Chapter 1312: A Prosperous Port
The various goods transported from Xuzhou are too good, and the sea ships in Xuzhou are many and large, and the carrying capacity and rounds are very stable, which ensures the stable input of various goods in Xuzhou.
In addition to the Goryeo merchants, there was also a steady flow of merchants from Shandong, and there were even merchants from Beizhili, in addition, although he had not found it, Mao Wenlong knew that there must be spies of the Jianzhou Jurchens among the merchants who came, or those bastards who made a fortune regardless of righteousness, and sold the specialties of the Jianzhou Jurchens here, and then transported back the materials needed by the Jurchens.
Mao Wenlong, Chen Jisheng and these people don't know who to hate, although those who trade for the Jianzhou Jurchens have no shame, but when Phi Island was most critical, there were a few Ming merchants who came to the homeland, and now those merchants in Beizhili and Shandong, where they used to go, are all talking about righteousness, but in the final analysis, it is still business, and they are flocking to make money.
The generals of Dongjiang Town on Phi Island have the most complicated emotions in Xuzhou, and now many people still regard the appearance of the five ships as the blessing of God and Buddha, after the appearance of the five ships, the situation of Phi Dao suddenly became more comfortable and calm, which can be regarded as saving Dongjiang Town and water and fire, it is said that the grace of saving life is enough to make the two sides heart-to-heart, but those shipowners and sailors who claim to be Xuzhou, Yu and Zheng are not regarded as subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and a few days ago, they learned the news of Xuzhou's troops and the war between the officials and the army from Denglai Town, Shandong. This really shocked everyone.
It turned out that this Xuzhou was a thief, and he dared to rashly attack the Beijing Division, although since that time, there was no news coming, but everyone felt that Xuzhou was wiped out by the imperial court, but the ships on the Xuzhou side were never interrupted, and after the sea was opened, they sent supplies as usual, in exchange for specialties and population, everything was as usual.
Asked tentatively, the people on the ship were quite disdainful and said that the imperial court would be defeated, Xuzhou would win, and some people said that Zhao Jin was going to enter Beijing to be the emperor this time.
If it was in the past, such words would have made the two sides fight and fight, but now the safety of Phi Island and the hope of recovering Liaodong are on these constant sea ships, how to tear their faces, everyone has a thought in their hearts, Dongjiang Town of Phi Island is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, those who keep escaping are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, those who fought and died with the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Liaodong soldiers and civilians who fled to Phi Island and were killed halfway through the flight to the Phi Island are also loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty has never given Dongjiang Town enough grain and military resources, everyone has to loot by themselves, and they have to think about doing business by themselves. In order to survive here, what really makes everyone see hope is these rebellious Xuzhou thieves, how to choose, it is really difficult to decide.
No matter what they thought in their hearts, Mao Wenlong and Chen Jisheng did not discuss the results, everyone had to do it according to the previous rules, and heard the people on the watchtower say that the Xuzhou ship was coming, and the news quickly spread on Phi Island, and everyone was active, and they knew from the boat that they came last time, and they would come to a lot of ships this time, bring a lot of materials, and take away a lot of materials.
Since doing business with Xuzhou, Mao Wenlong has made great efforts to renovate the port berths, from the beginning of the port repair can eat more dry food, to the current port repair can eat meat, which is a big investment, and the facilities of the port terminal are becoming more and more complete.
According to the requirements of Xuzhou, the Yunshan Commercial Bank was built on the port side, almost an independent area, the outside of the wall fence with earth and stone wood, and the inside is the brick and stone houses built, this regulation makes the Phi Island up and down are very greedy, even if Mao Wenlong has only recently lived in a brick house, others are still staying in wooden houses and shacks, this group of Xuzhou people is too luxurious, actually from Shandong to bring a brick-burning master to build a brick kiln here, Mao Wenlong and several leaders of the residence are stained.
In Liaodong, everyone has seen a lot of fortresses, and naturally knows that this business house is the regulation of the barracks fortress, everyone is pretending not to know, the root of life is pinched in the hands of people, and some things are better not to be too real.
Now there are not too many people living in this trading house, only more than a dozen people left behind in the trading house, counting the goods every day, recording the demand, every time the ship arrives here, but can not delay too much time, outside the wall of the trading house is full of rough treated logs, when the time comes, it will be directly tied into a raft in the sea, so that the sea ship can be dragged to the destination, and there are piles of goods with padded bases and tarpaulins, which are the goods of Korean merchants, they have just arrived here, and it is too late to build wooden sheds and warehouses.
Hearing the ship coming, some people dressed in Goryeo hurriedly left, they were reporting to their masters, now this Phi Island trade has aroused the interest of several of the largest merchants in Goryeo, it is said that there is also the shadow of the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom, the conditions of Phi Island are too hard, these Goryeo merchants sent by the stewards and cronies and the like can't stay, they are all living near Iron Mountain, waiting for news, anyway, Phi Island and land transportation is very convenient, next, the cronies of these big merchants will also come forward.
