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"What are you afraid of, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth. We have crossed Lake Dan and are about to reach the sea. When the time comes, once they go to sea, they are not yet dragons swimming in the sea, no matter how long these big people are, can they still stretch out?"

As a major shareholder, he naturally also deliberates here. This is the time to work together in the same boat, and naturally there is nothing to hide.

"That's right, Li Fang should have arrived one step earlier. Waiting for us in Tongcheng Port, when the time comes, I will wait for the convergence, and my strength will increase greatly, and I should not be afraid of ordinary dangers!" Xu Yi comforted.

I am not afraid of ordinary dangers, but like the fire cloud canopy I encountered last time, there is still no way to resist it.

It's just that everyone understands this, but they don't want to say it. Such force majeure, to say it, is useless except for the ability to make morale plummet.

Tongcheng Port is one of the largest ports in Dachu. There is a constant stream of boats passing through the canal every day. Countless overseas treasures, spices and other materials are continuously transported to the hinterland of Dachu.

Because the harbor is surrounded by many paulownia trees. It is said that it was first planted for the convenience of shipbuilding.

Now, hundreds of years later, it has become a forest of paulownia trees. Everywhere is towering and the sun is hidden. The entire Tongcheng Port is like being in the embrace of this Tongshu forest.

Therefore, it was named Tongcheng Port.

The canal runs through the forest of paulownia trees. The tall paulownia trees cover most of the river, and the boats are in it, which is extremely shady. I don't feel the heat at all.

The river is full of boats coming and going, and it is very lively. Over here. It is already a military area stationed in Tongcheng Port. But no one dared to mess around anymore.

Liu Yi originally thought that the river canal was very lively, but when he arrived at the port. See thousands of floating ships. Stopping in the harbor, he was amazed.

There are definitely not a few ships here that can be compared with other large ships of more than 1,000 tons in the world. There are even giant-level ships, I'm afraid they are not under the legendary treasure ships of another world!

But at this time, there were even more oppressive clouds floating in the sky. When I looked up, there were clouds, but it was clear that huge flying boats had risen into the sky.

"Oh......"

It was the first time for many people to see such a behemoth that could fly in mid-air, and they let out a cry of horror.

The big ones are hundreds of meters away. Some of them even look like ships. The height can reach thirty or fifty meters.

There are soldiers on it, and there are many dazzling weapons.

Flying in the air, which is not too high, is filled with a sense of oppression that is almost suffocating.

Liu Yi could know from Qin Shiyue's memory that these so-called flying boats were just airships.

It is somewhat similar to another world-famous Zeppelin, but now it seems that the technical level is much higher.

It seems that like trains and ships, they are all techniques learned from the other side.

"It's a pity we can't go to sea in a flying boat. Wang Ran sighed a little.

If you can take this flying boat to the sea, you will save most of the travel time.

"This is a militaristic weapon, don't think about it!" "Don't look at it, it's almost the same as a bun entering the city." Let's join up with the other half of the centaurs sooner!"

That's when you wake up.

Tongcheng Port is huge. However, it is a semi-militarized port.

Although it is open to the people, it is one of the ports of the South China Sea Fleet, one of the most powerful fleets of Great Chu.

If Xu Yi is a person, it is not a Jiansheng exam. Therefore, if there is an official document issued by the imperial court, it is simply impossible to move an inch here.

Fortunately, they found Li Fang and others by the way. All exclaimed.

Li Fang and the others had already boarded a big ship early and looked at it with the eyes of another world. The displacement is at least more than a thousand tons.

In the words of Da Chu, it is a big ship with more than 10,000 materials.

The most important thing is that in addition to the sails raised high, the ship actually has a chimney that rises proudly at the stern.

This is a hybrid ship with a steam engine!, Leo thought with a smirk.

Is this the so-called oriental steampunk?

Even if the owner of the boat is sitting in the south and facing the north like this, he is quite excited.

This is a large ship with a steam engine for their own use.

You know, in the middle of the Great Chu River. There are very few ships like this. Ordinary people don't have much chance to see it, let alone ride, even if they look at it.

