In November, the Mongolian Qiyan tribe and Kelie tribe also had some small tribes, and were called by the Jin Kingdom to attack the Tatar tribe.

The vanguard of Qiyan's tribe, Zhebe, pretended to retreat and defeated the Tatars outpost, then gave up the pursuit and drove more than a hundred horses back, then went south to avoid the pursuit, but did not escape far away. Then, the night turned back and followed the pursuit army, attacked at night, defeating more than 1,500 Tatars outpost troops in one fell swoop, and returned with thousands of cattle and horses.

Before the main force of Qiyan's tribe arrived, the Tatars were already confused by the vanguard of Qiyan's tribe.

Tatar, who had lost his troops and generals, was scared. The Jin army was on the east and the coalition forces of various tribes to the west. Moreover, the Qiyan tribe was khan in the first place. Timujin's father was killed by the Tatars. Under such great hatred, the Tatars were so scared that they could only flee north.

This incident caused a storm in the north, but few people paid attention to it in the Central Plains further south, except for Li Xingzhou.

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As time goes by November, the cold winter begins to fill the streets and alleys. Every morning, the stall owners selling food at the door of the royal mansion wear thick coats.

Nowadays, many workers work in the royal palace, and this place has become a densely populated place. Of course, the stall owners are easy to do business here, but it also makes the door of the royal palace congestion.

Yan Kun, Qi Fang and others proposed to drive these people away several times, but Li Xingzhou did not.

It’s not that he is soft-hearted, but that these people are beneficial to improving workers’ work efficiency. Most of their buyers are workers working in the royal palace. They work until noon at noon, and they can’t stand it if they don’t eat in the morning. These stall owners are attracted by this business opportunity.

If workers get up early and make meals early, they have to lift them up for about an hour. After all, there was no induction cooker or microwave oven in ancient times, so they had to make hot stoves and take it slowly.

This means that if these stall owners are not allowed to do business, some workers will have to rest for about an hour less every day, and their mental state is not good and their work efficiency will also decrease, which is not good for the royal family. Obviously, they have not seen this.

Li Xingzhou asked Yan Gu to set up a piece of land by the river and set up a low fence for these stall owners to use. At the same time, he told them that they would be fine as long as they cleaned it every day and would not charge any money.

The stall owners were grateful and called him the Living Bodhisattva. Li Xingzhou just smiled and said a few words to them. The people were so simple, and he was actually just for his own benefit, but he always thought that a gentleman would talk about his actions and hearts.

Then there was the banquet at Tingyu Tower at the end of October. Qi Fang invited him to the banquet, which made the poem jealous. In fact, Qi Fang was not alone, but also some sea merchants in the south.

He mainly finalized orders for the Wangfu Shipyard, and he himself was very curious about what these merchants saw and heard.

China's "Maritime Silk Road" sprouted in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, developed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, prospered in the Tang and Song Dynasties, declined in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is the oldest known maritime route. China's maritime Silk Road is divided into two routes: the East China Sea route and the South China Sea route, mainly centered on the South China Sea.

The South China Sea Silk Road passes through the Indochina Peninsula and the South China Sea countries, passes through the Indian Ocean, enters the Red Sea, arrives in East Africa and Europe, and passes through more than 100 countries and regions, becoming a maritime channel for China's foreign trade and cultural exchanges.

The East China Sea mainly trades with the Korean Peninsula, Japan and other places.

This huge marine trade network and demand also made the draught of shipwreck salvaged by the Song Dynasty reach 600 tonnes, far exceeding all shipbuilding technologies in the world at that time.

Now these merchants are looking for the royal mansion to buy large ships, obviously because the royal mansion is more advanced and can better meet their maritime trade needs. Among them is Feng Cheng, who guided the way for Di Zhi fleet and attacked the Liao Kingdom from the sea, the court was preparing to increase his post, but he refused. In the end, Li Xingzhou made the decision and exchanged it for silver rewards. After all, everyone has their own ambitions, and Feng Cheng said that he prefers to drift on the sea.

He was also very happy to meet again. Li Xingzhou also admired him very much. He talked to him a lot and told him a lot, especially those of countries in the Persian Gulf.

When the merchants saw that he was interested, they chattered and said, "I have been away all year round, and I have seen a lot and talked a lot." He also spoke some languages ​​in countries and regions around the Persian Gulf, but the results were different, and they were different.

In this way, there are dialects in one country, not to mention the Persian Gulf region where the power is mixed and religious conflicts are serious.

They also talked about invaders from the far west. According to their description, these people were obviously crusaders. This shows that the crusaders had begun, but I don’t know how many times it was.

According to their description, they should have reached the end of the Red Sea. Since there was no Suez Canal at this time, the fleet could not enter the Mediterranean.

However, they can still go ashore to trade and reach countries around the Mediterranean.

They also named the cities around the Red Sea according to the pronunciation of the locals. They often traded two major cities, one called Adan and the other called Tianfang.

He didn't know the city that the merchants mentioned, but only knew that it should be on the Red Sea, and such names with the characteristics of the Central Plains must have been transliterated by them.

After hearing them talk for a long time, Li Xingzhou was still very excited. As expected, without Yelu Dashi, the overlord of Central Asia was still the Seljuk Empire north of the Persian Gulf. The religion of *** is the main belief in Central Asia.

Although the Khwarezmian Kingdom was powerful, it was not an opponent of the Seljuk Empire at this time, and the Seljuk Empire also defeated the Crusades.

However, this time, Yelu Dashi no longer helped them defeat the Seljuk Empire, so whether Khwarezm could rise was also a question.

Everyone had a great time talking, and Li Xingzhou readily agreed to the order of these merchants, but also made a request, requiring all merchants to record their experiences along the way, the geography of the coastal countries, and the navigation parameters, and report them to the royal palace every time they come back.

The reason was that he wanted to thank him for his experience. This was a casual matter and could also sell favors, and everyone agreed.

In this way, after the banquet ended, Li Xingzhou received orders for twelve large ships for the royal shipyard, which was enough for the royal ship to produce for one or two years.

After everyone left, Li Xingzhou refused the gifts they gave one by one, and said that everyone would do their business according to the contract and not accept gifts other than that, and the merchants were even more grateful.

He left Feng Cheng to speak and asked curiously: "Where will you go next time?"

"Prince, we are going to buy some silk, satin and porcelain. When we go to Tianfang, we can sell it several times the price." Feng Cheng said excitedly: "In the past, when we set up a boat to those places, people would come to watch, marvel at the huge ships, and even the local city lord would come to see us on his own initiative.

They were amazed at our ships, our technology, and they became awe and dared not take our ideas. We all agreed and told the locals that we came from the powerful Eastern Empire and had a huge sea fleet. If we were invaded, we would be retaliated."

After hearing this, Li Xingzhou asked him: "Does it work?"

Feng Cheng nodded and smiled, "Although it is a lie, the big ship we saw was several times larger than their ship. Most people believed that few people dared to cause trouble from us from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. The city lord protected us, and the pirate's small boat could not pose a threat to our ship at sea.

This time, with the big ship built by the royal palace, when we sail into the Persian Gulf again and into the Red Sea, the locals will definitely be shocked and believe in such legends that business trips from the East will be safer and more respected."

Li Xingzhou nodded and looked into the distance and said, "Maybe one day, what you say will become a true lie."
Chapter completed!