I don't want to be king

"My king's coral, jade, luminous pearl, silver..."

Lin Yi said with a heartache, "It's not theirs, they really don't feel bad."

Hong Ying nodded and said, "My lord, do you want to subtract some more?"

Lin Yi sighed, "Forget it, I don't have many things in the first place, if I reduce some, it's better not to give it away."

Hong Ying took the gift list and withdrew.

However, on the third day, Lin Yi became happy.

Du Sanhe's one million taels of silver was sent along with three big ships.

Three big ships sailed into the Xijiang River from the sea. The tall bows and masts attracted the children in the school. Regardless of the persuasion of the teachers, they all skipped class, climbed into the trees and screamed at the big ship.

Even the people in Baiyun City rushed out to watch, and all the people were empty for a while.

Many of them had seen big ships before, but this was the first time they had seen a big ship sailing into the Xijiang River.

"My lord, this way please."

The guards of the palace led the way, and Tian Shiyou led the way, leading Lin Yi through the crowd to the river.

After Lin Yi boarded the ship through the steep springboard, he went directly to the third floor.

Climbing up and looking far away, looking at the vast river, he said, "I didn't expect the river to be so deep, and such a big boat didn't run aground."

Tian Shiyou smiled and said, "My lord, it is said that in the earlier years, before Baiyun City, the Nanyang countries and Ayu Kingdom entered the capital city to pay tribute, that is, they sailed directly into the Xijiang River, and then entered the capital city by land."

Lin Yi said curiously, "I don't even know about this."

Tian Shiyou said with a smile, "My lord, do you think this boat is still safe?

Du Sanhe is really willing. "

"Oh, by the way, you also promised to send me a big ship,"

Lin Yi looked at Tian Shiyou, "Where's the boat?"

Tian Shiyou said, "My lord, don't worry, in Yuanhai, the grass-roots naturally dare not lie to my lord."

Lin Yi said, "From now on, you will be my king's man, so there is no need to share anything with each other.

What is yours is my king's, and what is my king's is naturally my king's. "

"..."

Tian Shiyou wept with a mournful face.

"Look at your prospects, this king is just taking advantage of others at will?"

Lin Yi said angrily.

It's clear whether it's good or not!

Tian Shiyou almost couldn't help blurting out.

But he still said with a smile on his face, "Of course not."

Lin Yi said, "How many big ships do you have yourself, and how many big ships can you contact outside, tell them all, don't hide them.

Join the group with a big ship, and earn money together. "

"What does your lord mean?"

"It's so simple, don't you understand?"

Lin Yi rolled his eyes at him and said, spat out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, watched it slowly fall into the water from a high altitude, and said, "This king will give them a backer, let them send boats, people, and money, is that okay?" ?”

Tian Shiyou grinned and said, "My lord, this is great!"

Sometimes, he is quite willing to chat with the prince.

Although sometimes it can make people half-dead, but speaking straightforwardly and not beating around the bush, I don't need to use my brain to think too much, saving worry and effort!

Seeing the prince looking at him again, he hurriedly said, "If the grass-roots go to contact you, you can probably gather ten big ships!

This is not Nanzhou, if the grass people over there contact, it will be more! "

Lin Yi asked in surprise, "Can the ones in Nanzhou also be contacted?"

Tian Shiyou said, "My lord, you don't know how many people want to do business in Nanyang!"

Lin Yi said, "In all these years, no one has gone to Nanyang to do business?"

Tian Shiyou said, "Of course not, otherwise, who would Du Sanhe snatch?

People who go there are like crucian carp crossing the river, but they all suffer from pirates. If you don't pay attention, you will lose both people and money.

Those who can really make a lot of money are generally powerful people, and pirates don't dare to shave their beards easily, or make friends with pirates like Du Sanhe. "

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Then when will you be ready to leave?"

Tian Shiyou said, "My lord, of course there are a lot of things to do to go to sea, and it can't be ready in a short while, for example, it takes two months to prepare for receiving and loading the goods.

Grassmen think it over, let's prepare food, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been happening all these years, there is a shortage of food everywhere, as long as it is shipped out, it will definitely make a lot of money. "

"Shipping food?"

Lin Yi stared and said, "Why don't you be beautiful to death?

Remember this king, not a single grain of Sanhe's food is allowed to go out. "

"My lord, this is a profitable business!"

Tian Shiyou jumped anxiously.

"Don't you know how to cook salt?"

Lin Yi held on to the railing, stretched his arms while blowing the wind from the river, "Continue selling salt."

"My lord, there is a war in Yuezhou, you can't go, the grass people have said it a long time ago,"

Tian Shiyou wondered, "The road to the north is not very familiar to the grassroots."

"Then slowly get to know each other,"

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he continued, "Master Xie, continue to buy and store grain. If there is not enough space, let Mr. Bian continue to build the granary."

Xie Zan happily said, "My lord is wise!"

He had mentioned this suggestion a long time ago, and now that the prince is willing to accept it, he is naturally very excited.

There is already turmoil in front of us, and the most precious thing is food.

So there is nothing wrong with storing more food.

