Volume of Changning Kingdom: Section 32 Godmother and Grandma
In fact, Wu Tingwei also had a vague feeling that the disappearance of the Chinese in Borneo was related to the Western colonists in Bo Ni. Today he finally heard it from Huang Qilin, the person involved. Regarding the final fate of the Chinese in Nanyang, there were only ambiguous expressions within the Senate.
After some opinions, the general direction is still towards supporting utilization and gradually bringing him under his command.
The Southeast Asian Chinese have survived and multiplied in Southeast Asia for more than two hundred years, and their adaptation to the climate is much better than that of mainland immigrants. This is also the reason why the British colonists at that time followed the principle of immigrating to areas with the same latitude. These Southeast Asian Chinese will be the Senate's control of the tropical tropics.
As an important help in the region, the Southeast Asian Chinese need to maintain the existence of Chinese civilization locally. If it is allowed to be weakened, others will take advantage of it. Therefore, the Senate hopes that the Southeast Asian Chinese can expand their influence. However, due to their own tight population and
Due to limited medical and health conditions, this kind of volunteerism and investment is very limited.
While Wu Tingwei and Cui Yunhong were learning about the situation in Shanba Port, Zhu Shunshen supported an old lady with silver hair and walked out of the inner hall, accompanied by a woman in her thirties or forties.
"Mom! Why are you coming out?" Huang Qilin saw his old mother coming out and hurriedly stood up to greet her.
"My mother was very happy when she heard that Shen'er had returned safely. She had to come out to see Shen'er's savior to express her gratitude. I couldn't help but do not want to disturb my elder brother's discussion with several distinguished guests. I hope you can bear with me.
." said the middle-aged woman supporting him next to him.
The person speaking was none other than Huang Qilin's eldest sister, Huang Qiyan. She had dark skin, her face was full of wrinkles despite her age, and she was dressed in a short cotton coat but not a long skirt. She looked like a village woman working in the fields.
Huang Qiyan gave Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei a fist-cup salute, quite like a heroine. Unexpectedly, her eyes glanced at Anna and Cui Yunhong, and her smiling face suddenly turned to rain: "Why are there two red faces here?"
Hairy man?! Brother, what are you doing??"
"Sister Yan, don't be rude to your distinguished guests!"
"Auntie, be careful what you say!"
"Our Huang family does not serve red-haired guests! I'm sorry that Qiyan can't accompany you!" After saying this, Huang Qiyan angrily took the old lady of the Huang family and backed away from the side door, leaving everyone with a confused look on their face.
Huang Qilin stood up and apologized to everyone: "My Yanmei's husband died in the hands of the red-haired pirates. My youngest Yingmei was also kidnapped by the red-haired pirates and her whereabouts are still unknown, so she rarely sees the red-haired men... Now her brother-in-law
She is in charge of the family business, so she is a bit rough, but she is still happy. During the dinner, I asked her to apologize to everyone."
Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei were confused at first, but they understood after listening to his explanation. They immediately expressed that they understood her feelings and would not mind.
"These two days happen to be the birthday ceremony for Changning Mountain Goddess and Grandma. Are you interested in taking a look?"
"May I ask who this great goddess is? We have never heard of the title of this great god in the Central Plains. You have mentioned it several times just now. Can you explain it to us?"
"This grandmother of the Goddess of Changning Mountain is actually my grandmother Huang Yuanli, the sister of Huang Senpinggong, the ancestor of my Huang family."
Huang Qilin proudly told the story of this legendary ancestor:
It is said that when the Han immigrant group led by Huang Senping, the ancestor of the Huang family, helped the first sultan Mahmosa to repel the invasion of the Shili Buddhist Kingdom in the south and the Su Kingdom in the north and consolidate the Balni Kingdom, Mahmosa married his daughter to Huang Senping.
His younger brother Ahmed married Huang Senping's sister Huang Yuanli. After Mahmosa's death, his son Hassan succeeded to the throne. After reigning for just three years, he also fell ill and followed his father. At this time, there was a power vacuum in the Boni royal family.
, Huang Yuanli's husband Ahmed finally took the throne and became the second sultan with the support of the Huang family.
Huang Yuanli, who became the princess, did not live in the palace and enjoy fine clothes and fine food. She was always concerned about the survival and development of the Han people in North Borneo. In Borneo, miasma was rampant and snakes, insects, rats, and ants were rampant. Huang Yuanli personally took the palace doctors deep into Changning Mountain.
She searched for herbal medicines to find a cure for the plague, and she gave free medicine to the local people. Countless lives were lost; the land in Borneo was barren red soil, which was not conducive to planting, so Huang Yuanli led his tribe to burn forests and fertilize fields, forcing them to destroy the wilderness.
Pieces of vibrant farmland were opened up in the forest. She also tasted the products of Borneo and discovered many fruits that could be used as staple foods to fill the stomachs of the Chinese in Borneo; dangerous headhunting natives often appeared in the forest.
The surrounding areas stole the food that the Han people had worked hard to grow, and even raided villages to kill people and cut off their heads. Huang Yuanli did not simply eliminate and expel the natives, but adopted a policy of gentle enlightenment and taught the natives how to farm.
They were also taught to speak Chinese and learn Chinese etiquette. The spice trade in the coastal areas of Borneo under the Huang family was developed, and merchants from the East and the West had frequent exchanges. Shipwrecks and pirates were naturally inevitable disasters for people who relied on the sea to make a living. Therefore, the annual fishing season and trade
During the peak season, Huang Yuanli led his fleet to patrol along the coast to guard the sea.
