Chapter 624: Contradictions from Shenmu Island

On New Year's Eve, the courtyard in Yang Zhengshan was very lively.

A group of Yang family children and grandchildren gathered together and had a lively New Year's Eve dinner.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, countless people came to pay New Year's greetings.

Yang Zhengshan sat in the front yard, Yu Qingyi stayed in the back yard, and wave after wave of juniors came to pay New Year's greetings.

In the front yard, Yang Zhengshan sat on the chair of the Grand Master, smiling as he watched the younger generation come over and kowtow.

"Dad, this is Song Shi, do you still remember it!" Yang Mingcheng led a young man of 24 or 25 years old into the main hall, and there was a six or seven-year-old child next to him.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him, "Your father, I'm not too confused yet!"

Song Shi knelt in front of Yang Zhengshan with a smile on his face, kowtowed and said, "The disciple wishes the master a happy new year!"

"Song Yuanzhao wishes New Year to Grand Master!" The little child also kowtowed to greet New Year's greetings in a regular manner.

When Yang Zhengshan heard this, he immediately showed a kind smile and waved his hand, "Come on, Zhao'er and let the Grand Master take a good look!"

Song Shi was Wang Yunqiao's second son, and Song Dashan's grandson.

Wang Yunqiao and Song Hao have two sons and one daughter, the eldest son Song Jin, the second son Song Shi, and the younger daughter Song Xiu.

Yang Zhengshan naturally knew Song Shi, after all, when Song Shi was born, Yang Zhengshan was still in Chongshan Town.

Song Yuanzhao stepped forward and came to Yang Zhengshan obediently. Yang Zhengshan looked at the child and laughed: "This kid looks like Yun Qiao. Look at these eyes, it's exactly the same as Yun Qiao!"

"My mother said the same!" Song Shi said hurriedly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "I just look too pretty. I will eat more meat in the future, practice martial arts well, and strive to grow a big man!"

Wang Yunqiao is not tall, and Song Shi is not tall, half a head shorter than Yang Mingcheng. However, the Song family's genes are still very good, and Song Dashan and Song Hao are tall and big.

Yang Zhengshan doesn’t like thin men, so as a warrior, he naturally needs to have a strong body.

"Well, I will be tall!" Song Yuanzhao said in a childish voice.

Yang Zhengshan laughed and said, "No, come on, Master Tai gives you a fruit to eat, you will definitely grow taller after eating it!"

As he said that, he took out a jade box and handed it to Song Yuanzhao.

There is an ice-killer fruit in the jade box.

In the past few days after he came back, he didn't know how many ice nuts he had sent out.

There is no way. Now the yield of ice nuts and star-yuan fruits in the space is the highest, but star-yuan fruits are not suitable for children to eat, so only ice nuts can be eaten by children.

"Zhaoer thanks Grand Master!"

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan talked to Song Shi for a while and asked about the situation of the Song family.

Song Dashan is the deputy general in Beiyuan Town. This guy is still stupid, but he has improved a lot compared to before. After all, he has been a general for more than 20 years, so it is impossible for him to remain stupid.

Regarding those twists and turns, Song Dashan naturally couldn't play with it, but his straightforward temperament was very popular among the soldiers in the army.

However, the situation in Beiyuan Town is not very good. Beiyuan Town's strength has not recovered at all. Now Zhou Lan has taken away the most elite town camp in Beiyuan Town, which makes Beiyuan Town's troops very tight.

Fortunately, the Uliang royal court has been split now and can no longer attack Beiyuan Town with all its strength.

After chatting with Song Shi for a while, Song Shi took the initiative to say goodbye.

There is no way. There are too many people coming to pay New Year greetings to Yang Zhengshan today, and some people can’t even talk to Yang Zhengshan.

Time passed by little by little until the evening when Yang Zhengshan became a little quieter.

At this day, Yang Zhengshan was also buzzing with a quarrel.

In fact, he didn't find it noisy when he was spending the New Year on the island before. This year was quite special. He went out for three years and now he is back, so naturally everyone has to come over to meet him.

At night, Yang Zhengshan drove Yang Mingcheng and his three brothers away and closed the door and started having dinner with Yu Qingyi.

"Where did Mingzhao go? Will he encounter danger outside?"

During the meal, Yu Qingyi said worriedly.

Yang Zhengshan said, "No, I asked, Wu Zheng has been following him all the time, and he has several guards around him."

"Hey, this child doesn't go home during the Chinese New Year, and I don't know what to do outside?" Yu Qingyi said with a sigh.

Seeing her worried look, Yang Zhengshan felt unhappy.

He had decided to wait for Yang Mingzhao to come back and to beat this unfilial son up.

After a noisy day, the lively Xingyue City gradually returned to its tranquility. The gentle sea breeze blew, rolling up waves of waves in the dark blue sea.

The night sky is like ink, the stars are like lights, reflecting with the thousands of candlelights in the city.

