Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

There are no couples in Husband and Wife, and there are no monkeys in Monkey Harbor itself.

But now the monkeys are almost overrun, probably brought by the Malay natives next door. The Malay natives were assimilated by the dwarf black people, but the monkeys multiplied crazily because they had no natural enemies.

The dwarf black people on the island hate monkeys because bananas are one of their staple foods.

The trio of treasure hunters were busy replenishing fresh water, while the six second-generation officials were wandering around. They didn't go far when they saw a group of monkeys.

Monkey Harbor is a natural harbor located in Port Blair, the administrative center of the Andaman Islands.

Due to Lin Riyan's limited human resources, he only leveled some land for docks. Next to the dock are some simple warehouses, and next to the warehouses are the settlements of Ming soldiers and civilians.

Outside the settlement, there are acres of farmland!

"Rice is being planted here?" Fan Chengda asked in surprise.

Qiqi'an couldn't help laughing and said: "Those short black people, although they don't know how to dress to hide their shame, they also know how to grow food."

However, I saw that a small part of the agricultural land near the settlement was used to grow vegetables and beans, and most of it was opened up as rice fields. At this moment, the soldiers took off their armor and took their women with them to plant rice. Most of those women were wives they brought from home.

There are also some women who look like Westerners with their high noses and deep eyes, but their hair and skin color look like East Asians.

It's probably not safe here. While the soldiers and civilians were planting rice, there were still soldiers patrolling the edges of the farmland.

A middle-aged man came to Lin Riyan and happened to hear the conversation between the second-generation officials. He couldn't help but said: "How can these black people know how to farm? We all cultivated the land ourselves. In two years, we have also Dozens of acres of paddy fields were cultivated. The forest had to be cleared, tree roots and rocks had to be cleared, and ditches had to be dug for drainage and irrigation.”

Lu You praised: "It's really hard work for you all to open up the mountains and forests with blue strands on the road."

"It's good to be alive after wearing a sinful body." The middle-aged man smiled bitterly.

Lin Riyan introduced: "This gentleman is a farmer-advising officer. He was once a director-general and was personally taught and named by the Emperor."

The middle-aged man raised his hands to everyone and said, "I, Xu Zhishu, have met all of you."

"Disrespect, disrespect..."

The second-generation officials hurriedly returned the gift. Although he was a criminal official who was exiled overseas, he was after all a person named by the Supreme Emperor himself.

Xu Zhishu pointed to the farmland and said: "There are one or two hundred islands here, large and small. The main island we are on is the largest. From more than a hundred miles north of Monkey Port to other islands in the south, the climate and soil are similar to Palembang. Similar. The land is fertile due to the rain and heat, but it is not possible further north. There is too much rain, which is not conducive to farming. "

To put it more directly, in the entire Andaman Islands, the tropical monsoon climate is suitable for farming, while the tropical rainforest climate is unsuitable for farming.

The criminals thrown over by the Ming Dynasty took over the elite land of the archipelago.

Lin Riyan led them around, pointing to the short black people watching the rice planting, and said: "These black people are too short, have little strength, and are very stupid. They are not qualified to be slaves. Let them cut down the forest, and the speed is extremely slow." Outrageous."

Bai Shihou asked: "Are they all slaves?"

Lin Riyan explained: "There are dozens of tribes on various islands. I destroyed the two tribes near Monkey Port. I killed their chiefs and the rest of the tribesmen were captured by me as slaves. Don't feel cruel, they were the first ones." Just a few days after we settled down, they came to attack me. A group of barbarians with no clothes on and armed with earthen bows made of bone arrows dared to rob the Ming soldiers!"

Xu Zhishu went into more detail: "At the beginning, we also wanted to coexist peacefully with the black people, and we also traded some goods to them. They didn't want cloth or food, but only the weapons and iron pots in our hands. We traded for an iron pot. Give it to them, probably because it’s so useful, these black people want to take away all the iron pots.”

Li Zuqia pointed to the women with high noses and deep eyes and asked, "Those don't seem to be Chinese?"

Lin Riyan said: "We are all sinners in the Ming Dynasty. When we were first convicted, some people's wives divorced. The women on the island are too dark, and we cannot let them live on the island for a long time without wives. My hand There is a small warship inside. Once we have basically established a foothold in Monkey Port, we will lead the soldiers northward to plunder and snatch some foreign women from the coast. "

Where are you going north?

The southwestern coast of Myanmar in later generations!

The ancient Rakhine people lived there, and they were somewhat different from the modern Rakhine people. They are mixed descendants of Aryans and Southeast Asians. They have high nose bridges, deep eye sockets, and their skin color is similar to that of Chinese people.

At this time, the Arakan region did not belong to any force. The country had long been destroyed and existed only in the form of tribes.

Lin Riyan's three maids were snatched away. One of them was pretty and had already become a maid.

Six second-generation officials were invited to live in a simple house. The wooden house, with its leaf-shaded roof, is located next to a row of warehouses and is probably an inn used to entertain passing sailors.

Lin Riyan also sent several maids to serve him. They were all mixed-race women with tall noses and deep eyes.

Needless to say, it must have been snatched from the north.

Bai Shihou, a boy who was not afraid of meat and vegetables, felt that the maid's appearance was not bad and had an exotic style, so he held her for half a night. He hasn't touched a woman since he went to sea, and now he has already suppressed it. He may have met the sow Du Sai Diao Chan.

Also touching the maid were Qi Qi'an and Li Zuqia.

The simple wooden house was not soundproof, and Lu You was so noisy that he could not sleep. When he got up the next day, he had dark circles under his eyes.

Lin Riyan saw their condition and laughed loudly and said: "If the husbands like it, they can take those maids away. It will be considered a blessing for them."

