Unconsciously it has reached the tenth year of Wanli,

Since the emperor of Wanli eight years decreed that the vassal was the marquis, the feudal country of Nanyang, the Ming Dynasty began a comprehensive sea, and the old time only Ningbo port through the sea is different, now the Ming Dynasty has Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, Tianjin and other ports can trade overseas, since the trade, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous.

A shipload of goods out of a shipload of silver!

Although Nanjing is located in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, with the right time, location, and people, after two years of operation, the scale and weather are far from comparable to the past, and it has become one of the busiest trade export ports in the Ming Dynasty. All year round, the port of Nanjing is almost not deserted, it is very busy all day long, the large and small sailing ships moored in the port often come and go, and the sail masts are lined up and have the meaning of covering the river and the sun.

Not to mention those who have just arrived here Western maritime merchants, even the locals of Nanzhili are often surprised by the scene in front of them, for many people, they will never see such a spectacular scene in their lifetime, hundreds of thousands of tons or so of flying clippers on the river are moored in the south of the Yangtze River, and the large ships with flexible sampans pass through, selling all kinds of goods to the passengers on board, and more people are boarding the big ships from the sampan, the number of those sampans is far more than people imagine, just like the crucian carp crossing the river.

"There are more celebrities and people crossing the river than crucian carp!"

Its practical sentence is very appropriate to describe Nanjing at this time, but at this time, the celebrities and gentlemen did not want to cross the river, but the sea, but to cross the ocean to "go to the South Sea".

Almost every two or three months, such a scene will be staged in Nanjing -- hundreds of large ships are moored on the river, this is the "country" fleet ready to sail to the sea, how magnificent and magnificent it is: there are countless men in short clothes who are working hard to load the goods into the cabin. The scholars who came and went on the wharf in a hurry were dressed in different costumes, some were dressed in brocade clothes, some were clothed, some were famous, and some were just calling themselves "children", they spoke all kinds of dialects, peddling themselves there, shouting loudly in the teahouses and taverns, no matter where the scholars came from, it was not difficult to find the local accent they were familiar with, and then they were humble to each other, and they showed off their personalities to each other, trying to attract the attention of the feudal princes, in fact, when they were ostentatious, There will always be some richly dressed officials who will walk over and take the initiative to invite them, and the vassal states have always been eager for talents.

When these scholars, who were about to leave the countryside to show their talents, lived in the Juxian Pavilion at the invitation of the officials of the vassal states, and waited to go to the vassal states, there were many ragged people, who gathered in the workhouse near the wharf, and lived on the two meals of alms in the courtyard every day. When you arrive at the Nanyang vassal states, you can get 100 acres of good paddy fields, which are paddy fields that are three crops a year.

Because most of them could not afford to go to sea, when they arrived in Nanjing, they would live in workhouses set up by the vassal states - in order to attract displaced people, like Yiguo, who was the first to enter the country, they even opened the workhouse to Wuchang, and when they arrived in the vassal states, they could then get a piece of land the size of a hundred acres, and for the next three years, he would need to use half of the harvest to pay for the journey, and if he was lucky, the silver saved could buy a native slave in addition to a buffalo - this is part of the overseas legend.

Three years!

It only takes three years for everyone to become a small landlord and lie at home and let the domestic slaves wait to live.

In the past two years, such overseas legends have always been circulating in newspapers and magazines, and there are always storytellers there to tell those legendary stories in restaurants all over the Ming Dynasty. It is those legendary stories that make people go to Nanyang without hesitation.

In the faces of these people, there is no pain in the pain of being far away from the homeland of their loved ones, and there is hope and expectation on each face, as well as determination without hesitation.

In this bustling crowd, there is an official in civilian clothes who stands out, and occasionally there are countless pairs of eyes cast on him, watching his every move, and for many, his decisions are often decisive in the fate of all of them.

"In addition to the ships of Shu, there are also the ships of those countries!"

Looking up at the flags with the word "Shu" hanging on the top of those masts, Shi Yiwen asked lightly.

"Teacher Hui, in addition to the fleet of the King of Shu, there are also twelve ships of the beneficial country and thirteen ships of Germany ......."

Following the teacher's side, Xu Guangqi's eyes fell on the fleet on the river, in such a large fleet, there was not only one Shu State, but also the ships of the seven vassal states that had been established in the past year and a half.

"And thirty-six ships of the Propaganda Division."

From time to time, Xu Guangqi would set his eyes on the fleet, and he specifically mentioned the Propaganda Division, because the Nanyang Propaganda Division needed the same population, and it also needed to recruit immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.

"Hmmm......"

Nodding silently, Shi Yiwen didn't say anything, in the past year and a half, he has been in Nanjing's consolation envoy yamen, presiding over the princes' inauguration, of course, he also went to Nanyang twice during the period, and went to Nanyang to deal with the closure of the country.

In less than two years, the seven kingdoms of Youyi, De, Qin, Jin, Lu, Gui and Tang successively established the South Seas. And theirs was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, not only allowing the Ming to save a huge amount of Zonglu, but also freeing up a large area of land.

"Let's go visit the monarch of Shu."

As the Nanyang consolation envoy, Shi Yiwen, although he is a first-class official, he must take the initiative to meet the princes and monarchs in the law and etiquette, and in the future Nanyang, the princes and the consolation envoys are also in the same spirit, if they neglect each other, it will be unwise for both sides to have a bad heart.

Therefore, whenever a monarch arrives in Nanjing, Shi Yiwen will take the initiative to visit in plain clothes before the princes and monarchs go to the filial piety tomb to worship Emperor Gaozu.

In terms of this etiquette alone, all countries have always been impeccable to him, of course, the monarchs and ministers of various countries are also extremely polite to Shi Yiwen, after all, they also know that this Nanyang Propaganda Envoy not only shoulders the responsibility of guarding Zhuxia, but also shoulders the mission of monitoring the princes.

Therefore, almost as soon as Shi Yiwen arrived at the dock, Zhu Xuanqi, the king of Shu, who got the news, got off the boat early, set up a guard of honor and took the initiative to welcome his arrival.

At this moment, suddenly a fast horse hurried towards this side, and finally stopped in front of Shi Yiwen, who said to Shi Yiwen as soon as he got off the horse.

"Beijing, Beijing 800 miles expedited ......"