The weather was very good that day, although the sea breeze was strong, it was not too cold. King Zhennan led Ji Jinrong to the port, and walked along the long pier to the outermost side. The snow-white waves crashed against the solid stone walls, but there was nothing he could do about them.
The piers of several major ports were all built by Zhennan Wang.
As early as when he came to this world, King Zhennan discovered that Da Qi was at the end of his battle.
For a court that is so bad at the root, it is too late to start changing it from itself. If you want it to get better, you have to uproot it, or you can only seek external forces to transform it. King Zhennan has been to several worlds. Every plant, tree, sand, and stone here are good materials for him. Resources that others don't know how to use are treasures in his hands.
Every time he arrives at a new world, what King Zhennan does first is not to destroy it, but to find a way to pinch the pulse of the entire era.
He has been preparing for Ji Jinrong's arrival, for example, this time he set his sights on shipping. According to what he learned from his previous studies, the reason why Western countries in the same period were able to break through the dark ages and move forward was precisely because they used the development of maritime (pirate) businesses to revitalize their domestic economies.
What the king of Zhennan did was to do everything that those careerists planned to do before they acted!
It is precisely because he has the greatest resources in the world that he can become the "king of different surnames" with power. And there are a large number of fans around him, all of them follow him wholeheartedly and will never betray him.
In the past, he relied on these loyal subordinates to fight against the "mastermind".
It is not easy to turn around a world that is in decline, and nothing is easier to hasten its overturning.
People's hearts are his chips.
This is what Ji Jinrong taught him. In the past, he didn't understand, he only felt that he was doing things for Ji Jinrong and winning people's hearts for Ji Jinrong, he only felt that what he was guarding was the country that Ji Jinrong wanted him to guard, and what he was protecting was the people that Ji Jinrong wanted him to protect.
For that position, he never thought about it.
It wasn't until Ji Jinrong died of a serious illness that the old matriarch read Ji Jinrong's will, and he realized that Ji Jinrong had already handed over the country and society to him step by step. He shouldn't have done those things, and he shouldn't have won those people's hearts. All of those things were planned by His Majesty.
King Zhennan said: "Your Majesty, the boat is back."
Ji Jinrong followed the eyes of King Zhennan, and saw that the top of the sailboat was first exposed from the junction of water and sky, and it took a long time before the entire ship was exposed. The hull is very strong and does not seem to have been eroded by the waves at all. Gradually, the sailors' slogans gradually approached, and those strong men roared one after another, which sounded quite imposing.
When we arrived at the pier, the black and heavy ships crowded the pier. The most experienced sailors stood on the deck and commanded. Each ship took out an arm-thick anchor rope and threw it in the direction of the pier, using the huge four-claw anchor to firmly fix the ship.
A man dressed as a general walked out of the boat first, and knelt straight in front of King Zhennan: "My lord, I am lucky to have a humble job, and I brought back what the lord wants!" His eyes carefully swept over the people beside King Zhennan Ji Jinrong was a little confused. How could this young man who looked like a son of a family walk side by side with King Zhennan
Zhennan Wang frowned slightly. It can't be blamed that the subordinates don't know Ji Jinrong, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to meet the emperor. It's just that even if the other party is his subordinate, King Zhennan doesn't want him to scrutinize Ji Jinrong so carelessly.
King Zhennan said, "This is Your Majesty."
The general was surprised to see Zhennan King's expression remained unchanged. He hastily saluted Ji Jinrong: "I have seen Your Majesty!"
Ji Jinrong said, "There's no need to be too polite."
The king of Zhennan ordered the general to talk to Ji Jinrong about the harvest of this trip.
The general was also unambiguous, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, do you want to take a look on the ship?"
Ji Jinrong smiled and said, "It's exactly what I want."
The general was shaken by Ji Jinrong's smile. Just looking for the lost soul, I feel a chill down my spine. Looking up, it turned out that his prince was looking at him coldly, as if looking at a dead person.
The general got excited and hurriedly led Ji Jinrong to the boat.
Ji Jinrong wanted to follow, but Zhennan Wang grabbed his hand. Ji Jinrong's ears were slightly red, and he turned to stare at King Zhennan.
King Zhennan said of course: "My own people, don't be afraid."
In fact, even in front of outsiders, King Zhennan would not be afraid. One thing he has always been afraid of: only his Majesty is uncomfortable or angry, and he never cares about what others think or think.
Ji Jinrong had no choice but to hold Zhennan King, but he didn't struggle, and let Zhennan King wrap his hands.
It's so warm! =w=
Looking through the cargo on the twenty or so large ships, Ji Jinrong really opened his eyes. He said: "The overseas land is really wonderful."
King Zhennan said: "It's not amazing, it's just a little novelty for us." He paused, "However, novelty is what those rich and powerful families like the most. If they want to spend hundreds or even thousands of pennies to buy something new, they will spend it without even thinking about it. The round trip of this sea caravan is worth the three-year tax revenue of the entire Daqi state treasury."
Ji Jinrong is not very interested in the goods, but is very interested in the "seafood" and "specialties" brought back by the caravan. There is an old sailor on board who is very good at food. Seeing that Ji Jinrong is very interested in his personal "trophies", Immediately, he introduced Ji Jinrong eloquently.
Ji Jinrong listened with great interest.
Sea voyages are very hard, and there is no fresh meat or fresh vegetables to eat. In the past, all I ate were pickled bacon, some pickled vegetables, and dried vegetables. Sometimes the food was eaten and did not go to the shore. Porridge with a few grains of rice floating around.
In order to fill their stomachs, sailors had to fish for food in the vast sea. Every time a large number of fresh ingredients are caught, they are processed into fish pieces, fish meal, surimi, canned food or shrimp paste and crab paste on the spot, and stored in the ice cellar as rations on long-distance voyages.
The old sailor said with emotion: "Every time the prince travels, people will make perfect preparations for us. Even if we go for three or four months, we still have enough food in the ice cellar. We have encountered other big ships at sea. They can Not as lucky as us, not only is there not enough food, but also often gets sick!" Then he talked to Ji Jinrong about the plague, scurvy and so on.
Ji Jinrong listened carefully, nodding occasionally to let the old sailor know that he was listening.
King Zhennan saw that Ji Jinrong was in high spirits, so he didn't bother, and ordered his subordinates to report if there were any accidents during the trip.
The general was about to speak when he suddenly heard a sound. Hearing the sound and looking around, a ship not far away was shaking violently!
The soldiers guarding the boat ran out of the deck and shouted, "General! General! It's moving! It's moving! It's alive! It just turned over!"
The general's heart skipped a beat.
Ji Jinrong also noticed the movement nearby, and looked up, only to see a thick long rope shaking violently, twitching violently one after another, almost capsizing the big ship.
Soon, a huge monster got its head out of the sea not far away.