The fleet finally arrived in Tianjin after six days of sailing.

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Tianjin became a land and water wharf for the transportation of grain and silk from the south to the north; The Jin Dynasty set up "Zhigu Village" in Zhigu; The Yuan Dynasty set up "Haijin Town", which was an important military town and a grain transshipment center; In the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404), the city was officially built, and it is the only city in ancient China that has an exact record of the time of its construction.

However, at this time, Tianjin did not have the scale of a metropolis in later generations, and its most important function today is the existence of a military town, where the imperial court stationed two guards of Tianjin Left Guard and Tianjin Right Guard with a total of 11,200 troops.

When Yang Feng's fleet approached the port, a small boat immediately stepped forward and introduced these five ships to the dock with the best position and the deepest draft.

No way, not only the Jiangning Army has become famous in recent years, even the Fujian Navy Division has become famous, Fujian's maritime ban has been lifted for two years, and in these two years, countless small and medium-sized businessmen who originally wanted to go to sea but were suppressed by the sea merchants have flocked to Fujian.

These fleets of many small and medium-sized merchants sailed out to sea with boatloads of Ming silk, tea, porcelain, paper, mother-of-pearl, camphor, cinnamon and other Ming specialties.

They brought back cotton, wool and articles of labour, Arabian horses, iron, lead and zinc, diamonds, statues, coral, amber, shark fins, pearls and other commodities from the South Seas, Fuso and even Arabia.

It can be said that when you go to sea to do business this year, as long as you can return safely, the profits earned are at least one or two times or even four or five times, although when you come back, you will be charged 20% of the commercial tax by the customs of Fujian, but even then they are making a lot of money.

The power of example is endless, when people see the people who go to sea to bring back a large amount of materials and gold and silver, almost all the merchants are boiling, and now Fujian has become the window of the Ming Dynasty to open to the outside world, and the merchant ships that come and go every day are endless.

With the increasing number of businessmen going to sea, Fujian sailors began to become more and more well-known. Especially in the past two years, it first exterminated the Zheng Zhilong group, and then successively recovered Macao and Taiwan, and the prestige of the Fujian Navy Division was even more deterrent to Nanyang, Fusang, and North Korea.

In the past, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty had to fight not only against bad weather, but also with those ferocious pirates, but now it is not the case. The footprints of Fujian sailors have spread all over Fujian, and Nanyang.

Under the encirclement and suppression of the Fujian naval division, the pirates in these places are almost extinct, and the security of the merchants when they walk on these routes is much better than before.

As the Hou Ye who is now in the limelight, Yang Feng's arrival naturally caused a sensation, and the Tianjin prefect, Tianjin's left and right guards, and dozens of officials all came to the dock to greet Yang Feng and his party.

Seeing that someone was coming to greet him, Yang Feng and Cao Huachun went ashore first, and a group of wives and concubines followed behind.

After the two got off the boat, an official wearing a red robe embroidered with mandarin ducks on his chest, about forty years old, took the lead in greeting Yang Feng and Cao Huachun and said: "Xiaguan Guan Jing Mustard Association Tianjin Left Guard Commander Mai Tiancheng, Tianjin Right Guard Commander Tian Shijie and your colleagues have seen Hou Ye, seen Cao Gonggong, the two came from afar to work hard, Xia Guan and your colleagues have been in the Yamen to prepare a little wine, for Hou Ye and Cao Gonggong to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and I hope the two can appreciate the light." ”

"Drinking in the Yamen?"

Yang Feng and Cao Huachun glanced at each other, and doubts surged in their hearts at the same time.

According to the unwritten practice of officialdom, officials who drink alcohol either go to a restaurant or a painting boat or the courtyard of a famous Qing man, and basically do not go to the yamen to drink, which is just like the officials of later generations, who invite people to eat and drink in hotels, and there is absolutely no reason to openly drink alcohol in the workplace.

Cao Huachun's face slowly became ugly, and he sneered in a sharp voice: "Master Guan, our family is just a small eunuch, and it is already quite good to have someone invite you to drink, and I don't dare to pick and choose."

However, our family has obeyed His Majesty's will to let the Hou Ye return to Beijing as soon as possible, it may be too late to go to the banquet, and I hope that Lord Guan will take care of it! ”

Cao Huachun is a well-known good-tempered old man, and even he can't help but ridicule him, which shows how inauthentic this Guan prefect has done in this matter.

However, Yang Feng was not angry, because he found that not only Guan Jingjiao, but even the two commanders of the Tianjin Left and Right Guards standing behind him had a somewhat embarrassed smile on their faces.

Could it be that there is something wrong with this?

Yang Feng thought quickly in his heart, and soon he smiled at Cao Huachun and said: "Father-in-law Cao, Your Majesty's will is of course important, but we are tired of saddle horses these days, even if we don't care about it, but those ladies still have to rest." Why don't we rest here today and leave tomorrow? ”

Cao Huachun is good-tempered, but it doesn't mean that his IQ is low, the reason why he pushed Guan Jing back just now was because this matter was too good, and now when he heard Yang Feng say this, he immediately reacted.

With many years of experience in the ups and downs of the sea of Jing Jiao, how could he make such a low-level mistake, since he did such a thing that violated common sense, there must be his reasons, thinking of this, he was silent.

Seeing Cao Huachun's acquiescence, Yang Feng just smiled faintly, turned around and said a few words to Song Ye behind him, and then said to Guan Jingjiao: "Since the Guan Governor's Mansion sincerely invites, Ben Hou will accompany you for a while." I have been thinking that Benhou has been an official for some years, and I have participated in many banquets, but it is the first time I have drunk in the palace. ”

Guan Jingjiao's old face turned red, how could he not know that his move was undoubtedly evil to Yang Feng and Cao Gonggong, but the people behind him were really big, and he couldn't disobey it, so he could only do this kind of thing.

Yang Feng and his entourage were escorted by a group of officials and 200 family members to the prefect's yamen in Tianjin.

Under the leadership of Guan Jingjiao, Yang Feng and his party walked through the lobby to the door of the inner hall.

After arriving here, Guan Jingjiao arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye, there are nobles in there who want to see Hou Ye, but it is inconvenient for the lower officials to enter, please forgive Hou Ye and enter alone." ”

"Presumptuous!"

Before Yang Feng could speak, Song Ye behind him shouted angrily: "Hou Ye is such a noble person, how can he enter alone?" What is your intention? ”

"Boom la la ......"

As soon as Song Ye's words fell, the surrounding families scattered one after another, and the Nimi rifle behind his back was also held in his hand, and with the sound of metal impact, the bayonets flashing with cold light were immediately aimed at Guan Jingjiao and other officials.