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Chapter 1513 The Troubled King Wei

The Southern Zhou Dynasty, which did not perish under the pressure of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, had a very complicated way to survive.

It's just one of the flirts with Beiliao, and keeping Datang in check for each other, the most important thing is money.

rich!

How rich is the Southern Zhou Dynasty?The Nian family was short of changing the name of their children and grandchildren to Nian Youqian.

Where does the money come from?

The climate in the Southern Zhou Dynasty is suitable and there is a lot of rain, so it is easy to achieve two crops a year.

Bu Nuan thinks about that... When you have money, you will think about other enjoyments.It is said that where there is a need, there is a market, and merchants go around doing business according to these needs.

Nanzhou middle school is full of their business.

But this is not enough.

Nanzhou's largest wealth comes from overseas.

Long before the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, there were merchants in this place who went out to sea for trade, but the scale was smaller and more dangerous.

After the establishment of the state in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, because there were many water systems and it was close to the sea, the navy maintained a certain scale.

So the shipbuilding industry stayed and continued to grow.

After the founding of the state in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, a pattern of using culture to control military forces was formed.The status of literati rose sharply.

But it's not enough to just increase your status!After all, there are only so many official positions, and most literati are still excluded.

Status is useless, so those literati turned their attention to Brother Kong Fang.

Let's do business!
It has to be said that when the literati put away their contempt for businessmen and changed their minds from writing articles to doing business, they immediately flourished.

Moreover, literati in business have an astonishing appetite.

After a few clicks, they found that the market inside Nanzhou was saturated, and it would be like this if they continued to toss.

They quickly turned their attention to Beiliao and Datang.

Datang is the enemy!

Wouldn't doing business with them be an enemy?
This kind of voice in the Southern Zhou Dynasty has been criticized by the literati... Are we making money for ourselves?Pooh!We are earning business tax for Da Zhou!
The cultural businessmen occupying the moral high ground made the import and export trade fly, but soon, they found that this business was not easy to do.

From Dazhou to Beiliao, you need to go through Datang, and all the way was stripped and inspected by Datang. The high-priced products of Dazhou gradually lost their competitiveness in Beiliao.

In Datang, merchants are also rising rapidly.Those princes and nobles took off their masks of contempt for businessmen and went shirtless.

The merchants of the Tang Dynasty, who took advantage of the landlords, successfully attacked them by taking advantage of the high cost of transshipment of goods in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.The merchants of the two countries fought in the Datang market until the Southern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, and they still did not stop.

This business is too complicated, and the people who are involved are exhausted.

At this time, someone discovered that doing business overseas seems to be able to make a lot of money.

So, they tentatively took a step outside...

It is the first time to go out to sea for trade, as much goods as you bring out, you can almost bring back as much money as you want.

Earn a fortune!
The whole week was a sensation.

Immediately, the gentlemen peeled off their faces and joined the ranks of doing business at sea.

Everyone was shocked by the development of Da Zhou's sea trade... However, in the past 20 years, the commercial tax generated by sea trade has increased from less than [-]% to more than [-]% of Da Zhou's taxation.

As a result, Haimao has become a cash cow for Dazhou.

Several ports also flourished, and merchants gathered and sailed to cover the sky.

Luocheng was originally a small city, but its hydrological conditions were quite good, so it became one of the important commercial ports of Da Zhou.

Zhan Ming, the county magistrate of Luocheng, was originally a doctor in the household department of Bianjing. After the fall of Bianjing, he resolutely knelt down to the Northern Xinjiang Army.Because of his relatively simple background and years of experience as an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was sent to Luocheng to sit in charge.

Although he is the county magistrate, there is still an official in Luocheng who is his subordinate in name, but he should not be underestimated.This man is named Ma He from the Northern Xinjiang Department, and his position is the county magistrate.

In the morning, Zhan Ming got up early and saw fog when he opened the door.

"Why is there such a thick fog? How do you go out to sea?"

Thinking of the naval fleet that was due to arrive in the past two days, Zhan Ming had a splitting headache.

If the navy fleet ran aground or crashed into the pier due to fog, he could not escape the responsibility.

"Demotion!"

Zhan Ming felt that he was a little unlucky. If he had known how good it would be to stay in the household department at that time, why should he come here to take risks.

"Lang Jun, breakfast is ready." The servant came to report, and his attitude was even more neither humble nor overbearing.

A few days ago, Chang'an came with a decree, asking the old land of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to screen out the slaves, but all the slaves who were originally from the Southern Zhou Dynasty will be born.

