With Zhu Chong's order, the archers on the warship immediately stepped forward, leaned over and lay on the female wall, and then fired downwards. As a result, the pirates in the water were frightened and begged for mercy. Unfortunately, the soldiers could not understand their words at all, and even if they could understand them, no one would dare to disobey the military order. So as long arrows shot down, the pirates screamed in succession, and soon the entire sea surface calmed down.

Zhao Qiu and others were all shocked. They were chased by these pirates just now, but in the blink of an eye, all the pirates were destroyed by this sudden navy, and they didn't even have a living gust. Such decisive killing is indeed worthy of His Highness the Navy!

In fact, this is not Zhu Chong's blood-killing, mainly because Li Zhen and Li Yun's trip were kept secret, and the pirates were not open to their eyes and actually bumped into them, so they simply killed them. Anyway, keeping these pirates would also cause trouble for the merchants coming and going.

"Thank you for helping me!" Zhao Qiu asked someone to lean under Zhu Chong's battleship, then raised his head and said loudly.

Zhu Chong was also very polite. He leaned out and looked at Zhao Qiu and others, and said with a smile on his face: "Are anyone on your ship injured? Do you need our help?"

Seeing the general being so polite, Zhao Qiu was even more moved and immediately spoke: "Thank you for your concern, two crew members on our ship were injured by arrows, but they were not too serious. The doctor on the ship could deal with it!"

Hearing that the other party did not need help, Zhu Chong nodded. Just as he was about to say goodbye to the other party, the King of Yue, suddenly came up. Li Zhen stood at the bow of the boat and asked loudly at Zhao Qiu: "I don't know where this brother's surname is Taizun, and where are you living. Have you just returned from Tianzhu?"

Although Zhao Qiu didn't know Li Zhen, he saw that the other party was dressed in luxury. Even General Zhu showed respect, which made him immediately understand. The young man in front of him must have extraordinary identity. So Zhao Qiu also answered very respectfully: "Young Master, the villain's surname is Zhao Qiu, and he is a businessman from Guangzhou. This time he was going to Ceylon Island in the south of India, but as soon as he left the strait, he encountered pirates, so he fled back. Fortunately, he met the young master's fleet!"

When Li Zhen heard that Zhao Qiu was the same as their destination, his eyes lit up. He said with great interest: "Is Brother Zhao very familiar with the situation in Ceylon Island?"

"Haha, my son doesn't know anything. Every time I go to sea, I mostly go to Ceylon to ship goods. There are several fixed cooperative merchants there. I have lived on Ceylon Island for a while, so I am extremely familiar with the situation there. In addition, I have been to Tianzhu several times. Although I am not as familiar with the situation there as Ceylon, I also know something." Zhao Qiu replied honestly.

"Hahahaha~ God helps me!" After hearing this, Li Zhen laughed to the sky, and Zhu Chong was secretly happy for Li Zhen and Li Yun, thinking that these two high men were really lucky. They actually met a businessman familiar with the situation in Ceylon Island on the sea, and the other party was a Han Chinese. Zhao Qiu didn't know why the young man in Jinyi laughed, but his intuition told him that it should not be a bad thing.

Li Zhen immediately invited Zhao Qiu onto his ship and called Li Yun over. When Zhao Qiu learned about the identities of Li Zhen and Li Yun, he was also shocked. But then Li Zhen and Li Yun told Zhao Qiu about the purpose of their trip and asked him to be his own geographical consultant!

"I am very honored to be able to serve the two His Highnesses. In addition, I am willing to deliver my two ships of cargo to Your Highness. Although it is not a valuable thing, it is also considered a little effort that the villain has done for Your Highness!" Zhao Qiu agreed without even thinking about it, and also presented his two ships of cargo to Li Zhen and Li Yun.

After hearing Zhao Qiu's words, Li Zhen and Li Yun were also a little surprised and looked at Zhao Qiu apart. It would be fine if they were willing to help themselves. After all, as long as they were merchants from the Tang Dynasty, they would provide them overseas after learning about their identities. This is because they knew that no matter whether Li Zhen and Li Yun could succeed in their trip, they could get generous rewards from the Tang Dynasty or Li Yan. However, Zhao Qiu was very charming to give the goods from the two ships to Li Zhen and Li Yun. In this way, they simply put the bet on them, as if they must believe that they could succeed. This invisibly brought the relationship between them closer and made Li Zhen and Li Yun trust Zhao Qiu even more.

"Okay, not bad, I and my eighth brother have accepted your kindness. If I can conquer Ceylon Island in the future, neither the Sixth Brother nor us will treat you badly!" Li Yun saw that Zhao Qiu had such courage, naturally he would not refuse.

Zhao Qiu was also very excited to see Li Zhen and Li Yun agreeing, and immediately began to introduce the human customs on Ceylon Island, as well as the terrain and environment of various places. Although Li Zhen and Li Yun had seen a lot of information about Ceylon, these information were collected in a hurry by Li Yan, so there were inevitably some omissions. Zhao Qiu's explanation brought Li Zhen and Li Yun's understanding of Ceylon to a higher level.

