The natal name of the Champa state is called Champa Bura, and like Cochin, half of the border is along the sea.

Southeast Asia, which is across the sea from Hainan Island, one is Cochin, and the other is Champong. These two countries occupy the far right side of the whole of Southeast Asia, and are divided by Hengshan Pass.

The strategy of the Champa states was to expand northward, so Cochin was their number one enemy. Wars between the two families broke out very frequently, basically every ten or twenty years, there would be a war.

The Champa state was established as early as the Han Dynasty......

Knowing this, Zhang Jingming's confidence in this mission is a little more sufficient.

Downing said a sentence before that he agreed with very much, that is, the enemy of the enemy is the friend.

Therefore, Zhang Jingming felt that as long as the king of Champa was not a fool, even if he was just a person with a little brain, he would be able to move him.

The army set off five days in advance, with a light car and a simple follow, and the waterway did not stop all the way.

Even so, it was only twenty days later that Zhang Jingming arrived in Yongzhou.

After hearing that Zhang Jingming had arrived in Yongzhou as an angel envoy to Zhancheng, the governor of Yongzhou welcomed him very well. A banquet was held to entertain a group of people from Kaifeng, and a merchant who had just returned from Zhancheng was specially invited.

For Yongzhou Zhizhou's move, Zhang Jingming is grateful. You must know that since the end of the war with Vietnam 25 years ago, the official contacts between the Song Dynasty and the Champa State have not been so close.

In addition, the party members in the northwest region were in turmoil, and Wu Desi had no time to look south, so the Song court knew very little about the intelligence in this area.

Occasionally, some useful information is recorded, but in general, it is still less than a tenth of all information.

However, as a native merchant with a fleet of ships, he often traveled back and forth between the Champa and Song states, and he must have a lot of information in his hands.

Hearing Zhang Jingming's question, he crackled and said a lot.

Zhang Jingming didn't think he talked too much, and he listened carefully to every sentence and every word, hoping to hear the news that was beneficial to him.

Eventually, the merchant began to pour out the pounding material at the bottom of the box. He said triumphantly: "Lord Angel, the villain knows something about the Champa royal family.

This incident is also hearsay, and I am not sure if it is true. But judging from the villain's years of experience in doing business here, this thing is very true. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Jingming said with great interest: "Then I still bother Your Excellency to talk to the envoy."

This envoy is a newcomer, and he really doesn't know anything about this place. ”

The merchant grinned and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say......" But his hand was making a subtle gesture.

Zhang Jingming couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart that this businessman originally wanted to get benefits from himself.

He was not disgusted by this, after all, businessmen are profit-oriented, and if there is no benefit, they will not do it if they are killed.

However, the deputy envoy was very angry, and wanted to stand up as soon as he slapped the table, but was held down by Zhang Jingming. After thinking about it, Zhang Jingming took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the businessman.

"It's just an ordinary jade pendant, but it was given to the envoy by his best friend.

This jade pendant is very valuable to the envoy. Because the envoy did not carry any belongings with him, the treasures that accompanied him were all gifts for the king of Champa.

I don't know how about mortgaging this jade pendant to your excellency now, and after a while, after the friend came here, he would redeem this jade pendant at a high price? ”

The merchant was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thought about it for a while, and waved his hand and said, "That can't be done, since the angels have said so, the villain can't take advantage of people's danger......"

Yongzhou Zhizhou also said on the side: "How can this be done, Lord Angel?" If the angel came this time, it would be a light car, and in the hands of this official, it would not be without things that could deal with him......" As he spoke, the governor of Yongzhou went to dig out his money bag.

But as soon as he reached out to touch it, Zhang Jingming patted his thigh and signaled him to stop.

