The Strait of Malacca is located at the junction of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The equator just passes through the south side of the strait. It is precisely because of this that the climate here in the Strait is hot and rainy. The land on both sides of the strait is full of dense forests, and a large number of animal and plant resources are growing in the forest.

Even the natives living here don’t have to overwork at all. The natural food produced alone is enough for them to live, and they don’t have to worry about being hungry at all. This is much better than the disaster-stricken Ming Dynasty.

The Strait of Malacca is now ruled by the Kingdom of Malacca. To be precise, it should be the Sultanate of Malacca. Because it has been occupied by Islam, the kingdom believes in Islam, and even the title of "Sultan" is added to the king's name.

This shows the influence of Islam.

The Kingdom of Malacca was also known as the "Maraga Kingdom" in the Ming Dynasty. This kingdom has sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty many times, and the Ming Dynasty is also very good at the Kingdom of Malacca. It ordered it to pay tribute once every other year, which is comparable to the ten in Japan.

The tribute in the year is much stronger. From this we can see that the Malacca Kingdom has a relatively high status among the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

From the map, the Kingdom of Malacca is divided into two parts by the Strait of Malacca, located on the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra Island. The land area on the Malay Peninsula is larger, and the capital of the kingdom, Malacca City, is also located on the Malay Peninsula, and it happens to be located in the Malay Peninsula.

On the main transportation routes of the Strait of Malacca, all ships passing by need to be parked here. The taxes collected only cost tens of thousands every year, which can be said to be an inexhaustible treasure pot.

The weather today is good, there is no cloud in the blue sky, which looks extremely transparent. If you stand by the sea and look into the distance, you can only see the sea and sky in the distance. You can’t tell where is the sea and where is the sky?

Palac came to the port yawning. Although the sun in the east had not yet risen, the morning in Malacca was already very hot. Although he was wearing only one single dress, he couldn't help but sweat.

"This damn weather!" Palac cursed in a low voice. Although no matter how much he scolded, he could not cool down the weather, it was better than doing nothing.

Parak is a small official at the port of Malacca. He is mainly responsible for providing fresh water to some ships at the port. After all, the passing sea ships have a great demand for fresh water. Almost every ship needs to fill up fresh water after docking at the port, so

Although he is not very high, he is very busy. Of course, there is plenty of money. At least his monthly income can not only easily support the whole family, but he even raised two women outside. He was there last night.

One of the women spent the night at home.

Thinking of the romantic night last night, Parak couldn't help but hum a small song. Speaking of which, the Parak family is also a famous noble in Malacca City. More than fifty years ago, their family produced a famous figure named Tun Parak

, once became the prime minister of the kingdom, assisted three kings in a row. At that time, the Palac family was in full bloom, but unfortunately by their generation, the Palac family also weakened, and he was not the direct line of the family.

Therefore, only a small official who can provide water at a port is available, but this is already good. Some families cannot even get an official, and in the end they can only tinker with some goods to sell to past maritime merchants for their lives.

I saw Parak humming a small song to the east side of the port, where he was in charge of water supply. Speaking of which, although the Parak family was weak, the lean camel was bigger than a horse. The port under Parak belonged to Malacca.

The best section of the port is the port, with large and deep berths, which are very suitable for docking large sea boats. Usually, there are almost no berths here.

However, as soon as Parak arrived at the port, a subordinate immediately rushed over and said, "Sir, why did you come? Now the tribute envoy's ship is about to set off, but the fresh water on the ship is not full yet

, the people on the tribute boat have already started to lose their temper."

"What? The tribute envoy's ship?" Palac was also shocked when he heard this. At the same time, he finally remembered that this year was just the year to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the tribute had been ready to be loaded on the ship, and

Parked at the port he managed, he originally planned to fill the boat with fresh water yesterday afternoon, but the people on the tribute boat said that the tribute envoy was not there, and they did not dare to let anyone on board without the orders of the tribute envoy. After all, the tribute envoy was on the quota.

All the items are expensive tributes, and if they lose them, they can't take responsibility, so they ask them to pretend again tomorrow, but Parak forgot about this.

"Why are you still standing there? The order is passed, please let someone load water on the tribute envoy's ship!" Palak finally reacted at this time and roared at his subordinates. Although he kept scolding the tribute envoy in his heart.

The problem was that, otherwise he would have filled the water yesterday, but it would be too late to say this now. If the ship cannot leave the port due to the problem of fresh water, then his sin would be great. If he lost his job, it would be small.

