Quanzhou Mansion, in the chamber.

Officials of all sizes in the state capital gathered together and sat in two rows, Yang Congyi, Tang Xun, and Zhao An were also among them, and Quanzhou Zhizhou and Hui Yi were the first to sit in the first seat.

I only heard the Quanzhou Zhizhou say: "Lord Dai, please." ”

Dai Cong said with a smile: "Dai is a guest from afar, Fang Zhizhou is the master, how can the guest suppress the master." Lord Zhishu, please. ”

Quanzhou Zhizhou said: "Lord Dai's envoy this time, on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, how can he compromise his majesty?" Mr. Dai, please. ”

Dai Cong smiled at this time: "Lord Zhizhou's lesson is that Dai is better to be respectful than to obey his fate. ”

After coughing lightly, Lang Sheng said to the people in the hall: "This is the first time that this dynasty has organized such a large-scale return, and the court has attached great importance to it, allocating huge sums of money to build 100 sea ships, recruiting as many as seven or eight thousand people of all kinds, and purchasing silk, tea, porcelain and other things, countless. Think about it, why did the imperial court spend a huge amount of money to make an ocean return at this time, and why did it choose Quanzhou as a starting point?

After decades of war with Liaojin, the national strength was exhausted, especially after moving south, fighting with the Jin country for more than ten years, fighting wars every year, and building the capital Lin'an, all kinds of waste to be rebuilt, the imperial court had to use money everywhere, but the fields north of the Yangtze River were barren, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River were uneasy, and the world's financial income was less than three or four tenths of the past, far from enough for the budget expenditure of various ministries.

In recent years, after Qin Xiangli advocated peace, and Song and Jin lived in peace, the world was stable, agriculture and mulberry were restored, and the financial pressure of the imperial court was slightly eased, but the annual wealth still did not have a balance of copper coins, which was still not enough for the expenses of the ministries, and the places where the ministries needed to spend money were countless, and there was a shortage of tens of millions. In this way, the imperial court had to spend a lot of money to personally preside over the exchange, hoping to make enough profits from this ocean-going return to enrich the treasury and relieve the pressure on finance.

And Quanzhou as a large port back to Yi, the value of goods entering and leaving the port every year is not less than 10 million, and the tax profit is also more than 1 million, if it is rectified, smuggling and tax evasion are strictly prohibited, and it should not be a problem to double the tax profit every year. This time, the imperial court chose Quanzhou Port as the place where the Huiyi fleet went to sea, which means, you should be able to understand. Now the outer port is renovated, how many merchant ships can dock, you should work with the city shipping division, this Quanzhou will be built into the first large port of the Song Dynasty, north through Goryeo, the Japanese country, south to the South Seas countries, foreign transport and domestic sales, into one, so that the inevitable businessmen gathered, tax profits doubled and doubled, it is not a problem. At that time, the imperial court will inevitably see your achievements.

Huiyi fleet will set off tomorrow, as fast as a year, slow as three or five years will come back, please imagine, hundreds of ships full of exotic and precious goods, back to Quanzhou Port when it is a grand occasion! Whether it is domestic transportation or export sales, you should prepare as soon as possible so that the imperial court can earn back this money as soon as possible to solve the urgent need! ”

Everyone in the chamber sat upright, all listening quietly, and no one said a word.

Quanzhou Zhizhou said: "What Lord Dai said just now, you have all heard it, there are only two of the Great Song Dynasty of the City Bo Division, one is in Guangzhou, and the other is in Quanzhou. The imperial court's Huiyi fleet, you must have seen it, you have not seen it and heard of it, hundreds of large ships, loaded with countless goods, the main ship of Shenzhou is more than 20 zhang long, 5 or 6 zhang wide, like a small mountain, the cost is very huge. I hope you can understand the difficulties and painstaking efforts of the imperial court, clean up the port, crack down on smuggling merchant ships, regulate port trade, and let all merchant ships come to Quanzhou to dock in Quanzhou port, and no illegal businessmen can evade taxes. The ports will continue to be repaired and built, and when the imperial court returns to the Yi fleet, they will also dock at the port of Quanzhou, and most of the repurchased goods will be sold from Quanzhou to various places, even the ...... of Goryeo and Wa "

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The two adults talked at length for half an hour, which made people drowsy.

