Home/ I [Imperial] Am This Type of Man/ Chapter 15
The weather is good today, and although the sea breeze is strong, it isn’t too cold. The Zhennan King led Ji Jinrong to the port and walked along the long pier to the outermost part. The snow-white waves crashed against the solid stone walls, but they seemed to be helpless.
The docks of several major ports were built by the Zhennan King.
As early as the beginning of his arrival in this world, the Zhennan King discovered that Daqi was already at the end of its reign.
For a court that has been damaged to its roots, it is too late to make changes to it. If you really want to transform it, you must either uproot it or seek external forces to transform it. The Zhennan King has been to several worlds, and every plant, tree, sand, and stone here are great materials for him. The resources that others don’t know how to use are all treasures in his hands.
Every time he arrived in a new world, what the Zhennan King did initially was not to destroy it, but to find a way to seize the pulse of the entire era.
He has been preparing for Ji Jinrong’s arrival for a long time. For example, this time he turned his attention to sea transportation. According to the knowledge he learned previously, the reason why western countries at the same time were able to break through the dark ages and move forward was precisely because they relied on the development of maritime (pirate) industries to revitalise their domestic economy.
But before those ambitious people could develop in this area, the Zhennan King already took action!
It is precisely because he seized this world’s largest resources that he can become the powerful “king of a different surname”. And he also has a large number of followers around him, all of whom follow him wholeheartedly without any idea of betrayal.
In the past, he relied on these loyal subordinates to fight against the so-called “mastermind”.
It is not easy to turn around the world that is showing signs of decline, but it is extremely easy to speed up its collapse.
People’s hearts are his bargaining chips.
This is what Ji Jinrong taught him. In the past, he didn’t understand anything, only thinking that he was doing things for Ji Jinrong and winning people’s hearts for Ji Jinrong. He felt that he was guarding the country that Ji Jinrong wanted him to guard, and protecting the people that Ji Jinrong wanted him to protect.
He never thought about that position.
It wasn’t until Ji Jinrong passed away due to the illness and the old master read out Ji Jinrong’s last edict that he realised that Ji Jinrong had already gradually handed over the country to him. He shouldn’t have done those things, and he shouldn’t have won the hearts of the people. All of that was part of His Majesty’s plan.
The Zhennan King said: “Your Majesty, the ships have returned.”
Ji Jinrong followed the gaze of the Zhennan King and saw that the top of the sailboat was first exposed at the junction of water and sky, and it took a while before the entire ship was revealed. The hull of the ship was very sturdy and looked completely unaffected by the waves. Gradually, the voices of the sailors could also be heard, and the robust men roared one after another, which sounded quite impressive.
Upon arrival, the huge black ships crowded the pier. The most experienced sailors stood on the deck to command, and each ship pulled out anchor ropes as thick as an arm, throwing it in the direction of the dock and using the huge four-claw anchor to firmly secure the ship.
A man dressed as a high-ranking general was the first to step off the boat and knelt straight in front of the Zhennan King: “My Lord, I have fulfilled my humble duty and brought back what you wanted!” His eyes carefully scanned Ji Jinrong beside the Zhennan King, feeling somewhat confused. How could this young man who looked like a prince from an aristocratic family walk side by side with the Zhennan King?
The Zhennan King frowned slightly. Well, he can’t blame his subordinates for not recognising Ji Jinrong, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to meet the emperor. But even if the other party was his subordinate, the Zhennan King didn’t want him to look at Ji Jinrong so casually.
The Zhennan King said: “This is Your Majesty.”
The general was surprised when he saw that the Zhennan King said this without any change in his expression. He quickly saluted Ji Jinrong: “I have met Your Majesty!”
Ji Jinrong said: “There’s no need to be polite.”
The Zhennan King ordered the general to tell Ji Jinrong about the gains of the trip.
The general immediately said without hesitation: “Your Majesty, would you like to come to the ship and take a look?”
Ji Jinrong smiled and said, “It’s exactly what I wanted.”
The general was shaken by Ji Jinrong’s smile, and just as he was looking for his lost soul, he felt a chill running down his spine. When he looked up, it turned out to be his own prince looking at him coldly, as if he were looking at a dead person.
The general was excited and hurriedly led Ji Jinrong onto the boat.
Ji Jinrong wanted to follow, but his hand was grabbed by the Zhennan King. Ji Jinrong’s ears turned slightly red and he turned to look at the Zhennan King.
The Zhennan King said in a natural tone: “Don’t be afraid, these are your own people.”
In fact, even in front of outsiders, the Zhennan King wouldn’t not be afraid of anything. The only thing he has always been afraid of: If His Majesty feels uncomfortable or angry, but he himself never cares what other people say or think.
Ji Jinrong had nothing to do with the Zhennan King, but he didn’t struggle and let the other party wrap his hands around him.
It’s quite warm like this! =w=
Looking at the cargo on about twenty large ships, Ji Jinrong was really amazed: “Overseas places are really wonderful.”
The Zhennan King said: “It’s nothing amazing, it’s just a bit novel for us.” He paused slightly, “But those wealthy and powerful people love novelty the most. If they are asked to pay for disaster relief and road construction, they will act as if you are asking for their lives. But if they were to spend hundreds or thousands of taels to buy some new gadgets, they would spend the money without blinking. One round trip of this sea caravan is worth three-year tax revenue of the entire Daqi’s national treasury.”
Ji Jinrong was not very interested in the goods, but was very interested in the “seafood” and “specialties” brought back by the caravan. There was an old sailor on the ship who was very fond of eating. Seeing that Ji Jinrong was very interested in his personal “spoils of war”, he immediately introduced everything to Ji Jinrong.
Ji Jinrong listened with great interest.
The sea voyage was very hard, and they couldn’t eat fresh meat or vegetables. In the past, they only ate pickled meat, as well as some pickled and dried vegetables. Sometimes when they ran out of food and couldn’t go to the shore, their every meal was only a handful of porridge with a few rice grains floating in it.
In order to fill their stomachs, sailors had to fish for food in the vast sea. Every time a large amount of seafood was caught, it was processed on the spot into fish pieces, fish meal, minced fish, canned food, or shrimp paste and crab paste, which was stored in the ice cellar as rations for the long-distance voyages.
The old sailor sighed with emotion: “Every time we go out, our prince will make sufficient preparations for us. Even if we go for three or four months, we still have enough food in the ice cellar. We have encountered other big ships at sea, and they were not as lucky as us. Not only do they not have enough food, they also often get sick!” Then he talked to Ji Jinrong about the plague, scurvy and so on.
Ji Jinrong listened carefully, occasionally nodding to let the old sailor know that he was listening.
Seeing that Ji Jinrong was listening with interest, the Zhennan King didn’t bother him and ordered his subordinates to report whether there were any surprises during the trip.
The general was about to speak when he suddenly heard a commotion. Upon hearing the sound, he immediately turned to look and saw a ship not far away shaking violently!
The soldiers guarding the ship ran out of the deck and shouted: “General! General! It’s moving! It’s moving! It’s actually alive! It just turned over!”
The general’s heart skipped a beat.
Ji Jinrong also noticed the movement on the side. He looked up and saw a long and thick rope shaking violently. It was twitching so fiercely that it almost overturned the big ship.
Soon, a huge monster emerged from the seawater not far away.
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