Fish swimming around the world

Seeing that Nangong Xin seemed to understand, Jiang Fan patted him: "Don't think too much, your current task is heavy. Establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries is not a trivial matter. You have some work to do."

Nangong Xin smiled and said: "Young Master is really amazing. He took advantage of the situation and laid a long line. In a snap of a finger, he turned me from the dark to the light without leaving a trace. It will be more convenient for you to do things from now on. Hahaha."

Jiang Fan smiled: "Don't let your guard down. Sima Ji is not so easy to deal with. Instead, you should be more alert. Remember, give me more eye drops and do more small actions that are unfavorable to me in secret, but don't be too obvious. You are very smart and know what to do."

Nangong Xin snapped his fingers: "Understood."

Jiang Fan reminded him of many things before he breathed a sigh of relief: "After the matter here is done, I can go to Nanjiang with peace of mind. Arrange a boat for me. I think it's time to go to see our pirate base..."

Nangong Xin is very safe. This sea ship is completely a fishing boat, and it has paid protection fees to the Dragon King. In other words, even if people on this boat encounter the Dragon King at sea, they will probably be fine.

Of course, the four seas are too big, and there are countless routes, so it is not so coincidental to encounter them.

Two days later, the fishing boat docked at the mouth of Longjiang River, picked up some people, replenished some supplies and set sail again.

The weather in late autumn was very good, the sky was high and the sea was blue, the wind was gentle and the sun was bright, and all the "fishermen" on the fishing boat were very idle, especially the eldest prince Jiang, who was lying on the deck chair, with his legs crossed, wearing sunglasses and a sun hat, drinking freshly squeezed juice, and swaying around uncomfortably.

"Ah..." Young Master Jiang moaned comfortably: "I'll spend my vacation like this when I go back."

"Young Master, you are born rich and noble, and others can't envy you." A flattering voice came, and a man with a white face, a green hat, and a short beard under his chin, who looked like a teacher, walked quickly in small steps.

"Situ Xiao," Jiang Fan stretched, "I said I'm not in a hurry to talk about things."

The person who came was the Cao Gang's master, the white-faced ghost Situ Xiao.

Situ Xiao laughed and said, "I dare not disturb the prince's leisure, I just sent some rare fruits for the prince's entertainment."

He put the wooden plate in his hand on the low table next to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan took a look and nodded with satisfaction: "No wonder you are the master of the Cao Gang, you know how to deal with things."

Situ Xiao said, "Thank you for the compliment, the villain is not worthy of it."

At this moment, another voice sounded: "You are really good as a master."

The two turned their heads to look, Jiang Fan yawned and sighed: "Xie Sanjiu, in this case, don't rest, come and chat."

The person who came was Xie Sanjiu, the deputy leader of the Cao Gang who was conquered together with Situ Xiao and Zhao Wentao on Jiangxin Island.

Jiang Fan grabbed a peach and ate it while saying, "How is it going?"

Xie Sanjiu said, "Everything is arranged by the Cao Gang, just waiting for the order from the young master."

Jiang Fan hummed, "Has the leader of the Cao Gang responded?"

Xie Sanjiu said, "No, and this matter has been handled by me, and he rarely asks."

Jiang Fan nodded, "The Zheng family is not simple. If we don't take action, it's fine. If we do, we will strike with thunder."

Situ Xiao pondered for a moment, "Young master, please forgive me for speaking frankly, I am still a little anxious. The Zheng family was blocked by pirates and the Chu government, and they are indeed anxious and looking for a way out everywhere. However, their family is big and they have not suffered any serious damage. I think... it will take another year or two."

Jiang Fan said, "That's right, but some things are pushed to you, and you can only do it reluctantly."

Xie Sanjiu said, "Since the young master has made a decision, I will tell you about the situation of the Zheng family."

According to his description, the Zheng family is indeed in a mess now. Over the past year, the new transport envoy of Chu State, relying on the support of King Xiang, did not give the Zheng family any face. Not only did he impose taxes to death, but he also often blocked the sea route under the pretext of war.

The Zheng family's business suffered a huge blow, and they had to take a long detour from the east side of the Nanwan Islands, but they did not want to be attacked by pirates again and again, and suffered heavy losses.

In desperation, the Zheng family took the initiative to contact the old customer Xie family to seek a solution at sea, and on the other hand, they began to vigorously expand other channels.

During this period, they first connected with a line, which was the Nangong family. Of course, this was according to Ba Qing's arrangement.

In order to gain the trust of the Zheng family, Nangong Xin did this very carefully and won the trust of the Zheng family. Therefore, 40% of land transportation is now in the hands of the Nangong family.

But the Zheng family did not want to rely on one side alone, so they began to contact the Wang family and specially invited Wang Chulan, the eldest son of the Wang family, to the island for negotiation.

At the same time, they also contacted the Cao Gang, hoping to build a new Cao route.

Under Jiang Fan's instruction, Xie Sanjiu actively promoted this matter. Now he and Situ Xiao are fully responsible for the business of the Cao Gang and the Zheng family.

Because the Cao Gang travels through five countries, the business volume has increased rapidly, directly occupying 30%, and the Zheng family intends to leave the last 30% to the Wang family.

With the cooperation of Zheng Wen, the big insider of the Zheng family, it can be said that the Cao Gang and Nangong Xin monopolized 70% of the transportation business.

At this time, although the Zheng family and the Xie family have met three times, they still have not come up with a proper solution for sea transportation.

The Chu State's transport envoy was not a big shot, but behind him were Yu Qingcheng and King Xiang. The Zheng family knew what they were doing. Unfortunately, the Zheng family, as the former royal family of Chu, was irreconcilable with the current royal family, the Xiang family. If the Zheng family still wanted to go by sea, the only way was to take a long detour.

But pirates appeared again. They didn't take the pirates with only three large ships seriously, but they never expected that they had amazing firearms. Just a few shots would be enough to sink a large sea ship, and these amazing firearms would fire at the same time, continuously, and the Zheng family's escort fleet had no power to fight back.

The Zheng family, who was furious, joined forces with the Xie family to carry out several extermination operations, but the problem was that those pirate ships had extraordinary power and they could not catch up at all. In addition, the hundreds of islands in the South Bay Islands where they appeared were scattered all over the place, and once they sneaked in, they basically couldn't find them.

The Ghost was like a ghost pressing on the back of the Zheng family, the Nightmare was simply the nightmare of the Zheng family, and the Bad Luck naturally became a symbol of the Zheng family's bad luck.

During this period, the Xie family had sought protection from the Dragon King of the Sea, but despite their astonishingly high price, the Dragon King of the Sea ignored them because of his agreement with Jiang Fan.

The sea issue could not be resolved in a short time, which forced Zheng Lin to switch to land and river transportation. But it does not mean that he will give up sea transportation. After all, it is the lifeblood of the Zheng family. According to Zheng Wen's news, the Zheng family is secretly supervising the construction of new speedboats, mobilizing countless warships, and gathering strong men to prepare for a large-scale killing operation.

As for the time, it will be around the beginning of winter, and it will be less than a month.