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Text Chapter 287 The power of jade pendant!

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    w The wind and waves in the Bohai Sea were not big, and coupled with our leisurely boating and brewing, it took us five days to reach the mouth of the Yellow River in Qingzhou Prefecture of the Song Dynasty.

    The navy of the Song Dynasty was very powerful. There were more than five naval forces in the country. The most elite were the Jiangnan Navy and the Qingzhou Navy in front of us.

    In the past, in order to prevent the Khitans from taking boats from the Bohai Sea and rushing directly into the mouth of the Yellow River, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty worked hard to build the Qingzhou Navy. It is said that there were more than 300 large and small ships, including ours.  I have seen ten super-large ships, fifty with the same size as the "Overlord", a hundred medium-sized ships, and the rest are ordinary small ships.

    Almost a few decades later, the national power of the Song Dynasty has steadily increased, and there are countless people going out to do business. The taxes and taxes brought to the Song Dynasty made the court smile from ear to ear, so the emperor of the Song Dynasty  Businessmen also care about the protection and spare no effort in the construction of several major naval forces. Every year, large sums of gold and silver are invested to maintain and expand the combat effectiveness of the navy.

    The navy has become powerful, what will it be used for?

    Of course, we often pull them out to help the merchant fleets, and by the way, we set up checkpoints at several large ports to collect taxes.

    For example, around the Qingzhou Harbor, dozens of medium-sized ships are swaying back and forth. Once a ship returns from overseas, it must first go to the nearby harbor and cannot directly enter the Yellow River.

    The taxes paid by the seaport are not much, about thirty taxes per one at most. The officials here are very dedicated to their duties and do not calculate them according to the prices in Bianliang, Tokyo.  The tax amount is only determined according to the prices of goods in Qingzhou Prefecture, and there is rarely any chaos.

    Those who can organize large-scale fleets to go to sea are not ordinary people, if the tax collection officials dare to collect taxes indiscriminately.  If you are sued and sent to Beijing, at least you will go home directly, and if you are close to it, you will be sent to a prison cell for the rest of your life.

    Qingzhou seaport is very large.  It covers an area of ??thousands of acres, and each of the more than ten piers is larger than our Liuyin Harbor. However, due to the impact of the coming winter, where the afternoon sun shines, there are not many ships here, only about three hundred or dozens.  Ships, up to twenty fleets.

    The most prosperous time.  There are as many as 3,000 ships coming and going in Qingzhou Harbor a day, which is twice as many as in Sakai Town.

    But Qingzhou¡¯s seaports are not the most powerful. The two ports of Yangzhou and Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River have set a record of 10,000 ships circling around the harbor in one day, attracting all maritime merchants doing business.  They are all fascinated, wishing they could be there that day and witness the unprecedented maritime spectacle since the beginning of the world.

    Our twenty large and medium-sized ships were so conspicuous among all the fleets that a medium-sized ship came over immediately, waved to us, and enthusiastically led us to the best place.  stop at the location.

    At the same time, several obvious officials.  They came with a group of servants on horseback from the dock, and their destination was obviously our side.

    Chen Xiaoxuan, who was originally a little excited about returning to her motherland, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

    She thought she was here to cause trouble.

    But when I thought carefully about the enthusiasm of the guiding ship just now, I subconsciously knew that it shouldn't be a bad thing.  Otherwise, it would not be one ship coming, but dozens of ships coming together.

    Seeing a group of people standing on the pier, and standing neatly, as if greeting some important person, my mind immediately came to life, and I instantly thought of why they did this.

    The one who saw the same thing as me was Ba Ye. He smiled heartily and said: "It seems that the warships of the Jiangnan Navy are very useful. They must think that some big shot's fleet is back."

    After Ba Ye finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized.

    There is nothing wrong with using big ships to do business. It is even natural to buy better quality ships from official shipyards. But those who can use the Jiangnan Navy first-class warships from Jiangnan Shipyard are definitely not ordinary people.  .

    No wonder some people greeted him warmly from the beginning. Now that the dock officials had received the news, they also hurried over to wait to see him.

    "What should we do now? If they find out that they picked up the wrong person, they will definitely give us a look, right?" Quan Miyan asked with a slight frown.

    "No." Master smiled, "Have you forgotten the jade pendant on Xiaobao?"

    "This is called pulling a tiger's skin to raise a flag, right?" Shen Mengqiu also pursed her lips and smiled, "Xiaobao, it's your turn to appear again!"

    I stared at them speechlessly, "It's not what I want to show off, why are you acting like this?"

    "Yes, Xiaobao is right. Besides, there is no such thing along the way.Jade pendant, there will be a lot of trouble.  "Ba Ye supports me on this point, "It's rare to have this opportunity to make good use of connections. There are still several days of travel from here to Bianliang. If we follow the normal foreign businessman's pattern, I don't know how troublesome it will be.  "

    "No way." Shen Han refuted what Ba Ye said, "The Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette and is very polite to foreign businessmen. Didn't you listen to the people from the Liaoyang Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom that the merchants of the Song Dynasty are  Thirty-one tax, if it is a foreign fleet, depending on the amount of your goods and whether the goods are in short supply in the Song Dynasty, there will be a reduction or exemption, and the maximum can reach sixty-one."