He will be arrested in the ground, after all, the family cannot protect him now.

It was precisely because of this that Palac immediately ran to the dock and personally urged his subordinates to speed up the transfer of water to the tribute boat. In the end, he even wanted to do it himself. Fortunately, there were not many boats that needed to add water in the morning, so Palac could transfer everyone.

I came to add water to the tribute boats, and finally filled up the water on several tribute boats when the sun was fully raised.

"Huh~, it's finally full!" Palac breathed a long sigh at this time, found a bucket on the dock, and sat down to prepare for a rest. After all, he jumped and jumped while commanding the manpower just now, and he was too tired.

light.

But just as Parak sat down, he suddenly heard a noise not far away. When he turned his head to look, he saw a group of officials from Malacca City walking towards this side. Among these officials, one of them was a human.

The official in white robe was the envoy of the Ming Dynasty this time, and even more coincidentally, Palak actually knew this person.

"It turns out to be a damn Tamil bastard. In the future, our Palac family will definitely drive you all out of Malacca City!" Palac looked at the messenger who was surrounded by officials and cursed in a low voice. The messenger was named Ba.

Mann, unlike Parak, Bamann was not a Malacca native, but a Tamil who came to Malacca from India.

Speaking of which, the ethnic groups in the Kingdom of Malacca are very complex, but generally they are divided into two types. One is the native Malacca people. According to later generations, they should belong to Malays, while the other is an alien race, among which

Including the Han people from Central China, Tamils ​​from India, etc., among which the Tamils ​​are the largest.

About ten years ago, the royal family in the Kingdom of Malacca fought for the throne, which led to the unstable political situation in the country and the decline of national strength. At this time, the Tamils ​​in the Kingdom of Malacca suddenly united and seized the power of the Kingdom of Malacca in one fell swoop, such as the prime minister, general, etc.

The more important positions are held by the Tamils, and the current Malacca king Sudan Mahmoud is just a puppet in the hands of the Tamil nobles.

The Palak family also declined in the Tamil seizure, so Palak naturally had reasons to hate the Tamils. The messenger named Baman, who is not far from him, is the current prime minister of the kingdom.

Shultai's most respected son is said to be very likely to take over Shultai's position. Palac had seen each other from a distance at a celebration, and was very impressed, so he recognized it at a glance today.

Of course, Palac could only curse in a low voice. After all, with his current identity, he couldn't afford to offend Baman. He didn't even have the right to come forward to see the other party. He could only stand in the distance and watch the other party and those farewells.

The officials came to the side of the boat with a giggle, and then accepted the blessings of the officials around them, and then turned around and started the boat.

"I wish you, a Tamil bastard, encounters a storm when you go out to sea. It's best to sank the man and the boat to the bottom of the sea, and then piss down that old bastard Shultai to death, so that my kingdom will lose two disasters!"

At the bow of the boat, Palak cursed again, don't blame Parak for being vicious. In fact, these words also represent the voices of many Malacca's losers.

Unfortunately, Parak could only curse like this a few words. Baman couldn't hear it at all. He stood at the bow of the boat and said goodbye to the officials who were seeing him off. The ship slowly set sail and immediately turned east after leaving the port.

Once again, this tribute journey that has been passed down for many years has begun.

After watching the smoothly moving tribute boats disappear below the sea level, Palac retracted his gaze. At this time, the officials who saw him left the port in groups of three or three. Palac had almost rested at this time and stood up immediately.

He assigned other work to his subordinates, and he went to a small hut in the port to make up for his sleep. After all, he had consumed a lot of energy last night, and tonight he had to go to another woman.

How to maintain a good spirit?

By the time Palak woke up, it was already noon. The weather was even hotter. He was not so hot as to wake up, but rather by the heat. At that moment Palak got up and picked up a basin of cold water and poured it down from his head.

, This is not for cleaning, but mainly for cooling.

After rinsing the water, Palac's clothes were wet, but he didn't change them. After all, in the current weather, the clothes on his body would be dried soon, so Palac's clothes walked out of the house in wet clothes.

, came to the dock to check if his subordinates were lazy? By the way, I bought a few fruits to satisfy my hunger.

However, just as Parker was gnawing on the fruit, he suddenly saw a mast appear on the sea far away from the port, and with the first one, there was a second one. Soon a forest of giant woods formed by masts appeared on the entire sea surface.

As these masts grew taller, tall ships appeared on the sea. When they saw these familiar ships, the fruit in Palak's hand suddenly rolled to the ground, his face full of panic.
Chapter completed!