"Alright, if we do this, we will be exhausted, and we will not be able to fill five sea-going ships in a short time, and besides, we will not have much time to stay here, so let the brothers all come back!
Let's continue to move west to see the situation, and then we have to return to the mouth of the Yangtze River to deliver a letter to the eldest brother without stopping!
”After breakfast on the morning of October 29, Du Yuhui suddenly said: Yes, the brothers have been working hard these days, but even half of the ship is not full, there is no way, the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty is developed, although this kind of giant ship does not have the large carrying capacity of a merchant ship, but if you want to fill it, you can also hoard hundreds of tons of materials, just rely on a few ships of sailors and more than 500 people, this amount of work is a lot of work, right!"
Second young master, this thing is a treasure, with this saltpeter mine, our sea ships can sail farther away to fish operations, otherwise how about we go back and send more people over?"
As soon as Junko heard this, he immediately asked: "Well, that's what I mean, especially in the waters of Ryukyu Island, you know, it's winter, and there isn't much work to be done on the island, so if you do it, it's not too late, so I plan to let Brother Qingfeng send some prisoners over and let them mine saltpeter, and I don't know how Brother Qingfeng is investigating, so it's best if you have the opportunity to meet with Brother Qingfeng!"
”Du Yuhui said: "Actually, Du Island is even colder, and there is no place on the island that can be developed, so it would be best if you got all the coolies over there!"
”Kuroko said: "Not necessarily, Du Dao wants to replenish troops to Qingye City and other places, and it is good to reserve more coolies over there!"
”Junko said: "I thought the same thing just now, but considering that Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom will not use troops against Qingyan City and other cities in a short period of time, it is better to transfer the coolies on Du Island, and I will do it after I go back!"
After the beginning of spring next year, the mining here can be put aside!
After all, if it is mined until the beginning of spring next year, it will be a few months, hehehe!
Oh, by the way, the storage of this saltpeter mine is also a problem, in the future, a small amount of transportation will be returned to Lin'anfu, and a large number of them will still be left on Ryukyu Island and Du Island, and at the same time, let Qingfeng and Brother Du Bin find someone to guard them, and there must be no accidents!
”Du Yuhui said: "Then the second young master, will we return to the ship right now?"
”Kuroko asked: "It's still early, so let's continue to wander around the west, if we can, find the land in the west, where the old immortals got back the grain, it is estimated that since they are here, why should we go and see it!"
”Du Yuhui said: "Especially some good things that the second young master wants to get, this time the saltpeter mine is an accident, we still have to go over to have a look, right, second young master!"
”Kuroko said: "Well, tell the brothers to get ready, and in half an hour the anchor will be pulled and set sail!"
”Du Yuhui instructed: The troops quickly completed the assembly, began to continue to move west, this time out to sea, Du Yuhui's luck can be said to be bursting, the sea did not encounter any storms and currents or anything, at the same time the sea ship is moving at full speed, the speed is also fast, don't want it, two days later, in the early morning of the first day of November, the piercing horn sound woke Du Yuhui up!"
What's the situation?"
Du Yuhui got up and said: "Second Young Master, less than 10 nautical miles away is land, if you don't sail at night and can't see it, if you are advancing a certain distance, it is estimated that our ship will run aground!"
”Junzi ran to Du Yuhui's cabin and shouted, "This is here?"
Is there a port?
”Du Yuhui said and hurriedly got up and went to the deck, and Shunzi followed: "It doesn't seem to be, but the lookout post saw a few small boats in the distance as if they were fishing!"
There are also two large ships that are already about 10 nautical miles behind us, and it seems that they are heading for the Great Song Dynasty, and the models of the two large ships are the models of our heavy merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty!
”"Damn, I finally see this land, hehehe!
Good, good!
”Du Yuhui came to the deck and said: At this time, the sun has completely shone on the earth, Du Yuhui also saw the situation in the distance from the heavy telescope on the ship, of course, because the lookout post saw far away, even when the sun was still a little hazy just now, they also saw the land in the distance, so they blew the horn, and several other ships also began to move closer to this side after hearing the horn!"
Don't let them come closer, let them disperse, go find me a port city on land, our ships are too big, didn't you just say it!
If there are heavy transport ships in the style of the Great Song Dynasty passing by, then there must be a port in this area that can carry that thing!
”Du Yuhui said: "It's the second young master!"
Just now, the brothers saw the land and ships, and they were afraid of encountering the enemy, so they hoped that the ships would be assembled!
