And this Li Zhongjun actually grew into such a virtue, many of these things are enough to be interesting. That sea merchant, with a net worth of billions, would personally take risks and wander the seas every day?

Since the Western Xia blocked the Silk Road in the northwest, the connection with the West could only rely on sea trade. Probably the Maritime Silk Road arose in this era.

The Great Song Dynasty did not have such a thing as a sea ban, and maritime trade was extraordinarily prosperous. Since the second year of Zhezong Yuanyou and the third year of Yuanyou, in Quanzhou and Mizhou respectively, new city divisions have been added. The formation of the "five major cities" - Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Mizhou from south to north of the perfect pattern.

And this Hangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty is a city by the sea, but Hangzhou City is under the Changhe River in the south of Zhujia Bridge outside the security gate.

Hangzhou Yangbatou and Xinsi San Bridge all have foreign merchants living in the vicinity of Chongxinmen Neijian Bridge in the east of the city, and there are many wealthy Jews and Christians living near the Neijian Bridge in Chongxinmen.

The west of the recommended bridge is the residence of the Hui people, commonly known as the "Eight Question Building". The residence of foreign merchants is called "Fanfang", which is jointly managed by the Municipal Department of Shipping and the local government.

It is not surprising that such a half-blood city and this rich man suspected of being a pirate appeared. Even, Wen Fei became interested in them all of a sudden.

"Outside of the staff, do you think you have that great food bloodline?" Wen Fei asked.

Tilting Bancheng hurriedly replied: "The villain doesn't dare to be called an outsider, if you return to the Heavenly Master, the villain family has been in Middle-earth since the Tang Dynasty, and in the past few hundred years, they have long been the people of Middle-earth."

The villain family does not dare to say that it is full of poetry and books, but the villain has also read Confucian books such as the Analects. Now he has taken refuge in Taoism, and he is a Taoist disciple who has been conferred on him!"

Wen Fei sighed, noncommittal. As early as the Tang Dynasty, merchants from Arabia settled in China, and their descendants were called "native Turks".

However, even when these guys go to Middle-earth, most of them still believe in the Green Religion. Like this half-city, completely Middle-earth, reading Confucianism, there are really not many Taoists in Shenzhen now!

Master Wen continued to ask Li Zhongjun. Said: "What about Li Yuanwai?"

Li Zhongjun smiled and said: "Father Qi, the villain is a decent person from Middle Earth. Even the wives and concubines in the family dare not have those interracial women!"

Wen Fei smiled: "But you don't have to. This Heavenly Master has long said that those who enter China are Huaxia. Those who go out of China are Yidi, such as this outside the staff. Poor Dao also regarded him as a citizen of Middle-earth!"

Yu Leweng was immediately grateful, and said again and again: "Thank you Father, thank you Father." That look was almost moved and I cried, but I didn't know if it was true or not.

Wen Fei naturally didn't care whether this product was real or fake, but he was naturally useful to these two people. I don't care so much.

He said, "Have you two been to the Great Eat?"

Li Zhongjun hurriedly said: "Father Qiyu, the villain is mainly from the Wa country, and the Great Food Committee has never been there!"

Wen Fei looked at Ren Leweng again. Ren Leweng also smiled bitterly: "The villain family went to Dashi in the early years. It's just that over the years, they have mainly been sitting on the ground and doing business, and occasionally they have run to the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo!"

"Oh, why is that?" Wen Fei asked.

Ren Leweng smiled bitterly: "Now that the shipping lanes to the west are monopolized by the big cannibals, even the ships that come and go to my Great Song Dynasty to do business are also big cannibals. My family's fleet encountered storm pirates several times in the early years, and it was completely destroyed, but the route of the big food did not dare to run again!"

This is said in a vague way. But Wen Fei also heard it, it seems that those big cannibals are not ordinary domineering! In order to monopolize the trade of the waterway, they can really do anything.

However, there is a saying that 300 percent of the profits can allow the capitalists to run a business at the risk of being hanged. The profit of this maritime trade is probably more than 300 percent, right?

In the 150 years from the first year of Kaibao to the first year of Feixiong, there were 48 times when the Great Food was paid tribute to the Song Dynasty, with an average of almost once every three years. This was only tributary trade, most of which was filled by some maritime merchants. The amount of private trade is even more significant.

However, Ren Leweng is afraid that he is not telling the truth. Nowadays, the Great Song Dynasty seems to occupy an active position in overseas trade.

Some information in Wen Fei's hands shows that during the Song and Yuan dynasties, China's shipbuilding industry sprung up, and the ships built were large in scale and quantity. The large Chinese sea ship can carry 10,000~12,000 stones, and can also carry 500~600 people. Medium-sized sea ships carry 2000~4000 stone and carry 200~300 people.

The Shenzhou of the Song Dynasty envoy to Goryeo was three times longer than the Fujian passenger boat with a load of about 1,000 tons, and its scale was not much better than Zheng He's "treasure ship".

And more importantly, don't forget that the compass, one of China's four great inventions, was applied to navigation at this time, which was an epoch-making event in the history of navigation. The coastal navigation of Chinese sailing ships in the past has developed into transoceanic navigation.

