Wen Nan welcomed Hong Tao's approach with both hands and feet. He even took the initiative to ask that he stayed in Kabaran and be the first principal. He could spread the saints to the barbarian country overseas. This was the lifelong pursuit of these literati. If his students went to the Song Dynasty to take the exam decades later, he would immediately be famous for his eternal things, and he would definitely make a contribution in history books. Unfortunately, Hong Tao did not give him this opportunity, and only promised his colleague that he could be transferred to serve, but he would stay by his side to write biography and be a secretary.

Hong Tao, a three hundred Mamluk cavalry, took only 155 away, because the boat was really unable to hold it, and the horses were easy to handle, and there was no place to settle the horses. Helplessly, the remaining 150 cavalrymen were all given to Prince Taba. In fact, he could not afford it, but Hong Tao gave him a note, and then he could afford it, that is, tax collection! It cannot be called tax collection. Hong Tao said it was called management fees. Every merchant came here to do business, and should not pay taxes at any tax rate, so he would pay a small amount of money to the Kabalan Port government, that is, Prince Taba. What is the money used? Of course, it is taken from the people and used for the people. After Prince Taba collected this money, he was responsible for the market, safety, hygiene, and order in the port. So if everyone did not pay the money in vain, it was equivalent to spending money to hire a serviceman and bodyguard.

Of course, Prince Taba was happy to collect money, but he didn't dare to accept it, especially from the two major forces here. One was a merchant from the Song Dynasty and the other was a merchant from the Dashi. He took out any one of them. But this was the past. Now Hong Tao said he could accept it, and he would dare to accept it immediately. Who is the biggest in Kabaram? It is not a merchant from the Song Dynasty, nor a man from the Great Cannibal, nor a prince of Taba, but the double-produced chairman of Jinhe Company and the Strait Company. If he said it, then this matter must be done, and if it doesn't work, it will be done! Whoever dares to object, Prince Taba dares to take action! Although he has no force to take advantage of it, his son-in-law Bo Jiao has. The more than one hundred Mamluk cavalry is nominally his, but the management power is in the hands of Bo Jiao. In addition, a Zhenzhou ship full of people, Prince Taba felt that he could take another step towards the title of king.

As the saying goes, good fortune will not last forever, but misfortune will not go alone. As soon as the fleet entered the Strait of Malacca and had not reached the east side of Phuket, the Guangzhou City Crashed out. Without looking at their flags, Hong Tao knew something was wrong. Because the hull of the Guangzhou City was black and white, it was like having just experienced a fire.

"Uncle, we were ambushed! The Port of Malacca was also lost. There were too many boats in them, and I couldn't beat them!" When Boyu climbed onto the flagship, he spoke with crying sounds, and there was a white cloth wrapped around his head, with blood marks inside. When he really saw Hong Tao, his tears fell down, and he felt very aggrieved.

"How old is you still crying? No sailor is willing to follow a crying captain. Do you still plan to go to sea in the future? If you want, take back your tears quickly and I will count three times!" Hong Tao felt at ease when he heard Boyu's words. He thought that Jinhewan had been confiscated. As long as his hometown is fine, he would lose it in other places. If he doesn't die, he will have a future.

"..." Boyu glanced at Weng Ya's contemptuous expression, then looked at the smiling faces of the sailors around him, and felt that he seemed a little too cowardly. He blinked hard and held back the crying, but the tears had not stopped, and it was falling down.

"Come in and talk about it slowly!" Hong Tao acted as if he stopped crying. If a teenager was put in later generations, he would still be carrying a schoolbag to junior high school. Even if the children from poor families were already in the family, the habits of those children could not be completely removed.

Boyu escorted two merchant ships to leave Kabaran Port first, and was also very in Shunlin along the way, and soon entered the Strait of Malacca. But he did not go directly to Malacca Port, but ran to Penang Port and docked for a while. Why? Show off, the first time he led a fleet alone. He was not only the captain, but also the commander's flag, with the mast hanging on his mast. He could not get such glory, but finally once, he was not suffocating him to death without being in front of more people.

