Shimazine.
Liang Qianming, the lord of the city, led a group of Goguryeo officials and merchants to the dock to greet the merchant ships from the Tang Kingdom.
"There are more and more merchant ships in this Tang Kingdom every time."
A merchant dressed in Datang silk said with a smile, "The more merchant ships, the better, the more merchant ships, the more commercial goods we have, the more we can earn." ” "How many goods are you going to eat this time, I heard that you have purchased a lot of ginseng, tiger skins and other commercial goods, it seems that you are going to do a big job."
The shopkeeper surnamed Gao said, "In recent years, the merchants of the Tang Kingdom have become more and more interested in ginseng, tiger skin, mink and other things in our Liaodong, and the prices have been rising.
However, Zhao's timber business has also done very well in the past two years. ” "Well, the shipbuilding industry of the Tang people has been very hot in the past two years.
The shipyard at the port of Dengju is said to be able to build hundreds of ships a year, and a lot of wood is needed for a single ship.
A three-masted ship has to cut down half a mountain's big trees.
The most important thing we lack in Liaodong is the best timber, which is also close to Dengzhou, and it is a win-win situation for them to buy our timber. ” Liang Qianming smiled as he listened to the words of these businessmen touting each other.
A few years ago, it was just a very remote and desolate village, especially at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when it was breached by the Sui army and the population was plundered.
It took more than ten years to finally recover some vitality.
In the past two years, there have been more and more Tang ships, and he has tried his best to open the port, accept Tang merchant ships, allow their ships to enter the port for rest and replenishment, and organize merchants to trade with each other.
This bold move has brought him countless benefits in the past two years.
The tax money received from Tang Chuan alone made his treasury full.
The mutual market made it a lively market, and a large number of merchants came to trade busily, and he collected the transaction tax from the merchants, and made a lot of money.
What started as a small village has now become a prosperous commercial town with five or six thousand people all year round.
He also jumped from the original small village owner to a city lord.
Although he is the smallest city lord, he is also a city lord.
Now that he has money in his hand, he has begun to expand his army, and his soldiers have reached 500.
He planned to recruit more soldiers to make Shimazin a more prosperous port trading town, and then Shimazin would become a big city like Beisha City.
He Liang Qianming can also establish and develop the Ming family here.
"What is the castle lord going to buy?"
"Weapons, iron, copper coins."
Liang Qianming already had a quick plan, and he held the power of taxation in his hands, Liang Qianming didn't need to do business much, he just needed to manage this port mall and then collect taxes.
What he has to do is to strengthen the armament of the calculation and increase the weapons of his army.
He also had a plan, which was to buy a few ships from Tang Shang.
With ships, the security of the port could be strengthened, and trade with the Tang people on the opposite side could be directly sought.
"Okay, the Tang ship has docked, and the Tang merchants have come alight, and everyone is smiling.
These Tang businessmen are our food and clothing parents, don't offend people. ” Liang Qianming said to his subordinates and businessmen.
This time, the Tang merchant fleet was extremely large, with hundreds of ships of all sizes, which made him attach great importance to it.
If Tang Shang is offended this time, people may not come in the future.
You must know that although Shimazine is an excellent port, it is not the only one in the vicinity.
Not far to the north, there is also a Qingnipu, and now the city lord there is also beginning to blush here, and he is doing the same.
If they don't serve more thoughtfully, the Tang ships will go directly to Qingnipu in the future, then they will lose a lot.
"Let me tell you first, when Tang Shang goes ashore, he must be polite to them, even if they have any impoliteness, they will be tolerated and find a way to satisfy.
If anyone dares to offend Tang Shang and get people away, don't blame me for not being merciful at that time. ” A group of merchants hurriedly said, "City lord, please rest assured, we will definitely treat these Tang merchants as grandfathers and grandmothers, good wine and meat, and prepare young and beautiful girls for them, we will definitely ensure that they are satisfied." ” The huge profits of trade with the Tang people are there, and if you offend the Tang people, you can't get along with money, and who will get along with money In Shimajin Port, Li Chao got off the ship and couldn't help but sigh, this is really a good harbor.
It is worthy of being a military port in later generations, and one of the five major military ports in the past.
The water in the port is very deep, and the coast of a three-masted ship like Li Chao cannot be relied on, so it has to anchor at a distance, and then use small boats to transport goods and disembark the ship.
But here, Li Chao's ship can be parked directly at the port wharf, and as soon as the pallet is laid, you can directly get on and off the ship.
And there are many natural berths that can be relied on by many boats.
The location of the perimeter is good, if you build some fortifications, add forts, and arrow towers, then this port is very strong and safe.
"That's how we docked" Getting off the boat, Cheng Yanjin stood on the pier, still a little incredulous.
Hundreds of ships and thousands of people swaggered into the port, and they even came in under the personal guidance of the Goguryeo people.
If he hadn't witnessed it in person, he would have thought that the Goguryeo people here had actually descended to the Tang Dynasty earlier.
"We're merchant ships."
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Li Chao said with a smile.
