Chapter 381: The King of the North Sea (Page 1/1)

Not to mention anything else, Jinzhou Mansion is the northernmost state capital of Great Xia, and it is the border with the Mengyuan Empire. Every year, a large amount of fur flows from Mengyuan into Jinzhou Prefecture, and if this trade route is opened, the textile industry in Donghai Province can cover cotton, linen, silk and wool.

At the same time, there are many raw materials in the north that are not available in Tokai Prefecture, especially various ores and medicinal materials that are urgently needed in Tokai Prefecture at present. In addition, all kinds of beef and mutton meat are also excellent things, and they can make a lot of money by shipping them back to Donghae Province to be processed into canned food.

Departing from the pier in Tohae Province, the sea is very windy and rough in winter, and it took only five days to reach Jinju Province.

Because the ship was loaded with a lot of coarse salt, in the territory of Great Xia, salt sales need to be salted, otherwise if they are caught, they will be treated as smuggled salt, and they will be fined and confiscated for salt, and they will be killed at worst.

Now that Great Xia and Mengyuan are at war, if the defenders of Jinzhou Mansion find out that they are selling illicit salt into the territory of Mengyuan, it will definitely be beheaded.

Therefore, when they were about to arrive at Jinzhou Prefecture, the sea ship did not dock at the official wharf, but chose a natural port location to dock.

This location was finally inquired about by the Zhao Firm, and at the same time, it also used the power of the North Sea pirates. The smuggling route was also provided by the group of pirates, for which Su Ziheng paid a lot of money. But for the sake of Ji Xiaoxiao, Su Ziheng felt that everything was worth it.

What's more, the treasures that fell into the hands of pirates, sooner or later, Su Ziheng would let them spit it all out.

As long as Ji Xiaoxiao is rescued, Su Ziheng will do everything possible to open up the route from Donghai Mansion to Mengyuan. He was ready to learn the strategy of the previous Taizu and surround the inner circle from the outside.

At the beginning, Taizu took the road of encircling the city from the countryside, but now he wants to take the route of encircling the inland from the sea.

The steamship invented by the steam engine first unified all the important islands in the East and South China Seas and the North Sea, and incorporated all the pirates. Then, step by step, the seaside cities were captured, so that a peripheral belt could be formed, and the goods produced in the Tokai Province could be sold to various places by taking advantage of the convenience of shipping.

Before leaving, Su Ziheng had already told Zhong Qinghan about this plan, and asked her to start training the navy, waiting for the steam ship to be built next year, and then she could start the operation.

Fighting a naval battle is nothing more than a strong ship and artillery, and now the artillery of Donghai Prefecture has been almost studied, and when it comes to the stage of actual combat exercises, steam engine sea ships made of steel are also being developed. Everything is thriving.

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Taking advantage of the darkness, Su Ziheng instructed Shi Meng and others to transport bags of packaged coarse salt to a cave and place them.

At this time, at the location of the cave, there were already smugglers waiting, which was also introduced by Deng Zhilong, the king of the North Sea, the largest pirate leader in Beihai.

Deng Zhilong met through Dong Yuanyu, when Dong Yuanyu was a pirate on Zhenbao Island in the East China Sea, his forces were quite large, and he had several dealings with Deng Zhilong, the king of the North Sea.

This time, when Su Ziheng was going north to Mengyuan, Dongyuan proposed that she go to the front station, and used the communication ring given by Su Ziheng to set off three days in advance and contact Deng Zhilong, the king of the North Sea.

Deng Zhilong had a lot of thoughts about Dong Yuan Yu at the beginning, and wanted to marry her, and even promised to hand over all his more than 3,000 horses in Beihai to Dong Yuan Yu in charge, but in the end, Dong Yuan Yu still did not agree to Deng Zhilong's conditions.

Although Dong Yuanyu did not agree to marry Deng Zhilong, they did not break off contact with each other, and occasionally had a big deal, and they still exchanged news.

It wasn't until Dong Yuan Yu submitted to Su Ziheng that the two of them completely broke off contact. Deng Zhilong wanted to find Dong Yuanyu, but the pirates on the entire island of Zhenbao Island were wiped out, and even if Deng Zhilong landed on the island, he couldn't find anyone to ask for news, so he lost his trace.

After many inquiries, Deng Zhilong learned that the pirates of Zhenbao Island were exterminated by the officials and soldiers of Donghai County, and he inquired about the fact that there were tens of thousands of troops in a small Donghai County, which was five or six times more than the people in his pirate group, and he did not dare to have the intention of avenging Dongyuanyu.

Thinking about it, the tens of thousands of pirates on Zhenbao Island are not the opponents of the officials and troops of Donghai County, and his small 3,000 people are not enough to see.

Just when he thought that Dong Yuan Yu had been killed and there was no news, he suddenly received the news that Dong Yuan Yu asked to see him, how could this not make him feel very happy?

After personally meeting Dong Yuanyu, Deng Zhilong learned the news that Dong Yuan Fu had defected to the Donghai Mansion government, which made him very surprised, but he didn't say anything.

From the time he met Dong Yuan Yu, Deng Zhilong knew that Dong Yuan Yu had always planned to counterattack the Japanese Kingdom, but he was also short of manpower at that time, and more than 3,000 pirates wanted to attack a country, which was simply a fool's dream.

Therefore, Dong Yuan Yu wanted to use the power of the Great Xia Mansion, and he could fully understand it. What's more, being recruited by the government is also a very good way out, after all, the pirate road looks very beautiful, but in fact, it is all a business with a head, and if you don't pay attention to it, your head will fall to the ground.

For this reason, Deng Zhilong is also looking for a way back for himself, in addition to the identity of the king of the North Sea, the pirate leader, he is also a well-known businessman in the north, and he is also a little famous in Jinzhou Mansion.

It is also conceivable that in addition to raiding houses and houses, pirates also need to sell looted goods, which used to be disposed of at a low price to known trading houses. Later, Deng Zhilong felt that this was too much of a loss, so he simply set up a trading house by himself.

Unexpectedly, he was lucky, so that he got acquainted with several big people in Jinzhou Mansion and Mengyuan, tossed back and forth between the two places, and also made him make some famous names.

This time, Dong Yuan Yu saw that Deng Zhilong had a relationship with the Mengyuan Empire in Jinzhou Mansion, so he thought about following his path and smuggling coarse salt to Mengyuan.

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"Haha, Miss Dongyuan, long time no see." As soon as Deng Zhilong saw Dong Yuanyu, he couldn't help but greet her happily.

Dong Yuanyu also pursed her lips and smiled: "The King of Beihai hasn't seen you for a long time, how is everything going lately?" ”

Deng Zhilong said with a smile: "Miss Tuo Dongyuan Hongfu, everything is fine. But how have you been? It's been a long time since I've heard from you. ”

Dong Yuanyu also nodded and said, "I'm not bad, I've found a new master, and I'm currently helping him with things." ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Deng Zhilong's eyes, and then he asked, "Then I don't know if Miss Dongyuan came to the door today, do you have any advice?" ”

Dong Yuan shook her head and said, "I can't talk about advice, but I have a business I want to talk to the king of the North Sea, I wonder if you are interested?" ”

Deng Zhilong raised his eyebrows, turned a dart in his hand, and asked curiously, "What business?" ”

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