Chapter 204 Three Buddhas

With the anti-traitors being wiped out and the implementation of the three-year duty-free period, the Liangzhe area gradually returned to its former prosperity. Fang La and others naturally cut their heads to show their warnings. At the same time, more than 40,000 prisoners were captured, and all of them were taken to Xingzhou. At the same time, a total of 2,000 soldiers were also taken to Zhao Hu to manage and guard Xingzhou.

In October, the fields were bleak. On that day, Zhao Hu from Xingzhou sent a telegram, and the last 5,000 prisoners of war had arrived in Xingzhou. In addition, the construction of Xingzhou had begun to show its scale. Wen Shen felt bored, so he decided to go to Xingzhou for inspection.

Unlike the mainland, Xingzhou in October is still green and the weather is a little hot, but the gentle sea breeze makes people feel comfortable. Wenshen drove a speedway in Xingzhou. Looking at the busy port below, the neat and orderly city, the busy people couldn't help but nod, and at the same time he thought to himself that Zhao Hu was still not doing it.

Wenshen's shape staying in the air was so cool that Zhao Hu thought that the foreign land had invaded and led the defenders to the city wall with full arms. When he saw the visitor with a telescope, he hurriedly saluted and shouted loudly, welcomed the committee and inspected Xingzhou."

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Xingzhou Prefecture.

"I haven't seen you in the past two years, and the style of the commission is still the same, but we are all white-haired." Zhao Hu couldn't help but sigh when he saw Wen Shen's white and tender face.

At this time, a baby cries suddenly came from the inner room. Wen Shen was stunned and then smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for more than a year. Are you a father?"

Zhao Hu smiled, "Yeah, yes"

"Good boy, no matter how much better the other three are," Wen Shen thought about it, "Xingzhou is on the right track now. You will celebrate the New Year in Yizhou this year.

Zhao Hu looked around the hall and said with a little touch that Xingzhou was built when I looked at it, and I had a deep affection for every grass, wood, brick and tile here. I have regarded it as my second hometown. I really feel reluctant to leave here."

"There is a convenient transportation now and there will be a ship for a week. Maybe there will be planes in the future, and it will be a round trip in a day."

"Is the one you drove today a plane?" Zhao Hu asked curiously.

"Okay, but now there is no energy production, but it won't take long to produce it on a large scale." Wenshen changed the topic, "Okay, let's talk about the many passing ships at my wharf just now, and the current economic operation of Xingzhou is like?"

"Now there are about twenty ships passing by every day, with a profit of two thousand yuan, and a yearly drug of about seven hundred thousand yuan, but the annual expenses are also very large, mainly focusing on water conservancy, expansion of docks, soldier welfare, etc., and the overall income and expenditure is balanced. In addition, I have reclaimed more than 20,000 acres of paddy fields in the plains in the northeast of the city, and can provide food for more than 30,000 people every year."

"By the way, didn't I bring more than 40,000 prisoners of war here some time ago? Did you deal with it?"

Zhao Hu opened the map and pointed to the plain area in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula to the north of Xingzhou Strait. "I transported 20,000 of them to this area for land reclamation and farming, and more than 20,000 people were left in Xingzhou."

"Is there a lot of natives there? Is there any conflict?" Wenshen frowned, thinking that it was not the territory of the Malays.

Zhao Hu smiled coldly, "There are some natives, but they were all driven away by me." Zhao Hu used his hands to go from Xingzhou to Malacca, the entire southern plains of the Malay Peninsula. "Now I have taken down all this land and placed under Xingzhou."

"I did something wrong. How many warships do you have here?" Wen Shen suddenly remembered that he didn't want to give him a warship, but he was engaged in cross-sea combat.

"Now I only have one sailboat here, which I bought at the Yizhou Shipyard last year. However, the cost of purchasing the boat only comes from the natives." Zhao Hu smiled proudly, "We have plundered more than one million yuan worth of property from the natives in the north, which is just used to pay for the cost of purchasing the boat."

Wenshen glanced at Zhao Hu and said with a smile that I like this trick. Then, he pointed to the archipelago in southern Xingzhou. "I heard that this island has a large number of natives and a lot of treasures. I think you will definitely gain a lot there."

"Commission, I'll tell you, I've wanted to go there a long time ago. However, it's indeed far from Xingzhou, and there are no decent warships, and there are not enough staff, so I haven't gone there. But now, I have two thousand troops now, enough to sweep across the Southern Barbarian Islands. Of course, it would be better if there was a steel-shelled ship." Zhao Hu's eyes were slightly red and he looked quite excited.

"This is easy to deal with. The steel-shelled ship that transports prisoners of war has not left yet, so I will be allocated to you for use."

"That's great," Zhao Hu shouted loudly when he heard this, "I dare not say that if I have too much, I'm sure I can plunder millions of dollars."

"Okay, after you are ready, I will go with the team to check it out."

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Five days later, Zhao Hu led a steel-shell ship and a thousand soldiers, carrying thirty howitzers, and drove south. After leaving, there were nearly a thousand left-behind soldiers, which was enough to defend the satellite state.