Fan Chengda declined politely: "A gentleman does not take away others' love."

Lin Riyan waved his hand: "If it's not in your way, I can lead my troops to rob it."

Don't expect a soldier who was thrown to a remote desert island to have any sense of morality.

This guy not only robbed mixed-race women, but also robbed some children from mixed-race tribes, saying that he could be trained to become Han people by educating him from an early age.

After all, the island's population is too small—dwarf black people don't count as human beings.

The Andaman Islands are actually a natural maritime military base. It controls the outlet of the Strait of Malacca to the east, the sea route of Bangladesh to the north, and can reach India and Sri Lanka to the west.

Moreover, half of the island is suitable for growing rice, and there is also the best wood for building warships-oak and teak.

There are also Andaman rosewood, mahogany, walnut, etc. suitable for making furniture.

Nothing is lacking and the location is excellent.

In the age of steamships, this location would have been even more important as it could be used as a coal supply point for warships and passenger ships.

Ming Dynasty will definitely develop here, but not now.

Today's main development directions are Jambi, Palembang and Malacca. By the time they concentrate on the development of Monkey Port, it is estimated that Lin Riyan will be old.

The six people continued to wander and soon found some cages containing more than a dozen animals that looked like cats but were not cats.

Wang Lianqing asked: "What is this?"

Lin Riyan said: "There are many civets (civets) on the island. The fur of civets is extremely expensive, and they also produce civet incense. It is an expensive spice and can also treat abdominal pain and hernia."

"So this is a civet." The second generation officials watched excitedly.

They knew the scent of civet cats, Bai Shihou had even used it, but today was the first time they saw civet cats.

Lin Riyan already knew the backgrounds of the six people and took the initiative to invite them to go hunting.

He pointed at the one-meter-three-meter-tall follower and introduced to everyone: "This Kunlun slave is very smart. In just one year, he can already understand some human language. He also knows shame and is willing to wear the clothes I give him."

After speaking, Lin Riyan pointed to the coconut tree and ordered: "Go!"

The dwarf black man immediately rushed over and climbed to the top of the tree like a monkey, spinning the coconut and throwing it down.

Lin Riyan picked up the coconut and cracked it open, and said: "These dwarf black people are very good at water, but they are all very lazy. Because they don't have to worry about food, they can pick fruits, hunt, and fish. They like to catch fish the most. Monkeys can be easily caught by using bananas as bait. There is also a kind of wild boar on the island, which is not big in size but is extremely numerous.”

Qiqi'an took the coconut and asked, "How many Chinese are there on the island?"

"There are more than 500 soldiers, officials, and their families in total," Lin Riyan said. "If you include the women and children who were robbed, there are nearly 800 people. This year we plan to cultivate another 100 acres of paddy fields. , No matter how hard you work, you have to do it, otherwise you just sit back and enjoy the fruits, just pick fruits, hunt and catch fish, how are you different from the black people on the island?”

After chatting all the way, we have reached the edge of the forest.

There is nothing else about the Andaman Islands, except that there are so many trees. There are forests everywhere, and the forest coverage rate is as high as 95% at this time.

Moreover, there are a lot of precious woods.

The second-generation officials came at the wrong time. Although the coconuts at this time were edible, the taste was far inferior to that of a few months later. The jackfruit is not yet ripe, and the banana varieties are relatively primitive.

Lin Riyan bent his bow and nocked an arrow, shooting toward the treetops in front, and a pig-tailed monkey fell down in response.

There were many monkeys nearby. They were so frightened that they fled in a hurry, and then they bared their teeth and screamed strangely at humans.

Lin Riyan said: "The monkeys on the island are particularly hateful. There are so many that we can't kill them all. They also come to destroy crops. Whenever I have free time, I will lead my soldiers to shoot monkeys and throw them to the black natives to roast and eat."

Monkeys are an invasive species here, and their only natural enemies are humans.

Lu You took off a pair of bows and arrows he had brought from China, stretched the bowstring and pointed it at a monkey. The monkey jumped away as soon as it sensed danger.

"Whoosh!"

Lu You shot at the other one and hit it accurately.

Some soldiers went into the forest to explore the path and quickly drove out several wild boars, which were smaller than normal wild boars.

The second generation officials drew their bows one after another, all excited.

After playing in the forest for a long time, everyone took the prey back to the settlement at the port. The wild boars skinned themselves and ate them, while the monkeys gave them to the dwarf black men.

Wang Lianqing was organizing materials. He recorded all the animals and plants he saw along the way. He spent more time painting than shooting bows and arrows.

"What is this?" Wang Lianqing pointed to a plant painting.

Hong Chang, the only doctor on the island, said: "Macaranga tanarius is also found in Guangdong and Guangxi. The bark and leaves can be ground into powder and used for antisepsis. The leaves can be fed to livestock. It is also used as a medicinal material for diarrhea and laxatives."

Wang Lianqing was greatly disappointed: "It turns out there are some in China too."

Hong Chang said with a smile: "The Macaranga on this island is slightly different from those in China. They grow taller and have larger leaves. Although the black natives are barbaric, they recognize some medicinal materials. I have been studying the island's medicinal herbs for more than a year. ”

Xu Zhishu said: "Although some places on this island are not suitable for growing rice, they are extremely suitable for growing spices. When enough paddy fields are reclaimed, we will get some spices and plant them. Hundreds of people have been assigned to this island, and they cannot be mixed. Even when I die, I want to earn a family fortune for my children and grandchildren.”

"This is a long-term strategy." Lu You praised.

They are just a group of criminals exiled to a deserted island, but in most parts of the earth at this time, they are considered high-quality people. Even high-tech people!

In a few dozen or hundreds of years, the level of development here is likely to exceed that of many city-states and small countries.

(Has anyone defeated the black monkey?)