Suddenly so many merchants and big ships came that the prince of Kabalan was so frightened that he shrank in the palace and did not dare to show his head, until Bo Jiao walked outside the palace gate with a group of sailors, and he could not put his heart down a little. At this time, how can he see how pleasing to the eyes of Bo Jiao, with such a son-in-law, let alone the Arabs, the prince feels that he is not afraid of anyone, this daughter is too worthwhile to marry. However, he also has a trace of regret, it would be more perfect if his daughter could marry that big man, but it is a pity that he only has a biological daughter of the right age, and he didn't have the courage to use a fake daughter to deceive Hong Tao and kill him. When he wasn't deceived, the demon king killed more than 100 people on the dock, and if he found out that he had been deceived, there would probably be no living people in this port.

The prince did not dare to come out, but the inhabitants of the harbor did not have this burden. When the Arabs came, they had to drink water and eat, and when the Song people came, they had to drink and eat. The small vendors selling fruit and food were the first to come together, and as soon as one person opened, a large crowd would immediately follow. Then there is the small gem merchant holding two gems in his hand and whispering the price, and when they get enough goods from the hands of the Great Song Dynasty merchants, the local big gem merchants will pounce on them, take the gem bags and play pinball, and fall to the ground for the Song Dynasty merchants to choose. If you can exchange it for porcelain, lacquerware, silk, and tea in the Song Dynasty, you will be rich.

By noon, a semi-circular spontaneous market had formed around the pier, and the edge even spread to the residential area a few hundred meters away. The reason why it is a semicircle is mainly because the west side of the pier is the sea. If not. It's definitely a circle. The port of Kabalan had previously served as a port of call for Arab merchant ships. Every winter and summer, Arab merchant ships come here to stop. But only in the summer will I change some gems here to go to the Great Song Mengshi, and other than that, the contribution to the local area is nothing more than buying some food, water and porterage services.

But this time it was different, Kabalan was no longer a port of call, but a trading port. Although there are few special products other than precious stones and tropical fruits, trading gems directly with the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty is much more expensive than selling them to too shrewd Arabs. So many other people eat, drink and live in the port. Merchants who have made money still have to drink to find women, and the touch on this port city is too great. Almost half of the population benefits directly from these merchants, while the other half does not receive direct benefits or can receive indirect benefits through other means. In the words of later generations, it is the GDP per capita of Kabalan that has increased a lot.

The carnival of the deal lasted for two days before it gradually calmed down, not subsident but stabilized. The spontaneous market is still lively, the merchants who still have the goods in their hands are still trying to find a suitable home, and the merchants who have sold out of the goods are walking the streets and alleys with a satisfied smile to experience the exotic scenery. Try the food, the beauty, the wine, and so on. Even if you pick it again, you will bring some handmade gifts to your family.

"Uncle. You see, there's no taxes, no changing hands, no money, it's mostly barter. If we build a big market here and charge a little business tax as a management fee, it will soon become a free port. There are still a lot of good things on the continent to the north, and slowly, the prosperity here will spread to the past, and then there will be a lot of goods here. With our large warehouses in Penang Port and Malacca Port, the goods from the southern side are also gathered together, with these two fixed trade points, do businessmen still use one port and one city to run blindly? They just need to transport the goods safely to the port of Malacca, maybe they don't even need to get off the boat, and someone on the shore will help them do the rest of the sales, do you know who is in the best interest of that? Looking at the hot trading scene on the shore, Hong Tao was very pleased. Indeed, they should be relieved that all this was brought to them by themselves, and it cannot be said to be a gift, but it can be regarded as a gift! If you don't get the fair evaluation you deserve, Hong Tao feels that he should talk to Luo Youde, don't let this old man meet him in the future, it's hard for him not to beat him.

"Indeed, it is my great Song maritime merchants who have benefited, and I have visited almost every stall in the past day, and I have asked every maritime merchant who has come with us, and they have told me that they have earned at least ten times more than usual. Those big cannibals are not upset, because this place is very close to their hometown, there is no need to sail far, not only is it safe, but they can also load more goods, and they do not suffer in comparison. Although I don't know much about business, judging from the past few days, the general has done a great thing! Wen was taught...... "Luo Dacai hasn't squeaked yet, Wen Nan has snatched the conversation, praised Hong Tao very sincerely, and finally gave Hong Tao a salute.

"Hey, hey, hey...... After a long time, I can see people's hearts, Secretary Wen can say this, I am content, and my efforts are not in vain! Hong Tao was like drinking honey water, his whole body was comfortable, and his smile became more treacherous.

"But...... It would be better if the general could kill fewer people. It's a pity that Wen Nan's mouth is also relatively cheap, and he doesn't plan to give Hong Tao a minute, so he will make up for it immediately.