”Kuroko said: "Well, you did the right thing, but there should be no sea power in this place that can threaten us, just disperse and find it, and keep in touch!"
”Du Yuhui said: Then the fleet separated, and the two ships on the left and right joined forces and began to move towards the two wings, but Du Yuhui's flagship did not move, and directly anchored and waited" Second Young Master, the lookout post gave feedback that the fleet going south along the outline of the continental shelf said that there was a large coastal city 30 nautical miles away in front of them. ”Half an hour later, Kuroko came over and said, "Inform the fleet heading north to come and join us immediately!"
We went south, and at the same time told the fleet going south to stay away from the coastline, we can't expose all our strength at once, let's just go by one ship!
”Du Yuhui said: "Then let's gather the troops!"
I'm afraid of 100 people in a boat," Junko said: "It's okay, although I don't know the combat effectiveness of the people in this place, their weapons and equipment are much, much worse than we estimate, and we don't need to get too many people to land, 30 people are enough!"
”Du Yuhui said: Yes, in ancient Jiaozhi and other places, they were all China's original vassal states, not to mention, the key is that their productivity is particularly low, and when Jiaozhi became independent, it started from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and then the Great Song Dynasty did not subdue it, not to mention, the Mongol conquest in the later period also failed, and it was not easy to fight back in the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that the local area has experienced ten generations and produced its own transformation, so in the later period, Annan and other places also continued to rebel, of course, these are later words, And now the influence of the Great Song Dynasty is no longer estimated here, but the productivity of these places, Du Yuhui doesn't need to think about it, he knows that it is very backward, not to mention these places, even the current Europe, and it can't be compared with the Great Song Dynasty, right!
Therefore, with the combat effectiveness of the 30 Heavenly Eagle Guard, and then equipped with their weapons and equipment, there must be no problem in self-preservation!"
How does the second young master know that the ability of this person is very weak?"
Shunzi listened to Du Yuhui's words and asked in a daze: "Don't you know those small fishing boats cruising on the edge of the offshore sea!"
Those boats seem to be only in the rivers in the waters of our Great Song Dynasty!
These people are also bold enough to get to the sea, but fortunately, they also know how many pounds and taels they have, and they don't dare to run too far, otherwise a wave will come down, hehehe!
Where even big ships can't produce, how productive do you think they are!
”Du Yuhui pointed to the fishing boat in the distance and said, "The second young master is wise, hehehe!
”Heizi said: An hour later, Du Yuhui's flagship came to the periphery of this coastal city."
This city is not small!"
Looking at the wharf on the periphery of the city and the scale of the city, Shunzi said in amazement: Yes, although the city is not as exaggerated as the throughput of Lin'an Fu Wharf, but it also has one-third of its scale, and at the same time, the ships come and go very frequently, it can be seen that in this era, due to the rapid development of the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty, even the maritime merchants in some nearby areas of Asia have developed very well, of course, the Great Song Dynasty has routes to the outside world, not to mention, the history books have also recorded that the Arabs bought a lot of ships from the Great Song Dynasty, The most important thing is that the Silk Road with the Western Regions in the past has now been cut off on land, and the Great Song Dynasty can still feed about hundreds of millions of people, and at the same time, they are all living almost very well, and the only thing they can rely on is not maritime trade!
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And whether it is import and export, as long as there is a trade area with the Great Song Dynasty, you don't have to think about it and you will make a lot of money, so it is normal for many areas to have this kind of port, after all, these places belong to the transit station, or the local port, such as the port in front of you, that is, the domestic seaport of Jiaozhi, it has its necessity and practical significance!"
Well, it seems that the maritime trade here is quite frequent, otherwise the city would not be so prosperous, just look at the size and number of ships entering and leaving the port, we will pretend to be merchants in a while, and the taxes that should be paid when entering the city must be paid, you all pretend to be my entourage!
In addition, I don't know if tobacco is circulating in this place, so let's take a look at it later!
”Du Yuhui instructed: Yes, he is thinking about whether he will help Da Song solve the problem of Jiaozhi once and for all, after all, this area in the future is also a white-eyed wolf that cannot be raised!"
Second young master, don't worry, the silk and porcelain on our ship can be sold for a good price, hehehe!"
Kuroko said with a smile: After all, if you want to pretend to be a merchant ship, you must have something decent to set off, right?
It's just that when their big ship was about to enter the port, it was intercepted by several so-called speedboats."
Second Young Master, shall I go and see what the situation is first?"
Junko said after seeing the appearance of the armor soldiers on the several small boats who came over, stretching their bows and arrows