please make me king

Chapter 1735 Homecoming

The sea is vast, and the sea is Miaomiao.

Suddenly, a flock of seagulls passed by, making a clear and loud cooing sound.

Zhang Shun looked at the scene in front of him in amazement, as if he was playing a big sailing game back then.

If it weren't for his extraordinary status now, he would like to travel around the world by boat and enjoy the thrill of opening a new era.

It's just a pity that this new era may be opened by him, but I'm afraid he won't have the chance to participate in it in his life.

In fact, let alone ride the wind and waves, travel all over the world.

Even his feat of taking a sea boat this time was opposed by many people.

It turns out that going to sea in this era, even if it is offshore sailing, is a near-death behavior.

There were no weather forecasts in this era, nor were there echo detection instruments.

It is not uncommon for a person to be unlucky and encounter a storm or a reef, and the ship is destroyed and the death is also common.

As the leader of the three armies, Zhang Shun is in danger of the world, who would dare to let him take such a risk?

Not to mention Zhao Lizi, Huang Shoucai, Sun Kewang, and Li Zicheng, etc., even Zheng Zhilong, Dong Xiaowan, Gu Qiji, Bian Yujing, and Bian Min strongly opposed it.

However, Sun Kewang wants to go to Japan for trade as soon as possible, and Li Zicheng is going to preside over the task of raiding his home and seizing Jiangxi, neither of them can oppose it to the end.

But Huang Shoucai and the four women were very quiet, which made it easy for Zhang Shun to "succeed".

"Your Highness, it's windy at the bow of the ship, go back to the cabin and hide!" At this moment, a clear and crisp shout sounded.

Zhang Shun looked back, but it was Dong Xiaowan whose face was a little pale.

"Ha, what's there to be afraid of?" Zhang Shun smiled and walked over to rub her head, asking with a smile on his face.

"Don't touch my head!" Dong Xiaowan opened Zhang Shun's big hand dissatisfied, puffed up his cheeks, bared his little tiger teeth and said, "Otherwise, don't want me to make you dinner!"

"Haha!" Zhang Shun laughed twice when he heard the words, he didn't know whether he was admitting defeat or dismissing the threat.

"Your Highness, this time you are really Meng Lang!" At this moment, Gu Qiji walked over cautiously and said to Zhang Shun seriously.

"Meng Lang? Maybe!" Zhang Shun shook his head, as if pointing, "Some things, if you don't experience them yourself, you don't know the depth of them!"

"Bah, bah, what are you talking about!" Gu Qiji was still upright at first, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but blushed, turned around and ran away.

"Hey, I'm talking about business, where are you going?" Zhang Shun couldn't help crying and laughing when he saw this.

"Don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed!" Unexpectedly, before Zhang Shun finished speaking, Dong Xiaowan shaved her skin cutely and ran away.

"A group of little witches!" Zhang Shun shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but look overboard again.

The ship he was on was the newly built "Fengzhou-class" sailing battleship, which he lazily named "Tianjin".

This warship is huge in size and has a U-shaped hull, which is very suitable for ocean sailing.

However, because the hull is too deep, it is actually a bit unsuitable for sailing in the waters north of the Yangtze River.

The last time Zhao Lizi led the fleet to the south, it almost ran into a hidden reef in the sea.

It is precisely because of this that in fact, in the entire "Northern Ocean" waters, the more suitable ship type for navigation is the flat sand ship.

However, a behemoth like the "Fengzhou class" is actually more suitable for sailing in the "South Seas" south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

In fact, when Zhao Lizi and his group were waiting to go south, they traveled the coastal current of the East China Sea, while Zhang Shun traveled the warm current of the Yellow Sea on his return journey.

The former is strongest between November and February, and starts to weaken from March to May.

In June, July and August, due to the influence of the monsoon, the ocean current along the coast of the East China Sea will become extremely weak, while the warm current in the Yellow Sea from south to north will strengthen.

Since the warm current of the Yellow Sea is not close to the coast, Zhang Shun's fleet avoided the hidden reefs in the sea as much as possible.

As for the storm, due to the superior performance of the "Fengzhou-class" sailing battleship, it can already cope with most severe weather. This is the fundamental reason why Zhao Lizi, Zheng Zhilong and others did not object to the end.

While Zhang Shun was looking around the sea, he suddenly saw a fleet of ships appearing in front of him.

He couldn't help asking hastily: "Ask the watchman, what's going on in front?"

