The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 19 White Lotus Tycoon He Xiwen

Ou Zibu jumped off the boat easily and looked up. These pirates were not as ferocious and weird as they looked on TV or in movies.

Some of them even look like young boys from the countryside, with a simple and honest look on their faces that comes from their lack of experience.

They wore all kinds of clothes, the only difference was the belts around their waists, which were either blue, black, or khaki. It seemed that this was how they were distinguished from each other.

Generally speaking, there is no difference from ordinary people. Perhaps in the eyes of these people, the difference between sea robbery and farming and fishing is not that big.

However, with the sound of drums, these young pirates, led by their leader, suddenly cheered loudly, which immediately made them feel a hint of murderous intent.

"Clang!" Someone drew his sword first, the blade gleaming silver in the sunlight, and then all the pirates did the same.

They stood on both sides, their swords clashing, and they stood very close to each other, leaving only a narrow passage for Ou Zibu and others.

Ou Zibu appeared calm on the surface, but all the hairs on his body stood up.

When I saw this kind of knife formation on TV in the past, I didn’t think it was a big deal, and even wanted to laugh. But when you are really there, the feeling of oppression is very terrifying.

Because you don't know what attitude the owner of the knife formation has towards you, but it is definitely not friendly. If he were friendly, there would be no need to make such a scene.

Even if the host is friendly, can you guarantee that there won’t be a lunatic suddenly appearing among these minions holding swords?
If you walk past him with your neck exposed, he will kill you with one stab.

However, before coming here, Ou Zibu had already realized that if he failed, he would die, so he was not very afraid.

Chen Guangyao, who was beside Ou Zibu, was even more of a bachelor. He cursed while holding the hilt of his knife with one hand, and with the other hand he kept pushing away the pirates who were surrounding him closely on both sides.

It was only a distance of five or six hundred meters, but Ou Zibu felt as if he had walked five hundred miles. Finally, he arrived at the lobby door. The strong man he had just seen on the big ship was already waiting there.

"My name is Huang Zhongtong, nice to meet you. I wonder which branch of the Hexian Ou family you belong to?"

This is to test the waters. Ou Zibu smiled faintly, "The Ou family has only been establishing Hexian for three generations, so there are no branches.

I have yet to ask your Excellency, who this hero is and why he has condescended to come to this desolate island in the south."

Huang Zhongtong saw that Ou Zibu did not answer, and of course he could not answer either, so he waved his hand and invited Ou Zibu into the hall.

Ou Zibu nodded and said to the three Peis, "You wait here." Then he took Chen Guangyao in.

The lobby is not big, and this stronghold was originally just a cargo station used by the Wei family to store goods.

There was nothing in the hall except a rectangular table. Four or five guys with frowning faces and pretending to be cool and handsome were standing or sitting. It didn't look like a pirate hall, but more like a meeting of the Hongxing people.

The man in the main position holds a gun in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He is about 1.7 meters tall, with a round face and a full forehead. At first glance, he actually looks like a positive character.

Although he was a pirate who had been roaming the rivers and seas for many years, he was not dark-skinned. In fact, he was as fair-skinned as a pretty boy and very handsome. Ou Zibu felt that he looked familiar and suddenly remembered who he looked like.

Veteran Hong Kong movie star Shan Liwen is Wang Zuxian's cousin in Jackie Chan's movie City Hunter, and Ximen Qing in the classic movie Bovary.

"Zhou family, are you from Hexian?"

Shan Liwen looked at Mo Zibu and didn't speak first, but he spoke first, but his Cantonese had a strange accent.

It is not from Guangdong or Guangxi, and certainly not from Hainan, but is very similar to a foreign Cantonese that people from other provinces learned through Cantonese songs in later generations.

"I came from Hue and just beheaded Zhang Fuluan's son!"

"Hahahaha!" A burst of violent laughter suddenly broke out in the hall. Not only did the small leaders below laugh to the point of falling down, but the leaders above could not help laughing as well.

However, Shan Liwen quickly stopped the pirates' laughter, tried to control his smile, looked at Ou Zibu and said, "Mr. Ou, please don't blame me. We are all rough people. Don't take it to heart."

Well, of course Ou Zibu knew why they were laughing. Although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, it at least diluted the tense atmosphere.

"Song Gongming had his troubles with Yan Poxi, and Yu Qilin had Jia's infidelity.

Even a man of honor is bound to have an unvirtuous wife and unfilial children. How can I, a small man like Zhu Zibu, be exempt from this? "

"Well said!" A pirate leader grabbed a wine glass and handed it to Ou Zibu.

"Master Ou is so magnanimous, it will be normal for him to have three wives and four concubines in the future. If I, Zhou Yuanquan, were in Hue at that time, I would definitely help Master Ou to cut a few pieces." Ou Zibu took the wine glass from Zhou Yuanquan with a smile, and drank it in a big gulp without any hesitation. The wine was emerald green with a little light on it. It tasted soft and not spicy, with a faint medicinal smell.

