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Chapter 540: The Blue Sea and the Waves

After resting at home for two days, the will of the palace came out, Shen Ao and the Wubei Academy were ready, and there were 600 people from the Captain of the Sailor Academy, in addition to the long retinue that he brought, there were really a lot of people, and there were more than 100 bicycles and horses. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info (please log in to read this chapter on your mobile phone)

Wu San'er also plans to follow, Quanzhou is one of the top big cities, its status in this era is not under Suzhou and Hangzhou, if the business of Suiya Shanfang can expand there, the entire Lingnan and Fujian can radiate out.

Shen Ao said goodbye to his wives one by one, and got into the carriage with a little reluctance, not daring to look at the figure leaning against the door, and sighed in his heart, and the carriage started.

From Bianjing to Fujian Road, the road is far away, you need to first go from the canal to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then change to the land route, the fastest before and after it will take a month and a half, this is still the result of the official travel, for the ordinary people, where is there a special boat? Where are there so many carriages and horses? Even if there is no change in the weather, it will take at least three to five months.

The morale of the cadets of the Navy Division is high, and after three or four months of training, the results have already come out, and at least they all appear to be extremely energetic, completely obey military orders, and can endure hardships and fatigue.

Most of the hometowns are close to the sea, some are Jiangnan Road, some are Guangnan East Road, and there are many Fujian Road. Prior to this, the Doctor's side had already mobilized the lieutenant to understand the dangers of this trip, and told them to prepare as soon as possible, and be more cautious along the way.

Therefore, along the way, the scouts all explored the way first according to the rules of marching and fighting, that is, the fleet went down the canal, and sentry ships were also placed in front of them, so as to observe the movement of the downstream at any time.

When they arrived in Hangzhou, everyone got off the boat, and the officials of Suzhou and Hangzhou all paid their respects on the dock, Shen Ao didn't see them at all, these people bowed their heads on the surface, but in fact, most of them were waiting to see their jokes in their hearts. If Haoqiang over there in Quanzhou is rectified by Shen Ao, who in Suzhou and Hangzhou will dare to fight against Shen Ao? Shen Ao rectified the maritime affairs, and it was not beneficial for officials of the size of Suzhou and Hangzhou, although they did not dare to make any moves now, in fact, they were just waiting and seeing, first seeing how Quanzhou was going, and then making a decision.

Shen Ao thought about it, but he was still determined to see him, and asked someone to let him come over to meet, this Lu Gonggong saw Shen Ao, and immediately saluted with a smile, and called Lord Shen warmly.

Although Gonggong Lu is a person from the city, he does not have much resistance to Shen Ao's rectification of the maritime affairs, after all, he is a person in the palace, and his real future is in the palace. If the city is gone, it's gone, and he can't look down on it!

Shen Ao glanced at Father-in-law Lu and said slowly: "Father-in-law Lu came to find the official, but is there something wrong?" ”

Father-in-law Lu said with a smile: "When the adults arrive in Hangzhou, the miscellaneous family must always do their best to be the landlord." ”

Shen Ao shook his head and said, "I'm in a hurry, and Grandpa Lu is kind, so I understand it." ”

Father-in-law Lu no longer persuaded him, and said with a smile: "This time, there is someone who wants to see an adult." ”

"Who?" Shen Ao was quite surprised, although he had been here more than once in Suzhou and Hangzhou, but at this time, someone came to see him, what was it for?

Father-in-law Lu looked left and right, glanced at Shen Ao's side, pursed his lips, and smiled without speaking.

Shen Ao frowned and said, "You just say that this Instructor Zhou is the confidant of this official. ”

Zhou Chu's face showed a little gratitude, and Gonggong Lu had no choice but to say: "It's a maritime merchant who wants to see an adult, and he came from Quanzhou." ”

Shen Ao said: "Where are the people? This is not the place to talk, so let's go to your place first and settle down, and you can arrange it. At this time, there were maritime merchants who came to meet, which made Shen Ao a little surprised, this person, he wanted to meet.

