Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 236: Mana Zhe Wu Li

Seven days later, Pangkal Pinang Port.

A medium-sized island separated from the South Sumatra province in Indonesia is now the most prosperous place in Indonesia, because opposite the Pangkal Pinang Port is a very developed sea area, and not far away is the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. Merchant ships heading to the Indian Ocean or to and from Europe can be seen clearly here.

The Srivijaya Kingdom has many small countries under its jurisdiction. Currently, these small countries have to show superficial submission to Manajewuri because of the pressure from Chen Zuyi.

But they knew very well that Srivijaya did not have much armed forces at all, and most of the armed forces were in the hands of the Bolin State led by Chen Zuyi.

Today is a very special day. It is a traditional sea worship day for different ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia. These ethnic minorities will follow the requests of the witches in the tribe and start to worship the ocean.

Most of the ethnic minorities living in Indonesia believe in the god of the sea, but the Han people living here are not interested in this.

Because the coastal areas in the south all believe in Tianfei Niangniang, who is the legendary Mazu who ascended to heaven during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, because the Han people have lived in Southeast Asia for such a long time, these ethnic minorities will be subtly influenced by Han culture over time.

To this day, ethnic minorities should have displayed some strange marine creatures on their sacrificial tombstones, but now, there is a beautiful female-looking person on it.

This is the statue of Mazu.

Pangkalpinang is not only the name of a port, but also the name of a city.

Many people were praying in a silent place near the sea. They painted a lot of magical materials on their bodies, danced with their hands and held burning incense in their heads and ran in the crowd.

Most of the common people are here to watch the fun, but of course there are also many people who really participate in it, praying earnestly that they can be safe at sea and have a good harvest next year.

A six-foot-tall man shuttled through the crowd area. Every time he took a step forward, many people would take the initiative to avoid him, because this guy had a strong face and his eyes were gloomy and cold. Whoever was stared at would feel uncomfortable all over, not to mention that he also had an aura that made many people feel scared.

None of the people dared to block his way.

The man walked up to the statue of Mazu and his men handed him three incense sticks. He took them in his hands and bowed reverently. No matter how you looked at him, he seemed very serious.

He didn't leave until three incense sticks were placed in front of the altar.

The crowd continued to be in a state of joy.

He is the leader of Nanyang, the number one pirate king in Nanyang, Chen Zuyi!

In the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, he was the first pirate to be offered a large reward of silver by the emperor, and he was also the first pirate to almost unify the entire Southeast Asia on his own.

After leaving the square, Chen Zuyi soon came to a huge temple with Southeast Asian style.

Because there is no native religion in Southeast Asia, many foreign monks come here to chant sutras. The reason why Srivijaya was named like this is because most people in the country believe in Buddhism.

Even the emperor was devout in worshipping Buddhism.

Of course, he was also very clear that Buddhism was actually a tool to control people's thoughts.

Entering the center of the temple, Chen Zuyi's armor was particularly conspicuous compared to others.

Most of these guys were just covered with a piece of silk cloth, but Chen Zuyi was the only one who not only wore armor when entering the temple, but also stood in front of the king with sharp weapons in his hands, and even had several strong men around him.

If this kind of style appeared in the Central Plains, it would definitely be regarded as rebellion and treason by the emperor or those in power.

However, Chen Zuyi did this without any hesitation in front of King Manajewuri of Srivijaya, and other kings, big and small, and tribal leaders discussed this behavior in private.

But no one dared to stand up and accuse.

They all looked at Chen Zuyi with expressions of fear on their faces.

This is enough to show what kind of shadow Chen Zuyi has cast on them, which has led to this kind of expression.

Manazhe Wuli, who was sitting on the throne below the Buddha, did not seem to be angry at Chen Zuyi's bold behavior. Instead, he had a smile on his face.

"Hahaha! Look who's here! It's the King of Bolin State in our Srivijaya! King Chen, I heard that you collected a lot of protection fees from merchant ships from the West a few days ago. This really enhances the national prestige of our Srivijaya! Come here! Those who enhance our national prestige must be rewarded!"

Not only was Manazhe Wuli not angry, he also planned to reward Chen Zuyi.

