The Natuna Islands are located in the waters between the Malay Peninsula and Kalimantan.

It consists of more than 200 islands with a total area of ​​more than 2,000 square kilometers.

The highest point is on Natuna Island, with an altitude of about 900 meters. It has high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year and is a subtropical forest.

The islands are rich in timber, coconuts, cocoa, rice and corn,

The Natuna Islands are also called the Ambona Islands. The name Natuna is now more commonly used because Ambona has the same name as the other two islands.

One is Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, which is mostly translated as Ambon Island by Westerners.

The other one is Anbo Reef in the South China Sea. It was called Guogai Island by ancient Chinese fishermen. It was named Anbo Reef by the Chinese government and later named Anbo Sandbank. It is now under the jurisdiction of Indonesia.

Previously, our country's dynasties had different names for this sea area and its islands in different periods:

Before the Han Dynasty, our country called the sea area of ​​​​the Natuna Islands as Zhanghai, called the Natuna Islands as Zhanghai Qitou, and called Natuna Island as Dajiqitou.

Because it is located at the mouth of Malacca, where the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean meet, the water level in this water area rises and falls from time to time due to the impact of the water level difference between the two oceans.

Therefore, the Chinese ancestors called this sea "Zhanghai" and the various islands in this sea "Zhanghai Qitou".

In fact, many of the islands in this water area are over 100 meters above sea level. The largest of them, the main island of Natuna, has a peak of nearly 900 meters. Except for Taiwan Island and Hainan Island, there are no such precipitous offshore islands.

Moreover, this water area is also a shallow sea area, with the deepest point being more than 100 meters and the rest about 30 meters. It is not like Nansha, Zhongsha and Xisha, some of which are thousands of meters deep.

According to the descendants of Zheng He's boatmen in Hunan, there is the largest island in Shitang in the South China Sea (Dajima Qitou), which was once used by Zheng He's fleet as the first sea station and had a large number of barracks built with a large number of living facilities.

A large number of personnel are on duty.

Due to the excellent natural resource conditions, the fleet has to fish, process, wash, overhaul, etc. here every time.

There are not only carpenters and bamboo workers among them, but also carvers, painters, and painters. They have all kinds of tools, and everyone has their own specialties.

Because tens of thousands of descendants often travel back and forth to rest on the island, people also call "Great Qitou" "Wansheng Shitang Island".

Moreover, as an important symbol of the South my country Sea, this "Wansheng Shitang Island" has been undeniably recorded in the world-famous historical map "Zheng He's Nautical Chart".

Not only does the map have the name "Wansheng Shitang Island", but more importantly, its corresponding location is exactly where the Natuna Islands are now.

This is completely consistent with the legend of the descendants of Zheng He's boatmen. The reason why it is called "Wansheng Shitang Island" means that this island is the island where Zheng He's thousands of soldiers lived and produced.

"Wanzhou" in "Zheng He's Nautical Chart" is located in Hainan Island.

"Shitang" is actually Shitang Island, and its specific location is what is now known as the Anambas Islands in Indonesia, which is the southwest border of China's sea.

"Wansheng Shitang Island" is what Indonesia calls Natuna Island. Like the "Yanambas" Islands, they are both islands in the stone pond.

And "Shixing Shitang" is the general name for Nansha, Zhongsha, Xisha and Dongsha in China?

Because not much of the water surface is exposed, most of the reefs are underwater, and the colorful coral reefs under the water shine like dense stars.

Therefore, people call this sea area "Stone Star Stone Pond". Although the ancient drawings are not proportional, the orientation is still roughly accurate.

Counting from the time of Zheng He's voyages to the West, people of the Ming Dynasty have been living on the island.

This island is now occupied by Zhang Jiexu and others who were citizens of the Ming Dynasty. They fled from the troubled times in the late Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Jiexu led more than 300 people here, he regarded this place far away from his homeland as a paradise.

They cut through the thorns, pioneered and built here, and finally built the Natuna Islands into an independent nation.

In order to show his ambition, Zhang Jiexu founded the country in Natuna, but he did not establish a title. He just called himself the king and continued to accept Han people from the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because the country was founded without a title that Zhang Jiexu's "Natuna Kingdom" did not have diplomatic relations with its surrounding countries.

They set up a trading company called "Nanhua Company" to carry out trade in the surrounding area.

This island is mainly mountainous, and only the coastal area can be cultivated. Fishing has become the main source of income.

At that time, there were no facilities for freezing storage, so many large fishing companies had to choose some islands to dry the fish and turn it into dried fish before transporting it.

Due to its important geographical location, the Natuna Islands have become the preferred drying place for many fishing companies.

After Zhang Jiexu and others took control of more than a hundred surrounding islands, they were able to negotiate prices with neighboring small countries, and the economy developed rapidly.

Gradually, there are more and more Ming people on the island, and everyone's life is getting better and better. Zhang Jiexu's status and ability have also been further recognized by everyone.

In fact, Zhang Jiexu is the real king of the island country, but Zhang Jiexu is very smart and does not want to cause trouble for himself, so he chooses to keep a low profile.

He has always regarded "Nanhua Company" as the brand name of his island.

In fact, everyone knows that Zhang Jiexu is a veritable king of this island no matter how he is judged.

When the Ming Dynasty naval fleet arrived in the waters of the island, the island's defending soldiers immediately discovered it.

At this time, the Dutch had not yet occupied this area, and the surrounding small countries did not have large warships.

The Ming people's defenders on the island were frightened by the Ming warships. They had never seen so many behemoths.

There are a total of more than a thousand people on the island. Although Zhang Jiexu is equivalent to a king, he is still busy like ordinary people.

Suddenly two soldiers panicked and came to report:
Chapter completed!