"Follow the imperial mission to the sea!"

The entire Great Song Dynasty business community moved, not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty despised merchants, and other countries were also unkind to merchants! Especially the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty has always been famous for its weak Song Dynasty, coupled with the fact that the merchants were lonely at sea, and most of the goods carried on the sea ships were of great value, becoming fat in the eyes of countless people, and the situation of the maritime merchants could be said to be extremely difficult.

Nowadays, there is a court mission personally leading the team, and the official face is the mission to other countries, and the so-called two countries are not at war, not to mention the normal mission to other countries, which naturally increases security.

"The first voyage was to Goryeo and Fuso, and the imperial court ensured the safety of the merchants and ships of the Great Song Dynasty, and each ship was required to pay a tax of 500 kan."

Immediately, more detailed news came out, causing heated discussions among a group of businessmen.

"Five hundred!"

Many merchants exclaimed, 500 guan is a full 500,000 yuan, plus the crew's expenses, it is not a small amount, and the entire net worth of many merchants is probably not 500 yuan.

However, to everyone's astonishment, when the news broke, there was an endless stream of merchants willing to go to sea, and in a short period of time, 300 ships paid their taxes.

"Three hundred ships, isn't that a full 150,000! These maritime merchants are crazy! The people of Kaifeng exclaimed.

"Crazy? Merchants have always pursued profits, and if there are not enough profits, how can those maritime merchants be willing to pay for them! The cargo of a sea ship is worth nearly 10,000 yuan, but it only needs to pay 500 yuan! You can guarantee safety, which is simply the best deal in the world. ”

A merchant was thrilled.

"Not bad! This time the envoy is Goryeo and Fusang two countries, and the customs of the Great Song Dynasty are similar, and there are many valuable outputs, first of all, the goods of the Great Song Dynasty can make a lot of money, and then the goods of the two countries are transported back to the Great Song Dynasty, which is naturally a huge fortune! A businessman said jealously.

If it weren't for his lack of capital, how could he let go of this feast of wealth, everyone knows that once he follows the imperial court to overseas countries, it is not wishful thinking to get rich overnight.

"150,000!"

There was also an uproar in the court, when Fan Zheng proposed to lead the way to the east and reuse merchants, many stubborn and conservative ministers were very dissatisfied, even if there are still opposition.

However, when the real money of 150,000 guan was sent to the household department, all the courtiers suddenly closed their mouths, and before the envoy to other countries began, the imperial court had 150,000 guan into the account.

And this is only the closest to the Great Song Dynasty Goryeo and Fusang, if it is more distant Luzon, Jiaozhi, Zhenla, Three Buddhas, and even, Tianzhu and other countries, I am afraid that there will be a steady stream of wealth to send back.

At the same time, the originally unknown Tong Guan instantly became a hot figure in the Great Song Dynasty, a person who could make money for the Great Song Dynasty and lead a group of businessmen to make money, and was naturally extremely popular wherever he went.

These days, Tong Guan can be said to be the stars holding the moon, and the spring breeze is proud.

"Father-in-law Qiyu, Fan Taicheng is visiting?" Suddenly, a little eunuch hurriedly came to report.

Tong Guan hurriedly got up and greeted him: "Thanks to Fan Taicheng's good strategy, Tong has today's results." ”

Tong Guan admired Fan Zheng very much, he appointed Fan Zheng's policy, only levy taxes on the accompanying ships, not only did not take the slightest risk, but also immediately raised a lot of money for the imperial court, which was well received by both inside and outside, which made Tong Guan, who had been discriminated against because of his eunuch status, raise his eyebrows.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "Father-in-law Tong is polite, Fan came here today, but he has something to ask for!" ”

"Lord Fan, please say, but what Tong can do, there is no other word." Tong Guan is righteous.

Fan Zhengdao: "Fan wants a boat and goes to sea with Gonggong Tong!" ”

Tong Guan's heart moved: "Mrs. Fan doesn't want the doctor's medicine to go to sea, Master Fan can rest assured, the ship that goes to sea this trip will definitely reserve a place for the doctor's ship, and there is no need to pay any fees." ”

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "That's not necessary, the doctor's task is to treat the disease and save people, so naturally he will not do business in person, and all the medicines of the doctor's family will naturally be purchased and shipped to overseas countries, and the doctor will not participate in this matter." ”

Tong Guan nodded slightly, the doctor's actions were the same as what Fan Zheng had done for him at the beginning, although there was less chance of profiteering, but it was better for a long time.

"Then Fan Taicheng came to ............ today." Tong Guan was puzzled.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Fan came here today to ask for a boat for the Ordnance Supervisor!" ”

"What? Ordnance Superintendent. Tong Guan was suddenly startled and looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

What is produced in the Arms Prison? Naturally, there are all kinds of weapons, and Fan Zheng wants to go to sea for the weapons supervisor, so he has to smuggle weapons? This is a taboo thing, and if it gets out, neither of them will be able to eat and walk around.

