In the blink of an eye, September of the seventh year of Huangyou, the reform of the Jingdong Road Xiangjun finally came to an end.

In the Laizhou military camp, the soldiers of the three thousand chassis were rehearsing the formation. The dust rolled on the martial arts field, and the three thousand spears were neatly arranged. The cold light flashed and murderous intent was thriving. The "kill" rose into the sky with a mighty and majestic shout of killing. The soldiers instantly retracted their guns, standing upright like three thousand statues of warriors, standing motionless.

Fan Ning, who was inspecting martial arts performance on the viewing platform, nodded. He smiled at Luo Lin, the commander next to him and said, "It's a little stronger than Yunzhou. It can rank third among the six major military camps, second only to Yingtianfu military camps and Xuzhou military camps."

"Thank you for your compliment!"

As we all know, in one year of training, Yingtian Mansion is definitely the first, Xuzhou Military Camp is second, and Luo Lin is already very satisfied with his ability to rank third.

Fan Ning said again: "Prepare to set off for Yingtian Mansion! After practicing together in Yingtian Mansion for a month, our reform will be successful."

Rollin whispered: "There are rumors that we will turn into imperial guards. Does the appeaser think this is possible?"

Fanning nodded, "There is a possibility. Judging from morale and training, you are all much stronger than the Yingtian Mansion Imperial Army and can be called an elite army. The emperor may be moved, but it is really not certain now, because it involves some institutional issues."

"I understand!"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Thank you all for your hard work today. I reward my brothers and let everyone rest for a day and set off for Yingtian Mansion tomorrow."

Rollin nodded silently, Fanning stood up and left

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fan Ning came out of Yingtian Mansion and went to inspect the major military camps. He spent almost all the whole month on the road. After inspecting the last Laizhou military camp, it was time for him to respond to Tianfu.

As soon as Fan Ning left the military camp, Zhu Bao rode forward on a horse and bowed and said, "Report to the master, news came from the state yamen that there was an acquaintance of yours on the harbor."

Fan Ning was stunned. He had just arrived in Laizhou yesterday. How could there be his own acquaintances in the Harbour?

He pondered for a moment and ordered, "Go to the harbor!"

He led everyone to the harbor.

Laizhou Port, which is today's Qingdao Port, is one of the four major ports in the Song Dynasty. It is ranked behind Quanzhou, Guangzhou and Mingzhou Ports. It mainly does business with Goryeo and Japan, and is also the garrison of the Laizhou Navy.

When Fanning arrived at the port, he saw more than a dozen sea boats of ten thousand stones moored on several piers, but Fanning narrowed his eyes. He saw the flag of the Fan's business, which was the nine-star flag he designed himself. These dozens of large ships were actually the sea boats of the Fan's business!

"Anning!" Someone called him in the distance, his voice was a little blurry, and he couldn't hear who it was.

I saw a man rushing towards him, Fan Ning was slightly stunned. How could he be a Kunlun slave? He was as dark as charcoal. Has the fleet been to Africa?

After a moment, the black man rushed closer, Fan Ning recognized him and burst into laughter. Why did Akihito look so bad?

He also quickly stepped forward, and the two hugged each other tightly, and they both laughed happily. They hadn't seen each other for almost three years. The last time they met was the second year after Fan Ning was mourning at home, Mingren accompanied his wife and children back to his hometown from Quanzhou to visit relatives.

"Mingren, how could you be in Laizhou?"

"Is it strange? When I came back from Changqi, Japan, I happened to hear several officials from the state yamen say that you are in Laizhou."

Akihito was very enthusiastic. He pulled Fanning's arm and said, "Go on the boat and I'll show you something, maybe it's what you want."

"What is it?" Fanning asked curiously.

Akihito smiled mysteriously, "Just come with me!"

Akihito's boat was a sea boat of 20,000 s. It was built two years ago and had been to Nanyang and Japan. Fanning got on the boat through a soft ladder. The deck was also busy, and dozens of sailors were still busy unloading the goods. Their cargo was mainly lacquerware, bronzeware, pearls and precious sea shells. The goods were all loaded in large wooden boxes and slowly hung onto the dock with ropes.

"Our business has three large warehouses in Laizhou Port. The goods we bought this time are easy to store and there is no rush to put them on the market."

"How is the situation of the business bank?" Fan Ning asked casually. He hadn't read the business bank's report for almost two years.

Fan Ning and Mingren and Mingli accounted for 30% of the Fan family's business, and a total of them were given to the Zhu family, which was run by Zhu Yuanfu's second son Zhu Xiaolin. After several years of development, the business has become very large. Two years ago, the business owned as many as 100 large sea ships, ranking fifth among the marine merchants of the Song Dynasty. I wonder how it is now.

