At this time, the port was very lively. Dozens of large ships were moored at the pier. Countless people wearing light red coats were lining up to get off the ships in neat lines. Countless large boxes on several ships were being packed by coolies at the pier. He was carried to the shore under the supervision of a man holding a knife in his hand and wearing a coat with a big word "Su" written on it.
On the shore, many people wearing the uniforms of the 6789th-grade Ming Dynasty civil servants were pulling abacus. Whenever a box was moved down, they would open the box and take a look, then move the abacus beads, and the coolies would repack the box and send it to the shore. designated place.
"Second nephew, this time I have brought all the money I have saved with great effort. If the results are not as great as you said, I will suffer a huge loss." At this time, in a house near the dock, A man in his twenties stood by the window and said while looking at the people queuing down the pier. This house looked like a tavern. If it had been in the past, it would have been filled with sailors disembarking to rest. The shouts and the ubiquitous smell of alcohol and sweat; but at this time, although the smell of alcohol can still be vaguely smelled, there are only six or seven people in the room. Judging from the clothes and clothing, they are definitely not comparable to sailors who have lived and died at sea, and the smell of sweat is even worse There is not a single bit of it.
The first of them, a man with a beard on his chin, heard the words of the man by the window and said with a smile: "Uncle Twenty-one, please don't worry, the Majapahit country is very rich. Even if the five families share it, Uncle Twenty-one's share will not be enough." Indispensable, it will definitely be enough to make up for the cost of sending troops this time."
"I heard that the Majapahit Kingdom was indeed very rich, but its strength was not weak. Back then, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (Kublai Khan) sent troops to attack but was not able to defeat him. Now that His Majesty has succeeded to the throne, although he has sent troops to fight Majapahit, he has not been defeated. Landing on Java Island, it cut off the Majapahit soldiers' retreat, and defeated them with the support of the local people in Srivijaya. If we take the initiative to attack his home base, we may not necessarily win." The man standing by the window said again. road.
"Uncle Twenty-one, don't worry. My nephew has been in a fiefdom these years, close to Majapahit. Although the strength of this country is not weak, my nephew is sure of victory and will not let my uncle suffer any losses." The bearded man He patted his chest and said.
Of these two people, the bearded man is Zhu Gaoxu, who was granted the title of King Su in the former Kingdom of Three Buddhas, and the other man is Zhu Mo, the King of Luo who was granted the title of King Su in Xinluo (Pontianak) in the southwest of Solo Prefecture.
Since Zhu Gaoxu was granted the title of Srivijaya, he first used both soft and hard tactics to make the powerful local families and temples obey him, and then launched foreign wars to expand the land and population in his hands. After several years of conquest, on the island of Sumatra, in addition to Sumatra and Svennada, Except for the two vassal states of the great people, all other states have been destroyed and occupied most of Sumatra Island.
The remaining two countries, Sumatra and Svennada, were therefore very suspicious of Su Fan and formed an alliance to deal with Su Fan. Although they did not dare to fight, small conflicts on the border were inevitable. Moreover, these two countries were originally on the island of Sumatra. The two most powerful countries in the world, Zhu Gaoxu had no chance of winning against two, so he could only temporarily suspend his plan to destroy these two countries, and while carefully managing the existing territory, he was thinking about other places that could be attacked.
However, Sumatra itself is located at the westernmost tip of Southeast Asia. There are no islands to the west or south. The Malay Peninsula in the north was sealed to Pu King Zhu Xiancheng and cannot be moved. The Solo Prefecture in the northeast was sealed to Luo King Zhu Mo, and Majapahit in the east was sealed. Although he has not been granted a title to any clan, this country is not easy to mess with, and he cannot handle it with his own strength alone.
Moreover, after years of fighting, Zhu Gaoxu had spent all his money. The money given by the court every year was only enough to pay officials and the army, and nothing else was enough. He could only stop thinking about attacking other countries and focus on running the fiefdom.
Come.
But this year, a major event happened in Majapahit's country, which gave him hope of defeating this country and at least gaining some spoils; and although he had no money in the official treasury, he was able to borrow funds, so he negotiated with Zhu Di to get
After his support, he decided to send troops to attack Majapahit.
But although Zhu Gaoxu dared to fight, he was also a very meticulous person. Although things happened in Majapahit that were extremely beneficial to him, he was still worried that he did not have enough troops, not to mention that he did not dare to attack all the troops.
He was sent to attack Majapahit, so he sent people to contact all the vassal kings around Nanyang to send troops to attack together. Anyway, Majapayi has always been rich, and he is not afraid of being divided by them in the spoils.
The vassal kings around Nanyang received Zhu Gaoxu's letter, and after thinking about it, they thought they could give it a try, so they either led their troops to fight in person, or sent their generals to lead their troops to attack Majapayi with Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Mo talked to Zhu Gaoxu for a while, and when he saw that the soldiers and boxes he had brought had already disembarked from the ship, he said to Zhu Gaoxu: "By the way, Nineteenth Brother, nephew Xian Yao and Zan Yi also agreed to send troops to help in the battle? Why didn't they?
Come to pick me up?" He immediately showed an unhappy look: "That's it, Brother Nineteen. After all, he is the elder brother, so I should go and see him. Why don't Xian Yao and Zan Yi come to greet him?"
