1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 467 Champaign's Dowry
March 1643, 3, Champa, Binh Thung Long (now Phan Rang-Thap Cham City, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam).

Craig Ferguson was at the pier, watching several Champa officials enthusiastically welcome a young man who looked like a Ming countryman off the boat, and then he was carried to the city on several slide poles.

"Is that from the Ming Dynasty?" Craig Ferguson curiously asked a translator and translator beside him.

"No, he's from Qi." The thin interpreter said.

"Qi people?" Craig Ferguson is from England. He also visited the Far East once a few years ago. When he heard the name "Qi", he seemed to have heard the name vaguely in his mind, but he didn't know it. Where is the country.

"A country located on the southern mainland, well, their people are all from the Great Ming Dynasty." The interpreter said: "They helped us defeat the Annan people in Champa, and have always maintained a very close friendly relationship with us in Champa. "

"Then, it can be said that they originated from the Ming Kingdom, which is equivalent to a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom?"

"No, they are different from the Great Ming Dynasty." The interpreter corrected: "I heard that they occupy a huge piece of land in the south, which is bigger than the Ming Dynasty. By the way, that place is called Hanzhou."

"Hanzhou!" Craig Ferguson looked at the interpreter in surprise, "I think, I should know a little about the situation of this country. Hehe..., they have been fighting with the powerful Dutch East India Company for more than three years. It also forced the other party to sit at the negotiating table and agree to end the war. Well, a country that is not afraid of powerful enemies and dares to resist the hegemony of the East India Company is also a country worthy of respect.”

Merchants from England, Portugal, Spain and other countries are very jealous of the Dutch East India Company's monopoly on the maritime trade in the Far East, especially the control of all spice trades, even the many ocean-going trading companies in the Netherlands. I hate the East India Company so much.This company regards the entire East Indies as its own territory, and does not allow businessmen from any country or region to get involved in it.

Decades ago, in order to compete for Ambon, the Dutch East India Company first drove out the Portuguese, and then suppressed the local natives. England had a trading station in Ambon, which was also violently expelled by the East India Company. Ten Englishmen, ten Japanese and one Portuguese were executed in the Ambon tragedy.After that, the Dutch also confiscated the English factory on Ambon Island and drove away all English businessmen.

Craig Ferguson heard in Europe that there was a war between Hanzhou and the Dutch East India Company. All European businessmen who were committed to the Far East maritime trade were silently praying for this new force, hoping that it could create more for the East India Company. much trouble, or it can be defeated.

However, a year ago, this Hanzhou power in the southern continent signed a peace agreement with the Dutch East India Company, ending more than three years of war, but out of hatred for the East India Company, the Englishman Craig Fei Gesun had a good impression of Han Zhou.

Craig Ferguson came from India. After selling all the goods on the ship, he planned to buy some grain, precious wood, ivory, and tortoiseshell here, and then set off for Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty.After hearing Hanzhou's name, I couldn't help but feel a little curious, wondering if I would go to this country to have a look when I returned to India from the Ming Dynasty.Perhaps, some unknown business opportunities can be discovered.

Bin Thomlong is a coastal city and an important military town built along the river. As the capital of Champa, nearly [-]% of the country's population and more than half of the army are gathered here.Previously, in order to defend against the invasion of the Guangnan Kingdom, the Champa people built several large and small military castles around the royal city, and even built many protective walls in the coastal area, connecting them to the Bintong Dragon King City.

However, despite the weak force, even with so many fortifications, in the past 100 years, the Annan people either drove straight into Bintonglong by land, or went directly to the vicinity of the king city by boat, and then ceded a piece of land. Another piece of northern land.

However, the ancestors of Champa people were also rich. Between the 7th century and the 10th century, that was the period when Champa was at its peak (China was in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty at that time), and the Northern Protectorate of Tang Annan, occupied the Huan and Ai prefectures broke into Chenla (now Cambodia) in the west, took advantage of its division to invade Chenla, and broke through the royal city; at sea, they also repelled pirate attacks from Kunlun (Malaya) and Java several times.

Later, the people of Champa began to go downhill, just like Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year, and the year after year is not as good as the year.Chenla in the west (later the Kingdom of Cambodia) had been at war with it for almost 200 years, until the independence of the Sukhothai region in the west of Chenla (which was the beginning of the founding of Siam) weakened the strength of Chenla. Champa let out a little breath.

Unfortunately, Annan in the north began to become stronger again, and then suffered oppression, and finally in 1471, Annan's army broke through Japan (Vijaya), and captured Champa King Panluo Chaquan and [-] of his subjects. More than [-] people were killed.Later, Champa was dismembered, and its already small country was divided into three small countries, Huaying Kingdom, Nanpan Kingdom and Champa Kingdom, and officials were sent to monitor the country.

That is to say, when Annan split decades ago, the Zheng family in the north and the Nguyen family in the south fell into a long-term war, and Champa was continued with a little "blood" and continued to survive.But the hateful thing is that once the Ruan family in the south suffers from the Zheng family in the north, they will definitely turn their heads to Nanpan, Huaying, and Champa to seek compensation, either cutting a few pieces of land or extorting a lot of property.