Gong Lu nodded his head, and immediately went to Zhang Luo to arrange, that night, Shen Ao lived in the Yamen of the City Bo Division, Lu Gong invited everyone to wash the dust, and settled the school captain, before inviting Shen Ao to the study, although Gong Lu said that he was illiterate, but the study was spacious enough, and the shelves of the books were piled up, and when he walked in, the fragrance of books on his face filled the tip of his nose, and there was a sense of déjà vu.

Shen Ao sat down at the desk unceremoniously, and after a short time, Gonggong Lu brought a person, this person was short, his body was a little fat, his face seemed to always have a signboard smile, and his excellent beard was very noticeable when he glanced at Shen Ao, and when he saw Shen Ao, he hurriedly bowed down: "Quanzhou businessman Tong Yu has seen my lord." ”

Shen Ao just smiled faintly and said, "What is the matter with you coming to see this official?" This official ordered the purge of maritime affairs, and if you come to be a lobbyist, you should be exempted. ”

Tong Yu raised his face and said with a smile: "My lord, the villain is here to report to the adult." ”

"Reporting? What letter? Shen Ao glanced at him lightly.

Tong Yu said: "The villain is from Quanzhou, and he is still ranked among the maritime merchants in Quanzhou, although he is not as good as the four surnames in Quanzhou, but this business is also all over the world." Just a few days ago, news came from Quanzhou, saying that the whole Quanzhou was suddenly different from before. ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips and snorted coldly: "You can receive the news from a few days ago, don't tell me, you are clairvoyant and earless." ”

Tong Yu was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Don't dare to hide the adult, the villain does not have clairvoyance and ears, but there are pigeons, those of us who do business, what we care most about is the news, where there is a food shortage, where there is chaos, lack of medicinal materials, as long as you know something earlier than your peers, you can be one step faster than others and make a lot of money." ”

The carrier pigeon has been used as a transmission tool since ancient times, but it is not easy to domesticate, and the cost is also very large, and the news may not be able to be effectively conveyed, so the use is not common, and I can't imagine that these business people will take advantage of this opportunity.

Shen Aowan smiled and said, "Okay, tell me, what's the news in Quanzhou." ”

Tong Yu said: "There are many unknown ships suddenly in the coastal waters of Quanzhou, in addition, the ships with the four surnames suddenly went to sea, but they all went to sea empty. ”

Shen Ao frowned, this news is very important, not to mention the unknown ships, the most important thing is the movement of the four surnames, all the ships go to sea, but now they are all empty, their ships are all merchant ships, and when they go to sea, they must be eager to fill all the cargo holds, how can they be empty?

Tong Yu said: "Lord Shen, when the villain knew the news, he was thinking, why did the four surnames make such a move when the adult ordered him to inspect Quanzhou, and then the villain figured out that they were going to play a play, so they waited for the adults to go to Quanzhou." ”

Shen Ao said slowly: "You mean that their ship will become a pirate ship, and when I get to Quanzhou, they will pretend to be pirates to attack Quanzhou?" ”

Tong Yu nodded: "The big name of the adult, the villain has already heard of it, how can the four surnames of Quanzhou not be heard?" This time, the adults led the order of Qin, and the business of the four surnames could no longer continue. So no matter what, they will definitely make this risky move. ”

Shen Ao looked at him coldly: "But what about you? Aren't you also a maritime merchant? Why do you want to ventilate? ”

Tong Yu kowtowed, but he didn't show fear, and said: "Because the villain can't get through the relationship with the capital, the ships in the name will have to pay commercial taxes if they want to enter Quanzhou Port." ”

Shen Ao's face softened a little, and he had roughly sorted out the context, this Tong Yu's business was not small, but he was not an official businessman. This means that his ship has to pay a large amount of taxes in and out of the port, and the cost of another person's ivory shipment back is ten yuan, and his freight back is fifteen yuan, and people are easy to profit, he is different, on the one hand, he has to control the cost, on the other hand, he has to face the suppression of others, if the four surnames want him to be unlucky, gently pinch his fingers, and sell the ivory at a price of fifteen yuan, Tong Yu will immediately be crushed. Because fifteen guan is still profitable for the four surnames, but for him, below this price is a loss.

