Zhao Yan and the others never expected that when they were about to enter the deepwater port, they were stopped by several small boats. There were also several black and thin natives wearing official uniforms on the boat, shouting at their boats with unstandard Han people. Unfortunately, the wind was strong on the sea and I couldn't hear what they were shouting.

"Is the deep-shui port the port of our Song Dynasty? How could there be Jiaozhi officials?" Zhao Yan came to the side of the ship and looked down at the officials. When Jiaozhi was beaten and defeated, Jiaozhi envoys ran to the capital one after another, so Zhao Yan knew Jiaozhi officials, but this made him even more strange.

"Wait, I seem to hear them shouting 'tax collection' and other words. It's not that Jiaozhi is crazy and plans to collect taxes here, right?" At this time, Su Shi listened with a long ear and finally said with a puzzled look that after the deep water port was ceased to the Song Dynasty, it had no relationship with Jiaozhi anymore, so it was a bit inexplicable for the officials of Jiaozhi to come here to collect taxes.

"Charge taxes?" Wang Shiyou listened carefully when he heard Su Shi's words. He lived in Shenshui Port for a long time and was inevitably in contact with natives. Therefore, he could understand the Han people who were half-baked with natives. However, after he heard the call from the Jiaozhi officials below, his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Brother Wang, what's going on? Are these Jiaozhi officials crossing the line?" At this time, Xu Yuan found that Wang Shiyou's face changed, and walked over and asked. Shenshui Port was obviously the territory of the Song Dynasty, but Jiaozhi officials came to collect taxes. Isn't this crossing the line?

"It's not just crossing the line. The Jiaozhi people are really too bullying. The Jiaozhi people below actually said that this is their territorial waters, so they have to get on the ship to check and then collect taxes according to the goods on the ship!" Wang Shiyue said angrily at this time. The Deepwater Port was built by him and his wife Princess Chen, and he also has deep feelings for this place, but he didn't expect that the Jiaozhi people would actually interfere with each other, which naturally made him angry.

Zhao Yan's face darkened when he heard this. He had only known that Jiaozhi was making small moves in secret. However, he did not expect that the other party would be so bold this time and openly ran to the deepwater port to collect taxes. He did not take Da Song seriously.

Just as Zhao Yan was angry, the Jiaozhi officials in the boat below were still shouting to stop the boat. This made Zhao Yan snort coldly and ordered the guards next to him: "Take a few grenades and throw them down, and let the Jiaozhi people below shut up!"

The guard leader Niu Lie and others were also a little impatient by the Jiaozhi people below. Now, when he heard Zhao Yan's order, he immediately agreed loudly and turned back to the side of the ship. In a short while, he took out a grenade and then lit it and threw it on the ship below. It was a coincidence that the Jiaozhi officials on the ship had seen the scene of the Great Song army using firearms. Now he saw that the people on the ship actually threw down a grenade that they had seen on the battlefield. He was so scared that he screamed strangely. His psychological shadow broke out and he jumped into the sea in an instant.

In fact, the power of the black gunpowder grenade is limited. Although the Jiaozhi people's ship is small, it will be fine as long as people hide in the cabin. However, the official was really scared, so he acted to jump into the sea. Other Jiaozhi people had never seen the grenade, but when they saw the leading officials jumping into the sea, they all jumped into the sea. As a result, with a few explosions, the Jiaozhi people's boat was not damaged much, at most it was a bit damaged on the deck.

"I'll catch all the Jiaozhi people in the sea. I want to ask who gave them such courage?" Zhao Yan ordered again, and then several guards with good water skills immediately jumped into the sea and grabbed the Jiaozhi people struggling in the water one by one.

"You... who are you? Why are you attacking our Jiaozhi tax collecting ship?" After the head of Jiaozhi official was arrested and got on board, he immediately asked Zhao Yan and the others loudly, but he was not a fool. He knew that Dasong had strict management of firearms, but the other party was equipped with firearms on the ship. This shows that these people are definitely not ordinary people.

"Hmph! What a brave man. Don't you know that this is the territorial waters of the Song Dynasty. Why do you Jiaozhi officials come to us to collect taxes?" At this time, Wang Shiyue took the lead in speaking. Out of concern for the deep water port, he had to figure out this matter and see what the Jiaozhi people were planning?

"Who said this is your territorial waters? At that time, we just ceded you to the deepwater port, but we didn't say that we also ceded the outer seas of the deepwater port to you. So now this sea area still belongs to our Jiaozhi. We can collect taxes as much as we want!" Although the official of Jiaozhi knew that the other party's identity was unusual, he still defended with a hard neck.

"What a sharp-tongued guy. I really want to know if Li Rizun thinks the same way!" Zhao Yan said with anger at this time. It seemed that the lesson he taught the Jiaozhi people last time was not profound enough, otherwise they would not have dared to tear up the treaty openly in the past few years. Zhao Yan is even now considering which army to transfer to fight the Jiaozhi people.

