Amid the shouts of the sailors' labor horns, there was a clattering anchor and a crackling sound when the hard sails fell. Several officers and soldiers wearing Korean military uniforms on the shore were smiling at the three huge merchant ships.

This is the port of Danluo City in the north of Danluo Island, and it is also a slightly busy commercial port and fishing port. Merchant ships traveling between Goryeo, Song Dynasty and Japan often arrive here for various reasons.

For such a small and very barren island country as Danluo, these merchant ships who came to moor were of course fat sheep that slaughtered each! After all, Danluo Island itself has no trade value, and no one would have been parked here if it weren't for any trouble. Therefore, the monarch and ministers of Danluo did not want to be re-entered, and they wanted to slaughter and sink the merchant ships of Song and Japanese that came.

Of course, they dare not touch the ships of Goryeo... There are not many maritime merchants in Goryeo, but they all have backstages. Xiao Wang from Danluo cannot afford to offend them.

However, the three merchant ships that came today all had the banner of "Song". It was obviously not a ship from Goryeo, but a wealthy Song Dynasty merchant ship. This is really a sight to God, and he has to slaughter a few times!

Gao Yuzhe, who was standing on the dock with his subordinates, was thinking in his mind: One boat would have to collect 10,000 yuan of taxes, no, he would have to collect 20,000 yuan of taxes! Three boats would have 60,000 yuan, and his family would have to claim 10,000 yuan of good money! If you dare not give it, haha...

At this time, Su Shi didn't know that the fleet he led had been plotted by a corrupt official from the Danluo Kingdom and was preparing to ask for a "huge sum of money" of 70,000 yuan. Well, this money is equivalent to about 91 yuan. It seems that poverty really limits the imagination of the corrupt official from the Danluo Kingdom!

Su Shi and Yin Yanchun are now standing on the raised rear deck of the armed merchant ship of the "Zhaocai" (not a real warship), holding the boat board with the same shape as the battlement of the city wall, watching everything in front of them.

Danluo Port was presented to them.

The water is blue and white, and the coast of Haizhou is completely different from that of Haizhou. Su Shi couldn't help but think of the sea in Lingnan. The port area by the sea is very small, and it is not as prosperous and noisy as Haizhou Port. Instead, it is a quiet fishing port. There are probably merchant ships passing by occasionally?

Not far from the port, it is a small city with rammed earth walls, low and dilapidated, and there is no guardianship of soldiers. This small city should be the capital of the Danluo Kingdom.

There are farmlands around Danluo City and Danluo Port. There are many farmers wearing ugly yellow clothes, distributed in the farmlands, working in the fields, and I don’t know whether they are sowing or turning over the soil?

There were also several carriages driving from the dock to Danluo City. The carriages were loaded with fish that had just been salvaged. The horses pulled the carriage were very short, similar to the rabbit horses in Jiangnan... It seemed that they were horse breeds on Danluo Island.

In this picture-like scenery, a mountain stands tall in the distance, looking down at the sea, farmland harbor in front of you.

There were small fishing boats on the sea, and the seemingly naked people on the boat jumped into the water, sank, and soon floated up again, and then sank again...

They (actually they) were catching fish? Su Shi felt very strange. Didn’t the Danluo people know that there are advanced fishing tools such as fishing nets? Jump into the water to catch... This is too difficult? If there are sharks in the water, you don’t know who will catch whom!

Just when Su Shi was thinking about teaching Danluo fishermen to carve nets, but suddenly thought that he would not be able to carve nets, Fan Zhiwen, who was so seasick that his face was pale, walked to Su Shi: "Entertain, an envoy from Danluo State, has arrived on board."

"A small official, I'll go see him." Yin Yanchun volunteered.

"It's a blessing." Su Shi reported to the boxing, and then watched Yin Yanchun, who was wearing a civil servant robe and jacket, leave. When he walked away, he asked Fan Zhiwen in a low voice, "Congbin, how about those warriors who blocked the fortune?"

"I'm still very dizzy!" Fan Zhiwen said, "At least get off the boat and rest for two days before I can recover. However, the merchant ship escorts we hired in Haizhou can fight..."

Fighting is a last resort! Because although Danluo Country is small, the Goryeo behind it is not easy to mess with.

Moreover, although colonization is inseparable from force, it is based on economic interests after all. We must consider benefits and efforts... Such colonial expansion that does not cost will usually not succeed. Of course, this does not mean that you cannot lose money. How can you only make money and not lose money in business? It’s just that you cannot lose too hard, and the funds you invest cannot exceed your own ability to bear.

"It's time to have it! But there should be no need to fight," Su Shi smiled, "Yin Yanchun should be able to settle the Danluo people's promotion of the Maritime Bureau. His wife is the sister-in-law of the King of Goryeo."

Fan Zhiwen also smiled: "A small island country also learns from us to build a Maritime Department. I am not afraid of making a joke."

"Don't bother with Danluo Primary School," Su Shi shook his head, "This is the first stop for Confucianism outside our Yuntai Academy... There must be a good start anyway!"