Fan Zheng looked at Tong Guan and explained: "In the people, people can do business with each other, and the state does not compete with the people for profit, so naturally it cannot do private business, but it does not mean that countries cannot do business with each other." ”

"Doing business between countries?" Tong Guan was puzzled, can countries do business with each other?

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "The silk business is indeed profitable, the porcelain business is equally profitable, and even the emerging glass business is as profitable as the medicine business, but there is another business in this world that is far more profitable than the others, that is, the sale of weapons." ”

"Arms dealing?"

Tong Guan looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief, he had always known that Fan Zheng loved evil prescriptions, and he had personally experienced Fan Zheng's evil prescriptions, but every evil prescription of Fan Zheng surprised him.

Fan Zheng explained: "Now that the weapons supervisor has cracked the cold forging method, coupled with the appearance of the earth-shaking thunder, the weapons in the Great Song Army will undergo a round of upgrading, and naturally there will be a lot of old armor weapons left. ”

These weapons can only be used as broken copper and iron in the Great Song Dynasty, and if they are transported to overseas countries with backward technology, they will be divine weapons, and even in the future, the Great Song Dynasty weapons research will go further, cold forging armor, gunpowder weapons, and they may not be able to be sold, which is why it is called a weapon deal, and what does Master Tong think of this deal?

"Ahh

Tong Guan's expression suddenly perked up, the armor and weapons in the Great Song Dynasty equipment army were all strictly accepted, and they had experienced the Great War with Western Xia, so they were naturally high-grade steel, and they would definitely dream of divine soldiers in other countries.

Fan Zheng continued: "Goryeo borders the powerful Liao State, how can there be no worry of destroying the country, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, on the defense of the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo are natural allies, and they must need the elite weapons and armor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"And the Fusang islands are numerous, and the power is unevenly distributed, and the king of Fusang is naturally urgent, and the elite weapons maintain the rule, and the local area also needs weapons to protect itself, as for the southern overseas countries, once the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty appear, it is enough to change the rise and fall of a dynasty, how about this kind of business?"

Hearing about Fan Zheng's arms trading, Tong Guan's breath was stagnant, he went to overseas countries, if he personally did business, he would naturally be criticized, if he controlled the arms trade, it would not only be able to influence the rise and fall of a country, but also earn a lot of money for the imperial court, which naturally made him extremely excited.

"However, Tong Gonggong must remember that only by being evenly matched can the arms be bought and sold, and continue to do it, if one country is allowed to dominate, then the arms trade of the ordnance supervisor can only be a hammer deal." Fan Zheng reminded.

"Tong understands!" Tong Guan nodded approvingly.

"By the way, why Tong doesn't know anything about such a big thing." Suddenly, Tong Guan's mind moved, and he couldn't help asking.

Fan Zheng said in a low voice: "Because this matter has not been demonstrated by the imperial court, it has only been approved by the official family!" ”

At that moment, Fan Zheng took out Zhao Xu's secret decree and handed it to Tong Guan.

"Ahh Tong Guan couldn't help but exclaim, he didn't expect Fan Zheng to be so bold and reckless, and this matter would be criticized by the imperial court in the future.

Fan Zheng sneered: "If this matter passes through the court, it may not be passed, and when the money from the weapon transaction is sent to the household department, they will naturally keep their mouths shut." ”

Tong Guan nodded thoughtfully, Tong Guan was a close servant of the official family, so he naturally carried out Zhao Xu's order without hesitation.

Dengzhou off the sea!

Huge ships gathered!

One of the largest Shenzhou is particularly eye-catching, that is, the car of Tong Guan of the Great Song Dynasty.

After its Shenzhou, hundreds of warships gathered, and carried a large number of sailors, sailors, healers, craftsmen and translators, which can be described as a large number of personnel.

After the battleship, there were more than 300 cargo ships, and this time the sea was charged according to each ship, so each cargo ship was as big as possible, striving to pull more cargo.

Looking at the majestic fleet behind him, Tong Guan couldn't help but be arrogant, this is probably the most powerful fleet in the history of the Great Song Dynasty, and now it is all under his control.

"Father-in-law, the auspicious time has come!" A little eunuch said respectfully.

"Let's go! Korea! ”

Tong Guan waved his big hand, and in an instant, the drum sounded thunderous.

The dragon boat sailed instantly, and the strong sea breeze drove the sails and headed directly towards Goryeo.

Dengju was only 400 miles by sea from the capital of Goryeo, and under the encouragement of the sea breeze, the fleet of the Great Song Dynasty mission traveled day and night, and reached the coast of the capital of Goryeo in just two days.

When 400 ships arrived at the port of Kaegyo, the entire Goryeo Kingdom was terrified.

In order to avoid repeating the mistake of the Tang Dynasty destroying the country, in the face of the powerful Liao State, Goryeo spent 16 years to build the Great Wall of 1000 miles, and 200 mountain cities to defend against the Liao State.

