Zhen Xing and the others each selected hundreds of Tianzhu people, loaded them on their own cargo ships, and then headed towards the South China Sea with these Tianzhu specialties.
They had hundreds of ships and formed a huge fleet. The waters outside the South China Sea were not safe. Although the Tianzhu people could not spend much money to buy Zhen Xing's goods, they still wanted to get these goods. So they I can only do some business without capital.
After Daqian's caravan came to this area, the number of pirates in this area began to increase sharply, so Zhen Xing and the others formed a huge fleet to ensure their own safety.
"Shopkeeper, there are three small boats chasing us again, they seem to be pirates from Tianzhu!"
Zhen Xing said with a joking smile: "These Tianzhu people are really not afraid of death for money. They dare to follow a small boat like this and order the fleet behind them to sink them! If you fish them out, you can earn some money for cannonballs!"
The Tianzhu pirates were so poor that their broken ships were not suitable for ocean trade. Even if Zhen Xing and his fleet captured them, they would not get much loot, so Zhen Xin simply ordered her men to sink these pirate ships. To Zhen To them, the pirates themselves are worth more than the ship!
"Boom, boom, boom!" This naval battle was extremely boring. An armed merchant ship approached them and its artillery washed the ground. After burning incense, the three pirate ships began to slowly sink into the water. Then the merchant ship captured all these pirates! Zhen Xin I happily made three million dollars.
Heading from the Tianzhu Sea to the South China Sea, a month later, the fleet arrived at Xihai City, a city controlled by Da Gan.
Xihai City is the farthest city from the mainland in Daqian. This is the naval base established by Li Gang after he became the top leader of the navy. Because Li Gang looked at the sea trade map of Daqian and found that this is the passage to the South China Sea Islands. As long as it is controlled Here, we can control the entire South China Sea, make the South China Sea the inland sea of Daqian, and make the islands in the South China Sea the first line of defense for Daqian against maritime enemies.
After Li Gang's plan was reported to Xu Wei, Xu Wei slammed his forehead, because the location designated by Li Gang was really the location of the Lion City in later generations, and the importance of this place has been proven by later generations.
So when Li Gang wanted to build a naval base in Xihai City, Xu Wei immediately agreed and asked Niu Gui to pay a construction fee of 1 billion.
After Li Gang got the money, he hired 30,000 civilians in Funan Kingdom, and it took more than 2 years to build the current naval base. Li Gang also stationed a 5,000-person naval force, and this navy became the entire The patron saint of the South China Sea.
Xihai City is not only a military port, but also a huge commercial port. Ships returning from Tianzhu usually rest here!
As soon as the fleet entered the West Harbor, the first thing they saw was a lighthouse tens of meters high. As long as they looked at this set of lighthouses, the merchants knew that they had entered Daqian's sphere of influence and no longer had to worry about the surrounding people. Pirates came to raid them.
On both sides of the port are two round concrete buildings like buns. These two are the forts of the West Sea Port. Each fort has 20 giant cannons that can fire hundreds of kilograms of projectiles. This kind of giant cannon fires As long as the projectile hits a ship, any ship will be knocked into its soul.
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After Zhen Xing's fleet docked at the port, he immediately found the navy lieutenant general Chen Baoguo who was stationed here!
He saw Chen Baoguo and said, "I have brought a large number of slaves from Tianzhu, do you want them?"
Although Zhen Xing is a merchant, he is very powerful. His father Zhen An was one of the first merchants to join Daqian. In order to gain Xu Wei's trust, Zhen An used his son Zhen Xing as a pledge and mortgaged it in In Mayi City, Zhen Xing had a blessing in disguise and was a classmate of most of the middle-level officials in Daqian. Chen Baoguo was also a classmate of Zhen Xing, so he could control a caravan of hundreds of ships at a young age.
Chen Baoguo shook his head and said: "There is no shortage of labor in Xihai City. Funan has a population of one million. If I want to build a city, I can definitely go to Funan. Their prices are even cheaper!"
Zhen Xing was not annoyed that the business was not open, but smiled and said: "Hasn't Funanhai been conquered? What are you doing with this ruined country? Baoguo, you might as well capture this primitive country!"
Chen Baoguo said with a smile: "I don't want to leave Daqian and become a barbarian king. Moreover, the king of Funan is very honest now. Not only did he send all the princes to Jidu, but he also expressed secretly that if Daqian was willing to accept Funan, he would I am willing to become an ordinary citizen under the rule of Da Qian!"
Zhen Xing was surprised and said: "So generous? A big country with a population of one million doesn't want it anymore!"
Chen Baoguo said disdainfully: "What generosity? He was just worried that he would be exterminated, so he sent all his children to Jidu. He wanted to ask for protection from the government!"
Funan Kingdom is a primitive country in Nanzhong, similar to Yamatai on the Japanese island. It is an extremely primitive country with a population of only a few hundred thousand and only seven or eight cities. It was formed by the radiation of Han civilization.
But after Daqian drove all the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty to Nanzhong, King Funan's life became difficult. First, he was inexplicably beaten by Lu Bu and was driven out of the wealthy lands of Rinan County. He had to move to Go to a more remote place.
King Funan was also an ambitious man. He wanted to take revenge on Lu Bu, so he also attracted many members of the noble clan who had objections to Lu Bu.
With the help of these powerful Han nobles, Funan quickly transformed from a primitive country into an emerging feudal country. The country's population quickly exceeded one million, and its strength became increasingly powerful.
But soon King Funan found that all his rights had been seized by the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty. After several resistances, his strength was completely destroyed by the powerful nobles, and he himself became a puppet of the powerful nobles. If he hadn't been shrewd, under Li When Gang was in need of labor, he found a way to hug the thigh of the legendary Thunder God, so he didn't fall into the water and die!
Zhen Xing asked: "The imperial court doesn't want Nanzhong anymore?"
"Don't look at the remoteness of Nanzhong, but there are many special products here, not to mention rice three seasons a year, as well as jadeite, precious hard wood, naturally suitable to become the keel of a thousand-stone ship, and precious wood, like what Rosewood, red sandalwood, ebony, every wood is worth as much as gold!”
Chen Baoguo smiled and said: "What kind of jade and sandalwood are these? You businessmen are not hyping them up. What is the difference between jade and stone? Sandalwood is even more of a joke. Although this thing cannot be seen in Daqian, it can be found all over the mountains and plains of Nanzhong." Yes, if I want, I can use any kind of red sandalwood or ebony to build a fleet. If you really think that these woods can be worth as much as gold, I will take all the money from this fleet and you can trade it for a gold ship!"