At noon on 30 June, a huge fleet of 23 large and small ships assembled at the East Beach Wharf on Xiaowanshan Island, and in addition to the ships of the Xue family and four Chinese merchants, there were also two Cantonese tea boats of Gao Jun of Dayuan Bay Water Village.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, several horns sounded on the pier of East Beach, and the flotilla led by the Pride went out to sea.

Previously, Aylush had already led 600 soldiers of the Wanshan Island garrison to board the ship, and the ship also carried a large amount of grain, and the target port was Dongshan Island off the coast of Gaozhou.

Dongshan Island---- which had an inspection department here as early as the Hongwu period, was the barrier of Guangzhou Bay, and today, a fleet of Chen Shangchuan's ships is stationed here all year round.

It was the easternmost trading post in the area controlled by General Chen Shangchuan.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, Dongshan Island is a traditional trade distribution center, its maritime trade history is very long---- because of the geographical location, all kinds of goods from the northern mainland near the state and county gathered on the island, and then by sea ships to distribute the coastal areas of Liangguang and Zhuya.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Shangchuan took advantage of this important place and expanded the sea transportation again, and now his fleet can traffic all kinds of products from the vicinity of the mainland to the southern Guangnan Kingdom, the western Hebei Kingdom, and even as far as the ports of Huafuli and Pettani in the Ayutthaya Kingdom.

After the fleet sold its goods, it then trafficked back to India calico, rice from Champa and coral, pearls, timber, tinware, Western firearms and medicines from the South Seas.

Located at the western end of Dongshan Island, in the lower part of a small continental bay across the sea, there is a county seat that has been abandoned for many years - the former seat of Zhuxi County.

For the past few years, it had been a deserted ruin, and now the ruins of the city were controlled by an army of Chen Shangchuan, as tens of thousands of refugees from Xu Zhi had gathered there.

People who fled from Yunnan and Guizhou have gathered here, relying on the ruins and abandoned empty houses for temporary shelter, and there is only a small village called Old Wall on the coast near here, where Chen Shangchuan is recruiting these refugees to build a simple wharf.

At this moment, everyone is waiting and talking about the legendary Australian.

The news circulating among the crowd was that the Australians would take us to a place where there was fertile land, and the Australians would divide the land according to the capitation, and would also provide tools, seeds, and timber for building houses, and after a few years of cultivation, the land would be their own.

The place where the Australians took us was a happy land, where there were no tartars, no wars, where people could thrive and live in peace.

At first, the rumors were skeptical, but both the merchant ships from the sea and General Chen's subordinates said that ---- "it was true."

It is also said that the Australians were originally Han Chinese who fled overseas hundreds of years ago, and they wore Hanfu, spoke Chinese, read the Analects and wrote Chinese characters......

On the afternoon of 3 July, the fleet led by Zhu Beiguo finally appeared on the sea southeast of Dongshan Island.

A bullhorn came from the distant sea, attracting Li Sanduo in the cockpit and Ailush standing beside him, and the two quickly picked up the binoculars to look for prestige, only to see a dhow speeding on the sea, and behind it was the lush Dongshan Island.

"Brother Li, are you going to see Chen Shangchuan soon? That's a famous person in history! It's a little exciting to think about it! ”

Irush looked into the distance through the binoculars and sighed.

"I don't know, I only know that Chen will not be on that small wooden boat at least, and that wooden boat is a boat that Chen sent to divert water......"

"I think it's okay, if Brother Zhu is here, he will definitely be more excited, Dr. Zhu is a history professional, if he sees the historical figures recorded in the books with his own eyes, the feeling will definitely be more than ours......"

The one who interjected next to him was the first mate Han Qisheng, who was personally steering next to the steering wheel in the cockpit at this time.

"I heard that in the history of the old world, this Ming remnant lived for ninety years!"

"That's right, the people of Mingxiang in the old world all worship this General Chen as the ancestor, and there are special temples in southern Vietnam to worship ......"

"Therefore, it is not entirely accurate to always say that Han people love their homeland, for many Han people, there is a place to live, and that is their hometown!"

"Yes, as long as there are no Tartar ......"

"Nope! As long as there is no emperor ......"

"Definitely! It's freedom, freedom is the key! Where there is freedom, there is the motherland ......"

While babbling and talking, the brothers watched in the telescope as the small boat gradually approached---- and after a while, several large tea boats behind the boat appeared on the sea, and then the fleet responded to a few different tones of the horn---- and the trumpet did not fall, and the boat turned around immediately.

