Chapter 301: Going north

Although the Lee family in North Korea was humble in the face of all Chinese dynasties, they still acted as a small court in their homeland and have always been known to have a 3,000-mile terrain. However, most of the entire Korean Peninsula with a population and economical area are concentrated on both sides of the Han River, which is his capital, Seoul.

The land here is still fertile, but the degree of fertility can only be evaluated by "just yes". The place is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty province, but the production is only 200,000 dan. It is conceivable how barren it is. At that time, the North Korean country had a total of 70,000 soldiers, and most of them were guarding Seoul.

As agriculture is so poor, North Korea also has a very good and humble investment, which is a business called "Tribute". North Korean officials and businessmen always have to be qualified to participate in the North Korean tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, and then enter the Ming Dynasty with a large number of specialties and trade with merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

Trafficking a large amount of Ming Dynasty goods back to China, this kind of import and export foreign trade business that was officially allowed by the Ming Dynasty was itself a huge profit. In Jiajing's ban on the sea is even more amazing. In the port of Incheon is now full of maritime merchants, waiting to traffic in low-priced Ming Dynasty goods, which is also a prosperous scene.

Kim Sung has been working in the port for more than ten years. According to himself, he was also a famous family in Pyongyang back then. Later, his family was defeated and he worked here to survive. Of course, no one would take this seriously. Korean surname Jin and Li all said that he came from a famous family, and God knows who is true and who is fake.

On weekdays, everyone is called Lao Jin and Lao Jin. Jin Cheng has become a small leader after a long time on the dock. The more important thing is that he can speak fluent Ming Dynasty Mandarin and know a foreign language. This is an amazing thing. He will be treated well no matter where he is.

Now it is about to enter the season of strong winds, and the work at the port has become lighter day by day. The coolies who have nothing to do are all sitting on the docks sheltering in the wind and listening to Lao Jin’s experience of going to the Ming Dynasty. This kind of situation is similar to what we like to see now, "Life Experience in the United States, Tokyo Jishou" and other mentalities.

"The food in the Ming Dynasty is full of meat. Tsk, you don't know. I followed Lord Park into a restaurant. All six dishes on the table were meat and pork ribs!"

After Lao Jin said this, he was amazed. It was great to have fish during the Chinese New Year, and pork ribs are something in myths. I didn’t expect that the Ming Dynasty was so rich. When there were more ships next year, I must follow the ship to the Ming Dynasty to take a look.

"The people walking on the street are all wearing silk and satin. Yes, not only the rich, but also the people..."

It is when it comes to swelling people's appetite. Lao Jin had to talk about romantic affairs in the Ming Dynasty. These vulgar and yellow jokes always made these young people with great experiences quite excited. Unexpectedly, Lao Jin suddenly stopped talking. The audience below thought that this old man Jin was swelling his appetite again.

The young man familiar with this path shouted below:

"Old Mr. Jin, everyone will raise money tonight to invite you to drink souvenir. Let me tell you a little bit."

Jin Cheng did not speak with a smile as usual. Only then did everyone realize that the old man sitting on the high place had his mouth wide open, looking in horror. Everyone thought something was wrong and looked back at the direction of Jin Cheng's eyes. Then, like Jin Cheng, they stood there in surprise.

A large number of ships appeared on the sea level. Although there are still some black spots now, people who have worked on the dock for so long still see that these are ships, and their brains automatically convert the proportions. Judging from their knowledge on the dock, these are all big ships!

But the most amazing thing is that among these ships, there is a ship that can even be said to be a giant ship. The treasure ships of Zheng He's voyage to the West have long disappeared in history. There has never been such a large ship on the seas of East Asia for so many years. Why do so many ships come in the off-season of Incheon Port, North Korea?

These dock workers even forgot to think about this, they were just staring at the sea.

Jiang Feng ended his fleet's business at sea half a month in advance. About fifteen armed merchant ships and thirty merchant ships participated in the operation. Monk Li's nearly forty merchant ships also followed. In addition, there were about fifty or sixty ships that the Beijing Merchants Group had pieced together.

This time, Jiang Feng opened his eyes and understood what the forbidden sea in the Ming Dynasty was. The capital mercenary was behind the noble family, and he knew it roughly, but he didn't expect that everyone had their own fleet and trafficking at the sea.

They just didn't take the imperial court's laws seriously at first. At the beginning, everyone was careful. Later, they found out that the so-called government control was to prohibit fishermen from going to sea to fish. No one was serious about it. Seeing the brave and rich, who could bear it?

