In a simple stone house on Chongming Island, a dark brown round wooden table sat three people, and behind each of them were several capable subordinates standing, watching the situation on the table with fierce eyes. The delicate brass kettle sat on the charcoal fire to keep warm, and no one paid attention to the delicate purple sand tea set on the table, which was once a tribute to the Northern Song Dynasty court, worth thousands of dollars, and was smashed in the bargaining.

The bald man in a gray-yellow power suit was Wu Rida, the deputy general of the quartermaster battalion under the left prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Boyan, and sitting opposite him was Jiang Gongzi in a brocade robe, and another middle-aged bearded man who made tea and water was the famous Zhu Qing of Chongming Island.

Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan originally started by selling smuggled salt, but later gradually recruited troops and bought ships, occupied most of the sea area near Chongming Island, mainly relying on smuggling, and later became pirates. The Southern Song Dynasty court has sent troops and ships to encircle and suppress many times, how to fight without dying, and then the court resorted to the strategy of recruiting an and rewarded the two as officials.

Kublai Khan, the Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, sent Zuo Prime Minister Boyan to lead an army of 200,000 troops, since the Yuan capital raised troops to invade the Song Dynasty, and after hitting the Jianghuai East Road in Yangzhou, this Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan quietly betrayed the Song Dynasty, and took more than 500 ships under their command to become the general of the Yuan Dynasty's naval army.

"General Uzhida, the spice ship can be transferred directly from Quanzhou, but this matter of splitting the profit cannot be changed. Master Pu personally told me that there is no problem in doing business with people from the north, we only recognize Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan, as long as they do business, they can do it, but the profit must be fifty-fifty. Although Jiang Gongzi looked tired, it seemed that he had been arguing about this matter for a long time, but he had a hint of concession.

As the deputy general of the quartermaster battalion, Wu Rida was in charge of a passage in and out of the Yuan capital, and privately did some business with the merchants of the Yuan capital, thinking of trafficking Arabic spices from the Southern Song Dynasty, which required the cooperation of the city of Quanzhou Port in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Jiang Gongzi came to Chongming to negotiate on behalf of the merchants of Quanzhou.

Originally, Jiang Gongzi planned to take the Mengjia Fishing Village, just to bypass the jurisdiction of the Municipal Shipping Division, and the Mengjia Fishing Village could berth the big ships from Arabia after a little transformation. If ten large ships can be unloaded in Mengjia Fishing Village every month and sold in Fuzhou by land, it will be twice as much as the normal management of the city shipping department in addition to the tribute that must be paid to Pu Shougeng in Quanzhou.

Of course, the supply of goods is not worried, the Arab businessmen are also greedy, and they are unwilling to be controlled by the market department, and Jiang Gongzi's side is naturally a hit, this plan has been brewing for a long time, and it is waiting to seize the Mengjia fishing village wharf step by step. But at this time, he was named and assigned by Pu Shougeng to come to Chongming to see Zhu Qing on behalf of Quanzhou merchants and negotiate with Wu Rida in Yuan Dadu.

There is really no one who is in charge here, Wu Rida naturally represents the power of Prime Minister Zuo Boyan, and he who negotiates with the intention of taking the lead, how can he look at Jiang Gongzi, who seems to be weak.

"Hahaha, the southerners will do business with heavy profits, as expected by the prime minister, you would rather die than make less money, hahaha, are you really not afraid of death?" Wu Rida took out the bright saber from the belt around his waist, stretched out his tongue in front of his eyes and licked the snowy blade, staring at Jiang Gongzi with brutal eyes.

Jiang Gongzi let out a sigh of relief, shook his head deliberately and said: "General Wurida, this is wrong, Jiang is just a small businessman, heavy profit is my duty, and I would rather die if I don't make money."

The northbound route is dangerous, with countless bright reefs and reefs, and only six or seven out of ten overseas merchant ships have successfully gone north with navigation charts, which one dares to come? . After the most stormy and strong waves, I heard that two big ships sank in the East China Sea, killing and injuring hundreds of people and goods, and the goods are even more numerous. ”

Zhu Qing saw that the two of them were at an impasse, so he said haha: "After talking, they will all talk about birds, stop here, let's guess and drink." I just got a few little girls from the Japanese country, each of them is very coquettish with thin skin and tender meat, and I called them over to help the two of them dance. ”

Jiang Gongzi went north to negotiate, but he didn't have time to send people to attack Zhao Tianyou and Meng Wenshan, giving Zhao Tianyou time to develop in Mengjia Fishing Village, and improving the protection ability of Mengjia Fishing Village.

The two craftsmen who could make gunpowder, one surnamed Zhou Mingyuan and the other named Liu Jinli, both of them used to work in the gunpowder workshop under the military supervision of Jiankang Prefecture. Liu Jinli was still a small leader with more than 30 people in charge, and he had some recipes for making gunpowder.

After being broken by the Yuan soldiers, both of them fled to Quanzhou, began to work for a living, and later had some capital, purchased some tools and materials, and began to make gunpowder to make some fireworks and firecrackers, and sell them in the market. The business started well, but the fireworks were too seasonal, and some ruffians later charged a fee for the protection of the plate, and the business was a little sluggish. This time, Zhao Tianyou asked someone to make gunpowder at a high price, and the two of them simply cleaned up and hurried over, for fear that the errand of eating would be snatched away by others.

The gunpowder workshop building for the two had just been completed, and it was built according to the requirements of the two people, as well as some opinions from Zhao Tianyou. This gunpowder workshop is basically a semi-underground independent room, and the fire and explosion prevention measures are very good, so that these two people admire the five-body projection.

After the helpers and raw materials were in place, it took a few days for the two to make the first pot of about ten catties of black medicine. According to the formula, the effect of these black medicines is called vertical medicine, which can be similar to the flower of the Drill Monkey, with strong combustion performance, but no explosive power.

When the first pot of black medicine was ready, Liu Jin used a long bamboo pole to hollow out two sections, filled it with gunpowder and sealed it, inserted the medicine twist and brought it to Zhao Tianyou, and said happily: "Zhao Jiaotou, this is the fire dragon originally made by the ordnance, after igniting it, it can be sprayed out three zhang away, and the middle one will immediately burst into flames." ”

There was a circle of people outside the gunpowder workshop, and Meng Wenshan and several elders watched anxiously, not knowing what Zhao Jiaotou was spending a lot of money on to make this big firework. Meng Shuirou, dressed in a purple and red suit, was beside Zhao Tianyou, recently she no longer went to sea to work, and concentrated on being the deputy head of the village soldiers, which was also a good way for Zhao Tianyou to suddenly discover.

When Zhao Tianyou began to teach simple military boxing, he found that Meng Shuirou was secretly learning next to him, and he learned it quickly, almost completely at one point, and he didn't need to teach it a second time. And when it comes to the fighting technique of killing the enemy in one move, Zhao Tianyou's explanation and skill demonstration are not as easy as Meng Shuirou's explanation to the village soldiers after learning it.

So Zhao Tianyou was rarely relaxed, first taught Meng Shuirou in private, and only gave simple instructions in the martial arts arena, and the specific details were led by Meng Shuirou, and the efficiency and effect were much stronger than Zhao Tianyou in person.

"Master Liu, you said that this fire dragon can spew out three zhang away?" Zhao Tianyou held the bamboo tube, and his heart really meant a musket.