The fleet came, the entire Dongjiang Town military and civilians on Phi Island moved, the young and strong laborers rushed to the port, ready to unload and load, many people involved in loading and unloading, after loading and unloading, will follow the ship to Shandong, Dongjiang Town generals at all levels of distribution arrangements, sent military funds to protect and distribute, this is ambiguous, those who do not go to loading and unloading and are not in the mobilization of the soldiers are walking around, waiting to be hired, now there are more businessmen on the island, manpower is in short supply, everyone can work for some pay.
In addition, Mao Wenlong also has a secret order, that is, three thousand generals with two thousand soldiers to prepare for war at any time, although they did not say who to target, but everyone knew it, but everyone was not very comfortable.
When everyone was busy, Mao Wenlong also came to the port with his cronies, as the owner of Phi Island, he naturally had his own convenience, Mao Wenlong and his people were in a simple shed set up at the wharf, which was the territory of a Korean merchant, and the situation in the port could be clearly seen here.
Sailing at sea to entering the port, this is a very tedious and slow process, adjusting the sail rudder, changing direction, slowly approaching, many Koreans waiting on the beach have not been able to help but let out an exclamation, they have seen such a big ship there, they all say that their tortoiseshell boat is sharp, may see a few, see also feel that not as big as the Ming Sea ship in front of them.
Not only did the Korean people look at the novelty, but even the soldiers and civilians of Phi Island couldn't get enough of it, not to mention those Liaodong refugees who had just been taken in, many of them were looking around while doing their work, and those who had no errands came directly around, and there were more and more people on the dock, Chen Jisheng asked in a low voice if he wanted to clear the people, but Mao Wenlong was noncommittal, and everyone would ignore it.
"No, these ships are constantly turning in circles, and they want to point their cannons at this side." A young military attache suddenly spoke, and everyone looked over and saw that some ships were approaching at sea, some were anchored, and several guns were placed on the deck, and the muzzles were facing the pier.
Calculated, there are almost four ships with such artillery, more than ten cannons are so aimed at the dock, Mao Wenlong is silent, but the others are exchanging eyes, not only their own thoughts, Xuzhou is also not ambiguous, Mao Wenlong glanced at the young military general who reminded him, nodded approvingly and said: "Xiaokong is good, very alert!" ”
This compliment made the young military general immediately blushed with excitement, and hurriedly stood up straight, everyone knows that this Kong Youde, the original miners rioted, and was killed by the Tartars, Kong Youde's uncle took him and the remnants to Phi Dao, and was the first group of people to come, his uncle was seriously ill and couldn't do it, but Kong Youde was righteous, and he learned martial arts quickly, and he was very appreciated by Mao Wenlong.
Xuzhou came a total of more than 20 ships, eight of which have a wide hull of the Fu boat, that is, at this time dare to run, the sea area of Phi Island and Shandong is very small between May and September, seeing these fat hulls, Mao Wenlong's faces of the generals have excited looks, how many materials to bring this time, this time Phi Island and Dongjiang Town can benefit a lot.
The constantly adjusting sea ship finally docked, put down the pedal, as before, the highest priority is grain, although Phi Dao is rich, you can already buy a lot of grain in Goryeo, but this is not ambiguous at all, it is still the bulk of the trade between the two sides, the young and strong workers on the wharf rushed over to start loading and unloading, but this time it was different from the past, it should have been loaded directly to the Phi Island camp, but this time the owner asked to unload near the mooring.
It's not that this can't be done, it's just a little more troublesome, the laborers simply asked, and immediately did it, and unloaded the bags of grain, and as the unloading progressed, the onlookers could see some doorways, which was clearly a circle around the berth, and a low wall was built with grain bags, so it looked good?
When everyone was muttering, they saw the steward of Yunshan Commercial Bank on Phi Island walking towards this shed, this steward was a smiling fat man, who was very kind to everyone, but everyone had experienced life and death, and they all knew that this fat man had killed people in the past, and he had killed a lot.
Seeing the fat man coming over, naturally there were Mao Wenlong's guards to stop him, and the fat man raised his voice with a smile and said, "General Mao, the little one has something to see." ”
Mao Wenlong frowned, his face was a little ugly, and the other generals also looked at each other, Mao Wenlong and everyone came here to act secretly, and there was no trace in front of outsiders, how did this fat man know.
Phi Island is not big, there are many people and miscellaneous eyes, Mao Wenlong, these generals attract people's attention, and it is not strange to miss the tracks, everyone naturally thought of this possibility, the reason why the face is ugly is that the manager of Yunshan may have planted his own eyes and ears on Phi Island, and everyone pondered it carefully, and it may be greater to install ears and eyes.
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