Chapter 52: A Different Kind of Champaign
"Dear Mr. Pirate, please forgive us!" After the captain's death, the first mate hurriedly knelt on the ground with a pleading look on his face.
"Hmph!" Li Jia sneered.
"Sorry, I have made up my mind to exile you to a deserted island just now. As for whether you can survive, it depends on your real residence!"
After shook his sleeves, he took a last look at the blood-stained Arabs, and Li Jia quickly left.
Sure enough, the two sea boats went east and walked hundreds of miles to find an unmanned pirate. No matter what the name is, they exiled all of the people.
"Why can't they speak?" Seeing the group of people being speechless and whimpering constantly, Li Jia was a little confused.
"Mr. I cut their tongues!" Li Xin said softly, "Although here is a bit off, there are still some ships. They can't let them talk nonsense and tarnish our reputation."
Li Jia had no choice but to ignore this.
"Next, let's go to Chameng and see the prosperous Chameng Kingdom!"
As an important node on the Silk Road, Chameng Port has always been known for its prosperity and is well-known in the South China Sea region.
In the third year of the Southern Han Dynasty (930), Liu Yan sent Li Shouying and Liang Kezhen to attack Jiaozhi (now northern Vietnam), captured Qu Chengmei, the governor of Jinghai, and others. Later, Liang Kezhen could not control the corruption in his heart and plundered Chameng City.
This shows the wealth of Champa.
Moreover, Chameng defended China's borders to the Indian Polo dynasty (now northeastern India), the country of Saliver (now the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and western Kalimantan) and the maritime roads of the black-clothed food immediately became an important transit station on the Maritime Silk Road, and gained many benefits from it.
After arriving at the port, Li Jia finally understood why Chameng was a piece of fat - it had no walls.
Countless ships docked in the port, Arab spinning boats, Han plunge boats, local sloop boats, densely packed, and a large number of short and thin dock workers were carrying heavy loads and walking slowly.
The tax officials with big belly took three or five military service magnanimously, pointed at the painting, said a few words, and the money went into their pockets and bulged.
Compared with Qinzhou Port, it is much more lively.
It is really difficult to distinguish those Arabs in long robes from Chammen in the same robes if they were not tall, and the similarity between the two is very high.
Chameng people have deep eyes, high noses, and black hair, which is very different from ordinary East Asians.
Even, you can see some big businessmen from Japan. They were not as good as Li Jia and others' clothing. They were wearing round neck robes and long hair. If it weren't for their height, Li Jia would definitely not be able to tell it.
Of course, the most obvious thing is that the Japanese still walk in wooden clogs, and at this time, the Central Plains was no longer very popular.
However, the biggest difference between Chameng is that it was too much influenced by ancient India, and the status of Mahayana Buddhism was replaced by Brahmanism again. There were many statues of gods such as Shiva, and cattle were also rampant on the streets, and people looked at them with reverence.
On the narrow streets, half of the resting cows were occupied, and the other half was covered with garbage and cow dung. Passers continued to trample on them, making them integrated with the stone bricks, and it was difficult to tell whether the ground was originally black or later turned black.
Because Chameng Kingdom believed in Brahmanism, the caste system was also inherited, and the high and low castes were reflected on the streets very eye-catching.
When people of lower castes see higher castes, they often give way, bow and bend down, and can't explain humility.
"No wonder it was annexed by Jiaozhi later!" When he thought of the caste system and the later Chameng Kingdom began to believe in Yi, Si, and Lan Cult, Li Jia felt indescribable disgust.
Chameng is so close to China because it is influenced by Confucian culture. What is the best caste system?
At this moment, Li Jia's favorability towards Chamcheng instantly dissipated.
"Chancheng is connected to Panyu in the north and to Zhenla (Cambodia) in the south. There are more merchant ships anchored than in Panyu. Those merchants from Fujian, Central Plains, Goryeo, Jiaozhi and other countries like to come here to replenish ships.
Abdul seemed to be familiar with this place, and led Li Jia and others to a tavern for a few times.
"This is run by you Han people, and the business is good!"
Come here, the so-called exotic style
Looking at this tavern of a large scale, Li Jia was quite stunned. When he entered, he found that it was exactly the same as Lingnan. After tasting some food, it was basically seafood. The spices were used very well and the fishy smell was very light.
"Shopkeeper, your business is good!"
After eating, Li Jia came to the counter and said to the boss who was paying the accounts.
"Your husband, you're just a small business, so how can you get along with you-" The store owner looked at the dress of these people and bowed politely, very politely.
"How many Han people are there in Champa?"
"This is hard to say, but there are always five or six thousand. In recent years, the Central Plains are uneasy and Lingnan has frequently tyrannical tyranny. Many fishermen can't survive and come to Nanyang to make a living."
"My husband is from Lingnan! Most of the Han people here are like old people, and they are from Fujian. Since the death of the old King of Min, they have been uneasy, so they came here to settle down."
There are five or six thousand people, and the entire Champa king has only 30,000 to 40,000 households. Champa is not the capital of the Champa kingdom. Its real capital is Indra Pra.
Moreover, the Chameng Kingdom has only 30,000 households with 40,000 households, and 18 states with no cities, only tribal villages, seven or eight hundred households with a large number of three or five hundred households. Although it is a kingdom, it is a tribal alliance and a federal kingdom.
After the destruction of history by Vietnam, part of Chameng people came to Hainan and were classified as Hui people. They have always used a kind of "Huihui dialect", which is very different from the Miao, Han, Li and other languages in Hainan.
The number of soldiers is only 10,000,000, and the resources are abundant. It is a place that is gifted by God.
Such a country is completely suitable for conquering, so how can it be cheaper to Jiaozhi? Liu Yan from the Southern Han Dynasty only knows how to grab gold, silver and treasures. Such a good place, even if a Maritime Bureau set up a Maritime Bureau, it is not fake for 100,000 yuan a year.
"My husband asked what these are done?" the shopkeeper said in confusion.
"It's nothing, I just saw that it was full of Han people. I felt very friendly as if I had returned to my hometown for a moment!" Li Jia said with a smile.
"In fact, although the Han people are very large, the most powerful are those big cannibals!" The shop owner sighed and said helplessly.
"How do you say this?"
"Those big cannibals are very bad, they are doing a lot of business, and they are entrenched in the south of the city and live together, and even the governor makes them three points."
"What's even more hateful is that they bribed the governor and put taxes on pork. Whoever eats pork will have to pay taxes. The pig killers have changed their lines, so we can only eat fish."
Chapter completed!