"Isn't it a trap to stay in Jimo City?" Jiang Shan said he couldn't understand.
But Zhang Beichen said: "The world today is a battle for hegemony, and countries have annexed each other. It is no longer a world where we could help each other restore our country."
In many years before this, the princes of one country often fled to another country and took back the throne with the help of other kings, such as the monarch of Yiqu Kingdom Yiquzan.
But now, all countries want to fight for dominance and seek refuge in other princes, and will only become pawns for the unification of others.
Jiang Chan also asked: "The county magistrate of Jimo already wants to search here. How can we deal with it? If we avoid the search, how can we regain the throne?"
Jiang Shan said: "It's better to ask me to recruit soldiers and take down Jimo City, and then the king issues a manifesto to fight against the thieves to the world and fight against the rebels!"
Zhang Beichen shook his head and said, "There is a huge gap in strength between the enemy and us. At this time, the uprising is tantamount to death!"
At this time, Jiang Chan and Tian Heng were not only in the gap in military strength, but also in the hearts of the people. The subjects of Qi all loved Tian Heng and had no good feelings for the King of Qi.
Once the uprising occurs, no one in the entire Qi State will respond and will be wiped out soon.
"Your Majesty! I think we can go to the sea to avoid risks temporarily, use the island as a base, and slowly recruit soldiers and strengthen our power!" Zhang Beichen put forward his own suggestions.
There are some islands around Jimo City, and some fishermen live there. The power of the government is basically unable to control the islands.
"Use the island as the base?" During this period, no one paid attention to the ocean. Moreover, there were some demons in the ocean. Except for the fishermen near the sea and the alchemists who were determined to seek immortality, no one would pay attention to the ocean.
But in Zhang Beichen's view, the ocean has great potential!
Jimo City itself is the most prosperous port in the world now. Through it, ships can withstand Yan and Yue, and can also enter the inland through the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
The biggest obstacle now is probably that shipbuilding technology is underdeveloped and maritime traffic is very dangerous.
"As you said first, avoid this search!" Jiang Chan couldn't think of any good idea.
Based on her experience, the simulation usually reaches this level, and almost the simulation has lost in this game.
...
[Under Jiang Shan's arrangement, you and King Jiang Chan of Qi packed your bags overnight and took a small boat to an island outside Jimo City.]
The entire island is in an undeveloped state, with only dozens of fishermen coming here from time to time, and the conditions can be said to be very simple.
Although Jiang Chan is a puppet king, she has also grown up with wealth and wealth. Faced with such an environment, she is a little uncomfortable.
"Ah! Zhang Beichen, there is a snake!" Jiang Chan screamed in the wooden house.
As soon as Zhang Beichen entered the room, Jiang Chan hugged him tightly and shouted, "The snake is inside!"
"Ahem, Master, I will just deal with such a small matter!" Zhang Beichen reminded softly.
Only then did Jiang Chan realize that her delicate body was already close to Zhang Beichen. She turned red and said, "I'm so rude!"
When Zhang Beichen entered the house, a poisonous snake came in.
There are many venomous snakes on this island, which is inevitable.
Fortunately, this is not a deserted island to survive. In order to take care of Jiang Chan's daily life, Jiang Shan specially sent some servants to come here to disguise themselves as fishermen, build houses for Jiang Chan, drive away venomous snakes and insects, wash clothes and cook, etc.
[A few days later, Tian Zhe took the soldiers to the Jiang family's territory to search, but did not find any trace of Jiang Chan, so he could only report it to Tian Heng truthfully.]
...
"Not found?" Tian Heng thought, "This Jiang Chan will not escape from Qi State, right?"
"It's very likely! She has no foundation in Qi State, and it's useless to stay in Qi State!" Tian E said.
"Since that's the case, the ascension of the throne cannot be delayed for a long time! If Jiang Chan is used by other princes, I, Tian Heng, will be injustice!" Tian Heng said, "Send the order and prepare for the ascension ceremony!"
[Two months later, Qi Prime Minister Tian Heng claimed that King Jiang Chan of Qi was killed by the rebels. With the advice of his ministers, Tian Heng officially ascended the throne and became Qi State, and the Qi State Duke has since been given the surname Tian.]
...
Tian Heng's usurpation of the throne did not cause any trouble in Qi. The people of Qi recognized the new king, and some even rushed to tell each other to celebrate Tian Heng's becoming the King of Qi.
Jiang Chan, who learned the news, was very depressed and asked Zhang Beichen what to do next.
