Yingtianfu Longtan Ancient Town is crowded with people and is very lively.

The port funded by the Wu family in Jinling will be used here soon. From the Longjiang dock in Jinling, the merchant ships produced are parked in the port one by one, and they are piled with various goods on it early in the morning. It is probably silk and porcelain from Jiangnan, and they are packed in boxes full of forage. These things are not valuable in Jiangnan, and once they go to sea, they are all sky-high prices.

Merchant ships departing from Longtan Port can reach the Wusong River and then go to sea under the protection of the navy. From then on, there is no need to transport goods to Songjiang Prefecture and go to sea in the Jinling area.

Wu Jikun had a red face and had a great time talking to many maritime merchants who came to see his merchant ships go to sea. His eyes glanced west from time to time, as if waiting for something. This time, the Wu family blew up the money and built the port was not its own industry, but was handed over to the court to share with everyone.

This is the wedding gift given to Hou Xuanyan by the Wu family. It really won his favor and promised to be present in person today.

Finally, at the entrance of the port, a pair of personal guards held swords to separate the crowd and left a road.

No one recognizes the ceremonial guards of the Duke of the Kingdom of Jinling. Everyone flocked to the door to welcome Duke of Yue.

The car sedan that everyone was waiting for did not arrive. Hou Xuanyan and his personal soldiers came on horseback. When they arrived at the port, the seven knights stopped their horses. Hou Xuanyan turned over and threw the horse whip in his hand, and caught it with a scarred face.

Wu Jikun brought everyone forward and saluted: "Greetings to the Duke of the People."

Hou Xuanyan put his hair into a scarf and dressed in a short casual outfit. He looked red and heroic. He laughed and helped Wu Jikun up and said, "Haha, Longtan Port was originally a small ferry, but today he saw that it had a slight harbor style. This time, the Wu family is so generous that they offer this place for everyone to use. You should thank Wu Jikun."

Who is Wu Jikun? He is an old fox like Gu Youde. He knows that if the Wu family wants to last for a long time, they will have to make friends with the real helmsman of the empire in front of him. Otherwise, even if they are rich enough to compete with the country, they will inevitably become fat in the eyes of those in power. After hearing what Hou Xuan said, Wu Jikun was happy and bent down and said, "The Duke of the State is sympathetic to our merchants, and his care is especially good as his parents. We ordinary people will marry the Duke of the State. It is really insignificant to prepare this little gift. How dare Wu be greedy for me?"

The water flows on the river as smooth as a mirror, and the wind is bright and sunny. The bright sunshine shines on the face, warm and magnificent. The endless rivers and mountains are lined with thousands of sails and ships. Hou Xuanyan held his hand and said, "You can follow me to climb the high building to see today's river view."

In the center of Longtan Port is a three-story tall building with carved beams, painted buildings, green tiles and red walls. Everyone surrounded Hou Xuanyan and climbed up the high building and looked at the railings. It was really lively. The merchants had never seen such a grand scene, and no one spoke for a while. Under Hou Xuanyan's secret promotion, all the people suddenly realized that a great maritime business era had arrived.

The Han people's thousands of years of accumulation and leadership have given us the natural advantage of primitive accumulation without bloody massacre. As long as we have strong enough military support, our normal trade will be a trade surplus. Countless silver will flow into the land of China, and what we pay is porcelain made of mud, silk woven by silkworms, and other things that can be produced indefinitely.

Even these businessmen in it suddenly realized that they might be undergoing a transformation of an era.

Wu Jikun sighed and said, "It's a pity that I can't go to the southeast and can't pass through Southeast Asia, otherwise I can do it several times."

The southeastern sea is now under Zheng Zhilong's world, and all the passing merchant ships have to share the debt with them. After Hou Xuanyan and Zheng Zhilong's relationship was tense, it was difficult for the merchant ships in Jiangnan to set foot on the coast of Fujian.

Hou Xuanyan had a long time to make up his mind, and of course it involved Zheng Zhilong, which was a major event in the country's military affairs and would definitely not speak out in front of so many people. So after hearing this, he just smiled and said nothing.

At one moment, several shirtless men carried a large wine pot to the riverside. The wine pot was one person tall. Seeing the blushing faces, most of them were filled with fine wine. Several people squatted the wine pot on a raised wooden board, and more than a dozen bamboo tubes extended around the wooden board.

Wu Jikun reached out and said, "Duke, this is called the slashing pot. When the new port is opened, the wine pot must be broken, which means peace every year. This is the wish of the common people who run to the sea business. I also ask the slightest gift to ask the slashing of the country to carry out this gift."

Hou Xuanyan was very interested and said, "Although these boatmen and sailors look strong, each one has a family with old and young people behind them, and they are the pillars of the family. Peace is the greatest hope for the whole family. There are many winds and waves on the sea, and we are heartbroken and sincere, and we will be able to reach the will of heaven."

After saying that, he brought everyone to the riverside. Two people held a large plate with a gold-plated hammer on it. Hou Xuanyan picked up the hammer and the sailors were very happy. They had heard of Hou Xuanyan's deeds. They had seen the deeds of the Eastern Prince and Duke, and had great luck. If he came to break the pot, wouldn't it be a plea?

Hou Xuanyan raised his hammer and sang: "Today's first transportation to Longtan Port, I, Hou Xuanyan, wish everyone a peaceful and safe return every time they go to sea, and a wealth of money will be abundant!"

After saying that, the wine pot was specially treated and scattered into pieces with a thud. The wine inside was flowing out along the surrounding bamboo tubes.

The people around him were holding wine pots and crowded to pick up the wine and drink, and Hou was very lively.

Jiang Jianxun, the new head of the Ministry of War who came to watch the ceremony in the distance, brought his loyal servant Wang Da from a distance to overlook the grand occasion by the river.

"You have a high position and a powerful position, and you can enjoy the people and your hearts will follow you. Look below, the smiles on the faces of peddlers, guards and soldiers, and wealthy merchants are all caused by the heart. If the Duke of Yue is not a big goal, he is born as an emperor."

Wang Da lazily leaned against the railing, sipped a sip of wine, and said casually: "The master said this kind of thing, it will be useless. It will neither allow our master and servant to be promoted and wealth, nor will we govern the country and maintain peace, and may also cause trouble. I want me to say that a wise person will make mistakes in a thousand words, and seeing through everything but not saying it out loud. The right way is to make money by being bored."

Jiang Jianxun rarely retorted, laughed and said, "Although you are not irrelevant, you are quite good at speaking, and you are worthy of being my follower."
Chapter completed!