Everyone on the Pride was feeling strange, and Li Sanduo suddenly laughed in the binoculars:

"Do you see the flag of the big ship behind you? That's the Liang family's tea boat! ”

Everyone looked for prestige, and sure enough, it was the lion's head banner of the ---- Liang family, and everyone was familiar with it.

Soon, one of the first ships in the Liang family's fleet sounded a horn to the Pride, meaning that they would complete the diversion of the water behind, and only the Pride and other ships would need to follow.

When he was in Macao, Li Sanduo had already learned from Dai Xiaoshan that the Liang family was ostensibly just a businessman in the pawn money and sea trade business in Macao, but in fact Chen Shangchuan's agent in Macao.

Li Sanduo immediately said to Han Qisheng, send a signal! The flagship moved to the vicinity of the Liangjia fleet, and the ships in the rear followed our ship into the waters of Dongshan Island in turn......

Dongshan Island West Pier is located in a backwater bay at the western end of the island, and when the fleet approached, the lead ship of the Liang family's fleet sent a signal for the Pride to follow closely to the pier, and the flag message was that the water depth here would allow the Pride to dock directly.

Half an hour later, the Pride successfully docked the Guangzhou ship close to the Liang family's family.

Soon, the pedal was on the pier trestle, Li Sanduo left and turned around and ordered Han Qisheng to stay with the whole crew, he and Xiao Ai tidied up their outfits, and walked onto the trestle.

At this time, the Liang family was already waiting on the trestle, and the three of them bowed their hands and immediately walked to the end of the trestle, where flags were unfurled, and a group of soldiers stood there surrounded by a tall man in a white robe and blue hat.

At this time, the head of the Liang family walked a few steps, turned around sideways and let Li Sanduo Ai Rushi in front, and whispered to the two: The person standing in the straight robe in front of him is General Chen, Li Ai and the two looked over, and saw that this Chen Shangchuan was more than 1.75 meters tall, standing in front of the crowd like a flock, this person was wearing a blue six-in-four square crown, wearing a white collared blue collar straight shirt, and the foot climbed high to help the thick-soled square head shoes, and the whole person looked like a typical Ming literati dress.

After gradually getting closer, Li Ai and the two finally saw each other's faces clearly, only to see that this person was about thirty years old, with strong limbs, obviously a man who had been bumpy in the boat for a long time, the whole person had a dark complexion, broad eyes and a straight nose, the heavenly court was full, three strands of long hair hung down to the chest, and the hair bun was towering.

It's just that the hands are green, the waist is tied with a jade belt with a gold hook and silver buckle, and there is an embroidered spring scimitar hanging on the golden belt hook, the handle is inlaid with sapphires, and there is a golden silk dragon pattern on the scabbard.

So Li Sanduo and Irush walked a few steps to Chen Shangchuan, stood still one after the other, and then clasped their fists together, bowed slightly, and listened to Li Sanduo say loudly:

"Australian Federal Envoy Li Sanduo, I have seen General Chen, Li has admired General Li's name for a long time, and it is an honor to see him today!"

"Shengcai has heard the deeds of Australians for a long time, and he really longed for a long time, and he wanted to make friends as soon as possible, but the affairs were complicated, and there was no chance, Shengcai had the honor to meet today, and he was very happy, and he was honored!"

Seeing Li Sanduo step forward to take the lead in saluting, Chen Shangchuan also hurriedly greeted him with the courtesy of his peers, and then quickly glanced up and down at the comer, and said in his heart that it is rumored that the Australians are the first Song Yashan, and there are more noble families, everyone looks dignified, women and men have a white body, and they have white teeth.

At this time, Li Sanduo turned sideways and let Xiao Ai go and introduced to Chen Shangchuan:

"This is I, the commander of the Australian Federal Wanshan Garrison."

Xiao Ai immediately stepped forward, and also followed Brother Li's example, and said a lot of words like a gourd.

Chen Shangchuan immediately met with courtesy, but saw that Xiao Ai was young, and responded with a few more words such as "Sure enough, he is a young talent, and his future life can be expected", Xiao Ai is very useful for this, and responded to a call such as "I have heard the righteousness of the general for a long time, not to be a minister of the Tartar Qing, but to be a bloody person, although I live far away in Australia, I still do not forget the original intention from the outside of China, today the Central Plains is fishy, where there is no desire to be a slave of the Tartar Qing, I Australia has no distinction between the noble and the low, and I am willing to accept it to protect my Chinese blood, I hope that we will be united in the same heart, one day, the Tartars can be expelled, Restore China, establish a program of Chen Ji, and relieve the ...... of the people"