Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2336 Visitor
Jinmen.

This is the most famous port in the south of Datang.

After the popularity of going out to sea in the Tang Dynasty became popular, more merchant ships came and went here. Jinmen, a town that was not very eye-catching at first, rose from the ground and became one of the best cities in the south of the Tang Dynasty.

Jinmen is still expanding. Although it is still only a small county, its area and economy are no worse than other prefectures.

The county magistrate of Jinmen is named Fang Er, which is a very common name. He only got a second-class 38th place in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty before.

That's why he was sent so far to a small county on the southern border of Datang to be the county magistrate.

When he first came here, Fang Er also had some complaints in his heart, but he became an official at any rate, and he couldn't stop complaining all the time, which would make people feel bored, so after staying in Jinmen for a while, it was logical for him accepted this fate.

Although his results in the imperial examination are not very satisfactory, he is very capable in governing the region. After he came here, he dealt with some gentry and bullies here, and then led the people to reclaim the land, fish and hunt Wait, it was quickly recognized by the people.

If this is the case, he may be the same as other county magistrates. After serving as a county magistrate in one place for three years, he will be sent to other places to be a county magistrate according to the performance assessment. Promotion, but it is unlikely that the promotion will come to Beijing, at most it will be a fellow magistrate in other places, an official under the magistrate, and after a few years in this way, it is possible to become the governor of the magistrate.

This is the most routine route for officials in the Tang Dynasty to be promoted.

Few people can leapfrog promotion. Of course, Qin Tian is an exception. In a situation like Qin Tian, ​​there may not be one in hundreds of years.

Fang Er has the ability to manage the Jinmen City very well.

And at this time, Datang's going to sea became popular, and their Jinmen had a superior terrain, and soon became a very important port of Datang.

The ships here came and went very frequently, which quickly boosted the economy here, which made Jinmen so prosperous, no less than a state city.

Jinmen is flourishing, and the life of the people is much easier.

Fang Er Now Fang Er likes being the county magistrate here very much, because he has a sense of accomplishment as a county magistrate here, and he is also very respected.

And just when the autumn wind was coming to an end, Fang Er was busy with some affairs of the county government at the mansion, and on the sea in the distance, more than a dozen large ships were sailing towards Jinmen at a fast speed.

In this sea area, large ships come and go very frequently, but there are some differences among these dozens of large ships. Their ships are different from those of Datang. Of course, their ships are very large. Datang's is similar, but the style of the ship and the flag on the bow are a little different.

On these dozens of large ships, their flags are very strange, with a sun, a moon, and two crossed knives painted on them.

Obviously, this is the flag of a country, but many people have never seen such a flag.

The boat was moving fast. On the bow, a blond man was looking in the direction of Jinmen, with an indescribable greed in his eyes.

"Over there, there is a country called Datang. They are very rich, and their money is too much to spend. The women there are very beautiful. It is a rich country, very rich."

The man's name is Jackson, and he is an earl from Europe. Their country is a little far away from Datang. Their development is very fast, no less than that of Datang. They are also rich and powerful, and they also have a brilliant culture. But before that , neither Ou Guo nor Datang knew about each other's existence.

Knowing that one day, a businessman from Datang wandered into their country.

The merchant's ship was shipwrecked at sea, and he managed to find land and survived, and the land he found belonged to the territory of the European country. After the European people captured him, he was handed over to the European country queen.

After some inquiries, the Queen of Europe learned about the existence of Datang from the merchant.

The Queen of Europe is a very ambitious person. In their place, there were originally more than a dozen countries, large and small, but the Queen of Europe spent more than ten years destroying all the surrounding countries. Created a unified and powerful empire.

Nowadays, there are no enemies around the European country. After learning about the existence of the Great Tang, the Queen of the European country wanted to conquer the land of the East.

However, she also learned from the businessman that Datang is very powerful, not weaker than their European country at all. Therefore, although the queen of European country is very ambitious and wants to annex this giant dragon in the east, But she was not arrogant enough to directly send troops to attack Datang.

The distance between them is a bit far, and it is unrealistic to transport a lot of soldiers and horses at once. Besides, they only know that Datang is very powerful, but they are not very clear about how powerful it is, so the Queen of Europe will They sent Earl Jackson and asked him to go to Datang to inquire about the situation of Datang. If Datang's strength is not very strong, then they can consider sending troops to attack Datang directly.

This is an ambitious fleet.

Jackson is the earl that the Queen of Europe trusts very much. He understands the Queen of Europe's heart very well, and he also knows what to do when he comes to Datang.

He came this time purely to investigate Datang. He wanted to find out the strength of Datang, and then after he returned to China, he would formulate a policy to destroy Datang based on the situation they found out.

The fleet of the European country was advancing mightily. After traveling like this for a few more days, they finally saw the Jinmen Continent.

They stood on the deck and looked at the port in the distance. The port was very large, and there were a lot of ships and people coming and going. The merchant ships here were very large, about the same size as their ships.

After seeing this, Jackson's heart was a little shocked. Although he guessed that Datang should be very prosperous before, but after he really saw the port of Datang, he found that the prosperity of Datang was better than he imagined. Much stronger.

At least, in their European country, there are absolutely no five ports that can be as prosperous as Jinmen, and their European country is still a country facing the sea on both sides.

Looking at the luxuriance of Jinmen, Earl Jackson was full of excitement and excitement.

If Datang was impoverished, then they wouldn't have to go all the way to attack them for such a place. The richer the country was, the more motivated they would be.

(End of this chapter)