The capital of the Sultanate of Brunei is called Brunei City, which is called "Boni City" in official records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This is a city called Venice in the East by the Spanish. It is located on the west bank of the Brunei River, and there are various water wooden houses along the river. In the city, most of the main bodies of the houses are built of stone, especially the king's huge palaces and mosques. The exterior is full of exquisite reliefs, and the Middle Eastern style dome is plated with gold. Whenever morning mist covers the Brunei River and the sun shines on the domes of the royal palaces and mosques, the whole city looks like a dream.

On the periphery of the city, near the Brunei River Estuary, there is a stone wall built with large stones to protect the palace and the main body of the city. This stone wall was built in the late 14th century by a Chinese. He filled dozens of large ships with stones and sank them at the Brunei River Estuary, then filled the soil as a foundation, and built a stone wall and fortress on it.

Perhaps it was because of the long time that the North Navy's black fleet appeared at the mouth of the Brunei River, and the people on the bank did not react much. It was not until a rumbling cannon sounded that everyone reacted and fled in fear.

Although the Brunei Kingdom was called the "spice empire" by the Westerners, its territory had actually shrunk significantly and its combat effectiveness was even more severe. In the 16th century, the Sultan could only seek help from the Spanish Governor of Manila. After that, the Spanish used only more than 2,000 people to defeat the Brunei army and conquered the city of Brunei.

When Brunei sent an envoy to come in a boat and boarded the ship to ask about his purpose, He Xiwen came up and threw out a joint charge of more than a dozen Chinese businessmen and a confession written by Beti. Among them, there were as many as seven or eight pages of the list of envoys who were responsible for sharing the spoils, listing a large group of people including Sarawak Raja Hasim. At the end, a name called "Mumahed Dazudin" made the envoy stunned and his heart soared.

This person is no other person, the current crown prince of Brunei, and the actual controller of the national affairs. You should know that the 18th Sultan is now 82 years old. He handed over power to his son a few years ago and retired to the second line to live his life.

In fact, some of the powerful people in China support Iban's pirates looting everywhere, which is almost a semi-public secret, but this matter cannot be admitted even if it is beaten to death.

However, no matter how the envoy explained it, He Xiwen, in short, is just a saying that indulging pirates to rob Chinese merchants is unforgivable. The Sultan, the Crown Prince and the Brunei powerful people on the confession must return to Bacheng to confront each other.

The messenger was anxious and suddenly remembered an old thing. He immediately begged He Xiwen: "You are Chinese, and our Sudan also has Chinese bloodlines. We are all a family!"

He Xiwen looked at each other for a moment with his men, and suddenly burst into laughter, thinking that this was simply pulling the monk to call his brother-in-law - to catch up with the kiss.

Seeing this, the envoy quickly explained: "Your side does not know that our country was founded four hundred years ago. At that time, General Huang came from Quanzhou, Fujian..."

Well, the messenger is really not making up. I think the reason why Brunei was able to dominate the entire coastal area of ​​Borneo and even control part of Manila, the Sulu Islands and Mindanao, became the so-called "empire" was precisely because of the help of "General Huang".

This person's name is Huang Senping. He is from Quanzhou, Fujian. During the Hongwu period, he went south to Borneo with his family and established an independent Chinese regime in the Broken Hand River Basin with bare hands. He was respected by local Chinese as the "General" and the Malays called it "Raja".

Later, he and the Boni Sultan at that time intermarried and formed an alliance, and jointly defeated the invading Sulu Sultanate, saved the regime that almost destroyed the country, and finally became one of the two regents.

Since Huang Senping's sister married the younger brother of the then Sultan and became the second Sultan in Brunei, all the royal families after that have been included in the blood of the Huang family.

Huang Senping missed his hometown in his later years, so he brought hundreds of relatives and subordinates back to the country to pay tribute. He was warmly entertained by Emperor Yongle Zhu Di. However, due to the difficulty of boating and chariots, he died in the Huitong Hall in Nanjing that year. According to his last wish of "burying China with a body" before his death, Zhu Di ordered him to be buried in Yuhuatai with "King Shun" and given the posthumous title "King Shun", but the name on the tombstone was "Boni King Ma Nara Kanana".

After Huang Senping died, Zhu Di appointed his son Huang Kesun as the next "Bo Ni King". He sent ministers to escort him back to his country. Not only did he exempt him from his annual offering, he even wrote a poem "Bo Ni Changning Town of the Country Mountain" by himself, erecting a monument on the mountain outside Brunei City. Since then, the Huang family has assisted the Brunei Sultan internally, and called the Boni King of the Chinese. Until the Wanli period, they have not changed.

However, the world has changed, and things have changed. After the Wanli Sea ban, the interactions between Brunei and the Central Plains dynasty were cut off; in addition, the Huang clan gradually became enshrined and Malay, and gradually withdrew from the Brunei political arena. The former glory of the Huang family only exists in folk legends and the Brunei royal family's lineage map, and the monument is missing.

