553. The Prosperity of the Port (for the furniture man_—_Zhong Jian's jade Pei Jiachang)
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The weather is slightly cool.
Fujian, Jiangnan West Road, Jinghu North Road, Yamen have long erected the national flag of the Song Dynasty.
The forces of the Yuan Dynasty, except for those hiding under the iceberg, withdrew to Liangzhejiang East Road, Huainan West Road, and Jingnan South Road.
Zhang Jue led Su Quandang, Zhang Hongwei and other generals, and after all, he didn't wait for Zhao Dongting to return to Leizhou, and rushed to the end of the southern end of Jinghu North Road with an army of 100,000.
It borders Guangnan West Road and Kuizhou Road, but it is an important place for soldiers who can block Shuzhong from entering Jinghu Lake in the west and Dali from entering Guangnan West in the southwest.
This matter was decided by Zhao Dongting after he learned that the Yuan Dynasty was going to completely cede Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jinghu North Road and other roads.
Song and Yuan discussed peace, and they would still think that the law would take advantage of the Song Dynasty, and only those in Shuzhong and Dali were the people.
Zhao Dongting is used to seeing them sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and the trick of the fisherman to make a profit, how can he give them another chance?
If it weren't for the fact that the pressure from the DPRK and China was too great, he would even want Zhang Jue to lead the army and the Western Xia army to attack Kuizhou again.
At present, the imperial court is overwhelmed and desperately needs to recuperate, but it can only use the Western Xia army.
In the blink of an eye, it's the winter solstice.
The current head of the Pu family, Pu Lixin, died violently in his home and was assassinated by the assassins, and in the end he was unable to find out who the assassin was.
The Pu family will inevitably fall apart after all.
Although Mrs. Pu is quite a city government, she is a woman after all, and she is quite old, which is not enough for those under the Pu family to continue to rely on the Pu family honestly.
Although the Pu family still has the support of Nuoda industry and is still rich in Fujian, the foundation of the official face is rapidly disintegrating with a weak trend.
Leizhou.
More than ten large ships of Zhao Dongting finally approached Leizhou Port in the faint mist.
There was a flash of fire on the tallest and sharpest building in Leizhou Harbor, and then the light was projected through the bronze mirror and focusing mirror, shining far away on the sea.
Looking at the shape, it is quite similar to the architecture of the ancient West.
This watchtower, of course, is from Zhao Dongting's handwriting. He attached great importance to overseas trade, and was personally involved in the planning of various matters related to ports.
Now Leizhou Harbor is no longer the same as before, the original thatched huts are gone, and many pavilions have been erected. The harbor is bustling with people coming and going.
Although the official ships that left Leizhou at the end of February have not yet returned, Leizhou has already reached trade with countries that are not too far from the Liuqiu, Mayi, Yueli Dynasty, and Cham countries. Every day, countless merchant ships from Leizhou will go to sea, loaded with tea, porcelain, cloth, sea salt, etc., to Liuqiu and other places.
These are all things that are being coaxed by locals overseas. In particular, delicate porcelain, cloth, etc., are highly sought after by those local nobles.
And these things are often exchanged for gold, silver, jade and other valuable things.
At that time, under the call of the imperial court, the merchants who plunged into the sea made a lot of money, which was enviable.
And the Song court also got a lot of gold and silver property because of this. These are real incomes.
The official fleet of the imperial court won the trust of those people overseas, and the business of the Great Song Naval Airlines Company under the imperial court was larger than that of the private fleet.
Then, the Song court used the gold and silver property earned to buy grain from the Yue Li Dynasty and other places.
To put it mildly, this is almost the means of the white wolf with empty gloves. And this idea, I'm afraid no one knows, is from the head of Zhao Dongting, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
More than ten warships of Zhao Dongting entered the port, but they did not make any waves in the port.
The coolies working in the harbor were accustomed to this, and only thought that the official fleet had returned.
There are pirates at sea, and the shipping-oriented imperial court has not had a warship to go out to suppress bandits?
To say, it's the life you live now that is really a really comfortable day for your mother.
There is food to eat, and clothes to wear.
Sometimes you can use things from other countries, and you can even buy girls who come to a foreign country with big butts who will give birth and serve people.
The lives of every family are developing in a good direction at a visible speed, and they can buy a few catties of pork during the holidays.
