Of course, Ji Yi was unwilling to send troops to Aceh for the sake of the Srivijaya people.

Because the Nanyang colonization movement initiated by him and Wu Haogu is, in the final analysis, a commercial activity. Except for a very small number of warships and troops provided by the Coastal City Shipping and Procurement Division, most of the warships and personnel were recruited by Wu Haogu and Ji Yi from investors.

Investors want to make money, and the way to get a satisfactory return for investors is to participate in the Sriwijaya Strait roadblock tolling business.

There's no faster way to make money in the world than a toll business!

Now that the "Nanxin Island Toll Station" has arrived, the rest is naturally to restore the normal traffic order of the Sriwijaya Strait as soon as possible. If Ji Yi and the Pu family fight endlessly in the Sriwijaya Strait, how will merchant ships pass? If there is no merchant ship, who will the toll booth on Nanxin Island charge to?

Moreover, there is still room for development and construction of the "Nanxin Island Toll Station" itself, which can be copied from the Jiehe Commercial Market and developed into a trade center city where talents, capital and goods gather.

The profit in this is no less than simply collecting tolls.

In order to develop Nanxin Island as soon as possible, the participation of the maritime merchants of the Tianfang Sect is indispensable. After all, the merchant ships passing through the Sriwijaya Strait are still dominated by ships of the Celestial Sect of maritime merchants.

If Ji Yi really wanted to fight a full-scale war with the Heavenly Sect maritime merchants on this side of the Srivijaya Strait, it would be equivalent to forcing all the Heavenly Sect maritime merchants to the side of the Pu family...... Then the thirty or so warships under Hu Yanqing are really a bit small to see - in fact, the warships of the Tianfang Sect are not without a little advantage, although the Song-style warships are relatively strong, and they have an overwhelming advantage in the gang jumping battle. However, the number of warships of the Celestial Sect is huge (only in the Sriwijaya Strait), and they are fast and flexible.

Therefore, once the two sides start a war, it will inevitably be long and protracted!

In addition, there is another reason why Ji Yi is reluctant to start a full-scale war with the Heavenly Sect Maritime Merchant, that is, he still has to go to Baghdad to meet the caliph!

If there is really a fight, how can he go to Baghdad? To the west of the Srivijaya Strait are the forces of the Celestial Sect of Maritime Commerce! Can he fight all the way?

So after obtaining the consent of the Great Minister of Leather Stockings, Said. Wan Sisheng and Mo Niangzi went to the port of Aceh in the northwest of Sumatra to carry out the "Zhao'an" mission together with Bai Siwen, on the Arabian galleys "Aladdin".

That's right, it's Zhao'an, the Arabian pirate who went to Zhao'an to entrench in the port of Aceh on behalf of Zhao Ji, an official of the Great Song Dynasty - canonized Pu Moumou as an Aceh patrol envoy under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Control Department of the Great Song Dynasty!

"Sai, Said, you're not kidding me? The Great Song Dynasty wants to seal me as an inspector of Aceh? ”

In the port of Aceh, inside a white, beautifully decorated Tianfang-style palace, Pu Abu respectfully looked at Said, who was wearing the green official uniform of the Song Dynasty. Wan Sisheng, I don't know what to say.

Yesterday he was still in this palace playing Said. In the name of Wan Si Sheng, he instigated the war of the gods to a group of Heavenly Sect merchants! Now Wan Sisheng himself is wearing a Song Dynasty official uniform to recruit An......

Of course, his instigation of the War of the Gods didn't work very well. After all, the opponent of the War of Gods is Da Song! Everyone is going to do business with the Great Song Dynasty, how can they go to war? If there is a war, can the business still be done?

And the "sea power" of Arab merchants in the Indian Ocean was not particularly solid. Although their superiority at sea was not small, they existed in the form of merchants and pirates after all. And did not form a state to form a navy. Moreover, in the Bay of Bengal west of the Sriwijaya Strait, they are also facing pressure from the Brahmanical maritime power of the Chola Kingdom, and if they start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that in the future, they will not be merchants and thieves, but pure pirates......

Besides, everyone knows more or less what happened to the Pujia Navy in the Battle of Puluo Island.

The Song people's water army has black magic! They have dark wizards, fireball magic, demon boys, and great iron men...... By the way, they also have terrible Roman fire!

How can such an enemy be defeated?

Inside the palace of Aceh, Said. Wan Mude touched his white beard and asked Pu Abu with a smile, "Abu, don't you really have to think about the Pu family in Guangzhou?" If you are not recruited, then they are all the family members of the thief!

In addition, you are now nothing more than a defeated general under the Song Army's sailors! Dozens of ships fought against others, but not a single ship was taken, and more than a dozen warships were lost...... Now that he can occupy Aceh and become the inspector of the Song Kingdom, what is there to be dissatisfied? Do you still want the caliph to be crowned an emir? ”

Of course, Pu Abu doesn't care about the Pu family in Guangzhou, and those people are not Pu Abu's closest relatives, but they are just brothers, nephews, and uncles in the hall, and whether they die or not has nothing to do with Abu.