He Xiwen was surprised after hearing the envoy's narration, and admired the "Bo Ni King". However, he soon realized that he was the governor of Borneo appointed by Zhao Xin, who destroyed "number" of the country and controlled the entire island. Isn't it better than Huang Senping!

Thinking of this, he said proudly: "I am very wise! My Beihai Town was founded by King Zhao, a clan of the Ming Dynasty. His Highness conquered the heavens and expelled Western barbarians, swept away Liuhe, and transformed the four seas into unity. His achievements far exceed those of all dynasties. Since the Sudan has Chinese ancestry and has been enthroned by Emperor Chengzu, why don't this town come here this time?! You and others colluded with the Dutch, sheltered pirates, and robbed and killed Chinese merchants. How could you have relatives like you in China?"

"this......"

Huang Zhongtong and others beside him shouted in unison: "Say!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this point, the sweaty messenger already knew that this was just a matter of finding fault, and it was probably difficult to be good. When he approached the fleet, he observed carefully that the decks of each ship were filled with soldiers holding muskets, and the cannons pointed to the royal city behind him, which was completely in disagreement.

"Please wait, Lord He, I will go back and report to the Sultan."

"Go and go back quickly, I will only give you one day."

After the envoy returned to the palace to report, Crown Prince Mohammed Dazudin and the crowd of Raja realized that something was wrong. However, it was definitely impossible to let him and his father go to Bacheng to confront each other, and he didn't dare to board the boat to pay a visit. Then it was definitely a sheep entering the tiger's mouth!

Although Brunei is far away from Java, he has heard a lot about what Beihai Town has done in recent years. I remember that Beihai Town, which appeared as a Chinese, seized Bacheng and severely dealt with the Dutch, and all regimes were relieved. Especially after the West Java War, the Dutch completely got out of Malacca, and all the sultans felt very happy.

Unexpectedly, a wolf left, but a tiger came. A few days ago, the three sultan regimes of Pontianak and Nambawa were suddenly deposed, which surprised the sultans in various parts of Malaya after hearing the news.

What a guy! These short-haired Chinese are actually more cruel than the Dutch! The Dutch are just taking on trade and collecting taxes, while short-haired Chinese are going to take it all in one fell swoop!

After hearing about this a few days ago, Mohamed Dazudin was planning to send people to contact the surrounding sultanate countries, preparing to temporarily put aside the dispute and join together to keep warm. Unexpectedly, the Northern Navy arrived in a blink of an eye.

Retreat to the upper reaches of the Brunei River and gather indigenous people from all over the country to gather troops to fight with Beihai Town? Stop making fun of it, even the Dutch army could not win, and Dazuding really didn't think he could create miracles.

There was no choice but to ask his father, Old Sultan. The old Sultan listened to the story of his son and his subordinates expressionlessly, twisting the mechanical swan's clockwork in his hand; it was a gift given to him by the Spanish, with gold body and wings, and many gems inlaid.

"Give them Sarawak. Don't Chinese like gold? There are gold mines there."

Dazuding was stunned when he heard this. Sarawak was not a different time and space to Sarawak, the capital of the Brunei Kingdom, but only a small area including Kuching and Shilongmen. Moreover, with the decline of the Brunei Sultanate, it only retained a weak control in the coastal areas; in the inland areas, there were constant conflicts between the Iban people and two other indigenous tribes, and they were hunting each other.

The old Sultan put down the toys in his hand and said slowly: "Since they used the Iban people as an excuse, they would give them Sarawak and tell Hasim to go to the mountains to avoid them first and come back after the limelight. I am old and don't want to hide from each other anymore. The palaces and temples here were built by Sultans of all generations. If they were destroyed by war, you and I would be ashamed of our ancestors."

"Okay, father." Dazuding sighed.

However, both the father and son underestimated He Xiwen's appetite. When he heard the messenger saying that he would ced the Sarawak area as a condition, He Xiwen laughed. He asked someone to take out a map made by the Dutch and light the area above with a wooden stick and said, "Sarawak, Sibu, Bintulu, Labuan, I want these four pieces."

The messenger was shocked and pointed at Labuan Island stuck at the mouth of the Brunei Bay and said, "This is a deserted island!"

Huang Zhongtong, who was standing by, continued after hearing this: "We want to build a dock here to moor warships to facilitate the fight against pirates."

The envoy looked at Huang Zhongtong and thought to himself that it is hard to say whether you will fight pirates in the future, but it will be very convenient to hit us. If a group of strong enemies are occupied by the doorstep, how can you live in the future!

What he didn't know was that He Xiwen wanted Labuan Island to build an army port to control Brunei Bay, and also to use it as a springboard to enter the Sulu Sea. In addition, Zhao Xin assigned Palawan Island in the northeast of the Sulu Sea to the Sendai Basilica, and controlling Labuan Island could also serve as a monitoring of the Sendai Basilica.