This is all the credit of the imperial court.
This is all a gift from the emperor.
In the past, when the old man was in charge of Leizhou, the taxes were terrifyingly heavy, and the government did not act, how could there be such a comfortable life?
So, when more than ten of Zhao Dongting's warships entered the port, some people in the port waved enthusiastically to the warships, all with sincere smiles on their faces.
Zhao Dongting stood at the head of the city with his hands behind his back, looking at the people on the port like this, slightly stunned and a little puzzled.
The news of his return to Leizhou is logically not spread. He didn't send a ship to Leizhou to report at all, and at this time, even Lu Xiufu and the others did not receive the news.
The fleet docked in the harbor.
Zhao Dongting and Mrs. Xu, Kumano and others disembarked.
The flying sergeants also ran down from the ship and ran to the harbor to stand in line.
But before he could stand firmly, there were people dressed like rich gentry who came up with a lot of workers working in the port, holding tea in their hands, "All the generals are tired, right?" ”
All the flying soldiers were stunned, looking at the big water tank carried by the workers, and reaching out to get the scoop inside. If you don't take it, it doesn't seem appropriate.
Zhao Dongting showed a look of surprise in his eyes, walked over, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
The richest gentleman looked at Zhao Dongting dressed gorgeously, only thought that he was also a general, and said with a smile: "The generals have cleared the pirates for the people of Leizhou, we can only offer some tea to express our gratitude, and ask the general to order the soldiers to drink tea!" ”
Zhao Dongting suddenly realized.
Yue Peng knew about the pirates in Leizhou.
He chuckled and said, "Your Excellency, you have misunderstood, we are not the soldiers and horses of the pirates. We've just returned from Fujian! ”
All the rich gentry were shocked, and someone asked: "Dare to ask the general, I heard that the Yuan Dynasty begged for peace with us and was willing to give up Fujian and other roads, is it true or false?" ”
Zhao Dongting nodded lightly and said, "Of course it's true, otherwise how could we rush back so quickly." ”
The rich gentry smiled, "It's really God bless the court!" ”
Someone who once worked in Fujian suddenly knelt down in the direction of Haikang: "Thank you to the emperor, thank the court......"
The richest gentleman said: "Although the generals are not going to pay the pirates, they are all contributing to our Great Song Dynasty." This tea should be drunk. ”
"Haha!"
Zhao Dongting laughed, "In this way, then it would be disrespectful." ”
Then he ordered the Flying Army: "Take a break, don't let down the kindness of the villagers." ”
He himself talked to these rich gentry, "You are all trading in this port? ”
Several rich gentry all nodded.
If it weren't for the seafaring business, they obviously wouldn't have stayed in this port very often.
Zhao Dongting asked again: "How is the maritime trade now?" Is it okay to do? ”
A rich gentleman nodded happily, "It's easy to do, it's very good!" Those foreigners regard our porcelain, cloth, spices, etc., as the best and finest goods. I've heard that when our things go to foreign countries, they are things that only foreign nobles are entitled to. Let's just say that the lord of the country who begged for it, after hearing that he saw the porcelain of our Great Song Dynasty, threw away all the gold and silver artifacts in his palace and replaced them with porcelain produced by us. ”
"And this?"
Zhao Dongting pretended to be surprised, and then said with a smile: "Then it seems that the lord of the Liuqiu country is still very knowledgeable!" ”
All the rich gentry laughed along.
It's just a smile, but it's also from the bottom of my heart.
The same is true for people who are in good spirits and thriving on happy occasions.
Some of them used to do some small business in Leizhou and worked hard, but they made a fortune after only a few months of shipping.
That's the benefit of stepping on a wave.
It can be expected that in the future, HNA will not make such a profit as it is now. But there is no doubt that these first people to get into the HNA trade will become the first people to eat the cake.
In the port, Zhao Dongting stayed for two hours, chatted with the rich gentry for a long time, and then took Mrs. Xu and others everywhere to watch.
The port is full of newly built houses, and although they are sweating profusely, they are workers who take the initiative to greet Zhao Dongting and others.
After seeing it, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped.
The first rich drive the later rich, and now it is not far from the first group of people to get rich first.
The success of Leizhou's economy also allowed him to see the thriving future of Da Song.