By the Southern Song Dynasty, the compass had become a common means of navigation for Chinese seas. The development of China's navigation technology and shipbuilding industry during the Song and Yuan dynasties changed the trend of the previous Sino-foreign trade dominated by foreign ships.

Therefore, the monopoly of the big food and maritime merchants mentioned by Ren Leweng will not appear until at least after the Yuan and Ming dynasties. At this time, it is simply impossible!

As a character who traveled back in time, if he didn't know the importance of overseas trade, he would have bought a piece of tofu and died a long time ago.

Sooner or later, the Heavenly Master of Wenda will have to find a way to occupy the overseas shipping routes. But for now, these things are not in a hurry. He was even more interested in what Li Zhongjun said about the route of the Japanese Kingdom.

Wen Fei asked, "What is the situation in the Wa Kingdom now?"

Li Zhongjun showed a simple and honest smile and said: "Now that the Wa Kingdom is in power for the Fujiwara clan, these so-called ministers dare not be interested in a place other than Kyoto. Not to mention sea trade. It was all our Great Song Dynasty ships that went to the Japanese Kingdom to do business, and there were almost no Japanese ships to our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wen Fei asked again: "Then are you familiar with the routes of western Liaoning?"

Li Zhongjun thought about it and said honestly: "Familiar." Those Jurchens had ginseng beads in their hands, as well as all kinds of precious furs. We also go on business there occasionally!"

Wen Fei snorted, satisfied. Whether it is for the Jurchens in Liaoxi or the Japanese people, Wenda Tianshi has no good ideas!

Wen Fei nodded and said with a smile: "Do it well, there will be a place for this Heavenly Master to use you in the future!"

The two of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and said in unison: "Villains, they are willing to smear their father's liver and brain!"

Wen Fei replied lightly, glanced at Yang Guishan coldly again, and said, "Today's interest is exhausted, let's talk another day!"

The two maritime merchants said together: "The villains invite Shang's father to visit the West Lake another day, and invite Shang's father to enjoy his face!"

Wen Fei nodded lightly, these two people are still of great use to him Wen Da Heavenly Master. After sending the two away, Wen Fei said to Chen San and Song Wu: "So is it the one who won the lottery among the tide makers this time?"

The two of them crossed their hands and saluted, and Song Wu stammered in fright, and his legs trembled and he was about to lose his footing. On the contrary, Chen San was calmer, and he hurriedly said: "Don't dare to praise Father Shang, the villains are just selling their strength to amuse Father Shang!"

Wen Fei laughed and said: "Those who dare to be trendy are not just a handful of strength, but they need to be both wise and brave!"

The two of them were flushed with red faces by the words of the Great Master of Wen, and their hearts seemed to be surging with a warm current.

You must know that the tide makers at this time are almost synonymous with outlaws. They are all scoundrels, who dare to surf and play in the water when the tide of the Qiantang River is high and make some money. Usually, these people are hated by gods, and who looks at them more than anyone in a serious way?

At this moment, Wen Fei praised him, and he immediately felt that tears of emotion were about to flow out. Of course, it depends on who said this, only the warm words of the superior can soothe people's hearts. An ordinary person ran in front of these two people to say this, that is to find a share of the robbery!

Even a group of people were listening, and the officials who didn't dare to speak were also puzzled. Father Xindao is not fake to us court officials, and the rich businessmen in the middle of the city, but it is really strange that these two scoundrels are so kind and pleasant!

"The tide of the Qiantang River is so powerful, it was washed away by the river if you didn't pay attention to it, and there were no bones. If you dare to surf the tide, you are brave. And at the time of this tide, you can still play so many tricks and win the lottery, this is wisdom. Isn't it both wise and brave?" Wen Fei said with a smile.

The two of them knelt down with a puff, tears streaming down their faces. Originally, they were just trying to mix up some bounties, but they were summed up by Master Wen Da Tianshi so tall and complete, and suddenly there was an impulse to die for their confidants, even if these two people might not have heard this sentence!

Wen Fei stretched out his hand and waved, and there was an invisible force that helped them up. The two of them were shocked in their hearts, and they personally experienced the Dao magic power of the Wenda Heavenly Master.

But Wen Fei smiled and said: "This Heavenly Master has now got a few steamships, and there is a shortage of some good men who are familiar with water and have courage and strategy to drive." How's that? Are you two interested?"

Just kidding, the words of Master Wen Da Celestial Master have all been said about this, how can these two people be embarrassed. The two of them grabbed the ground with their heads and said loudly: "The little one is willing to die for Shang's father!"

Wen Fei nodded at this time and said to the two: "Wait for you to go down, someone will give you a gift." In the future, we can be regarded as Taoist believers!"

"Yes, yes. The little ones will definitely be religious in the future!" said the two guys who knew each other very well and retreated.

The two of them have low status, and they don't dare to stay in front of people for long. stepped aside, but he didn't dare to leave, after all, Wen Fei had confessed. But they didn't know who to look for, and the two of them were dizzy, as if in a dream, and every step seemed to be stepping on the clouds.