It turned out that some time ago, Chen Zuyi led some of his men to the Strait of Malacca to intercept many passing ships. No matter who they were, as long as he saw that the other party's ship was luxuriously decorated or even the person he thought was rich, he had to leave something behind.

This was what happened to Zhu Gang at that time. He had less than ten ships but was trying to fight against ten times as many ships.

All the shells were used up, and many of Chen Zuyi's warships were damaged.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't stop these guys from their suicidal charge.

In response to the king's commendation, Chen Zuyi laughed out loud with his rough voice.

"Hahaha! It's my honor that His Majesty the King appreciates me, Old Chen. As for rewards or anything like that, I just want the beauty!"

The faces of the group of little kings around him changed again and again, and they were terrified by Chen Zuyi's bold behavior.

He never expected that even though the king was planning to reward him, he still dared to make a request.

Manazhe Wuli didn't seem to care about Chen Zuyi's action, but agreed loudly.

"Okay! Since King Chen wants a beauty, I will naturally reward her with one. Come here! Bring up the popular woman I robbed some time ago!"

Following Manazhe Wuli's orders, a servant quickly pushed up a wooden cage.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the woman in the cage, who had long flaming red hair.

Inside the cage, the woman looked terrified, nervously grasping her frail skirt to cover her body as much as possible. Facing the beast-like eyes of the people around her, the woman was like a red flower trampled by war.

Sobs gradually emerged from her body, and her three-dimensional face couldn't help but bury itself as far as possible under the knees in the curled corner.

Chen Zuyi's throat couldn't help sliding when he saw the woman in the cage. He felt a desire coming from his body, wanting him to pin the slave in front of him under his crotch and torture him as much as he wanted! "Wahahaha! Good! Good! Thank you for the red slave the king gave me!" Chen Zuyi bowed to Manazhe Wuli.

The people around also cheered.

Chen Zuyi waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take the red-haired European woman away.

When the other party was gone, Chen Zuyi said to everyone with a stern expression:

"Everyone, this is not a happy time. Your Majesty, I have very important news to tell you."

Today was supposed to be a happy day, but Chen Zuyi acted like this, which instantly made many people feel unhappy. However, they dared not say anything and could only swallow their anger and let Chen Zuyi continue.

"Your Majesty, according to the information sent back by my spies, the Ming Dynasty has begun to deploy a number of warships in the Riau Islands. They may want to take action against those of us who live under the rule of Srivijaya.

There were many of these Ming Navy guys in the Riau Islands. They occupied a place at the beginning, and we didn't have a direct conflict with them. But some time ago, I attacked a Ming merchant ship. I didn't expect these guys to have a high status. Based on the principle of having already attacked, I must cut the grass and root it out. Unexpectedly, the Ming Navy sent many people to search in the Strait of Malacca afterwards, and finally they found the traces of my attack. Now it seems that these people are probably going to attack me. "

Chen Zuyi remembered clearly his attack on Zhu Gang.

In fact, since then, Chen Zuyi realized that he might have caused a big disaster.

Because the fleet led by Zhu Gang, with only a few warships, caused him to lose almost half of his men. If they had not taken advantage of the environment to unexpectedly win, the person lying in the sea now would probably be him, Chen Zuyi.

Since then, Chen Zuyi has been acting cautiously and keeping a low profile. Only after he was sure that nothing would happen to him, and after he was absolutely sure that nothing would go wrong, did he dare to slowly resume his previous arrogance.

Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty actually sent personnel to search for his traces in the sea, which obviously meant they were planning to take action against him.

No matter how courageous Chen Zuyi was, he knew that he could not duel with the Ming navy on his own.

So his plan today was to drag the entire Srivijaya kingdom into the water.

Although Chen Zuyi owns more than a hundred warships, he also understands that the people behind him are all ambitious. If he defeats the Ming Navy, he will suffer heavy losses. He must get everyone present to follow him and act together, otherwise he will definitely be stabbed in the back.

After saying this, Chen Zuyi began to observe the expressions of the people around him.

Everyone, including Manazhe Wuli, had anxiety on their faces. I could roughly guess that they must be wondering how the trouble you caused had anything to do with us.

Therefore, Chen Zuyi also released a false smoke bomb.

