The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 87 The most perfect choice at present
Where is the base that Mo Zibu has temporarily chosen?

Pattani!
There are many advantages to choosing this place.

First of all, there are many Han people in this place, because the establishment and prosperity of the city of Pattani are inseparable from the Han people.

This can be seen from the most prosperous temple in Pattani. It is not a temple of Islam, nor a temple of Theravada Buddhism, but a Lin Girl Temple with a lot of Fujian and Guangdong coastal belief styles.

There is also a very bizarre legend about Lin Girl Temple.

It is said that during the Longqing period, Lin Daoquan, a great pirate from Chaozhou, was unable to gain a foothold after being surrounded and suppressed by the Ming Dynasty navy on the southeast coast, so he took two thousand pirates to Southeast Asia.

After arriving in Southeast Asia, Lin Daoquan received a letter of nobility from the King of Siam.

Siam practiced the Sakdina system, a serfdom system, and the king granted fiefdoms to other countries except the areas near Bangkok.

Therefore, the King of Siam saw that Lin Daoqian had one or two thousand men and was quite powerful, so he made him a noble and gave him the power to appoint officials and generals and own slaves.

But Lin Daoquan did not want to fight his way through all the difficulties on his own, so he set his sights on Pattani, which was not too remote.

At that time, there were more than 100,000 indigenous people in Pattani, ruled by Queen Ratu Biru.

After Lin Daoquan arrived here, he married the queen's daughter and became the son-in-law of the Pattani Sultanate, and settled down here from then on.

He also converted to Islam, wanting to completely localize, and even wanted the pirates under his command to convert to Islam as well.

However, his sister disagreed, but seeing that Lin Daoquan was determined, she decided to commit suicide to show her determination.

At that time, Lin Daoquan was organizing the construction of a huge Muslim temple. When the project was about to be completed, Lin Mei committed suicide to persuade Lin Daoquan to do so, and she also cursed that the temple would never be built.

Henceforth, whenever the temple was about to be built, it would be struck by thunder from the sky and could never be completed.

Lin Daoqian was shocked, so he announced that he would no longer continue to build the temple. He converted the basically completed temple into a place to commemorate his sister. He also built a tomb for his sister Miss Lin next to the temple, and the temple was renamed Miss Lin Temple.

But all of this is probably fake.

The reason why Lin Daoqian went to Southeast Asia was because his nephew Lin Mao had already established himself in Pahang and sent people to the mainland to summon him, so Lin Daoqian went south.

When he went south, he brought two thousand soldiers and hundreds of large and small warships. The King of Siam did not dare to take him in, so he had to give him money, slaves and titles to send him away.

After arriving in Pattani, Lin Daoqian quickly contacted his nephew Lin Mao, and with the introduction of his nephew Lin Mao, Lin Daoqian married the niece of Queen Ratu Biru.

But there is a pitfall, because Pattani was ruled by a woman at that time, that is, most of the kings in history were women, and the country was controlled by the Orangkaya military and trade group composed of a group of sea merchants.

Queen Ratu Biru was old and sick at the time, so her sister Ratu Angku, who had married to Pahang, wanted to come back and inherit the throne after her sister's death.

However, the Orang Kaya group that holds power does not want Ratu Angku, who has a strong personality and a Pahang royal background, to return to succeed the throne.

In this situation, Lin Daoqian's nephew Lin Mao, who was the minister in Pahang, asked him to come to Pattani, actually to help.

Moreover, the princess that Lin Daoqian married was the daughter of Ratu Angku and the Sultan of Pahang.

Sure enough, Lin Daoqian had not stayed in Pattani for long before Queen Ratu Biru died of illness, and her sister, Ratu Anggu, Lin Daoqian's mother-in-law, returned from Pahang to succeed to the throne.

The Chinese pirates were forced to get involved in this battle and made great contributions to Queen Ratu Aunggu's succession to the throne, but they also suffered heavy losses.

Lin Daoquan was actually badly betrayed by his nephew.