"Merchant ships, but these are hundreds of ships, and the Goguryeo people are really not afraid that we will destroy them" "Who would have thought, besides, they have been trading with Tang ships before, and this is not once or twice, but this time the fleet is slightly larger."
Cheng Biting Jin shook his head and stopped talking, still thinking that this thing was ridiculous and ridiculous.
However, Li Chao thinks it is very ordinary, and the interests are dictated.
For a long time, the Goguryeo people of Shimajin had traded with the Tang ships, and the benefits of the transactions were so great that they had long since ignored the hidden dangers of the Tang ships, or they themselves chose to ignore them.
Liang Qianming found an acquaintance among the Tang merchants who came ashore from afar.
"Ouch, it turned out that the owner of the ship Du was here, and he missed the distance, and he hoped to forgive his sins."
Du Hongying took a few steps forward and said hello to Liang Qianming.
"City Lord Liang, so-and-so is here again."
"Ship Master Du, the fleet is so big this time, please introduce one or two for someone."
Du Hongying introduced that it was a fleet formed by Dengzhou Port, led by Li Chengcui, Zheng Luwang and several others.
"We're going to Pyongyang for a trade, and we're going to Baekje Silla and Dongyeong, and this time there's a lot of cargo, so there's a lot of ship."
When Liang Qianming heard the names of Li Cui, Zheng and King Lu, he couldn't help but be shocked.
The top famous family in the Central Plains, he has also admired the name for a long time.
"Welcome, welcome, please, a certain has prepared a banquet in the city to catch the wind for you."
Cheng Yanjin stood there, "The guys on our ship also want to enter the city and be happy, no problem."
"No problem, of course."
Liang Qianming said with a smile.
Lao Cheng smiled, "That's good, Xiao Cui, tell someone to get off the boat." ” "Yes, uncle."
Cui Jin replied with a smile.
There were more and more people on the boat, and Liang Qianming was quite happy at first.
These Chinese sailors are relatively wealthy, and every time they go ashore, they will have more fun.
And the green buildings and gambling houses in this city are all controlled by him Liang Qianming.
The more people, the more he earns.
It's just that when the number of people exceeds 1,000, the smile on Liang Qianming's face is gone.
When the crew went down to two thousand, and they hadn't finished yet, Liang Qianming's forehead was already sweating slightly.
But the people are still going on.
Three thousand.
In the end, the number exceeded three thousand.
The crew members who went ashore were still in Liang Qianming, and they had inadvertently dispersed and surrounded the dock.
Lao Cheng patted Liang Qianming's shoulder with his big hand, "Thank you City Lord Liang for your hospitality, we have a bit of a lot of people this time." ” Liang Qianming saw sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart, is this a bit much There are more than 3,000 people, and most of these crew members are armed.
This is no longer a group of sailors who have gone ashore to have fun, but an army.
"A few ship owners, I didn't expect there to be so many people.
I can't get ready for a while, so I will go back and let people prepare the arrangement, and I will ensure that everyone will have fun.
After speaking, Liang Qianming wanted to slip away.
He instinctively felt that something was wrong with this meeting today.
Lao Cheng's big hand slapped Liang Qianming's shoulder again, "City Lord Liang, some small things, don't be so polite, these guys just let them do it casually."
Let's go, let's go into the city together, there are still some things, I want to ask the Lord of Liang City for advice. ” Liang Qianming's face turned white all of a sudden.
Pressed by that big hand, he couldn't break free, and he knew that he was about to run into trouble.
"I don't know the shipowner's name" "So-and-so, a certain line doesn't change its name, it doesn't change its surname, and the Tang Lu Guogong Cheng bites the gold."
"Cheng bites gold" Liang Qianming was stupid.
How could there be a Tang Guogong who came here to do business Lao Cheng was still speechless, pulled him and pointed at Li Chao again, "This, you must know it too."
Not long ago, he killed 50,000 of your Goguryeo elites in Hebei. ” Liang Qianming was already stupid, he subconsciously thought of a name, but told himself that it was impossible.
"I believe you have already guessed, that's right, this is the Tang Dynasty Military God, Zhao Guogong Li Sanlang."
"You're kidding me, right" Liang Qianming had the last trace of luck in his heart.
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Li Chao smiled, "He is indeed joking with you, I am just the shopkeeper of the Treasure Island Commercial Bank." ” Liang Qianming breathed a sigh of relief.
Lao Cheng's big hand slapped him on the shoulder again.
"Lao Liang, don't grind, lead us into the city, we're still waiting for your reception."
All the Goguryeo people on the dock were surrounded.
"Who the hell are you?"
"I'm Cheng Yanjin, this is Li Chao, I told you just now."
"What do you want to do?"
"What do you say?"
Lao Cheng is like a cat playing with a mouse.
Liang Qianming lowered his head in frustration, and reluctantly returned to the town with the Tang people he was eagerly looking forward to just now.
The Goguryeo soldiers in the city were very excited to see the city lord return with so many Tang merchants.
"Open the city gate," Liang Qianming shouted weakly.
The soldiers of the city obediently opened the gates. t1706231537: