Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 404 City Ship Fleet
"What do you mean most? You don't even know if your subordinates are dead or alive. What are you eating?!" King Chu turned on the roaring mode, as if he wanted to eat people.

"This subordinate should be damned!" Yu Tongyuan hurriedly stood still, bowed his head and confessed.

Han Yike and others were also silent, no one dared to speak for Yu Tongyuan.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu was really angry this time. He has worked so hard until now, and everything is for revitalizing the Shibo Department.

His brothers spent a lot of money to gather ten sea-going ships, and the goods on board... well, he didn't pay for it, the capital was all paid by his brothers.As a result, I broke four pieces the first time I went out to sea.How does this make him explain to his brothers?

How should I face the face of the old thief gloating? !

"Let's explain the story clearly first!" Lao Liu said with a dark face after his anger subsided.

"Yes." Yu Tongyuan hurriedly said:
"On February [-], we set off from Liujiagang, first went all the way south along the coast to Guangzhou, and then under the guidance of Mr. Wang, went straight to Nanyang via Champa. Because we were not familiar with the route, we arrived at Sanfo after two months. together……"

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At this point in the development of Huaxia Navigation, whether it is shipbuilding technology or navigation technology, it is already unique in the world and far ahead.

Especially in the middle and late Song Dynasty, after the ban on Chinese merchants was lifted and the "passive" international trade was transformed into "active" international trade, Chinese merchants quickly replaced the maritime advantages of Arab merchants and established maritime trade routes extending in all directions.From the coast of Japan in the east to the Persian Gulf in the west, all the important ports in Asia and Africa were haunted by Song Dynasty merchants and merchant ships.

The routes from the Song Dynasty to other countries were basically direct.For example, on the Nanyang route to the country of Pó in Java, when the wind is down, you can take a direct route across the South China Sea from Quanzhou, and you can reach Java in more than a month.

The Dashi route to Arabia and East Africa is also a direct crossing. The ship departs from Guangzhou and the entire voyage takes [-] days.

Moreover, the government of the Song Dynasty specially stipulated that if the ships on the Nanyang route returned to China within five months, and the ships on the Dashi route returned to China within [-] months, they would be given "rao tax", that is, tariff reduction and exemption rewards, to stimulate them. The turnover rate of ocean-going ships.

Wang Dayuan also told the king of Chu that the three richest overseas countries are Dashi, Japa and Sanfoqi in order.Trade with these three countries, you can get the most lucrative profits.

Zhu Zhen knew that Dashi was Arabia, but he couldn't match the names of the last two countries.

Then Wang Dayuan and Wang Dayuan studied the world map drawn by themselves for a long time before they basically determined that Japa should be in Java Island or Sumatra Island and controlled the Sunda Strait.

And Sanfoqi should be in the Malay Peninsula, controlling the Strait of Malacca.

Then Zhu Zhen understood that these two countries controlled the main throats between the Western Ocean and the Southern Ocean, and engaged in transit trade. How can there be any reason not to be rich?
In fact, the same goes for Dashi...

During the Chinese New Year, Zhu Zhen discussed with Wang Dayuan and decided that for the first long-distance voyage of the city ship fleet, it is better to be conservative, and let's talk about the Nanyang route first.

In this way, it is still north wind when we set off, and it becomes south wind when we return.

It was the first time for the city ship fleet to go to sea, and it was able to reach the destination in two months. The performance was actually qualified.

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"After arriving in the Three Buddhas, we were warmly welcomed by the locals. Later, the local Chinese said that we were the first batch of Suzhou boats to arrive this year." Yu Tongyuan continued.

"Suzhou ship?" The long-term interrogation work in Suzhou has made Zhu Zhen's skill in picking words perfect.

"The local people refer to the boats coming from the south of the Yangtze River as Suzhou boats." Yu Tongyuan replied.

"It's not called a Chinese ship, so there are not only ships from the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Yes, there are also Quanzhou boats and Guangzhou boats." Yu Tongyuan said: "These two kinds of boats haven't stopped yet. We saw a dozen or so boats when we were in Sanfoqi. But they don't have the silk from Jiangnan. A sought-after item.

"So soon, we sold out the goods on the ship, and bought pepper, sumac, camphor, coral, sandalwood, rhino horn and other Nanyang goods according to Mr. Wang's instructions. And repaired the ship, Return after the first day of May."

"It was already a southerly wind on the return journey, so the wind was smooth and the speed was very fast. We arrived in Qiongzhou in half a month, and then passed Fuzhou without incident. In addition, the trip was very rewarding, so everyone is very happy." Said. At this point, Yu Tongyuan's expression became depressed and said:

"Who knew that when it was about to enter the sea of ​​Zhejiang, something happened in the sea off the Fuyao Islands..."

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a few days ago.

On the vast expanse of blue waters of the East China Sea, there are a string of large and small islands scattered. These are the Fuyao Islands that strangle the throat of the Fujian-Zhejiang Sea Road.

"After passing this string of islands, we are Zhejiang." On the forecastle of the flagship ship, Yu Tongyuan put away his binoculars and announced loudly to his subordinates.

Excited whistles and cheers from the sailors and boatmen sounded on board the ship.

Although they spent half of their lives on the water, it was the first time they had been away from the country and sailed in the ocean for a few months. Naturally, each of them suffered from homesickness.

And there is another reason for returning home like an arrow, because they have made a fortune.

Although they are not the accountants on the ship, they don't know the specific income of this trip, but they are neither deaf nor blind. They all heard that this trip made at least ten times the profit, and some even said twenty times.

His Highness promised that one tenth of the profits would be distributed to the crew as a bonus.Everyone counted back and forth in private, even if the lowest ten times the interest was calculated, everyone could get more than ten times!
It's been less than five months, and the bonus has almost caught up with a year's income.Not even a normal salary.

It's actually more profitable than they used to smuggle salt!

How can we not let these guys get excited?I just look forward to going ashore to collect the money as soon as possible, and then have a good time!

"When I land on the shore, I must go to the brothel." A sailor in his 40s swore, "I've only dealt with kiln sisters in this life. Let's also taste the taste of female history!"

"Haha, I'm afraid your ten pennies are only enough for two tea circles," a knowledgeable person joked, "You can't even touch the little hand of the female history, and you still want to go to bed? It's almost the same on the boat!"

"Hahaha!" The sailors laughed and laughed.

"Then you can lend me the bounty, and then you can get another ten rounds, right?" The sailor was very financially savvy and said, "Next time I come back from the sea, I will pay you back again, so that you can taste the taste of female history..."

"I don't. What kind of kiln sister and oiran look the same after blowing out the lamp." The man shook his head.

"Hahaha..." The sailors laughed again.There were neither women nor sheep on board, so they could only use women to while away the long voyage.

The Marquis of Nan'an could hear it clearly from the forecastle, but he didn't intend to stop.This is much better than the lifelessness on the ship before.Besides, the brothers dared to take the oiran's idea, which showed that their choice was not wrong.

At this moment, the watchman on the mast blew the copper whistle, and then screamed in warning:
"Northwest, there is a fleet approaching quickly!"

"There are also in the northeast!" The watchman on the other mast also warned loudly.

(End of this chapter)