After the talk of the main affairs, Li Zhen and Li Yun asked about the trade between India and the Tang Dynasty casually, and finally talked about what goods Zhao Qiu usually transported to India?

Zhao Qiu naturally spoke up for these issues. Speaking of the large amount of trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Tianzhu, silk and porcelain, which are specialty products of the Tang Dynasty, are naturally very popular goods. In addition, emerging industrial commodities such as glass products, cotton cloth, cans, etc. in recent years have also been dumped in large quantities in India. Tianzhu mainly exports some spices, gold and silver products, gems, carpets and other commodities. In recent years, people have transported some seed-deleted cotton from Tianzhu back to the Tang Dynasty, but cotton occupies a large space. Although the Tang Dynasty is short of cotton, no one will pay too high prices, so the profit margin is very small. Generally, people will transport it only when the goods are not found.

Zhao Qiu mainly took the route from Guangzhou to Ceylon. The goods he purchased from Datang were very complicated. He transported almost all of them as long as the supplies allowed to be exported by Datang. For example, this time, one of his ships transported all five-spice powder, pepper, and various sauces, such as bean paste, noodle sauce, etc. As for the other ship, there was a whole ship of sugar, which also belonged to the scope of seasonings.

Speaking of which, Tianzhu was originally the origin of sugar sugar. In the past, all the sugar eaten by the Tang Dynasty was transported from Tianzhu. However, in recent years, Li Yan has been engaged in sugarcane cultivation and has invested heavily in the sugar production industry. Now, the Tang Dynasty can produce white sugar as white as snow, but the output is not large. It is mainly purchased by some rich people and is also used for export. Even in Tianzhu, which produces sugar, it is very popular. It is not easy for Zhao Qiu to get such a ship of sugar.

"Hahaha~ Zhiye, the goods you transport are indeed complicated enough, and you can even sell condiments. But why don't you sell a kind of goods specifically? For example, silk or porcelain, these are best-selling goods. You don't have to worry about not being able to sell them when transported out. And if you sell a kind of goods, it will be much easier to get in and out?" Li Zhen asked with a laugh after hearing this. Zhiye is Zhao Qiu's name, and now he has temporarily joined Li Zhen and Li Yun's subordinates, and Zhao Qiu is not too old, so Li Zhen is called the other party's name.

He really didn't know before that the goods exported by the Tang Dynasty were so rich that even very ordinary condiments could be sold overseas as goods. However, at the same time, he also had questions about Zhao Qiu's different ways of shipping.

However, after hearing this, Zhao Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness doesn't know that it's not that his subordinates don't want to sell a kind of goods, but that there are unspeakable difficulties in it. For example, taking silk and porcelain as an example, because the supply of goods is limited, these goods are held in the hands of some big maritime merchants. Small maritime merchants like us can occasionally get a batch of goods and they can't get the goods at all. As for other goods, the prices of these goods fluctuate overseas. In order to make more money, we usually choose the most profitable goods at that time to transport them out."

"So that's it!" Li Zhen and Li Yun both nodded at the same time. It seemed that they could have any knowledge of any kind. If they hadn't heard Zhao Qiu's explanation today, they might not have understood the filth in the sea trade for the rest of their lives.

With Zhao Qiu as the guide, Li Zhen and Li Yun's fleets moved more smoothly. Zhao Qiu even helped Zhu Chong and others choose a safer channel and mark it on a military chart to facilitate future warship exchanges.

After half a month of sailing, Li Zhen and Li Yun's fleet finally arrived at Ceylon Island in the south of India. From the map, Ceylon Island is a water droplet-shaped island with a sharp point in the north and round in the south. It is only separated from India by a not-wide Ceylon Strait. There are several small islands in the strait, living on it with Tamils ​​migrating from the Indian continent.

The first stop when Li Zhen and Li Yun arrived in Ceylon was to enter the Ceylon Strait and occupy several small islands in the strait to cut off the connection between the Indian continent and Ceylon. Of course, this required the cooperation of navies like Zhu Chong and others. In fact, the fleet brought by Zhu Chong was not only to protect the safety of the troop transport ships, but the most important thing was to cooperate with Li Zhen and Li Yun to take the entire Ceylon Island in their hands.

Speaking of Tianzhu's shipbuilding industry, they were also very developed. Like the Tang Dynasty, they could build large ships that could accommodate hundreds of people. However, the ships of the Tianzhu people were narrow and long. Although this could make the ship faster, they were not resistant to wind and waves. Moreover, the weapons equipped on the Tianzhu people's warships could not be compared with those in Li Yan's hands. Especially after being equipped with artillery, the warships in Li Yan's hands have become the most powerful warship in the world, with almost no rivals on the sea.

Another point is that the navy is an extremely expensive military force, both in ancient times and in modern times. South India is now divided into various parts. Although small countries with coastlines also have some warships, their financial and material resources are also equipped with small warships. Such warships that can take advantage of hundreds of people can only be seen in the Jieji Dynasty in North India.
Chapter completed!