Zhang Beichen said: "If you want to regain power, you must have money."
"I have nothing now." Jiang Chan whispered.
"Don't the king still have me?" Zhang Beichen looked at him with a smile, and Jiang Chan's heart moved. For some reason, when Zhang Beichen was there, it seemed as if everything would not be too bad, which made people feel very at ease.
Zhang Beichen continued: "The first thing we need to do now is to make money. Only by making money can we recruit soldiers and strengthen our power!"
"In such a place, you can't even see a person, how can you make money?" Jiang Chan looked around and could not see anything except the deserted island.
"Weichen has already inspected it. The climate of this island is suitable and can be used to dry sea salt. There are natural ports here. After drying sea salt, it can be transported by ships and sold to various countries, and you can earn a lot of money and grain!"
Zhang Beichen said.
"You mean, smuggling sea salt?" Jiang Chan guessed what he thought, this was a great benefit from Qi State!
Jimo City has flourished because of this, so monarchs of all dynasties have attached great importance to this area. It is a death sentence for privately making sea salt or selling it!
"Yes, but it's not considered smuggling, but normal business. The king is the King of Qi. How can it be considered smuggling when doing business at his own home?" Zhang Beichen said with a smile.
"Then try it!" Jiang Chan was still not very confident. Even if she had made sea salt, how much could she have? It was not easy to take action.
...
[You asked Jiang Shan for help, open salt fields beside the island, introduce sea water, and dry salt.]
At this time, the sea salt production technology was not mature, so Zhang Beichen used meteorological conditions such as humidity, temperature, wind speed to adjust it, and at the same time improved it in various process links.
"Is this our sea salt?" When Jiang Chan saw the white crystals in the salt field, she couldn't help but look surprised on her pretty face.
The sea salt made by Zhang Beichen and others was white in color and even in grains, which was much better than the salt she had seen before.
"This is a shortage of items that all countries need. As long as they can be transported out, they can be exchanged for money!" Zhang Beichen said confidently.
In this era, many ordinary people cannot eat salt and can only rely on various methods to replenish salt.
"Then how do you plan to be lucky? The officers and soldiers of Jimo City are all staring at it!" Jiang Chan said.
"Travel by sea!" Zhang Beichen said directly, "From Jimo City, you can transport it to Yan and Yue countries, transport it through rivers, and also transport it inland."
"Sea Transport?" Jiang Chan frowned slightly. In this era, long-distance shipping is based on luck. If you have good luck, you will be buried in the sea.
In the final analysis, the ship's technology is insufficient, and the small boat cannot resist the wind and waves. At this time, the largest "big wing" ship was only more than 20 meters long, and there were no oars and rudders!
Zhang Beichen naturally considered this, so he contacted Jiang Shan very early and asked him to contribute money and help build a sea ship.
The ship was designed by Zhang Beichen himself, and he adopted a keel design, which allowed the ship to withstand wind and waves! In addition, multi-layer sails and ship pedals were added, so that the power of the ship was greatly enhanced and the ship speed could be increased.
In addition, Zhang Beichen also specially smelted several small cannons installed on the ship to deal with monsters in the sea and enemies they may encounter.
When the first ship was built, even Jiang Shan praised it.
In front of him was a building ship that was dozens of meters long and had several floors. The people and cargoes that could be loaded were more than twice as high as those of the "big wing" ship!
"It's such a clever craftsman. I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang is also proficient in shipbuilding!" Jiang Shan sighed, "A big ship like this can be said to be invincible on the water!"
"This is nothing. Now we don't have enough money, otherwise we can build a larger ship!" Zhang Beichen said. Even wooden ships can build a treasure ship with a length of 100 meters.
But obviously, they don't have the resources to build such a big ship now.
In addition to this "wooden ship", Zhang Beichen also asked Jiang Shan to spend money to build some relatively small sailboats to transport goods.
Shipbuilding has been quite expensive these days. In order to meet Zhang Beichen's requirements, Jiang Shan spent all the savings of the Jiang family.
It can be said that once Zhang Beichen fails, the Jiang family will completely decline, and Jiang Chan's great cause of restoration will end!
To be on the safe side, Zhang Beichen decided to go there himself, and he wanted to sell sea salt to Yan State.
After the simulation, Yan Qingwu began to pay attention to the economy. Now Yan State has close ties with various countries. As long as the maritime routes between Yan State and Qi State can be opened, the King of Qi will have a huge source of profit!
...
