Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 480 The difference between the Celestial Dynasty and the barbarians

New Guinea Island is located about [-] miles east and north of Java Island. It is a super large island five or six times larger than Java Island.

Its width from east to west is more than 1000 li, and its width from north to south is also more than [-] li.

Such a large island, if you drive a few sailboats to explore, if you are lucky, you may be able to circle the entire island in a few months or even ten months.

If you are unlucky, then you may not be able to go around the island in this lifetime!
Therefore, all European countries at the moment think that this is a coastal peninsula, not an island.

Of course Taichang doesn't think so, he knows very well that this is just a relatively big island.

However, the big island was not the final destination of his trip.

At this moment, he will not lead the fleet to circle the big island, he just wants to see if there is any big river to the south of the big island.

There is no way, fresh water resources are too important to sail at sea these days, especially when he is bringing an army of nearly 30 land and water.

If there is no place to replenish fresh water resources nearby, he can't even continue to explore south, because the fresh water carried by the entire fleet is enough for the land and water army for more than ten days.

When they came here, they had already spent most of the time. If they couldn't find a place to replenish fresh water, they had to return.

This will definitely not work, fresh water must be found as soon as possible.

Question, is it south or north?

This is a matter of luck, Taichang felt that his luck had always been good, so he chose Xiangnan without hesitation.

Following his order, the huge navy fleet quickly turned its bow, from a row horizontally to a long dragon vertically, and then drove southeast along the coastline,
At the beginning, all they saw were dense forests, and there was no trace of the river at all.

However, in the morning of the next day, the coast turned into a large expanse of plains, moreover, the plains were full of flowers, plants and trees, and it didn't look like a dry Gobi or even a desert.

This proves that there must be a river nearby, and it is still a big river.

Sure enough, at about noon, they came to a huge bay, and there was a large river flowing into the north of the bay.

What's even more amazing is that there are dilapidated wooden houses and small fishing ports beside the river!
This proves that there are still people living here.

Taichang scanned carefully with a telescope, and then said decisively: "Order, order Chen Siming to take Nanyang's general translator to shout, and the navy will send [-] Spike warships to pull [-] infantry from the Shenji Battalion to protect. "

Chen Siming was Carlinio's general translator at the beginning, and he was also Taichang's internal response placed next to Carlinio.

Now Carinho has been bought, and Luzon is about to take it back, so Chen Siming naturally doesn't have to do general translation with Carinho.

This trip, Taichang took him all directly, and ordered him to find a group of descendants of Nanyang Ming merchants who are proficient in the dialects of various places in Nanyang.

As for why these people were brought along, of course there was a reason.

Because the islands south of Nanyang may also be scattered with many fishermen who floated over from Nanyang. They floated so far and couldn't find their way back, so naturally they could only live on these islands.

At this moment, the people they met probably drifted over from various countries in Southeast Asia.

If the European countries encountered such a situation, I am afraid they would go directly to do it.

Because they are intruders, robbers.

If they don't beat people down, they will definitely not listen to them obediently.

Daming is different.

Because Daming is the overlord of the Far East, the kingdom of heaven.

When Zheng He went to the Western Seas in the Yongle Dynasty, all the countries in Southeast Asia competed to pay tribute and became the vassal states of Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, the fleet of the Daming Navy can be said to be much stronger than that of the Yongle Dynasty, and the subjects of the Nanyang vassal states dare not obey orders!
Chen Siming drove over directly with hundreds of Spike warships, lined up neatly in front of the pier, and then shouted loudly at the dilapidated wooden houses on the shore: "The Great Envoy is coming tomorrow, so you don't come out and kneel!" welcome."

Uh, no response.

There must be people in these wooden houses, and he didn't even need to raise the binoculars to see a lot of eyeballs staring wide at the cracks in the doors and behind the windows.

Well, it seems that no one here can understand Daming Mandarin.

He switched to Luzon dialect and shouted: "The Great Envoy will come tomorrow, and you will not come out and kneel to greet him."

Uh, still no response.

How to do it?

He can't switch to Spanish shouting!
It doesn't matter, the generals under him are all descendants of Ming merchants running around in Nanyang, and they basically understand the local language here, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to do business with them, right?

