Luo Fangbo and others are riding a galleon, the length-to-width ratio is four to one, composed of the bow mast, the foremast, the mainmast and the aftermast, the hull is naturally inclined to one side, easy to eat the wind, the backmast hangs a large triangular sail, used to eat the wind and adjust the hull, sometimes the draft of the big ship is more than 500 tons, a backmast will be added, called the fourth mast.

This is the style of the ship from the Taixi side, sailing farther, it is easier to add artillery and load goods, so as soon as it appears, it completely eliminates the situation that sails and pulp ships are used together, and the traditional hard-sailed sailing ship on the side of the Great Wei is more stable, but the hull is flat and broad, which is not conducive to long-distance sailing, and the Fu ship can only reach the east and west oceans along the offshore current, and at most reach Malacca, and then it is necessary to organize a considerable fleet of sailing ships, such as the Taixi people or the Tianfang people, one or several sailing ships can sail thousands of miles, and the Fu ship can not do it at all.

Hard sails are also much more backward than soft sails, which is not easy to adjust, and it is quite difficult to fight large storms.

Two hundred years ago, Taixi and Tianfang were still dominated by large pulp ships and offshore trade, and in less than two hundred years, their footprints had begun to set foot in the world, while the Great Wei was falling further and further behind.

"I can see it," Luo Fangbo said, "Nan'anhou also attaches great importance to his water camp. ”

Everyone agrees with this judgment, the ship in front of them is a pile of tatters for the Lanfang people, after all, this group of immigrants from Zhangzhou and Fuzhou started from maritime trade and then immigrated, and they are now also trading with the Tianfang people, the Japanese people, Luzon, Siam, Champong, Zhenla, these countries and regions are their trade partners.

Because they have to fight against pirates, Lan Fang and Sriwijaya's sailors are not weak, but they are limited by population and national strength, they can at most organize a fleet that barely fights against one or two pirates, and when the sailors of the Thorn Canada cooperate with the pirates to attack, they are quite weak, and even passively beaten.

Although the ships in front of him were quite dilapidated, many small offshore sentinel ships, Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian obviously regarded them as treasures, and a large group of people were tinkering in the mooring area next to the harbor, and they were in full swing.

"You're from Lanfang?" Kong He, who was in charge of the day-to-day management of the port, was a little surprised to see that the ships were empty.

"We were ordered to come to Dawei to do business." An Lanfang official arched his hand with a smile and said, "I have already met the King of Qi, the King of Zhao, and the appeasement envoy Lord Lin, and now I want to ask to see the Marquis of Nan'an." ”

This explains why the ship is empty, and no one can do such a stupid thing if it were not for official business.

A shipload of goods is half a shipload of copper coins, and no merchant will have a good time with money, except for officials on official duty, pirates will not give up this opportunity to make a fortune.

"There's no news yet." Kong He knew at this time that this group of Lanfang people did have something important, and immediately said: "But I will return to Nan'an in a few days, if there is really something important, you can wait in Nan'an for a few days." ”

"That's the best." Luo Fangbo did not reveal his identity, his identity is quite embarrassing, and if he can't keep it, there will be people in Fuzhou who want to be unfavorable to him, and the Pu family must be one of them.

It's those ordinary Tianfang businessmen, who knows if they have the official background of Tianfang, if they can assassinate or detain Luo Fangbo, it will be very beneficial to Tianfang's arrangement in Manchu Thorn.

Everyone went down from the dock area, and what they saw along the way was an eye-opener.

The storage area is extremely busy inside and outside, Lanfang also has a big port, and there must be more ships than Nan'an, even if it is not as good as Quanzhou Port, it is much stronger than Nan'an.

On the prosperity and wealth of the world's ports, of course, Quanzhou is the first, that is, the port of Malacca is also slightly worse, Nan'an is the port of the inner town after all, mainly the goods of Jianzhou Tingzhou and other places are distributed here, compared to the face of the world of Quanzhou port is of course far worse.

However, there are a lot of warehouses and a lot of merchants who store goods, so it can be seen that although it has been established for less than a month, it has become a very good storage place for goods and a distribution center for trade.

"Nan'anhou is not bad." Of course, Luo Fangbo also knew that the people of the Pu family had come to commit the defeat, and when he saw everything in front of him, his curiosity about Xu Zixian had greatly increased.

When I arrived at the storage area, even if I left the wharf area, I saw a large number of shacks on the other side of the river beach and the east side of the official road.

At least 3,040 people gathered, but fortunately, the divided area was large and well-arranged, and it seemed that there were people managing this area, which looked chaotic and not dirty.

Kong He introduced: "This is the Zhangzhou Displaced District...... Most of the people we're planning to move to the Eastern Domain Islands are here. ”

"Does Nan'anhou intend to develop the Eastern Domain?" Luo Fangbo really had a sense of brightness.

The strategic location of the Eastern Domain was extremely important, as it was important for the control of shipping lanes, supplies, and pirates.

If the Great Wei court can be as arranged by Taizu, attach great importance to the Eastern Domain, the sailor has always been strong, from the Eastern Domain to Luzon and Lanfang, as well as the Three Buddhas are very convenient, and can also control Siam and Champa and other coastal countries, Siam and Champa are all subjects of the Great Wei, recently due to the weakening of the Great Wei State and get rid of control, Siam is still a local hegemon, the Three Buddhas, Manchu and Lan Fang and other countries have been subordinate to Siam.

