After staying in Xifu for about seven or eight days, Zhao Dezhao also brought a lot of West Lake Longjing in Xifu, all of which were transported to the fortune ship, if Zhao Dezhao returned to the capital, Zhao Dezhao had a lot of things to do, after all, Kaifeng was his base camp.

In the past few days, there have been typhoons in the coastal summer, and the whole Xifu has been shrouded in wind and rain, and the weather will clear up after a day or two.

As soon as the rain stopped, the water vapor on Qiantang Lake was blown into Wuyue Wangcheng along the white causeway and Yongjinmen, and blew into Zhao Dezhao's heart.

Three days later, in the middle of July, the task of envoying Wu Yueguo was almost completed, and on this day, Zhao Dezhao and other envoys of the Song State got on the lucky boat when they came, and they also brought some Wu Yueguo's specialties when they went. Seafood, fish, shellfish, tea, silk, brocade, oil, timber, etc., the accompanying ships also have the sea ships of Wu Yue Kingdom, but the length is shorter than the Fu ships of the Song Kingdom, and they are basically some sea ships that transport goods.

Xiao Guizi pointed to the boat in the distance and said, "Your Highness, that boat is like a bird. ”

"That's a bird boat!" In the coastal generation of Zhejiang, the bird boat is a kind of sea ship here, its bow is shaped like a bird's beak, and because there is a green eyebrow above the bow eye of the bird boat, it is also named green eyebrow.

The envoys of the Song State all went to the wharf, Zhao Dezhao looked at the river, only to see that the Qiantang River was still going eastward, always ruthless, non-human can change, it always flows according to its trajectory, people can not step into a river in this life, which makes Zhao Dezhao feel that the next time he comes to Xifu, the monk Yanshou said to wait for the right opportunity, Zhao Dezhao knows, but what he can be sure of is that the next time he goes to Xifu, it is estimated that this place should become the land of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dezhao and their fortune boats, along a road to the south when they came, took advantage of the southeast wind out of the bay, and they have been along the coast and north, staying on the fortune boat for a long time, the envoys of the Song State are no longer as seasick as last time, and there are many sea ships on the sea.

South, north this is a maritime trade route, along the way there are the ships of the Great Song Dengzhou Navy Division to escort those merchant ships, these keel ships can resist the wind and waves at sea, but also the Great Song Dynasty sea ocean-going fleet, including the fleet from the Fanbang of overseas countries.

Zhao Dezhao observed through the clairvoyant mirror, and there were some hulls behind their hulls that were different from those of the Eastern ships such as the Great Song Dynasty.

Xiao Guizi They have never seen such strange ships in Kaifeng, because Kaifeng is in the Bianhe River, these ships can not enter the inland waterway shipping, and when they arrive at the inland river, they are replaced by the inland river ships of the Great Song Dynasty, and at this moment, even those Song envoys who have not seen the big cannibal ships are also amazed.

"Your Highness, what are these ships?" The envoys knew that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, was erudite and well-informed, so they asked one by one.

Zhao Dezhao raised his head, pointed to the dhows behind him and said: "Those are the Great Food (Tang and Song Dynasty are called by Arabs, and the Song Dynasty literature mostly makes Great Food) fleet, and its ships are naturally very different from my Great Song Dynasty ships, but the speed of this ship is slightly faster than my Great Song Sea Ships." ”

"Oh? Is the big cannibal faster? Xiao Guizi muttered, and the rest of Dong Zhongyan and the envoys of the Song State also felt incredible, because in their knowledge, they had always thought that the Great Song Dynasty's sea ships were faster, but this was a sea ship after all.

"That's the dhows (Arabic, makab), dhows that can go against the wind." At this moment, Shang Haobin muttered on the side, he naturally knew those ships, but he still felt in his heart that the ships of the Great Song Dynasty in this world were the best, "My Great Song warships are the best in the world." ”

Xiao Guizi looked into the distance, and saw those ships, the whole hull was made of wood, the bow and stern were pointed, and there were one to three masts erected on the hull, and the top of the mast was hung with a triangular sail, which was different from the sail, and it could make a much larger turn in the horizontal position of the ship, and even in line with the long axis of the ship.

However, the sailing ships of the Great Song did not face the wind directly, but faced the windward side horizontally and slightly obliquely. This allows the boat to move at high speeds even in headwind conditions, without having to lower the sails like Western sailing ships.

It was now a headwind, and the dhows behind had turned their triangular sails, and the crew turned first to one side and then to the other, winding up in a zigzag pattern like a winding mountain road.

Soon after, the ships behind had caught up, and on the boat at the front of the dhow, there was a person standing at this moment, and he saw Zhao Dezhao on the Fu boat in front of him from a distance, shouting loudly.

Zhao Dezhao faintly heard the shouting, he turned his head, and walked towards the source of the sound.

I saw a rugged bearded man with a beard all over his face, wearing a pair of black Persian-style bloomers, a white shirt, an earthy yellow and white waistcoat, and a white cloak, which was completely dressed in the traditional costume of the Arabs, and this person was smiling and greeting him vigorously.