"It's okay, in fact, there is one more thing I want to ask your Excellency." Zhang Jingming, who withdrew his hand, smiled: "The envoy hopes that Your Excellency can carry our envoy to the Champa country by boat. ”

The merchant was stunned again, and hurriedly said: "This can't be done, if something happens to you one day, the villain will not be able to calm the anger of the official family if he takes out the heads of the whole family!" ”

At this moment, Yongzhou Zhizhou interjected: "I said Lao Wu, when did you become so bold?" You don't want to think about what the people of Champa will think of you when your ship carries our holy pilgrimage envoys into the Champa Kingdom?

How many benefits are there, and why are you confused? If the old man had a boat, the old man would definitely agree to this matter, and he would still need you Lao Wu? ”

The businessman was very entangled, and he didn't think about what Zhizhou said. But the sea is impermanent, he has seen too many things about the calm waves one second and the angry sea in the next second.

If he just tied his head to the belt of his trousers to make a living, if the envoys got on his ship and what happened, how would he explain? How did he explain it?

When the businessman hesitated, Zhang Jingming smiled and said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, you may not know that the official family is actually a very rational person."

He will not punish others for an unpredictable natural disaster, the so-called life and death are in the sky, if there is a problem on the two trails of the city before we go to sea, the envoy can only pinch his nose and admit it. ”

When the merchant heard this, he thought about it for a long time, and finally shook the jade pendant handed over by Zhang Jingming, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay!" Then I'll agree! When are you going to go? ”

"Today is a full day off and tidying up

under intelligence. The envoy hopes to be able to leave tomorrow, and the time is arranged by Your Excellency, and it is better to arrive in the Champa country early in the morning after departure. Zhang Jingming replied with a smile.

The merchant nodded and said, "Okay then! ”

Seeing that he began to bow his head and eat the food, the deputy envoy couldn't help but say, "What about your secret?" You haven't told that secret yet! ”

The merchant patted his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, if you don't remind you, the villain will almost forget about it......

What the villain wanted to say just now was that Li Jue, the prince of Jiaozhi, failed in the struggle with other princes in Jiaozhi, and he was afraid that he would be killed, so he fled to the city of Zhancheng.

King Yeindravarman II not only did not behead Li Jue for public display, but treated him very politely and gave him an official position to serve as his staff.

There is also news that Yeindra Varman II obeyed Li Jueyan, of course, this is also hearsay, and the villain is not sure. ”

As the businessman spoke, Zhang Jingming touched his chin and thought. After the merchant finished speaking, Zhang Jingming nodded and said, "I see, is there any other information?" ”

"Nope." The merchant shook his head and said, "The information that the villain knows has just been told to all of you. ”

"Well, thank you!" Zhang Jingming stood up and solemnly arched his hand towards the merchant.

The merchant also hurriedly got up and said, "Don't dare to be a ......."

So after that, the few people did not discuss the matter of the Champa State again. Instead, they drank wine and ate food, and chatted about the customs and customs of Yongzhou.

Yongzhou Zhizhou immediately opened the chatterbox, and he had a very good impression of Zhang Jingming and other people.

The scholars of the Song Dynasty committed a crime and would not be beheaded. The most serious is the exile of the whole family to Lingnan.

And what is Lingnan? Roughly speaking, it is close to this part of Jiaozhi, as well as Danzhou, which is the Hainan Island in later generations.

Although Yongzhou is not a poor and remote country now, a long, long time ago, the people who were brought here to work were all criminals and their families.

Now there are also a lot of criminals sent here, but there are really not many normal people who come.

Zhishu didn't want to have much contact with those sinners, but he couldn't get any news about Tokyo from other sources other than them.

Zhang Jingming came, and he was overjoyed. Now, there is finally someone who can speak.

He said a lot of things, flying from the sky to running on the ground, and Yongzhou's specialties, he said it all over again.

Zhang Jingming sometimes stroked his palms and sometimes laughed when he heard it, and several people chatted very happily.

"There have been wars in Yongzhou before, right?" Zhang Jingming looked at the city wall of Yongzhou City and said with emotion: "Seeing this scene, I really can't imagine that this city has been demolished once before......

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