The Quanzhou Maritime Guild is located in the Deji Gate, adjacent to the Shunji Palace.

In the council hall, dozens of key members gathered, all of whom were full of gloom at this time.

This time to go to sea, the investment of each family is quite huge, although it will not exhaust the family resources, it can also be said that it is betting on the future of the family.

Although scholars often show people with high and clear faces, they are all disdainful of blockages, but whether it is an individual or a family, if they want to survive and develop, they are inseparable from a money word.

Now that King Yan is strong and determined to reform the land, if he only wants to lie down and collect rent as before, I am afraid that he will barely be able to 'make ends meet'.

If you want to maintain the rich scenery of the past, or even go to the next level, sea trade has become the best way out.

They also know that while maritime trade has high returns, it also has high risks, and man-made disasters are more terrible than natural disasters.

At this time, the shipbuilding and navigation technology of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it encountered very bad sea conditions, there was a greater probability of escape, although there were still often ships buried in the waves, but the proportion had been controlled within an acceptable range.

However, if you encounter the ferocious pirates, it will basically be difficult to escape, and you can only lose both people and money.

In order to ensure the development of maritime trade, Zhao Mengqi not only allowed the Maritime Merchants Guild to form an escort team, but also specially dispatched the Dinghai Navy and the newly established naval division Nanyang Fleet to clean up the sea bandits.

The results are still very gratifying, from Quanzhou to Dongsha within the sea pirates are extinct, and there is no room for survival.

This is to ensure that the navy and the Nanyang Fleet are strong in combat effectiveness, and secondly, it is to cooperate with the gentry and heroes.

And because the merchant ships formed a large fleet at the time of departure, the early stage was always smooth.

However, the destinations of the merchant ships were not the same, and the merchants pursued efficiency, and after crossing the sea area of the city, they scattered in twos and threes.

Since then, there have been incidents of robbery by pirates, but in total, only two merchant ships have been in trouble, and the others are safe.

However, in March, the bad news came back frequently, and by this day, at least 20 merchant ships had been robbed by the pirates, and all of them had accidents in the waters near the city.

There are only one hundred and thirty-six ships in total, and suddenly there are twenty of them, who can stand this? What's more, there will definitely continue to happen in the future.

"This fact is so weird, why did the pirates become rampant all of a sudden? It seems that he is still staring at our Da Song ship. ”

"As far as I guess, it's probably because the sea route has been depressed for too long, and those pirates have become hungry wolves, so they are even more ferocious......"

"I see, it has a lot to do with the previous sea sweeping operation, many pirates who escaped the clean-up have gathered in Xisha and Zhongsha, and they have formed a group, and it is estimated that they have a revenge mentality, so they ......"

"What do you mean by that, you shouldn't sweep the sea!? Could it be that you are dissatisfied with Your Highness's decision!? ”

"Phew! If you are surnamed Cai, don't smear people's innocence out of thin air! Tao Mou has always been loyal to His Highness and resolutely supports His Highness, I mean that all evil should be eliminated, and those pirates should be swept away! ”

"To put it lightly, although the navy under the command of His Royal Highness is more capable of fighting than those in the past, but there are countless islands in Xisha and Zhongsha, and the sea conditions are very complicated, it is not easy to perform at all, and if you don't get it, you will capsize in the gutter of the pirates, take a step back, even if the navy has the upper hand, those pirates will definitely continue to run, if we hide in the city, what can we do?"

"That is, you don't have to think about it to know that it is the Zhan people who are behind it, otherwise these pirates have no way to supply and sell the stolen goods, and at least half of the looting is done by the Zhan people themselves, I heard that they were bitten by Annan three years ago, so they are counting on robbing the sea to make up for the losses."

"It's really unreasonable, just a barbarian animal actually rode on our necks to, we must teach a good lesson!"

"How to teach? At most, they are not allowed to pay tribute or trade...... Speaking of which, the people of Champa are already fierce and capricious, and nearly 80 years have passed since the three years of Chunxi, and the relationship between our dynasty and them seems to be nothing, and the vassals are completely in name only, and the tribute is basically extinct. ”

In the second year of Chunxi, Champa tasted the sweetness of cavalry, and it was no longer enough to meet their needs by smuggling horses from the Jiyang army.

So I don't know if it's ignorance or arrogance, I even wrote a letter to the Qiongguan Pacification Division in a grand manner, hoping to buy horses from the whole Qiongzhou.

At that time, the Qiongguan Pacification Division did not know about the smuggling of horses by the Jiyang Army, and he was shocked.

Da Song himself was crazy with a lack of horses, how could he sell out, and there was no old system of trade regulations in Qiongzhou, so he immediately refused sternly.

The Cham people were immediately annoyed and angry, revealing their pirate nature, burning, killing, and plundering along the coast of Qiongzhou, and capturing about 100 people.

This time, the matter was stabbed in the court, and the enraged Xiaozong gave Zhancheng a sternly worded ultimatum.

