Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Chapter 541 If you want to be rich, you must work in the cat world

They arrived at Zheng He Island faster than Zhang Xin expected.

It took only one day and one night to cross the South China Sea.

Even though there was no need for supplies, Lin San still went ashore to buy things according to the fleet's usual rules.

Zhang Xin, with his sleeves rolled up, went into the island with Wei Guan and Zhang Sanfeng to watch the fun.

Although she couldn't see it, Zhang Xin could still hear the excitement.

There were shouts one after another.

Most of the sounds were from laborers carrying goods, and people coming back from fishing and selling their fresh catches on the spot.

The smell at the dock is very complex, fishy, ​​sweaty, and a strange smell that is hard to describe.

The road at the dock was not very smooth. After Zhang Xin stumbled twice, Wanxiu no longer walked with her, but instead took Zhang Xin's arm and led the way directly.

"Madam, it seems that everyone here is from our Ming Dynasty. Except for those fishermen."

Wei Guan walked side by side with Zhang Sanfeng, also looking around curiously.

"Zheng He Island originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty. If we ask them to come here to fish, I think no one would be willing to do this job."

Zhang Xin has some impression of this.

"I've heard that people from Fujian often cross Sulu. Now it sounds like it's true."

Wei Guan carefully distinguished the dialects in the noisy voices and found that most of them were Fujian dialect.

"My father moved many people from Guangdong and Fujian to this place in the early years. As life became better, naturally, relatives and friends were willing to move here. Besides, Fujian and Sulu are separated by a river, so it is convenient to travel back and forth. In recent years, the population of Fujian has increased, and it is difficult to make a living, so naturally people have to move out. Also, the handicraft industry here is not good. Fujian merchants transport raw silk, cloth, and porcelain here every year. There is a folk saying - if you want to be rich, you must work in Mao's place."

While Zhang Xin was explaining to Wei Guan, she felt extremely regretful.

If I had known earlier, I would not have told my son all that. Now that he has finally gone out to sea, he can only hear the noise but cannot see this prosperous world.

"Where is Mao Liwu?"

Zhang Sanfeng had never been to Sulu, and he had no idea what the country on this island was.

"Just to the north of the Sulu Islands, there are three vassal states, Maolibu, Fengjiashilan and Luzon. They all went to China to pay tribute. Maolibu has poor land, many mountains and seas, and the other two are smaller. Fengjiashilan is relatively small, and Luzon is not big either. Luzon also has the Governor's Office of Daming. The street where the Governor's Office is located is called Daming Street. When Zheng He came here, he appointed a Filipino overseas Chinese leader Xu Chai Lao as the Governor-General of Luzon, who was in charge of military, political, financial and cultural power. He did a good job and should still be in office now."

Zhang Xin talked about these like the back of her hand.

"What about the south?"

Zhang Sanfeng is not ashamed to ask questions.

"There should only be one Sulu Kingdom in the south now. Didn't I tell you before that there were three kings who went to pay tribute, but one of them died in the country. After his son came back, the three kingdoms were not at peace. Later, my father sent troops to support them."

Zhang Xin didn't know the exact progress at this moment.

The last wish of the King of Sulu was to be buried in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di reluctantly spent money to build a mausoleum for him, and the ministers and descendants who remained behind all changed their surnames to Ge and became citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

The Eastern King's eldest son, Dumahan, was sent back to Sulu to inherit the throne.

The Eastern King's wife, Gemuning, the Eastern King's second son, Andulu, and the Eastern King's third son, Wenhala, stayed in China to guard the Eastern King's tomb.

At that time, they said that they would return to the country after guarding the tomb for three years. Who knew that the princess and her two sons were so happy that they kept delaying for four years. When they could not delay any longer, they had to return to Sulu. Zhu Di simply sent off the orphan and widow with firecrackers and gave them many gifts.