The terrain of Goryeo is long and narrow from east to west, and if the Liao State attacks from the Yalu River, Goryeo will have a long strategic depth, but if the huge fleet of the Great Song Dynasty comes to attack, it will directly make Goryeo, which is narrow from the east and west, lose its strategic depth, and almost all cities are under the attack of the Great Song fleet.

The entire Kaijing people were panicked, and it was not until the news of the arrival of the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty that the Goryeo government and the opposition breathed a sigh of relief.

"It turned out that it was an envoy from the Great Song Dynasty who visited, not an invasion by a foreign enemy."

Wang Yu, the little emperor of Goryeo, breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart moved at the moment, and he ordered: "Spread the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty to give advice, and allow Goryeo and the Great Song Dynasty to do business!" ”

Outside the opening of Beijing and Hong Kong, the Korean translator is explaining the domestic situation in Korea to Tong Guan in detail.

"Father-in-law Tong, now the domestic situation in Goryeo is delicate, the little emperor has just ascended the throne, and he is soft-spoken, although the name is right, but the power in the court is controlled by his imperial uncle Wang Hao, and the people are rumored that Wang Hao has a heart of disobedience." The Korean translator frowned.

"The lord is weak and the minister is strong!"

Tong Guan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he suddenly remembered what Fan Zheng said, only by keeping the two sides evenly matched can the Great Song Dynasty obtain the greatest benefits.

At that moment, Tong Guan immediately asked the navy army to be on guard, and he personally met with the little emperor of Goryeo.

"The angel has arrived, so that I will be able to make Goryeo shine, and I will be willing to make friends with the Great Song Dynasty for generations and regard the Great Song Dynasty as the suzerain." The little emperor Wang Yu obviously knew his situation, and regarded Tong Guan and Da Song as his lifesaver at the moment.

Tong Guan cooperated: "The king of Goryeo succeeded to the throne at the age of ten and was the same as my Song official family, and he will revitalize Goryeo in the future and become a generation of British lords." ”

At the moment, Tong Guan accepted the allegiance of Goryeo on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, and gave the little emperor of Goryeo Wang Yu a very high honorific title.

Seeing this, the military and military forces of Goryeo couldn't help but think about it, the little emperor was too young, the lord was weak and the ministers were strong, although his succession was justified, but the ministers of the court gradually took refuge in the prince Wang Hao.

However, now that the little emperor Wang Yu has the support of the Great Song Dynasty, it is different.

The prince of Goryeo, Wang Hao, gritted his teeth and looked at Tong Guan, if it was before, even if Tong Guan was the most powerful envoy of the Liao State in the world, he would definitely kill him, after all, even if Goryeo offended the Liao State, it would be impossible for the Liao State to break through the Great Wall of Thousands of Miles and the Two Hundred Mountain City.

However, nearly 400 ships of the Great Song Dynasty were parked at the port of Kaijing, not far from Kaijing, and such a huge force may completely change the situation of Goryeo's internal parity.

In addition, the news that the Great Song Dynasty defeated the Western Xia one after another, and had just destroyed Qingtang spread to Goryeo, and the Great Song Dynasty also had the unparalleled Heaven-shaking Thunder and other divine soldiers, which made the prince of Goryeo Wang Hao jealous.

Although he gritted his teeth at Tong Guan, he was helpless.

Ten days later, Tong Guan almost emptied the Goryeo treasury, leaving behind a letter of state canonizing Wang Yu as the king of Goryeo and a large number of weapons and armor, and sailed away under the gratitude of the little emperor Wang Yu.

And with the arrival of the Great Song Mission, the gears of fate of the Goryeo emperor Wang Yu began to turn, and in the original history, he was finally forced to Zen to his uncle, and was poisoned two years later.

And now with the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty and the elite weapons and armor of the Great Song Dynasty bought by the whole country, he finally has the power to protect himself and begins to control his own destiny.

At the same time, the merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty were also full of harvest, Goryeo Chengping had been in peace for a long time, and its domestic luxury and pleasure were in vogue, coupled with the Great Song Dynasty across the sea, and the Great Song Dynasty was in urgent need of the Great Song Dynasty's goods.

Many of the goods that were in demand were swept away, and many merchants became rich overnight, so they decided to load up the Goryeo goods and immediately return to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, more merchant ships did not return to the ship, but continued to follow the imperial mission, and this trip to Goryeo has proved the strength of the maritime mission.

In the past, even if they led sea ships to Goryeo to do business, they had to endure the exploitation of Goryeo officials, and the desperate price reduction of Goryeo merchants would even be seen by people and lose their lives in other countries, and no one cared about them.

And hundreds of warships lined up off the coast of Goryeo, and the difficulties they had encountered disappeared suddenly, and the money they earned from going to sea this time was several times as much as before.

They believed that this was far from the end, and that the farther their ships were from the Great Song, the more money they would earn, and that Fusang, whose land and wealth were not inferior to those of Goryeo, was their next target. (End of chapter)