The wharf of Cangzhou is extremely large, as the largest capital of the Li family before, the effort on this is great, in the past two years, the Han Kingdom has carried out a large-scale expansion, so that the wharf has expanded several times compared to the original, at this time in the port, thousands of ships gathered, the scene is spectacular.

The Fenzhou Zhou clan and the Cangzhou Li clan have gathered all the shipbuilding skills and craftsmen, and over the years they have advanced by leaps and bounds in the attainments of sea ships, and the largest sea ships can now be built to a height of five stories, each ship can carry hundreds of fighters, and they are giants on the sea.

The soft sail replaces the hard sail, which makes the skill of sailing to a higher level, and the mastery of navigation knowledge has become a means for the people of Fenzhou and Cangzhou to make a living. Now, if you know a little about water, you can easily become a sailor in the fleet, and if you know how to sail, you'll get a great job with a salary you can't imagine.

Because of the uncertainty and danger of the voyage, the salaries of these sailors and captains were several times higher than that of the average civil servant of the Han Kingdom.

Kou Shuguang's last full return caused a sensation in the Han Kingdom, and the most shocked were naturally the people of Cangzhou and Fenzhou, because of the sailors, most of the boats came from these two places, these guys who sailed away and came back safely all made a lot of money, compared to the property they brought home, their salaries were simply not worth mentioning, some of the guys who had to venture out to sea because of their difficult livelihoods, because of this trip, the salted fish turned over, and the whole family became a local rich family. This also makes more people's eyes red and smoking, and everyone is looking forward to the next voyage.

This time, the number of sailors signed up far exceeded the needs of the expedition fleet, and Kou Shuguang was dumbfounded by such a strong desire to go to sea to make a fortune, so that he had to temporarily raise the conditions for the recruitment of sailors.

Of course, this time to go to sea, not only the national fleet led by Kou Shuguang, but also a large number of private ships also joined in, the huge benefits brought by the voyage let more businessmen see business opportunities, and the prospect of overseas trade is almost unimaginable on the mainland, some of the big bosses belonging to the four seas trade through guò through various channels to understand the inside of the voyage, each showed their powers, through their own acquaintance of the high-ranking officials and dignitaries passed the requirements to Gao Yuan, that is, They also want to organize a fleet to go to sea to do business.

Of course, Gao Yuan will not let go of such an opportunity to collect taxes, and marshalling with the kingdom fleet, which is to pay protection money, that is to say, they have to bear part of the military expenses, and secondly, overseas transactions are subject to taxes, but the specific tax amount is based on the profits they earn after returning from the voyage, and the tax rate is as high as 30%, but even so, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the merchants to make money.

Merchants have money. But sometimes money is not everything, and many things are not something you can buy if you want to, such as a large ship suitable for seaworthiness. Fenzhou, Cangzhou and Gao Yuan in the Liaoning West set up a shipyard, these years to build the ship, in addition to meeting the sailors, the rest in a very short period of time was almost snatched up, and a day a price of the big ship also let these shipyards experience the feeling of profiteering, years of deficit, once all made up, the shipyard income made the household Wang Wuyan smile all day long, but even so, can not meet the Han Dynasty suddenly set off a sailing boom, some people can not buy a boat, You can't expect to go to sea to make money this year, but there is next year, what about the year after next? Orders from the shipyard have been lined up for five years.

After buying a ship, it is natural to recruit captains and sailors, which is a more expensive thing, sailors are easy to recruit, but experienced captains are limited, which also leads some captains with experience in long-distance voyages to become sought-after sweets, and the salary is even higher than that of a county guard for a while.

With a ship, a captain, and a sailor, each ship must also have an escort, and after Kou Shuguang's sailing experience was compiled and published, everyone also understood that there was not only a huge amount of wealth at sea, but also pirates, and more enemies, and that sailing was not only to make money, but also to conquer.

Of course, this is not difficult for them, every year in the Han Kingdom there will be a lot of soldiers retired for various reasons, these have been trained by the army retired soldiers are strong-willed, strong in combat, naturally become the object of their recruitment, the salary is naturally preferred, which also finds another way out for the retired soldiers of the Han army.

Soon after Kou Shuguang's last voyage returned, Dahan began preparations for his second voyage. This time it was not just hundreds of boats, thousands of people sailed, and after the addition of private boat owners, this expedition force reached an astonishing scale of thousands of ships and tens of thousands of people.

This time, Gao Yuan, the king of the Han Dynasty, wanted to personally come to the ceremony of going to sea.

On the wharf, the crowd of people, everyone is not only to witness the magnificent scene of the thousand sails out to sea, but also to see the Han King Gaoyuan's style, speaking of which, this is the first time that the Han King Gaoyuan appeared in Cangzhou, today's Han Dynasty has a vast territory, the territory is unprecedented, most places, Gao Yuan is impossible to set foot in, and Cangzhou, but because of the sailors, because of the navigation, has become the first stop of Gao Yuan's first official tour after ascending the throne as king, which makes Cangzhou people proud and proud.

