please make me king

Chapter 1726 The Return
Overseas in Zhenhai County, Ningbo Prefecture, a merchant ship is floating into the port.

On the bow of that merchant ship, there was a young man standing.

Looking at the familiar buildings on the shore, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I'm finally back!"

"Boss, let's be more careful!" At this moment, a strong man quickly reminded.

"Do you need to say it? I know it!" The boy smiled, and then ordered, "Have you hidden the armor? I will tighten the wind when I get off the boat in a while, so don't make any mistakes."

"Yes, I understand!" The strong man quickly responded.

Not long after, the group of people felt their feet tremble, but the merchant ship docked.

The young man led seven or eight men and two women, Shi Shiran got off the boat, and immediately a few helpers stopped him, chattering nonsense for a while.

"Is there anyone who understands the official language? Someone who understands the official language!" The leader frowned and asked involuntarily.

It turns out that at this time of year, only the top figures know Mandarin, and the ordinary people only know dialect.

The boy couldn't understand the local "bird language", so he asked this question.

"Judging from this young master's accent, could it be that he is from Shaanxi?" As soon as the man said this, a man hesitated for a while and asked.

"So what if it is, so what if it's not!" the boy couldn't help sneering.

He knew very well that people from Shaanxi had a bad reputation these days, so he couldn't help becoming vigilant for a while.

"This young master, don't get excited!" Unexpectedly, the man laughed, "It just so happens that a group of Qin people came down in the boundary of Ningbo Mansion in the past few days, with high positions and important positions."

"If there is some liaison, you can make a fortune by fawning on them!"

"Oh? How do you say that?" The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought, "Why didn't I know there were such rich merchants in Qindi?"
"This young master has been out at sea for a few months, isn't he ignorant of the general trend of the world?" The man smiled when he heard this, and stretched out his hand involuntarily.

"Look at the reward!" The young man was not annoyed, and immediately ordered happily.

"Young master!" The man weighed the money he got, and couldn't help being overjoyed, "So you don't know that a few months ago, King Shun led an army to the south and captured the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now he is in the Ningbo mansion! "

"His Royal Highness King Shun?" The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said happily, "Unexpectedly, there is such a coincidence in the world!"

"What, Sun Kewang wants to see me?" Zhang Shun suspected that he had misheard the name, so he couldn't help asking again.

"Well, that's the kid!" Wukong nodded and said with a smile, "Old Sun must not be blind, so he can't see wrong!"

"How did he get here?" Zhang Shun was puzzled, and quickly ordered, "Let him come in quickly!"

"Your Highness, I'm back!" Not long after, a shrewd young man came in three steps at a time.

"Why are you here? Come on, sit down and have a rest!" Zhang Shun couldn't help saying happily when he saw that it was Sun Kewang.

"Your Highness doesn't know something!" Sun Kewang sat down obliquely, and said, "This time I arrived in North Korea, and then went to Busan along the coast."

"Then Busan is in the north of Japan, from which you can reach Hakata Port by crossing the sea. Then I transferred from Hakata Port to Nagasaki, and then crossed the sea from Nagasaki to Ningbo. That's when I met Your Highness!"

"Oh? So, if we turn back to Dengzhou again, it will form a closed trade route?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and suddenly realized.

"Who says it's not!" Sun Kewang couldn't help but echoed, "I thought before that this route had come to an end when it reached Busan. How could it be possible to get to Japan and come back from Ningbo."

"However, there are some inconveniences from Nagasaki to Ningbo."

"Every March, April, and May are major floods, and September and October are minor floods. You can only arrive in China during this season."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun suddenly realized after hearing what Sun Kewang said. Isn't what Sun Kewang said was Ji Feng?

"As far as I know, there are roughly three routes from Japan to our country." Sun Kewang said again, "One is the northern route, which takes the west coast of North Korea to Dengzhou; Ryukyu will transfer to Fujian or Guangzhou."

"I know everything about the first two lines, but the southern line has never been passed."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I have one person who is very proficient in the southern route."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shun gave Wukong another order: "Let Zheng Zhilong come here!"

