The shouts of the sailors' labor trumpets were accompanied by the clattering of anchors and the clatter of hard sails as they fell. Several officers and soldiers on the shore wearing Goryeo-style uniforms all looked at the three huge merchant ships with a smile.

It is the port of Tamna City in the northern part of Tamna Island, and it is also a slightly busier commercial and fishing port. Merchant ships that traveled between Goryeo, the Great Song Dynasty, and Japan often docked here for various reasons.

For such a small and very barren island country as Tamna, these merchant ships that come to anchor are, of course, fat sheep to slaughter one by one! After all, Tamna Island itself has no trade value, and no one would anchor here if they didn't get into some trouble. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of Tamna didn't want to have any repeat customers, and they couldn't wait to slaughter and sink the merchant ships of Song and Japan.

Of course, they didn't dare to touch the ships of the Goryeo Kingdom...... There are not many maritime merchants in Goryeo, but they all have backstage, and the little king of Tamna can't afford to mess with them.

However, the three merchant ships that came today were all under the banner of the word "Song", and they were obviously not ships of the Goryeo Kingdom, but merchant ships of the Song Dynasty, which were so rich that they were flowing with oil. This is really an eye-opener, and you have to slaughter a few times!

Gao Yuzhe, the official of the Tamna State Lifting City Shipping Division who was standing on the dock with his subordinates, was thinking in his heart at this time: A boat will have to charge him a tax of 10,000 yuan, no, collect him 20,000 yuan! Three boats are 60,000 yuan, and you have to ask for a benefit fee of 10,000 yuan! If you dare not give it, hehe......

At this time, Su Shi didn't know that the fleet he led had been calculated by a corrupt official of the Tamluo Kingdom, and was ready to ask for a "huge sum" of 70,000 yuan. Well, that's the equivalent of about 91 taels. It seems that poverty has really limited the imagination of the corrupt officials in Tamna!

Su Shi and Yin Yanchun are now standing on the raised back deck of the armed merchant ship "Zhaocai" (which is not a real warship), holding on to the plank with the same shape as the battlement of the city wall, looking at everything in front of them.

The port of Tamna was presented to them.

The water is blue and the sand is white, and the coast of Haizhou is completely two styles, which makes Su Shi can't help but think of the sea in Lingnan. The port area by the sea is very small, and there is no bustle and bustle of Haizhou Port, but a quiet fishing port, and there are only occasional merchant ships passing by, right?

Not far from the harbor was a small castle with rammed earth walls, low and dilapidated, and it did not look like it was guarded by soldiers. This small city should be Tamna, the capital of the Tamna Kingdom.

Tamna City and Tamna Port are surrounded by farmland, and there are many farmers in ugly earthy yellow clothes, scattered around the farmland to work, and I don't know whether they are sowing seeds or turning the soil?

There were also several horse-drawn wagons heading from the pier to Tamna City, loaded with presumably freshly caught fish. The horses pulling the cart are very short, about the same as the rabbit horses in Jiangnan...... It seems to be a horse breed on Tamna Island.

In the midst of this picture-like landscape, a mountain rises majestically in the distance, looking down on the sea, farmland and harbor in front of you.

The sea was dotted with small fishing boats, and there seemed to be some naked people on board, who jumped into the water, sank, and soon floated again, and then sank again......

Are they (actually them) catching fish? Su Shi felt very strange, didn't the Tamluo people know that there was such an advanced fishing tool as a fishing net? Jump into the water to catch ...... That's too hard, isn't it? In case there are sharks in the water, you don't know who catches whom!

Just when Su Shi was thinking about teaching the Tamna fishermen to set nets to fish, but suddenly thought that he couldn't make nets, Fan Zhiwen, who was seasick and dizzy, staggered to Su Shi's side: "Envoy, a city boss from Tamna has come on board." ”

"A petty officer, I'll go see him." Yin Yanchun volunteered.

"I'm tired." Su Shi reported the fist, and then watched Yin Yanchun, who was in a tall and beautiful civil official robe, leave. When he was far away, he asked Fan Zhiwen in a low voice, "Congbin, how are those divination obstruction fighters?" ”

"Still dizzy!" Fan Zhiwen said, "At least get off the boat and rest for two days to recover." But the merchant ship guards we hired in Haizhou can fight ......."

Playing is a last resort! Because although the Tamna Kingdom is small, the Goryeo behind it is not easy to mess with.

Moreover, colonization, although it is inseparable from force, is ultimately based on economic interests. Earnings and payouts must be considered...... That kind of colonial expansion, regardless of the cost, usually will not succeed - of course, this is not to say that you can't lose money, how can you only make money and not lose money in business? It's just that you can't lose too hard, and you can't invest more money than you can afford.

"Be prepared! But there shouldn't be a fight," Su Shi smiled, "Yin Yanchun should be able to settle the affairs of the Tamna people, his wife is the sister-in-law of the king of Goryeo." ”

Fan Zhiwen also smiled: "A small projectile island country also learns from us to engage in the market, and is really not afraid of being smiling and generous." ”

"Don't be suspicious of Tamluo Elementary School," Su Shi shook his head, "This is the first stop of our Yuntai Academy to spread Confucianism outside the palace...... Have to get off to a good start no matter what! ”

"The student got it!"

