The journey begins with the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 164 Seaport
All the way north, the wind and the sea are calm.

After more than ten days of hard work, the fleet arrived at the Yongdong Islands not far from the mouth of the Yangtze River. A very prosperous port.

Incredible!
Chu Tianxiu was very familiar with the appearance and foundation of this port, because this port was originally selected by him and ordered to be built.

But half a year ago, there were only or fishing boats and whaling ships moored here, which were specially used for fishing and hunting at sea, and obtained the catches of the supply town navy, but now it has changed drastically.

On the sea around this port, the number of fishing boats, large or small, is almost too many to count, and the number must be at least a thousand or more.

With such a scale, I am afraid that fishermen from Yangzhou, Jiangyin, Hangzhou and other places have already gathered here.

In addition to the large-scale fishing boats, fifty or sixty merchant ships of various sizes are moored in the port of Yongdong, some are ocean-going ships, some are offshore sand ships, and there are also some lucky boats.

Among these ships, about half of the sea ships have a flag with a copper coin engraved on it, which means that these merchant ships belong to the Qianmen League, but there are also some sea ships, some with the word "Song" on them, and some with The word "Sun" seems to come from different forces.

Looking from a distance, there are hundreds of men in short suits with a money pattern embroidered on their skirts, who are hard at work loading and unloading, or struggling to load containers made of wood. The goods are transported to various merchant ships, or a large amount of materials are laboriously removed from the merchant ships and transported to the dock.

This bustling and lively scene was almost no different from the Yangtze River Port at the mouth of the Yangtze River, so much so that Chu Tianxiu was a little shocked and wondered if he had gone to the wrong place.

"Is this Yongdong? How can it be so prosperous? When I came last time, it was still a barren land? Brother Xiu, could it be that this is also your big hand?"

Shan Meixian looked away, and after seeing such a bustling scene, she couldn't help being surprised, and asked.

Chu Tianxiu was indeed taken aback by the changes in Yongdong, but after thinking about it for a while, he quickly figured out the root cause of the changes in this port:

"Naturally, this place is still Yongdong. However, the scale of this place is probably due to the credit of my stupid apprentice. I don't think he has mediocre ability in government affairs, but he has some business heads. It makes this place so prosperous."

Needless to say, today's Yongdong is able to have such a scene, most of which are enjoying the benefits of the era of maritime trade.

The address of the Yongdong Port in front of us is actually the Zhoushan Port of later generations. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta and the eastern coastal hub of China. It is not only backed by Yangzhou, Yuhang, Ningbo and other cities, but also the first threshold to enter the East China Sea from the Yangtze River. It has unique innate conditions.

In the Song and Yuan dynasties in the future, when maritime trade is developed, this is an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, and the core area for maritime trade between the Central Plains, Nanyang and Dongying.

If the sea trade is not booming, it will only be a remote overseas wild place, but if the sea trade is booming, then with a little development, it will have the potential to become the world's number one port.

The prosperity of this seaport is actually closely related to Chu Tianxiu's establishment of the Qianmen League, and at the same time, he continued to march towards Goguryeo and search for Yanggong's treasures there.

Since the beginning of time, human beings have the nature of pursuing wealth, and they have the mentality of following the crowd, and even lose their minds because of this.

Even though Chu Tianxiu did not find any traces of Duke Yang's treasures in Goguryeo, the wealth found on the land of Goguryeo is real.

Not to mention, after occupying the outer seas of Japan, there are still some smart gangs who started to trade with Japan, easily exchanging silk, porcelain and other special products of the Sui Dynasty for boatloads of gold and silver.

What is Duke Yang's Treasure?

This is Duke Yang's treasure!
In this world, everything is fake, only real and visible wealth is real.

Even if there are great risks in the current maritime trade, most of the gangsters hang out with their heads on their waistbands. How many of them are afraid of death?
That shipload of gold and silver brought back from Japan was like throwing a match into the hot oil, so that in a short period of time, the major franchise gangs of the Money League made heavy bets one after another. Buying merchant ships, traveling between Goguryeo, Liuqiu, Dongying and other places, and conducting various transactions in order to make huge profits, has also made the status of Yongdong Port rise again and again, becoming so lively and prosperous.

Chu Tianxiu could even think that the spices he brought from Java would also cause a wave of excitement, and add firewood to the already extremely hot overseas trade.

"Old Fourteen, you've done a good job! When I came here last time, it was still a barren place, but now it has become a bustling place."

After Chu Tianxiu stepped off the boat, he soon saw Chu Qian, who was fat and dressed in silk, and looked like a wealthy businessman, so he praised him.

Regardless of the reason, Chu Qian's ability to develop Yongdong to such an extent was due to his ability.

Back then, Chu Tianxiu arranged for Chu Qian to sit in Zhoushan. A large part of it was his apprentice, who was very talented in business, so he was asked to build a salt farm here and conduct business transactions.

But he didn't think that Chu Qian's ability in government affairs seemed average, it could only be said to be quite satisfactory, far inferior to the surprise that Chu Zhi brought him, but he didn't expect that he had such ability in business.

Chu Tianxiu even wondered if he had kept in his mind all the lies he told his fifteen brothers about attracting investment and opening up port trade in his spare time, and then used them to his heart.

"Master, you are welcome! Most of these merchant ships come from the money alliance you formed. If they didn't look at your face, how could they be so honest? I was before you, so I dare not take credit for myself."

Chu Qian narrowed his small eyes, and after a flash of self-satisfaction flashed in his eyes, he hurriedly spoke.

"Okay, don't be humble. I already know your ability. But since you have this ability, you can just help me replace the spices on these ships with food, cloth, weapons and other bulk materials as much as possible. In the end, it has to be replaced with gold and silver and other real objects. I will give you a month, can you accomplish this big thing?"

Adhering to the mentality that those who can do more work, Chu Tianxiu threw this problem to Chu Qian, half asking, half ordering.

"Master, don't worry about it. Half a month, only half a month, if I can't do this, I will let you deal with it according to military law."

After Chu Qian patted his chest, he said proudly, his tone full of confidence, as if it was just a trivial matter.

(End of this chapter)