The King of Sulu greeted the Celestial Empire's fleet with a grand ceremony, and in the harbor outside the town known as Horaku, 800 Sulu warriors lined up to greet the angels.

At the same time, in the port, the king of the east also took advantage of the prosperity of Chen Mu's fleet to give an inspiring speech to his people outside the temple.

Although Hele City is not as developed as the city in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, it looks very prosperous, even after a few wars, the wild slaves in the port work hard to carry the baggage and goods of the merchants who are preparing for the war, and the streets are free to move around the common people, among which there are many nobles wearing silk and gold and silver.

Of course, the most aristocracy now wore Song Yuanming and armor with a Southeast Asian style, leading their soldiers to deploy along the harbor.

It was a typical aristocratic state, and like Luzon, the mainstay of the aristocracy known as the Datu, or Raja, each of which consisted of thirty to a hundred families of freemen, and below them were slaves in war.

On top of all the status, there are the three sultans who were named the kings of the east, the west, and the mountains by the Ming Dynasty, who were not only the rulers of the country, but also the leaders of religion.

This social composition was largely the reason why Portugal and Spain, the Western maritime states, had colonized most of the world and made slow progress in the East, and their missions were to directly subvert the rule of the Sultanate.

This is not negotiable in any country.

Not far from the crowd, Chen Mu watched the Dongwang with a helmet and armor in one hand and a sword in one hand, and the subordinate warriors pulled out a Portuguese prisoner to be executed on the spot, and the people applauded. Even if he couldn't understand what Dongwang said again, he could understand the general meaning.

What's more, he has Li Yuxi's translator by his side.

"The king of the east said that they have the protection of the gods, and they will definitely be able to repel these sea invaders, and time and time again, they want to rob them of their land and faith, and kill as many as they want." Li Yuxi looked at Chen Mu as he spoke, and said, "Dashuai, Caomin heard that you are also like this in Haojing, and you are very similar to Dongwang." ”

Chen Mu looked sideways, shook his head and said, "I'm much gentler, I'm not so decisive." ”

"It's different."

He sighed with emotion: "The Portuguese attack on Hele is an invasion of the hinterland, no matter how angry the King of the East is, he can't be too angry, such as the Portuguese attack on Tuen Mun, Jiajing Ye passed on the edict of the sailor to sink all the people who hang the Portuguese flag boat, no more than Chen Mou killed?" ”

Chen Mu looked at the East King of Sulu in the prime of life in front of the mosque, and let out a long breath and said, "I went so far to see if Sulu could be the ruler of Chen's ally, and the East King did not disappoint me." ”

"Allies?" Li Yuxi's eyes widened in surprise, and said: "The soldiers of Sulu are not as good as the eleventh of the Heavenly Army, how can He De form an alliance with the marshal." ”

It's not as good as eleven, it's a good thing to be flattering, but the Sulu soldiers are indeed not up to the flag army, although their mental outlook looks fierce and very warlike, but other than that, it is almost useless, it is not surprising that Li Yuxi would say so.

"I'm not afraid that the army is weak and the country is small, and it is not a problem to have no guns, no guns, and no ships, but I am afraid that it will not have the fighting spirit to fight to the death with Xiyi."

It's just that Chen Mu didn't expect that the East King before entering the palace and the East King outside were like two people.

"Lord Chen, widow, according to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, it's right for this king to call himself a widow, right?"

The Eastern King was fluent in Chinese, perhaps because his ancestors were buried in the Ming Dynasty and that one of their Eastern Kings was canonized by the Yongle Emperor himself.

The palace is not large, but it can be called exquisite, and the outer courtyard protected by stone walls is verdant with trees and rockeries; The whole hall is made of mahogany, and the corner tower shape and mortise and tenon structure common in the south are made.

In the main hall, the throne of the East King in the center is a five-story five-inch high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a bright yellow curtain covering it, and the samurai in front of the palace stand on both sides. The two rows of ministers on the left and right sit cross-legged, and in the center is a large bright yellow cushion, which is prepared for the ministers' work, and the color is the same as that of the throne, but the position is lower and lower.

It seems that the people of Sulu don't like to sit on chairs, in order to show Chen Mu's identity from the Ming Dynasty, Dongwang specially asked someone to spread an extra layer of cushions, and prepared Chen Mu to take four subordinates to sit in front of him successively.

In terms of the royal palace system alone, Chen Mu felt that Sulu was stronger than Luzon, at least Sulu had a clear king, but Luzon did not, and those tribal leaders were much worse than the East King in terms of temperament after all, even Suleiman, who was forced to the throne by him.

Suleiman looked more like a warlord than a king in charge of state affairs.

"The king's Chinese language is very good." Chen Mu was not used to this kind of cross-legged sitting on the ground, he said: "This is the country of Sulu, the king can call himself whatever he wants, Chen is just an envoy, and the king doesn't have to ask what Chen means." ”

Dongwang's face was even happier, and he opened his hand and said to Chen Mu: "This is very good, General Chen should not be arrogant, you are not an envoy, this king heard the past maritime merchants mention, the heavenly army swept away the Francos in Luzon, and went deep into its realm, the golden drum shook the sky, and the momentum was like thunder; Today, this king sees the big ship on the sea coming from the shadows, and the huge ship has no soldiers, which is the canonization boat of the Celestial Empire? This king has been fated to see in ancient books, and the Celestial Empire has a sealed boat dozens of zhang long. ”

"This time the boat is coming, is it because the Son of Heaven has an edict to pass on to this king?"

Dongwang's sinology attainments made Chen Mu look sideways, but his hearsay skills also made him not know what to say. Going deep into its realm, the golden drum shook the sky, and the momentum was like thunder, didn't the king of the east think that Francois was born in Luzon?

"The king, it is a warship of the imperial court, not a sealed boat, and a sealed boat is not a warship, in order to be worthy of the respect of the kings of the foreign vassals, the ship is quite large." Chen Mu explained a sentence and arched his hand: "Your Majesty has no edict, and the imperial court has handed over the maritime affairs to Chen." Now the Yi people come to the west, or trade or make trouble, the east country can not distinguish, first there is a full thorn and then there is Luzon disturbed by thieves. ”

"The countries are the fence of the Son of Heaven, and the Portuguese and Western Yi ships are strong and artillery, and many of them cannot be stopped, such as Luzon being enslaved by the Xiyi, so Chen Mouxing repelled the army, and set up a new king to respect the imperial court."

"Chen has nothing else to do when he comes to Sulu, he is worried that Sulu will be bad for the Westerners, but today he sees that the king of the east is in his chest and the enemy is the first, so there is nothing to worry about." Chen Mugong arched his hand and said: "After resting for a few days in Xiaborrow, I will leave for Borneo, and I hope the king will not be blamed for a little trouble." ”

How do you know that Chen Mu's words came out, the king of the east stood up directly from the throne, and said out of the curtain: "General Chen is slow, this king is very familiar with the Francois and the Japanese Kou when he hears the general's words, can you solve the confusion on his behalf, what Portuguese and Xiyi, why are they so powerful, they are the same as the weapons used by the Heavenly Army, can you teach your own weapons to use." ”

"The general said that his ships are strong and his guns are sharp, and it is exactly like this, what the king of the city said is only to inspire the people, but in fact he does not know the enemy at all, and he is only able to block the enemy with an army of more than 100 people...... I also hope that the general will slow down his trip a little and help his country! ”