"Everyone, I have sent many people to Southeast Asia to gather information. Now the ambition of the Ming Dynasty is growing. Some time ago, they sent a large army to Annan to eliminate Chen's father and son. The Chen Dynasty completely disappeared in history. Now the Chen Dynasty has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Then I heard that the Ming Dynasty wanted to attack Siam. The King of Siam was so scared that he was sent to Nanjing City to be crowned. From now on, Siam will completely become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and will always be loyal to the Ming Dynasty royal family. If that were all, I wouldn't do anything, but what you don't know is that the Ming Dynasty actually wants to attack Luzon!"

Chen Zuyi was filled with righteous indignation, as if the Ming Dynasty had killed his parents.

"Everyone! I know that I may have done a lot of excessive things to you over the years, but you must understand that our internal struggle is our own business, and it is not the turn of the Ming Emperor to point fingers at our family! Luzon has received Wu Zhen's order some time ago. From now on, the entire Luzon will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The territory that was built with great difficulty was taken back just because of a few words from Zhu Yuanzhang?

What's the reason? If I, Chen Zuyi, don't stand up first, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely extend his hands and feet into your territory in the future. What should you do then?

So I propose that everyone in Srivijaya unite as one and fight against the Ming Dynasty!
Let Zhu Yuanzhang know that we are the overlord on the sea, and he Zhu Yuanzhang cannot interfere in anything, otherwise we will let them know how powerful we are! "

In a flash, Chen Zuyi pulled out a long knife from his arms and cut a wound on his palm, and blood dripped onto the ground.

Before he had even waited a few seconds, his men brought a jar of wine and let the blood drip into the wine.

When Manazhe Wuli saw that the situation was not right, he was about to speak, but he never expected that the chiefs of the surrounding small tribes or kings of small countries began to stand up and express their opinions.

"That's right! The Ming Dynasty cannot lay hands on our territory. If we don't let Zhu Yuanzhang know how powerful we are, who knows if he will become more aggressive in the future? We must unite and form the most powerful maritime force to let Zhu Yuanzhang know who this piece of land in Nanyang belongs to!"

After saying that, the little leader cut a cut on his body and let the blood drip into the wine jar.

One, two, three, not knowing whether these guys were fools or not, they all followed suit.

This was simply forcing someone to do something he was not prepared for. In the end, Manazhe Wuli had no choice but to step forward and cut open his own palm.

All members of the Srivijaya Kingdom swore an oath of blood oath.

When Chen Zuyi saw that his plan was successful, he couldn't help but feel excited.

"Great! I've dragged this group of guys into this. I want to see what the Ming Dynasty can use to fight me. I don't believe that the Ming Dynasty can have an army of 100,000 to fight me on the sea! As long as they don't dare to attack me actively, I will have the qualifications to discuss with them. It's just a merchant ship. At most, I can compensate them!"

While he was thinking, Manazhe Wuli said:
"Everyone, now that I have finished talking about King Chen, I will now make an announcement. From now on, anyone who passes through the Strait of Malacca will have to pay a fee, so I have decided.

Tomorrow, all the kings and chiefs will take all of you to the Strait of Malacca to intercept the next Western fleet that arrives. We will let them know who is the master of this ocean! "

Although Manazhe Wuli was usually disliked by these kings and chiefs, he could still have a say most of the time, so many kings expressed their approval of his plan.

Of course, Chen Zuyi unconditionally stands on the side of Manazhewuli.

The next morning, the entire Strait of Malacca was very lively, with countless ships on the sea. The large ships could only carry two hundred people, and the smaller ships seemed to be able to carry less than ten people. But even so, they still rushed forward without hesitation.

Early in the morning, people who originally wanted to go out to sea to fish saw the commotion and went home to continue sleeping.

At the same time, on a huge ship with a big "Chen" flag flying on it, Chen Zuyi was sitting on a chair carved from shiny black wood.

At this moment, he looked pale and weak.

Originally, he was supposed to enjoy the red-haired woman offered by Manazhe Wuli tomorrow, but after returning to the camp, Chen Zuyi felt weak all over.

It seemed that the first signs of this began to emerge when he drank the blood wine.

He thought that he would be fine after a night's rest, but it turned out to be getting worse. Now he didn't even have the strength to lift the sword to fight against others.

He could only pretend to remain calm and command his subordinates to work according to his orders.

(End of this chapter)