Please ask me to be the emperor

Overseas in Zhenhai County, Ningbo Prefecture, a merchant ship was sailing into the harbor.

There was a young man standing on the bow of that merchant ship.

He looked at the familiar buildings on the familiar shore and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I'm finally back!"

"Master, we must be careful!" At this moment, a strong man reminded him quickly.

"Do you still need to tell me? I know it!" The young man smiled, and then ordered, "Have you hidden all your clothes and armor? I will tighten the wind at the exit of the boat soon, so don't make any mistakes."

"Yes, I understand!" The strong man responded quickly.

Not long after, the group of people felt their feet shake, but the merchant ship docked.

The young man then led seven or eight men and two women, and Shi Shiran got off the boat. Immediately, several helpers stopped him, chattering nonsensically.

"Is there anyone who understands Mandarin? Someone who understands Mandarin!" The leader frowned and asked involuntarily.

It turns out that at this time of year, only the prominent people understand Mandarin, while the average person only knows dialect.

The young man couldn't understand the local "bird language", so he asked this question.

"From the accent of this young master, could he be from Shaanxi?" As soon as the man said this, a man came forward hesitantly for a while.

"So what if it is, so what if it's not!" The young man couldn't help but sneered.

He knew very well that the reputation of Shaanxi people was not very good these days, so he couldn't help but be wary for a while.

"Young Master, please don't be excited!" Unexpectedly, the man smiled, "It just so happened that a group of Qin people came to Ningbo Prefecture in the past few days, and they were in high and powerful positions."

"If there is some collusion and you join in, you can make a fortune!"

"Oh? How do you say this?" The young man was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: How come I didn't know that there are such wealthy businessmen in Qin?

"This young master has been at sea for several months. Could it be that he doesn't know the general trend of the world?" The man smiled when he heard this and couldn't help but stretch out his hand.

"Watch the reward!" The young man was not annoyed at all and immediately ordered happily.

"It's so cool, young master!" The man weighed the half-money in his hand and couldn't help but said overjoyed, "It turns out you don't know that King Shun led his army southward a few months ago and captured the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now he is here in Ningbo! "

"His Royal Highness King Shun?" The young man was stunned when he heard this, and then said with great joy, "I didn't expect such a coincidence to happen in the world!"

"What, Sun Kewang wants to see me?" Zhang Shun suspected that he heard the name wrong and couldn't help but ask again.

"Well, that's that kid!" Wukong nodded and said with a smile, "Old Sun must not be blind, he can't see wrong!"

"How did he end up here?" Zhang Shun was puzzled and quickly ordered, "Let him come in quickly!"

"Your Highness, I'm back!" Not long after, I saw a rather shrewd young man walking in with three steps at a time.

"Why are you here? Come on, sit down and take a rest!" Zhang Shunyi couldn't help but said happily when he saw that the person was Sun Kewang.

"Your Highness doesn't know something!" Sun Kewang sat down and said, "This time I arrived in North Korea and then went to Busan along the coast."

"Busan is right in the north of Japan. You can reach Hakata Port across the sea from here. Then I transferred from Hakata Port to Nagasaki, then crossed the ocean from Nagasaki to Ningbo, and then I met you, Your Highness!"

"Oh? So, if we turn back to Dengzhou, a closed trade route will be formed?" Zhang Shun was stunned when he heard this and suddenly realized.

"Who says it's not the case!" Sun Kewang couldn't help but echoed, "Previously, I thought that this route would come to an end when it reaches Busan. How could I have imagined that after reaching Japan, we can still circle back from Ningbo."

"However, there are some inconveniences from Nagasaki to Ningbo."

“March, April and May every year are major floods, and September and October are minor floods. Only during this season can we reach China.”

"Oh?" After hearing what Sun Kewang said, Zhang Shun suddenly realized, isn't this what Sun Kewang was talking about the monsoon?

"As far as I know, there are roughly three routes from Japan to our country." Sun Kewang added, "One is the northern route, which takes the west coast of North Korea to reach Dengzhou; the other is the middle route, which crosses the ocean and reaches Ningbo; the other is the southern route, which takes the Ryukyu diverts to Fujian or Guangzhou."

