Back at the fleet, Cheng Chubi reported another piece of good news to Su Chen:
It turns out that the Ham people, who looked very unreliable, actually had some skills.
After getting the weapons and equipment given to them by Cheng Chubi, the Hams began to attack the big cannibals on the west coast of the Red Sea.
And the momentum is getting louder and louder, leading other Ham people to also start attacking the cannibals. Now the Ham people in the entire Eritrea region are attacking the cannibals everywhere, and there is a trend of spreading to the Horn of Africa.
No one expected that the spark of resistance to the cannibal rule would start from the weakest Ham people!
But if you think about it carefully, the cannibals here are the least and the rule is the weakest. If the cannibals don't send troops from other areas to suppress them, the Ham people have a very high chance of success.
The first Hami the fleet encountered was Merokus, who was sent to Egypt by Su Chen. At this time, he also returned from Egypt and successfully found the Berbers who resisted the Great Eclipse.
To be precise, the Berbers found him,
After the news spread that Medina had been captured by the Tang army, Merochus took silk in Egypt and showed off to others that he could trade with the Tang people.
The Berbers who came from the west noticed him immediately, and Merokus brought him back as a matter of course.
After hearing that the Ham people received help from the Tang people, the Berbers naturally wanted to ask the Tang people to help them.
This time, Su Chen was outrageously generous and gave the gunpowder formula directly to the Berbers!
Of course the people of Ham also played a part.
"Myrochus, do you want to be an official?"
"Being an official?"
Merokus said in confusion: "Commander, Merokus is a businessman and will not be an official."
Su Chen said regretfully: "Oh, forget it, Adulis Port lacks a port supervisor, so we have to find someone else."
Merokus knelt down and said, "Commander! Merokus is willing to be the port supervisor!"
Su Chen smiled: "Get up, this is your letter of appointment!"
Saying this, he handed Merokus a piece of paper.
This is a real appointment document. It has the title of eighth grade and has Li Chengqian's seal on it. It counts even if it is received by the officials of the Tang Dynasty.
"Commander! I wonder what the villain wants to do?"
Su Chen smiled and said: "You are now an eighth-rank official of the Tang Dynasty, and you will call yourself a lower official in the future."
"And I can't lose the face of an official of the Tang Dynasty in front of others."
"As for what you need to do?
Someone will tell you later."
"For the time being, you can find someone to repair the port and see how dilapidated it is."
"We also need to recruit a few people to maintain law and order at the port. Don't let people pick fights and cause trouble."
The Port of Adulis is one of the few excellent ports on the west coast of the Red Sea. It will definitely be of great use in the future. Let me put someone here first.
Moreover, Merochus is from Ham and is easy to talk to in this land.
After making arrangements for the Red Sea, the fleet left the Mandab Strait and headed east to the Persian Gulf.
"Teacher, why did you take the initiative to give the gunpowder formula to others?"
On the way, Li Chengqian asked.
"Anyway, it's already been spread. Let's be more thorough. We can't let the big eater keep using this thing to harm others."
"If the Berbers can hold back the cannibal's garrison in Egypt, they will be helping us."
Li Chengqian sighed and said: "Everyone will know this thing from now on, but if it spreads to the countries north of the Mediterranean, it will not be a good thing for us, the Tang Dynasty."
Su Chen said: "It should have been spread over there. Your Highness didn't pay attention. Didn't the Byzantine envoy intend to inquire about the casting method of our army's artillery, but did not inquire about the formula of gunpowder?"
When Li Chengqian thought about it, it seemed like this was the case.
"The teacher is saying that Byzantium already knows!"
"Definitely, otherwise they would have asked us for the gunpowder formula if they were hit by a cannibal bomb. Since we didn't mention it, it means we already know it."
Li Chengqian said angrily: "These damn traitors are spreading our military's weapons all over the world. This will kill many soldiers of our Tang Dynasty."
"Forget it, things have already happened, there's no point getting angry, let's just worry about the present."
Li Chengqian nodded helplessly:
"According to the budgeted time, the Second Fleet should have arrived long ago, right?"
"Should we go directly to meet them, or should we go to the Persian Gulf first?"
Su Chen said: "First go to the Persian Gulf to see what's going on, and then send a ship to inform Master Sun Ren to continue moving forward."
The fleet followed the southern coast of the peninsula to the easternmost point, and then sailed northward into the Gulf of Oman for several hundred miles.
"Strange, I didn't see a single Big Eater ship along the way, and there isn't one here either. Doesn't it mean that the Big Eater has collected many ships?"
Li Chengqian pointed to the map: "Aren't they all concentrated here?"
Su Chen shrugged: "Hormuz, a natural chokepoint, a cannibal and not stupid, will definitely set up a defensive position there."
"What about us?"
Su Chen said: "Don't go inside yet. Ignore him in Hormuz for now. Let's wander around the Gulf of Oman to make sure there are no cannibal ships, and then let the second fleet come over to make peace."
"The North Shore is the homeland of the Persians, and they are most familiar with it. We will not carry out sneak attacks this time, but fight head-on. We will first find out the situation on both sides of the Strait."
"Also, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. We have fought a lot of battles this year. Let's save the next tough battle for next year."
The fleet wandered around the Gulf of Oman and found no giant cannibal, so they sent a few ships to find Sun Renshi and the others.
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In the eastern part of the Gulf of Oman, in a small fishing port called Chabal, Master Sun Ren said to Yuan Jie who was accompanying the army:
?"Mr. Yuan, are you sure we are not in the wrong place?"
Yuan Jie said helplessly: "General Sun, if you don't believe me, you can ask those Persians if this is the place agreed with the commander-in-chief."
Master Sun Ren sighed and said, "I don't know what I'm doing. We've been here for more than ten days, but there's been no news from the commander..."
"I advise you to worry less about the commander and pay more attention to the cannibal. This place is not far from Dashi. Maybe the cannibal has discovered us."
Sun Renshi shook his head: "This journey is very strange. Normally there should be many merchant ships here, but apart from a few Tianzhu ships, we didn't encounter a single large food ship along the way."
"I sent the boat to travel a hundred miles ahead, and everything was the same. The entire coast was cleaner than after a typhoon!"
"I don't understand military affairs, why are you telling me this?"
"I would like to find someone to discuss the reason, but the commander-in-chief has brought almost all the senior officers with him..."
Master Sun Ren and Yuan Ji were chatting when the lookout soldier on the mast suddenly shouted:
"There's a boat!"
"Our ship!"
"And gunboats!"
"Commander! The commander has sent a ship to find us!"
Teacher Sun Ren let out a sigh of relief: "It's brewed, I'm finally relieved!"
"The order is given for all ships to leave the fishing port and prepare to move on to the Persian Gulf to meet the commander."