After giving an enthusiastic speech, Gao Yuan held a huge golden scissors to cut the ribbon for the head boat, and when the colored ball was held high by Gao Yuan, the sound of firecrackers also crackled, accompanied by the sailors who puffed out their cheeks and roared loudly.

"Anchor and sail!"

The five-story flagship slowly sailed away from the dock, and on the deck, the officers of the Han army led by Kou Shuguang lined up neatly, marching towards the high distance that was still looking forward to the dock with a majestic military salute.

Gao Yuan heard the sound of Li Can's nose twitching beside him, turned his head to look at Li Can, whose eyes were a little red, and said with a smile: "This time we are on such a large scale, what do you have to worry about?" Besides, Li Quan also has the experience of the last time, and this time he will be even more proficient."

"The mother of the child is worried, how can this voyage be said sometimes?" Li Can sighed lightly: "I'm always a little worried."

"Li Quan, this kid is very good! When he comes back this time, I think he will be able to command a sailor on his own!" Gao Yuan patted Li Can on the shoulder: "There are thousands of miles of horses in the family, and there are successors to the Li family, congratulations."

"I have to cultivate more from the king!" Li Can thanked him repeatedly, with Gao Yuan's words, Li Quan's position as the head of the Li family is basically unshakable." Your Majesty, this thousand sails go out to sea, but it is a rare magnificent scene, and it is rare to have a panoramic view here, so it is better to go up to the sea pavilion to watch."

"Okay, let's go climb the Sea Pavilion, but Li Can, can you still climb up with your body?" Gao Yuan looked at Li Canqiu's ball-like posture playfully, "It's time to lose weight!"

"Your Majesty has been losing weight since he listened to the king's words, and now he doesn't even eat dinner, but he just can't lose this damn weight, so he can't help it!" Li Can said with a sad face.

Gao Yuan was happy all of a sudden, "It's also possible, probably you are this kind of natural fat person, and you will gain weight by drinking water, I hope Li Quan will not look like you in the future, but there are also benefits to growing like this, I estimate that I will throw you into the water, with your figure, you will definitely not be able to sink."

Both of them laughed, this kind of thing, of course, only Gao Yuan can say, if you change someone, Li Can will definitely turn his face.

Just as he was happy, He Weiyuan hurriedly walked over, attached to Gao Yuan's ear, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Wu Kai and Wu Junshou have arrived in Cangzhou, and now they are rushing to the dock, and it is estimated that they will arrive here in half an hour."

Gao Yuan nodded slightly, "Old man Wu seems to be really anxious this time, he came so quickly, okay, you wait here, old man Wu will let him go up to the sea pavilion to see me. Li Can, let's go climb the sea pavilion."

The pavilion is newly built, this is also Li Can in order to please Gao Yuan and newly repaired, here was originally a hill on the edge of the wharf, the mountain is about 100 meters high, the mountain is full of green trees, the top is dug flat, the trees are cut down, such a pavilion is built, standing in the pavilion, the sea breeze is blowing, the sea is far away, the sea is in full view, it is indeed a good place to watch the scenery. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, all of them have the most famous local sea rock carved steps in Cangzhou to the sea pavilion, on the stone railings on both sides, the heads of various rare beasts are carved on the pillars every few meters, just these, it costs a lot of money.

"In the future, this sea pavilion can become a good place to watch the wind, Li Can, after I build yì, you can sell tickets here for a fee, but anyone who wants to come here to see the scenery has to pay, like today's heavy dà thing, the ticket price can be several times longer, there must be someone willing to pay to climb up to see the excitement!" Gao Yuan said while waiting for Li Can, who was struggling to climb up.

"This is the place where the king has come up, and after the king leaves, this place will naturally be sealed, and the idle people, etc., how can they be allowed to come up and desecrate the place where the king stood!" Li Can panted and said.

", if all the places I've been have to be sealed, how many places can the big man have for the people to move around?" Gao Yuan scolded with a smile: "This is a good place to make money, how can it be sealed and ruined?" Well, Li Can, in the future, the propaganda here can be added for another day, and the King of Han is here to watch the scenery and is full of praise, will it make the price here rise again?"

Li Can grabbed the railing and gasped a few times, "Since the king said so, I will tell them to do what the king said, this price is naturally high, without a tael of silver, we can't let him climb this sea pavilion."

"Great idea!" Gao Yuan stroked his palms and laughed: "Even if there are only 100 people to climb a day, it will be a hundred taels of silver, and in a year, it will be a lot, and it will be tens of thousands of taels of silver!" (To be continued......)