"Zheng Zhilong? Zheng Yiguan?" Unexpectedly, Sun Kewang was shocked when he heard this.

It turned out that in Japan, Zheng Yiguan's name was heard by women and children.

Originally, Sun Kewang was still contemplating how to deal with this person along the way, but he never expected that this person had already been brought under Zhang Shun's command.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Shun!" Not long after, I saw Zheng Yiguan walking in pompously.

"Sit down!" Zhang Shun smiled, pointed at Sun Kewang, "A boy under my command went to Japan for a trip at the end of last year, and now he just returned."

"He has heard of your name, so he insists on meeting you. It just so happens that you are in Ningbo, so I'll call you over to meet me!"

"Who is this?" Zheng Zhilong asked suspiciously when he heard the words and looked around, only to see a young man sitting opposite him.

"I was originally His Highness's apprentice, but unfortunately lost my father, so I was adopted by His Highness as an adopted son!" Sun Kewang laughed quickly, "My family name is Sun, the general can just call me Kewang."

"Ah, it turned out to be General Sun, disrespect and disrespect!" Zheng Zhilong was such a character, he couldn't help but look at him with admiration after hearing only a few words from him.

It turns out that Zheng Zhilong started from scratch, has an extremely soft figure, and is extremely smooth.

Seeing that Sun Kewang was so young, he was able to recognize a young man who was only a few years older than himself as his father without blushing and heartbeat, and he was immediately in awe.

In fact, there is no chance, otherwise he would recognize his godfather faster than Sun Kewang.

After the two of them finished their courtesies, Zhang Shun asked about the maritime trade.

It's just that Zhang Shun didn't expect that Zheng Zhilong's face would change when he opened his mouth.

Do you know why?

It turns out that Zheng Zhilong was just one of several smuggling and pirate groups at the beginning of his career.

It was not until later that he voted for Ming Dynasty, and with the help of the imperial court, he successively defeated pirates such as Xu Xinsu, Li Kuiqi, and Liu Xiang, and then joined forces with the Ming army navy to defeat the Dutch colonial group. At this point, Zheng Zhilong finally became the overlord of the East Asian sea and completely monopolized the southeast coast. trading.

Before Zheng Zhilong ate the big cake painted by Zhang Shun, he said that the two of them had a piece of paper and a martial arts, one played swords and swords as a white face, and the other played account books as a red face.

He never expected that Zhang Shun would find someone who knew about maritime trade when he turned around, and gave him a good reputation.

Fortunately, he also understands that since Zhang Shun has mastered the sword, he can't eat alone in the future.

He had no choice but to smile awkwardly and said, "If we talk about maritime trade, I have two routes here. One is to Japan, and the other is to Luzon, Sumatra and other places."

"Among them, the middle route of Japan is through Ningbo and Nagasaki. Your Highness already knows about it. The other route is through Ryukyu, which is actually a branch route of Nanyang trade. It generally starts from Haojing and Quanzhou, then detours through Ryukyu Naha, and then turns to Nagasaki. .”

"The Nanyang trade is also divided into east and west lines. The west line goes along the coast to Sumatra; the east line crosses the ocean and goes to Luzon."

"Among them, Sumatra is rich in spices, while Luzon is rich in silver"

"Baiyin?" Zhang Shun was a little skeptical when he heard this.

The later generations of the Philippines are famous for being rich in maids, but he has never heard that the country is also rich in silver mines.

"Actually, the silver comes from Panya in the west. It is said that it was transported by a galleon across the ocean for several months. I don't know if it is true or not." Zheng Zhilong couldn't help explaining.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun suddenly understood what Zheng Zhilong said.

It turned out that in Zhang Shun's previous life, he had learned in textbooks that Spain colonized the Americas and obtained a large amount of gold, silver and precious metals.

Now that Spain has set up a trade transfer station in the Philippines, it must have a route from the Americas across the Pacific Ocean and then to the Philippines.

However, this matter has nothing to do with myself and others for the time being, so I will not mention it for the time being.

(End of this chapter)