This is called fate! If he had plunged to the Port of Malacca and was not as terrified as Hong Tao, he would have fallen into someone else's trap, because now the Port of Malacca has been occupied by others, and even the king of Malacca was killed. When he heard that Port of Malacca was occupied by others, Boyu was immediately furious, so he led the Guangzhou City alone and rushed over overnight, intending to use grenades to grab the port back and forth. As a result... this stupid boy was really lucky. Because it was a night battle, the other party caught off guard and was not used to it. He let him kill it back and forth, but he didn't surround him and ran away. However, he did not take any advantage. Before the port was approaching, the Guangzhou City was hit by several fireboats. If it weren't for the shell of the Guangzhou City than people imagined at that time, it would have turned into a big torch, and the grenades on it exploded again, and several people would not survive.

"Uncle, am I particularly embarrassed..." Bo Yu was still struggling with his image after talking about his rough experience.

"It's not embarrassing. I just wonder who has such great ability to take down the port of Malacca and not even the king has run away. Do you know the ships that fight you?" Hong Tao didn't care about comforting Boyu now. As a fleet commander, the little guy must be punished because he violated many of the fleet's regulations. Not only was he injured, but the warship injured, but several sailors were killed or injured. If every captain was like him, he would not care or not.

Gu did his recklessly, his fleet would never be strong, and he would not be able to build it quickly. But now this is not the main problem. The main problem is who the attacker was? In theory, this area should be the territory of the Kingdom of Sriva, which is the territory of the Kingdom of Saliva. The Kingdom of Zhunian in the west had already let him run away, and half of the country was burned out, and he had no time to come to attack Malacca. Could it be that there are other major countries nearby? Or the Siamese in the north?

"It looks a bit like a big cannibal sailboat, but it's very small, with wooden racks on the side, and it looks like a boat like Cixi and others, but it's much larger, about ten meters long. In addition, there are several large ships parked in the port. I looked like a sea boat from the Song Dynasty, but it's dark and I can't see clearly. The king here said that they are from East Java. Uncle, where is this East Java?" Bo Yu also picked up the pen on the table, drew a schematic diagram for Hong Tao, and told the rumors he heard.

"Great man! Boats beside you? Song boats! East Java?... This is not a sideways? You go to the king here first, ask him for a wise man, come and explain it to me clearly." Hong Tao had never seen such a ship like the Boyu painting, and could not understand why the Song Dynasty ships appeared in the Port of Malacca. In addition, it is still far from Java Island, why did they come here? Hong Tao has always been cautious about things that he doesn't understand very well. Even if his fleet is not afraid of those mobs, he must understand why. It is necessary to recover the Port of Malacca, but there is no rush to do so for a while.

For a whole day, Hong Tao's flagship was filled with people, including the envoy of the little king opposite Penang Port, and the merchants on two merchant ships, all came over to cry. The former complained for the sake of his cousin being killed and his country occupied, hoping that the fleet of the Straits Company could help him vent his anger; the latter was worried that he would not be able to return to the Song Dynasty and come to find out the news. From them, Hong Tao probably understood who was attacking Malacca Port. He was indeed a Javanese. To be precise, it was called East Java or Xinhashali, and it was also an Islamic country.

This new Hashali Kingdom has been fighting against the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. In the past, the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom had the advantage, but since the Zhunian Kingdom also invaded the Malacca Strait from the west, the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom was a little overwhelmed. They fought on both sides and were attacked from both sides. In addition, the originally loose vassal states were not very powerful, and they were gradually gaining the upper hand by the East Java Kingdom. They had driven all the forces of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom from Jawa Island and took the opportunity to invade Sumatra, the main territory of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom, forcing the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom to move the capital from Palembang to Zhanbei, and all the southern areas were lost.

However, the army of East Java has never rampant in the Strait of Malacca. This is the first time. Why did it suddenly cross such a long distance to attack a small port that is countless? No one can tell the reason. The only explanation is that the port of Malacca has developed too fast in the past two years and has become a nearby trade gathering place, which has aroused the coveting of East Java.

Is this the reason? No one knows it, but it is not reasonable to say this. No matter how small the Port of Malacca is, it is still the territory of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. It has been more than ten days since it was attacked, but the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom did not even show up.

You said you didn't see it, that's impossible. Everyone was separated by a strait. They didn't see it for a day or two. The city was destroyed. The offensive and defensive battle lasted for three days and three nights. Can the fire burned on the pier be seen opposite the strait?

If you say you don’t have soldiers, it’s even more impossible. If you can’t even send out such a few soldiers, then what kind of war will you fight with East Java? If you surrender directly, everyone will be relieved. To put it even more ugly, once the port of Malacca was lost, the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom was attacked from three sides. Even the stupidest king should know what it means.
Chapter completed!