Just under this quiet night sky, a single-mad clutch arrived quickly from the east. Before the ship reached the dock, the soldiers watching the night were discovered.

Several soldiers quickly waved their flags and led the ship to the free place where the pier was docked.

Before the ship could stop, a young and strong man in a mess jumped onto the platform.

"Urgent military information, Fleet 22 was attacked on Huya Island!"

When the soldiers in charge of the night watch heard this, their expressions immediately tightened. Without saying a word, they helped the man run towards the business headquarters in the dock.

The headquarters of Yangjia Shop is located in the dock. It is a large yard with four three-story buildings. It is the largest and most gorgeous building in the dock.

However, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are not many people in the headquarters. Apart from the guards on duty, there are only a dozen people working overtime.

The guys naturally couldn't handle such an emergency. After briefly understanding the situation, the guys immediately ran to the city to report the news.

Luo family, in Luo Shang's yard.

Xingyue Island is different from Darong. Xingyue Island does not have a particularly large yard, just like Yang Zhengshan's yard is just about the same size as a four-entry yard.

So on Xingyue Island, there is no situation where all the whole family lives in the same yard.

The family also needs to live separately, and the children and grandchildren have their own courtyards.

At first, the yards of each family were still together, but later, as more and more houses were built in Xingyue City, more and more people moved to the island, and the yards of each family became scattered.

For example, the Luo family, at the beginning they were in the west of Xingyue City, and now they are in the west of Xingyue City, but Luo Shang's yard is already considered the middle area of ​​Xingyue City.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the children and grandchildren of the Luo family gathered to have dinner and chat.

The whole family was talking about the Yang family business.

Unlike the other companies, the main energy of the Luo family and the Zhen family is on the Yang family business. Even though there are some talented warriors in their family now, they still stay at the Yang family business.

Because in Luo Shang's heart, the biggest function of the Luo family is to make money for the Yang family. If this function is lost, the value of the Luo family on Xingyue Island will be worthless.

Although Luo Shang retired, he did not completely ignore the Yang family's business.

On weekdays, he would still ask about the Yang family business and help Luo Zhen handle some things.

At this time, Luo Shang was talking about the Yang family business with Luo Zhen.

"Dad, the silk performance of the company last year was almost halfway through, and the profit was only half of that of previous years!" Luo Zhen said with a frown.

Influenced by the Great Yue Dynasty and the Temple of the Martial God, the trade volume of the Yang family merchants in the Mauryan Dynasty was greatly reduced, especially silk and porcelain, and there was almost no market.

Luo Shang leaned on the lord's chair and asked calmly: "When will the war between the Great Yue Dynasty and the Temple of Martial God end?"

"This is simply unpredictable. Both of them have been using it for more than three years. Let's say it's fierce. Neither side has used all their strength. Let's say it's fierce. Both sides have already deployed millions of troops on the border!"

Luo Zhen was very depressed. This was the situation that they all feared the most. If the Dayue Dynasty and the Martial God Temple fought quickly, even if they were to shoot the dog's brain, the impact on the Yang family's business would not be too great, but if they were Both sides have been dragging this way, so the Yang family's business will not be able to sell silk and porcelain to the Mauryan Dynasty in the future.

Luo Shang picked up the tea and drank it slowly.

"If it really doesn't work, bypass the Mauryan Dynasty and go directly to the Great Yue Dynasty to trade!"

Luo Zhen shook his head slightly, "The Nanjia Dynasty does not allow foreign ships to approach. If we want to go around, we must go around from the southern part of the Bangjia Dynasty, and the route will be increased by at least three thousand miles!"

The Nanga Dynasty is located on the Nanga Peninsula in the south of the Gala and Mauryan dynasties. The entire peninsula runs north and south, and is more than a thousand miles long.

Nanjian Peninsula Nanjian was the Bangjia Dynasty, with a strait about a hundred miles wide between the two dynasties.

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The closest route to Dayue from Darong South China Sea is to cross this strait.

The Bangjia Dynasty was fine. They did not stop the merchant ships from passing by. They even welcomed the merchant ships to their side, but the Nanjia Dynasty was not good.

They do not allow any fleet to approach their near sea, the entire strait is within their blockade, and once foreign ships approach, they will inevitably be attacked by them.

This is also the reason why Darong's merchant ships could only reach the Mauryan Terminal Port.

The Yang Family Store fleet is not impossible to bypass the Bangjia Dynasty, but in that case, the cost and risks will increase, and it is not easy to open up a new route.

Luo Shang thought for a while and said, "In two days, you go and discuss with the Second Master to see if you can let the navy go to the Nanjia Dynasty!"

They could not stop the war between the Great Yue Dynasty and the Temple of Martial God, but they had the strength to force the Nanga Dynasty to open their routes.

When doing business, you should be kind to make money, but when doing trade on the sea, you should respect your strength.

The hard truth is that big fists are.

Since the Nanjia Dynasty blocked the Yang Family's route, we should use force to force the Nanjia Dynasty to open the route.

