The Ruan brothers looked at the Tong brothers, and the Tong brothers looked at the Ruan brothers, and they all looked at each other. But no one could say a word.

"If you can't dock for several months, you can only fish and eat from the sea. If it doesn't rain, then the clear water will be smelly for several months, and it will be easy to get sick when you drink it. What can you do to deal with it?"

“…”

One by one, difficulties were thrown out from Li Zhongjun's mouth, and he said it as if he was serious. The navy generals who had never left the sea looked blue.

Wen Fei almost laughed out loud. Although Li Zhongjun said nothing wrong, these things may be encountered during the voyage. However, if you go to Liaodong or even to Koryo, Japan, it is not so exaggerated at all.

When you go to Koryo in Liaodong, you can drive directly along the coastline. When you go to Japan, you will depart from Mingzhou, cross the East China Sea, arrive at Shikashima, and then transfer to Hakata Port. It is the same as the Rinan Line in the Tang Dynasty, and the whole journey is about seven days.

Almost never encountered what Li Zhongjun said. However, the naval commanders of Liangshanpo were all looking at the sky from a well and were very rebellious. Some people came to pick their eyebrows and gave them a few soft nails to touch, but Wen Fei was willing to see it.

"The villain travels to and from the sea all year round, and these subordinates are old seamen, and they are familiar with the situation at sea. If Shang's father does not abandon him, the villain is willing to serve Shang's father!"

As he said that, Li Zhongjun knelt on the ground with a crack, and the ship masters behind him only realized at this time. He then rushed to serve Master Wen Da.

Wen Fei was immediately overjoyed. He was originally trying to conquer these people, otherwise why would he have come out today?

He laughed and said, "Everyone is free, I am asking for help from you." Wen Fei waved his hand and there was an invisible force that helped them all up.

In this era, these experienced old sailors are a huge fortune, especially for Wen Fei, who has a clear understanding of the sea.

At this time, the eight major naval commanders of Liangshanpo had already looked like earth. The embarrassing situation was somewhat similar to the dog who had just been abandoned by his master and fell into the pond.

Wen Fei coughed dryly and said to the original Liangshanbo commanders with a stern face: "You know that sailing is not easy, so you must learn from others in the future. Don't be like the eldest and the second one all day long!"

After hearing Wen Fei's merciless reprimand, these naval commanders were both ashamed and secretly happy. It seemed that Master Wen did not have the idea of ​​knocking them over with one stick. They still needed them. They were happy in their hearts, and they all honestly answered Master Wen's reprimand!

Wen Fei is now organizing the navy and has no intention of being far away. He just runs to the nearshore. If these naval generals are honest and humble, they should be able to get started.

The most important thing is that Wen Fei was worried that his fleet would be fully controlled by Li Zhongjun and his group.

He had no idea about Li Zhongjun and his group, and he guessed that Li Zhongjun and other guys might be pirates. No one knew whether these bold pirates would just look like they ran away from their ships.

On the contrary, the naval commanders of Liangshanpo were no longer rebellious. Their families, relatives, sworn brothers, and all their social relations were in the Song Dynasty, but they were much more reliable.

Taking a step back, not letting your subordinates join forces to deceive and underestimate each other is a means that every qualified superior should master.

"The villain should have served Shang's father, but his virtue is of no use. He cannot fight or go to the sea. He only relies on the lingering shade of his ancestors to make a living, which is useless to Shang's father..." Seeing Wen Fei's gaze shifting, Qingbancheng complained secretly and said with a tough bullet.

Wen Fei beat him up and laughed, "Yu Yuanwai is really polite. Even if you have such a big family business, you can be successful. This Tianshi Master is about to ask Yu Yuanwai to help manage some maritime business!"

Qingbancheng smiled bitterly, was frightened, and asked, "Does Shangfu want to interfere in maritime trade?"

Wen Fei laughed: "This Tianshi has reported to the official and handed over these Maritime Warehouse Divisions to this Tianshi for management. In the future, any merchant ships traveling to and from the Song Dynasty would not pass through the Maritime Warehouse Division and would be treated by smuggling pirates..."

As soon as this said, Qingbancheng felt like he was hit by a stick on his head, and he was complaining in his heart. He thought that with these terrifying steamships, Li Zhongjun, who was familiar with the sea situation, the sea will be controlled by this great master Wen in the future. Where can there be someone else's way to live?

What made him even more frightened was that the five major maritime departments of the Song Dynasty could increase the income of about 2 million yuan to the court a year. This was the imperial court's money bag, but Master Wen asked for it from the court in one sentence. What kind of energy is this?