Speaking of which, this Tong Yu came to report the news, for the sake of a good word, Shen Ao's purge of maritime affairs is certainly a fatal thing for officials and businessmen like the four surnames, but for ordinary maritime merchants, it is nothing less than a kind of gospel, although the imperial court did not exempt them from taxes, but as long as the officials and merchants are pulled to their line, the business of this maritime trade is much easier for them.

Shen Ao laughed faintly, and then stumbled on the case and said, "Your news is very useful, and this official knows it." ”

Tong Yu said: "My lord, are you still going to Quanzhou?" ”

Shen Ao smiled and said, "Go, of course you want to go, why don't you go?" ”

Tong Yu's face turned pale: "My lord...... Aren't you afraid ......?"

Shen Ao raised his chin slightly, and said proudly: "It's not me who is afraid, it's them, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a decision, so it's okay, originally, this official just went to the order to clean up, since they dare to do this kind of thing, then there is no need to stay, it's easy to live, it's easier to die." ”

Sending Tong Yu away, Lu Gong, who had been silent beside him, said fairly: "Your Excellency, ......"

Shen Ao leaned back on the chair, just drank a few glasses of wine, and looked a little drunk: "You don't have to say anything, just let you do one thing, Quanzhou is cleaned up, and Suzhou and Hangzhou will be handed over to you to clean up, rest assured, Suzhou and Hangzhou are not as good as Quanzhou, no one pretends to be a pirate." You remember, no one has to be afraid, behind you is me, and the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, you know? ”

Gonggong Lu was stunned for a moment, although this errand will offend many people, but on the other hand, the benefits are also great, he hesitated, gritted his teeth and said: "The miscellaneous family is looking forward to Lord Shen's horse. ”

Shen Ao shook his head tiredly and said, "Go to sleep." ”

After the night passed, before the dawn of the morning appeared, the captains of the sailors gathered and immediately boarded the sea ship and went down the river to Quanzhou.

Originally, the city ship was going to hire a shipwright, but Shen Ao didn't allow it, so he only let the captains go up, supplied food and water, and set sail for the sea.

As for how to steer the helm and raise the sails, it is up to the captains of the sailors to do it, and many of them are in contact with sea ships for the first time, so they always remember some knowledge in their heads, plus the guidance of the instructor, and occasionally the slightest mistake can be stopped immediately. In order to give them a chance to intern, Shen Ao risked his life this time, if he met a guy who didn't have long eyes and had an accident and the big ship capsized, it would be really unlucky.

Fortunately, he was still quite calm, trying not to go out of the cabin, saving himself from walking on the deck, and heard a certain head yelling: "Hurry up the sails, hurry up......" The sail was stunned and did not rise up, it really scared Shen Ao into a cold sweat, you must know that this sail should be adjusted according to the sea breeze, if something goes wrong, maybe the whole ship will have to go into the sea to feed Wang Ba.

Fortunately, this is near the sea, and the impact of the sea breeze has not yet reached the point of killing people, although it is a cold sweat along the way, after all, it is only a false alarm.

After seven or eight days of sailing, the captains finally got a little shaped, and although they still had to teach their heads to scold, the mistakes gradually decreased. The most idle on the ship are the gunners and sailors, the captains of these two subjects are used for naval warfare, and there is no need to tinker with the ships for the time being, Shen Ao can't look at it, so let the surroundings practice them well, I thought that I could rest when I got to the ship, but who knew that I had to go to the deck to practice, so I complained for a while, and finally the entire fleet was left with only passwords and drill slogans.

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The third chapter was delivered, today's saddest urge, a friend called to fight the landlord, lost more than four hundred, miserable, the tiger's money, just like that, it's a tragedy, I want to die, and I made it so late to update, it's even more tragic, I'm so tired that my spine hurts, hey, I'll never go again. ro！ ~！