When the Roman mission entered Malacca, Wei Shuo had just sent off a group of missions to Chang'an to pay tribute.

In the middle of September, a huge tributary fleet from the Nanyang countries left Yizhou, with various flags hanging on it, representing the envoys from the Nanyang vassal countries such as Funan, Zhenla, Dunxun, and Bi.

In order to send the envoys to Chang'an safely, Liaodong mobilized more than a dozen ships from the ocean-going trading fleet under the Laoshan Trading Company to help them transport tribute.

The tributary fleet made such a big move, which naturally aroused strong concern from Jiangzuo up and down, coupled with the sea war that broke out some time ago, finally provoked King Langya to start investigating Liaodong's every move in the South Seas.

As a result, after investigating the king of Langya, he found that Nanyang was actually a cornucopia!

"Tsk, I really didn't expect that Liaodong earns no less than one million yuan every year from Nanyang alone, no wonder General Zhenbei wants to take Nanyang desperately."

Hearing this, King Langya's face was gloomy, he never thought that Nanyang, which had always been unvalued, would contain such a huge amount of wealth, and Jiangzuo's finances had always been lenient. A few days ago, in order to conquer the west to become a Han Dynasty, he also borrowed a large amount of debt from Liaodong.

But looking at it today, if Jiang Zuo masters the Nanyang financial route, he can add an extra million yuan of income every year, how can he be reduced to borrowing from Liaodong?

"Do you have a way to let Jiangdong also meddle in the South Seas?"

Saying that, King Langya's eyes swept over Wang Dao, Liu Kui, Diao Xie, Lu Ye, Ji Zhan, Zhou Yi and other subordinates one by one, hoping that everyone could give him a perfect plan, he was really a little envious and jealous of Liaodong's monopoly on Nanyang maritime trade. It is no wonder that Liaodong is rich, and it turns out that it is all due to the benefits of sea trade.

"This ......"

Everyone fell silent when they heard this, and it can be seen from this battle of the South Seas that Liaodong attaches great importance to maritime trade and will never allow any force to interfere. In the case of the existence of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, King Langya was not the direct boss of Liaodong. At present, King Langya has limited means to balance Liaodong, and it is unlikely that Liaodong will obediently cede the Nanyang that he has in his hands.

Looking at the speechless subordinates around him, King Langya couldn't help but feel bitter. I thought that my subordinates were all great talents, but now it seems that compared with the famous four giants in Liaodong, whether it is Wang Dao, who is known as Jiangzuo Guan Yiwu, or Lu Ye, Diao Xie and others, they are far behind each other!

"King, the Liaodong Navy Division is strong, if Jiang Zuo dares to meddle in the South Seas and cause a strong rebound in Liaodong, how should the king deal with it?"

"Huh? Could it be that with the strength of the Jiangdong Naval Division, he can't help the Liaodong Naval Division? King Langya couldn't believe it.

"The king doesn't know, my Jiangzuo Shui Master has been stagnant all these years, and he is basically eating his old book! But with the full support of Wei Zhenbei, the Liaodong Naval Division was greatly expanded. This time, it can be seen that the strength of the Liaodong Naval Division has far surpassed that of the Jiangdong Naval Division. ”

"I don't know if I can take the land transportation from Ningzhou to Funan? Didn't there be envoys from there to pay tribute to the Central Plains before? ”

"Oh? Is there a road to Funan in Ningzhou? King Langya said with a questioning face.

"Yes, in the past, merchants from the West all went ashore in Funan, and then went to Funan, Zhenla, and Ningzhou to finally enter our Huaxia. However, the road is rugged and difficult, and there are countless indigenous tribes in between, so it is not only more time-consuming than the sea route, but also dangerous. ”

"In that case, isn't it just that I, Jiang Zuo, can also intervene in the sea trade?"

Just when everyone thought that they had found an opportunity to meddle in Nanyang, Diao Xie poured cold water on everyone, "Hmph! Now the entire Nanyang is Liaodong's final say, even if we pass through Ningzhou to Funan, if Liaodong does not allow it in the end, do you think Funan dares to trade with us? ”

"How dare Liaodong be so domineering?"

