Gaocheng Port, cargo terminal.

The next day, Liu Feng arrived at Gaocheng Port as soon as possible, and now Gaocheng Port is no longer what it used to be, a prosperous and lively scene. The intersection of Goseong Port a year ago can be described as a sea change.

Standing on the shore of Gaocheng Port, Liu Feng's mood could not be calm for a long time, Yuwen Jiayou accompanied him, and did not talk, this year, the situation changed, Liu Feng is considered to be the general to stabilize the situation in Fanyang Mansion, but before it can be consolidated, Da Zhou will rise strongly.

Yuwen Jiayou is also full of emotion, since Fan Yang Mansion took charge of Jizhou Gaocheng, he has vigorously rectified and reformed, and has completely controlled Jizhou in his hands, and as the local scholar clan of Jizhou, he will also closely link his fate with Fan Yang Mansion and Liu Feng.

There was a boat on the sea that slowly approached, and a large number of people came down from it, scrambling to set foot on the shore of Gaocheng Port, but they were all refugees from Liaodong, but there were also many merchants and traders from other places who came to Gaocheng Port, and their faces were full of hope for the future, as if they could live the life they wanted when they arrived at Fanyang Mansion.

Just when Liu Feng was stunned, there was a small commotion in the crowd, and then there was the sound of intermittent fighting, mixed with the screams of women and the cries of children.

After Liu Feng was awakened by the noise, he turned around to look, but found that there were actually a few servants chasing and beating a weak middle-aged man, that person panicked, and actually fled towards Liu Feng's side, and the pedestrians on both sides avoided one after another, and the sergeant of the Gaocheng Port Battalion, who maintained order on the dock, could not stop it.

Yuwen Jiayou's face was already dark, but there was a trace of helplessness and embarrassment in his expression.

Liu Feng had no intention of interfering with these, he waved his hand casually, and Zha Xiong stepped forward, holding the hilt of the knife in his hand, and shouted coldly: "Stop!" ”

As Zha Xiong appeared, the plainclothes guards and internal guards hidden in the surrounding area also appeared, surrounding several people who were chasing, but unexpectedly, the four servant men found Yuwen Jiayou hidden behind Liu Feng, and arched their hands and said loudly: "Lord Yuwen, misunderstanding!" Misunderstand! The small ones are removed! ”

Liu Feng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, didn't pay attention to it, and left directly, and Zha Xiong and the others didn't delve into it, let Yuwen Jiayou warn a few people, and let them go, the four servants left in a huff, and the weak man also left lonely.

Back in the sea wolf camp, Liu Feng seemed to recall the scene just now, and asked slowly, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

Yuwen Jiayou couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, what should come will always come, and you can't hide it, the servant is shouting, "Lord Yuwen!" ”

After that, Yuwen Jiayou knew that he would definitely give Liu Feng an explanation today.

So, he coughed lightly, organized the language, and then said uprightly: "The beater is from the Xu family in Huainan, and the man who is in a hurry should be Gu Ziyong, a local person." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The two were originally business partners, but because of business disputes, they made trouble!" ”

Liu Feng bowed his head and motioned for Yuwen Jiayou to continue.

Yuwen Jiayou sighed lightly and said slowly: "Huainan Xu family, the monarch wants to understand it, as for the Gu family where Gu Ziyong is located, it is a wealthy family in Gaocheng, and there are many people, but they were trapped in Gaocheng, and the Khitan looted on a large scale, so it was defeated. ”

"And the Gu family is also a bad fate, the people are thin, to Gu Ziyong's generation, there is only one man, his father died at the hands of the Khitan, Gu Ziyong took on the responsibility of the family at an early age, and at this time, the monarch made a big renovation of Gaocheng Port, and the Xu family's ships were the most popular in Gaocheng Port."

"Gu Ziyong bought two sea boats of the Xu family, but the house leak rained overnight, coincidentally, the sea boat was drowned in the sea before it arrived at Gaocheng Port, and the two guys who went to pick up the ship and send the ship were also buried in the sea!"

"Gu Ziyong didn't follow it, but he asked the Xu family to compensate, but such a natural disaster, that can determine what happened, so this matter, the lower officials handed it over to the two families to solve it themselves, and as a result, the relationship between the two families became more and more stiff because of this matter, and the situation just now appeared."

Liu Feng listened quietly and didn't say anything.

Yuwen Jiayou said with emotion: "Originally, the two ships were not a big deal, and the Xu family could also compensate for it, but at this time, Gaocheng Port and Funing Port were fully constructed, and the envoy also implemented a loose tax policy to encourage businessmen to go to sea and take ships. In the end, Yuwen Jiayou can be regarded as a cover for the Xu family.

Liu Feng said thoughtfully: "The business of the Xu family ship has reached Gaocheng Port?!" ”

"Exactly! Huainan's sea ships, even if they are not as sophisticated as those built by the Seawolf Camp Shipyard, are also in Gaocheng Port and are very popular! ”

In the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan managed the world's finances, vigorously renovated the transportation, and encouraged local shipbuilding, for a time, the manufacturing power of the Tang Dynasty rose rapidly, and it is rumored that in the heyday, it could manufacture more than 3,000 large and small ships a year, the number is really amazing.

The main force of manufacturing ships is mainly in the Huainan area, especially in the surrounding areas of Yangzhou, there are thirty or forty shipyards large and small, but later the war in the Huainan area, the jiedu envoys attacked each other, and these shipyards moved to Jiangnan one after another to avoid the war.