[You drove the boat yourself, loaded with a full ship of sea salt, set off along the coastline, and headed to Yan State.]
[To distinguish the direction, you invented Sinan.]
[By relying on your understanding of the weather, you can always avoid wind, waves and dangerous seas in time. With your artillery and personal strength, you can prevent attacks from monsters.]
Because Zhang Beichen went out to sea to look for immortals in several simulations, he was already very experienced in sailing on the sea.
[Your ship successfully arrived at the port of Yan State.]
"We're here!" The crew members looked surprised.
"I have arrived safely and the journey has been so smooth!" They felt glad from the bottom of their hearts that in this era, they have been voyages for a long time.
"It's all the great people who have known each other and have led us to cross the sea smoothly!" Everyone admired Zhang Beichen and was so impressed that they might have sunk in the sea halfway. If it weren't for Zhang Beichen's command, they might have sank in the sea halfway.
[Your arrival attracted the attention of Yan State officials. He reported this matter to the King of Yan and asked the King of Yan to deal with it.]
...
"The people of Qi drove a large ship to transport sea salt from the sea to our Yan State for sale?" Yan Qingwu thought of Zhang Beichen as soon as he heard the news, "No one except Zhang Beichen will do such a thing!"
She immediately ordered someone to find out the news, and indeed she learned that the person in charge was Zhang Beichen.
Yan Qingwu went to the port in person to meet the group of people.
In the government office, Zhang Beichen met Yan Qingwu again.
"Zhang Beichen, I said where did you go? It turned out that I went to Qi State!" Yan Qingwu said proudly, "The King of Qi has been usurped, how about it? Let's talk to me in this game, I will do it.
I won't treat you badly."
Zhang Beichen said: "Master, one minister does not serve the second master. Even if the King of Qi is lonely, I cannot leave her!"
"Hehe." Yan Qingwu sneered and said, "You say this in every game!"
Seeing that Zhang Beichen could not be convinced, Yan Qingwu asked, "What are you here to do this time? Are you a private salt dealer?"
Zhang Beichen said: "Your Majesty, these are all good sea salt produced by Qi. I just come to Yan State to sell it."
"Why do I want to help you? You are my enemy in this game!" Yan Qingwu held his non-existent chest with both hands and put on airs.
"Because this is a mutual benefit!" Zhang Beichen said, "In this simulation, although the King of Qi lost his position, the new King of Qi is not friendly to Yan State. He had long wanted to annex Yan State."
"The national strength of Yan State is not strong at this time. If sea salt can be sold to various countries, it will definitely make a huge profit, no less than porcelain!"
"I will only charge a normal price when I sell it to the king. If the king sells it, I will charge several times the profit!"
Because of Zhang Beichen's leading technology, the cost of salt making is much lower than that of others. Even at a normal price, he can make a lot of money.
Yan Qingwu thought that this is indeed not harmful to her. Even though she has increased her strength in disguise, she has not even managed her own country yet and is still far from fighting for hegemony, so there is no need to worry for the time being.
"Okay, I will set up a yamen in this city to manage this matter. The salt you sell in the future must be handed over to my people!" Yan Qingwu directly monopolized this business.
"This is natural!" Zhang Beichen said with a smile.
When Zhang Beichen's fleet returned from Yan State, it was loaded with a full ship of grain and some porcelain, silk, jewelry and other items.
These days, grain is the hard currency, otherwise I would not be able to spend it in Qi.
...
On the island, Jiang Chan looks out at the port every day.
"Your Majesty, it's very windy at the beach, so let's go back to your house to rest!" Jiang Shan suggested.
Jiang Chan was a little worried and said, "I don't know if Zhang Beichen succeeded."
Jiang Shan'an asked: "The person who is a guitar has his own appearance and should complete his mission smoothly."
In fact, Jiang Shan did not think that Zhang Beichen's chance of success was very high. No one had dared to carry out sea transportation like this before. Long voyages to sea were similar to gambling for them!
Jiang Chan looked at the sea level of a line and felt a little disappointed.
The only person I can rely on here except my uncle Jiang Shan is Zhang Beichen. Without Zhang Beichen by my side, I always feel that something is missing.
At this time, she saw a small black dot seemed to appear on the sea level.
"Uncle, look, is there a boat coming?" Jiang Chan pointed to the distance.
"Where?" Jiang Shan is older and his eyesight is not as good as Jiang Chan.
When the ship approached, Jiang Chan had already confirmed and shouted excitedly: "It's Zhang Beichen's ship, he is back!"