"This ship, just at a discount. It costs 50,000 gold. This is still the price of a court product with no market, if you really want to buy it. It can be said that without 180,000 gold, don't even think about it......"

Xu Yi introduced the ship with some pride.

He and Li Fang naturally couldn't afford to buy such a big ship, but the imperial court specially allocated it for their trials.

Since then, we can know how much attention the court should attach to the elite of the country, such as them.

No wonder Xu Yi is proud!

The owner of the ship showed a look of leisurely admiration, and he had exhausted his family fortune and might be able to afford a tenth of the steamer.

But even if he pays three times the price. You can't buy such a boat!

As the group approached, Li Fang also walked out with the people to respond.

I saw a white cloth tied to Li Fang's arm, and it was still faintly oozing blood.

And behind Li Fang, he followed among the people. Many of them were also covered in wounds.

"Are you also in trouble on the way?" Xu Yi rushed out.

"Are you?" said Li Fang, looking annoyed.

Xu Yi gave a look: "Let's talk about ...... on the boat"

The place where people come and go, and it is indeed not a place to speak.

This time they went to sea, naturally it was impossible for them to have only such a big ship.

In fact, although the imperial court only allocated a steamboat to the two of them. But the two still had to find a way to raise their own funds and bought themselves two sailboats.

One is about 4,000 Yizi. One is a square number of more than 6,000 materials.

These two ships were not big, and they were just sailboats. Prices plummeted. Two ships combined. It only cost more than 3,000 gold.

But Rao had already spent most of the money they had raised.

Other recruitment. replenishment supplies and so on. If all is counted, this trip to the sea.

The amount of money they need is about 10,000 gold.

This is an astronomical amount for most people in this world.

Luckily, they are proctors. According to the laws of the imperial court, the funds they raised and borrowed were limited and could not be implicated.

That is, they had an accident overseas. Can't come back. But the creditor is not allowed to pay the debt to his family. It can be said that people die and debts are eliminated.

However, if it is an overseas raider organized by the private sector. But all kinds of mortgages are needed, and once a person dies at sea, the mortgaged real estate, real estate, and even all kinds of qi qi will be confiscated.

It can be said that these prisoners went to sea. At the very least, there are no worries.

Otherwise, few people would dare to risk implicating their families to make a desperate gamble.

This is also one of the benefits of the Prison Trial!

Li Fang and others were on the road and were also attacked. Fortunately, I didn't encounter a pervert who could cast the Fire Cloud Sky.

That's why they worked hard to repel the attackers. Come to Tongcheng Port.

"It seems that those bigwigs are very annoyed by our behavior of not entering oil and salt and not letting them take advantage!"

"Whatever he does, we're going to go to sea soon. Do they have any other means? Can't you deal with us?"

Li Fang was more short-tempered and said in a cold voice.

"What I'm afraid of now is that when we come back...... Alas......"

"This is presided over by the imperial court. Don't these guys dare to mess around? As long as we have enough merit, these guys really dare to mess around. I'll just detain it. Meet the Son of Heaven. Discuss right and wrong in front of the emperor......"

"Hey, don't mess around. It's really going to break the sky!"

Although the Great Chu Tianzi. It is no longer directly in power. But it's still hugely influential. In the hearts of the people of Dachu, it is the last symbol of fairness.

In the previous generation, someone wrote directly in front of the Son of Heaven, and finally directly overthrew a cabinet, causing a sensation in the world.

It can also be said that if it is really forced to this part. I'm afraid that those behind the scenes will not be able to eat and walk away.

However, this kind of thing, after all, the fish is dead. As a result, his future is ruined.

After all, the Son of Heaven does not care about government affairs, and no court tycoon would like a subordinate who stabs things to his superiors.

However, they never thought of it. Before going to sea, trouble has already come to the door.

"What, can't you leave the port? Do you still have to check?" Li Fang never thought that the fleet would encounter such a problem when it was preparing to go to sea.

"Recently, many people have gone to sea with contraband. The imperial court has a decree that such things are strictly forbidden. You are no exception......"