The two ships began to get close together, and the sun shone on the white sails, and the light made people dizzy. Zhao Dezhao reluctantly half-opened his eyes, he observed for a long time, and only then did he get a glimpse of the appearance of one or two people from the other party's vague face outline and expression, and then he suddenly remembered who this person was.

He hadn't seen it for a long time, and he already knew that it was a camel, but because of the years and the years of travel, the man in his twenties made him look like a man in his forties.

The camel was overjoyed, and at this moment the two sea boats were connected and had begun to run in parallel, and the camel took a gangplank from the dhow, and then landed on both boats. After the springboard stabilized, he immediately followed the springboard and quickly walked to Zhao Dezhao's lucky boat with fish eyes, and then jumped onto Zhao Dezhao's lucky boat.

Because he was in front of people, he was a camel and said according to normal etiquette: "The camel has seen the king of Wei Chitose." ”

Zhao Dezhao looked at the camel and said in disbelief: "Camel, aren't you staying there in Madagascar?" ”

The camel took off the cloak on his head, revealing his head and face, and fanned the wind with his wide cuffs, and then said: "Your Highness, the camel has ordered his subordinates to open up a route there, and there are many goods recently, and I don't have enough ships in the Great Song Sea, so I also bought some from the local cannibals with the ships I took this time." ”

Secondly, the camel said, "There are many goods on the ship, which are about to be sent back to Kaifeng, Your Highness can see how much they can be sold for?" ”

"Well, that's right, the price will almost come out after reading it." After Zhao Dezhao finished speaking, he walked directly to the gangplank, and then walked from the end of the Fu boat to the dhows on the opposite side.

The dhows on the opposite side, according to Zhao Dezhao's estimates, should be as long as ten zhang, and the load is as many as three or four thousand materials, but this is also an estimate, and Zhao Dezhao doesn't know whether it is accurate, but thinking of the excellent performance of the dhow, Zhao Dezhao estimated that next time he would let the ministers of the Great Song Shipping Bureau apply the excellent performance of the dhows to the ships of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dezhao had walked to the cabin with light steps, this cabin was relatively small, and he saw different goods stacked in the cabin, he took a closer look, there were ivory, agate, rhino horn, leopard skin, ostrich feathers, spices and other dead things from East Africa, which were sorted and neatly stacked.

Zhao Dezhao picked up an ivory, this ivory is very pure white, the color is also very good, flashing some luster in the sun, and then he picked up an agate, also observed in the sun, as for the rest, he touched the feel with his hand, and found that it was good, so he nodded and said: "These things can be sold for some good prices, ranging from dozens to hundreds." By the way, camels, is there anything else on the rest of the ship? ”

The camel pointed to the rest of the dhows, and he said, "Your Highness, there are still living creatures on the rest of the boats, such as this Kunlun Nu (black), Kirin (giraffe), zebra, etc. ”

"I see, are Kunlun Nu those strong? If they are strong, when they arrive in the capital, they will be dedicated to Your Majesty. ”

"Yes."

At this time, Shang Haobin also walked over from the Fu ship, after he arrived at the cargo hold, he saw a whole cabin of goods stacked, if in the future, ivory, rhino horn, leopard skin and other high-end luxury goods, but also belong to the prohibition of poaching items, once found to be destroyed, but now, as long as the price is high, you can get it.

How much does it cost to transport such a shipload of goods to Kaifeng and sell it, obediently, Shang Haobin's eyes straightened.

At this moment, Zhao Dezhao on the side looked at the full cabin of goods, nodded and smiled: "Camel, when you arrive in Kaifeng, you will transport all the silk, tea, porcelain, wood, jade, bronze, iron, charcoal, gold and silver, boneware, books and other things of my Great Song Dynasty to the ship, and then go to the big food market, which will make a lot of money." ”

The camel on the side was already smiling happily, and his face, which looked a little vicissitudes in his twenties, was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum at the moment.

After Zhao Dezhao and Shang Haobin checked the goods, they returned to their ship with the help of a springboard.

During this period of time, Zhao Dezhao has been thinking about things, although the Great Song Dynasty has not completely unified Jiangnan, but in the eyes of Zhao Dezhao and the Great Song Dynasty monarchs, the rest of the countries in the south of the Yangtze River are like exploring the bag, (Southern) Han has actually been in the hands of Zhao Dezhao, as for Wu Yueguo, it is subordinated to the Great Song Dynasty, and Wu Yue has few major generals, thanks to the coastal economic support, the national policy of protecting the territory and the people established by the ancestors of Wu Yue has been used by Qian Yu's generation.

This time, when they returned to Kaifeng, they followed the coastline and did not take the Yangtze River, and the Fuchuan went all the way north to Dengzhou Port.

At the beginning of August, Zhao Dezhao and his entourage had arrived in Dengzhou.

At this moment, Dengzhou Wharf, many ships have been docked on and below the wharf.