At this time, Pahang had been completely converted to Islam, and Pattani was about to complete its conversion.

This religion, once you believe in it, tends to be quite xenophobic.

Lin Daoquan's strength was severely damaged in the melee. Although his status seemed high, as he was the son-in-law of the emperor and a general of the guards, he could not get the support of the indigenous people who believed in the Muslim religion, and soon he could not stand firm.

In order to consolidate his position, Lin Daoquan came up with a "clever trick", which was to convert to Islam and bring the pirates under his command to convert as well.

Anyway, these people prefer to look at beliefs rather than ethnicity.

In order to show his true conversion, Lin Daoquan also planned to build a huge Muslim temple to endorse himself.

But Lin Daoquan had a good idea, but he didn't expect that this would offend the pirates under his command, because the Chinese who make a living on the sea have their own belief - Mazu.

The pirates felt that Lin Daoquan had betrayed Mazu, and at first they did not dare to oppose it. Instead, they secretly made trouble during the construction of the temple and tried to prevent it from being completed.

They pushed forward Lin Daoquan's closest relative, Lin Daoquan's sister, to lead the opposition.

But the pirates didn't expect that Lin Daoquan was so heartless that he even killed his own sister in order to make the pirates convert to Islam with him.

This finally angered the pirates, and they united to kill Lin Daoquan.

Historical records show that "At that time, the generals regarded tying up Lin Daoqian as easy as tying up a baby." Later, it was announced that Lin Daoqian was killed in an accident during a gun test.

Even the person named Miss Lin may not exist, because the surname of Mazu is Lin, so Miss Lin may refer to Mazu.

After that, the pirates elected a leader, defeated the natives who intended to drive them out, and repelled the interference of other sultanates, forcing Queen Ratu Angu to compromise with them and survive with difficulty.

However, due to the perseverance and bravery of the Chinese pirates, the Lin Girl Temple, which served as their spiritual sustenance, was respected by these indigenous Muslim believers in the days that followed.

Many even began to join the pirates in worshipping Miss Lin. It must be said that this was absolutely something that would leave future generations dumbfounded. The reason Mo Zibu was so clear about this was because the largest Chinese family in Pattani was the clan of Wei Rikun.

Well, Lin Daoquan is from Chenghai, Chaozhou, and the Wei family is also from Chenghai, Chaozhou. The Lin family’s ancestral hall is next to the Wei family’s ancestral hall in Fusha Village.

Lin Daoqian was forced to go to Southeast Asia during the Longqing period. The Wei family genealogy records that the imperial court banned maritime travel during the Longqing period and destroyed the docks and shipyards built by the Wei family. It was also at this time that the Wei family members began to be forced to go to Southeast Asia on a large scale.

There was a sea ban during the Longqing period. Did you find out?
This is a complete lie and a cover-up.

The actual situation is that the Wei family is a pirate family that owns its own shipyard and port, and is also the most capable general under Lin Daoquan.

After they went to Southeast Asia, because Lin Daoquan was obsessed with Islam and wanted to convert to Islam, they chose to kill Lin Daoquan together with everyone else and regarded Mazu, who was disguised as Miss Lin, as their belief.

At this point, the Wei family and a group of Teochew pirate families settled down in Pattani, but because they were small in number and did not marry with the indigenous people, they never became localized and have stubbornly persisted until now.

But during this period, the Wei family suffered another huge blow and had to start considering the issue of survival.

This blow came after the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty changed the situation after the opening of the sea in the Longqing period and began to strictly ban maritime trade. The Wei family, like the Mingxiang people, lost the continuous replenishment of population and culture.

When the political situation stabilized a little and mainlanders resumed their migration to Southeast Asia, the Teochew people gained great benefits in the heart of Thailand, including Bangkok, Rayong and Chanthaburi.

All the Chaozhou people who went to Southeast Asia ran to these places. Not only did the Wei family not get much replenishment, but they also had a large number of people siphoned away by the heart of Siam. Now they only have three or four thousand people left.

