Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 152, Tianjin

Tianjin, the accurate name at this time should be Tianjin Wei.

Tianjin is referred to as Jin for short, which means the place where the emperor spends his time. It is also known as Jingu, Jinmen and so on.

Tianjin began with the opening of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty. At the intersection of the South Canal and the North Canal, it was called "Sanhui Haikou" in history and was the earliest birthplace of Tianjin.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, Tianjin became a water and land wharf for transporting grain and silk from the south to the north. In the Jin Dynasty, "Zhigu Village" was established in Zhigu, and in the Yuan Dynasty, "Haijin Town" was established, which was an important military town and a grain transshipment center.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin Sanwei was established here, so it was called Tianjin Wei.

Because Tianjin is the end point of the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and because Tianjin is close to the sea, it has always been an important town for military and water transport, and it can be regarded as an important gateway to the capital.

At this time, dozens of four-wheeled carriages produced in Xishan slowly drove into Tianjin City. Each carriage was filled with large and small boxes. These boxes seemed so heavy that the four-wheeled carriage with good performance The carriages made creaking and creaking sounds, as if they couldn't bear the weight on them.

Around these dozens of carriages, hundreds of court guards followed closely, looking around with vigilant eyes from time to time. Behind the court guards were thousands of people wearing the uniform of Xishan Maritime Academy. students.

Thousands of students were energetic and followed at a uniform pace, led by three students of Liu Jin, Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan and Lin Shuhong.

At this moment, the three of them were wearing tight-fitting student uniforms, like all the students of the Maritime Academy, with short hair and shaved beards, strong bodies, and firm eyes.

Immediately behind the three are Tian Erniu, Zhao Houzi, Dahu, and Shaxiong. Behind the four are a row of students from the Maritime Academy. They are very neat and uniform, like a team of soldiers who have fought a hundred battles .

The first batch of students of the Maritime Academy, after three months of theoretical study and basic training, finally arrived to go to sea training for short-distance ocean navigation training.

After all, theory is theory, and it must be combined with practice, especially if you are going to the Golden Continent, which is thousands of miles away.

In a carriage in front, Zhu Houzhao was lying comfortably on a thick cotton pad, looking very lazy, and then looked at Liu Jin, who was slightly reserved, with playful eyes.

"Old Liu, yes, I didn't expect you to know how to train soldiers. The thousands of students from the Xishan Maritime Academy are more imposing than the hundreds of palace guards I brought out. This neat queue moves like one. Just listening to this voice is like being able to feel that thousands of troops are rushing."

"Tsk tsk, it's really amazing, it's admirable."

Zhu Houzhao really admired Liu Jin again. This time when he came to Tianjin, he was also appointed by Emperor Hongzhi to handle the matter of the fleet heading to the Golden Continent.

Although Zhu Houzhao is only ten years old, he is still a child in the words of later generations, but he is the prince after all, the only son of Emperor Hongzhi, and the heir to the Ming Dynasty Jinxiu Jiangshan, so at this time let him handle the fleet to the Golden Continent Things can be regarded as a small experience.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Hongzhi felt at ease was because of the existence of Liu Jin and Du Mingen as a partner. It was also a good choice for the prince to come out and see him.

"His Royal Highness is over-reputed. I just followed the scriptures and trained these maritime students according to the contents of some books. They will go to the Golden Continent, and they will encounter various dangers in the waves in the sea, so this The necessary training is still needed."

"You must have a certain level of combat effectiveness, otherwise you will have no resistance when you encounter pirates, or when you encounter local barbarian attacks after arriving at the Golden Continent."

"So in addition to the necessary training, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must also help you in terms of weapons. They must bring some weapons when they go to sea, otherwise they will not be able to protect themselves."

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, thinking how long this kid was going to hide his identity, but he didn't expect to reveal his identity this time, and now he was wearing a golden dress, so Liu Jin had to change Be more respectful.

"Don't worry, it's on me."

"But why did we bring so much money here this time?"

Zhu Houzhao readily agreed, then asked after thinking about it.

"Going out to sea is not a simple matter. From the ships that go out to sea, the sailors who go out to sea, and the items needed for going to sea, etc., everything has extremely strict requirements, and it is not easy to go to sea. of."

"The sea is not like an inland lake. The sea is vast and boundless, and the wind and waves are dangerous. It is necessary to make complete preparations to ensure safety in the sea."

"These all mean that money needs to be spent, and it means that a lot of money needs to be sprinkled. The tens of thousands of taels of silver at the time of the partnership agreement are far from enough."

Liu Jin sorted out his thoughts slightly, and said slowly, "Of course, these are not the most important things. We brought so much money here, of course, to get rich."

"Although the sea is dangerous, and people are often fighting with their lives, but at the same time, there is endless wealth in this sea, and the profits of ocean trade are very rich."

"When our fleet returns from the Golden Island with boxes of gold and silver, there will be countless people flocking to the sea and to the Golden Island. At that time, we will make a lot of money. when."

"So we should start planning now. We need ships to go to sea. We can open shipbuilding factories now. Those who need to go to the Golden Island to find treasures and gold will have to buy our ships."

"Of course, as long as we have a ship and a crew, we can also go to sea to find gold and silver, and we can also sell our Ming silk, porcelain, tea, etc. to all over the world. There will be no need for these nonsense. merchants, we can go sell the goods to Europe."

"The boatloads of silk, porcelain, tea, etc. are shipped out, and the boatloads of gold and silver are shipped back. At that time, we are truly rich. The little silver in our hands is nothing at all."

Zhu Houzhao listened carefully to Liu Jin's words, and nodded from time to time. He now has no doubts about Liu Jin's ability to make money. A small glass factory has turned him, a poor prince, into a wealthy prince.

Now hearing that the money earned from opening a glass factory is only small money, the whole person's eyes are squinted, and he looks like a small money fan.

　Finally going to Jinhae~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)