"I...I am?" The official from Jiaozhi was frightened when he heard Zhao Yan's claim. He looked at Zhao Yan with shock on his face, guessing which prince of the Song Dynasty was?

Seeing the shocked look of this Jiaozhi official, Wang Shiyou stepped forward and sneered: "You are really blind. In front of you, this is my third brother of His Majesty the Song Dynasty, His Highness Zhao Yan, and I am the princess of the Chen State of the Song Dynasty. I have dealt with Li Rizun a lot at the beginning. If you Jiaozhi repent of the original treaty, let him come to talk to us in person!"

When the official of Jiaozhi was scared to Zhao Yan and himself, he was scared again. He was not very afraid of Zhao Yan. After all, he didn't know that the person who invented the firearm was Zhao Yan, but he was different from the official of Wang. At the beginning, it was Wangzhi who forced them to sign the Guangzhou treaty, which was both cede land and compensated. In addition, the deep water port was also planned by Wangzhi and his wife, so the name Wangzhi made in Jiaozhi was almost everyone who knew about it, so the official of Jiaozhi was so shocked.

Zhao Yan also saw that the level of this Jiaozhi official was too low, so he was too lazy to be embarrassed by the other party. He immediately stepped forward and said, "I am too lazy to be bothered with you. Now you go back to see Li Rizun and ask him to arrive at Shenshui Port within seven days. If he doesn't come, then I will personally take the troops to Changlong Mansion to see him. Anyway, this is not the first time our Song Dynasty army has been there!"

Hearing Zhao Yan's threat, the Jiaozhi official was shocked and hurriedly looked up at Zhao Yan, but found that the other party's face was full of murderous intent, which didn't seem to be a joke. This made him even more anxious. He was about to argue with him and Jiaozhi, but unfortunately Zhao Yan didn't give him a chance at all, so he threw them on the boat below with a wave of his hand. This made the Jiaozhi official angry and glad, and immediately left in the boat in shame.

"San brother, don't you really want Li Rizun to come to see you, right?" Cao Song looked at the Jiaozhi tax ship that was leaving, then turned to Zhao Yan and asked, "You know that Li Rizun is the King of Jiaozhi, how could he come to see Zhao Yan easily?"

"Li Rizun will definitely not come, but it doesn't matter. I just happened to take this opportunity to make a fuss and let Jiaozhi know that our Song Dynasty is very tough in the Deepwater Port, so that they can be honest for a few years!" Zhao Yan then wiped out the angry look just now, and said calmly.

In fact, regarding the tax ship that encountered Jiaozhi outside the deep-shui port, Zhao Yan also guessed that this was Jiaozhi's reaction to test the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty showed its weak side, Jiaozhi would definitely be more and more arrogant, and it was even ruled out that it would use force. Although the Song Dynasty was not afraid of Jiaozhi, the Song Dynasty was messed up due to reforms. Zhao Yan had just arrived in the south and had not yet fully gained a foothold. Therefore, if Jiaozhi was messed up at this time, it would definitely make the Song Dynasty difficult to care about the front and tail. Therefore, Zhao Yan was tough so that Jiaozhi would be jealous.

Without the obstruction of the Jiaozhi people, Zhao Yan and his fleet quickly entered the port and notified the officials in the port to greet him. This was not Zhao Yan's show of advice, but Wang Shi asked him to ask the officials at the port to see if they knew about the Jiaozhi tax collecting ships just now?

When the officials at the port heard about the Jiaozhi tax collecting ships, they also looked hesitant, but in the end they honestly admitted that they all knew it. However, the merchant ships passing by the Jiaozhi people did not pay much attention to these Jiaozhi people, and usually directly knocked their small boats into and out of the port. Anyway, the Jiaozhi people's boats were small and slow, so they could not catch up with the Han people's large ships. When the port officials saw this situation, they were worried that they would drive out the Jiaozhi people and cause disputes between the two countries, so they ignored them.

Hearing these officials' words, Zhao Yan came forward to scold them fiercely, because in the eyes of the Jiaozhi people, their inaction is a sign of weakness and bullying, and in the end it will only make the Jiaozhi people more aggressive. Therefore, if you encounter this situation again in the future, you must not have any concerns. Even if you cause any trouble, the court will support them in the end.

The officials at the port immediately admitted their mistakes about Zhao Yan's reprimand and promised that they would never make such mistakes in the future. After all, after Zhao Yan took over the sea trade, the Deepwater Port is also within the jurisdiction of Zhao Yan. In other words, Zhao Yan is their immediate superior. Regardless of whether they really listen to the reprimand, at least they dare not say anything on the surface.
Chapter completed!