At this point, the ship was already burning most of it. Ouyang Xiu on the bow of the ship seemed to be in flames, which made the people on the shore exclaim.

"Jump!" But if Ouyang Xiu jumped down now, the runaway ship might float to the side, and there, the cargo was piled up.

The "General Judgment ......" boat slowly moved away, and in the flames, Ouyang Xiu's back had already been ignited, and he immediately jumped into the water.

"Hurry up and save the verdict!" The boatmen were desperate, their hands and feet were quickly hitting the water, like a dozen big fish moving forward.

"The general judgment is not here!" More than a dozen boatmen searched the place where Ouyang Xiugang had just dived, but they couldn't find anyone.

"Find the general judgment, two thousand times!"

"Three thousand!" The businessmen who had always been in charge of the word were crying bitterly, they had never seen an official would work hard for the interests of the businessmen, and that kind of emotion drove them to forget everything and just want to find Ouyang Xiu.

"Poof!" On the edge of the dock, a head popped out of the water and spewed out a mouthful of water.

"The verdict is here!" Someone discovered Ouyang Xiu, and then everyone gathered around.

"Judge, are you okay?"

"Good!" Ouyang Xiu grew up in the dock, and it goes without saying that the water is good. He stretched out his hands to grab the big bluestone, but countless hands reached out towards him, and the hand that grabbed him first was desperately struggling.

After going ashore, everyone was concerned for a while, and when they found out that Ouyang Xiu's clothes were only scorched, they were all moved.

"The general sentence is to go to risk for us, and such an official will believe everything he says! What are you waiting? ”

"Faith!" The merchants' faces were flushed, and their excitement was palpable. Everyone surrounded Ouyang Xiu to change his clothes, and then put wine in the wine shop on the shore to suppress the shock.

During the banquet, the businessmen frequently raised their glasses, and Ouyang Xiu did not refuse, and felt drunk later, so he pressed the cup and said, "Okay, this matter is over." "This is the meaning of not wanting businessmen to remember their feelings, Gao Feng Liang Festival!

And the people stood up and bowed their hands,

"The judgment is bold, and we are not ambiguous, if there is a sending, just command."

"Out to sea!" Ouyang Xiu got up and arched his hand: "It's still the same sentence, everyone must dare to go to sea and dare to compete with the big cannibals, like this...... Next time I have something, I will help! ”

"In a word, if you are in trouble later, just come to the city for help......" Ouyang Xiu stood in the middle of the crowd, his tone sonorous and powerful.

As soon as this gesture came out, the businessmen immediately patted their chests and guaranteed,

"Don't worry, let's go to sea this time, we will definitely rob the business of the big food merchant......"

Ouyang Xiu remembered Qin Wei's letter...... The letter asked him to encourage the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to go to sea and compete with the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and the big ship of the Great Song Dynasty began to set sail, and the sea trade was just the beginning, and the scale would become larger and better in the future......

"Get out!" There was a scolding from outside, and Ouyang Xiu frowned and said, "What's the matter?" A small official came in and said: "General judgment, it's those big food merchants, they said they want to invite you to drink and thank ......" Those big Song merchants were looking at Ouyang Xiu, wanting to see his posture, Ouyang Xiu walked to the door and looked at the more than ten big food merchants outside.

These people may want to be sincerely grateful, but at this moment, they are surrounded by Great Song Dynasty merchants, and Ouyang Xiu said: "Eating is almost like taking bribes, so I won't go." ”…… Eating, drinking and having fun is really not a matter for the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan was very chic when he was an official, traveling every day, drinking and having fun, and singing and being a companion...... So eating a meal is really not a problem, but Ouyang Xiu refused, his reason was that eating invitations was almost like taking bribes, but Song Shang in the wine shop seemed to be laughing at his opponent.

Could it be that it's not wine and food, but dirt? You can eat Song Shang's banquet, why can't you eat ours, the big food merchants are a little angry, but if it weren't for Ouyang Xiu's decisiveness just now, their ships and goods would also be burned.

This kindness can not be repaid, but Ouyang Xiu's attitude is debatable, and at this time, Song merchants came out one after another, and they all stood behind Ouyang Xiu.

Compete! This is Qin Wei's original words. The commercial competition between the Great Song and the Great Food has just begun, but the Great Song is fearless, and those unknown Great Song on the sea will one day conquer them one by one!

Ouyang Xiu bowed his hand, and the big food merchants returned the ceremony and left. They were talking to each other as they went, not knowing what they were thinking.

Ouyang Xiu turned around and looked at the Song merchants and said, "The Great Song Dynasty has goods that are the envy of outsiders, and those goods can be used as money overseas, but what do the big cannibals have?" They brought the most spice ivory, but the Great Song Dynasty couldn't find it? "Qin Wei said that spices are on the island not too far from the Great Song Dynasty, and some of the sages in ancient times have been there and seen that the island is full of spices.

As a member of the miscellaneous sect, Ouyang Xiu was convinced of this, since the goods of the Great Cannibal Great Song could be found, then why let them make money?

There was more excitement in the eyes of the merchants, although the sea is daunting, but there is money, fighting for money, isn't this the mission of merchants?

"Out to sea!"

"Go to sea now!" The merchants, in high spirits, gathered their men and crews of boatmen, and then procured goods to replenish food and fresh water.