……

"I am the envoy Yin Yanchun of the Great Goryeo Gate, and I know that Yin Xianggong, the affairs of the Privy Council, is my father!"

When Yoon Yanchun, who was wearing the uniform of a military attache in Goryeo, reported his identity and family in Goryeo, Gao Yu-cheol, who was born in the Tamna royal family, had already bent his waist.

The 70,000 yuan is gone, and maybe you have to post the money to entertain the envoys of the Goryeo Kingdom!

However, he was still a little unwilling, and after saluting, he asked with a smile on his face: "Envoy, why did you come to our Tamluo on the merchant ship of the Song people?" ”

Yin Yanchun smiled: "I was ordered by the king to accompany the doctor of the Yuntai Academy of the Song Kingdom to spread Confucianism in Japan." ”

"Huh?"

Gao Yuzhe didn't understand it at all, he knew Confucianism, but he had never seen anyone travel across the ocean on such a big ship to spread Confucianism...... I've only heard that some monks would do that!

Yin Yanchun didn't have time to explain to Gao Yuzhe, but said: "Our ship has encountered wind and waves, and the wind direction is not right, so we have to rest in Tamna for a few days." The official and the envoys of the Song State also went to visit the Star Lord and the Prison State...... The people on the boat still have to get off the boat to rest, you can arrange it. ”

"Whoa."

Of course, the son of the Privy Council of Goryeo cannot be provoked! Gao Yuzhe hurriedly replied. He would not suspect that Yin Yanchun was a fake, because the Goryeo Kingdom sent a prison state in the Tamna country, and the prison country would tell if it was real or fake.

……

"Brother Zhongnan, I have agreed with the people of Tamna, and our people can get off the boat and rest. Later, I will go to Tamna City to meet the Star Lord and the Prison State...... Our Goryeo prisoner is my good friend, so there will be no problem. ”

Yin Yanchun took a big package again, and only went to his cabin after feeding Su Shi reassurances - of course he didn't come alone, he also brought a lot of entourage guards, and a concubine of the Liu family (his wife's sister-in-law). If you want to get off the ship, you have to arrange it.

"Congbin, prepare one, no, prepare two generous gifts!" Su Shi immediately called Fan Zhijin to his cabin and ordered, "Give another gift to the official of the Tamna Country City." Ask him to lend us a piece of land to recuperate...... In addition, tell him that two of our ships have been damaged and need to be repaired in Tamna. ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Fan Zhijin was Su Shi's follower during this time, and he had already seen how the prime minister's son (his father Su Zhe also served as the prime minister) worked hard to spend money for the country. At the moment, he didn't save for Wu Haogu, so he asked people to bring 100 horses of silk silk from the treasury of the "Zhaocai", and called a bow (captain) of the Wu family's maritime merchants who could speak Goryeo, named Wu Side, to go to see Gao Yuzhe together.

"It's ......"

When Gao Yuzhe saw all kinds of silk piled up as high as a "mountain" in front of him, his eyes were almost green. Silk silk is not very valuable in the Great Song Dynasty, it is about a horse and a silk, and it is a 770 Wen a silk of the province. But when you get to Tamna, it's terrible! Not far from Tamna, Japan is a large consumer of silk and silk, and at the same time produces gold, silver and copper...... The price of silk silk is more than twice as expensive!

"It's a little bit of a courtesy." Fan Zhijin said gently.

His interpreter, blackened by the sun on the sea, and with a scruffy beard, looked like a pirate instead of a businessman, and said in a calm Goryeo dialect: "This is a reward from the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Not to mention, Wu Yanen, an old man, is still very authentic, and the "captain" assigned to Wu Haogu is a master who looks rough but has a mind thinner than spider silk. He didn't say "a small gift", but a "reward...... That's condescending.

Moreover, the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty really have this qualification on Tamna Island! Don't look at the Song Dynasty, which is not very good at fighting against Shangda Liao and Western Xia. However, in the East Asian Sea, there were few ships in Goryeo, and Japan was closed to the rest of the country, so it was the world of the Great Song Sea ships.

This is sea dominance! Although the Great Song Dynasty never knew how to use sea power, it did not mean that sea power did not exist.

O reward!

Gao Yuzhe swallowed a mouthful of saliva and thought: That can't be ignored, otherwise it will damage the friendship between the two countries......

"Then, then the lower official will thank the envoy master."

"Thank you slowly!" Wu Side still had a coaxing tone, "The envoys want to stay in Tamna for a while, and the ships also need to be repaired, thinking of renting a piece of land next to the beach and camping...... The rent is indispensable for you! ”

"Okay, okay, okay, it's on the lower officials." Gao Yuzhe had never heard of the word "concession", so he immediately patted his chest and agreed.

"Okay, let's get on the errand!" Wu Side waved his hand in a big way.

Gao Yuzhe hurriedly saluted the two "envoys" in front of him, and then happily asked his subordinates to move the silk silk and leave.

"Dr. Fan, it's alright." Wu Side smiled and said to Fan Zhijin, who was a little stunned.

Okay? Fan Zhijin was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had just said a word, and he listened to the two of you speaking in Goryeo......