It's a pity that the Great Wei has not been able to really work hard to develop the Eastern Domain, such a big island, has an unparalleled role in the ocean, and Penghu as a whole, with Fuzhou and other places, can completely lock the southeast coast of the Great Wei, plus the Ryukyu State is also a subject country of the Great Wei, control the Wa Kingdom, Luzon, don't be too convenient!

If the Marquis of Nan'an really intends to run the Eastern Domain, even if he can't influence the national policy of the Great Wei from the perspective of Fuzhou and the court, at least from the perspective of dealing with pirates, he can be regarded as a reliable ally.

"We are planning to cultivate cotton fields in the Eastern Domain." Kong He replied lightly, with a faint sense of vigilance in his heart.

These Lanfang people are inevitably too lenient.

"That's for the best." Luo Fangbo said with a smile: "We are here to buy more cloth, it is best to find a long-term cooperation with the proprietor of the trading house, if the Nan'an Hou Mansion can supply a large amount of cotton cloth, you might as well talk about it." ”

"I'll tell us about this." Kong He turned his color and said with a smile: "It's a guest from afar, if it's a business, of course we welcome ......."

"Nan Anhou is a big deal...... Luo Fangbo praised: "Whether it is a port or a group training, it is a thousand weather, and I admire it to the ......."

Kong He was just about to answer, not far away Fu Qian rushed over and shouted from afar: "The prince came to Fuzhou last night, and now he is coming to Nan'an!" ”

"What a prince, it's a prince!" Kong He scolded, but the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

During the period when Xu Zixian left, although everything was as usual, and the port side was thriving, and the group practice donations were collecting more and more, everyone seemed to have lost their backbone, and they longed for Xu Zixian to come back to preside over the overall situation every day.

"I've seen the prince!"

When Xu Zixian, Liu Yi, Zhang Huchen, Chen Zuocai, Chen Daojian, Gao Shilai, Tian Heng and others appeared on the official road east of Nan'an, there were already more than 10,000 people on both sides of the road.

Not only Qin Dongyang, Li Yi, Kong He, Fu Qian and others are waiting, but the soldiers in the camp are all wearing armor and coming out, more than 1,600 people stand on both sides of the road, Qin Dongyang ordered the soldiers to wear more than 600 iron armor and leather armor neatly, all of them are holding on to the sword, carrying bows and arrows, and coming to meet Xu Zixian who returned from Beijing.

When everyone bowed down, Jia Ye made a swaying sound, all the soldiers were excited, their eyes were staring at Xu Zixian, a farewell for nearly two months, Fujian Road was already in full bloom, and the fishermen and flocks of ducks on the Minjiang River seemed to be looking forward to this side in the warm river water.

The forest-like tip shows a kind of strength, and it sets off Xu Zixian's majesty.

Several officials who came over from the Dadu Governor's Mansion and the Pacification Embassy all looked at Xu Zixian with awe.

Prior to this, people had judged that Xu Zixian had become a non-negligible link in the military and political pattern of Fujian Road, and even a very important link, but there were many people who did not quite agree with this judgment, because Xu Zixian rose too quickly, and in less than a year, he became one of the military and political dignitaries from a broken and settled prince?

No one doubts anything about Xu Zixian's achievements, but there are still many people who distrust and doubt Xu Zixian's military and political skills and abilities in governing territory, developing forces, cultivating talents, and accumulating financial resources.

Just being able to fight, but he is just a martial madman, he can't decide anything, and he can't affect anything.

And seeing all this in front of him, the doubter quietly lowered his head, and only then did he vaguely understand in his heart that Xu Zixian did not borrow anyone's power, including King Qi, all of this was founded by the third-generation Nan Anhou himself, if not, he would not be able to see this scene in front of him.

In addition to the military guards, there were also adjutants and officials, and more of them were merchants and ordinary people.

Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi, Zhang Mingliang and others were the leaders of the town's commercial houses, and behind them were hundreds of merchant groups, ordinary small businessmen, shopkeepers and men in the town, as well as ordinary residents, people from nearby villages, and as many as three or four thousand Zhangzhou refugees.

Xu Zixian will not come back, and the plan to immigrate to the Eastern Domain cannot be implemented on a large scale, and these displaced people are really looking forward to it.

No matter how good the shack is, it is not as good as a home to make people feel at ease.

In the neat stamping and saluting of the soldiers, more than 10,000 people also bowed their heads in unison, clenched their fists, bowed their bodies, and bowed.

This is the merchant and the common people are also using their own way to salute the prince they fear.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Xu Zixian was excited in his heart, but his face was still relatively calm, he traveled back and forth for nearly 10,000 miles to the north, and saw the vast sea, countless famous cities and Dayi, rich and prosperous in the world, Jiangling with a population of more than two million, and Jingshi, a super important town integrating military, politics and economy, as well as many ports in the north, Xiongcheng, what I saw along the way, I knew that the world was big, and Nan'an, Fujian could really only be regarded as a corner of the place.