This servant is from the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Compared with the reluctance of the servants in the Tang Dynasty to come from their native place, the servants in the hometown of the Southern Zhou Dynasty secretly burned a lot of incense to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty after hearing this decree, and calls for long live His Majesty came one after another.

Why is there such a big gap between the two places?

Without him!

The hometown of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is rich!

There are many opportunities!
After being naturalized, he can find a job to support his family. So, who is free to be a slave?

This world is becoming more and more uneven.

Zhan Ming muttered, "Didn't you see that there is fog outside? Prepare some dry food, and the old man will take it away!"

"Yes!"

The servant responded meekly.

Fortunately, the order is still there!
After taking the dry food, Zhan Ming went out to the pier.

At this moment, the pier was shrouded in fog, and the visibility was less than twenty paces.

"Where's the person?" Zhan Ming swallowed the last bite of pancake and shouted.

The desolate horn sounded.

Listen to the sound on the not far side.

Zhan Ming followed the sound and saw the county magistrate Ma He leading more than ten trumpeters playing the trumpet.

More than ten ships came from the sea last night, this is a warning, no ships are allowed to approach the pier.

"Old horse!"

James hiccupped and walked over.

Ma He, who was looking a little serious, looked back and saw him, and said: "A merchant ship tried to approach the pier by force, but was forced back by the officer."

"It's close to the pier, why bother to let them go." Zhan Ming felt that Ma He was too rigid in doing things.

"Rules are rules!" Mahe Heishan's face became more cold, "Your Majesty once said in Beijiang that you should be flexible when you should be flexible, but the rules are the rules. If you want to be flexible and change for some benefit, That's stupid!"

Zhan Ming blushed, but he didn't dare to refute, lest he be labeled as contemptuous of His Majesty.He stretched out his hand to build a pergola in front of his eyes, and asked, "Has the navy fleet come?"

"I don't know yet, but even if we come, we have to wait for the fog to clear before we can approach the pier."

March remained intransigent.

……

"This is Luocheng?"

King Wei entered Luocheng in this fog, and Concubine Shu lifted the curtain of the car and said in surprise, "This fog has never been seen in Chang'an."

Big Sister Huang said, "Yes! It's rare in northern Xinjiang."

Moreover, the fog was very humid. When King Wei touched the shaft of the chariot, it was all wet.

After the group entered Luocheng, King Wei didn't go looking for anyone, but went shopping with his family.

Luocheng is not a big city, but its business is in a mess.However, there are few retails and most of them are wholesales.

Those businessmen bought land in Luocheng to build warehouses, or leased warehouses.Warehouses can store goods for sea trade.After returning from the sea, the goods can also be stored on the spot, and then slowly bargain with the merchants who come to buy goods from all over the place.

"A lot of food!" The child's eyes lit up.

"Go, find a place to have breakfast."

The family found a place to eat and had a seafood feast.

"It's so unpalatable!"

"The smell is so strong!"

"Let's not eat!"

Except for King Wei who was eating in silence, the three of them were not satisfied.

An old man beside him smiled and said, "Didn't the outsider just come here?"

"Yes!" Concubine Shu smiled.

The old man said: "Outsiders are not used to eating when they first came here, so it will take a few years to talk less."

"How many years!"

Huang Damei was a little desperate, wondering if she would have to eat these fishy seafood for the next few years?

After leaving here, King Wei ordered his mother, wife and children to be escorted back, and he went to the county.

"Mingfu and Xiancheng are at the pier!"

When the little official knew that the person in front of him was King Wei, he was still neither humble nor overbearing.

"I didn't expect a small official in the border area to be more upright than the high-ranking officials in Bianjing."

The accompanying staff praised.

Behind him, the voice of the little official came faintly.

"King Wei, isn't that the son of the false emperor? The phoenix that fell to the ground, he is not as good as a chicken!"

Staff: "..."

King Wei's face remained unchanged, and he went to the pier immediately.

Zhan Ming and Ma He were sitting at the pier, and a small boat planted a merchant to dock, which was allowed.Several businessmen begged for the release of dock control so that their goods could be unloaded in time.

This batch of goods must be delivered to Chang'an within the specified time, otherwise the contract will be breached.The businessman also took out the contract to prove that what he said was true.

"roll!"

James had a cold face.

Ma He shook his head, these businessmen belonged to Nan Zhou, and he didn't plan to take care of them, so it was a face for Zhan Ming.

Ma He continued to inspect, and Zhan Ming pointed at the noses of several businessmen and cursed.

"They have a contract, why not let them dock?"

A voice came from behind.

