When you get close to each other, you don't need a telescope to see the situation.

I saw that the Japanese used an iron hook with a rope to firmly hook the lucky boat, and then attached the three fishing boats to it. The would-be men with bows and arrows began to shoot arrows at the ship, preventing them from cutting the ropes of the iron hooks.

The rest of the short and nimble would-be monkeys climbed to the ship from all directions, then drew their weapons pinned to their waists, and screamed and slashed them.

Sailors, escorts, and merchants...... All of them took up their weapons and fought against the pirates.

But the would-be ones were clearly superior to each other, and in a few turns, they had already cut down most of the sailors and guards.

At this time, the monster-like sealing boat on the sea finally sailed to the front of the two sides.

"Kill all the pirates!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was on the deck, shouting barefoot.

Before he could finish speaking, with a whoosh, an arrow flew over his head and struck the bulkhead behind him.

"Your Highness, go down quickly, the sword has no eyes!" Cai Bin hurriedly asked people to pull this chaotic sixth child into the cabin.

The officers and soldiers of the Yulin Guards also opened their bows and shot arrows one after another, condescendingly shooting at the Japanese who shot arrows.

The Japanese also fought back, but they suffered too much from shooting arrows from the bottom up. And their small fishing boat doesn't even have a cabin, so there's nowhere to hide. After a while, they were killed by arrows.

After dealing with the Japanese who could threaten them, Yu Linwei turned his arrow to the fortune boat and continued to destroy the Japanese who did not have a piece of armor.

By the hairstyle, it is easy to distinguish the identity of the two parties......

In short, it didn't take long for the shouts of killing on the surface of the sea to disappear.

Zhu Zhen was finally released by the guards. After his trip to Goryeo, he didn't feel much anymore when he looked at the dead bodies lying on the boat and floating on the sea.

It's so easy for people to adapt.

At this time, another sealing boat put down the dinghy and carried a team of Yulin guards over to cut off the heads of the Japanese invaders, which were all military exploits and could not be wasted.

After turning all the pirates into headless imps, Habayashi Wei took the surviving crew under control and checked the cargo in the cabin.

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After the meal, Cai Bin came to report to Zhu Zhen.

"Your Highness, it has been ascertained that the ship is a maritime merchant traveling back and forth to the South Seas, and the ships are carrying spices, medicinal herbs, and corals from the South Seas, which are quite valuable."

"Oh, Nanyang?" Zhu Zhen became interested and said: "Bring the leader to meet." ”

"Yes." Cai Bin should go down, and after a while, bring two people. An old man with gray hair, and a man in his thirties.

"This is your savior." Cai Bin said in a deep voice: "I, His Royal Highness the King of Chu of the Ming Dynasty." ”

The two didn't expect this rich young man to be so big, so they quickly knelt down and kowtowed, thanking him.

"Excuse me." Zhu Zhen sat under the Luo umbrella, looked at the two of them and said, "Introduce yourself." ”

"Yes, back to Your Highness, the little old man's name is Wang Defu, and he is from Taicang." The old man said busily:

"This is the dog Wang Zhen, our two men from Suzhou into silk and porcelain, to Nanyang sales, and into a batch of Nanyang goods, all the way back without incident, who knows that there are actually widows in front of the house to squat at the door......"

"That's right." Zhu Zhen nodded, he specifically asked Liu Ji for advice, the current imperial court's maritime ban policy.

Although because of the rampant Japanese invaders, in the third year of Hongwu, the imperial court dismissed the Taicang Huangdu City Bosi. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Boss Zhu ordered the abolition of the three cities of Quanzhou in Fujian, Mingzhou in Zhejiang, and Guangzhou in Guangdong, which had existed since the Tang Dynasty and were responsible for overseas trade.

However, it is true that the imperial court did not have any edict prohibiting private merchant ships from going to sea to trade. However, Liu Bowen predicts that with Boss Zhu's consistent conservative attitude towards the outside world, the day of banning non-governmental overseas trade should not be far away.

Although Zhu Zhen didn't know when the old thief stipulated that 'the board would not go to the sea', he knew that Liu Bowen's prediction was correct, and the day of the complete sea ban was indeed not far away.

He also knew that Boss Zhu's strict maritime ban policy had played an extremely bad role as an example for later emperors, and the bad consequences caused could not be exaggerated......

If we can stop the sea ban and continue the maritime trade that flourished in the Song and Yuan dynasties, it will definitely be a great achievement, right?

It was Zhu Zhen who became more and more interested in the father and son, and asked them about their experiences in detail.

Wang Defu replied: "Since he was young, Xiao Lao'er has traveled back and forth to Nanyang and made a living selling goods. Later, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a great chaos, and the Japanese at sea also took advantage of the situation, and they were robbed twice in a row, and they did not dare to go to sea again.

"The little old man will not do the livelihood of the side, and he has been sitting on the mountain for more than ten years. Because of the difficulties of the family, and hearing that the imperial court had abolished the city shipping department, our lords calculated that the goods in the South Seas would definitely be popular, so we sold our property and bought this ship...... Alas, I didn't expect the Japanese to be even more rampant, if I hadn't met His Highness this time, my father and son would have confessed here. ”

After speaking, Wang Defu kowtowed again to thank him, Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said: "It's just a gesture, if you really want to thank this king, just tell me about Nanyang, is Nanyang trade really profitable?" ”

"Making money is definitely making money, and if the business is doing well, you can get rich once in one round-trip." Wang Defu smiled smugly: "But not everyone can make money. There are many large and small countries in the South Seas, some are friendly and hospitable, and some are barbaric, and ordinary merchants may not be able to find a buyer even if they go with their goods, and they may lose their lives. ”

"So, you know Nanyang very well, huh?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

"Don't dare, don't dare, understand a little." mentioned what he was best at, Wang Defu shook his head, revealing a bit of sour talent, and said proudly:

"When Xiao Lao'er was young, he took the ocean-going merchant ships in Quanzhou several times and traveled to the South and Western Oceans, and knew the customs and customs there, and knew which people could deal with and which people should avoid it. I also know where to buy goods and where to buy domestic sought-after goods. ”

"True or false?" The sixth man widened his eyes and asked, "Which countries have you been to?" ”

"Xiao Lao'er has been to Ryukyu, Sandao, Mayi, Wuzhiba, Longsaliyu, Jiaozhi, Champong, Minduolang, Bintonglong, Zhenla......" Wang Defu reported the name of the place like a few treasures.

Zhu Zhen was dizzy by those awkward place names, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Stop, where did you say the farthest you have been?" ”

"Little Lao'er has been as far west as the country of Jiajiangmenli in the extreme south of the Western Ocean." Wang Defu replied: "The country of Naga Jiangmenli is on a large island, both men and women are dark-skinned and curly-haired, summer is all year round, and there are huge trees as tall as towers. ”

Cai Bin pursed his lips when he heard this, and said in his heart that this surnamed Wang can really break blindly, is it because of the young age of our Royal Highness, so he will open his mouth?

But he didn't expect Zhu Zhen's eyes to shine, and he excitedly grabbed Wang Defu's palm and said, "Have you been to Africa?" You don't call Wang Defu, you actually call Wang Dayuan, right?! ”

(End of chapter)