He waved his hand directly, and an officer immediately came forward and shouted in Bo dialect: "The Great Envoy will come tomorrow, and you will not come out and kneel to greet him."

Ugh, still no response!

Where did these people come from?
The officer switched to Javanese dialect and shouted: "The Great Envoy will come tomorrow, and you will not come out and kneel to greet him."

Still no response!
Chen Siming had no choice but to wave it and switch to another one.

Another officer came forward and shouted in Sulu dialect: "The Great Envoy will come tomorrow, and you will not come out and kneel to meet him."

Now there is finally a reaction.

"Squeaks", "squeaks" the door opened continuously, and a group of tanned natives rushed out of the dilapidated wooden house, lying on the ground and crying: "Please take us home, we want to go home!" Family."

It turned out that it was from Sulu Kingdom.

Take you home, of course there is no problem.

But first, you have to help us find some clean water.

When you go to a strange place, you can't just look for water to drink, or even wash your hands and take a bath in the water, you may die.

Especially in this undeveloped tropical rainforest area, poisonous and insects abound in the water. If you drink it indiscriminately, your skin will peel off if you don't die.

Therefore, in this kind of place, you can't drink fresh water when you see it. At least you have to test whether there are poisonous or deadly insects in the water.

Originally, it was very troublesome to try these, and there was even a certain degree of danger.

Now it's easy to find locals who can communicate.

Chen Siming nodded slightly, then waved directly.

A large group of Shenji Battalion soldiers immediately jumped off the warship, jumped onto the small pier, and walked towards these people quickly.

Of course, they weren't there to deal with these people.

They took some cloth, daily necessities and food to give to others.

These people received so many good things, so they kowtowed to thank them.

Well, that's about it.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Siming jumped off the boat with a group of officers, helped the people on the ground up, and immediately communicated with them.

Soon, those people took them to a nearby clean water source.

Taichang took a careful look through the binoculars, then raised his head, let out a long breath, and then waved his hand: "Order the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to go down and build the pier."

Fortunately, these people can still speak their own dialect, and they also know that there is a great tomorrow.

If these people have drifted here for too long, they can't speak their own dialect, and they don't know the Ming Dynasty, then it will be troublesome.

They came here to find the water source. Now that the water source is found, it is natural to build a supply point quickly.

To build a supply point, there must first be a pier, otherwise, people and supplies will not be able to go up.

The soldiers of Shenji Battalion did not know how many times they practiced. They are not too familiar with the work of building docks and even cities.

Moreover, this time they brought enough materials, the small pier where the Wolf Fang warship docked could be repaired soon, and they could even build the large dock where the Dragon Fang warship and Aegis ship docked.

In short, they are quite well prepared this time, and the construction of the port terminal is not a problem for them at all.

As for the aborigines here, seeing that there are so many people in the Da Ming Dynasty and they have received a lot of gifts from the Tian Dynasty, it is natural that they are as obedient as they are obedient.

Not only did they help find a suitable water source, but they also took Chen Siming and other officers around for a long time, and introduced the areas they had explored to the "Heavenly Envoy" in detail.

The speed at which the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion built the port was quite astonishing. In less than half a day, the dock with ten wheeled boats was built.

Immediately afterwards, the supplies were sent up one after another. Warehouses, barracks, and even city walls and fortresses were all taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The dependents here heard that the Sulu Kingdom was no longer there, and that the Ming Dynasty was planning to develop the island, so they didn't want to go back.

They still want to stay here, to see if Da Ming Chao Shang can arrange some work for them, let them earn more and buy more things, and improve their lives.

After all, they used to live here like real natives. They didn't have any daily necessities at all, and they couldn't even find a piece of cloth. Their lives were not ordinary.

And the things made by Daming are not so good, they all want to make some money and buy more.

When Taichang heard Chen Siming's report, he naturally agreed without hesitation.

They are in need of a guide.

He immediately issued an order, and gave them a pile of cloth, daily necessities, and food, and asked Chen Siming to hire all the young and strong here as guides.

(End of this chapter)