Tian Shiyou pointed to Jiang's face and said, "My lord, look."

Lin Yi blocked the sun with his hands, squinted his eyes, and looked over carefully. A small boat came out from the side of another big boat. Du Yinniang, Wen Qian and others were standing on it, going down the river.

"It's really rude not to even say hello."

Lin Yi looked at the boat gradually going away, and felt regretful.

Mingyue said, "My lord, why don't you go and invite your servant over here?"

Lin Yi shook his head and smiled, "Twisted melons are not sweet."

Zixia asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say, my lord, that it might be really fragrant in the end?"

Wen Zhaoyi heard the sound and looked over, Lin Yi hurriedly coughed twice and turned his back.

Two days later.

Tian Shiyou resigned to go to Yuanhai, Lin Yi thought about it, and simply followed.

On the other hand, idleness is idleness, it is better to experience the blue sky and the sea.

Open your mouth with the prince, and run away with the people in the palace.

Just for the things belonging to the prince alone, twenty boxes were collected, and there were 67 servants and guards, Tian Shiyou was dumbfounded.

On the day of departure, Lin Yi sat on a big chair on the deck, holding a teacup, with Hong Ying on his left and Wen Zhaoyi on his right.

Wen Zhaoyi straightened the hair that was lifted by Jiang Feng, and said with a smile, "The last time I went to sea was about 50 years ago."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "This time, let's eat all the sea fish."

Although Baiyun City also has them, they are not fresh, and the prawns they eat occasionally have a fishy smell.

Chapter 75

Sanhe is hot, and the fresh-keeping technology is not good enough. No matter how fresh the food is, even if it is only left for a while, it will attract a lot of flies.

Therefore, even if it is only sixty or seventy miles away from the sea, you can't eat fresh seafood!

Every time the fishermen arrive here by sampan boat for two days and two nights, the fish will have a faint stench.

Sometimes to satisfy his craving, he would eat dried fish marinated in sea salt, but because of the poor quality of sea salt, he could eat a mouthful of unknown particles.

I'm afraid that a stone will come out if I don't eat it, and I don't have a laser to break the stone. If I get this thing, I will suffer.

The big boat sailed for about ten miles, Zixia and some people were actually seasick, and almost vomited bile.

Lin Yi looked at the pale Zixia, and ordered the boat to be put down, and let them go back on their own.

Zixia naturally disagreed. Where did Lin Yi give her a chance to speak, he couldn't help but push her off the big boat.

Zixia had no choice but to board the boat with eight men and women and go back the same way.

The big boat went down the river, but because it was a sailboat, the speed was still very slow, and it took a day and night before it sailed out of the Xijiang River.

The sediment carried by the Xijiang River meets the seawater, and the seawater and the river are clearly separated.

Lin Yi stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sea water glistening in the sun, stretching out his arms, wanting to embrace the sea to his heart's content.

The seabirds flying along with the big ship chased the pigeons brought by Fang Bin to heaven and earth. Fang Bin had no choice but to put the pigeons in the cage and never let them out again.

Walking along the coast, you can see some fishermen's settlements from time to time, and there are many fishing boats parked on the shore.

Tian Shiyou said, "Your Majesty, this side is silted and shallow, so we can't park a big ship. We have to go south for fifty miles to Fangniao Island. The water is deep enough to moor, and there are bays on both sides. It's the most suitable place."

Lin Yi nodded, pointing to the silvery beach on the coast, "Is that drying salt?"

Tian Shiyou smiled and said, "From the northernmost Shangjing Road to Qizhou, Wuzhou, and then to Yong'an and Nanzhou, there are official salts, all of which use the method of decocting salt. Only my junior and I use the method of sun-dried salt!"

With a proud face!

Lin Yi said, "Because there is no winter in Sanhe, so there is a lot of sunshine?"

Tian Shiyou shook his head with a smile and said, "My lord, Sanhe is too poor to support so many stove households. If we want to light a fire, we don't know how much firewood we will need that day.

Although there are many mountains and forests, it takes a lot of time and effort to collect firewood. We Sanhe people don't do that.

Besides, we are private salt, and the cost is too high to sell. "

"Then you are so proud!"

Lin Yi kicked it up angrily!

Tian Shiyou accepted the kick honestly.

If you really want to hide, that dead eunuch will definitely make trouble for you when you turn around, and you will be beaten even worse.

Although it's not long in the palace, but I've had experience with this kind of thing for a long time!

"My lord..."

After being kicked, he still had to pretend to be in pain, but the prince was indeed mighty!

"When you talk in the future, it's best not to be so slapped."

After Lin Yi finished venting his anger, he continued to ask, "Then how many catties of sun-dried salt can be sun-dried in a day?"

Tian Shiyou said proudly again, "One person can get more than two hundred catties a day!"

"so much?"

Lin Yi's eyes widened.

"My lord, not much.

There are still a lot of preparations ahead, such as building ridges, preparing brine, and attracting tides. It’s not that simple.”

Tian Shiyou said with a sneer, "Small households sell to big households, and large households sell salt out. The trade route is blocked, which is a bit troublesome."