And this Li Zhongjun actually grew up to have such a virtue, and many of these things are worthy of fun. That sea merchant, with a net worth of billions, would he take the risk of wandering on the sea every day? Is the pirates almost the same?

Since the Western Xia blocked the Silk Road in the northwest, its connection with the West could only rely on maritime trade. Perhaps the Maritime Silk Road emerged in this era.

There was no such thing as a maritime ban in the Song Dynasty, and maritime trade was particularly prosperous. Since the second year of Yuanyou and the third year of Yuanyou, new maritime corps were added in Quanzhou and Mizhou respectively, forming a complete pattern of "five major maritime corpses" - Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, and Mizhou from south to north.

However, Hangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty was a city by the sea, but Hangzhou Maritime Service was just below the Changhe River south of Zhujiaqiao outside Baoanmen.

There are foreign merchants living in Yangbatou, Hangzhou, and Xinsi San Bridge. There are many Jews and Christians who live near the Chongxinmen Bridge in the east of the city.

The west of Jianqiao is the residence of Hui Hui people, commonly known as "Bawenlou". The residence of foreign merchants is called "Fanfang", which is jointly managed by the Maritime Bureau and the local government.

It would be no surprise that such a mixed-race Qingbancheng and this rich man who was suspected to be a pirate were appearing at all. Wen Fei even became interested in them all at once.

"Yu Yuanwai, do you think he has the bloodline of great food?" Wen Fei asked.

Qingbancheng quickly replied: "The villain dare not be called a minister. If you go back to the Tianshi, the villain family has been in Middle-earth since the Tang Dynasty. Over the past few hundred years, they have long been the people of Middle-earth.

The villain's family dare not say that they are well-read poetry and books, but the villain has also read Confucian books such as the Analects of Confucius. Now they are even more converted to Taoism and are Taoists who have taught the talismans!"

Wen Fei said oh, not saying anything. As early as the Tang Dynasty, merchants from Arab regions had settled in China, and their descendants were called "Native Fanke".

However, even when these guys arrived in Middle Earth, most of them still believed in Green Buddhism. Like this, they were completely transformed into Middle Earth and read Confucian books. Now there are not many Taoists in Shenzhen!

Master Wen Datian continued to ask Li Zhongjun, saying, "What about Mr. Li?"

Li Zhongjun smiled apologized and said, "You are the villain of Shangfu, who is a serious Middle-earth person. Even if you are a wife and concubine in your family, you dare not have those women from other races!"

Wen Fei smiled and said, "But there is no need. I have said that those who enter China are China and those who leave China are barbarians, such as Yu Yuanwai. I also regard him as a citizen of Middle-earth!"

Yu Leweng burst into tears and said repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, Shangfu." That look was so exciting that he cried, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.

Wen Fei naturally couldn't care whether this guy was true or not, but he naturally used the two people to use it. He wouldn't care so much.

He said, "Have you both been to Dashi?"

Li Zhongjun quickly said, "Report to Shangfu, the villain mainly went to the Japanese country, and the Great Food Commission has never been there!"

Wen Fei looked at Ren Leweng again. Ren Leweng also smiled bitterly and said, "The little family had been to Dashi in the early years. However, these years they have mainly been doing business in the land, and occasionally they traveled to Japan and Goryeo!"

"Oh, why is this?" Wen Fei asked.

Ren Leweng smiled bitterly: "Now the waterways leading to the West are monopolized by the Great Cannibals. Even the ships that go to and from our Song Dynasty are also the Great Cannibals. My fleet encountered storm pirates several times in the early years and were completely damaged, but the route of the Great Cannibals did not dare to run away again!"

Although this is said obscure, Wen Fei also heard it. It seems that those big cannibals are not ordinary domineering! In order to monopolize the trade of the waterway, he can really do anything.

But there is a saying that 300% profit can allow capitalists to risk being hanged to do all business. The profits of maritime trade are probably more than 300%, right?

From the first year of Kaibao to the first year of Feixiong, there were 48 tributes in the Song Dynasty, and the average number of tributes was almost once every three years. This was just tribute trade, most of which were served by some maritime merchants. The number of private private trade was even more common.

However, Ren Leweng was afraid that he didn't tell the truth. Now the Song Dynasty seems to occupy an active position in overseas trade.

Some information in Wen Fei's hand shows that during the Song and Yuan dynasties, China's shipbuilding industry emerged in a sudden force, with large scale and large number of ships built. Large Chinese maritime ships loaded 10,000 to 12,000 stones (500 to 600 tons), and could also carry 500 to 600 people. Medium-sized maritime ships loaded 2,000 to 4,000 stones (100 to 200 tons), carrying 200 to 300 people.

The Shenzhou, which was sent to Goryeo in the Song Dynasty, was a Fujian passenger boat that was more than 10 meters long, with a capacity of about 1,000 tons, and its scale was no less than Zheng He's "treasure ship".