Akihito smiled proudly, "We have 130 ships in Shanghai, and 500 ships from 1,000 to 3,000 stones. We bought an inland dock in Jingkou, not only sea boats, inland fleets, warehouses, docks, and there are also."

Fanning waved his hand and interrupted him, "What I want to ask about is the situation of overseas trade. Have you established a base overseas?"

"There are too many overseas countries, including Japan, Goryeo, Sulu, Zhenla, Java, Sanfoqi Kingdom, Lion Kingdom, India, Persia, etc., and the farthest is Dashi. Currently, the merchants buy land to build warehouses and wharfs in Japan, Java, Lion Kingdom, and Lion Kingdom. Speaking of which, the land there is simply outrageously cheap. You can buy a land of land as big as Wuxian for a hundred taels of silver. We bought hundreds of miles of land in Java and Johor."

The two of them walked while talking and soon arrived at Akihito's cabin. Akihito asked Fanning to sit down, took out a box the size of a basketball from a large box, put it on the table and pushed it to Fanning.

"What's this?"

"You see it yourself, something very rare."

Fanning slowly opened the box and was shocked to jump up. The box was actually a pumpkin weighing seven or eight pounds and a corn. Fanning's eyes were straightened. This was something that only exists in America. Where did Akiri get it?

Seeing that he looked surprised, Akihito smiled proudly, "I got it accidentally in Java. Every time our ship docked in the harbor of Java, we would take canoes from native people from all islands to buy daily necessities. One day I accidentally found these two things in his boat, as if they were their food for crossing the sea. They came from Java, as if they were planted on their islands."

Fanning was shocked and happy. His guess was indeed correct. The natives on the Pacific Island had indeed been to America and got pumpkins and corn seeds. They came back and planted them themselves. The Song Dynasty did not discover it until the Western colonists in the Ming and Qing dynasties planted them on a large scale in the Southeast Asian country that the Central Plains dynasty introduced these high-quality agricultural products.

He took it seriously to ask Mingren to search. After so many years, he finally gained something.

"Is there anything else?" Fanning asked again.

"You have seen other things, such as Balala, Galaba, etc., are all Nanyang fruits, and it seems that they are already sold in Beijing."

Balala and Galapa refer to bananas and coconuts. There are many Ryukyu Mansions, which are transported to the capital in large quantities and have been sold in some shops in the capital, but the price is very expensive. Fanning has seen it with his own eyes that a bunch of ten bananas costs ten bananas, which is equivalent to a banana for a total of one banana, and only wealthy families can afford it.

Coconuts are a little cheaper, but they are more common in the south, but they cost several hundred cents each to ship to the capital.

Fanning nodded, "These two are good things! Especially this corn can be used as food. I will send it back to Wuxian Township and let my third uncle grow it."

"You call it corn?"

"Don't it look like? Each one is like jade."

“It’s very vivid.”

Speaking of jade, Akihito suddenly remembered something, and quickly found a small box the size of a palm from the box, put it on the table and smiled: "I have never seen my nieces and nieces before! These are two gems I bought in the Lion Kingdom, and I give them one for each of them."

The Lion Kingdom was later Sri Lanka. It was famous for its abundant gems. The fleet also purchased spices and gems there many times. However, Akihito solemnly picked out the two gems as gifts for his children, which made Fanning look forward to it.

He slowly opened the box and laid a layer of velvet inside. Two sapphires were placed on the velvet, each about the size of a date. This large sapphire is also sold in Beijing, about a thousand guan.

However, this blue is not light blue, but dark blue. This is Cheyaju sapphire! The best among the best.

That's right, this is how did the Cheyaju sapphire produced in Kashmir appear in the Lion Kingdom?

Of course, this must be a sapphire produced in the Lion Kingdom, but the quality is very rare and can not be seen on the market. No wonder Akihito cherishes it so much.

"This is something I bought by accident last year. There are five in total. I will keep two of them myself, one for you. These two will be given to you. Such a good sapphire is probably only available in the palace. You can't buy them even if you have money outside."

"Then I'm not polite."

Fanning put away the gem and asked with a smile: "Where are you going to next stop?"

"I plan to go to Sulu again. I plan to exchange five hundred silk for an island from King Sulu. I have long seen an island, very narrow and long. Its southern end is very close to Boni, which is rich in spices, and is just across a strait. Last time, King Sulu promised to sell it to me, but he didn't want money and asked for five hundred silk."
Chapter completed!