After Chen Zhixiao left Luzon Island, he seemed very optimistic, but he told everyone a story of "Mr. Dongguo and the wolf".

Everyone listened to a wolf who could speak, but they all shook their heads and smiled bitterly, when this person suddenly lost his heart and went crazy. Chen Zhixiao, who was shaking a Zhuge Liang fan, was so angry that his face turned blue.

The fleet headed in a southwesterly direction and soon reached the neighboring state of Sulu in Luzon.

The country of Sulu is also an island country, located in the Sulu archipelago, and its natural conditions cannot be compared with Luzon. At least Luzon still has an advantageous Manila, but the Sulu archipelago is difficult to engage in farming, mainly feeding on fish and shrimp.

Therefore, there are clouds in ancient books: Sulu, a small country, the land is barren and low-wheat, the people eat fish and shrimp, boil the sea for salt, make cane for wine, weave bamboo for cloth, and the climate is always hot.

It's just that if you lose something, you will gain something, and it can be classified as the yin and yang avenue.

Although the country of Sulu is not suitable for farming, it is also a blessed place, and the pearls here are rich and large, and pearls weighing two coins really abound.

Therefore, there are clouds in ancient books: Sulu, there is a pearl pool, looking at it at night, and the light floats on the water. The natives trade with the Chinese with pearls, and the big ones are dozens of times more profitable. The merchant ship will return, leaving a few hostages in the hope that it will come again.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the eastern king of Sulu kingdom, Badu Ge Lang Hara, the western king Ma Hara, the king of the west, and the wife of the king of Sulu, led more than 340 people to pay tribute, enter gold engravings, and offer pearls, precious stones, and tortoiseshell things.

As a result of his generous efforts, the three kings were all given titles, among which the king of the east was honored and was given the title of "King of Sulu".

It's just that the good fortune of the king of the east seems to be exhausted in this gift, when passing through Texas on the way back, the king of the east Batu Ge Horn Ta died of illness, and the Yongle Emperor sent the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhong to rush to Dezhou with a sacrificial text, and buried the king of the east with the gift of the vassal king, and also gave the "Gongding", and personally wrote the inscription.

After the death of the king of the east, his eldest son returned to China to succeed the throne, and the princess and the other two sons stayed in Texas to guard the tomb and settle down until the present dynasty, and the descendants of the king of Sulu still lived in Shandong and "did not miss Shu".

In essence, even if there are tens of thousands of family fortunes here, how can you live freely with the Ming Dynasty?

After a day's voyage, the fleet went directly to Hole Island, the main island of Sulu.

"It's more powerful here than Luzon, and there's a fort!"

Qiao Yifeng was in charge of the security of the combined fleet, and he had already got a monocular telescope in his hand, and he checked the situation in Hele Port from a distance, and unexpectedly found that there was an earthen fort built in it.

Lin Youfu had already joined the United Fleet, and this time he was arranged to train by Qiao Yifeng's side, and when he heard this, he immediately asked nervously: "Commander Qiao, what should we do?" ”

"Don't panic, these are all earthen cannons, and the range is not far!" Qiao Yifeng observed the situation of the cannon and said very conclusively, and then explained: "You should be vigilant, if there is really something wrong, you will directly bomb the fort, they are not our opponents at all!" ”

Lin Youfu and the others had already fought bloodily, and they were not afraid of any battle, so they nodded solemnly.

In fact, their worries are unnecessary, not to mention that a bloodline of the eastern king of Sulu has settled in Shandong, and there are already people on the Sulu side who have already been contacted first, and they already have a cooperative attitude towards things.

The king of Sulu made a grand ceremony to welcome the fleet's visit, and a full 200 soldiers lined up on both sides to greet him, followed by a large group of richly dressed nobles.

Compared with Luzon, Sulu's political system was significantly more centralized, presenting a slave society. The nobles of the Sulu Kingdom enslaved the commoners, and demanded not only the citizens to guard the pearl ponds, but also to carry out pearl diving.

But it is not to blame that the Sulu country retains semi-slavery, in this resource-based country, power is destined to be concentrated in the hands of a few, otherwise it will not be able to cope with the covetousness of the surrounding forces.

The tiger girl gave a gift on behalf of Lin Haoran, and the two sides looked very harmonious.

Thanks to the pearl trade, Sulu appeared much richer than Luzon. Not only in terms of clothing, but also in the construction of their houses, they are resolutely much stronger than Luzon.

In this port, several merchant ships were parked, and a large number of goods were carried down by coolies, and the town of Harmony had the size of a town, with many civil and stone buildings on both sides of the stone streets.

The East Palace in Sulu is not large, the stone wall in front of the door gives people a majestic feeling, and entering the main hall in the Song and Ming Dynasty style, it adds a bit of atmosphere and elegance.

On the main hall, the king of the east in full costume sits on a small high platform in the center, and on both sides is the sitting order of civil and military. It's just that Sulu didn't have the habit of sitting on chairs, and only added a cushion to the ground.

Things went more smoothly than expected, Chen Zhixiao told Lin Haoran's intention to unite with the Nanyang countries to jointly resist Spain, but the king of the east said angrily with a few Chinese words: "This move is very good, these people have long been eyeing me Sulu, I have long wanted to destroy them, but I don't know when the king will come?" ”

Coincidentally, the Spaniards also took a fancy to the pearls and precious stones of Sulu, and once had the idea of Sulu. But the fact that Sulu was able to stand in the South Seas naturally had some of his true skills, but it was a few battles with the Portuguese fleet.

It has to be said that with Sulu's combat power, it is naturally impossible to defeat the Portuguese fleet, at most it is to protect its own treasure.

"Our Lord Lin is now unknown, because we have not received the rescue of Sha Yao and Na Bi Ge Guo, and we don't know the true situation of Sha Yao and Na Bi Ge, so we have to wait a little longer! However, if there is a real need, our Lord Lin will inevitably lead his division to exterminate the Spaniards! Chen Zhixiao said bitterly, and then made another promise.

The eyes of the East King flashed with a hint of disappointment, but he also understood their considerations, so he looked at the leopard in the water next to him and said, "Regarding your desire to go pearling in Sulu, the leopard in the water has already mentioned it to me!" I already knew that your pearl ponds were running out, but I don't have a good place here in Sulu either, and you really only do pearl diving in Repulse Bay! ”

"Not bad! We only need the pearling rights of this repulse bay for ten years, and provide more pearls for our Ming royal family! Yang Chunlai said very firmly.

When the Red Flag Gang was exterminated last time, Lin Haoran made arrangements for Yishui Leopard and others, and arranged these pearl divers to Sulu State. This Sulu country produces pearls, as well as pearl ponds, but its pearl diving technology is undoubtedly inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Now with the diving bell, Daming's pearl diving technology is naturally more powerful, and it is very likely to pick a batch of good pearls from this old pearl pool.

As soon as they thought of this, everyone looked nervously at Dongwang. This hit a wall in Luzon, and if it did not make progress here in Sulu as well, then the voyage would have been a failure.

Dongwang shook his head slightly, which made everyone's hearts immediately cool by half.