The manager of the Maritime Safety Administration stationed in Liugui City has indeed sent away the previous dozen treasure ships one after another in the past half month. According to the list given to him in the spring, this one is the last treasure ship in the civilian fleet this year.

Already.

He didn't know why the treasure ship arrived at Liugui City so slowly, but fortunately, the task of finding a treasure ship for Song Yingxing was completed.

The captain breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the ship. He thought that some of the goods he had secretly smuggled for the merchants in Tuoshan City had been discovered.

Although the treasure ship belongs to the navy, it is the person in the navy who has the best relationship with the trading company, a newly emerging force in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it will be slowly eroded by the trading company. Because the Dongshan Prefecture and Daming routes are all monopolized by the Maritime Safety Administration, the treasure ship

The captain is the most corrupted person.

Some goods that were not allowed by the imperial court were smuggled to Dongshan Prefecture by the civilian fleet every year. In fact, this was a semi-open secret on the route between the Ming Dynasty and Dongshan Prefecture. As long as the merchants did not overdo it and took care of themselves along the way, no one would investigate.

But a Zhenghe class intercepted him with all his strength, which really made the captain think that his smuggling had angered the navy, which would make him lose his head.

According to the original plan, the ship's next stop after leaving Minamifuso was North Fuso, and it would not dock in Edo. However, in the brothel of Black Teeth City in Minamifuso, when the captain held two girls who had been trained in Yangzhou

When Dongyi Nu Shouma was in a hurry to go back to his room, five merchants and Maritime Bureau officials forced him to stay and asked him to help transport some goods.

At this time, how can a man still have sense? The captain, who was anxious to go to Wushan with Dongyi slave horse, asked whether the goods were not too prohibited, and after the Maritime Safety Administration officials also took shares, he accepted the reward and agreed.

That's why they docked at Edo Port.

It was precisely because of this unexpected batch of cargo that his treasure ship was nearly full and the sailing speed was so slow.

"Captain, is it..."

"Don't worry, it's not." The captain knew what his navigator wanted to ask. He was also the one who carried a Dongyi slave back to the room that day and knew about the smuggling.

Seeing that it was nothing he was worried about, the captain felt relieved.

"Where is that shipment?"

"In the cabin where the Japanese female slaves are kept." The captain whispered: "I set up a mezzanine in the cabin, and told the female slaves that they are not allowed to touch anything in the cabin. Anyone who dares to do so will be thrown directly into the sea to feed the fish."

The captain nodded and felt relieved. Japanese women are famous for their honesty. If a Japanese man slaps her, she will only apologize sincerely and then look at her man's hands to see if they are swollen.

The people of Ming Dynasty told them not to touch it, and even if they were given ten courages, they would not dare to touch it.

When the two began to discuss how wonderful it would be to buy some beautiful Japanese slave girls and return to their hometown after retiring, Liu Yifeng knocked on the cabin door and walked in.

"Captain, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Treasure ships have treasure ship rules, including how to eat.

How to eat at sea requires calculation, including calculation of firewood and charcoal, calculation of the rate at which food deteriorates, calculation of fresh water consumption, and calculation of sailing time.

In ports, food is often given to the crew to prevent the accumulated emotions of the crew from exploding at sea.

So it was appropriate for Liu Yifeng, who was already a real chef on the ship, to ask how to eat.

"Uh, wait a minute, I'll tell you later."

The captain was too worried about the smuggled goods and forgot to contact the Maritime Safety Administration. He didn't know if the Maritime Safety Administration would take care of his business after he returned to Liugui City.

But when he returned to the port, he could no longer find the manager of the Maritime Safety Bureau. He was reporting the situation to the Maritime Safety Bureau in Liugui City.

"Let the treasure ship stay here, and then tomorrow you take people on board to check it out, and get all the contraband found for me!"

"Yes, Master Steward!"

Outsiders think that managing the Maritime Safety Bureau in Liugui City is a hard job. After all, during the hottest time of the year, you can only take off your cotton robe during the day. But only Maritime Bureau officials who have been to Liugui City know that this place is actually very fat!

Originally, being an official in a bitter cold land meant that the salary was not low, and the accumulated political achievements were also high. The filial piety of various business houses was the real reason why this manager stayed here even though his political achievements were enough to be promoted back to the Ming Dynasty.

But that's why he knew very well that every treasure ship of the civilian fleet going to Dongshan Prefecture contained contraband. Since Mr. Song wants to requisition that treasure ship, that treasure ship must be clean!

So during the next day, the people from the Maritime Safety Administration did not listen to the captain's explanation and forcibly ordered him to drive all the husbandmen and female slaves out of the cabin and gather in a specially designated open space at the port.

Then, under the desperate gaze of the captain and navigator, the entire ship was cleaned up, and the smuggled goods were discovered, all piled on the deck.

The people from the Maritime Safety Administration removed the wooden seals and opened the wooden box. Everyone on the ship's eyes were wide-eyed. The crew looked at their captain and navigator with great horror and anger.

"My lord! My lord! Please listen to my explanation, this..."

"Shut up! Clear the place first!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Maritime Safety Administration official also regretted that he would not have dismantled the contraband on the spot if he had known it was so troublesome. He dismantled it in front of the crew, just to create a fait accompli and blackmail the captain.

In the end, there was no need to blackmail, because this batch of smuggled goods was the largest contraband in Dongshan Prefecture.

Bird gun, also known as matchlock gun.

After Qi Shaobao initiated the military reform of gunmen, he equipped the Southern and Western armies of the Ming Dynasty with a large amount of equipment. The Northern Army had more cavalry and had Mongols and Jurchens as servants. It was only partially equipped, but in the entire Ming army,

It's nothing new anymore.

However, the imperial court strictly prohibited the transportation of gunshots to Dongshan Prefecture!
Chapter completed!