Zhan Ming didn't turn his head and said, "Believe it or not, there are more than ten copies of the same contract in his bosom except for the time. You can give it to you whenever you want."

Several businessmen laughed dryly.

This was the first time that King Wei had seen the slipperiness of a businessman.

and shameless.

Zhan Ming turned around, "You are..."

"This is King Wei." The staff stepped forward to negotiate.

"I have met the king." After verifying his identity, Zhan Ming saluted, but his expression was indifferent.

"My king is going to sea!" King Wei took out a document with the seals of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household.

"Go to sea?"

Now that the monsoon has not come, it is useless to go to sea.

Zhan Ming read the document carefully, yes.

It stands to reason that he should do some preparatory work, and the people accompanying King Wei are also ready to communicate with him.

But Zhan Ming said with a stern face: "I want to teach the king to know that the current monsoon will not arrive until some time later, so the king waits in the city!"

This attitude is not very friendly!

King Wei said coldly: "This king is ordered to go to sea!"

"Your Majesty was ordered to guard Luocheng. There is a fleet of ships, but they are delivering goods right now. Please wait patiently, Your Majesty."

Zhan Ming cupped his hands and strode away.

The little official followed and said in a low voice: "Mingfu, that is King Wei after all!"

"That's King Wei of the false emperor, the old man acts impartially, what can he do?"

Zhan Ming went back with a sneer. In the waiting room, his brother-in-law followed with a smile, "Thank you brother-in-law."

"The old man in the fleet can delay for a while, so hurry up and take away your cargo, and I will give you a month to bring back the empty ship, otherwise the old man will not be able to explain to Chang'an."

"That's just an old prince, I'm afraid he's a bird!" The brother-in-law said proudly: "This is Luocheng, and the dragon has to be coiled, let alone him?"

……

King Wei was still on the pier, looking at the fog in the sky, he was very surprised.

The staff asked: "Why didn't your majesty say that it was His Majesty's order to go to sea?"

King Wei shook his head, leaned over to pick up an unknown conch, and looked inside, it was empty.

"After going to sea, a lot of supplies have to rely on Datang. Luocheng Wharf is the most important thing. If the king uses the emperor to suppress that idiot today, after going to sea, he can trip the king at any time. Can this king still fly back from overseas to find him to settle accounts?"

King Wei threw the conch into the sea and clapped his hands, "I don't care about him, I just want to change someone!"

……

The fog dissipated after more than an hour.

Here comes Jamin and Maher.

"I have seen the king." Maher saluted.

King Wei nodded.

Zhan Ming saluted, "I have seen the king."

King Wei didn't even look at him.

Let's wait until you are proud, when you go out to sea, and see how Yeye will deal with you... Zhan Ming smiled.

The brother-in-law smiled very reservedly not far away.

After Ma He learned about the matter, he frowned and asked, "Why didn't the fleet give it to the king?"

"It's urgent!" Zhan Ming said casually.Mach is not yet familiar with the operation of the pier, so he can only listen to him.

"Your Majesty, don't slack off!" Ma He kindly reminded.The officials of the Northern Xinjiang Department all know the friendship between the emperor and King Wei back then.Moreover, they also knew that the emperor attached great importance to affection and treated this elder nephew differently.

"The old man knows!" Zhan Ming said lightly.

"The Navy is here!"

A warship slowly approached the shore.

Zhan Ming went up to meet him, and smiled at the general Fang Suo who disembarked, "I've seen General Fang!"

The boss of the navy has a lot of influence on Luocheng, Zhan Ming must be more respectful.

Fang Suo turned his eyes and asked, "Is King Wei here?"

"Over there, is General Fang looking for him for something?" Zhan Ming pointed to King Wei at the side.

Fang Suo stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Get down to the official office and be ordered to lead the water army to obey the command of the king!"

Hand over the navy to King Wei to dispatch?
Then... Couldn't King Wei walk sideways in the sea?
Does His Majesty trust Wei Wang Rusi?
James' face was pale.

At this time, several riders arrived.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has orders!"

The visitor turned out to be the emissary of Emperor Chang'an, and everyone knelt down on the pier instantly.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to be too polite, His Majesty just gave you a message..."

The envoy smiled and said, "Go and tell King Wei that once you have a firm foothold, you can find a good beach. The sand must be soft and the scenery is good. Just settle there! It's not bad to be a pirate king. In addition, build a beach for me by the sea." A house. Ten years later, I will go to sea to find you, and our uncle and nephew will be neighbors. If we have nothing to do, we will go fishing and go to sea together..."

(End of this chapter)