In fact, Master Wen Da is already quite dissatisfied with the Maritime Warehouse. What a joke? The five Maritime Warehouses earn only 2 million yuan a year? Send beggars?

Others don’t know the amazing profits of the sea trade, how can Master Wen Da know? At this time, the best Guangzhou Maritime Bureau has a revenue of only 700,000 to 800,000 yuan per year. When he heard this number for the first time, Master Wen Da Da almost screamed out.

The same thing, let me send the beggar! In the opinion of Master Wen Da, if these five major maritime departments do not earn 10 or 20 million yuan a year, what else can I do?

You should know that these five major maritime authorities monopolize overseas trade. The court ordered that ordinary merchants be strictly prohibited from free trade. Any ship entering and leaving the port must hold the "public certificate" issued by the maritime authorities and be sent by the military vessel supervisor. When the country's merchants go to sea for trade, they can only return to the original port and are not allowed to enter other ports without permission.

It’s just like this monopoly, and only earning such a little money in a year is simply not a son.

So Master Wen only mentioned one sentence: he could increase the annual income of these five major Maritime Warehouse Divisions to more than 10 million yuan, and immediately let Zhao Ji and the ministers of the court happily hand over the Maritime Warehouse Division to Master Wen to manage.

But Li Zhongjun secretly called luck and was very grateful. Fortunately, he defected to the Heavenly Master first. Otherwise...

He was secretly glad in his stomach, but Wen Fei shouted: "The court has an order, Li Zhongjun obeys the order!"

Li Zhongjun had never seen this before. He stayed for a long time before he realized it. A fat and fat official came to proclaim the imperial edict: "I heard that there is a righteous man named Li in the sea, and he has the heart of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism..."

The edicts written in the Song Dynasty were much simpler. They did not have the kind of blooming flowers that were parallel to each other in later generations, and probably the result of the eight-legged essays that had not been implemented yet. Of course, they were also a little more elegant than the oral imperial edicts of the Yuan Dynasty.

Anyway, Li Zhongjun, a big guy who hasn't read for a few days, can understand it, and suddenly he kneeled on the ground out of control, almost bursting into tears.

To put it bluntly, this guy has become an official! And he is not a small official. Although his name is quite strange, he is called the captain of the Anti-smuggling Team of the Song Dynasty Customs. It sounds like he is just a small captain, but he is a real seventh-rank military officer.

You should know that no matter whether you are a bandit or a pirate, in Middle Earth, as long as you are a thief, there is no one who does not want to be an official. This is what is called killing, setting fire and receiving revenge.

Even the later generations of Wang Zhi and Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong were so big that they were sought by the court. And even if Li Zhongjun had some small forces on the sea, how could he compare with those of the pirates with thousands of warships and hundreds of thousands of soldiers?

Even if Li Zhongjun defected to Wen Fei, Shangfu, he never thought that he could become an official. To put it bluntly, these guys who were far away from the center of the court in Tokyo did not know exactly how great the influence of Master Wen had on the court to Zhao Ji, the official family.

"Little man, villain... Thank you for your cultivation of the Heavenly Master. The villain will repay you with grass and arms in the next life... No, the villain will always be a cow and a horse to repay Shang's great kindness..."

Seeing this guy who was suspected of being a pirate crying excitedly, Wen Fei once again realized how great tempting it is for a Chinese to be an official.

It seems that for the Chinese, everything in the world is not the right way, as if only being an official is the real right way. Especially for the ancients, this is even more so.

Especially for a maritime businessman or suspected pirate like Li Zhongjun, no matter how big it is, what can I do? If you want to shine your family and your family lintel... you still have to be an official!

And as we have said before, the official rank of the Song Dynasty was not like that of later generations, when the first and second ranks were flying all over the sky. In the Song Dynasty, a dignified Bailihou was in charge of a hundred miles of radius, and the parents of tens of thousands of people were only seven or eighth ranks.

A civil servant of the fourth and fifth rank can enter the central government and become the prime minister. Even the military officer of the seventh rank is definitely not small.

"Little man..." Wen Fei's eyes turned to Qingbancheng. At this time, Qingbancheng hesitated, and for a while, under this huge temptation, and before the real threat in front of him, he said: "Little man is also willing to serve Shangfu!"

Wen Fei's smile became more and more kind. The most important thing in the 21st century is talent. In this 11th century, talent is talent. Nowadays, it is really not easy to find a group of people who can use it for themselves!

"Very good, very good. Yu Yuanwai is willing to serve the court, that's great!" Wen Fei smiled and said, "Now the promotion of the Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse Department has been recruited by the court. The Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse Department has been handed over to the Tianshi Master for all of this. Anyone in it is all about the Tianshi Master's words!"
Chapter completed!