"Lord Dai, your visit to the Nanyang countries this time is the first time in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also a blessing for Quanzhou to go to sea from Quanzhou. Dai is thousands of miles away, I don't know the return date, tomorrow in the state with the Quanzhou state and blind date fathers and elders, in Shihu Port for Dai Daren! ”

"The road from Quanzhou to Shihugang is not close, and the Lord Zhizhou is busy with affairs, so I will not work for the Lord Zhizhou, no matter what, thank you Lord Zhizhou for your kindness."

"Lord Dai represents the Song Dynasty this time, since he started from Quanzhou, no matter how busy the official is, he has to find time to send him off, and Quanzhou is sending the court envoys, not just Lord Dai."

Zhizhou said so, it is better to be respectful than to obey orders. Thanks a lot! ”

"I wonder if Master Dai still has an explanation? If nothing happens, the state needs to make arrangements, and tomorrow is good for Lord Dai. ”

"The lower official still has to go to the port to inspect it, and there is a lot of disturbance, so he will leave." Dai Cheng stood up.

"Okay, Master Dai go slowly, and Benzhou will go to the port tomorrow to see him off." Quanzhou Zhizhou got up to send him off.

The people in the chamber immediately stood up.

"Lord Zhizhou, stay." Dai Cong smiled and walked out of the hall first.

Yang Congyi, Tang Xun and others followed, and then walked out of the conference hall together.

Not far from the conference hall, Dai Cong stopped and said to Yang Congyi and the others: "You wait to go to the port with this official to see if you are fully prepared to go to sea." ”

The three of them nodded yes.

After walking a few steps, he asked again: "Why didn't Huang Qi come, do you know?" ”

Tang Xun replied: "Lord Huang has just come to Quanzhou, he is not accustomed to water and soil, he is sick, and he has already gotten on the boat to breathe. ”

"Oh, is it serious, the shadow won't affect the fleet's travel tomorrow?" Dai Cong didn't look back, and walked slowly to the outside of the yamen of the state capital, accompanied by the guards of the forbidden army.

Tang Xun replied: "I don't know, but I don't think it's very serious, and I should be able to go to sea normally tomorrow." ”

"That's fine." After that, there was no word.

Everyone followed behind Dai Cong, escorted by hundreds of forbidden troops, all the way out of the city and across the river, to the port.

The first time Dai Cong came to the port, the first time he saw the dense sea ships docked on the shore, he looked at the past and counted them innumerable, and his heart was very shocked.

Before, I only heard that there were 100 sea ships in the Huiyi fleet, and countless goods were purchased, with a value of up to seven or eight million yuan, which could be transported to the South and Western Oceans, and could be exchanged for rare goods and curiosities, and it was easy to earn ten times the profit. If the money had gone into the treasury of the household department instead of going into the royal treasury, the ministries would not have to be so tight, and many things would have been difficult to move forward.

"Let's get on the boat and have a look." Dai Cong wanted to inspect the sea vessels.

Tang Xun immediately led the way and led everyone to a nearby sea boat.

The Xuanwei Army was already stationed on the deck of the ship.

After looking around on the deck and the side of the ship, Dai Chong wanted to go into the cabin to take a look.

Tang Xun said: "My lord, the cabin is full of goods, the space is small, very messy, the air circulation is not smooth, and the smell is unpleasant, so don't go in." ”

Dai Cong frowned: "The imperial court handed over the important task of returning to Yi to you, and you just dealt with it like this, if there is a slight smell in the cabin, you can't go in?" You are eating the court's money, so you can't suffer a little, and you can't share the worries of the court? If this is the case, this official advises you to leave your post as soon as possible and go home, so as not to remove you from your post at the expense of the imperial court! ”

"Your Excellency, please!" Tang Xun immediately stepped forward and walked towards the cabin.

was reprimanded inexplicably, Yang Congyi and the other three were very unhappy, but they didn't dare to speak, so they had to follow Dai Cong into the cabin.