"Students understand!"

...

"I am the Grand Goryeo Guardian who is waiting for the envoy to be promoted by Yin Yanchun, and I know that Yin Xianggong, the minister of the Privy Council, is my father!"

When Yin Yanchun, who was wearing the military officer uniform of Goryeo, reported his identity and family in Goryeo dialect, Gao Yuzhe, who was born in the Danlu royal family, had already bowed his back.

There is no more than 70,000 yuan, maybe I have to pay to entertain the envoy from Goryeo!

However, he was still a little unwilling to give up. After saluting, he asked with a smile on his face: "Why are you here on the Song people's merchant ship? "

Yin Yanchun smiled: "I followed the king's order and accompanied the doctors from the Yuntai Academy of Song Dynasty to Japan to spread Confucianism."

"ah?"

Gao Yuzhe didn't understand at all. He knew Confucianism, but he had never seen anyone riding such a large sea boat across the ocean to spread Confucianism... I only heard that some monks could do that!

Yin Yanchun didn't have time to explain to Gao Yuzhe, but said, "Our ship encountered wind and waves, and the wind direction was not right, so he had to rest in Danluo for a few days. This official and the envoys of Song State had to go to see the Star Lord and the Supervisor... The people on the ship had to get off the boat to rest, so you can arrange it."

"Here."

Of course, the son of Yin Guan, the official of the Privy Council of Goryeo State, could not afford to offend him! Gao Yuzhe quickly saluted and answered. He would not suspect that Yin Yanchun was fake, because Goryeo State sent a ruling country in Danluo State. If it is true or false, the ruling country will distinguish it.

...

"Brother Zhongnan, I have agreed with the Danluo people that our people can get off the boat and rest. I will go to Danluo City to meet the Star Lord and the Supervisor... The Supervisor whom we sent here in Goryeo is my friend, so there will be no problem."

Yin Yanchun took another big bag and gave Su Shi a reassurance before going to his cabin. Of course, he didn't come alone, and he also brought a lot of entourage guards, as well as a concubine of Liu (his wife's concubine). He had to arrange to get off the boat.

"Chenbin, prepare one, no, prepare two generous gifts!" Su Shi immediately called Fan Zhijin to his cabin and ordered, "Give another gift to the official of the Danluo State Maritime Bureau. Please lend us a piece of land to repair... In addition, tell him that our ships have broken two and they will be repaired in the Danluo State."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Fan Zhijin was Su Shi's follower during this period. He had seen how this prime minister (his father Su Zhe also served as prime minister) worked hard to spend money for the country. He did not save money for Wu Haogu at the moment, so he asked someone to lift 100 pieces of silk from the warehouse of the "Zhaocai" and called a bow (captain) of the Wu family merchant who could speak Goryeo, named Wu Side, and went to see Gao Yuzhe together.

"This is……"

When Gao Yuzhe saw the various silks piled up in front of him as high as the "mountain", his eyes were almost green. Silk was not very valuable in the Song Dynasty. It was about one piece, one piece, and it was a 770-meter-long silk stocking. But when he arrived in the country of Danluo, it was amazing! Japan, not far from Danluo, is a big consumer of silk, and at the same time it produced gold, silver and copper... The price of silk is more than twice as expensive!

"This is a little bit of politeness." Fan Zhijin said warmly.

His translator was darkened by the sun at the sea and had a shaved beard. Wu Side, who looked like a businessman but a pirate, said calmly in Goryeo: "This is what the envoys of the Song Dynasty gave you!"

Not to mention, the old man Wu Yanen is still very authentic in his work. The "captain" sent to Wu Haogu is a rough-looking person who is thinner than spider silk. He did not say "black etiquette", but said "reward"... that was a condescending tone.

Moreover, the envoys of the Song Dynasty really had this qualification on Danluo Island! Although the Song Dynasty faced the Great Liao Dynasty, Western Xia could not fight. However, on the sea of ​​East Asia, the Goryeo Kingdom had few ships, and the Japanese Kingdom was closed to the country, so it was the world of the Great Song Dynasty's ships.

This is the control of sea power! Although the Song Dynasty court never knew how to use sea power, it does not mean that sea power does not exist.

Reward!

Gao Yuzhe swallowed and thought to himself: That's not to be rejected, otherwise it would damage the friendship between the two countries...

"Then, I will thank the envoy for your helper."

"Let me thank you!" Wu Side still looked like he was awesome and coaxing tone, "The envoy wants to stay in Danluo for a while, and the boats must be repaired, thinking of renting a piece of land beside the beach to set up camp... Your rent is indispensable!"

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll cover it with the lower official." Gao Yuzhe had never heard of the word "concession", so he immediately patted his chest and agreed.

"Okay, go and do business!" Wu Side waved his hand in a big way.

Gao Yuzhe quickly saluted the two "entourage envoys" in front of him, and then happily asked his subordinates to move silk and leave.

"Dr. Fan, it's OK." Wu Side then smiled and said to Fan Zhijin, who was a little stunned.
Chapter completed!