The term pirate was later widely used by maritime merchants in the Song Dynasty, all of which originated today. Pinshu.com(wWW.VoDtw.coM)

Later, the "Navigation Log" of the Great Song Dynasty introduced the origin of the word pirate in detail, saying that it was created by Emperor Wu in November of the first year of Song Jianlong.

Zhao Xu didn't expect these things, and he was called their ancestor by the pirates because of this, I don't know if Zhao Xu knew this or laughed?

Zhao Xu asked them to calm down in a hurry, they still had no reason to finish their business, where did they have time to listen to these compliments.

"Boss Wang, since you know this, well, pirates threaten your safety, this is what I want to say, cooperate with the imperial court." Zhao Xu immediately got to the point.

"The villain doesn't dare, just ask the prince to call Xiaomin's name, where does Xiaomin dare to call the boss in front of you, don't dare." Wang Yanmin said flatteringly.

At this time, people are just brainless, just a title, where can there be so many Taos, this is what Zhao Xu annoys the most, and what he hates the most, let him go.

If I was more serious, there was really no way to continue this conversation, and I shook my head helplessly.

"Prince, go on."

"As I said just now, since there are pirates, even if you hire some bodyguards to follow you, it must be a lot of money, so your profit is not much."

Profit is the most fundamental destination of the merchant's actions, and later another man named Lao Ma said this:

If it has 50 percent profits, it will take risks, if it has 100 percent profits, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, and if it has 300 percent profits, it will dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged. ”

Although Lao Ma's words seem exaggerated, they are very appropriate to describe the actions of the merchants.

Merchants have been pursuing profit since ancient times, and they dare to do anything for the sake of profit, otherwise many dynasties before the Song Dynasty would not have issued laws to restrict the development of commerce.

There is a certain truth to this, profit is like a piece of meat with blood, and the merchant is like a fly that smells fishy. （）

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Xu finished speaking, he looked deeply convinced, and several of them businessmen had already whispered about it.

"Yes, what the prince said is very right, that's the truth, every time a bodyguard dies, we have to pay a lot of settlement expenses for his family, so we have almost no profit at all."

A fat man stood up and said, Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this, sure enough, businessmen can't do anything without a profit.

Seeing Zhao Xu's expression, Wang Yanmin thought that the prince was angry, and immediately defended the fat man:

"The prince is rich, he hasn't read any books, he hasn't spoken and he has no scruples, don't be surprised."

It turns out that this person's surname is Qian Ya, and he really cares about money, it turns out that he has money in his bones, hehe.

"It turned out to be Boss Qian, since Boss Qian is surnamed Qian, is there any in-law with the royal family of Wu Yueguo?"

Zhao Xu wanted to play tricks on this fat man, so he said such a thing, and it was these words that made the fat man Qian very scared.

The king of Wu Yue is served by the surname Qian, and you should feel honored to say that you and the king of Wu Yue are the same family.

But this is not the case at all, Wu Yue is not the Great Song Dynasty after all, but you are doing business in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, you can only be Wu Yueguo's fine work.

Not only Qian Dafu, but everyone present was a little puzzled, especially Miao Xun, who knew Zhao Xu very well.

When did the lord also talk nonsense, is this Qian Dafu really a person from Wu Yueguo?

"Prince, I'm wronged, my surname is Qian, but I don't have the slightest relationship with Wu Yue's Qian family, my ancestors are all from Hebei!"

Qian Dafu kowtows like pounding garlic, can it not be like this, seeing that his life is not guaranteed, who is not in a hurry to reads;.

"Are you mistaken, the prince, this Qian Dafu is indeed from Hebei, and he only came to Jiangnan later, which can be guaranteed by the villain."

Seeing that everyone was worried, Zhao Xu began to say slowly:

"Okay, I made a joke on you when I saw that the atmosphere was so heavy, I didn't expect you to be so careless, you are too humorous."

Qian Fat Man breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't understand what humor cells were, but he knew that he didn't have anything to do.

The heart hanging high finally let go, and then he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, but it was useless, the clothes behind him were all soaked.

This cold day is really uncomfortable, and other people don't have anything to say, how can this prince figure it out, can this joke be made casually?

Zhao Xu looked at their current appearance, and shook his head helplessly again, the ancient people were really pathetic, and they didn't even have a sense of humor.

"Alright, let's get down to business, and I'll follow up on what I said above, I just said that you have been harassed by pirates for a long time......"

