Daming Yinghua

Chapter 84 Siraya

A group of indigenous men slowly emerged from the forest in the formation of geese.

They are generally short in stature, but their limbs exposed outside the animal skins and grass skirts are muscular, and their dark skin glows like tung oil in the blazing sun.

When they got closer, Zheng Haizhu could clearly see their thick black eyebrows and a few chalk-like thick marks on their cheeks.

"Xianglin, don't shoot the arrow."

Liu Shimin ordered.

At this time, more than half an hour has passed since Yan Siqi and the others entered the mountain. I don't know if these natives spied on or even hijacked them, or they came here after seeing the smoke of burning corpses on the beach.

In any case, judging from the abundance of forests and springs in this place, which is suitable for living and multiplying, if there are natives, they will definitely not stop at the seven or eight strong men in front of them.

Liu Shimin then stretched his arms outwards, exposing his chest, and slowly walked in front of Ma Xianglin, leaned over to the native Weiwei, and pointed to the big boat by the reef in the distance, making a gesture of overturning.

Among the natives, a man with a plume tied on his forehead with a hemp rope and the strongest body, shouted aloud.

"Selaya."

"What do you mean? Let us leave?" Ma Xianglin muttered.

Zheng Haizhu behind him said: "Not necessarily, you see that the leader pointed the arrow towards the ground, maybe he just announced the name of their tribe? Shall we send them something to show our friendship?"

Liu Shimin nodded slightly: "Try."

Zheng Haizhu was cleaning up the utensils that had been removed from the ship, and put them around on the beach. There was even a set of Dehua white porcelain lotus petal tea set used by Cai Feng, and a statue of Mazu that would be enshrined on Fujian sea ships.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu picked out a brocade embroidered tobacco pouch from the baggage that he had not left behind when he fled for his life, picked up the white porcelain teapot, and walked forward.

"Azhu!" Ma Xianglin shouted in a low voice.

"Let the girl go." Liu Shimin said in a deep voice.

After Zheng Haizhu walked a few steps, he held the Dehua porcelain pot over his head in a gesture of dedication.

The native leader said something again, and a young man beside him put down the bow and arrow in his hand and walked forward. When he saw the teapot in Zheng Haizhu's hand, the ferocious cruelty faded from his face in an instant. Even showing a trace of solemnity.

What the outsiders didn't expect was that after the man returned to the leader and carefully placed the white porcelain teapot on the beach, the leader knelt down and bowed to the teapot, muttering words.

Although the other fighters still maintained a defensive posture, they also sang a string of local dialects.

Zheng Haizhu guessed that they were worshiping gods.People in most primitive tribes have not separated the gods separately, and often believe in the combination of gods and things, such as gods in mountains and rivers, gods in wood and rocks, and the natives in front of them may think that gods are in bottles?
So whenever you see a beautiful bottle, you have to pay respects solemnly?
At this time, the native leader stood up with the bottle in his arms, handed the bottle to his partner, walked closer to Zheng Haizhu with empty hands, patted his chest, and repeated the three words just now: Celaya.

This time, his furrowed brows relaxed, and his mouth was grinned, revealing a smile.

Zheng Haizhu also patted herself: "Ming, Ming."

The leader probe thought for a while, bent down to pick up a pebble, drew a few lines on the sand, and waved to Zheng Haizhu.

The woman leaned over to look, and saw a circle with several stripes and a crooked moon.

This is not the sun and the moon.

The name of the country that the old Zhu's family gave to their country is really not bad, anyone can draw hieroglyphs.

What is even more surprising is that this obviously shows that the natives here, the Han people who have dealt with, are not the survivors of the Tang and Song Dynasties overseas, but merchants or fishermen of the Ming Dynasty, so they know the pronunciation of "Ming" and know the meaning of "Ming". "Character.

Zheng Haizhu nodded vigorously, and handed over the beautiful embroidered tobacco pouch.

The leader took it with both hands, pointed to the direction of the forest, and then pointed to Ma Xianglin, making a gesture of "high" and a gesture of "follow me".

Zheng Haizhu was stunned for a moment, then understood, and went back to Liu Shimin and Ma Xianglin and said: "Brother Yan and the others must have been met by the natives, and now the natives let us go into the mountains with them, please give me your father-in-law."

"Go, take a look." Liu Shimin said without hesitation.

……

After wading through the forest and arriving at a primitive village that looked quite large, everyone knew that Yan Siqi and the others were not met by the natives, but on the Internet.

When Yan Siqi and several brothers were released from the hemp rope net bag by the order of the native leader, they were quite embarrassed.

Zheng Zhilong was young and full of vigor, seeing Li Guozhu gloating at him, he couldn't hide his anger.

But Yan Siqi scolded him in a low voice: "The natives are simple, they just defend against outsiders, they have no bad intentions, don't make trouble again."

Master Yan's observation skills are so keen, when Zheng Haizhu and others moved from far to near, he could tell that, except for Li Guozhu and Cai Feng's servants, everyone's hands were free, and the native leaders were very polite to Liu Shimin.

Yan Siqi then stood up straight, straightened his clothes, and said to Liu Shimin and others: "We were thinking about hunting deer, but we ended up being the prey. These natives are really good at trapping."

As he spoke, he laughed generously and patted the native leader on the shoulder.

The leader also showed some embarrassment, and immediately greeted the women who were watching the bustle, and brought a basket of food.

I saw that it was full of dumplings wrapped in banana leaves, steaming hot and fragrant.

Peel off the leaves, the sticky light yellow millet is mixed with brown beans, and then break open, there are red diced meat, which should be venison, no wonder it is so fragrant.

They fought fiercely all night and wandered on the sea for half a day with their slings on their backs. They were already so hungry that their chests stuck to their backs, and they all devoured the dumplings.

Zheng Haizhu looked around while eating.

Judging from her geographical knowledge as a modern person, this place should belong to the Tainan area of ​​later generations.

The aborigines of Baodao, who are vaguely called "Gaoshan people" by mainlanders, actually have dozens of ethnic groups.

Zheng Haizhu pondered deeply. Since Yan Siqi, who is familiar with sea charts and waterways, chose to land here from the Luer Waterway when he left Penghu, then, according to common sense, the Dutch who were driven away from Penghu by the Ming army navy in history, sailed If you seek a colony eastward, you should choose the same route.

In this way, isn't this the place where the Dutch will build a military fortress in a few years?
If Yan Siqi occupied it first and gained the support of the imperial court, why should there be any setbacks in Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Baodao?

Zheng Haizhu glanced at Yan Siqi, then at Eunuch Liu.

This opportunity is really rare. A sudden change may allow these two capable people to work together.

Zheng Haizhu then said to Liu Shimin: "Elder-in-law, these native women already know how to tie their hair, and their clothes are also different from the inside and the outside. The weaving method of Mage and bamboo baskets are not too crude. With the piggies in the ring, not to mention that the leader can read Chinese characters, they seem to be familiar with them."

Liu Shimin nodded: "Girl, you can see carefully, but the old man feels that the leader here is not this strong man wearing bird feathers, but a woman."

(End of this chapter)