As soon as I entered the cabin, a foul smell went straight to my nostrils.

Dai Cong couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his nose, forcibly endured his discomfort, quickly walked around the cabin, hurriedly went out, stood on the deck and breathed for a while before saying, "How much cargo is there on this ship for trade-back?" ”

Tang Xun replied: "20,000 pieces of silk, 30,000 pieces of porcelain, and 80,000 catties of tea. ”

Dai Cong said: "With such a big ship, this official should see more than that." ”

Tang Xun replied: "My lord doesn't know, this ship is a pointed bottom sea ship, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, a large part of it is underwater, the humidity is heavy, and the space below is small, it can't carry goods, so it can only put some daily necessities." ”

When Dai Cong heard Tang Xun say this, he didn't say anything more, turned around and got off the boat.

When Tang Xun, Yang Congyi and others wanted to keep up, Dai Cong asked them to go their separate ways, and then carefully inspect and inspect the sea vessels, so as not to make any mistakes.

After Dai Cong finished speaking, he left under the escort of the forbidden army, not knowing where to go.

The three of them were speechless, it was not good for them to talk about Dai Cong casually, after all, they were also important ministers of the imperial court, Zuo Shilangzhong, maybe when he came back from Nanyang, he would be promoted to the sixth department and take charge of one real power.

The three of them can't be separated when they get together, how to go out to sea tomorrow, who will go first and who will come after will have to be arranged clearly. Although there have been plans and arrangements for the order before, the details are still insufficient, and it will be too unlucky for so many ships to go to sea once they do not go well and there is chaos in the port.

After re-discussion and confirmation, it was finally decided to let the ships of Hanjiang Port leave Quanzhou Bay first, leaving the position to the main ship of Shenzhou, and wait for the main ship to go to sea, followed by the sea ships of Shihu Port, and Xiutu Port was the last to go offshore. And send two vehicles and ships to coordinate in Quanzhou Bay, and all ships in the port will pass according to the number and go offshore according to the number.

Before the materials were loaded, all the seagoing vessels had been numbered at the request of Jiang Kai and Zhao An, and each ship was also docked according to the number, Haizhou No. 1 was in Hanjiang Port, and Haizhou No. 117 was in Xiutu Port, close to the open sea.

The envoys of the Great Song Dynasty went to sea, and the Quanzhou Prefecture was bound to come to see them off. Let them stand on the beach for three or two hours in the cold winter, which is definitely not suitable, and it is enough to go to sea from the main ship offshore.

By the time they had adjusted everything and made proper arrangements and got on the main ship to report to Lord Huang, it was already afternoon.

Some of the things within the scope of the responsibilities of the three still need to be confirmed and handled, so they left separately.

Tomorrow out of the sea, everything is not easy, then only found the shortcomings of something important, and then want to supplement after getting Guangzhou, to Guangzhou will only do a short stay, the vast majority of sea ships will not enter the port to dock, it is estimated that there will only be a small number of ships to enter the port to dock, to supplement some scarce materials.

Yang Congyi found Jiang Kai and Shen Jin, and reviewed and checked in detail the distribution of ships and personnel stored in important logistics materials, and confirmed that they were correct.

The fleet was about to depart tomorrow, and Yang Congyi instructed Shen Jin to distribute the improved needle discs according to their numbers, and taught them how to use them, warning the holder of the pin discs not to lose or damage them, otherwise they would be heavily fined.

That night, one hundred and seventeen sea ships, ten warships, and one Shenzhou main ship all got the improved needle plate, and the new needle plate pointed more accurately and was more convenient to use.