"Wuzhou Gecko Wine is top quality from Lingnan. Brother Zhou really knows how to enjoy it." Ou Zibu smacked his lips and savored the taste.

He had drunk a lot of this wine before he traveled through time. The project manager at that time was from Wuzhou and he loved this wine the most.

"Mr. Ou really knows what's good. He knows that my Wuzhou Gecko Wine is the best in the world!" Zhou Yuanquan was overjoyed and poured another large glass for Ou Zibu.

Ou Zibu took it with a smile, and soon became friends with everyone in the hall except the leader and the young people around him.

However, Ou Zibu always felt that he had heard the name Zhou Yuanquan somewhere, and the big black flag with the word "He" in the middle of the lobby made Ou Zibu very confused.

"May I ask if the boss came from Mazhi, Huangshan?"

Huangshan Mazhi is Taiping Island, the largest island in the Nansha Islands in later generations. At that time, it was occupied by He Baifu, a big pirate from Zhangzhou, nicknamed He Er. That is why Ou Zibu asked this question.

"What's He Baifu? Twenty or thirty small boats, how can they compare with our boss?" A pirate leader shouted loudly when he heard Ou Zibu ask this.

"Mr. Ou, I'm afraid you won't be able to guess where our boss came from no matter how hard you try." Another pirate leader teased.

If that's the case, then the boss is most likely not from Fujian, Guangdong, or Guangxi, because most of the South China Sea pirates at that time were from these three places. (At that time, Hainan Island was still under the jurisdiction of Guangdong.)

If it’s not Fujian, Guangdong, or Guangxi, could it be Huguang, Sichuan?
Hey, Sichuan!

Ou Zibu took a deep breath and suddenly thought of a person, a legendary pirate who was forgotten by later generations.

This man's surname is He and his name is Xiwen. He is well versed in literature and has strong martial arts skills.

He was originally from Sichuan. He first organized the White Lotus Rebellion on the Sichuan-Shaanxi border. After the failure, he led his followers to hide all the way from eastern Sichuan to Guangdong. He then joined the Hongmen and tried to cause trouble in Guangdong, but failed again. He was forced to turn to the sea and became a big pirate.

After that, he led the fleet south to Annan and settled in the area of Kunlun Island in Vietnam in later generations. Finally, together with the Ha Tien Nguyen family and other Chinese forces, he supported Nguyen Phuc Anh, the last descendant of the Kingdom of Quang Nam, to restore the country.

He was the most powerful naval commander under Nguyen Phuc Anh, and all of Nguyen Phuc Anh's Western fleets were commanded by He Xiwen.

After Nguyen Phuc Anh restored the country, Ho Hi Van was listed in the Xian Zhong Shrine and was regarded as one of the great contributors to the founding of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Looking back on this man's life, he is definitely worthy of the word legend. He started an uprising in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, which was under strict control of the Qing government. After his failure, he was able to lead his followers all the way from Sichuan to Guangzhou.

After arriving in Guangdong, he, a Sichuanese who couldn't even speak Cantonese, was unexpectedly promoted by the local tyrants in Guangdong and Guangxi to become a big boss. You have to know that people at that time were very xenophobic.

Not to mention now, even in the future Republic, it would be difficult for a Sichuanese to make a living in places like Chaoshan, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

What's even more outrageous is that He Xiwen was born and raised in the inland and probably had never seen the Yangtze River, but after arriving in Guangdong, he was able to fight at sea within two years.

He even became a big pirate near the coast. Not only could he fight on his own, but he also had strong command capabilities in naval battles.

Among the pirates under his command, there were people from Guangdong and Guangxi who spoke Cantonese, people from Jiaying Prefecture who all spoke Hakka, Tanka people who spoke Tanka Chinese with an unpredictable accent, Chaozhou people and some Zhangzhou people.

These people were unruly and liked to stick together and exclude outsiders. How did he, a Sichuanese, gather them together and form them into a fighting force?

If this person is really He Xiwen, then he should have just arrived in Guangdong and is wanted for attacking the Guangdong Navy's anti-smuggling ship and killing several navy captains.

Historically, He Xiwen was wanted by Emperor Qianlong himself and was forced to go to Southeast Asia at least three times to find a place to stay.

Now, his purpose in trying to occupy Champa Island is clear.

He needed to find a base for his fleet that was used to kill officials and rebel, and it would be best if he could cooperate with the local tigers in Southeast Asia.

Moreover, there is another huge advantage. Before Ou Zibu traveled through time, when he was still Zhou Zibu, his hometown should be in the same place as He Xiwen.

"Can't guess? How could you not guess? Is the boss from Sichuan?"

Ou Zibu spoke standard Sichuan dialect. It didn't matter if he said it wrong, but if he guessed it right, he would be really rich.

(End of this chapter)