At the beginning of the founding of the Three Buddhas Kingdom, the status of merchants was quite high, second only to the powerful and monks. Moreover, the powerful and monks also had to rely on the support of merchants to obtain a superior life. Because of this, merchants' participation in politics is very common in the Three Buddhas Kingdom.

After Fanning made the request to purchase land, Wang Guo Zhanbei immediately summoned ten famous merchants from Sanfoqi to discuss the matter.

After the news of the Song Dynasty's attempt to buy land in the Three Buddhas Kingdom came out, the entire lobby seemed to be in an uproar, and ten major merchants opposed it.

"King, if the Song Dynasty controlled a port, then the Song Dynasty merchants would definitely establish a business in the port and bypass our trade with the West. Our interests would be greatly damaged. The King would not be able to sell land to the other party, or even rent it."

The businessman led by the Chamber of Commerce was Pu Caiqi. His family runs the largest business in the Sanfoqi Kingdom and monopolizes 40% of Western trade. His brothers and sons are also senior military officials and have a huge influence in the Sanfoqi Kingdom.

Pu's opinion on spending was unanimously agreed by the merchants present. It was their consensus with the government that the Song merchants and Western merchants were not allowed to trade directly. Once the Song Dynasty built a port in the Sanfoqi Kingdom, the Song merchants would have a foothold, and such things must not be allowed to happen.

The king Zhanbei was a little embarrassed. He could understand the concerns of the merchants, but he did not want to offend the Song Dynasty because of this.

Dihuagala stood up and said, "Your Majesty, let's think about it again! How is it better to reject the officials of the Song Dynasty?"

The merchants said goodbye, and then the king Zhanbei asked Dihualuo, "What are some good suggestions do you have?"

Dihuagala whispered: "King, the Song army has occupied Luzon, and there is a complete base to combat pirates in the South China Sea. In my opinion, they are still making excuses to infiltrate their power into the South China Sea."

"I understand, but why do I reject the Song Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, we can give them a piece of land to the east of Java Island, away from the commerce and trade, and the merchants have no objection. The Song army is far away from our core area, and then it can block the Song Dynasty's mouth. It can be said that it will kill three birds with one stone."

This method is good, away from the important commercial areas, and there is a large area of ​​primeval forest there, and the natives are fierce, so it is also an explanation to ask them to go there.

Zhan Bei nodded, "That's what it's decided!"

The next morning, King Zhanbei met Fanning, who was visiting, and talked about the new emperor of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne and the Three Buddhas Kingdom needed to send envoys to pay homage.

When talking about land leasing at the end, Zhan Bei said that he agreed to sell the land to the Song Dynasty in principle, but the specific plan remains to be discussed.

When we were discussing specific with Divagala, Divagala took out the map and said to Fanning: "After repeated internal negotiations, everyone welcomed the Song army to suppress bandits in the South China Sea. However, the land mentioned by Fan Envoy before was used by other countries. We are preparing to build a city, so we cannot provide it to your country. We consider drawing a piece of land in the middle and eastern part of Java to build a port for your country, hoping that the envoy can understand our difficulties."

Fanning expected this result. When he heard that the king summoned merchants to discuss the matter, he knew that his idea was about to fail. He wanted the land in Singapore in the future, but the other party was also very smart and did not give him a chance. Instead, he gave himself a piece of land in the easternmost part of the Three Buddhas Kingdom. There was thousands of miles away from the Strait of Malacca. Will he want the land there?

In this case, he might as well buy a piece of land in Ceylon.

Fanning smiled faintly and said, "To be honest, we have obtained a piece of land in Luzon. We only hope to build another port to the west, which echoes the port of Luzon. So I have a fancy to the land opposite the strait. But since your country is inconvenient, it doesn't matter. We can go to Zhenla and buy another piece of land. I appreciate your kindness."

Since the other party did not want to give him a chance, he did not want to waste his time on the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. The same is true for looking for Boni. Fanning also rejected the idea of ​​Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom selling eastern Java to him, and then said goodbye and left.

At noon, nine military ships left Moluoyu City with nine hundred soldiers and set sail north. Mingren wanted to stay at Sanfoqi to purchase spices and a batch of training elephants. Dihua Gala stood on the dock to see Fan Ning off. He looked at the Song army's ships away. He felt heavy in his heart. He didn't know whether Sanfoqi refused the Song Dynasty. It was a blessing or a disaster.

The Boni State is also an ancient country, occupying most of the Kalimantan Island today, but the Boni State has not been destroyed, but its territory has become smaller and smaller, and eventually evolved into the Brunei country today.

The Boni Kingdom also sent envoys to pay homage to the Tang and Song dynasties, but in terms of population and national strength, the Boni Kingdom was inferior to the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom and was always peeped at by the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. The Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom invaded the Boni Kingdom many times, and the two sides formed a deep hatred. Even the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom supported the Luzon Kingdom, and they also had the idea of ​​attacking the Boni Kingdom from the east and west.

Because of this, when Fanning proposed to purchase land in Boni Kingdom, King Lati of Boni Kingdom agreed that except for the capital, the Song Dynasty could purchase land and build a port in any place in Boni Kingdom.

The fleet sailed along the western coast of Boni. It was the west coast of Kalimantan Island. Although it did not have the superiority of the Malacca Strait, it was not too far for the Western fleet. It was only a day away from the Moluoyu City. Once the merchants of the Song Dynasty opened a business here and hoarded a large amount of goods, they would easily take away customers from the merchants of the Sanfoqi Kingdom with their price advantage.

Another important reason is that Boni also produces various spices, which are cheap and of low quality.

In this way, the re-export trade of the Three Buddhas Kingdom will suffer a devastating blow.

This is called "not eating toast and fine wine". The Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom discriminated against Song merchants for a long time and monopolized huge profits. Could it be that the Song Dynasty could not deal with it?

Various production capacity within the Song Dynasty would increase rapidly, and Fanning had to find a way out for their products. Instead of pinning his hopes on the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdoms, it would be better to rely on himself to build several Nanyang ports of the Song Dynasty.

The one who led Fanning was Dutou who had sent him before. He searched carefully on the west coast and found several natural harbors.

Dutou reported to Fan Ninghui on a simple map: "The envoy found three natural harbors, one in the north, central and southern regions, but the central harbor is the estuary of a large river. The land is fertile, with a large plain, and the port is also very wide. You can directly moor a large ship of ten thousand stones."

Fanning looked up and asked left and right, "Are we the alternative to the central region now?"

"That's right! It'll be there in about half a day."

The natural port found by the Song army was Pontianak in later generations, which happened to be the confluence point between the Capus River and the Landa River. It was a large swamp in depth, but the terrain was flat within thousands of square kilometers of the coast, with little trees covering it. A small number of Boni people lived here and made a living by fishing and hunting.

The location is good. Fan Ning took a look at this place at a glance and turned around to the official of Boni who accompanied him and said, "The Song Dynasty wants to buy it within a hundred miles of this place. You can offer a price."

Officials from Boni smiled and said, "Our king has made a clear statement that if the Song Dynasty wants to buy it, as long as it is within a hundred miles, we will only charge one cent."

Fan Ning shook his head, "I understand your king's kindness, that is, to give the land to the Song Dynasty. There is no problem now. I am worried that there will be future problems in the future, so it is better to clearly place the price. The Song Dynasty will buy it at the normal price."

The official was embarrassed, "I can't make the decision on this!"

"Then tell me, how much is this land normally worth?"

"The land here is not valuable, your country must buy and sell fairly, and you can buy it at most a thousand pieces of silk."
Chapter completed!