This is not the first time Xingyue Island has done this. The Yang Family Store used force to open up one route after another.

While the two of them were talking, an old servant quickly walked into the main hall.

"What's wrong?" Luo Zhen asked when he saw the old servant's face was wrong.

"Master, young master, someone from the business came to report that the Fleet No. 22 was attacked near Huya Island, all five large ships were captured, and only one of the fast ships escaped!"

"What?" Luo Zhen stood up with a gloomy face.

Luo Shang held the tea and his face remained calm.

The old servant continued, "The people from the business are waiting outside. Master, do you want to call in and ask?"

Luo Shang put down the teacup and waved his hand, "No need, this is Shenmu Island intends to start a war with us! Whether you ask or not is the same as the result!"

Huya Island is more than 300 miles east of Xingyue Island, which is the territory of Shenmu Island.

If you dare to intercept the Yang Family Store fleet near Huya Island, you must have been instructed by Shenmu Island.

Today's Yang Family Business is not a kitten or a puppy. No one dares to come over and step on it. Not to mention ordinary pirates, even some island forces have to walk around when they see the Yang Family Business fleet. .

In the waters near Xingyue Island, the only one who dares to intercept the power of the Yang Family Fleet is Shenmu Island.

Speaking of the grudges between Shenmu Island and Xingyue Island, there are really too many.

When Xingyue Gate was still there, Shenmu Island and Xingyue Gate were not in dealing with each other.

After the demise of Xingyue Gate, the Yang family occupied Xingyue Island. At the beginning, both sides were still in peace, mainly because the Yang family had not yet developed marine trade at that time, and Shenmu Island was unwilling to provoke the Yang family, which was backed by Darong.

Later, the Yang family business began to grow and grow, and Tenglongwei's sea trade also entered the southeastern waters. The two companies joined forces, and the sea trade map became larger and larger, with different expansions to the south and east.

At this time, Shenmu Island became a roadblock for the Yang Family Business and Tenglongwei to develop trade eastward. In order to open up the Eastern route, the Yang Family and Shenmu Island negotiated many times, and Yang Zhengshan even went to Shenmu Island in person and visited him. The high priest of Shenmu Island was heard.

After the two sides had not been very friendly negotiations, the Yang Family Business and Tenglong Guard's merchant ship finally obtained the qualification to cross the waters of Shenmu Island.

However, things didn't end there.

The trade target of the Yang Family Store and Tenglongwei in the East was the Dragon Dan Dynasty. Originally, Shenmu Island had a geographical advantage and could monopolize the trade between Darong and the Dragon Dan Dynasty.

The Yang Family Store and Tenglongwei went to the Longdan Dynasty to trade, which was undoubtedly snatching the trade share of Shenmu Island.

Although Shenmu Island made a compromise, the conflict between the two sides was not resolved, but became more and more acute.

At first, Shenmu Island decided to collect tolls, but the Yang family business felt that it didn't matter if it was a little toll, so they agreed. However, as Shenmu Island became more and more greedy, and the tolls were charged more and more.

Now the fleet of the Yang Family Store passes through the waters of Shenmu Island, and each time it costs 2,000 taels of toll.

To be honest, the Yang family's business would have been unable to bear it. If Yang Zhengshan hadn't been at home, the Yang family would have started a war with Shenmu Island long ago.

"You go to the second master to ask if you can save our people first!" Luo Shang said.

Luo Zhen nodded quickly, "Dad, I'll go first!"

"Um!"

Luo Shang stood up, leaning on a bamboo stick, and stood under the eaves of the hall.

He raised his head and looked at the clear night sky, sighing faintly, "Are the people on Shenmu Island fools? Is it a good day, but I have to cause trouble!"

The Yang family did seize the maritime trade share of Shenmu Island, but the Yang family also brought many benefits to Shenmu Island.

Although Shenmu Island had a large trade share in the past, most of them were cheap goods and they made some hard-earned money.

But the Yang family is different. The Yang family is backed by Darong. This backed by this does not mean that the Yang family relies on Darong's strength, but rather that it relies on Darong's huge market and commercial products.

With the Yang family here, Darong's goods were continuously transported to Shenmu Island.

If Shenmu Island is smart enough, it can fully utilize the convenience brought by the Yang family to develop their own maritime trade.

The market of the Dragon Dan Dynasty can be distributed to the Yang family, but they can seize the markets of the South and East of the Dragon Dan Dynasty.

Unfortunately, Shenmu Island is a very rigid force and a very old force. They only know to stick to their existing resources and are unwilling to expand or communicate too much with the outside world.

This made the conflict between the Yang family and Shenmu Island even more acute.

In comparison, the Zhu family on Dihuo Island is much smarter, taking the initiative to cooperate with the Yang family and actively bringing in the relationship with the Yang family.

Although the Zhu family is also very old-fashioned, the Zhu family is still willing to cooperate with all forces outside.

This also made the Zhu family richer and stronger.