Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 310 Wang Defu

When the two sides came close, the situation at this time could be seen clearly without binoculars.

I saw the Japanese pirates firmly hooking the lucky boat with an iron hook with ropes, and then tightly attached the three fishing boats to it.Those Japanese pirates with bows and arrows began to shoot arrows at the boat to prevent the people on board from cutting the rope of the iron hook.

The rest of the short and nimble Japanese pirates climbed onto the blessing boat from all directions like monkeys, then drew out the weapons pinned to their waists, and began to slash and kill.

The sailors, guards, merchants on the Fuchuan...all took up weapons and started fighting with the Japanese pirates.

But those Japanese pirates were obviously stronger than their opponents. After a few rounds, they had cut down most of the sailors and guards.

At this time, Feng Zhou, like a monster on the sea, finally sailed in front of both sides.

"Kill all the Japanese pirates!" His Royal Highness Chu Wang yelled barefoot on the deck.

Before he finished speaking, with a whoosh, an arrow flew over his head and hit the bulkhead behind him.

"Your Highness, get down quickly, the sword has no eyes!" Cai Bin hurriedly asked to pull the troublesome sixth child into the cabin.

The officers and soldiers of the Habayashi guards also opened their bows and shot arrows one after another, condescendingly shooting at the Japanese pirates who were shooting arrows.

The Japanese pirates also fought back, but it was too bad to shoot arrows from the bottom up.Moreover, their small fishing boat didn't even have a cabin, so there was nowhere to hide.After a while, they were shot and fell to death one after another.

After cooking the Japanese pirates who could threaten them, Habayashi Wei turned his arrow to Fufune and continued to eliminate those Japanese pirates who were not armored.

It is easy to distinguish the identities of the two parties through their hairstyles...

In short, it didn't take long for the shouting and killing on the sea to disappear.

Zhu Zhen was finally released by the guards.After the trip to Koryo, he no longer felt anything when he looked at the dead bodies lying on the boat and floating in the sea.

People are so easy to adapt.

At this time, another small boat was put down from another Fengzhou, and a group of Habayashi guards were carried to cut off the heads of Japanese pirates. These are all military exploits and cannot be wasted.

After turning all the Japanese pirates of Fuchuan into headless goblins, Habayashi controlled the surviving crew members and checked the cargo in the cabin.

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After a meal, Cai Bin came to report to Zhu Zhen.

"Your Highness, it has been found out that the ship is a sea merchant traveling to and from Southeast Asia, and the ship is loaded with spices, medicinal materials and corals from Southeast Asia, all of which are quite valuable."

"Oh, Nanyang?" Zhu Zhen suddenly came and said with interest: "Bring the leader to meet."

"Yes." Cai Bin replied and went down, and after a while, he brought two people with him.A gray-haired old man and a man in his 30s.

"This is your savior." Cai Bin said in a deep voice, "I am His Royal Highness, King Chu."

The two of them didn't expect this rich young man to be so powerful, so they quickly knelt down and kowtowed, thanking him endlessly.

"Forget it." Zhu Zhen sat under the umbrella, looked at the two of them and said, "Let me introduce myself."

"Yes, back to Your Highness, the little old man's name is Wang Defu, he is from Taicang." The old man hurriedly said:
"This is Wang Zhen, the dog. My father and I bought silk and porcelain from Suzhou, sold them in Nanyang, and bought a batch of Nanyang goods. On the way back, there was nothing wrong with it. Unexpectedly, there were Japanese pirates standing guard at the door of our house..."

"That's it." Zhu Zhen nodded. He had specifically consulted Liu Ji about the current sea ban policy of the imperial court.

Although because of the rampant Japanese pirates, in the third year of Hongwu, the imperial court dismissed the shipping department of Huangdu City, Taicang.In the seventh year of Hongwu, Boss Zhu ordered the abolition of the shipping departments in Quanzhou, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou, which had existed since the Tang Dynasty and were in charge of overseas trade. China's official overseas trade that had flourished since the Song and Yuan Dynasties was cut off.

However, the imperial court did not have any edict prohibiting private merchant ships from going to sea for trade.However, Liu Bowen predicted that with Boss Zhu's consistently conservative external attitude, the day when non-governmental overseas trade is prohibited should not be far away.

Although Zhu Zhen didn't know when the old thief stipulated that 'no piece of board should go into the sea', he knew that Liu Bowen's prediction was correct, and the day when the sea was banned was not far away.

He also knows that Boss Zhu's strict sea ban policy has set an extremely bad example for future emperors, and the bad consequences caused cannot be overstated...

If you can prevent the sea ban and continue the prosperous maritime trade in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it will definitely be a great achievement, right?
Therefore, Zhu Zhen became more and more interested in the father and son, and asked about their experiences in detail.

Then Wang Defu replied: "The little old man has been traveling to and from Nanyang since he was young, selling goods for a living. Later, during the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, pirates at sea also took advantage of the situation. He was robbed twice in a row, so he dared not go out to sea again." up.

"The little old man doesn't know how to make a living, and has been sitting on the mountain for more than ten years. Because of financial difficulties, and hearing that the imperial court abolished the shipping department, our men thought that Nanyang goods must be very popular, so we bought this boat as a seller... ...Sigh, I didn't expect the Japanese pirates to become more rampant, if I hadn't met His Highness this time, my father and son would have confessed here."

After finishing speaking, Wang Defu wanted to kowtow again to thank him, Zhu Zhen waved his hands and said, "It's just a small effort, if you really want to thank me, tell me about Nanyang. Is Nanyang trade really profitable?"

"Making money is definitely making money. If the business is doing well, you can get rich once you go back and forth." Wang Defu smiled complacently: "But not everyone can make money. There are many countries in Nanyang, some are friendly and hospitable, and some are barbaric. Even if ordinary merchants go with their goods, they may not be able to find a buyer, and they may even lose their lives."

"So, you know Nanyang very well?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

"Don't dare not dare, understand a little bit." When mentioning what he is best at, Wang Defu shook his head, showing a bit of sour talent, and said proudly:

"When the little old man was young, he took Quanzhou's ocean-going merchant ships several times and traveled to the South Seas and the West. He knew the customs and customs there well, and knew which countries to deal with and which countries to avoid. He also knew that the goods should be bought. Where to go, where can I buy domestically sought-after products."

"True or not?" Lao Liu asked with wide-eyed eyes, "Then which countries have you been to?"

"Little old man has been to Ryukyu, Mishima, Mayi, Wuzhiba, Ambergris, Cochin, Champa, Mintaro, Bintonglong, Chenla..." Wang Defu reported the names of places like a few treasures.

Zhu Zhen was dizzy from those awkward place names, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Stop, just tell me where the farthest you have been?"

"My little old man has been to the Jiajiangmenli country in the far south of the Western Ocean." Wang Defu replied, "The Jiajiangmenli country is on a big island. Both men and women are black-skinned and curly-haired. It is summer in all seasons. Giant trees as tall as towers."

Cai Bin curled his lips when he heard this, and thought that this man surnamed Wang can really talk nonsense, is it because His Highness is young, so he just spouts nonsense?
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Wang Defu's palm excitedly and said, "Have you ever been to Africa? Your name is not Wang Defu, but your name is actually Wang Dayuan?!"

(End of this chapter)