"The lookout just reported that there is a fleet of merchant ships ahead." Zhao Lizi hurriedly reported, "It is said that they are Chongming merchants who are transporting white sugar, silk, tea, porcelain, paper, etc. to Dengzhou."

"Oh? Dengzhou also lacks such goods?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked strangely.

These items are indeed special products in the south, but if they are not produced in the north, it is definitely not justified.

"Why don't we call the captain to come up and ask after we catch up?" Zhao Lizi didn't know much about it, so he couldn't help but suggest.

"That's fine, just don't disturb the people!" Zhang Shun hesitated for a moment, then nodded involuntarily.

Due to the excellent sailing ability of the "Tianjin", it quickly caught up with the slower speed sand ship in front.

After some negotiations, a 50-[-]-year-old ship owner came to the "Tianjin" in a small boat.

Seeing his panic, Zhang Shun couldn't help comforting him: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a pirate. I just saw you doing business and wanted to ask you something."

"Your Majesty, just ask, and I guarantee that every sentence is true!" The man hurriedly responded in a panic.

"Where does Mr. live? How do you make such a living? How is the business this year?" Zhang Shun didn't care about his title, and asked directly.

"Oh, the villain is from the Chongming family, and he has been transporting for a living since he was a child." Seeing that Zhang Shun didn't have any malicious intentions, the man replied calmly.

"The family keeps two or three sandboats, and every year they take advantage of the trade winds to transport cotton, silk, tea, porcelain, etc. to the north. Then, they take advantage of the trade winds to transport back soybeans, rice, cotton, etc."

"Earn a little bit of hard-earned money to subsidize the family."

"Oh? Didn't you say that Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice? Why do you need to transport the grain back?" Zhang Shun was quite strange when he heard this.

"Land of fish and rice? Your Majesty is joking. How many years has it been?" The boat owner couldn't help laughing and said, "In these years, the cloth in the south of the Yangtze River has been sold well both at home and abroad. How many people have made a fortune because of this, and where is there any idle land to grow rice? "

"Now that the north is suffering another disaster, the price of food has risen three times a day, so some people are willing to replant one or two."

"However, generally speaking, it is still difficult to make ends meet and make ends meet."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun heard the captain's words, and suddenly had a deeper understanding of the economic problems in the late Ming Dynasty.

It turned out that due to the development of the commodity economy in the south of the Yangtze River, food was mostly imported from Shandong, Henan and Huguang.

Therefore, once the agriculture in the north collapses, it will naturally lead to the collapse of the economy in the south of the Yangtze River. This is what happened before.

And it was the captain's reminder that Zhang Shun suddenly realized.

In this era, in addition to foreign trade, internal trade is also promising.

"Then why didn't you go north on the Grand Canal?" Zhang Shun frowned and asked again.

Since Ming Chengzu opened the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, in fact the Grand Canal has been serving as the main route for north-south trade.

"The Grand Canal?" The ship owner couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard the words, "To put it bluntly, there are ten steps for one pass, and seven steps for one card. I don't know how much it will cost to transport this small amount of goods to Shandong. easy?"

"Not to mention, I have one sand ship, and there are several, or even dozens of other guard ships."

"The time spent on this journey is only half of it. It's better than wasting in the river."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun was thoughtful when he heard the captain's words.

In fact, no matter in the previous life or in this life, there is a call to change the river transportation to the sea transportation.

However, in the original history, the river transport has always overwhelmed the sea transport, and it was not until the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty that the sea transport replaced the river transport.

Of course there are reasons for technological progress, but of course there are also reasons for obstruction by "interest groups".

In fact, the Ming and Qing dynasties, in order to maintain this north-south "artery", directly led to the extremely prosperous Huaibei area in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the so-called "Huaihai Province" in later generations became a sacrificed part.

If the inland river shipping is changed to sea shipping, how much food can be grown in the plain area with Xuzhou as the core?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shun quickly asked about the route. The scenery and customs along the way were quite harmonious for a while.

However, amidst all the harmonious sounds, Zhang Shun's thoughts had already flown into the sky.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, firstly, it was necessary to clean up the old forces, and secondly, it was necessary to make a reasonable blueprint for future development.

In terms of cleaning up the old forces, although Zhang Shun did not do very well, he was gradually carrying out with the support of the rebel army.

However, he only has a rough idea of ​​what to do in the near future.

Now when he heard the captain's words, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately put all the original fragmented thoughts together, and completely integrated them.

(End of this chapter)