Huang Yuanli's various actions of good deeds and virtues moved God, and finally he became an immortal in Changning Mountain and became the guardian goddess of Changning Mountain, guarding the people on the land under his feet and the passing ships.
"...The grandma of the Holy Mountain will be incarnated among the girls of our Huang family. The grandma of this generation was originally my sister-in-law Huang Qiying, but her life and death were uncertain after being kidnapped by pirates more than ten years ago. Now she is temporarily left by my aunt.
She has become my grandma's land-based wife, so she has always hated Westerners the most. But my aunt is still as generous and kind as my grandma, so please don't blame her..." Huang Shidong also came out to smooth things over for his aunt.
"Good guy, this Huang family combines political power, financial power, military power, and religious power." After listening to the stories and legends of the ancestors of Shenshan Mountain, Wu Tingwei first thought that the Huang family is quite clever. No wonder they can maintain governance here.
More than two hundred years.
The Huang family said they were vassals of the Bo Ni Kingdom, but they were actually just vassals. Why didn't they set up another mountain? Obviously, it wasn't because they were loyal to the Sudan, but perhaps because of their lack of strength, they had to take refuge in the Bo Ni Kingdom.
Cui Yunhong of the Ni Kingdom thought, in this way, if the Senate is willing to provide them with support, it is not difficult to convince them to defect to the Senate. The difficulty is that once they accept their allegiance, the Senate will also have safety obligations to them.
However, the story of the ancestor of this sacred mountain is very interesting, and it sounds very similar to the story of Mazu. Also, the conditions in Borneo are so difficult and malaria is rampant, it is only reasonable for the local Chinese to seek the protection of gods and breed various local beliefs.
That night, the Huang family set up a table of wine and food in the Fuzhong Garden. Tomorrow is the opening day of the sacred mountain ceremony for the ancestors of the Holy Mountain. Local believers have already sent various tributes and festival gifts to the Huang family in advance.
Huang Qilin ordered people to select some fresh aquatic products and local products to prepare a feast of land and sea to entertain the Australian guests.
Because neither party wanted to alarm too many outsiders, this time it was just a family banquet, with Huang Qilin and Huang Shidong as hosts, and they entertained the visiting delegation. The Huang family and two elders sat in the chair, and Huang Shidong's wife and son came out.
As a companion, there is another table to entertain Anna and Cui Yunhong.
When sitting down at the table, Huang Qiyan changed into a plain-colored jacket with small sleeves, and walked to the table. Without saying a word, she picked up the big bowl on the table, drank three bowls of wine, and then bowed her hands as an apology. Although
The alcohol content of this local local wine is not high, which also surprised Cui Yunhong. This is a rare female man!
Wu Tingwei smiled and nudged Cui Yunhong with his elbow: "She looks much more manly than you."
"Go, I'm no less drunk than you."
After drinking the apology wine, Huang Qiyan said he was going to host the mountain ritual ceremony tomorrow and left, leaving everyone to enjoy themselves.
Huang's cuisine is unique. It is neither the taste from the old time and space that the elders are used to, nor the flavor of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century on the mainland. It is quite novel for Wu Tingwei, but it is not unusual for Cui Yunhong, who has been to Malaysia.
This is the early version of "Nonya cuisine".
Nyonya is the daughter of a Chinese man and a Malay woman who went to Southeast Asia in the early years. "Nonya cuisine" is a dish created by women in Chinese immigrant families using traditional Chinese food and cooking methods, combined with commonly used spices in Southeast Asia.
Strong, with sour, sweet, spicy and pungent taste, full of tropical flavor.
Braised chicken with black fruits, braised pork with bean paste, fish maw soup, pork liver balls, stewed mixed vegetables, stewed fish in spicy and sour tamarind sauce, stir-fried pork slices with sambal... Dishes full of local flavor are served on the table. The cooking is rich in fragrance.
It was so exquisite that everyone in the visiting group was very excited. Especially Cui and Wu, who had never enjoyed such a rich delicacy since they came to Silia.
Sure enough, it takes three generations to eat and dress. The enjoyment of the Huang family is not something that ordinary rich people can have. Cui Yunhong thought, especially this black fruit stewed chicken. He heard a friend in Malaysia say that black fruit is
It is collected from mangroves. Because it is toxic, it needs to be fermented in the ground for several months before cooking. When he ate this dish in Malaysia, it was just black fruits cooked with chicken and gravy. The Huang family
The chef took out the pulp of the black fruit, mixed it with the marinated pork and minced shrimp, and then put it back into the black fruit. Add the chicken, various mixed spices, and coconut milk to stew it into an orange-brown stew. Served with
It's great to cook it with local long-grain fragrant rice.
Finally, two sweet and savory snacks were served, one was five-spice braised pork. It was actually a fried dough roll filled with minced pork, shrimp, water chestnuts, onions and coriander. Mushrooms were also added to Huang's dish.
and five-spice powder. Steam it in a pan and then fry it. It tastes delicious and crispy.
Another dish is the palm sugar cake, which is made from a mixture of palm sugar, rice flour, tapioca flour and alkaline water. It is steamed and cut into cubes, and freshly grated coconut powder is added. It tastes both elastic and as soft as a file.
Smells. Exudes a light aroma of palm sugar and coconut.