The years have changed, and now there are only a few shipyards left in the Huainan area, and the Xu family is one of the best, which is also the reason why Xu Fu persuaded Liu Feng to open sea trade.

And when Fanyang Mansion completely let go of its hands and feet and opened up maritime trade, both the maritime merchants from the north and the south had to come up and intervene, but the first thing that restricted the development of Liu Feng's maritime trade was the sea ships, and they were the sea ships that could carry out ocean voyages.

The Xu family's current shipbuilding capacity is obviously at its limit, and it is impossible to build more surplus sea ships for Gu Ziyong, and especially the Xu family is a cooperative relationship with the Liu family of Fanyang Mansion.

With this relationship, the Fan Yang Mansion will still give the Xu family some face, especially in such an ambiguous matter, it is obvious that Yuwen Jiayou has a trace of bias.

In such a headless public case, Liu Feng is not easy to interfere with, and it cannot be said that Yuwen Jiayou has misjudged, but the Xu family is also going to be beaten, and it is not good to let the Xu family go on like this.

"Then Xu Fu is in Gaocheng? If you're inviting him! Liu Feng said in a deep voice,

As soon as the words fell, Zaxiong walked in from outside and whispered, "Envoy! Xu Fu asks to see! ”

"Who?!" Liu Fenghu said suspiciously,

"Huainan Xu Fu!" Zha Xiong thought that Liu Feng didn't hear clearly, and said word by word,

Yuwen Jiayou said with a strange expression: "This Xu Fu's ears and eyes are smart enough!" As soon as the envoy returned to the barracks, he came to visit! ”

Although Liu Feng didn't show anything, he also had some doubts in his heart, "Please let him in!" ”

Soon, a meat ball rolled in from outside the door, and arched his hand towards Liu Feng with a smile on his face: "I have seen the envoy, please say hello to your lordship!" ”

Liu Feng has never cared about these false courtesies, so he gave in casually, motioned for Xu Fu to sit down, and the fat man was not polite, he greeted Yuwen Jiayou, found a chair at random, and sat down. But the squeak of the chair made people worry that the chair would fall apart.

Looking at Xu Fu's expression as a profiteer, Liu Feng glanced at him, "When did you arrive in Gaocheng?" ”

Listening to Liu Feng's tone was a little unkind, Xu Fu sneered and said: "Why is the monarch angry with me, today's matter, Tang Tujun has made it, and the Gu family's ship will make up for him next month!" ”

Liu Feng looked Xu Fu up and down, "You are fat, you only eat and don't vomit, you are so fat, it turns out that you can vomit some out!" ”

Without waiting for Xu Fu to speak, Liu Feng said quietly: "The Xu family is always a Huainan businessman, and when acting in Fanyang Mansion, you have to be a little measured!" ”

Xu Fu said yes again and again, and didn't explain anything, this is the practice of smart people, Xu Fu doesn't explain, Liu Feng doesn't investigate, everything depends on future cooperation.

There is no need for a heavy hammer to ring the drum, a shrewd person like Xu Fu can detect something from Liu Feng's tone, not to mention that Liu Feng can be regarded as a clear warning to him.

Aside from this matter, the two still have a lot of things to talk about, and after Liu Feng arranged the canal affairs properly, he rushed to Gaocheng Port, because the sea trade was getting more and more, and Liu Feng needed to sort it out again.

Liu Feng was not engaged in maritime trade in his previous life, although he knew that the benefits of maritime trade were very amazing, and ships departing from the mainland, loaded with goods, and sailing to Japan, Persia and other places, could earn back a lot of money.

But he knew little about how the maritime trade was conducted, what kind of goods were traded, where to dock, where to unload, where to load, and what rules were on the way.

In Xu Fu's introduction, the main ones shipped from the Fanyang area were porcelain, medicinal materials, copper and iron, etc., and the main ones that were shipped from overseas were silver, spices, flowers, and rare treasures.

Tang Jiatan's "Map of Huayi in the Sea" and "Ancient and Modern Counties and County Roads and Four Yi Descriptions" divide the external transportation routes into seven roads, "from the border states into the four Yi, the one who translates into Honglu is all over the world." The road to the four Yi, if you want to watch the military and go to the set, the most important ones are seven: one is called Yingzhou into Andong Road, two is said to be Dengzhou Haixing into Goryeo Bohai Road, three is said to be Xiazhou Saiwai Tong Datong Yunzhong Road, four is said to be surrendered to the city into the Uighur Road, five is said to be Anxi into the Western Regions Road, six is said to be Annan Tongtianzhu Road, and seven is said to be Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road. ”

Among these seven roads, Anxi Tong Xiyu Road, Yingzhou Tong Andong Road, Xiazhou Tong Datong Yunzhong Road belong to the land passage, while Dengzhou Haixing enters Goryeo Bohai Road, Antong Tongtianzhu Road, and Guangzhou Tong Haiyi Road belong to Haiyi Road.

In his "Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road", Jia Tan recorded in detail the voyage of Chinese ships from Guangzhou, through the Strait of Malacca to southern India, then along the west coast of southern India, and then along the coastline westward to the Persian Gulf, and finally to Baghdad, the capital of the Great Eclipse. He also documented another East African route from the Persian Gulf along the Arabian Peninsula to the coast of East Africa, terminating in the Sanlan (present-day Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania).