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This is the second largest port in the Chu country, facing the South Seas, but the ships in and out here, mostly to go to Java and even the Wa State, North Korea as the most, because it is a deep-water port, so by the bay, in the calm coast everywhere are gradually sailing into and out of the waterway of the great fortune ship, most of the maritime merchants here are wealthy, in the past, the ships but all go to the South Seas, the profits are extremely rich, but these years more and more people go to sea, although the profits are not expensive, but after all, they cannot reach the level of profiteering, As a result, some adventurous maritime merchants began to look further afield.

The kind of ocean-going ships required stronger timber and more endurance from sailors and helmsmen.

But as long as you can return here safely, the profit from a trip will be at least ten times more than that of a ship going to the South Seas. Only here, there will be more exotic news outflow, it is said that there is a fleet, has been sailing westward, all the way to Kunlun Continent, Kunlun Continent race and the Kunlun slaves who were sold here are similar in color, so this continent is called Kunlun, there, it is said that the lowest Kunlun slaves are wearing gold and silver jewelry, there are many unknown jewelry, they do not know the value of gold and silver, after the fleet arrived there, a ship around, actually exchanged for nearly full of gold and silver, When the fleet returned, the whole port was boiling for a while, the eyes of the maritime merchants were a little red, ten times and a hundred times the profit has always been the goal of the maritime merchants, now to the South Seas cargo ships one after another, a few years ago it was only a few hundred ships, now it has increased ten times and a hundred times, the goods are like this, the rarer the more valuable, the more things are more, the price can not be raised, plus many large commercial houses occupy a lot of advantages, so that some small maritime merchants go back and forth to the South Seas, the profit is only one or two percent.

One or two percent of the profit is also a huge profit for ordinary business, but for the higher risk of shipping, most of the maritime merchants are not looking down, they are not like the big trading houses, the big trading houses are dispatched a fleet at a time, and some of the ships are guarded against ordinary pirates, and they often get the attention of various countries, and even some large commercial houses will directly buy some officials in various countries to provide them with convenience, this kind of advantage, is it not compared with the small maritime merchants? Therefore, some small maritime merchants, most of them are willing to go to some places where the big fleet goes less, so that now there are more and more people and ships flocking to Kunlun Zhou, but the risks taken are also very great, and they may not be able to go back and forth in a year, if they encounter wind and waves, or other unknown dangers, let alone mention.

So on the side of the East Seaport, for those who go to open up new trade routes, most of the people call them water men, but those who cannot be provoked by such people are all outlaws, and dare to do anything.

In addition to going to Kunlun Zhou, there are also people sailing westward, through the waters of the Wa Kingdom all the way to the west, this is naturally someone listened to the instigation of the Franco, the Francois has always said that there is gold everywhere in the Far East, so there are many rumors with noses and eyes on this side of the East Seaport, saying that there is gold everywhere in the far east, this kind of thing is false, naturally let those who have seen the money and their eyes are red one by one screaming, but every once in a while, although there are also some ships going there, but most of them are in vain.

Some ships even traveled eastward for three months, barely seeing land except for some islands, and finally saw that supplies and fresh water had reached their limits, so they hurriedly returned in disgrace.

But the more no one arrived, the more fierce the legend of gold and silver spread everywhere, and there was never a shortage of bold people here in Lianzhou, so much so that several big trading houses also posted a list of articles, saying who could bring back the news of the Far East Continent, and several trading houses were willing to give rewards, and if there were strong men willing to take risks, they were also willing to provide ships.

Everyone is not stupid, those big trading houses naturally will not send money to people to spend, their purpose in doing this is actually to covet this Far East land, take out a little silver, if anyone can really find it, then the large fleet of large trading houses can immediately set off straight to the far East, at that time, the return will be not ten times a hundred times, or a thousand times more is nothing.

Fueled by this enthusiasm, adventurous fleets set off from this eastern harbor every once in a while, heading for a distant and unknown destination. As the port drifts away, a journey full of hardships and even life and death for the people on board begins, and can bring people endless wealth.

The sails with the warmest memories of this familiar land, riding the wind and waves, the unknown direction, and the sailors are often the most optimistic, not enough optimism can not eat this bowl of rice, so they have to have a copper plate on their bodies to gamble, but whenever there is a last bit of time is also willing to go into the kiln to enjoy a moment of tenderness, when they are on land, most of them are drunk, today there is wine and today drunk, as for tomorrow's things, no one thinks, let alone dares to think.

