Chapter 350 Hulumus
The sea now becomes an angry ocean in an instant.
The sea was covered with dark clouds, and the sky was dark. The wind, thunder and lightning were mixed with heavy rain and huge waves and rushed towards the fleet. Some ships had their masts broken by the storm, some cabins were leaking, and the hull was shaking and unable to stand and walk. The sailors and soldiers were tilted by the bumpy waves and vomited continuously.
Some timid crew members were frightened and pale, trembling all over, not knowing what to do...
As the commander, Zheng He had encountered countless storms at sea, but such a terrifying scene was also the first time he had experienced it. He was as shocked as others. However, as the commander of the fleet, he shouldered heavy responsibilities but could not be at all panic. He calmly issued orders, directing each ship to fight the rudder and fight against the storm.
In an instant, a red mast lit up at the highest point of the coaching ship. At the same time, the sound of snails and bamboo buzzes on the coaching ship was endless...
As for the red masts that were flashing in the dark storm, Zheng He had a sudden inspiration and the sailor soldiers on the ship shouted in unison: "Empress Tianfei has appeared! Empress Tianfei has appeared..."
The voices of all the crew members on the coach's ship spread from near to far and immediately throughout the fleet. For a moment, the eyes of everyone in the entire fleet were attracted by the red light on the coach's ship. The ecstasy of seeing the savior in the suffering of the first middle school immediately spread in the fleet...
Many crew members knelt at the red light on the deck...
In a trance, some crew members said that they not only saw the magic lamp, but also saw the Tianfei.
Zheng He seized the opportunity and shouted to the officers and soldiers of the ship: "The Empress Tianfei has appeared. Her writing can help everyone overcome the storm. Everyone acts as soon as possible to fight the storm and sign the protection of the Empress Tianfei!"
The crew members immediately became confident and jumped to fight the storm again...
Soon, the wind gradually weakened, the waves became smaller, and the heavy rain gradually stopped.
The exhausted officers and soldiers who had hit Storm, sat scattered on the deck. Looking back at the dangerous situation where the Storm had raided just now, everyone went to the sky again
Kowtow, thank the concubine Tian for her help.
Zheng He made a wish to repay the concubine Tianfu to bless the fleet from danger, and after returning to China, he would be able to repair the concubine Tianfu Palace and celebrate the sacrificial ceremony forever.
Despite his fatigue, Zheng He directed the fleet to adjust the formation and ordered the ships to inspect the missing persons who were swept into the sea by the big waves, search and rescue the weaving, and minimize the casualties caused by the storm. The craftsmen seized the time to repair the damaged masts, oars, cabins, etc.
It is strange that the storm caused little damage. More than ten people were missing, several ships were damaged, and no ships were overturned, which was a great blessing!
It was because the Ming Dynasty had a profound attainment in shipbuilding, and the ships withstood the test of hurricanes!
After twenty-five days of day and night sailing, at the end of the 12th year of Yongle (1414), the fleet arrived in Hulumus successfully.
Hurumus is an island country located between Oman Bend and the Persian Gulf (Geshm Island, on the north side of the Strait of Hormuz in Iran today). Although it is the largest island in the Strait of Hormuz, it is only one-sixth of that in Nanjing. The climate here is dry, with sparse rainfall all year round, blooming in spring, falling leaves in autumn, frost and snow.
There is a mountain in Hulumus, and four colors of specialty are produced around the mountain: one side produces red salt stone, people use iron to mine salt blocks, crush them into powder when using them, or use salt stone to make food containers, and the food has a salty smell without salt; one side produces terracotta, which is red like cinnabar; the other side produces white soil, such as lime, which can be used to paint walls; the other side produces loess, such as turmeric.
Local governments send people to protect various places. Those who need it must purchase it from the government before they can be used.
Hurumus is an important port for the Indian Ocean to enter the Persian Gulf and the Mesopotamia. It is located at the critical moment of maritime transportation. Merchant ships from the East and the West gather here. It is a well-known international trade port with a relatively developed economy and culture.
Most of the local residents are Hui people who believe in the YSL religion. They have white skin, strong physiques, and neat clothes. Because they are good at economic production, the people live a wealthy life, rich and polite, and kind.
The local fruits and vegetables are very rich. The fruits and vegetables produced include walnuts, pine nuts, pomegranates, grapes, peaches, red flowers, jujubes, watermelons, vegetable melons, onions, leeks, garlic, radish, melons, etc.
The red carrots produced locally are as big as lotus roots, with high yields. Melons are also very large, some are as long as two feet long. A thin-skinned walnut produced can be crushed by hand and easy to eat. There are also many types of raisins, with different sizes, some are like dried purple dates, some are like lotus seeds, and some are as big as white beans. The dan fruit is very similar to walnuts, slightly pointed and long, with white color, and the kernel tastes better than walnut meat. The pomegranate is as big as the mouth of a bowl, and the flowers are as red as fists, and the taste is sweet.
There are three types of Wannian Date: one is called "Dushabu", which is the size of a thumb of a human hand, with a small core, and a layer of sugar-like white frost on the surface, which is particularly sweet; the second is particularly soft and tastes like soft dates that people often eat; the third is bitter, which is mostly used by locals to feed livestock.
Because the land is barren and there are not many crops, the rice, noodles and other grains eaten by residents are mostly purchased from the market. The market has rich merchants, including roasted lamb, roast chicken, barbecue, pancakes, halasa and other cooked foods. Many families often do not open a house and go directly to the market to buy cooked food and eat it home. People's eating habits are to like to mix butter and cook it.
There are shops selling various goods on the street market, but there are no taverns, because Hurumus strictly prohibits alcohol, and anyone who violates the situation will be executed.
The Hulumus market also sells various exquisite pearls, gems and other accessories. The pearls are as big as longan and weigh one cent and two cents; the gems include red, green and yellow Yagu stones, starch stones (a rose gem), ancestral green (a green gem), emerald (i.e. emerald), cat's eye stones, gold steel diamonds, etc.; in addition, there are various beautiful jades and crystal vessels such as coral trees, gold platinum beads, and divine beads.
The textiles produced by Hulumus include ten kinds of brocade velvet carpets, various types of shuttle clothes (that is, fabrics made of bird feathers), vella felts, vellas, yarns, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, vellass, and vellasses, which are sold on the market.
There are also many camels, horses, mules, cattle and sheep on the market. There are four types of local sheep, one type of big-tailed sheep, each weighing seventy or eighty kilograms, with a tail of more than one foot wide and weighing more than twenty kilograms long. It is placed on the ground. A type of dog-tailed sheep looks like a goat and drags a two-foot-long tail.
There is also a kind of sheep fighting, about three feet tall, with long hair on the front half of the body, and the hair on the back half is cut very clean, with a head that looks like a sheep, with curved horns curled forward, and people hang a small iron sign on its horns. When they walk around, the small iron sign will make a "ding-ding-dang" sound. This kind of sheep is a fighting person by nature. People who are good at making good feeds this sheep, and use it as a game for gambling, such as Chinese cockfighting and cricket fighting.
Chapter completed!