And more importantly, don’t forget that the compass, one of China’s four great inventions, was applied to navigation at this time. This was an epoch-making event in the history of navigation. It has led to the development of coastal navigation in the past Chinese sailing ships into trans-ocean navigation.

By the Southern Song Dynasty, the compass became a common navigation method for Chinese maritime ships. The development of China's navigation technology and shipbuilding industry in the Song and Yuan dynasties changed the trend of the previous dynasty's main trade with foreign ships.

Therefore, the monopoly of the big food merchants mentioned by Ren Leweng will only happen after the Yuan and Ming dynasties. At this time, it is simply impossible!

As a person who traveled through time in later generations, if he didn't know the importance of overseas trade, he could buy a piece of tofu and hit him to death early.

Sooner or later, Master Wen Da must find a way to occupy overseas routes. But now, these things are not urgent. He is more interested in the Japanese routes mentioned by Li Zhongjun.

Wen Fei asked: "How is the situation in Japan now?"

Li Zhongjun showed a honest and honest smile and said, "Now that the Fujiwara clan was in power for a long time, and the so-called ministers and ministers were not interested in everything except Kyoto. Not to mention the sea trade. They are all our Song Dynasty ships to Japan to do business, and there are almost no Japanese ships to our Song Dynasty."

Wen Fei asked again: "So are you familiar with the routes in western Liaoning?"

Li Zhongjun thought about it and said honestly: "Familiar. Those Jurchens have ginseng and various precious furs in their hands. We occasionally go to the business there!"

Wen Fei nodded, feeling satisfied. Neither the Jurchens in western Liaoning or the Japanese, Wen Da Tianshi had any good ideas!

Wen Fei nodded and smiled and said, "Do it well, I will use you in the future!"

The two were very happy when they heard this and said in unison: "Little people, I am willing to be traumatized by Shang's father!"

Wen Fei responded lightly, looked at Yang Guishan coldly again, and said, "The interest today is over, let's talk about it another day!"

The two maritime merchants said together: "The villain asked Shang's father to visit West Lake another day, and asked Shang's father to admire his face!"

Wen Fei nodded lightly. These two people were of great use to him. After seeing these two people off, Wen Fei said to Chen San and Song Wu: "So was the one who won the lottery this time?"

The two of them saluted with their hands crossed, and Song Wu was so scared that he stammered, his legs were trembling and he was about to lose his feet. On the contrary, Chen San still had to calm down. He hurriedly said, "I dare not help Shangfu praise him. The villains just sell their strength to make Shangfu happy!"

Wen Fei laughed and said, "Those who dare to be a trendsetter are not just a piece of strength, but they must be both wise and brave!"

The two of them were flushed with a word from Master Wen, and their hearts seemed to be flooded by a warm current.

You should know that the trendsetters at this time are almost synonymous with the desperate people. They are all rogues who dare to surf and play in the Qiantang River tide and make some money. Usually, these people are hated by gods and ghosts. Who can take a look at them more seriously?

At this moment, Wen Fei praised it, and tears were about to flow out. Of course, this sentence depends on who said it. Only the warm and warm words of the superiors can soothe people's hearts. An ordinary person ran to the two of them and said this, and that was to find the robbery!

Even a group of officials who were attending the audience and did not dare to speak were puzzled. I thought that Shangfu was really strange to us officials of the court and the rich businessmen like Qingbancheng, but he was so kind to these two rogues!

"The Qiantang River tide is so powerful, but if you are not careful, you will be washed away by the river and your bones will not exist. If you dare to surf the tide, you will have courage. And at this tide, you can still play so many tricks and win the lottery. This is wisdom. Isn't it both wisdom and courage?" Wen Fei smiled.

The two of them knelt down with a thud, and tears flowed down. Originally, they were just trying to get some bounty, but they were so tall that they were summed up by Master Wen, and suddenly they had the urge to die for their confidants. Even if these two people might have never heard of this sentence!

Wen Fei waved his hand and an invisible force helped them up. The two of them were shocked and experienced the magical powers of Master Wen Dadi.

But Wen Fei smiled and said, "I have built a few steamships now, and I am missing some good men who are familiar with water and brave and resourceful to drive. How about it? Are you two interested?"

Just kidding, Master Wen Da Tian said this, so these two people could be shameless. They both snatched the ground with their heads and shouted: "I am willing to die for Shang's father!"

Wen Fei nodded and said to the two: "When you go down later, someone will give you a talisman. In the future, we can be regarded as our Taoist believers!"

"Yes, yes. The young people will definitely believe in their words in the future!" As they said that, these two guys retreated with great awareness.

The two of them had a low status and did not dare to stay in front of others for too long. They retreated aside, but they did not dare to leave. After all, Wen Fei had told them. But they didn't know who they were looking for. They were dizzy, as if they were in a dream, and every step seemed to be stepping on the clouds.
Chapter completed!