Chapter 686: Map of the South Seas Route

When Li Zhang heard that Ah Gese was going to exchange other things for a chance to live, he couldn't help but be stunned immediately, and then asked, "What is it?" ”

"Charts!" I saw that Ah Shise's eyes turned and replied, the nautical chart is also the route map, which is the basis of navigation on the sea, you must know that the navigation of this era is still very primitive, and the routes are also piled up by generations of maritime merchants, especially when sailing in the offshore sea, it is very easy to encounter reefs, so the sea ship must know the safe route before daring to go to sea, and for the unknown sea area, it must also explore a safe route.

In other words, the route map is actually the basis of maritime trade, and in this era, the route map is mostly hidden by the various maritime merchants, except for some public routes are public, the rest are regarded as their own secrets by the maritime merchants, and under normal circumstances, they will never be passed on.

"The nautical chart is indeed a good thing, but your home has been raided, and the crew members of the ships under your name are all controlled by the imperial court, even if you can't find the nautical chart, as long as you interrogate those ships or stewards, you can finally summarize the information of the route!" Li Zhang responded with a cold smile when he heard this.

For the importance of the route map, Li Zhang had already heard Dong Qing mention it before, so naturally he would not ignore this kind of thing, and when he searched the house before, he also found some chart information from the warehouse of these people's homes, plus those experienced old seamen, it is not difficult to collect the route map in the hands of these people.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Ah Gese couldn't help but sink in his heart, but he still had a trick, and immediately spoke again: "Master Hou, it's nothing that you have my route map in your hand, but I went to know a detailed Nanyang route map, Nanyang is really a cornucopia, especially rich in spices, whether it is the Great Song Dynasty or the Great Food, spices are worth 10,000 gold!" ”

"Nanyang? It's so close to my Great Song Dynasty, do you think that our Great Song Dynasty doesn't have a route map to Nanyang? Li Zhang sneered again and asked rhetorically, now he felt that this guy was just trying to fool himself with something useless.

"No, no, no~, this is different, Master Hou, you haven't been to the South Seas, so you don't know much about the situation over there, there are too many islands in the South Seas, and not every island produces spices, and even if they produce spices, some islands will have murderous natives, which are not easy to mine, and the route map I know not only indicates the route, but also marks the location of some spice-rich islands, and even some islands have gold mines!" Ah Gese hurriedly replied, and when he mentioned the gold mine, his face also showed a bit of greed, which was really worthy of the true character of a businessman.

"I ...... I also know, Master Hou, don't be deceived by him, the route map is not in his hands at all, he wants to exchange other people's things for his own life! Unexpectedly, at this moment, I saw that Mahler suddenly jumped out and shouted, and as a result, the others seemed to wake up with his shout, and immediately shouted that they also knew.

Seeing Mahler's gang come out to make trouble, Ah Gose couldn't help but push the other party in a very angry manner, and as a result, the two sides actually scuffled again, and this time it was still Ah Gose who was surrounded by Europe, because he was injured before, Ah Gose was also quickly knocked down, and this time Mahler's gang also made a dead hand, and Ah Gose finally passed out before they stopped.

"Master Hou, the villain also knows where the Nanyang route map is, as long as Master Hou is willing to raise your noble hand and let the villain go, the villain will immediately present the news with both hands!" Mahler threw himself in front of the fence and said to Li Zhang with a flattering face, but he had just been punched in the nose and was bleeding from his nose, and his smile looked really funny.

"What do you mean to let you go, do we deserve to die?" As soon as Mahler's words fell, a Hu merchant next to him stepped forward and pushed him aside, and then said to Li Zhang flatteringly, "Master Hou, the villain knows more and more details, and even if you are willing to let the villain go, the villain will immediately go and get the route map back for you in person!" ”

But as soon as this guy spoke, the others were unwilling, after all, there was only one way to save their lives, but there were so many of them, and no one was willing to give the opportunity to others, so soon the gang began to quarrel again, and some people were even ready to do it.

"Enough!" At this moment, Li Zhang finally couldn't help but roar, which made everyone honest, and Li Zhang also sneered at this time and said again, "When did Ben Hou say that he would spare your lives?" ”

As soon as Li Zhang's words came out, everyone's faces changed, and it just so happened that Ah Gese, who had passed out at this time, also woke up, and when he heard Li Zhang's words, he laughed heartily, after all, what he couldn't get was something that others couldn't think of, and even at this time he was a little grateful to Li Zhang.

"When you get to the prison, all of them are not honest, just a route map, under Miki, Ben Hou doesn't believe that you don't recruit, but if you confess honestly now, you can suffer less by then!" Li Zhang snorted coldly again, no matter what kind of conditions these Hu businessmen come up with, these people will definitely die, and no one can change this.

At this time, Mahler and the others were all like ashes, and they didn't know what to do, but at this time, I saw Ah Gese sitting up and wiping the blood on his face and laughing: "Hahahaha~, don't rob it, a bunch of fools!" ”

Ah Gese struggled to stand up, and then staggered to the fence and looked at Li Zhang, "It seems that Dingbei Hou is determined to take the lives of our people?" ”

Li Zhang also looked at Ah Shishi's eyes at this time, the other party was a smart person, after guessing his thoughts, he seemed to let go at this time, and his expression was not as respectful as before, Li Zhang also smiled faintly and said: "Yes, not only you people, all Hu Shang who broke the law in my Great Song Dynasty will all be severely punished!" ”

"So...... All? You guys...... What are you going to do in Da Song? Ah Gese also heard the murderous aura in Li Zhang's words at this time, and couldn't help but feel an unprecedented fear at the moment.

"Do what?" Li Zhang stared at the other party and sneered, "Don't think that I don't know the details of you people, you are a group of pirates at sea, and only our Great Song Dynasty is too lazy to pay attention to you people, so we let you live in the Great Song Dynasty, but you people are not grateful, but instead kill my people of the Great Song Dynasty, and collude with Sun Li, a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, to annex the property of the Dong family. ”

The murderous intent revealed in Li Zhang's words also made Ah Gese feel frightened, he really couldn't understand why this Dingbei Marquis was so hostile to his own people? However, he was sure of one thing, that is, his gang had absolutely no chance of survival, and even if they did not cooperate, they would definitely be tortured.

Thinking of this, Ah Gese couldn't help but die, and immediately spoke again: "Brick, a famous maritime merchant in Guangzhou, has the route map of the Nanyang in his hands, and it is precisely because he controls the spice business of the Nanyang that Brick can become the leading maritime merchant in Guangzhou. ”

"Very good, if you can cooperate like you did today, then I may give you a good time in the future!" Li Zhang nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, he was going to go to Guangzhou, after all, there were many Hu merchants there, and now that Brick has the Nanyang chart in his hand, there is one more reason, because he will definitely promote the maritime trade of the Great Song Dynasty next, and Nanyang is the first target of the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing that Ah Gese told the news of the route map of the South Seas, coupled with the news revealed in Li Zhang's words just now, this made them all feel like ashes, originally before meeting Li Zhang, they still had a luxury in their hearts, but now this luxury has turned into despair.

At that moment, Li Zhang officially interrogated A Geise and others, and after what happened just now, these people all confessed very honestly at this time, although they were all dead, but they didn't want to suffer from flesh and skin before they died, which also made Li Zhang quickly try the crimes of these people, and the sentence against them was quickly issued by Li Zhang.