The road to the south has been smooth, and in autumn and winter, the northwestern monsoon has taken care of the south, and at the same time, there are no typhoons raging, which has minimized the greatest natural risk on the sea.

As for the pirate forces who did evil and acted arbitrarily in the Daimyo Sea back then, life has not been so easy these years.

As the foundation of the Hong Dynasty, the sea may limit its destructive power to maritime trade by controlling the pirate's sphere of influence and regulating its behavior when it was not strong at the beginning.

And with the Hong Dynasty Navy fleet is strong enough, the end of the pirate gang has come, and the pirate gang is still dead, trying to fight guerrilla attacks with the Hong Dynasty Navy through the vast sea, facing the Hong Dynasty Navy Fleet, which has become a large-scale steamship fleet, the speed and strength are still different, so that as long as it is targeted by the Hong Dynasty Navy Fleet, there is no other way out except for the destruction of the road.

Kill chickens and monkeys, use the bloody heads of those diehards as a warning, unless the rest of the pirate forces do not want their precious lives, then they can only belong to the Hong Dynasty sailors, or go away to fight in more distant seas.

However, the territory of the Hong Dynasty sailors on the sea is huge beyond the imagination of others, from the eastern line of the Indonesian archipelago in the South Seas, to the western front of the East Wa and North Korean waters, all of which are under the control of the Hong Dynasty sailors, and the Han pirate gangs, unless they want to leave their homeland and go to foreign countries to work hard, in fact, their choice is only so simple, put down the butcher's knife and join the Hong Dynasty.

In this way, in fact, the problem that Meng Fei, a sea ship full of goods, has been worried about, in fact, if he really wants to meet pirates, it may be a little higher than the probability of buying lottery tickets in later generations.

The prosperity of the South China Sea route made it possible for Meng Fei and their improvised fleet to encounter a fleet every few days, or a lone ship to pass by them.

Sometimes, there are even enthusiastic boat owners who say hello to each other and exchange names with each other in order to expand their business relationship.

For this kind of behavior, Meng Fei is particularly welcome, after all, as a novice who has just engaged in this industry, although the family also has some connections in this regard, but after all, the strength and status of their two families are not high, and all the connections are really shallow, so it is also good to have such an opportunity to meet with other maritime merchants and proprietors, and make a familiar face.

On this day, Meng Fei and the others met a huge fleet of sailors head-on in the sea area more than 100 miles east of Dayuan Island, and were attracted by the gray aura that permeated behind the opponent's fleet, and they all boarded the deck and signaled to a fleet.

"Owner, this is the most advanced and most powerful naval fleet of our Hong Dynasty!"

"This fleet doesn't need to be pushed by the wind, what kind of steam engine has been installed on the ship, and coal is burned as fuel, and it is called a fast run!"

The captain standing beside Meng Fei and them was hired by the ship and people at the beginning, and he was extremely familiar with this route, and at this time, seeing Meng Fei and they were so curious about the fleet that did not have a mast erected, they hurriedly explained it.

"How fast can you run?"

With a confused look, Meng Fei kept looking at this approaching fleet.

"Let's take our ship as an example, if it goes with the wind, the speed of a fully loaded cargo ship can reach one hour and twenty-five miles, but a sea ship like a human can move at full speed, and the speed of more than thirty miles an hour is an easy thing."

"Moreover, this steamship does not need to look at the color of God, only needs to send two sailors to refuel, and this ship can sail tirelessly, going back and forth between Tianjin and Manila, which is more than one-third of the time saved by a ship like ours!"

"And ............"

The captain also looked at this fleet of tall beasts with envy, the two thousand sea ships they were riding on were already considered behemoths, but compared to the new "Qinglong" battleship led by the Hong Dynasty Navy Division's fleet, the volume was still more than a circle.

"Is there a place to buy such a steamer?"

Listening to the captain's introduction of the various kinds of Meng Fei with great ambitions on the steamship, even Meng Fei's partner Bi Yong was a little moved, and interjected to ask.

"This kind of good thing, in addition to our Hong Dynasty Navy fleet, only the ocean-going trade fleet of Qixintang, as well as a few wealthy business tycoons of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, are qualified to purchase, and the quantity purchased is not much."

The captain replied with a little envy, but at the same time with some rejoicing.

"Fortunately, the output of this steamship is not high, otherwise if we really want to let the big families of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce use this kind of sea ship as a cargo ship, then we small maritime merchants will not want to do this kind of ocean business!"

"I can't compete with others at all!"

The fleet of the Hong Chao Sailors approached Meng Fei's fleet, slowly slowing down, while someone stood on the deck of one of the leading sea ships and shouted in this direction.

"This is the second detachment of the Dayuan Island Fleet of the Hong Dynasty Naval Division, you have entered the sea area of Dayuan Island, if you encounter any problems on the way, or need help, you can ask our fleet, and our fleet will protect your safety."

"However, in order to verify the identity of the shipowners, please also cooperate with the preparation of all the documents of your ship, and our fleet will send staff to inspect your ship."

After the establishment of the Hong Dynasty, the fleet of the Hong Dynasty Navy took the initiative to abandon the practice of collecting tolls and protection fees, and instead included them in the commercial tax.

Now the task of the Hong Dynasty Navy Fleet, in addition to playing the blockade of the sea areas of the Ming Dynasty and maintaining the peace of the maritime trade routes, is to spot check whether there are bold smugglers or ships that falsely report and conceal goods among the passing ships.

After all, although the profits of ocean trade are abundant, the people of the Hong Dynasty are not at all soft in taking the commercial tax of their ocean trade, and the commercial tax is often calculated at about one to two percent of the total value of all the goods of the current ship.

Therefore, for those smugglers who have little capital and think they are familiar with the route, in order to reduce this part of the cost, they are stunned to load goods on the remote wilderness coastline, and then go south to the South Seas to sell.

Due to the vast area controlled by the Hong Dynasty naval fleet, although the Hong Dynasty government strongly cracked down on this kind of behavior, the smuggling behavior was repeatedly prohibited, and there were always people who thought they were lucky and wanted to take this risk.