wThe wind and waves in the Bohai Sea are not big, and our leisurely boating and brewing wine took us five days before we arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River in Qingzhou Prefecture, the Song Dynasty.

The navy of the Song Dynasty was very powerful, with more than five navy troops across the country, and the most elite ones were the Jiangnan Navy and the Qingzhou Navy in front of us.

In the past, in order to prevent the Khitans from taking a boat from the Bohai Sea and rushing directly into the mouth of the Yellow River, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty tried his best to build the Qingzhou Navy. It is said that there were more than 300 large and large ships, of which ten were the super large ships we have seen, fifty of the same size as the "Badi". Only one hundred medium ships, and the rest were ordinary small boats.

Almost decades later, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has steadily increased, and countless people are going out to do business. The taxes brought to the Great Song Dynasty made the court laugh from ear to ear. Therefore, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty also cared about the protection of merchants and spared no effort to build several major naval masters. Every year, a large sum of gold and silver were invested in, maintaining and expanding the combat effectiveness of the navy.

What are the navy doing when he becomes strong?

Of course, I often pull out to help the merchant fleet, and set up checkpoints in several large ports to collect taxes.

For example, dozens of medium-sized ships are wandering back and forth around the Qingzhou harbor. Once a ship returns from overseas, you must first go to the nearby harbor and cannot directly enter the Yellow River.

The port pays not much tax, at most thirty taxes. The officials here are very responsible and are not calculated based on the prices of Tokyo Bianliang. They only set the tax amount according to the prices of Qingzhou Prefecture, and rarely happen indiscriminately.

Those who can organize a fleet to go to sea on a large scale are not ordinary people. If tax officials dare to collect taxes randomly, then they will be sued to Beijing and at least they will go home directly, and they will almost go to the prison cell for the rest of their lives.

Qingzhou Harbour is very large. It covers an area of ​​thousands of acres, and more than ten piers are each larger than our Liuyin Harbour. However, at this time, due to the upcoming winter, there are not many ships here where the sun shines in the afternoon, there are about 300 ships, and at most 20 fleets.

At its peak, there were only 3,000 ships passing by in Qingzhou Harbour a day, which was twice as many as Sakaimachi.

But Qingzhou Port is not the most powerful. Yangzhou and Suzhou Ports in Jiangnan set a record of more than 10,000 ships hovering around the harbor in one day, making all the sea merchants doing business fascinated and wished they were there that day, seeing the unique maritime grand occasion since the creation of the world.

Our twenty large and medium-sized ships were so conspicuous among all the fleets that a medium-sized ship arrived at the first time, waved at us, and led us to the best position to dock.

At the same time, several obvious officials came with a group of followers, riding horses from the dock, and the destination was obviously ours.

Chen Xiaoxuan, who was a little excited about returning to her hometown, frowned and said, "What's going on?"

She thought she was here to find fault.

But when I thought about the enthusiasm of the guide ship just now, I subconsciously knew that it shouldn't be a bad thing. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a ship coming, but dozens of ships gathered around.

Seeing a group of people standing on the dock, standing in a proper manner, as if we were welcoming a big man, my mind immediately came to life, and I instantly thought about why they did this.

As I saw it, Ba Ye, who smiled heartily and said, "It seems that the warship of the Jiangnan Navy is very useful. They must have thought that some big man's fleet has returned."

After Ba Ye finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized.

It is understandable to use large ships to do business. It is natural to buy better quality ships from the official shipyard, but those who can use Jiangnan Navy-level first-class warships at Jiangnan Shipyard are definitely not ordinary people.

No wonder people greeted each other warmly from the beginning, and now the dock officials who received the news came quickly and waited for the visit.

"What should we do now? If they find out that they have picked up the wrong person, they will definitely show us their face, right?" Jeon Mi-yeon asked with a frown on her eyebrows.

"No." Master smiled, "Have you forgotten the jade pendant on Xiaobao?"

"Is this called pulling the tiger's skin and pulling the big flag?" Chen Mengqiu also pursed her lips and smiled, "Xiaobao, it's your turn to appear again!"

I stared at them speechlessly, "It's not what I want to show off, why do I look like this?"

"Yes, Xiaobao is right. Besides, there will be a lot of trouble if there is no jade pendant along the way." Ba Ye supported me in this regard. "It is rare to have this opportunity to make good use of the relationship. There is still a few days to travel to Bianliang here. If you follow the normal foreign businessman model, I don't know how troublesome it will be."

