chinese name: "Changning Zhenguo Sacred Mountain" given by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.
In 1408, Bo Ni King Manarajananai (i.e. Huang Senping) paid tribute to China. During his audience in Nanjing, he died of an illness due to acclimatization. He left his last words that "his body will be buried in China" and was buried in Wugui Mountain, Yuhuatai, Nanjing. Yongle
The emperor sent the eunuch Zhang Qian to escort the new king Xia Wang back to the country. After Zhang Qian arrived in Bo Ni, he carved a stone and erected a monument at the foot of Mount Kinabalu in accordance with Manarajana's last wish to "beg for the title of the country and make the mountain a town", and conferred the title of "Changning"
"The Sacred Mountain of Zhenguo", Yongzhen Nanyang.
To be honest, judging from these recorded historical facts, it is difficult to imagine that Huang Senping would take in Emperor Jianwen or his descendants. If he just wanted to find a backer, a spiritual totem that could convince the immigrants to him, Emperor Yongle's
All kinds of canonizations were enough for him, so why take the risk of offending the Ming Dynasty to hide Emperor Jianwen's lineage? So Cui Yunhong was very suspicious of Zhu Shunshen.
At the end of the line of sight, Mount Sacred Mountain rises from the ground, standing out among the rolling archipelago mountains of Borneo. Flawless white clouds wrap around her mountainside, looking down on the passing sails like a supreme being. This magnificent scene is no wonder.
The local Chinese people will respect her as a sacred mountain.
Cui Yunhong is quite familiar with Mount Kinabanu. Just a year before the crossing, he and his "partner" climbed to the main peak of Mount Kinabalu during their free trip in Malaysia. The two of them looked at Kalimantan Island from the top of the mountain.
The rolling sea of clouds, and now I have returned to the sacred mountain four hundred years ago, and my heart is even more palpitating.
"What a high mountain! I have heard from my parents before that there is a very tall mountain in the north. I have wanted to see it for a long time, and I finally saw it today!" Anna exclaimed excitedly.