"What's weird?" Zhao Yan didn't care much at first, Tokyo City has a population of millions, and countless things happen every day, and there are also many strange things, so he thought that Cao Song heard some strange things and used them as talking points, which was also the main topic of their chat.

"This matter is a long story, the last time I heard the third brother talk about the huge profits of the sea trade, I discussed it with my family, so I sent someone to Guangzhou to buy a few cargo ships, plus there is the care of Princess Dening, so I ran the sea trade, I have been busy with this matter during this time, originally the ship is most afraid of encountering two things, the first is a natural disaster, the wind and waves at sea are enough to overturn the big ship, but compared to the natural disaster, it is the pirates that are more frightening."

Hearing Cao Song hear about the sea trade, Zhao Yan couldn't help but show a serious expression, and then saw Cao Song and then said: "Speaking of pirates, the third brother should know better than me, and thanks to your advice to the official family, Princess Dening was able to organize the maritime merchants and be escorted by the sailors of the imperial court, so when my fleet went to the South Seas, it was relatively safe, and the ordinary pirates saw our sailors of the Great Song Dynasty, and they generally retreated far away, even if they dared to step forward, they would be repelled by the sailors, but even so, Pirates are still very rampant, once a fleet is alone, they will immediately pounce on the fleet to eat even the slag, and even some pirates will join forces to land and loot, which can be said to be all evil. ”

When he said this, he saw Cao Song pause for a moment, and said with a puzzled expression on his face: "But just some time ago, a very strong pirate suddenly rose on the sea, they did not rob the passing ships, but attacked and suppressed other pirates everywhere. But the pirates were able to find out exactly where the pirates were hiding, and in just a few months, they had already annexed and exterminated several pirates, and the remaining pirates saw that the limelight was not right, and all fled farther away, and now the sea routes in the entire South China Sea are extremely unobstructed. Only when they arrive in the South Seas will they encounter harassment by pirates again. ”

Zhao Yan was shocked when he heard Cao Song's story, and immediately thought of something, and asked with some eagerness: "Brother Jiu'er, do the pirates you are talking about have a name, and where are they mainly active now?" ”

Seeing Zhao Yan's eagerness, Cao Song couldn't help but be stunned, but he immediately replied: "According to the report of the steward in the south, this pirate calls itself Rakshasa. Because they do not rob merchant ships, different from ordinary pirates, so they are called the Rakshasa Army, as for the range of activities is very wide, it is said that Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Qiongzhou have their fleets off the coast, and some people even say that the Rakshasa Army has established a walled city on the Liuqiu Island off the coast of Quanzhou, and recruits the poor people by the sea to open up the wasteland there, it seems that the Rakshasa Army's plot is not small. I'm really worried that my Great Song Dynasty Haijiang will be uneasy in the future! ”

"Rakshasas?" Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this name, and then immediately reacted. At the moment, he couldn't help but whisper excitedly, "Rakshasa is one of the twelve heavens of Buddhism, originally a hungry ghost who eats human flesh raw, and has an extremely ferocious temperament, but later transformed into one of the guardian gods of Buddhism, it seems that even if you become a pirate." It's still hard to shake off the influence of Buddhism on you! ”

The "you" in Zhao Yan's mouth naturally refers to the empty space that went overseas, he has long said that he will develop his power overseas, and when he has the strength that can make the Great Song Dynasty face it, he will come back to marry Princess Bao'an, originally Zhao Yan thought that he would suddenly rise after a period of hibernation overseas. But he didn't expect Sora to make a move so quickly, and he also wiped out the pirates on the southern coast of the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, it seems that the power of the Yin Underworld Division on the sea is stronger than he expected.

Next, Zhao Yan inquired in detail about the situation of the Rakshasa Army overseas, but unfortunately Cao Song only read the letter sent by the steward who was sent, and he didn't know much about the Rakshasa Army, so Zhao Yan didn't know too much, he only knew that the Rakshasa Army had a lot of power at sea, and it occupied the big island of Liuqiu.

"Third brother, I heard that you have built another big workshop in the west of the city, and thousands of craftsmen have been recruited alone, it seems that there is a big move, can you reveal it to our brother in advance?" At this time, Cao Song asked again, he has now completely transformed into a businessman, and his sense of smell in business can be said to be very inspired, not too many people know about Zhao Yan's construction of a canning workshop, and Cao Song has already smelled a smell of money from it.

There is nothing to hide from Cao Song and Zhao Yan, and after the canned food is produced in the future, it may be sold through Cao Song's commercial channels, so he immediately ordered someone to take a few bottles of canned food, including canned fruit and canned meat, and then put them in front of Cao Song and Hu Yanping respectively and said: "Look at it, what is being produced in that workshop is this kind of thing called canned food!" ”

Canned meat is fine, but the canned fruit attracted the attention of Cao Song and Hu Yanping, only to see the two of them pick up a bottle of canned fruit and look at it seriously, they were a little surprised, after all, it is already a cold winter wax moon, and it is not easy to see fruit at this time.