    "According to me, it's very wrong for the Song Dynasty to do this." I said in disapproval: "Why are they being so kind to the people of other countries? Can they still be grateful and help you more? Only by making their own people better can the national strength be improved.  Only by being strong can one's own country be stable. People in other countries have become rich because of your tolerance in the Song Dynasty. Isn't it because they are strong that they can attack you, the Song Dynasty?"

    "Uh what you said is a bit biased" Shen Han's expression changed, but he had no way to refute the substantive content of my words. He could only say nonchalantly: "Being polite to guests is the only way to refute it."  It is the teaching of a saint. The Song Dynasty is a huge country, how can we lose our etiquette?Don't interrupt me! You bastard boy, you know how to learn from your father Lauren all day long about Western interests first,  I have taught you so many years in vain, but in the end you are obsessed with money!"

    In response to Master's cruel suppression, my sister shook hands and signaled me not to talk back. I am also a generous person myself, so I won't say any more to this scholar who can't stand down.

    During the conversation, the ship had been completely stabilized, and the deck stairs had been rotated and lowered, matching the ship's planks to create a smooth passage.

    I strode down first, followed by a group of friends and dozens of Rakshasa guards.

    Several officials were originally smiling, but when they saw that a group of people not wearing Song Dynasty clothes came down, especially when there were fierce Rakshasa ghosts above them, they were stunned. Two of them were still unconscious.  took a step back.

    The leader is about forty years old, not tall, very thin, with very lively eyes, but he does not appear frivolous.

    After looking me up and down, I was surprised that I was so young, and at the same time I was even more determined not to act rashly.

    With a slight wave of his hand, the surrounding officials stopped commotion.

    "I, the officer in charge of Qingzhou Harbor Terminal, Ju Fengming, would like to ask you where you are from and where you are going?" The leading official bowed his hands and saluted.

    I smiled slightly and responded with a standard scholarly etiquette: "Master Ju, I'm the Silver Star Treasure, please step aside for a moment. I have something important to report."

    Ju Fengming looked at the people behind me and found that they did not carry any weapons. Besides, thinking that this was his hometown of the Song Dynasty, who would dare to act recklessly here? He waved his hand again and said to the people beside him: "You guys  Stand back five feet."

    The faces of a group of officials suddenly turned ugly. This young man was too arrogant. He even dared to call himself "irrelevant".

    But you still have to listen to what your immediate superiors say. After they retreated as instructed, I took out the jade pendant from my arms and handed it to Ju Fengming.

    Although Ju Fengming¡¯s official position is not high, he may be an independent official in an extremely important place like Qingzhou Seaport. He definitely cannot come from a small place.

    After just briefly sizing up the jade pendant, Ju Fengming's expression immediately changed and became respectful again, and he took the jade pendant with both hands.

    As soon as he got the jade pendant, he was completely sure of his judgment based on its heavy weight and gentle feel. He carefully looked at the patterns engraved on it. After a while, Ju Fengming respectfully returned his hands:  "Ju Fengming has met my lord! I don't know which household you are from, lord. Why haven't I received any information from the capital yet?"

    "I come from the Palace of the Eight Sages, and I am just the son of a servant. It is nothing." I said lightly, "At the beginning of the year, the large fleet set out from Jiangnan, but I stayed in Japan for a few months, and here is the place.  I have completed my mission and am ready to go home for the New Year.¡±

    "Haha, Lord Yinxing, you are so humble. People like me are not even qualified to enter the Palace of the Eight Sages! How can you be considered lowly?" Ju Fengming said with a hearty smile, already knowing in his heart  Of course, don't listen to this young master bragging about what kind of servant he is. What kind of servant is worthy of the prince giving him such a precious jade pendant that represents the royal palace's token?  At least they are the sons of the internal and external stewards of the Eight Sage Prince's Palace, and they are definitely in important positions, otherwise they would not be able to carry out tasks alone.

    Regarding what I said about the fleet of the Eight Sages¡¯ Palace departing from the south of the Yangtze River,Feng Ming had heard about it a long time ago. Since the reasons and tokens matched up, and there were five warships from the Eight Sage Prince's Palace as witnesses, it was an iron-for-iron truth.

    He couldn¡¯t help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, several warships that were obviously from the Jiangnan Shipyard appeared, but they were not from the Song Dynasty. Once word spread about this, it would definitely be a shocking case, and no one knew how many people would suffer.

    Now that it is confirmed that it is one of our own, there is no problem, and with my respectful greeting attitude, Lord Silver Star will not feel unhappy when he comes to this young man.  Welcome to come and your support is my biggest motivation.  m

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