The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 284 Free Identity

Merchant ships departed from Qinhuangdao in the north, carrying Changbai Mountain materials from Shanhaiguan into Qinhuangdao Port, and then transported them to Weihai Port in Shandong Province.

When Jia Rong came out of the cabin, he saw many people standing at the bow.

The boat owner saw Jia Rong coming out and said, "Mr. Huang, the Weihai Harbor is just ahead. Let's go in and buy some things and get some water before leaving."

The final destination of this large merchant ship with more than 100 people on board is Suzhou. It has not yet completely sailed out of the Bohai Bay and needs to stop for a while before going further.

Jia Rong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go down and buy some fresh fruit to eat."

The boat owner smiled and said, "Okay, I'll ask Ada and Aer to go with you to buy a few baskets of fruit for you to eat on the way."

Jia Rong is a very rare doctor. Not only can he give people accurate bloodletting, making those who are irritable and ready to make trouble calm down, but he can also help people diagnose and treat various difficult and complicated diseases.

He even knew a lot about sailing, helping to determine the direction and using the globe and navigation equipment that the ship owner had bought but had only used a few times.

The rest of the people on the ship also respected this knowledgeable doctor very much. Even the few senior thugs who were driven out of the room and went to the cargo hold were very convinced of this doctor.

Jia Rong was already accustomed to being respected by others and didn't feel anything about it.

It is precisely because of this natural temperament of a superior that people around him feel that this is a person who can do great things.

Soon large merchant ships arrived at Weihai Port.

There were not many people in Weihai Port during this period, but because the mainland needed a lot of fish to be processed into fertilizer, a lot of fishermen and garrisons were added.

The garrison is mainly to guard against pirates and also to trade with Goryeo.

The main source of income was taxes on passing ships, followed by the sale of salt and seafood to the interior.

Local people rarely farm, and the cheap food in recent years has led many people to abandon their original land and focus on the port service industry, using the money they earn to buy food.

After Jia Rong and others entered the port, they were soon surrounded by a group of soldiers.

The leading soldier saw the crew members who were hunched over.

Even those strong men would try not to look at or make eye contact with these thin and short soldiers.

Jia Rong was very different. He had a casual attitude, as if he didn't take these people seriously.

He had a very bad attitude and was not as respectful as most people.

The team leader quickly asked while collecting the money, "Who is that person?"

The ship owner quickly said, "The friend of the general stationed in Hong Kong in the north is a doctor, and the young man in the south was escorted back to Suzhou by the general there."

Seeing that he was a relative in the army, the team leader did not ask any more questions.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. The Hong Kong garrison of course has relationships with passing merchant ships, and they often ask them for help or bring relatives along.

The team leader asked, "Any letters from the north?"

The ship owner replied, "Korea has been conquered and is returning to the court. The northern navy thinks the next step is to support the Songjiang shipyard and assist the Governor-General of Luzon in his expedition, but it still depends on the court's opinion."

Several port stations would rely on merchant ships to transmit internal information so that they could know the next move in advance.

The imperial court has always used the army to fight land battles and the navy to fight water battles.

Now that the troops on land have basically been conquered, and the imperial court is vigorously building giant sea ships, soldiers will certainly be recruited from all over the country by then.

Currently, there are only ten formal military ports in the northern and southern coastal areas, and the number of naval forces is clearly insufficient.

Jia Rong didn't care about the conversation between the ship owner and the sailors stationed in Hong Kong, and quickly got off the ship with the others.

There were many people standing by the boat, including beggars, coolies looking for work, charlatans selling fake medicine and fake jewelry, and men who brought women to make money. The sailors had been on the boat for too long, and most of them wanted women more than wine and food.

This kind of flesh trade existed in every port. Jia Rong looked down on those dirty women, so he simply asked someone to buy some fruits and left.

Because they are well-dressed, people who do one-time business at the port often ask for exorbitant prices.

Jia Rong has been much calmer recently and is too lazy to argue with a group of petty citizens.

But if anyone insisted on kneeling down to beg for money just because he was dressed decently, Jia Rong would kick him away, so that no one would dare to come and block him to beg for money, take money or steal money.

Jia Rong has never been a good person, he is just too lazy to bother with the lower class people. He doesn't care no matter how many irrelevant people die.

Even if his own son was bitten to death by a tiger while riding it, Jia Rong still felt that it was his son's fault, not the tiger's.

If the tiger had not been beaten to death by the guards while biting someone, Jia Rong would have really kept the tiger well instead of killing it to vent his anger.

The sailors' money was soon sucked away by local women and men selling fake wine and counterfeit goods.

However, these sailors also made a lot of money, so they were naturally generous.

Jia Rong sat on the top deck of the giant ship, watching a group of men with weak legs come on board for roll call.

If you can't control your desires, saving money will become much more difficult.

Most people cannot become richer, but the rich will have more and more descendants.

After a quick roll call, the huge ship, which had rested for a day and a night, embarked on its journey home.

It is still far from Suzhou, and when it reaches the port of Songjiang Prefecture, it will stop for a while, and some people will get off the ship and go home.

Jia Rong originally planned to stop in Songjiang Prefecture to see the big ship, but due to military control there, he could not stay, so he went directly to Suzhou Port.

"Mr. Huang, the New Year is coming soon. If you have nowhere to go, why don't you stay at my house for a while?"

The ship owner tried his best to keep Jia Rong, wanting his family to get to know this young man.

Jia Rong shook his head decisively, "After sending you a thousand miles away, we must finally say goodbye. Goodbye now!"

After saying this, Jia Rong walked towards the deck. He really didn't want to stay on the boat any longer.

The ship owner felt very sorry and seeing Jia Rong leave, he had no choice but to continue to busy himself with the caravan's affairs.

Jia Rong stretched his arms and legs.

The Suzhou Port is full of people. It is a distribution center for goods from the north and the south. The market is prosperous, shops are lined up, and several commercial districts have been formed.

Especially after the opening of maritime trade in recent years, not only domestic goods gathered here, but also many goods and Western people from Western countries.

Jia Rong also has shops and houses in Suzhou, but they belong to Jia Rong. Now Jia Rong's name is Huang Yong.

Jia Rong quickly entered the city from the Gangkou Road, and the soldiers guarding the city took a look at Jia Rong's pass.

"Huang Yong, courtesy name Yaoshi, is 23 years old. His ancestral home is Changshan, Jizhou. He is a doctor sent by the imperial court to support the Holy Church in Luzon City to treat illnesses. He is a ninth-rank official, and no one in the region can stop him."

When the soldier saw the fake certificate Jia Rong took out, he immediately said respectfully, "Doctor Huang, please come in."

Jia Rong took back the fake certificate and quickly and calmly went into the city.

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

(End of this chapter)