"What is there in Liaodong that you don't dare? Don't forget, in fact, to put it bluntly, there is no difference between Jiangzuo and Liaodong, both are subordinate towns of Chang'an Prince. What qualifications does Jiangdong have to criticize Liaodong? Why did General Zhenbei have to give up his millions of yuan as soon as he heard the king's edict? ”

Diao Xie's series of rhetorical questions suddenly deceived everyone in Jiangdong, and it was only at this time that everyone realized that Wei Shuo was no longer the little captain of Hudongyi who let Jiang Zuo dictate. When it comes to influence and strength, Jiangzuo is far inferior to Liaodong.

"Forget it, forget it, it's the widow Meng Lang! Diao Changshi stays, and the others go first! The widow has something to say with a long history! ”

"No! Wait for the resignation! ”

Soon everyone else left, and only Diao Xie and Sima Rui were left in the entire hall.

At this time, Sima Rui spoke: "In the entire palace, only Aiqing has gone south to Guangzhou to explore Liaodong, can't you make Liaodong make concessions on the matter of Nanyang?" The thought of millions of fortunes falling into Liaodong's pocket every year kept the widow awake at night. ”

"Your Majesty, Liaodong regards maritime trade as its lifeblood, how can it be easy to let Jiangdong interfere! Unless ......"

"Unless anything, please say it clearly." Sima Rui urged.

"Unless the king ascends to the Ninety-Five!" Diao Xieyi gritted his teeth and said something that shocked King Langya.

"This ...... Why is that? "King Langya couldn't understand how two things that seemed to be incompatible, how could they be connected.

"The reason why the king feels constrained by Liaodong, in addition to the strength of Liaodong, the most important reason is that Jiang Zuo cannot justifiably dictate Liaodong. If the king ascends to the Ninety-Five, it is a big deal to make a holy decree to Liaodong, even if Liaodong dares to disobey the yin and yang, but it will also expose the true face of Liaodong in front of the world. ”

"At that time, the king can bring the general trend to force Liaodong to submit, even if he can't dominate Nanyang, he can also ask him to give up some of his interests!"

"Yes...... But the Son of Heaven in Chang'an is not at fault, what reason does the widow have to replace him? ”

As soon as he heard that it was related to the throne, King Langya's heart suddenly became hot. He had long been interested in the throne, but he never found the opportunity. Now that he heard that Diao Xie had a way to let him ascend to the throne of his dreams, he couldn't help but be moved.

"King, why didn't the Son of Chang'an make a mistake? Have you forgotten about Schler's Surrender? Everyone knows that this matter was planned by Taiwei Suo Qi, but nominally it is still a holy decree under the Son of Heaven, so in the end, this crime has to be borne by the Son of Heaven! ”

"Changshi, although the Son of Heaven mishandled the matter of Shi Le's surrender, he will not lose the throne because of this, right? Didn't the princes everywhere make any accusations against the Son of Heaven? ”

"Great King, the silence of the princes everywhere is the greatest accusation against the Son of Heaven! The reason why Zu, Wei and the others did not speak was not because they recognized the actions of the Son of Heaven, but because they did not have a suitable identity. However, there is no need for the king to be in a hurry about this matter, someone will covet the throne more than the king. ”

"Does Changshi mean the king of Nanyang?"

"That's right, I heard that the king of Nanyang is about to move, and he wants to unite with the Qingjun side of the Northwest Zhuhu Department, no matter how successful he is in the end, he can take advantage of the fisherman!"

……

"Seris is a vast empire, and we have only arrived at the South Sea territory of Seris, and the whole of the South Seas is a vassal state of the Seris. In the harbor, those who are small in stature are most likely native. ”

Entering Port Klang, Lawrence, Blake, Sophia and other members of the mission saw many short people working in the port. For a while, the members of the mission thought that they were the famous Serisians, and they couldn't help but be disappointed.

It wasn't until later that the guide learned that those were just natives of the South Seas, and that the real Ceris were the same as General Li Zhao, and it was only then that the Romans merged the imaginary Ceris with the real Li Zhao.

"The Eastern tributary system has been in existence for nearly a millennium, and for hundreds of years Seris has been the suzerainty of dozens of surrounding countries, which are required to pay regular tribute to His Majesty Emperor Seris as a sign of their obedience. It is said that just a month ago, a tributary fleet of dozens of sea ships was on its way to Seris to meet their emperor. ”

"Centurion, how long will it be before we get to Seris?" Sophia couldn't help but ask.

"Dear Miss Sophia, according to the general Seris, he is a subordinate general of the northern governor of Seris (Zhenbei general), and it will take at least two months to reach the territory of the northern governor from here with the help of the monsoon." (To be continued.) )