Since half a month ago, the merchants began to assemble, preparing to go to sea on a large scale for the first time, but it has been delayed until today, and Ouyang Xiu has been pressing them from setting sail for various reasons.

The merchants thought they were worried about the backlash of the Great Food Merchants, but remembered that when Emperor Taizong, the Great Song Dynasty and the foreign feudal domains were almost not in trade, and the Great Song Dynasty was more like a closed country.

Emperor Taizong couldn't see this as such! So he sent envoys to various countries to report the news, welcoming everyone to come to the Great Song Dynasty to do business and make money, so the merchants came one after another.

"Sir said, it's right to come in, but Da Song still has to go out, otherwise it will still be closed to the country." Ouyang Xiu stood on the edge of the dock to greet Qin Zhen, and this was what they said.

Qin Zhengang heard the news that the dock was on fire, and immediately hurried over. When he arrived, there was still some wreckage on the surface of the water that was smoking.

"You're good." He looked sideways at Ouyang Xiu.

"Qin Wei taught you very well, decisive and flexible. It's just that you know that Qin Wei is dedicated to promoting businessmen to go to sea, what is this plan? ”

"Da Song is short of money." Ouyang Xiu's answer was simple: "But there is money overseas." ”

"Haha!" Qin Zhen laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Qin has tossed and turned for that kid over the years, and he has tossed a lot of money-making affairs, but you have learned a lot from it." The DPRK and China have already let out rumors that the Great Song Dynasty wants to encourage merchants to go to sea, but the naval army is a troublesome ...... "Without the protection of the naval army, how can the safety of the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty be guaranteed?"

An official on the side said, "There are a lot of pirates!" Moreover, the Koreans and the Japanese are not worried, and without the protection and deterrence of the navy, it is risky to go to sea now. ”

"In the past, the merchants who went to sea often disappeared with people and boats, and many people said that they were killed by pirates, which made the latecomers hesitate......" Everyone looked at those happy Song merchants with worried eyes, not knowing how much this batch of people who went to sea could come back.

Ouyang Xiu said: "There is a water army. ”

"Where did it come from?" Qin Zhen didn't take care of the affairs of the city company recently, so he didn't know about it.

"I was on last year...... You should remember, right? ”

"Last year?" Qin Zhen patted his head and said with a smile: "Yes, last year, I asked the DPRK to send a navy to protect Hangzhou City...... Is this coming? ”

"Yes, the day before yesterday, there was a leading ship to report the news, and the lower officials have already prepared their mooring place and accommodation......

"You're really nice." Qin Zhen wanted to see Qin Wei more and more, and wanted to see what the once shy child had become now.

Three days later, a fleet of warships sailed into Hangzhou...... The warship is mighty and the soldiers are majestic, this is the latest warship, the warship that can go to sea.

Hangzhou is flourishing because of the existence of the city's shipping department, and countless people rely on the dock for a living, and they are a little nervous when they see the warships coming.

"What's going on? Is there going to be a war with whom? ”

"Once the war starts, what will this business do?"

"I can't beat it!" The warship slowly approached the dock, and a commander jumped onto the dock without waiting for the ship to dock, and then gave his hand: "Wang Chi, the commander of the navy, has seen Zhizhou." Qin Zhen bowed slightly, and said lightly: "What did the capital say?" Wang Chi said: "The Privy Council Pang Xiangbu is on behalf of the minister, and let the lower officials desperately protect the merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty......" The merchants stood behind, afraid that they could not hear clearly.

Qin Zhen said: "I can't hear clearly, be louder." Wang Chi said loudly: "The Privy Council Pang Xiang has an order, and the subordinate officials will lead the naval army to escort the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants to the sea, desperately protecting the Great Song Dynasty merchant ships!" ”

"What?"

"You're here to protect us from going to sea?"

"It's still an order from the Privy Council." The merchants were stunned. Although the business environment of the Great Song Dynasty was good, it was the first time that warships were sent to protect the merchants, and an inexplicable move made the merchants have tears in their eyes.

They did business to earn money and pay taxes, and worked hard to do things for themselves and for the Great Song Dynasty. Although these people have a bright appearance, who has seen their blood, tears and hardships.

Sea...... It's easy to say, but it's hard to do. The big cannibals monopolized the trade routes, and there were countless risks overseas, and going to sea was risking their lives, but they were willing to take risks.

Businessmen are born with an adventurous spirit in their bones. They want to be pioneers, but they also want support.

The support they had wanted was to provide charts and information about those countries, but the city had already given them, which was very refreshing.

The official is refreshing, so what do we say? Let's go! So merchants gathered in Hangzhou, countless goods were transported to the wharf, from a distance, it looks like countless hills towering, this is the power of the Great Song Dynasty.

As long as you want, as long as you can! The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were able to do business anywhere that humans could reach!

But no one expected that the DPRK and China would send warships, and Qin Wei shouted in Bianliang that the warships of the Great Song Dynasty should escort the merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty, but no one took it seriously.

The Great Song Dynasty is too late to guard against the Liao, how can there be air control for you merchants? The smaller the hope, the greater the surprise when it was obtained, and the merchants were ecstatic, shouting, and running to the side to gather around the warship in praise......

"With such a big warship, do those pirates dare to come again?" A merchant looked at the warship slowly approaching and couldn't help but burst into tears.