The Cham people were awakened by this slap and returned the 83 people who had been taken captive, and from then on the two sides also entered a period of coldness, and there was basically no official contact.

"Or, let's also ask the court to give the next official letter to Zhancheng?"

"I guess it won't be useful, hasn't Your Highness already sent three edicts to Champa, if they are afraid that they will care, they should also restrain it......"

"So what now? Do you want to let those Champa monkeys do whatever they want? Can we do this sea trade? ”

"This ...... Maritime trade must be done, but it is estimated that it has to be considered in the long run, and the sea route must be safely solved. ”

"Hey, since the people of Zhancheng are not afraid of us, it is better to talk to them, the prosperity of maritime trade is also a good thing for them, and cooperation is beneficial to both sides, but there is a lack of a suitable Chinese person, if it is Pu ......"

This guy wants to say that it would be good if Pu Shougeng was still here, because Pu Shougeng is still very related to Zhancheng.

However, the Pu family was sentenced by the Ming Dynasty at the end of last year, except for Pu Shiwen, female dependents and men under the age of 10, and more than 60 children and grandchildren of the other two brothers, Pu Shougeng and Pu Shousheng, were all beheaded.

At this moment, Pu Shiwen was also in the council hall, and he was immediately a little embarrassed when he heard this, and then smiled at Zhao Mengqi on the main seat, "Your Highness, otherwise the sinners will go to occupy the city, and the sinners will definitely do their best to talk about the matter......

Zhao Mengqi glanced at Pu Shiwen and waved his hand expressionlessly, "If we are robbed, we still have to beg three times or four?" What kind of system is this!? ”

It's all at this time, what kind of system are you talking about? Your Highness shouldn't be able to let go of the suzerain's shelf, right?

Chen Zhi, the head of the Maritime Guild, opened his mouth, but finally stopped talking.

"Humph! How can the jackals who occupy the city have nothing to do with it!? When the official family is asked to reprimand him solemnly, if he still does not repent, then the king will ask for it! ”

It was Zhao Xihan who said this, originally he was extremely opposed to maritime trade, but after several heart-to-heart communications by Zhao Mengqi, and depicted a blueprint for him to find a way out for the clan, he finally changed his mind and agreed to be the vice president of the Maritime Guild.

It's just that Chen Zhi was very unimpressed after listening to what he said, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

It's just a stern reprimand, but it's okay for the teacher to ask for it?

Now that the court is worried about internal and external troubles, and I wish that there was nothing to do in all directions, how could it be possible to take the initiative to raise troops against the state?

"Although the city is a small land, the people of Zhan are more fierce than fighting, and the kings of the past dynasties are mostly warlike, and we are separated from the vast sea territory, even if it is really a labor expedition, it is difficult to have a chance of winning...... We're not asking them, we're just reasoning with them. ”

Reasonable?

Zhao Mengqi laughed in his heart, if it is reasonable and useful, why is there so much strife in the world.

Truth is only within the range of cannons, and diplomacy depends only on strength.

Of course, he didn't intend to say what he really thought, just tapped lightly on the table.

"I have listened carefully to what everyone said, and I think there is no long-term plan for this matter, and it must be resolved as soon as possible, because the development of maritime trade cannot be delayed!"

"So Lone decided to take a multi-pronged approach, asking the court to issue an official letter of state must be wanted, and Lone will also write an ultimatum to Champa to show his determination, and then Lone will lead the sailor to move to Qiongzhou, even if he can't clear the sea bandits, it can play a deterrent role to some extent, and at the same time can also receive merchant ships, if necessary, Lone will personally talk to the king of Champang, I believe he will see the situation clearly."

Everyone was a little surprised by King Yan's decision, but they also felt more clearly that King Yan attached great importance to the development of maritime trade, so everyone's hearts suddenly settled down a lot.

Even if this matter cannot be successfully resolved in the short term, as long as King Yan does not give up, then Haimao still has a lot to do.

The next day, Pu Shiwen as a messenger boarded a thousand-material warship and headed south.

In fact, he was still very resistant to this envoy in his heart, because according to reliable information, the most ferocious pirates in Nanyang were led by his own nephew Pu Chongmo.

He defected to King Yan, so it led to the rapid collapse of the Pu family, which is already a well-known thing, and I believe that Pu Chongmo must also be clear.

And the death of Pu Chongmo's father, Pu Shisi, is estimated to have also been deducted from Pu Shiwen's head.

Therefore, Pu Chongmo is probably gritting his teeth and deliberately wanting to avenge his father's murder.

If Pu Shiwen stayed in Quanzhou, Pu Chongmo would still have nothing to do with him for a while, but now going to sea is equivalent to sending him to the door.

Even if you dodge it at sea, you can't avoid it when you get to Cham.

Because Pu Chongmo can grow wings in such a short time, he must have a very deep connection with Champa.