After nearly ten days of sailing, Zhou Chong's fleet finally arrived at Weihaiwei. Along the way, Zhou Chong quickly discovered the difference between the northern coast and the southern coast. Compared with the smuggling in the southern coast, the sea ban was loose.

The northern coast seems much more desolate. Most of the people you see along the way are barren beaches. Even fishermen who go out to sea to fish are rare. Sometimes they can see some fleets going to North Korea or Japan, but these fleets are all

It comes from smuggling bases such as Shuangyu Port in the south.

The reason why the northern coast is so desolate is actually caused by many reasons. The first is that it is closer to the capital, the imperial court has relatively strong control over it, and the sea ban is more enforced here.

The second reason is that in recent hundreds of years, the north has undergone several wars and various technologies have regressed. Shipbuilding technology is one of them. In addition, the forests in the north are seriously damaged, so there is no wood material to build a ship.

Therefore, the shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty is now concentrated in the south, laying the foundation for the smuggling industry.

As for the third reason, it is weather. With the influence of the Little Ice Age, winter in the north becomes colder and freezing often occurs along the northern coast. Therefore, in winter, ships from the port cannot leave the port at all. It is also the above.

The reason was that the smuggling industry in the south was extremely prosperous, but the northern coast was in a state of depression, and many prosperous northern ports in history were abandoned.

When the fleet arrived at Weihaiwei, Zhou Chong finally saw a lively port, but this lively port was only relatively desolate than before. The port here in Weihaiwei was only used to allow some passing smuggling ships to temporarily rest and replenish their food.

Therefore, the size of the port is not large. The facilities on the port are also very simple. At best, it is similar to Qingcun Port in Songjiang Prefecture.

As soon as Zhou Chong and his huge fleet landed, they immediately caused a sensation in the entire Weihaiwei. After all, it has not been a long time since such a huge ship arrived. For ports like Weihaiwei, the arrival of the fleet is also

It means that their business is coming, so before the fleet has stopped, many people have already come up to sell various local specialties on small boats.

However, these small vendors who came forward to sell specialties had just arrived halfway, and before they could get close to Zhou Chong and their ship, they all stopped. Because they saw many Jinyiwei wearing flying fish suits appearing on the boat opposite the ship.

, as a result, these people were stunned at first, and then rowed the boat and fled in scattered ways. After all, they had already disobeyed the imperial court's orders. Now, the Emperor's Imperial Guard appeared on the ship opposite. Although they still couldn't figure out the reason for the time being,

In order to avoid trouble, the best choice is to stay away from the other party.

The appearance of Wu Shan and others not only scared the vendors in Weihai Guards, but also scared the officials here. The military institution of the Ming Dynasty was originally a military institution of the Ming Dynasty. There were 5,600 people in one guard, and the commander of the guard was responsible.

After so many years of development, the population of Weihaiwei has grown greatly, almost reaching the size of a small county town, but the largest official here is still the commander of the Wei.

The commander of Weihaiwei was named Meng and Decai. Although his name was very vulgar and he was also a military general, he was said to be from Zoucheng, Shandong. He was considered an authentic descendant of Mencius. He also usually declared this to the public and often used himself.

His ancestors put gilds on his face and usually like to use this book to be elegant, but those who know him know that the commander Meng Decai actually can't even write his own name.

Meng Decai is in his forties and his family is a tyrant. From the time of his great-grandfather's generation, he was the commander of the entire Weihaiwei. After so many years of efforts from the family, more than half of the entire Weihaiwei land is now their Meng family.

Yes, half of the military households were his tenants, and it can be said that in the entire Weihai, Meng Decai was the only local emperor.

Although the Meng family is greedy, Meng Decai himself is ignorant. He does not have much hobbies except for eating, drinking and having fun. However, in order to be worthy of his ancestors of the sub-saint, the commander Meng has no serious bad record.

He has never done anything like bullying men and women, and the land rent of the land is lower than that of ordinary landlords. Many years ago, in order to give himself an extra wealth, he took the risk of providing food and water for the smuggling ships. As a result, this was

The ordinary people of Weihaiwei also benefited a lot, so the voice of Commander Meng's commander is still very good in Weihaiwei. At least compared with most Ming Dynasty officials, he is also considered to be of medium or superiority.

When Zhou Chong's ship arrived, Meng Decai was staying at home and listening to his concubines singing a song. He had no other hobbies, but he just liked to listen to women singing songs. These concubines were all from the brothel.

Everyone bought them with good voices and knew how to use the pipa and other instruments. Every day, they closed their eyes and listened to them singing songs. Meng Decai felt that he had never lived in vain in his life.

