In early summer May, it is the time when the warbler sings and dances, the weather in the north is still a little cool, but the south is already hot, and the Yuegang Wharf at this time is even more lively.

On the surface of the sea, there are light dragon boats, eagle boats, and wheels, etc., shuttling back and forth in groups.

In the port, there are busy guards everywhere, tirelessly loading and unloading goods.

Although Wang Zhi's fleet has not yet returned from Dongying, the wharf is already full of all kinds of goods, the originally hastily built row of barracks has long been insufficient, and more than ten rows of warehouses have been expanded near the port, despite this, many goods can only be stacked in the open air.

There is no way, when the maritime giants monopolized the maritime trade, the maritime merchants, pirates, pirates, and even foreigners could come to do business, but at this time, Yang Cong only allowed Wang Zhi's fleet to go to sea to do business, which was naturally far behind.

The number of sea ships under Wang Zhi's hands is less than that controlled by any of the four major maritime merchants, not to mention the sea ships of those pirates, pirates, and foreigners, and the sea ships under his hands are at best only one or two percent of the sum of these people.

Yang Cong stood on the dock, looking at the mountains of goods around him, and couldn't help but feel helpless, it wasn't that he didn't want to expand the scale of shipping, but he didn't have so many sea ships under his hands.

Zhu Kun didn't know what was going on at the beginning, and all the captured sea ships were either burned or sunk to block the shipping lanes, and none of them remained.

There are more than 50 ships in Zoumaxi and more than 60 ships on Shuangyu Island, adding up to more than 100 ships, if those sea ships can stay, where does he need to worry about the problem of freight.

At this moment, he could only wait for Wang Zhi's fleet to deliver it.

Today is the day of Wang Zhi's return, so he came to Yuegang, first, to see the current situation of Yuegang, and secondly, to reward the soldiers who made meritorious contributions in the last war.

Now it seems that there is no problem with the land transportation of this cargo, that is, there is still a great shortage of merchant ships for this maritime trader, what should I do, should I restart the Longjiang shipyard in Jinling or the Qingjiang shipyard in northern Jiangsu?

Just as he was frowning and pondering, a row of dense black spots suddenly appeared on the sea outside the port, no need to ask, it must be Wang Zhi's fleet back.

At this time, the ships of pirates or pirates or pirates must not dare to approach the waters near Yuegang, because at this time, the naval warships of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces are basically gathered in the thousands of coastal houses of Yongningwei.

Yang Cong looked at the black spots on the sea, and couldn't help but show a smile of relief on his face, this time, Wang Zhi and Hong Tiezhu did a very good job, they were beaten by more than a hundred pirate ships and even killed hundreds of people on the other side, this record gave him a lot of face, and also made Yan Song's party and the maritime giants suffer a dumb loss, and they must be rewarded.

After a while, Wang Zhi's fleet slowly entered the port, the flagship had not yet docked, the sharp-eyed sentinel had already seen Yang Cong on the dock, Wang Zhi heard the report, and hurriedly urged the flagship to get on the dock, the suspension ladder had just been lowered, he rushed all the way to Yang Cong, and bowed and said: "The last general will see the Governor." ”

Seeing this, Yang Cong grabbed his arm and smiled: "No need to be polite, no need to be polite, General Wang has worked hard, and this official is here to welcome General Wang's triumph this time." ”

When Wang Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but be moved: "Thank you, Governor, this time it is all the credit of General Hong, and the last general will not dare to take credit." ”

At this time, Hong Tiezhu had also run off the boat, came to Yang Cong, and saluted.

As soon as he heard Wang Zhi say this, he hurriedly said modestly: "Where, where, the subordinates only scared off the people all the way to the south, and those heads were all captured by General Wang." ”

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, you don't have to be humble to each other, you have all made great contributions, and you should be rewarded." Listen, this time, all the soldiers who participated in the war will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and the first merit will be counted separately. Wang Zhi, the chief soldier of the Zhejiang Naval Division, was not chaotic in the face of danger, commanded well, and specially promoted the right governor of the five armies to show his commendation. Hong Tiezhu, a guerrilla general of the Zhejiang Naval Division, fulfilled his duties and fought bravely, and was specially promoted to the general of the Zhejiang Naval Division as a reward. “

Yes!

Wang Zhi and Hong Tiezhu couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

This soldier who participated in the war was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, which is nothing, they can earn millions of taels in one trip, and it is just a trivial matter to divide more than 200,000 taels out, mainly the titles of the right governor of the five armies and the general of the Zhejiang Navy Division shocked them, one from the first grade, one from the third grade, even if it is the governor, he cannot make his own decisions to promote them.

In other words, Yang Cong had already given them a lesson during their return trip.

The two were stunned for a while, and then they gave up their hands again and again, and thanked them for their kindness.

At this time, the soldiers on the ship had already begun to "unload", and naturally they unloaded not rice, cloth, or porcelain, silk, but a load of silver.

More than five million taels of silver, that's dozens of tons, enough for them to unload for a while.

Yang Cong had seen this Dongying silver once, but when he saw this silver again, he still couldn't help but show a strange look on his face.

The reason why his face is strange is not because there is a problem with this silver, the style of silver cast by the main Dongying people is not the same as that of Da Ming, and it looks really spicy.

At this time, Dongying's gold and silver are also called plate gold or plate silver, and its style is somewhat similar to that of an axe, but there is no blade at both ends, it is a flat piece, one is more than a catty, the appearance is rough, and the purity is not very enough.

They also had to smelt the silver and process it into silver ingots in the Ming Dynasty before they could use it to buy things.

This private minting of gold and silver and other currencies is also seriously prohibited, but this is nothing for maritime merchants and pirates who have been engaged in smuggling for a long time, mainly because the process is a bit too troublesome, millions of taels, and it takes a month to smelt and recast each time.

This Dongying silver doesn't even have a packaged silver box, it's just exposed piece by piece, picked up with a dustpan, and it looks really weird.

Wang Zhi was already used to it, he glanced at Yang Cong's gaze slightly, and then said solemnly: "My lord, when I went to Dongying this time, I met the Francophone man." ”

Franco, to be precise, should be Portuguese, at this time Portugal is vigorously "developing" the Far East market, it is not surprising that they appear in the East.

Yang Cong said lightly: "Oh, what do they say, do they still have unrealistic ideas about Daming?" ”

During this time, the Portuguese in order to open the Ming market but made a lot of effort, Zhengde and Jiajing in the early years they all fought with the Ming Dynasty, the so-called thief heart is not dead, they do not worry about the Ming this piece of fat is strange.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi said in surprise: "My lord is simply a god, they have some unrealistic ideas, and their head of the army specially talked to the last general, saying that he wanted to visit the last general's superior." ”

Of course, Wang Zhi's Shangguan was referring to him, the governor of Zhejiang, and when Yang Cong heard this, he was also surprised: "Oh, they want to see this official? ”

These guys, what do you mean, don't you want to write if you can't do martial arts?