The steel shell is about 100 meters long and has a displacement of more than 8,000 tons. It is definitely a giant in this era. Two huge chimneys sprayed black smoke outwards, dyeing the sky on the deck black.

In the south of Xingzhou is the Sumatra Island in Indonesia. At this time, there is a kingdom called the Kingdom of Srivador, but the merchants of the Song Dynasty in the past called it the Sanfoqi because this kingdom is prosperous in Buddhism. The capital of this kingdom is located near Palembang, Indonesia, and produces a lot of gold.

In the steel shell ship command room, Zhao Hu carefully introduced the information about the Three Buddhas to Wenshen in front of a huge map of Southeast Asia.

After listening to the narrative, Wen Shen asked, "That's what this country has, there is a lot of gold."

"There must be many of them, many of their temples are made of gold, and they are very rich." Zhao Hu's eyes flashed, "According to my investigation, this kingdom has been established for more than 500 years. Even if they dig 1,000 taels of gold a year, it will be more than 500,000 taels. This is not the money earned through trade."

"Well, I'm pretty saying that they seem to respect us very much. If we just rob money like this, wouldn't it be nice?" Wen Shen thought about it and felt that morality was a bit untenable.

"If you want to add a crime, you have no choice but to worry about it." Zhao Hu smiled sinisterly.

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After a day's sail, the steel-shelled boat arrives at the mouth of the Musi River. You can reach Palembang by walking two hundred miles along this river.

Wenshen looked at the wide estuary, but he still asked with some concern that our boat was so big, could we enter the river? Don’t get stuck halfway, it’s not beautiful.”

"This..." Zhao Hu was a little hesitant and couldn't understand it. "It should be no problem. We should wait until the tide is high, so there should be no big problem."

Wenshen thought deeply for a moment and nodded Dawn. He thought, but it was better to send a speedboat to explore the way forward and measure the water depth by the way, just in case."

At this time, the steel-shelled ship was equipped with six five-meter-long wooden boats, which were propelled with diesel propellers. They were mainly used for landing, rescue and other matters.

The next day, the fleet took advantage of the rising tide and entered the Musi River and arrived at Palembang at noon. Palembang is located on the north bank of the river, with dozens of various sailboats moored on the bank. Because the steel-shelled ships were too large to dock, they could only park in the middle of the river.

The huge hull is so conspicuous in this era. Not long after, a large number of people gathered on the shore, pointing at the giant ship, and looking very excited.

When locals watch giant ships, the ships can examine the capital of the kingdom. The capital area is about 3,000 acres in size, with a circle of about five meters of city walls around it. There are many pointed temple towers in the city walls, and the top of Huang Cancan is very conspicuous.

"Commission, twenty years ago, this kingdom sent envoys to our Song Dynasty. At that time, the officials also named General Huaiyuan for them." Zhao Hu saw a group of people coming out of the city gate on the shore, and the people around him immediately gave way. It was the officials of the Three Buddhas.

"Look at them, our Song Dynasty fleet is here." Wenshen stood there respectfully through the telescope, looking at the giant ship.

"That's it, the ships from Zhongzhou to Yizhou have been running for almost a year. There are a lot of merchants who have seen steel-shelled boats. And this is a place where merchants gather, so there is no reason not to."

"Let's log in"

Half an hour later, Wenshen and others came to the shore in a small boat.

"Welcome to the Lord of the People"

When the Sanfoqi officials on the shore saw Wenshen and others on the shore, they bowed and shouted in unison.

Wen Shen stood with his hands behind his back and replied expressionlessly. "Then he looked at the thin black man wearing a silk robe for his head, "It seems you are the leader here?"

The man hurriedly bowed to the Taoist minister General Huaiyuan's leather socks to join the National Lord."

"Leather socks?" Wenshen couldn't help but smile, "Is your name interesting to hear that you were on the Song Dynasty twenty years ago?"

"It was General Huaiyuan who was enthroned by the Emperor of the Kingdom." Se Socks felt that it was his most glorious time, and he seemed very excited to speak of it.

"Your capital is not very interesting." Wen Shen glanced at the capital in front of him and nodded and smiled.

"Thank you, Lord Guo, for your compliment to us in the city for preparing a different restaurant. You can stay at any time," said Se Socks earnestly.

"You king didn't come out to greet us. Do you look down on our Grand Tutor?" Zhao Hu, who was standing beside him, suddenly said coldly.

"Uh..." Se Socks suddenly became stunned, thinking about what he meant to say, but there was no time to think too much, so he hurriedly smiled and said that His Majesty the King was discomfort and could not meet him. I hope the Lord would forgive him."

"I think the wind and cold are disrespectful." Zhao Hu glared at him and said loudly with a full voice.

"How dare you? How dare you? The king is really sick."

In fact, King Sanfoqi did not get sick, but at this time, the leather socks could only harden their teeth and hold on.

Wen Shen waved his hand and said expressionlessly, "If you are really sick, we will go to another restaurant to rest first. If you have something to do, we will talk about it tomorrow."

"Sir, I'm very happy. I'm preparing a little wine in the other yard, and I hope to accept it with a smile." Hearing this, the leather socks felt relieved and hurriedly smiled.
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