However, just as Meng Decai was enjoying the beauty of life, a large number of Jinyiwei arrived on a ship scared him to death. His first reaction was that someone had embraced his private opening of the port, and these Jinyiwei were

Come and catch him. But then he thought again that even if his affairs are known to the superiors, there is no need for the Jinyiwei. Although he, the commander, is more powerful than heaven in Weihai, in the eyes of the court, he is just a little ant.

You can just send a few officers to arrest yourself, but now there are a large number of Jinyiwei, and this formation is too big?

Considering the above, Meng Decai felt that the Jinyiwei was not for him, which made him feel relieved, and at the same time he also gave up his plan to escape immediately. In addition, although he did not want to deal with the Jinyiwei, he is now coming to his territory.

He must come forward to greet him no matter what, otherwise if the other party blames him, he, a small commander of the guard, will definitely not be able to afford it.

Thinking of this, Meng Decai immediately asked someone to change his clothes, and at the same time asked someone to notify other officials of Weihaiwei, such as commander, commander, governor and other officials, as well as thousands of households in various thousand households, all rushed to the port to greet him.

, Weihaiwei's port income is not only his, but all the officials of Weihaiwei have their share. Now that the Jinyiwei is here, he naturally wants to call everyone, which is to look grand, and to give himself courage.

If the other party really came for him, no one of the other officials in Weihaiwei would have to accompany him to prison.

Zhou Chong didn't expect that Wu Shan and the others would have such a big impact. Not only did no vendors dare to approach their ships to sell goods, but even the port managers were scared and were so timid that they dared not come forward to collect taxes.

It was not until Liu Tao asked people from those ports to inform the people from the port to replenish water and unload the cargo that the people from those ports began to move slowly.

On the ship, Zhou Chong and Ashikaga Ikki were preparing to bring the gifts given to Emperor Zhengde to the capital. Before they were removed, Meng Decai was already wearing neat official uniforms and brought a large number of officials to greet them. Regarding these official matters,

Because Zhou Chong was just a businessman, he did not come forward, but just asked Wu Shan and Ma Liang to deal with it.

Although Wushan is only a thousand households, and his official position is lower than Meng Decai, he is the Jinyiwei of the Emperor's Imperial Guard, and he is higher than the local officials. He is also deeply trusted by Emperor Zhengde, so he naturally does not take the other party as a small one.

The little commander of the guard took it seriously and immediately showed his identity with a arrogant expression, and asked them to prepare a residence for themselves, Zhou Chong and others.

Meng Decai was shocked when he heard that the other party was actually the Jinyiwei Qianhu, and immediately felt relieved, because he was already sure that the other party was definitely not for him. After all, it was not necessary to catch a small person like him.

The Grand Master of Jinyiwei Qianhu. As for Wu Shan asking him to arrange accommodation, Meng Decai was very surprised because he thought it was a good opportunity. If his arrangements could satisfy this adult, he might be able to use this to curry favor with him.

other side.

Thinking of this, Meng Decai immediately agreed, while asking the people from the port to serve all the Jinyiwei Lords, while asking people to arrange accommodation for Zhou Chong and the others. He also heard Wu Shan’s special instructions and asked him to prepare a quiet house.

Because there are female relatives among the people they escorted, they must not be careless.

Although Meng Decai didn't know who the person Wu Shan and the others were escorting, the person who could be led by a Jinyiwei Qianhu personally was definitely not a small person, so he naturally did not dare to neglect and rushed to his home and took his own

The family was freed up for Zhou Chong and others to live in.

With Meng Decai's instructions, the managers on the dock worked very hard. The gifts on the ship were quickly unloaded. They found several big trucks according to Zhou Chong's instructions and put them in the car.

At this time, Meng Decai had already cleaned up his house, so Zhou Chong, led by Wu Shan, delivered the gifts to Meng Decai's yard, and at the same time he and Jin Xuan and the others lived there temporarily

.

Meng Decai wanted to talk to Zhou Chong from beginning to end. After all, he wanted to get to know this "big man" escorted by Jinyiwei. Even if his identity is not as good as others, he can make a fuss.

It's good to be familiar with it, but unfortunately, Zhou Chong was already very tired when he took the boat. In addition, Wu Shan didn't seem to want too many Ming officials to contact Zhou Chong, so Meng Decai never met Zhou Chong.

After several days of sailing on the sea, Zhou Chong and the others were already very tired. Therefore, after moving into Meng Decai's mansion, Zhou Chong decided to rest here for two days before rushing. After all, taking the land is more tiring than taking the sea, and he was worried.

The bodies of girls like Jinxuan and Cheyeow could not bear it, but what Zhou Chong did not expect was that during the few days he stayed in Weihai, he accidentally made a big discovery. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels
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