But in what name he rules Aceh is a question!

He is neither Saeed, nor Sharif, nor the Grand Imam. So not long after he fled to Aceh, he sent his cousin Pu Ali to Baghdad with gifts and asked the caliph for the title of emir.

However, whether it can be sealed or not, Pu Abu is not sure - there are too many Tianfang Sect maritime merchants who do East-West trade, and some of them are not weaker than the Pu family, so why let the Pu family be the emir?

There are so many interests involved!

Pu Abu was silent for a moment, then glanced at Wan Sisheng, who looked highly respected, and then at Mo Li, who was sitting beside Wan Sisheng. The woman was apparently a heretic, and swaggered into his palace without putting on a headscarf, and Said was very respectful to her.

Seeing Pu Abu looking at her, Mo Li smiled coldly and opened her mouth in stiff Arabic, "Abu, when Saeed and I arrived, we saw that there were still Pu warships on the sea near Aceh collecting taxes from passing merchant ships, I want to know, who gave you the right to do this?" ”

This question made Pu Abu stunned.

He doesn't seem to have the right to tax the maritime merchants of the past now!

"Are you ......?" asked Puab, looking at Murly.

Wan Sisheng smiled and introduced: "She is the messenger of the God of Light, the holy daughter of Manichaeism, Murly, and he is the person of Ji Yizhi, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Sure enough, it's a heretic...... Pu Abu took a breath, smiled and bent down, "It turned out to be the Holy Maiden, fortunately, fortunately." ”

Unfortunately, there will be no way! People are Ji Yi's people, and Ji Yi has a fleet of black magic and Roman fire in his hands!

Mo Li smiled: "Abu, the Three Buddhas Strait is neither your Heavenly Sect's nor our Great Song Dynasty...... Both of us, both foreigners! It is the truth to occupy a piece of land here, build a port market, and then grasp the navigable trade of the strait!

As for the matter of God, there was an envoy from the Great Song Dynasty who went to Baghdad to discuss with the caliph face-to-face. ”

Bai Siwen, who was standing next to him, also said in Arabic: "Abu, in fact, Ji Zheng knows that you must have sent an envoy to Baghdad to ask for the title of emir, but it doesn't matter...... You can be an emir on the one hand, an inspector of the Great Song Dynasty on the one hand, and an official on the other hand. The coastal city of the Great Song Dynasty will not care much about the affairs of Aceh, you just need to supply on time! ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to make an offering, Puab's brows tightened.

"Said, Aladdin, and the Holy Maiden, I don't know how much it costs me as an inspector to make offerings a year?"

Said smiled: "Not much, not much, just give 100,000 taels of gold a year." ”

100,000 taels of gold is not much!? Pu Abu's distressed face wrinkled.

Bai Siwen hurriedly said: "Abu, this money is much less than what your family handed over to the Three Buddhas Royal Court before. Although you can only collect money in Aceh, your family will no longer have to maintain a large number of warships. Isn't it enough to have ten or eight of them? ”

This is to disarm most of the Pu family!

Although the Pujia naval army suffered a crushing defeat near Puluozhong Island, the capital was not lost, and the high speed of the Arabian galleys saved the scattered fleet. More than 20 warships arrived at the port of Aceh one after another, which restored the vitality of the Pujia naval army.

However, it is not easy to maintain a naval army of this size, whether it is a Ghulam warrior or an ordinary Arab or Persian sailor, it is necessary to spend money to raise it. And paddling slaves are also expensive - they need to be replenished frequently!

In addition, the training of Ghulam warriors and sailors, and the replacement of warships, were also the main expenses.

If you want to maintain a fleet of dozens of warships in the Sriwijaya Strait, the annual expenditure will not be less than 100,000 taels of gold.

In addition to the cost of the fleet, the port of Aceh also needs to spend a lot of money on maintenance and defense. Unlike Nanxin Island, Aceh is not an isolated island. Therefore, it is necessary to guard against attacks from land. This required Puab, the maritime chieftain, to maintain an army, and for this he had already sent men to India and Persia to mercenary troops—and given the climate and the plagues that were rampant in Aceh, it was impossible to pay for hired soldiers!

"Abu," Saeed. Seeing that Puab was still hesitating, Wanmud said a little unhappily, "You are inciting the divine war in my name this time, this is to deceive the believers, if I expose you to the believers, can you still gain a foothold in Aceh?" Without the protection of believers, how much power do you have at your disposal? At that time, I am afraid that there is no need for the Song army to make a move, and the fleet and soldiers of the Srivijaya can take away everything you have in Aceh. ”

Pu Abu looked at Wan Sisheng bitterly, "Said, can you really allow the infidels to rule the Srivijaya Strait?" ”

"Abu!" Anger already appeared on Wan Sisheng's old face, "Why don't you understand? The Sriwijaya Strait was originally pagan...... Originally, your Pu family didn't even have an inch of land here! But now, you have Aceh! A piece belongs to the Pu family, which allows merchants of all religions, so that the race can enter and exit freely! Why aren't you satisfied? What more could you want? ”

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