These changes only added to the annoyance of the people on this ship, and the most important thing was that they hoped to persuade the Wei dignitaries on the Fujian Road to strengthen the sailors, eliminate the pirates, and exert pressure on Pu Xingfeng and the Tianfang people, and then affect the situation of the Western countries.

The young man in front of him is called Luo Fangbo, his great-grandfather immigrated from Zhangzhou to the West, built a family from scratch, first traded with the merchants of the Great Wei in the local area, and then stayed in the West for a long time, guarding and selling goods for the domestic merchants, many immigrants did not have the intention of moving at the beginning, from the West to the Fujian Road of the Great Wei, it would take a few months to go back and forth, and it would be very troublesome to transport goods every year if no one docked, so in addition to a small number of poor people who could not survive and took the initiative to move overseas, A large number of businessmen and related people began to stay in the local area either compulsorily or voluntarily.

The Eastern and Western Oceans are the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Malay region in later generations, which are collectively called the South Seas, or divided into the East or the West.

More than 200 years later, and since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been poor people who have gone to Nanyang to make a living, and there are already two countries established by Han people on the border between the East and the West.

There are also a few small forces, which are also established by the Han people, or called the lord of the country, or the marshal, with small territories, some of them are on the archipelago, and even pirates in disguise, which is naturally not worth mentioning.

The group of people in front of them is from Lanfang Country, whose lord is not called the emperor or the king, but is called the great ruler externally and the lord of the country internally. Therefore, after the establishment of the country a hundred years ago, he asked the Great Wei to attach it, although the Great Wei did not agree, but he regarded Lanfang as one of the vassal states, and it was also a tribute every three years, and there were endless exchanges.

Passed down to the present generation, the lord Luo Yuzhang is seriously ill and can not be a director on a daily basis, but fortunately, the son Luo Fangbo is shrewd and capable, young and promising, Lanfang has no civil strife in the country, and continues to maintain trade with Great Wei and other countries, and the country is quite prosperous.

After the rise of Manchu Thorn, he ran the city of Malacca, controlled the waters of the sea channel, and converted to the Tianfang Sect, which was regarded as a hardcore ally of the Tianfang Kingdom, and its country became stronger, and the Sultan began to attack the Later Three Buddhas Kingdom established by Liang Daoming, a person from Guangnan East Road of the Great Wei, and the Three Buddhas and Zhang Jiexu on Arouna Island, as well as Lan Fangguo and other Han forces, and they were connected with each other. Lanfang is located in Borneo, the three Buddhas are in Sumatra, and the country is on the island of Tuna, the weakest power, and the Manchu control Malacca, and the Mughals, Tianfang and other countries believe in the Heavenly Religion, and the Han countries that believe in the Buddha are incompatible, with the support of the Heavenly Kingdom, the national strength of the Manchu and the Three Buddhas gradually have a tendency to be overwhelmed, plus the pirate forces such as Pu Xingfeng often sweep the coastal areas of the Han countries, harassing the trade channels of the countries, more than ten years, the Lanfang and the Three Buddhas are weakening day by day, and there is a sense of precariousness.

The focus of the battle between the two sides is still the ownership of Malacca City.

Luo Fangbo's trip was to suggest that the Great Wei rebuild the naval division and crack down on the bandits, although the national strength of Lan Fangguo was not as good as before, but in terms of shipbuilding, naval personnel and financial resources, it could still provide considerable help to the Great Wei.

The population of Lanfang is more than 6 million, half of the Han people, half of the aborigines, after the pressure of the Manchu thorns increases, the natives are gradually difficult to control, and the domestic power is wasted and wasted, and the Great Wei manpower is sufficient, but the imperial court pays too much attention to the northern border defense, and does not pay much attention to the coastal defense, in Luo Fangbo's view, this is also a very dangerous situation, more than half of the financial income of the Great Wei is dependent on foreign trade and related industries, once the thieves form a scale with the support of the Manchu Jia, cut off the foreign trade of the Great Wei, This is nothing short of devastating.

It's a pity that this kind of argument was considered by the Great Wei Junchen to be an alarmist statement of Lan Fangguo in order to save himself, even if it is here in Fujian, although the King of Qi does not object, but he said that he can't help, and the establishment and expansion of the water division needs the will of the center, mainly from the Son of Heaven, and even the two governments are powerless on this matter.

Although Han Zhong is the minister of power, he still has to obey the will of the Son of Heaven in such a major matter, as evidenced by the Northern Expedition.

Han Zhong can get rid of Liu Zhiyuan, but the real politics of the country and the dynasty still have to listen to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was reluctant to pay for the rebuilding of the water division, and it was useless for others to say anything.

During this trip to Fujian, Luo Fangbo and others felt the weakness of the Great Wei, and the previous Chinese Shangbang, which dominated the world and was admired by all countries, was already a giant with a thousand holes and extreme weakness.

Heavy taxes, arrogant officials, weak armaments, and empty border defenses everywhere, recalling the Great Wei recorded by the former commanders and officials of Lan Fangguo more than a hundred years ago, it is almost considered to be a heavenly pool.

Although the heavenly side is also weakening, and the Taixi countries will have a big fight every few years, and the territory on the sea has also been encroached upon by the Taixi countries, but the heavenly side is still a behemoth across the continents, and its cavalry and sailors have considerable points, and in terms of financial reserves, the heavenly side is far above the Great Wei.