As a result, during this trip, Jiang Feng saw the sea ships of various wealthy families under the Ming Dynasty's ban on sea orders. These ships were basically heading north from the south. After Wang Yuqi returned to the capital from Dengzhou, Shandong, the people behind the capital's commercial troupe and the people behind the commercial troupe were shocked by Jiang Feng's bold plan.

However, the reclamation manors outside the pass are indeed short of manpower. If no one has supplemented them next year, some manors will be cut off, which is equivalent to sending back the white silver to the outside and starting to plunder the Jurchen slaves, many of whom were killed or injured due to excessive labor.

Then the remaining people either fled into the mountains or gathered to resist, which delayed the men of the reclamation group as laborers, and these people had to use weapons to defend the manor.

Just the saying to a certain marquis was, "If you want the money, give it to him. No matter what he does, just collect all the people for us, and don't delay next year. If something happens to him, we will also protect him in the court!"

Of course, they were still shocked when they saw the giant ship that Jiang Feng brought out from Dengzhou and the remaining dozen large ships. Wang Yuqi's family also had more than a dozen sea ships. The old man who runs this fleet was a thousand households on the Tianjin Wei Navy ship back then. He said to his brothers in private:

"These ships in Dengzhou can already cross the sea, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty is afraid that there is no way to deal with him."

The necessary supplies were removed from Jiang Feng's nearly 100 ships, and they were loaded with soldiers brought from Dengzhou. When Wang Yuqi returned to the capital to bring messages, Tengzhou, Shijiu and Laiwu dismissed half of the soldiers because the court did not pay military salaries and had no money to support the soldiers. They also said that a group of soldiers would be dismissed in the future.

The actions of the Jiang family army finally made the court relax at some point when staring at Jiang Feng. Their scattered troops were a gesture of showing weakness and loyalty. Although the major events in Shandong are the rebels who disappeared from somewhere, rather than the Jiang Feng who was vaguely wrong.

The soldiers who spent so long training and spent so much money would naturally not be deported in vain. People from southern Shandong have now embarked on the road to Dengzhou in the name of returning home, and then boarded the boat in the private port of Yantai Mountain under the leadership of the generals.

Now there are nearly 4,000 soldiers on the ships that Jiang Feng is carrying... Well, there are more than 200 horses.

This time, the merchant groups in the capital paid a deposit of 20,000 taels of silver, but with so many people, the manpower needed to mobilize and transport is not a problem of this little money. Jiang Feng invested 50,000 taels without hesitation. Of course, if the Shanghai ships were not doing business, they would be transported or escorted, the amount of money would be even greater.

Su Guanyue, who was responsible for the financial expenditure of accounts and Zhao Xiucai, the butler outside, both did not understand that Jiangjiajun, a soldier in the day of Dengzhou, had to make money back after spending, so how could he do such a waste of money?

Jiang Feng, Zhang Liang and Yang Shitou were all on the "Shunfeng". Jason Hogan and Agaya were always standing at the bow of the ship, looking nervously at the increasingly clear Incheon Port, and Wu Chen also acted as a guide on the ship. Although Agaya was an old sailor who had worked hard for many years at sea, he kept talking excitedly after getting on the ship.

It made Jiang Feng and others quite confused. When asked Jason Hogan, he realized that what he was talking about was, "I didn't expect that I would command such a big ship."

On the pier in Incheon, the person standing there stood stupidly and watching finally reacted and ran towards the land at lightning speed.

The distance on the sea surface does not mean that the distance is very close, and it will take a long time to get closer. This time, Jiang Feng and the others came in a hurry, and Wu Chen, who led the way, came here. However, after all, he was doing business rather than observing the port for military purposes.

Jason Hogan has been in the Spanish army at least, and he is a carrier-based infantry, so he has a certain understanding of the port's defense. He asked Wu Chen beside him worriedly and said:

"Mr. Wu, is there no forts in this port? Are there no warships?"

If these were there, it would be a nightmare for landing ships. Agaya turned his head and answered this question for him:

"Jason, you have asked this question more than 8,000 times. Mr. Wu said there is no turret, no turret, don't be nervous. The firepower of our ship is not afraid even in front of the Fortress of Seville in Spain."

Wu Chen then slapped his head, as if he was remembering something, and hurriedly said:

"It's not without defense either!"

As soon as he said this, the officers around him widened their eyes. Why didn’t they say it earlier? Zhang Liang even pulled out the knife. Wu Chen didn’t notice it and said slowly with his eyes closed:

"There are probably four hundred soldiers..."
Chapter completed!