Tianjin, Liu Jin came here again with Zhu Houzhao.

Nowadays, Tianjin has become more prosperous and lively, and people from the south to the north will choose to settle in Tianjin, especially for business travelers to the capital.

Many people even make a special detour to Tianjin in order to see the legendary cement road, see the cement road, see the Tianjin port, Tianjin shipyard, Tianjin cement factory and so on.

Because Tianjin is now the only port in Daming that is legally open to the outside world, a port that allows foreign trade, and it is also the largest and most well-built port in the north, so Tianjin is very lively.

Many merchants from the south now prefer to take a sea ship directly to Tianjin and then transfer it to the capital, and the same goods sent from the Beijing-Tianjin area to the south also like to take a boat directly from Tianjin.

The carrying capacity of a Daifuku ship is definitely the most powerful and the cheapest of this era.

The port of Tianjin has also become busier, which is a microcosm of the whole Tianjin.

There were large ships moored in the harbor, including fishing boats that had just returned from fishing at sea, and as soon as they arrived at the shore, they immediately attracted the merchants of the sea fish industry who had been waiting in the harbor for a long time.

There were also merchant ships from the south, which were full of goods, and as soon as they arrived at the dock, people from the wharf immediately stepped forward to unload the goods, and at the same time, there were chariots and horses that specialized in transportation business to discuss the transportation of goods.

Similarly, there are empty ships moored on the wharf, and workers in the port are loading it, and the cement and glass products in Tianjin, the cloth in Beijing, and the ironware in Miyun Iron Factory are now the fist products exported from Beijing and Tianjin.

By going south along the coast by sea boat, you can also go up the river when you reach the Yangtze River, and then reach every corner of Daming at the cheapest and relatively fast speed.

Of course, you can occasionally see merchant ships coming back from Korea or the Japanese kingdom here, and when these merchant ships come back, the whole port will become quiet, because everyone will stare at the merchant ship to see how many boxes are lifted down on it, and the more boxes there are, the more silver they will make.

Nowadays, more and more people are organizing groups to go to Korea and the Japanese country to do business, and last year, it was only the powerful and powerful people who organized groups to do business, and later everyone knew that the profits of going to Korea and the Japanese country to do business were very high.

Especially to go to the Wa country, there is a lot of gold and silver on the Wa country, and the exchange between currencies alone can make a lot of money every time, not to mention, the Wa country has always admired the Ming Dynasty, and everything is learned from the Ming Dynasty, and the things of the Ming Dynasty are also very popular here in the Wa country.

Ming porcelain, silk, rice paper, silk and so on, these are all traditional export items, and now there are glass products, cement and so on.

Merchants set off from Tianjin, and it took two months to go back and forth, and a ship could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Naturally, those who have the strength to buy ships from Tianjin Shipyard by themselves, go to Tianjin Maritime College to hire seafarers, and organize goods to go to Korea or the Japanese Kingdom.

Don't worry if you don't have enough strength, there are businessmen here in Tianjin, you can do business together, you can tower other people's ships, or you can buy ships together to do business.

As for the first batch of people like Zhang Mao, who tasted the sweetness, they are now preparing to open up a route to Nanyang and want to open up the market in Nanyang.

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao walked in the port of Tianjin, where all kinds of people from all over the world gathered, all kinds of accents mixed together, plus all kinds of people in various clothes, making the whole Tianjin port seem lively.

"Tsk, it's more lively again~"

Zhu Hou looked at the lively scene here in the port, the whole person was very energetic, this time he learned that Liu Jin was coming to Tianjin, he was soft and hard for a long time, so that Emperor Hongzhi agreed to let him come to Tianjin, but there is a dead order, that is, it is absolutely not allowed to go to the sea to hunt whales again.

"Knock~Knock~"

"There's a whaling ship back~"

At this moment, a bell rang from the top of the tall watchtower in the port, and the person in charge of the lookout shouted at the port with a large iron horn.

As his words fell, a large number of people soon gathered around the dock specially used to moor whaling ships, including merchants who specialize in whale trading, and people who simply came to watch the excitement.

The whale industry is now also an important industry in Tianjin.

The whale is full of treasures, the oil of a whale is equivalent to thousands of pigs, the meat is equivalent to hundreds of cows, plus whale skin, whale bones, etc., and more importantly, Liu Jin's wave of operation, everyone believes that this whale is Kunpeng.

Eating whales can nourish yin and yang, sleeping whale skin can be lucky, and even whale bones can drive away evil spirits.

The ancients were superstitious about this, and as more and more people believed in this thing, naturally even the value of whales began to be constantly expressed, which greatly promoted the development of the whaling industry, and more and more fleets went to sea to hunt whales, and more and more people enjoyed the benefits brought by whales.

"Haha, there are whales~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard the whale, he was extremely excited and hurried to the dock.

Soon, in the field of vision, a whaling ship slowly anchored towards the port dock with a large whale.

"I want this whale's skin~"

"I'll give a thousand taels, and I'll wrap the whale skin~"

"Brother on the boat, is this whale male or female?"

"Male~"

"I want the whale's baby, I'll give you nine hundred taels~"

"I'll give you a thousand taels of silver~"

Before the ship docked, the merchants on the dock couldn't wait any longer, and began to bid for the valuable, popular things on the whales.

Especially this whale is still a male whale, this whale's treasure is a legendary thing that can make the father-in-law in the palace regain his majesty, and now it is something sought after by the entire Ming magnates, the price is very high, naturally very sought-after, there are many businessmen competing for bids, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached a sky-high price of several thousand taels.

"This whale is much smaller than the one I caught~"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the whale in front of him carefully, and pouted very unscathingly, he now often bragged to people about how and how brave he was, and killed a big whale nearly ten feet long with one shot.

"Lao Liu, why don't we go to sea together to go whaling?"

Then Zhu Houzhao quietly proposed to Liu Jin.

“… Your Highness, Your Majesty has explained that if you go out to sea to hunt whales, I will have your head on the ground. ”

Liu Jin said helplessly, this Zhu Houzhao is really not worry-free, and he will definitely not bring Tianjin next time.

"Yes, Your Highness, the sea is very dangerous, you are a daughter, you can't sit down, how can you take risks."

Liu Jin on the side was also sweating all of a sudden, and he was also given such a death order by Emperor Hongzhi, so when he heard that Zhu Houzhao was going to sea to hunt whales, he was also half scared to death.

"It's boring~"

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips helplessly, then looked at the big whale in front of him, and said excitedly: "It seems that you can only enjoy yourself in the port." ”

"Dog, hurry up and arrange, I'm going to shoot this whale with a whaling gun, although it's dead, but it's also enjoyable."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin was speechless, this Zhu Houzhao is really playful, but after thinking about it, he smiled slightly, after all, he is still a child.

Ignoring Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin walked towards another wharf, which was specially used for mooring fishing boats.

Because a large number of fishing boats are moored here every day, there is also a strong smell of the sea, and it is also the busiest place in the whole port, where fishing boats are moored, ready to leave, or have just arrived, unloading their catch.