An officer said in a cold voice: "You are the prisoners of the Guozi Prison who went to sea, so naturally we don't dare to mess around." But due to the limitations of duties, you can't go to sea without inspection!"

Li Fang was furious, he had never heard of such a thing.

Prisoners go to sea, this kind of system is valued by the whole of Dachu. It can be said to be a way to cultivate the most elite talents for Da Chu. It can be said that everywhere you go is a green light.

But I never thought that I would encounter today's trouble.

According to the unspoken rule, the prisoner goes to sea. As long as you have money and a doorway, you can take anything to sea!

"Fong, don't be angry. If you want to inspect it, you can check it, but many of these goods. It was all approved by the imperial court, and even directly allocated by the Guozijian. Even the Son of Heaven sent something from the palace......

Look at it if it's broken. When the time comes, we will have a lawsuit to fight!" Xu Yi sneered.

"This ......" it was the turn of the soldiers in thin armor to look ugly: "Can you make it clear that those are imperial gifts." Those are the ...... set aside by the imperial court."

Xu Yi sneered, put his hands behind his back and said, "I can't remember clearly for a while." You guys check it first, and I'll find out the list later......"

According to tradition, the prisoners went to sea. In order to show his attention, the Son of Heaven will also symbolically give something.

Like a compass, or a sword or something. And the things allocated by the Guozijian are very few, and they are all more symbolic.

Just, these things. It is located closest to the capital, and it is also the port of Linjing, where the prisoners often go to sea, and the people there naturally know.

However, in the south of Dachu, there are few prisoners who go to sea from Tongcheng Port. No one knows.

However, it is placed in the port of Linjing. Under the nose of the imperial court, no one dared to make things so difficult.

Otherwise, Guozijian will write a letter of impeachment. The chief officer of Linjing Port also had to take off his official hat.

Only in such a place where the emperor is far away can he dare to do this kind of trick that the king of Hades is easy to see.

"This ......" the officer's face changed again and again, and finally realized that this was a muddy water that he could not afford to wade into: "In this case, I think there is no contraband." I'll say goodbye......"

Seeing that the officer's face was ugly, he took his subordinates wolf Bèi away. Xu Yi not only did not raise his eyebrows, but even more worried.

Liu Yi was watching this qiē coldly. The struggle of interests is really omnipresent!

However, the eating appearance of these officials and bigwigs of Dachu seems to be too ugly......

In order to prevent long nights and dreams, the fleet soon went to sea. Lewi wasn't on that steamboat.

The three ships need someone to sit down, and Xu Yi and Li Fang are naturally inseparable from the ship.

And the square number, there are three shareholders of the owner of the ship to lead the team.

Liu Yi never thought that Yi Zi was recommended by several people to lead the team for him.

So, Liu Yi had no choice but to bring a few more familiar people from Wang Ranfeng to Yizi to sit on the Yizi number.

Although this is the smallest ship in the fleet. There are only more than 4,000 ingredients. If you put it in the inland river, it can be regarded as a big boat, but if you put it on the sea, it is an out-and-out small boat.

However, no matter how you say it, it's all on your own!

The Yi and Fang numbers are average, and both are supply ships.

It was full of all kinds of goods and all kinds of supplies for travel.

Dachu has a well-developed business, and ordinary people are also very business-minded. Not to mention that among the 30,000 national prisoners like Xu Yi and Li Fang, there are only ten elites every year.

Since going to sea, it costs so much money. Then it is not without a small supplement to carry some goods out and sell them among the foreign domains along the way.

It's a pity that the commercial sea trade of Dachu is too developed. If you want to earn a few times, or even dozens of times the difference, you don't have to think about it.

At least within nearly 10,000 miles of the sea, the sea area where it is located is all the Great Chu realm. All the islands he traveled were occupied by the foreign vassals of Great Chu.

Among them, there are clans that have been divided into generations, and there are also noble heroes. There are also people who have worked hard to make a fortune overseas.

Among them, there are countless plantations, all of which were purchased by those big families in Dachu. (To be continued......)