In the second year of Chunhua, the upper reaches of Songjiang River were constantly silting, causing the port to move eastward, making it inconvenient for large ships to enter and exit Songjiang. The maritime trade ships could only stay in Shanghai Pu, a tributary of Songjiang River, and this tributary was the Huangpu River.

The Huangpu River divides the entire Tangkou into two, into Pudong and Puxi. The geographical location here is very suitable for a wharf. As early as the Daguan period, the magistrate of Huating County had already written to the court, requesting the establishment of a Maritime Warehouse Department in Pu and Tangkou, Shanghai to facilitate trade.

After waiting for many years, I waited for a ban on sea ban, and this ban on sea ban completely failed in Shanghai Puli County.

The population in Shanghai Pu has dropped sharply, but there are still many people who take risks and venture out to sea. Shanghai Pu is still quite lively.

On the day when the Song Dynasty officials restored the Jinkou Maritime Warehouse, Shanghai Pu wanted to establish a county, but it was not known which official from the Ministry of Personnel to reprint it, so it was re-provided the Shanghai Puli County into the charter.

With the arrival of the Chen family, a wealthy family in Huainan, Shanghai Pu! The development of Shanghai Pu can be described as changing with each passing day.

The official magistrate of Shanghai County was a student who graduated from the Imperial College of Yingtian Academy after the official ascended the throne and successfully passed the official examination. He was named Yan Shangao.

He also served as the Si Zheng of the Maritime Department. He was very concerned about the construction of Pudong Wharf. This is a political achievement!

After taking the exam every three years, he can remove the word "Quan Magistrate's Office" and he can successfully become a regular official.

This involved his career.

"Master Tian, ​​the official family has issued an imperial edict! What should I do?" Yan Shangao looked at the imperial edict from Bianjing with a anxious look on his face.

Such a county magistrate, they may not receive an imperial edict from the official family in their lifetime, and he only received two imperial edicts from the official family. The last time he received the imperial edict was November of the fourth year of Jingkang. Yan Shangao remembered that day, as if just a few days ago.

Tian Cailiang is Yan Shangao's master. Strictly speaking, he should be Yan Shangao's aide.

The master has been there since ancient times, and can be traced back to the history (meaning of a secretary) official in "Shibition: Huangdi".

All the masters of the Song Dynasty were also included in the assessment, but they did not have any salary. The exam was once every three years. Excellent people could become county magistrates, and when the magistrate resigned or promoted, they could become county magistrates. This was the rule set by Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, to prevent the county magistrate from losing power.

Tian Cailiang was Yan Shangao's classmate. During the national exam, he was not even a chess move and never passed the exam. However, his grades were excellent, so he came to Tangkou to become Yan Shangao's colleague. If he passed the official exam next time, this could be considered his resume.

"Magistrate Yan, when the shipyard was handed over a few days ago, didn't the official issued a commendation edict to you? A commendation edict is enough to get a top evaluation in three years." Tian Cailiang comforted.

The previous imperial decree was really a few days later, and the second redeem came again. In Tian Cailiang's opinion, this is the holy family! Yan Shangao is showing off!

Yan Shangao sighed and said, "The official knows the conflict between maritime merchants and Japan. He wants us to collect the opinions of maritime merchants. Should we tell the truth or modify it a little?"

Tian Cailiang thought Yan Shangao was showing off his holy family, but when he heard that it was this, he frowned.

When it comes to the maritime business, they also went to Tangkou to work as the magistrate and the officials, and only then did they know why the sea was banned.

At present, they are facing an extremely important issue, that is, whether to deceive the emperor.

The crime of deceiving the king will be included in the category of non-punishment, and life and death are controlled by the officials. The cost of crime is extremely high, not as simple as embezzling a few money and being investigated.

If they do not deceive the emperor, they may also become sinners according to the common ruling philosophy of the Song Dynasty, the laws of the ancestors, and the logic of being strong and strong.

"Create it." Tian Cailiang sighed and looked at the imperial decree, feeling mixed in his heart. They were all students who had just been in the Imperial College for not many years.