"Zanyi himself did not come, so he asked a general to lead his troops. You also know that his fiefdom is Annan. It has been nearly 500 years since Annan became independent at the end of the Tang Dynasty and became Zanyi's fiefdom. It is not easy to manage, and it is even more difficult to manage.
What's more, his brothers are also watching him eagerly and don't dare to come."
"Why, Zanyan still dares to seize his throne?" Zhu Mo said.
"Of course Zan Yan and others dare not take away his throne. It was granted by His Majesty and they cannot take it away. However, Zan Yi's son is still young. It would not be good if they take away some power while he is away and go back.
I don’t want to deal with it, so I don’t dare to come.” Zhu Gaoxu said.
Speaking of Zanyi, Zhu Gaoxu also thought of himself. If his position as King Su had not been conferred by Yunxi himself and was not inherited, Zhu Gaosui was also sent to the ship to go to sea by him, and he would not have dared to stay away from Qian'an City.
"Uncle Nineteen just arrived in Qian'an two days ago. He may have been seasick. Even after he got off the boat, he vomited a lot. He still hasn't recovered yet and can't come to greet him. As for Xian Yao, he hasn't been there yet.
Arrive." Zhu Gaoxu continued.
"Xian'an hasn't arrived yet? His fiefdom is opposite Qian'an City, why haven't he arrived yet?" Zhu Mo was a little surprised. Zhu Xian'an's fiefdom is the closest to Qian'an, and it is separated by a narrow strait.
Zhu Su in Luzon has arrived, but he hasn’t arrived yet?
"I don't know either. After Uncle Nineteen arrived, I sent someone to urge him, but he just said to wait and didn't say anything else. I can only wait." Zhu Gaoxu said.
"There is nothing more important than our family uniting to deal with Majapahit." Zhu Mo muttered, but said nothing else. Their fiefdoms are not far apart, and there may be times when they need mutual help in the future, so they said behind their backs
It's not good to speak ill of people.
After saying this, seeing that Luo Fan's soldiers had already settled down, the two of them stopped staying at the dock and walked toward the city.
In the next few days, Zhu Mo spent his free time shopping in Qian'an City, or chatting with Zhu Su, and taunting him. The two of them were about the same age, and they were brothers, so they talked to each other casually. Talk and laugh without restraint.
On this day, Zhu Mo was talking to him in Zhu Su's room. He was talking about interesting things in the palace when he was a child. A soldier came in and reported: "I have met His Highness King Song, I have met His Highness King Luo, and His Highness King Pu has come to Qian'an. The ship has just arrived at the port at this time."
"Is Xian Ao here?" After hearing this, Zhu Mo turned to Zhu Su and said, "Brother Nineteen, if you haven't done anything yet, just rest on the bed. My brother will go to the dock to have a look."
"Xian Ye is a junior, are you going to greet him?" Zhu Su said.
"Hey, why is a junior not a junior?" Zhu Mo said with a smile: "Gao Xu is the strongest among the kings of Nanyang. How can I suppress him if I don't have to suppress him as an elder? But this is just an excuse. Xianfu was granted the title of Nanyang earlier than us, and he is more valued by His Majesty. He is also stronger than us. I'd better go to the dock to have a look."
At this time, Zhu Xianyao met Zhu Gaoxu on the pier, walked over and hugged him, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to recognize you from a distance, why do you have a beard? You are not twenty-eight years old, right?" ."
"Growing a beard makes me look older, and I'm already twenty-seven this year. I'm only one year away from twenty-eight, so it's nothing." Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "It's you, you're so late, after all. doing what?"
"What are you doing? Waiting for pay! In the past two years, we have spent a lot of money fighting northward. With so many soldiers dispatched this time, we don't have enough money on hand, and we have to pay official salary and military pay, otherwise they will be sure Run back to the Central Plains."
"Why, where did you borrow the money for the war?" Zhu Gaoxu asked in surprise.
"Second brother, is your salary as well?" Zhu Xianyao was more surprised than him.
"We brothers thought of getting together." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.
"Why do you want to go together?" Zhu Xianyao was about to speak when he suddenly heard such a sentence coming from behind him. He quickly turned his head and saw Zhu Su walking over.
"Nothing." Zhu Gaoxu answered: "Uncle Twenty-one, my nephew has been too busy these days and has no time to visit Uncle Nineteen. Is Uncle Nineteen feeling better now?"
"I'm getting better, but my body is still a little weak and I can't get up. It will be fine in two days," Zhu Mo said.
"Same goes for you, Zhu Gaoxu. Why did you choose this time to invite us to send troops to attack Majapahit? Summer is a windy time, and there will be typhoons from time to time. Uncle Nineteen used to be sealed in the north. How can you bear going to sea in this season?" Zhu Xianyao interrupted. road.
"I don't want to send troops to fight at this time, but the opportunity is fleeting and I can't wait. Fortunately, everyone came here safely. It is also very close from Qian'an to Majapayi, so there is no need to worry about typhoons." Zhu Gaoxu explained.
"Second brother, you have been saying that something big happened in Majapahit. What exactly happened? Do you think you are sure of defeating this country?" (To be continued)