That's why they found Wei Rikun, who was of the same clan but whose relationship was actually very distant.

I hope Wei Rikun can find a way to get some people to come and kill the Sultan of the indigenous people together with the people inside and outside the country, so that the Wei family can take control of Pattani.

Don’t think that three or four thousand people are too few. In fact, in Southeast Asia, it is quite a lot for a city to have so many Chinese people.

Moreover, in Taogong City, about 80 kilometers east of Pattani, there is another group of Chinese people, from Jiaying Prefecture, which is the Hakka Ye family of Meixian in later generations. They also have about three to four thousand people.

This adds up to more than 8,000 people, which is quite a lot and can be relied upon.

As for Mo Zibu, he also needs to beat Patani.

Now that the Dutch have been frightened by the French and there is no need to worry about their own safety, Pattani, which is close to the sea and has good port conditions, is very suitable for use as a base.

The mainstay of Ha Tien's economy now is the use of large ships to transport tin ore produced in Old Port, Semarang and Banten to Guangzhou after rough processing.

At this time, there was a shortage of tin ore on the mainland, and tin ore transferred from Ha Tien once accounted for 40% of the import volume.

There was even a situation in Guangzhou where the price of tin ore would drop when a ship arrived from Hexian.

Pattani is located at the golden shipping node from Java Island and other Indonesian territories to Ha Tien.

If Mo Zibu controls this place, he can escort the transportation of Hexian tin mines and also crack down on others who transport tin mines from Java Island to Guangzhou.

In addition, tin mines are also produced in the Sultanate of Kedah and Pahang south of Pattani. Mo Zibu can transport the tin ores produced in these places to Pattani through Ye Fengchang and others for rough processing, and then sell them to Guangzhou.

With the rough processing of minerals, the development of related industries can be driven. If Mo Zibu places the arsenal here, perhaps an industrial chain can be formed.

There is a general shortage of iron in Southeast Asia now. Historically, Siam often asked the Qing Dynasty to sell some iron pots and other items to Siam. In fact, the purpose was to melt these iron pots and make weapons.

In 1781, the last wave of envoys sent by Taksin arrived at the Qing Dynasty. After Emperor Qianlong recognized and conferred him the title of King of Siam, he gave him iron pots among the gifts.

However, when these people returned to Siam, Taksin had already been killed by Chakri, and the Thonburi Dynasty became the Bangkok Dynasty.

Mo Zibu's idea was to get in touch with a big shot in the Thirteen Hongs through Jiang Liuxing, the black glove of the Thirteen Hongs in Southeast Asia, whom he had exposed to Hong Ahan, and exchange low-priced tin ore for some iron ore or high-quality iron pots produced in Foshan.

Therefore, in Pattani, even if it was not to fulfill his promise to Wei Rikun, he had to fight, not only to fight, but also to build well.

. . . .

Mo Zibu was making designs and arrangements on paper when Chen Guangyao rushed in like a gust of wind, his face extremely excited.

"Brother, this is great news. That fool, Sultan Bahadur of Patani, has just ordered the expulsion of the Siamese tax collector in Patani. He has announced that he will no longer pay tribute to King Agada."

Mo Zibu stood up suddenly. He had some concerns before because the Sultan of Pattani was different from the Sultan of Kedah. He was a vassal state of Siam.

Although the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam was in danger at the moment, Mo Zi Bu still had to save face for the sake of the future.

"Okay, that's great!" Mo Zibu laughed.

Pattani Bahadur Sultan must have thought that the Ayutthaya Dynasty was over and couldn't wait to gain independence!

"Idiots always think that when the world is in chaos, it's time for them to rise to prominence. But they don't realize that it's not that they've been freed from their shackles, but that their father, who was hanging over their head, is gone. Now others can bully them at will."

"Order, the second wave of leave is suspended. All soldiers from the Kunlun Mountain Hall are to gather and train immediately."

　I have to attend a study meeting tomorrow, so I probably won't be able to slack off and write in the afternoon. There may only be one update, but I will try to write as much as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)