In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 294 The Emperor of the Song Dynasty liked overseas affairs
Zhao Yurui was briefly absent-minded after hearing this.

At this time, he was taking the second imperial examination. In history, Pu Shougeng also started to take off after entering the Quanzhou Shipping Department. After all, he had the advantage of his position and later became the leader.

He didn't know Pu Shougeng, but he seemed to feel that the name seemed familiar.

After all, when the Southern Song Dynasty fell, the Pu family in Quanzhou was famous.

Later, after Lao Zhu came to power, he wanted to kill all the Pu family.

Zhao Yurui was not sure that this Pu Shougeng was the businessman surnamed Pu who betrayed the Song Dynasty in history. After calculating the time, it seemed that he was about the same.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't even think about it and would agree immediately.

Because Pu Heli has really helped him a lot in the past few years, doing his best to transport various needed supplies to the Song Dynasty.

It's rare for someone to ask for an official position, so Zhao Yurui will definitely support him.

He pondered on the spot for a while, and it was possible that Pu Shougeng was the one who betrayed the Song Dynasty in history.

But the Song Dynasty now is different from what it was in history.

Even if Pu Shougeng surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty in history, he would never have the opportunity to do so again in the future.

Moreover, Zhao Yurui understood the selfishness of human nature very well. He replaced the surnamed Pu with most people, and the Song Dynasty was destroyed. Yuan soldiers came to visit. My family has a great business, with hundreds of millions of assets, and hundreds of family members. In order to protect the whole family, Either flee overseas, or surrender?
Therefore, Zhao Yurui believes that most people often say nice things, hate betrayal and betrayal, and have a strong national consciousness, but if these people are put in the same position, they will often make the same decision.

I am a businessman (Pu Shougeng should have become an official at that time), and I have hundreds of people in my family. How can I ignore my family and raise an army to fight against an army of several hundred thousand yuan?
There is no reason for this?

Then your Song Dynasty court surrendered everywhere, the Queen Mother also surrendered, and you didn't allow me, a businessman, to surrender?

This is the truth, but thinking about Pu Shougeng's behavior is indeed hateful and disgusting. In fact, he could have fled overseas with his family and would not have done such an evil thing of betrayal.

But now we are in need of employing people. Pu Shougeng and his son have been running at sea all year round and have rich experience. He will not have the chance to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty again. I will not be happy with him in the future. I will wait until his family has made hundreds of millions before confiscating his house. Isn’t that right? Even better.

Zhao Yurui thought about it for a while and convinced himself to let Pu Shougeng go for the time being. Besides, there was no point in raiding his house now, and there was no benefit in not telling the truth about his identity.

After more than ten to twenty years, the Pu family will have a big business and make a lot of money. It will be more enjoyable to copy it. Maybe it can be left to their sons and grandsons to copy it.

"I have been dating Pu Qing for many years, and this is the first time that Pu Qing has asked me for an official position." Zhao Yurui smiled at this time: "And you are still helping an outsider. I thought you were going to help your son ask for an official position."

"Hehe" Pu Heli laughed dryly: "A dog is as stupid as a pig and is not made to be an official. Just let him run around on the sea more and do his best for His Majesty."

This Puheli had more than a dozen wives and concubines and dozens of children in the Song Dynasty alone, so he was really generous and asked his eldest son to follow him to pursue his career abroad.

It is said that he also had wives, concubines, and children in places such as Dashi and Persia.

"That's right." Zhao Yurui said with a smile: "If your sons want to be officials in the Song Dynasty in the future, I will also welcome them."

"Here in Lin'an, I plan to reward you with another thousand acres of land. In the future, as long as the Zhao and Song dynasties are still there, taxes will never be collected."

When the emperor said these words, Pu Heli looked moved and his eyes turned red.

He straightened his clothes and suddenly knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."

"Get up quickly." Zhao Yurui laughed loudly and stepped forward to help him up.

Pu Heli truly admired Zhao Yurui.

The two became friends when Zhao Yurui was the king of Wei. Zhao Yurui had no airs and was polite to him.

After becoming the emperor, Pu Heli thought that Zhao Yurui would change, but in the end, he remained the same as before and was always polite to him.

The two have known each other for almost seven or eight years since they were kings of Wei, and their relationship is getting better and better.

With the emperor's support, Pu Heli made a lot of money, which he could never spend in a few lifetimes. He was very grateful to the emperor Zhao Yurui.

And this time the emperor summoned him to see him, and he wanted his help on several important matters.

"Persia is now under the rule of Mongolia?" Zhao Yurui came behind the desk at this time and turned to look at the big map behind him.

1219年底—1221年间，蒙古帝国大汗铁木真亲率十万大军武力入侵征服花剌子模，并屠灭了花剌子模的三十个城市，之后的大伊\\朗地区均被蒙古国（1206年—1259年）及后继的伊利汗国（1256年–1335年）统治。

After Genghis Khan's death, this area temporarily belonged to the Great Mongol Empire and was not assigned to anyone. The original history was that after Tolei's death, it was assigned to his son Hulagu as a fief, with its jurisdiction stretching from the Amu Darya River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. , reaching the Caucasus in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south.It is not only a cultural gathering place in Europe and Asia, but also an important transportation hub.The ethnic composition of the residents is complex, and they mainly speak Persian and Arabic.

Only then did Hulagu establish the Ilkhanate.

At this time, Pu Heli introduced to Zhao Yurui that according to his caravan's investigation, the local area now nominally belongs to Mongolia and has not been distributed to the princes. However, most of the local area is autonomous, that is, as long as they show loyalty to Mongolia, they will not will be attacked.

