The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 312 Song Dynasty's First Voyage

Zhao Xu didn't know who the big boss behind the scenes was, but he heard from Dong Zhenhai that he seemed to be going to meet that mysterious boss today, which gave him hope again.

"Dong Zhenhai, I will give you a task, that is, you must keep an eye on him, but remember not to let him find out, I have already taught you such things."

Zhao Xu had told them about such a simple tracking technique, so Zhao Xu said that these things had been handed over to them.

"Don't worry, Prince, I still have this bit of ability. I have already ordered you to rest assured." Dong Zhenhai reassured, patting his chest.

"You are also arrogant. This matter must not go wrong, otherwise it will not end well. By the way, how about the inner palace defense that I asked you to discuss with Zhang Qiong?"

Zhao Xu had to beat Dong Zhenhai from time to time, not to make him feel how great he was.

It's also to blame that no matter what he does recently, everything goes smoothly, which makes him breed the arrogance of Lao Tzu's number one in the world.

Sure enough, when Zhao Xu said this, Dong Zhenhai immediately lowered his head. What Zhao Xu said just now was not wrong, he didn't care too much.

He thought it was a trivial matter, and was not interested at all, thinking that it was all about pediatrics. After Zhao Xu reminded him like this, he realized that his heart had changed unconsciously.

"The prince is right. Old Hei and I have been doing things so smoothly recently, so we all feel a little slack in our hearts."

Liu Qinhu himself kept a clear head, and he was aware of this problem, otherwise he would not have said such a thing.

"Okay, you should pay attention to the liquor store. It is good to have self-confidence, but you must not be arrogant, but you must not belittle yourself. You all go to run errands."

Zhao Xu not only wanted to beat them up, but also couldn't make them fearful from now on, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

Zhao Xu hadn't seen Miao Xun these days, and neither had anyone else.

Zhao Kuangyin also asked Miao Xun what he was doing, but Zhao Xu seemed to be the only one who knew what Miao Xun was doing.

Seeing the sky, Zhao Xu made a special trip to Miao's mansion, because Miao Xun was coming back today, so it seemed that Miao Xun had already returned by this time.

When Zhao Xu came to Miao's mansion, Miao Miao, who was still sharp-eyed, saw him first and ran over quickly.

Only then did Miao Xun realize that Zhao Xu was here, and hurried out. He hadn't spoken yet, but Zhao Xu had already spoken.

"Sir, you have worked hard all the way. I really don't know what to say. I brought a jar of wine and let my sister-in-law cook two dishes for us to drink. What do you think, sir?"

Only then did Miao Xun notice that Zhao Xu was still holding a jar of wine in his hand, and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.

"Since the lord has such an elegant mood, there is nothing else to say, let's go inside."

He didn't pick up the wine jar from Zhao Xu's hand either. With his own strength, this jar of wine was really a bit difficult for him.

Zhao Xu didn't say much, and was about to walk in, but someone grabbed his trouser leg:
"Didn't you say last time, brother, that you want me to buy sugar for you when you come again? Why did you forget?" After speaking, Miao Miao pouted.

"Hahaha, you can hang an oil bottle on your little mouth, how could I forget it, what do you think it is?"

As he spoke, Zhao Xu took out a sugar figurine from behind. Seeing that it looked like that Zha, Miao Miao immediately beamed with joy when he saw it.

"Girl, prince, let's go in." Miao Xun led Zhao Xu into the main hall.

After the two were divided into guests and hosts, Zhao Xu spoke first:

"Sir, I have really worked hard on you this time. I feel really sorry for keeping you running around for so many days."

"My lord, what you said is a bit out of the ordinary. I didn't do anything hard or not. I just used my words."

Miao Xun then said that he hadn't done anything at all, he was just giving orders.It turned out that Miao Xun went to the coast this time.

To be precise, it was the area in Shandong. Of course, he didn't go there to worship Confucius, and he had more important things to do.

Wasn't it necessary to implement the Shibo Department in the past? Now it has finally been established. In fact, according to Zhao Xu, the best result is to establish a Shibo Department wharf in the current Guangzhou.

But now that area is not the territory of the Song Dynasty, there is no way to develop it, so in desperation, it chose to be on the coast of Shandong.

This time, Miao Xun was going to take Zhao Xu's place to send those businessmen who wanted to go overseas. Originally, Zhao Xu was also going, but he really couldn't get away.

"Then sir, please tell me about the situation. I really want to know about such a grand occasion."

Zhao Xu felt that his absence was a great pity. After all, this was Song's first large-scale ocean voyage.

It can be said to have epoch-making significance, and there may be more in the future, but the significance is not as good as this time.

"Hahaha this time we dispatched [-] large ships, [-] soldiers, and a large amount of porcelain, silk and other things on them. According to what you said, we sailed south. This is the largest time in history. Sail away."

"Those businessmen are very happy, saying that the benefits this time must be doubled. After all, they have been there before, but they are often harassed by pirates. Now it is better, and it will be safer with military escorts. .”

Miao Xun didn't give a detailed introduction, but he just said it briefly, because there are detailed records, and he will present it to Zhao Xu later.

"Hehe, these businessmen have brains. Although they don't benefit much from cooperating with the imperial court, they do not know much more than before, and they are also safer. Not everyone knows this."

Could Zhao Xu not know what these people were thinking? They were willing to risk their lives for profit.

"By the way, my lord, those soldiers are all made up of prisoners. Is this reliable? Aren't you afraid that they will cause trouble?"

Miao Xun wanted to know what Zhao Xu was thinking, because the accompanying soldiers were basically made up of prisoners.

"Haha, sir, don't worry about that. They won't make trouble if they want to get promoted and get rich, unless they don't want to live anymore."

Zhao Xu brought out many prisoners who were not heinous from the prisons in various places and gave them a chance to serve the court, that is, to serve as soldiers and go to sea with the fleet.

Which prisoner was unwilling, so Zhao Xu trained them into an army and went out to sea with the fleet, so there was no need to worry about them rebelling.

Because Zhao Xu had promised them that those who made meritorious deeds would be important when they came back, and he had already given them a settling allowance, so even if they died in their Haihai home, they would not have any burden.

(End of this chapter)