Lord Moyu was forced to open

King Island, Highfordshire.

Jindao is located on an island opposite Xiamen Mansion. The island is not big, so it is just the size of a mansion.

The Jindao Anjia is now the largest family in Jinfu, and one of the fastest growing families thanks to sea trade in the past two years.

Originally, Jindao was just a poor island. However, with the unification of the north and the south, maritime transportation developed vigorously. First, the development of the Japanese route, and then the South China Sea route in the South China Sea. The technology of maritime transportation became stronger and stronger, and the ships became larger and larger day by day. The speed is also getting faster and faster day by day.

The travel time is shortened and more goods are loaded, but the prices of goods in the two places are still very different.

Relying on maritime trade, earning the price difference is the biggest profit for maritime merchants.

The profits that can easily exceed ten times have made countless people continue to invest in this industry.

Among the counties in the southeast, Haifu County is different from other counties. Haifu County is mountainous, and more mountains means less land.

With less land, fewer people can support themselves by farming, which leads to a large number of people doing business in Haifu County, because farming can't fill their stomachs.

After the coastal counties developed due to the rise of sea trade, the people of Haifu County saw the business opportunities. Many people who lived inland moved to the coast, because only on the coast is it more convenient for them to do sea trade business. Make big money!

And under such a trend, Jindao, a small island with few people living in it, has now become a hot commodity.

The original number of households on the island was only 500, with a population of more than 3,000.

After three years of development, the population now reaches 20,000 households and 120,000 people!

With so many people, Jindao developed rapidly. In this environment, Anjia gradually reached the position of being the leader of the largest sea trading family in Jindao.

In the center of Jindao Island, a huge and extremely luxurious mansion is located here.

Anfu is more like a manor than a mansion.

An Mansion covers an area of ​​nearly 100 acres and has a Jiangnan garden-style structure. Even though it is winter, the mansion is still full of flowers and flowers.

It is extremely easy for unfamiliar people to get lost if they enter An Mansion. Even many people in An Mansion usually rely on others to guide them to know where to go.

Anfu's front hall and reception room.

Master Xu Ge was greeted respectfully by the servants of An Mansion.

Not long after, the head of the An family, An Changfu, arrived before anyone else arrived.

"Hahahahaha! Master Xu, why did you come to my An's house today? The distinguished guests welcome you. My An's house is really flourishing!

I hope you won't be offended if you miss me from afar!

Hahahahaha..."

The next moment, a tall old man with a skinny face walked in from the Zhengting gate. Although the old man's body was skinny, his eyes were bright and clear. His eyes could not help but reveal the shrewdness and cunning of the businessman, but on his face But the spring breeze blowing in one's face makes people unconsciously want to relax their vigilance.

Xu Ge stood up and returned the gift with his hands, and then said: "I came here today because I have a big deal. It's not convenient to write letters, so I can only visit in person. Please don't think that Mr. An is bothering me by coming to visit!"

"Harm! Master Xu, where do you start with these words?"

My An family has always been close to Master Xu, so there is nothing to talk about. If anything happens, Master Xu can just say it! "

With that said, An Changfu immediately asked someone to serve tea to Xu Ge and himself, and then the two of them sat down separately.

After listening to An Changfu's words, Xu Ge hesitated.

Looking around, he found that many servants were nearby, so he looked like he was hesitating to speak.

Who is An Changfu? To be able to make the An family so big, his ability to observe words and emotions must be top-notch.

As soon as he saw Xu Ge's appearance, he knew that he wanted to say something that was not suitable for others to know, so he immediately transferred all the servants who were serving him.

After everyone was gone, he turned to look at Xu Ge and asked, "Master Xu, there is no one else around now. Can you tell me what happened?"

Xu Ge nodded and then spoke eloquently.

In the evening, Xu Ge did not stay at An's house for dinner. He left Jindao by boat and returned to the mainland that day. The Xu family also held a meeting here and decided not to follow the normal route after separating the two ships.

In the following period, other companies also received the same news one after another and made almost the same choices. Then the energy of several companies began to move, and various materials for building ports were secretly sent. After going to Taipo Mountain.

An unknown port quietly appeared, and several businesses also moved part of their business from above ground to underground.

Although part of it still has to be given to Lei Xingshan, it is much less than what was given to the court.

As for the bright side, it was used to cover up the items that had been smuggled in. With the help of a county guard, this little thing was not a problem for them.

Smuggling, which originally disappeared, has reappeared in coastal areas driven by people's hearts.

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"Ambassador Wang! Look! That's land! We're almost there!"

On a huge ship headed to the south, Wang Ce and his party were sailing slowly in a large ship with a weight of 5,000 tons, accompanied by more than a dozen ships to escort them.

It has been one month and five days since we went to sea. At the beginning, many members of the mission who had not yet gone to sea were still very excited.

They stayed on the deck for a long time and didn't care, letting the sea breeze blow their hair wildly.

Just watching the white waves rising during the boat trip can excite them for a long time.

However, after a month passed, all the excitement calmed down. After a month of living at sea, some people became groggy because they were not used to it. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

These people who went to sea were also carefully selected, and the ship also carried green vegetables such as canned fruits and yellow mung bean sprouts that could supplement vitamins, which greatly avoided the occurrence of septicemia.

However, everyone has lost interest in boarding the ship for the first time. It is already winter, and the wind on the sea is already strong. Now it is even more biting, and no one wants to go on the deck.

Perhaps because of his youth, Li Yuanfang still kept running to the deck every day, but Wang Cezhi knew that he wanted to see the land as soon as possible.

And today, he finally got what he wanted!

Upon hearing the news about the land, everyone on board the ship became excited, wrapped themselves in cotton-padded clothes and got on the deck.

But as soon as they came out, they discovered that the temperature outside seemed different from the previous few days, and it was actually not that cold on the deck.

But everyone didn't pay attention to this. As soon as they got on the deck, their attention was attracted by the faint land on the sea and horizon in front of them.

After everyone looked carefully and confirmed, everyone dared to believe that they really saw land!

Great surprise surrounded everyone's hearts, and everyone cheered.

Li Yuanfang squeezed through the crowd and came to Wang Cezhi. She said with the same excitement: "Ambassador Wang, we finally saw land. Do you think that is our destination?"

Wang Cezhi looked back at the naval soldier beside him.

The naval soldier was looking at the compass and map in his hand. After confirming again and again, he nodded slightly and said:

"It should be the coastlines of Bi Kingdom and Qi Luo Kingdom."

Wang Cezhi breathed a sigh of relief, and then told Li Yuanfang: "Now that we have seen land, please inform everyone to prepare quickly, so as not to be in a hurry when it is time to disembark."

"promise!"

Li Yuanfang nodded in agreement excitedly and hurriedly made arrangements.

On the deck, looking at the approaching land, Wang Cezhi also let out a heavy breath.

He has had enough this month!

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(End of this chapter)