Therefore, for small countries such as Champa, the Annan people have been suffering for a long time.

King Babi (Bharami) of Champa felt that the most correct thing he had done in the past five years was to send an envoy Heliba to Xinsheng Island five years ago to search for this new foreign force.Holding the attitude of a dead horse as a living horse doctor, he tentatively asked if the Hanzhou people could provide help to resist the continuous invasion of the Annan people.In the beginning, the Champa people did not get a positive response from the Hanzhou people on Xinsheng Island, and they only traded grain with them, neither salty nor light.

Until a few years ago, the arrogant Annan Ruan clan actually sent troops to attack Xinsheng Island, not wanting to be defeated again and again, losing thousands of people and destroying half of the navy ships.

Later, in order to deal with our common enemy, the Hanzhou people began to increase their assistance to Champa. They not only sold half of the seized Annan arms to them, but also provided them with more than a dozen artillery pieces, more than [-] muskets, and More than ten firearms instructors.

Since four years ago, the Champa people have followed the Hanzhou people to attack the coastal towns of the Ruan family in Annan in July and August every year. mind.They felt a kind of elation they had never had before, and they rushed to the coastal area of ​​Annan Ruan, broke through their towns, defeated their rescue troops, and plundered their money, food, cloth and people.

Afterwards, the Annan Ruan clan even sent troops to try to take revenge on Champa, but under the fierce artillery bombardment and fierce musket fire, Annan's army was easily repelled by the Champa defenders, and fled back to the border town in embarrassment.

Influenced by Indian culture, Champa adopted the caste system and divided the national population into four classes, namely "Brahmins", "Kshatriyas", "Vasyas" and "Shudras".Brahmins and Kshatriyas enjoyed better protection in Champa society and had the right to join the government.

Previously, when the Annans were powerful, all Annans in Champa were recognized as "Brahmins" and were in a relatively strong position.Now, as the waists of the Champa people are gradually hardening, they have designated all Annan people in the country as "Vasya" and "Shudra" three years ago.On the contrary, designating all Ming people and Hanzhou people as "Brahmins", especially Hanzhou people, enjoys various privileges and generous protection.

As for the various affairs of the Hanzhou people, as a priority principle, I try my best to complete them.Therefore, when Zhang Wenqi visited Bin Thong Long and met Babi, King of Champa, he proposed that they should come forward to provide arms and supplies to some forces and groups in Cambodia that resisted the current King Ibrahim I.

Babi, the king of Champa, promised. Babi is also quite worried about the strength of the Kingdom of Cambodia in recent years. If he can mess up Cambodia by funding the opposition forces in his country, it may be a big problem for Champa. Chance.Seeing that the Hanzhou people seem to show hostility to the Kingdom of Cambodia, maybe at that time, everyone can clean up his coastal towns and completely weaken this neighbor to the west just like they did with Annan Ruan.

"I heard that your majesty is only in his twenties, and he is in the prime of life. This king intends to marry his daughter to your majesty. Can Mr. Zhang make a report on your behalf, so as to facilitate the marriage between you and us." After talking about the business, Zhancheng King Babi twirled his beard and said to Zhang Wenqi with a smile.

"Huh?" Zhang Wenqi was taken aback, and then couldn't help laughing out loud, "I can't make decisions for my lord for the moment about this important marriage. But I will send a messenger to tell my lord about it as quickly as possible."

The Li Dynasty of Dai Viet Kingdom wanted to marry a princess to the king. Now, the king of Champa wants to marry a daughter to the king. Could it be that this year, my family’s king invited the moon elder in the sky to come home as a guest?
"Champa and the Qi State will marry each other, and they will be friends forever. To show our sincerity, I, Champa, will present the Qi State to you with Yangpu Najuluo City and a piece of land along the coast (now Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam) as a dowry." King Champa Babi said softly.

Najara City in Yangpu is close to the border of the Huaying Kingdom and adjacent to Nha Trang, the city controlled by the Annan Ruan clan. It has been attacked by the Ruan clan several times before, and thousands of Annan people have gathered there to protect themselves. Annan people indirect control.

Giving it to the Hanzhou people now can not only eliminate the influence of the Annan people in the north, but also allow the Hanzhou people to help resist and contain Annan’s continued invasion, which is equivalent to defending the northern border for Champa, and at the same time can further maintain the relationship between the two countries A long-term friendly relationship.

Marrying a daughter requires land as a dowry. The people of Champa are full of sincerity, but in the Li Dynasty of the Dai Viet Kingdom, they did not give anything to marry the princess. Instead, they asked for artillery, muskets, and warships as dowries.Comparing the two in this way, it seems that the Zhancheng people are much more generous!

Needless to say, this marriage with Champa must be facilitated, not only to gain a piece of seaside territory for nothing, but also to firmly tie Champa to Qi.In this way, the attack on the Indochina Peninsula will be more or less reliable.

(End of this chapter)