When they were taiwan students, they had been working with the county magistrate for several years. They knew the court so well. If the real situation of the maritime business was known by the court, the newly emerging maritime trade would definitely come to an abrupt end.

Yan Shangao stood in the Yanmen of Shanghai Pu County, which had just been built, and was walking back and forth. The reason why he was the official magistrate was the acting magistrate. Shanghai Pu had not yet officially established a county and was still in the preparation stage. The preparation was about to end and enter the review and approval stage.

If the situation is reported truthfully, it will become extremely difficult for Puli County, Shanghai.

Yan Shangao slapped the table hard and said, "I decided to report it truthfully, everything is up to the Holy Prison!"

Tian Cailiang's eyes became a little sharp, and he asked sternly: "Did you forget the ambition to seek blessings for the people when we were at Yingtian Academy?! For your own career, how can you destroy the prosperous Shanghai Pu? Are you worthy of the people, merchants, and seamen who have passed away from birth and death?"

"Of course you can leave. You are the magistrate of the Song Dynasty official examination. You can still be the magistrate in another place, but who will make up for the damage caused to Shanghai Pu!"

Yan Shangao shook his head firmly and said, "I believe in the official family. The official family is also worthy of trust."

Tian Cailiang's eyes were a little shaken, and he finally sat on the chair with a sigh and said helplessly: "Then let's take a bet."

Yan Shangao collected all kinds of information that had been collected long ago into a book, copied it overnight, and wrote the various actions of the maritime merchants into the letter. The letter was very long. Yan Shangao took a whole night to finish it. He personally sent it to the post station and sent it to Beijing.

Zhao Huan received a very heavy letter from the magistrate. After studying it for a long time, he understood Yan Shangao's various struggles and the current situation of maritime business.

Since the launch of the sea trade again, the sea trade in the Song Dynasty fell directly from the ground to the ground, becoming more and more prosperous, and the income of the Tangkou Maritime Warehouse Department has also become higher and higher, and it even tends to exceed that of Tianjinkou, which is within Zhao Huan's expectations.

The tax growth of the two Maritime Manufacturing Departments was the main driving force for the growth of the national treasury in the Song Dynasty.

However, in addition to facing the wind and waves of the sea and the harassment of sea beasts, sea merchants also have an important enemy, that is, pirates.

There are bandits on the road, and there are naturally pirates in the sea.

These pirates are doing a huge profit business and intercept a large ship of three thousand materials. They can keep a pirate for several years without opening.

In order to deal with the pirates, the maritime merchants invested their own "maritime trade guards" to defend merchant ships.

With escorts, weapons and ordnance are naturally needed.

The Song Dynasty prohibited the creation of weapons, especially crossbows. These weapons are actually not very technically demanding, so the Song Dynasty maritime merchants chose to buy them in Chameng, Japan, and Goryeo, or build workshops to manufacture weapons.

Moreover, Yan Shangao's investigation shows that pirates who are not supported by merchants have long been beaten to the scumbag by the guards armed to the teeth.

The weapons in the hands of these guards were so exquisite that even Fan Ruwei's Fujian navy was jealous of it.

After experiencing the initial pirate clearance, these "guards" transformed into pirates themselves and became powerful tools to crack down on trade rivals!

Now there is a big battle on the sea! This kind of battle has also led to the weapons in the hands of these merchants becoming more and more sharp, and even the caltrop cannons have been installed.

The officials were worried that Japan would bully the maritime merchants, but for Japan, the pirates owned by the maritime merchants were completely unable to cope with.

So by definition, the actions of maritime merchants at sea are equivalent to rebellion!

Zhao Huan slapped the letter in his hand and said with emotion: "Sure enough, once you enter the sea, you will be the law of the jungle. Even Japan can't stand it. No wonder Ping Shengqing said that one of the ten ships from Japanese ships to Song Dynasty is not the pot of the sea."

"I am still worried that Japan will detain me as a maritime businessman. It seems that it is a waste of worrying."

When Zhao Ying heard what the officials said, he knew that the officials had fully understood the appearance of maritime merchants going ashore for merchants and going to sea for bandits, and asked, "Forbidden the sea?"
Chapter completed!