Zhao Xu said a lot in one breath, and it took a long time, and everyone finally understood what he was talking about.

The so-called cooperation is to let these merchants and the imperial court do these sales business together, and the profits are shared with the imperial court, but it is only 28 shares.

There is a little bit of a big head for the court, and the small head is for the merchants, so the total businessmen did not take much advantage, but none of the merchants objected.

They have been engaged in these things for a long time, and naturally they know what their real profits are, and they may not succeed much in the end.

What Zhao Xu said was to let them join an institution of the imperial court, and they were officially officials of the imperial court.

These merchants are not very new to this institution, their ancestors and fathers have experienced it, or have dealt with it, and it is called the City Ship Division.

This city is very famous, it is the ancient Chinese full-time management of the entry and exit of the sea, its function is somewhat similar to today's customs.

The history of China's foreign trade development can be said to have begun in the Han Dynasty, when foreign trade was mainly based on land.

The Silk Road was the representative of foreign trade by land at that time. Although land trade is the mainstay, it does not say that there is no maritime trade.

During the reign of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, there was a government-run overseas trade, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but at this time China's navigation technology was still very backward.

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, China's navigation and shipbuilding technology has developed considerably, so overseas trade has further developed.

And gradually prospered, and among the taxes of the imperial court, the tax revenue of this customs began to occupy a large share.

In the face of the growing overseas trade, a special agency was needed to govern it, so the Tang Dynasty set up a special agency to manage foreign trade affairs, the "City Shipping Division".

Therefore, when the city was in the Tang Dynasty, these merchants were still a little familiar with this institution.

However, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, there have been constant wars in the country, and it is not common for people to go to sea often.

Slowly, this institution was also abandoned, and some imperial courts of the Five Dynasties simply did not set up this institution, and there was no such institution in the bureaucracy of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Zhao Xu's intention was to let these merchants belong to the city and follow the official fleet of the imperial court on an ocean voyage.

In this way, they are the official status of the imperial court, and the most important thing is the fleet of the imperial court, that is, there is a guarantee.

Doesn't the imperial court send soldiers to protect their ships, it doesn't make sense if they don't send them, so these people are still holding their own little calculations.

"The prince just asked our Great Song Dynasty if there is such an institution now, as far as Xiaomin knows, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, this institution has not been established?"

These people are all led by Wang Yanmin, so he asked this question undeservedly.

Sure enough, he was a flexible person, and he immediately grasped the key point, and directly asked us if Da Song has this institution?

Zhao Xu still admires this person very much:

"We don't have this institution in Da Song now, but it will be soon, it will appear as long as we need it, as long as you want it to appear, I don't know if you are satisfied with my answer?"

Zhao Xu said with a smile.

"Ah, this prince is really domineering, he needs it, you think this court belongs to your family, and this Great Song Dynasty is really his family."

The businessmen present were all muttering in their hearts.

"Eh, satisfied, since the prince said so, I, Wang Yanmin, have dedicated my net worth to the court."

Wang Yanmin's statement, his little brothers also can't wait to show their loyalty, their boss has said, can they not support it?

Zhao Xu is very satisfied with this result, with the first batch of people, there will be a second batch, these are the pioneers of colonization, and they are all governors of overseas colonization.

"Well, since everyone has agreed, I have thanked everyone again." Zhao Xu used the title "lonely", which means that he attaches great importance to this matter.

Sure enough, he didn't dare to hear the prince say thank you, but he was still very happy in his heart, what is the identity of the prince, so that he can say thank you, it is his ancestral grave that smokes.

Zhao Xu asked them to go back and deal with their goods first, and then go to Bianjing, and then he would contact these people.

"Prince, are you really planning to reopen the market?" When only Zhao Xu, Miao Xun and Song Yanwu were left in the entire hall, Miao Xun asked.

"Yes, when I return to Beijing tomorrow, I will discuss with my father that I must reopen the market, this is a major event, and it is urgent."

"But ......" Miao Xun was about to say something, but was interrupted by Zhao Xu.

"Sir, there is no need to say it, even if the entire land has not been unified now, we must do this as soon as possible, this is related to the future of our Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xu's mind went back to the seventeenth century, when warships were rampant at sea and a great deal of wealth was transported to the West.

At that time, China was closing its doors and slowly losing its yearning for and control of the sea.

Knowing that the country's maritime strength is very weak at sea in a few hundred years, he will never allow such a thing to happen again.

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