"Shhh...... Whew......" Hong Tao took a deep breath and exhaled a long exhale, before he couldn't help kicking the diplomat into the sea.

"Mr. Hong, what Master Wen said is very true, I have received the benefits to our maritime merchants, and I will definitely repay it in the future, but I have created too many killings, and it is not a long-term solution after all. If you can get along well, it's better than fighting and killing. Luo Dacai is even more fucked up than Wen Nan, he didn't praise Hong Tao's great achievements at all, but he held on to the problem of killing.

"I advise you two not to sail with the fleet tomorrow morning, and to go tomorrow to the country of Zhulin, that is, those who attacked the port of Malacca. In order to ensure that the port of Malacca, the port of Penang, Phuket and here will not be harassed by them, I will not only kill people this time, but also kill rivers of blood! Both of you are bodhisattvas, and it is enough to recite your sutras, so I should do this kind of brutal and reputation-ruining thing. Then you can make money on this trade road with peace of mind, as if all this was brought to you by the Bodhisattva. Secretary Wen, I must write down this paragraph, let's keep it to see, who is the Bodhisattva and who is the Demon King, idiot! Hong Tao is really annoyed this time, such a fact-based persuasion, coupled with the immediate gains, can't convince the two vested interests, Zhen Nima is alive and dead.

At this time, in Hong Tao's eyes, the two of them are no longer worth mentioning, they are not as knowledgeable as those small maritime merchants, and they are fools if they talk nonsense with this kind of person. This was the first time he pointed his nose at Luo Dacai in very vicious language, and after scolding, he turned around and went down the stern tower directly and went back to the captain's room.

"Ask Captain Weng, what is an idiot?" Wen Nan saw Hong Tao's cold face, and didn't dare to chase and persuade him anymore, the name of the Great Demon King is not called in vain, who is not afraid of death, but he can ask Weng Ya.

"Idiots, fools, people who are more stupid than fools. This is an insult from my uncle's hometown! You're going to be out of luck, Martini, aren't you? Weng Ya also squinted at Wen Nan Luo Dacai with disdain, it really seemed like she was looking at two idiots, and she only said a word, and walked away disdainfully.

"If I were an adult, I would have thrown you both into the sea to feed the fish, I don't have the heart of the sea, and if we Arabs had such a chief, all the mosques would pray for him. In the words of Da Song, you two are white-eyed wolves! Although I am a captive, my eyes are brighter than yours, and my brain is clearer than yours. Martini shook his fat fingers, spoke his own thoughts, and then moved his massive body down the stern as well.

“…… Luo Gangshou, am I wrong? For the first time, Wen Nan was opposed by everyone, and even met with contempt from his fellow captives. He himself felt quite wronged, and he said that he was clearly enlightened by a saint, why is there no market among these people?

"I am a hundred convinced of Hong Gangshou's ability to do business, no one has ever thought that he can do this business, he is right, the biggest benefit is our Song people. Maybe it's because he's not a Song person, I don't want to believe him, it seems that I'm really old, and I'm not suitable to be the leader of this program anymore......" Luo Dacai scolded Martini as a white-eyed wolf, and when he thought about it, he felt that he was a little inauthentic. People take you to make money, you can come if you want to, and if you don't like it, you can leave, you can't make money and scold your mother at the same time, this Nima character is too inferior.

"But...... But he said that tomorrow he would kill all the people who had invested in the country, this, this, this is against the way of heaven! Wen Nan didn't support Luo Dacai very much when he saw him, and he was really a little anxious. Originally, he planned to use all the people around Hong Tao to educate and influence him, and then force Hong Tao to be good. This plan seemed to have some effect at first, but since it got here, and the businessmen began to really do business, no one paid attention to their own theories anymore, and their evaluation of Hong Tao became higher and higher. The vast majority of the maritime merchants who had not planned to join the Strait Company or were still waiting and waiting were now thinking about how to talk to Hong Tao about joining, but unfortunately Hong Tao never left his flagship, and they didn't have a chance to say it if they wanted to.

"Heavenly Dao? That is the doctrine of your scholars, not ours. Now that I think about it, Mr. Hong also has a point, if there is really a way of heaven, when the Liao people and the Jin people beat us, where is the way of heaven? When you encounter pirates at sea, where is the way of heaven? When we maritime merchants go to sea, which year will not sink ships, and which year will not die? And you ask, what maritime merchant has never been a pirate? It's just that you, Lord Wen, sit in Lin'an City and don't know. Luo Dacai began to reflect on himself, and at this time he felt that some of what Hong Tao said was very reasonable, and he didn't know what kind of theory he should believe in after such a toss back and forth. (To be continued.) )