The Mongols conscripted local troops and collected food, and their rule is still relatively stable.

The oil that Pu Heli helped Zhao Yurui basically came from the Persian region. He had a large number of business partners there, and the Da Song sugar he shipped was very popular in the local area.

In order to facilitate Puheli, Zhao and Rui first planted sugar cane in two large areas, and then prepared to develop the Yazhou (Hainan) area this year, mainly to facilitate the transportation of sugar to Puheli. "In the next few years, the imperial court may need to use a lot of oil, and Pu Qing will need more help." Zhao Yurui said: "I have had two thousand new [-]-jin barrels made. You can bring them with you on this return trip. .”

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will do my best to share your Majesty's worries." Pu Heli was also very forthcoming and agreed immediately on the spot.

When he first started doing business with Wei Wang Zhao Yurui, he just wanted to have a good relationship with Zhao Yurui, the great Song Dynasty clan, because it was very difficult to transport oil.

But Zhao Yurui took the initiative to build iron barrels for him, each barrel can hold [-] kilograms of oil, and he did not charge any money. This made Pu Heli feel Zhao Yurui's sincerity.

After the two transactions, Pu Heli discovered that Zhao Yurui was different from other Southern Song officials. Zhao Yurui was very reasonable, polite and modest in front of him. Most importantly, he respected him very much. Pu Heli began to help Zhao Yurui vigorously.

In the past few years, Puheli's fleet has gradually increased to 200 large iron barrels. Now with [-] large iron barrels, it can transport [-] million kilograms at a time.

It sounds like a lot, but in future generations it would only be a matter of an oil tanker.

But this would require a dozen or even dozens of large ships.

The ships in Puheli are already relatively large. There are a small number of large ships with more than half a thousand materials, and there are eight ships with more than [-] materials.

But the full load of thousands of materials is only 12 tons, or [-] kilograms.

In addition to the weight of the iron barrel itself and other maritime requirements, if it is transported once, Puheli will need about thirty ships dedicated to oil.

This means that Puheli needs to give up many other supplies. You must know that selling spices, ivory, etc. to the Song Dynasty is still the most profitable at this time.

Pu Heli had more money than he could spend in a few lifetimes, so he was willing to purchase more oil and other military supplies for Emperor Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui was looking at the huge map without moving.

Pu Heli carefully followed Zhao Yurui's eyes from behind and found that Zhao Yurui was looking overseas.

The map on the wall had never been seen outside Puheli, and many places had not appeared on outside maps. This made him very shocked and surprised. Last year, he even asked the emperor, had anyone been to those places?
Zhao Yurui replied that he didn't know, but Zhao Yurui was sure that someone would definitely go there in the future.

Pu Heli looked carefully at those places and the location of the Song Dynasty. They were much further away than Dashi and Persia, and he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

The emperor Zhao Yurui is really different. Others are thinking about domestic affairs, but every time he meets Zhao Yurui, he talks about overseas affairs.

"How many large ships with five thousand materials do you have now?" Zhao Yurui suddenly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are two ships." Pu Heli said with a smile.

"How many large ships are there?" Zhao Yurui asked again.

"Only one." Pu Heli said: "It is not easy to build a giant food boat. It took me two years to get the goods."

Zhao Yurui told him that it was the largest boat in the world, and only Dashi could build it.

We have said before: "Floating in the South China Sea, the boat is like a giant house, with sails like clouds hanging from the sky, and a raft several feet long. There are hundreds of people in the boat, and a year's worth of food is stored in it. They feed hogs and make wine in it, risking death and life. .. And when the big food country crossed the western sea and reached the Mulanpi country, its boat was even bigger. A boat could hold a thousand people, and there was an opportunity on the boat to cover the market. If there was no wind, it would take several years to reach it, so it was not a very big boat. , can’t come.”

This means that the ships built in Guangzhou during the Song Dynasty were very large. There were hundreds of people on board, and they could store grain for a year and raise pigs to make wine.

He also said that from Dashi Country to Mulanpi Country, there are even larger boats that can carry thousands of people, and things can be bought and sold on board.

Pu Heli had a big food boat in his hands. After the big food was ordered, it took two years to build it and it took two years to get it. It cost silver and gold and nearly one million Song Dynasty copper coins.

The load capacity is about [-] materials, and it can carry [-] tons at a time and thousands of people.

But this boat is relatively slow on the sea. If there is no favorable wind, it will drive extremely slowly.

Therefore, it is said above that "it may take a few years to reach the peak if there is no wind."

If there is a headwind or no tailwind all the way, it will last for two or three years from Dashi to Song Dynasty.

The Puheli ship does not dare to be filled up. It is best to load it to about [-] tons. It is not only convenient for long voyages, but also safe and the speed is acceptable.

At this time, Zhao and Rui stretched out their hands and pointed to two places on the map: "It is farther from the Song Dynasty to here than to Dashi, about seventy or eighty thousand miles."

"Hiss." Pu Heli gasped.

Zhao Yurui pointed to two more places: "But from the vicinity of Dashi and Persia, it seems to be only more than 2 miles to here."

Zhao Yurui pointed to two directions. One was from the Song Dynasty to the east, across the Pacific and around Argentina to Brazil.

The other direction is from Persia to the south, bypassing South Africa and going to Brazil.

The latter is much closer, and it is also the route that will be taken in the future era of navigation. Now it is certain to die from the Song Dynasty to the east across the Pacific Ocean.

When Pu Heli heard that it was seven to eight thousand miles or twenty thousand miles, he no longer dared to say anything. It was indeed far away.

(End of this chapter)