In particular, the heavens supported the Manchurian Thorn in the South Sea Sea, in addition to the Mughals, Timurid Khanate and other countries as wings, and its national strength is actually far above the Great Wei.

Great Wei is actually the hegemon of East Asia, there used to be a powerful sailor on the surface of the South China Sea, and the influence was deep and widespread, but now like the tide receded, the influence only existed on the mainland, and it was attacked on all sides, the country was gradually declining, and the heavens were not so strong as before, but its influence and national strength were still not comparable to the Great Wei.

It is no wonder that when the Heavenly Merchants came to the Great Wei, they had a strong sense of self-confidence and contempt, just as when the Great Wei was strong, when the Wei people went to those small barbarian countries, they also had a strong self-confidence in the Heavenly Empire and despised the local natives, and the feeling between the two was actually the same, and there was no substantial difference.

Luo Fangbo said distraughtly: "Has Nan Anhou come back?" ”

Since he knows that Xu Zixian is also an important figure in the political map of Fujian Road, Luo Fangbo certainly hopes to meet, Xu Zixian's appointment has come down, with the knowledge of Qizhou, the defense envoy, the capital of Zhizhai, plus Nan'an Tuanlian, hereditary princes, and 6,000 households, from this series of appointments, it is enough to prove that Xu Zixian is the real power of Fujian, and the most important thing is that it is rumored that Xu Zixian and the left minister Han Zhong joined forces to get rid of the big ginseng, and there are two allies in the left and right phases, just from this point of view, it is much more important than the king of Qi.

"I've been at sea for more than 20 days." Someone replied: "The appointment of the imperial court came down by land, and he arrived in Fuzhou more than ten days ago, and he will soon come to Nan'anhou." ”

"Then let's wait on the shore." Luo Fangbo said categorically: "If you don't see each other, you are always unwilling." ”

"There are a lot of boats here in Nan'an." Under the proper service of the port, the sailing ship from Lan Fangguo successfully docked in the port, and when everyone felt the slight vibration of the hull, the small boat had already separated from the sailboat, and a number of pulp boats were welcomed to the river, where there were sailing ships coming to dock at the port. "Nan Anhou seems to be a man who values trade." Luo Fangbo's brows gradually relaxed, and the situation in front of him really showed this.

It's not that the officials of Fujian Road didn't pay attention to trade, after all, foreign trade was the national policy of Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty after the founding of the country, and the Great Wei did gain a lot of wealth from foreign trade.

Every year, more than 6 million guan of trade taxes are directly collected from many ports such as Quanzhangfu and Jiangling in Guangzhou, and more than 20 million guan of direct taxes are collected from various commercial banks and factories, accounting for more than one-fifth of the annual tax of the Great Wei Dynasty.

In addition, the development of trade has led to a large number of commercial banks, internal trade, industry and commerce, and the number of people who directly and indirectly receive the influence of foreign trade, and the taxes drawn from them, are also astronomical.

But as far as management is concerned, what Dawei can basically do is to have sufficient tax officials, and there is no service to talk about, and there is no such will at all, but the management and public security are also quite insufficient.

The port is dilapidated and dilapidated, and there are no personnel arranged by the government to receive the port, and the officials are only responsible for accounting for goods, inspecting smuggling and piracy, in fact, the public security is also very poor, and many thieves are targeting businessmen from overseas, and many foreign businessmen must hire a large number of guards is a clear example.

The Great Wei could only try not to make a large number of pirates attack, but the capture of Zhangzhou a few years ago was obviously a slap in the face of the Great Wei court, and there was no way to recover this field in the following years.

Nan'an Port is different here, there are small boats patrolling the river before docking, and soldiers with knives patrolling back and forth on both sides of the strait, which gives people a strong psychological hint that it is quite safe here.

In addition, there are small boats on the side, all of which are ships of the Nan'an regiment training school, which is also a bit surprising.

After going ashore, there have been officials to come, the ship and the people on board the register, the officials were unexpectedly gentle and polite, in addition to the escort by Nan'an Tuanlian is in charge, the port cargo storage safety, is also taken over by Nan'an Tuanlian.

Then there is a message transmission service, the clerk sent a booklet, are the price situation from Jianzhou to Raozhou and Quzhou, about three or five days of the latest news, for many businessmen to stock up, this news is also timely rain, after many confirmations, the news provided by Nan'an Port is roughly accurate, there will not be much error.

In addition, in terms of food, accommodation and many other aspects, it is also quite detailed, in general, compared to the Quanzhou Port in charge of the Wei Imperial Court, the service here in Nan'an Port can be described as meticulous.

Even if it can't be exaggerated enough to make the guests feel at home, they also have to donate some fees such as group practice and storage fees, berthing fees, etc., but on the whole it is quite satisfying.

There are also a lot of small boats moored on the shore, there are large sentry ships with sloops and eight pulps, there are also small boats with single masts and slurry, there are also small sentinel ships with four masts or eight pulps, and there are many large ships with a length of tens of meters such as water ships and dragon spirit boats.

It's just that most of these ships are ruined, and many of them are damaged, and a number of sailors are repairing them on the shore, and they are beating and beating.

"I heard that this is Nan'an's capture of the Pujia War." A Lan Fang man said with some disdain: "There are more than 100 large and small ships, and the total is not as valuable as our ship, Nan Anhou is still like a baby, and this family is too miserable." ”