When they board the ship, they will scream like wild beasts, they will speak obscenely, their voices are rough, and fights and troubles are commonplace, but everyone knows that these people have many wrongs, but they have more courage and patience than ordinary people, and they are the bravest people in the world.

According to the statistics of the government, the average sailor who goes to the South Seas has a chance of dying only one percent, and such a mortality rate is still in the normal category.

However, if it is a sailor who explores in an unknown direction, the official record is not one out of ten, and the price is high, but even so, some people still flock to it.

Here, no one knows what kind of death they will face in the next moment, but when the sails are raised, when they set off from this port, everyone carries a dream, and with the support of dreams, it seems that life is no longer important.

And here, a big ship has begun to anchor, this is a large ocean-going ship, with the improvement of shipbuilding skills, the classification of ships is also more and more, generally in Lianzhou, but all large ships carrying goods are called Fu ships, but Fu ships are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and docked in the port of this Fu ship is definitely the leader in the Fu ship, the cargo capacity is huge, the ship can accommodate more than 500 people to work and rest, equipped with a three-masted sail rod, the body is up to more than 130 zhang, the draft is extremely deep, the cabin is divided into four layers, in addition to the bottom warehouse, There are also living quarters for water crews, and two-level cargo compartments for large quantities of fresh water, food, cargo, and weapons.

The ship was apparently fresh out of the dock, and had at most made a trip to the South Seas, so the paint on the hull was still shiny and glittering in the sun, but it was close to the waterline, and there were some shells, algae, and other debris stuck to the hull.

The captain had already boarded the ship with the documents issued by the customs office for permission to sail, and after a final inspection of the fresh water and cargo, the ship opened the market and lifted anchor and sailed out of the harbor along the waterway.

Standing on the side of the ship, a person carried him, his mood was complicated, the sea breeze blew his eyebrows, clothes fluttered, he stood with his hands in his hands, Yaoyao looked at the direction of the port, let the sea breeze blow.

Standing beside him, it was a sailor-like person, ordinary appearance, but his behavior was not ordinary, he looked very respectful to the person in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Old man, this trip is going to Nanzhou, where it is thousands of miles away from Lianzhou, in the sea below Java, the land is wide, sparsely populated, although the climate is hot, but it is not too much different from Lianzhou, it was discovered two years ago, and now Chu has set up a governor's office in the port there, but please rest assured, After all, it is sparsely populated, although the local natives do not know how much, but the Han people who migrated there are only thousands, most of them rely on the supply of ships and the sudden barter in the local area to survive, His Royal Highness said, the identity of the old gentleman is sensitive, although His Royal Highness has a filial piety, but at the moment it can only be so, over there, the old gentleman is the identity of the businessman, the required amount is taken by the inner curry, and the villain is specially responsible for serving Mr., if the gentleman has any instructions along the way, you can tell it. ”

"Hmm." Standing on the side of this ship is none other than Liu Yan.

Liu Yan thought he was dead, but he didn't expect that he would be rescued, he did not become a prisoner, but was put on the boat after being placed under house arrest in a house.

Here, after all, it is no longer a place for Liu Yan to stay for a long time, and staying is not good for Liu Chengfeng, nor is it good for Liu Yan.

It is said that there are many rare animals there, and the land is wide and boiled, which is comparable to the Ming Dynasty, but it is sparsely populated, so the cargo ships are not willing to go there, but occasionally some people go there to settle down, and now Lianzhou and even the entire Ming Dynasty have a very high demand for horses, and Mongolia has horses, but because of political and military hostilities, although there is also a horse market, it is far from enough to fill this gap, you must know that horse-drawn carriages are popular now, Horses are indispensable in people's lives, and it is said that there are pastures everywhere in Nanzhou, so there have been many businessmen with their men to establish pastures, raising horses for business, not to say that it is an ordinary businessman, that is, the Lianzhou government also attaches great importance to raising horses, so it specially dispatched officials, set up a governor's office, specializing in the security of the Han people's gathering area, raising horses, so some cargo ships, also began to travel to and from Nanzhou, in order to transport the horses of Nanzhou to Lianzhou, and then sell them to the whole world.

It's just that the road is far away, and horses are not goods after all, so the scale is not large now, but the price of horses is getting higher and higher, and it may not be a good business to operate a horse farm in Nanzhou in the future.

(To be continued)