"I already know the first two fronts, but I have never walked through the southern front."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I have a person who is extremely familiar with the southern front."

After speaking, Zhang Shun ordered Wukong again: "Come here with Zheng Zhilong!"

"Zheng Zhilong? Zheng Yiguan?" Unexpectedly, Sun Kewang was shocked when he heard this.

It turns out that in Japan, all women and children heard of Zheng Yiguan.

Originally, Sun Kewang was still thinking about how to deal with this person along the way, but he never expected that this person had been taken under Zhang Shun's command.

"I've met His Highness King Shun!" Not long after, Zheng Yiguan walked in with a majestic appearance.

"Sit down!" Zhang Shun smiled, pointed at Sun Kewang and said, "A boy under my command went to Japan at the end of last year, and now he just returned."

"He heard about your name and insisted on meeting you. You happened to be in Ningbo, so I called you to come over and see you!"

"Who is this?" Zheng Zhilong looked over after hearing this and saw a young man sitting across from him, and couldn't help but ask doubtfully.

"I used to be His Highness's apprentice. Unfortunately, my father died, so I was adopted by His Highness as his adopted son!" Sun Kewang quickly smiled and said, "My family name is Sun, the general can just call me Ke Wang."

"Ah, it turns out to be General Sun, disrespectful!" What a person like Zheng Zhilong, he couldn't help but treat him with admiration after just a few words from him.

It turned out that Zheng Zhilong was a self-made man, with an extremely soft body and a very smooth person.

He was immediately in awe when he saw that at such a young age, Sun Kewang could recognize a young man who was only a few years older than him as his father without blushing or heartbeat.

In fact, there was no chance, otherwise he would recognize his godfather faster than Sun Kewang did.

After the two were polite, Zhang Shun asked about sea trade.

It's just that Zhang Shun didn't expect him to speak, and Zheng Zhilong's face couldn't help but change.

Why?

It turns out that Zheng Zhilong was just one of several smuggling and pirate groups when he started his business.

It was not until later that he joined the Ming Dynasty and used the power of the court to defeat pirates such as Xu Xinsu, Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang, and then joined forces with the Ming Navy to defeat the Dutch colonial group. At this point, Zheng Zhilong finally became the maritime overlord of East Asia and completely monopolized the southeast coast. trading.

Zheng Zhilong had eaten the cake drawn by Zhang Shun before, and said that the two of them were both civil and military, one acted as a white face playing with swords, and the other acted as a red face playing with account books.

He never expected that Zhang Shun would find someone who knew sea trade and give him a boost.

Fortunately, he also understood that since Zhang Shun had mastered the sword, he would not be able to eat alone in the future.

He could only smile awkwardly and said: "As for sea trade, I have two routes here. One is to Japan, and the other is to Luzon, Sumatra and other places."

"Among them, the Japanese route takes Ningbo and Nagasaki as its middle route. Your Highness is fully aware of it. The other route runs through Ryukyu, which is actually a branch line of Southeast Asia trade. It generally starts from Oyster Mirror and Quanzhou, then detours to Ryukyu Naha, and then turns to Nagasaki. .”

"The Southeast Asian trade is also divided into two lines: east and west. The west line goes along the coast to Sumatra; the east line crosses the ocean and goes to Luzon."

"Among them, Sumatra is rich in spices, while Luzon is rich in silver."

"Silver?" Zhang Shun was a little suspicious when he heard this.

In later generations, the Philippines was famous for its production of maids, but he had never heard that the country was also rich in silver mines.

"Actually, the silver comes from the west of Banya. It is said that it was transported across the ocean by large sailing ships for several months. I don't know whether it is true or not." Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but explain.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun immediately understood what Zheng Zhilong said.

It turns out that in Zhang Shun's previous life, he had learned in a textbook that Spain colonized the Americas and obtained a large amount of gold, silver and precious metals.

Now that Spain has established its trade transit station in the Philippines, it must have a route from the Americas through the Pacific and then to the Philippines.

However, this matter has nothing to do with me and others for the time being, so I won’t mention it for now.