"How about you taste it first?" Zhao Yan said and took out the tools, and then helped them open the can, Cao Song and Hu Yanping were not polite to this, picked up the chopsticks and took out the fruit inside and tasted it, and found that it was extremely sweet, and it was a supreme pleasure to be able to eat such a delicious fruit at this time.

"Third brother, where did you get these fruits from?" Hu Yanping asked loudly while eating the fruit, during this time, he went to Zhilugu every day for treatment, and now it has some effect, at least the interval between brain crashes has become longer and longer, and he will not crash as soon as he is stimulated.

Zhao Yan picked up the canned bottle and looked at it when he heard this, only to see a label on the bottom that said August 13th, so he immediately replied with a smile: "This can was made three months ago, that is, you two ate fruits from three months ago!" ”

"Ahem~" Hearing Zhao Yan say that they were eating fruit from three months ago, Hu Yanping and Cao Song both choked, and coughed violently at the same time, in their cognition, no matter what kind of fruit is stored for three months, I am afraid it will be spoiled.

"Third brother, you ...... You...... If you give us the fruit three months ago, aren't you afraid that we will eat it badly? Cao Song finally stopped coughing, and then pointed at Zhao Yan and said with a sad and angry face, as for Hu Yanping next to him, it was not bad this time, but he didn't take the chance, and he also looked at him with an angry face.

"Why, if this fruit is bad, won't you be able to eat it?" Zhao Yan rolled his eyes and said, "You can eat boldly and with confidence, although these fruits are not as delicious as fresh, they will definitely not hurt your stomach!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Song and Hu Yanping only reacted at this time, when they ate them just now, they obviously felt that these fruits were delicious, and they didn't look bad at all, and even Hu Yanping, who was nervous, picked up a piece of fruit again and tasted it, but found that the taste was still as sweet as before, and he couldn't take care of it at the moment, so he ate it again, and at the same time thought in his heart that he would ask Zhao Yan for a few bottles to bring back to the lady at home.

"Third brother, isn't it that your canned food can keep the fruit for three months without being bad?" Cao Song's mind turned quickly, and he immediately thought of the joints, and asked with a light in his eyes, if this is the case, then they will be rich, although the workshop is Zhao Yan's, but he will definitely be able to get the first batch of goods, and he will definitely be able to make enough money by then.

"Hehe, Brother Jiu'er is right, canned food is used to preserve food, no matter how easy to spoil the food, as long as it is canned and preserved, it can generally be eaten within half a year to a year, such as the canned fruit in your hand, if you take it out and sell it now, do you think it will cause others to go crazy?" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

"Definitely, just like the Chinese cabbage stored in your Zhuangzi was sold out in winter before it arrived at the vegetable market, but I estimate that this canned food will definitely be more popular than cabbage, after all, in addition to cabbage, radish and other vegetables can be eaten in winter, but fruit is too difficult!" Cao Song said excitedly again at this time, and he also thought of one thing, that is, the cabbage people can follow the planting, but as long as the method of making canned food is not passed on, then Zhao Yan can keep this secret recipe alone, and he can also make a windfall for a few more years.

Then Cao Song eagerly pulled Zhao Yan to ask about the production of canned food, but Zhao Yan told him that although the canned workshop has been built now, the craftsmen have almost been recruited, it can be said that the workshop can already start producing canned food, but because of the season, now only some canned meat can be produced, this thing is very convenient for people who travel far away to take on their bodies to make rations, but they are not worried about no market, Cao Song immediately placed an order to Zhao Yan, his fleet is a few months when it goes to sea, even rice noodles are easy to damp and deteriorate, Not to mention vegetables and fruits, so he ordered ten truckloads of canned food to be shipped to the south at once, and in addition to his own fleet, he could also sell them to other fleets to try their sales.

Zhao Yan, Cao Song, and Hu Yanping's banquet lasted until it was almost late, but when they left, Cao Song and Hu Yanping asked Zhao Yan for a lot of canned fruit, ready to take it back to his family to taste, speaking of which, although Zhao Yan made a lot of canned food, most of them were sent to Zhao Yan, and some were sent to the palace, but there were not many canned food in his house, and now they gave Cao Song some of them, which was enough to make him feel distressed.

However, just when Zhao Yan had just sent Cao Song and the others away, and was about to return to the inner house, he suddenly saw a horse coming, and the palace guards on the horse came to him and immediately jumped off the horse and said respectfully: "Your Majesty has a will, summon the king of the county to enter the palace quickly!" (To be continued......)