"Not either." Chen Han retorted what Ba Ye said, "The Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and he is very polite to foreign merchants. Haven't you heard from the people of Liaoyang Prefecture of the Great Liao Kingdom? The merchants of the Song Dynasty have thirty tax one. If it is an external fleet, depending on how much goods you have, and whether it is a shortage of goods in the Song Dynasty, there will be exemptions, and it can reach a maximum of 60 tax one one."

"According to me, it's wrong for the Song Dynasty." I said in disagreement: "What's so easy for the people of other countries to do? Can they still be grateful and help you more? Only by letting their own people be able to have a strong national strength and make their own country stable. People from other countries are rich because of your Song Dynasty's tolerance. Isn't it because they are strong enough to attack your Song Dynasty?"

"Uh... you say this... it's a bit biased..." Chen Han's face changed, but he couldn't refute the substantive things in my words. He could only say embarrassedly: "Being polite to guests is the teaching of the saints. My Song Dynasty is a great country. How can I lose my courtesy?...Don't interrupt me! You bastard, you know all day long to learn from your Dad Lauren's father. I have taught you so many years in vain, but you have been devoted to money!"

Regarding the master's cruel suppression, my sister shook her hand and signaled me not to talk back. I am also a generous person, so I won't say much to this scholar who can't get out of the stage.

During the conversation, the ship had completely settled down, and the stairs on the deck had been swung and put down, and they were matched with the boat board to achieve a smooth passage.

I walked down first with great strides, followed by a group of friends and dozens of Rakshasa Guard Banners.

Several officials were smiling all over their faces, but when they saw that they were a group of people not wearing Song Dynasty clothes walked down, especially the fierce Rakshasa ghosts on them, they were stunned for a moment, and two of them subconsciously took a step back.

The person in the lead is about forty years old, not tall, very thin, very flexible eyes, but not frivolous.

After looking at me up and down, I was surprised that I was so young, and I was even more sure not to act rashly.

As his hand slightly swung, the officials around him stopped commotion.

"I am the head of Qingzhou Harbour Terminal, Ju Fengming, I dare to ask where you are from and where you are going?" The head of the official bowed and bowed.

I smiled slightly, and a standard scholar etiquette went back: "Sir Ju, I'm going to get Yinxingbao, please wait for anyone else to step back. I have something important to report."

Ju Fengming looked at the person behind me and found that he was not carrying any weapons. Besides, he thought that this was his old nest of the Song Dynasty, so who dared to be arrogant here, so he waved his hand again and said to the person beside him: "You retreat five feet."

The faces of a group of officials suddenly became unfavorable. This young man was too arrogant and dared to call himself "no matter who is involved."

But I still have to listen to what my boss said. When they stepped back as they said, I took out the jade pendant from my arms and handed it to Ju Fengming.

Although Ju Fengming's official position is not very high, he may have become a solemn official in an extremely important place in Qingzhou Harbour. He is definitely not from a small place.

Just a little looked at the jade pendant, Ju Fengming's face immediately changed, and he became respectful again, and took the jade pendant with both hands.

As soon as he bought the jade pendant, he completely affirmed his judgment based on the heavy weight and warm feeling alone, and then carefully looked at the carved patterns on it. After a moment, Ju Fengming respectfully returned his hands: "Ju Fengming has met an adult! I don't know which mansion you are from, why haven't I received the information from the capital yet?"

"I came from the Eight Sages Palace, just a son of a slave, it's nothing." I said lightly, "At the beginning of the year, the large fleet set off from Jiangnan, but I stayed in Japan for several months before I completed the task here and prepared to go home for the New Year."

"Haha, Lord Yinxing, you are so humble. People like me don't even have the qualifications to enter the Eight Virtues Palace! How can you be considered a lowly?" Ju Fengming smiled happily, and he already knew in his heart. Don't listen to this young man bragging about what kind of slave he is, what kind of slave is worthy of the prince giving him such a precious jade pendant representing the token of the royal palace? At least they are the sons of the inner and outer housekeepers of the Eight Virtues Palace, and they are definitely valued, otherwise they would not have come out to perform the mission alone.

Ju Fengming had long heard of the fact that the Eight Virtues Mansion fleet set out from Jiangnan. Since the reason and the tokens were matched, and there were five warships from the Eight Virtues Mansion to testify, it was the truth of the iron.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, several obvious warships from Jiangnan Shipyard appeared, but they were not from the Song Dynasty. Once this spread was spread, it would definitely be a shocking case. I wonder how many people were affected.

Now that I have confirmed that it belongs to my own people, there is no problem. Moreover, I think this young master Yinxing will not feel unhappy. Welcome to your support, which is my greatest motivation.
Chapter completed!