He Xiwen had a clear idea that the three sultanate countries in the west were deposed and occupied three areas in the north. Next, the Machen sultanate countries in the south and the Kutai sultanate countries in the east were dealt with. In this way, Borneo was basically taken into account. As for the indigenous forces in the inland, they would be left to be cleaned up later.

In fact, Beihai Town will go through a long time to annex Borneo. It is impossible to deal with the coastal areas without a decade or two, which is enough for He Xiwen to fight for it for a lifetime.

Faced with the threat of firing fire when they disagree, Mohamed Dazuding and his son summoned their ministers to discuss. After weighing the pros and cons, they still did not have the courage to go to war with the North Navy outside the city. In the end, they had to reluctantly agree to ced the four areas they requested; however, they also demanded that Beihai Town should provide military asylum to Brunei.

On January 5, 1794, He Xiwen signed an agreement on behalf of Beihai Town and Mohammed Dazudin on "Nanhua No. 1". The Sultanate of Brunei agreed to ced the four areas of Sarawak, Sibu, Bintulu and Labuan in exchange for military protection of Beihai Town.

The two sides agreed that Beihai Town would send officers to train a new-style troops of 1,000 people for Sudan and sell a batch of weapons including fire-cap firing guns and 12-pound cannons; trade ships of both sides would enjoy the treatment of half of the relevant tax in ports controlled by each other.

In addition, the Sultanate of Brunei shall not send personnel to the controlled areas of Beihai Town for missionary activities. Once discovered, Beihai Town has the right to arrest immediately and punish them in accordance with relevant laws.

"Brother, it would be a pity if such a good town was destroyed by fire!"

"Yes, I don't know what the palace looks like. Brother, why don't you talk to King Zhao and give it to our brothers."

After the agreement was signed, the North Navy should leave. The hard-core confidants Huang Zhongtong and Liang Wenying accompanied He Xiwen to the deck, looking at the magnificent palace behind the stone wall in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh.

Huang Zhongtong glanced around and saw that the soldiers on duty were standing far away, so he whispered: "Wenying, this kind of joke will still be rotten in his stomach in the future!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liang Wenying has been with He Xiwen for more than ten years and has a good relationship with Huang Zhongtong. She has no worries about talking in private, so she said indifferently: "Brother Huang, are you too worried? Is our brother working hard to build this big island for him and reward the palace of the earth king to live in?"

He Xiwen couldn't help it, turned around and glared fiercely, and scolded softly: "You know nothing! The emperors have always been the same since ancient times. Lord Ruan was called brothers and brothers to us back then. Look at it later. Remember, you must never do anything that is taboo, and you can't mention it! I'm still thinking about going back to Guangzhou to buy a big house and go back to retire in the future!"

Liang Wenying said "Oh", but she felt a little dissatisfied. Beihai Town occupies such a large territory, what's wrong with letting those who are fighting in the country live better?

Huang Zhongtong decided to change the topic, so he said, "Brother, Xi Yang is about to finish learning?"

"It's almost! It's been two years in a blink of an eye. He came back and said that he would go to a place called Kinmen with the boat for half a year, which is called the internship period."

The two talked about He Xiwen's eldest son He Xiyang. He Xiwen has two sons, the eldest son He Xiyang and the second son He Xiyang. If I didn't know the name, I would think that the three of them are brothers.

After He Xiwen joined Beihai Town three years ago, Deng Fei asked He Xiyang to study at the Young Military Academy in Beihai Town because he was worried that he would become a "three-family slave". His second son He Xiyang moved to Ganlingao with other families because he was young.

He Xiwen is not stupid, of course he knows Deng Fei's intention to do this. However, Deng Fei also drew a big cake and said that he would be a lieutenant after he finished his three years of military academy. He would be a first lieutenant with the ship for two years, and then be an intern captain for one year. He would definitely be promoted. As long as he did not make big mistakes in the future, he would sooner or later become the commander of the squadron like Zheng Wenxian and the others.

Okay, He Xiwen felt that I could be the first-rank governor of the official position and the eldest son would be the commander of the squadron. The younger son was only five years old this year, so he would let him take civil service from now on. As long as he followed King Zhao closely and watched the treasure land of Borneo for him, the wealth and honor of three generations were at his fingertips.

Liang Wenying interrupted, "Where is the Kinmen? The name is very nice."

He Xiwen said: "It's 108,000 miles away from our place, at the other end of the sea."

Liang Wenying suddenly said, "The first few days we went to Xinbu. The military control committee members set up signs to recruit miners. Could it be for this?"

"Ninety-nine. I heard that the climate there is neither cold nor hot, and the place is much larger than Borneo. It used to be the Spanish territory."
Chapter completed!