As for forced buying and selling?

Don't be ridiculous. Although the fleet is huge and has an armed ship, it still has the capital of the entire Jingdong and Huainan merchants, as well as General Zhang Jun's capital, and even the capital of the Emperor Zhao... Who is crazy enough to really bring so much silk and porcelain to the war? !

Finally, in Bingo in the Seto Inland Sea, a courageous Japanese official finally came on board to negotiate with the imperial court. After much persuasion, the official relaxed a little in view of the official documents and flags given by Emperor Zhao in Dengzhou, and allowed local Japanese merchants to board the ship and buy two more ships of goods. After a little more negotiation, the imperial court came forward to buy almost all the copper coins used to hold the warehouse with silver and gold... The Japanese did like the copper coins of the Song Dynasty. From this perspective, it might be feasible to conduct a certain amount of precious metal trade.

After all, although the Song Dynasty also lacked copper, it lacked silver and gold even more... During the Jingkang period, the Jin people plundered a huge amount of gold and silver, but did not plunder copper coins, which made this transaction extremely profitable for both parties.

But that's all.

Next, the Japanese refused to allow the ships to continue to go to the heartland of Japan, and refused to buy goods beyond normal demand.

During the entire trip to Japan, I can only say that Zhang Jun, the general, was talking about the Japanese court being doomed to fail. The Japanese court obviously still had enough prestige and action, otherwise how could all the ports along the way act in unison?

And what Zhao Guanjia said about burning the port if people don't buy is nonsense! Thousands of miles away, across the sea, if a fire is set and the silk of their own is set on fire, who will it belong to?

Just look at the Japanese ports, the silk in the entire country combined is not as valuable as the silk in the belly of these ships!

Finally, the fleet carried the Japanese envoy who came to inquire about the whole matter, that is, the Bingo no Kami who had been promoted to the position of the Minister of Central Affairs for handling the matter properly, and prepared to return directly. But the leader Zhang Jun's family felt that it was too bad to sell only four ships' goods after thirty ships went there... So they simply persuaded others to take the northern route, depart from Hakata Port, and go to Goryeo, and finally arrived at the famous Yeseong Port (Incheon Port) near Kaifeng.

As a result, the Koreans reacted more violently and treated them as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

However, this does not mean that the Koreans were afraid of these dozens of ships. Unlike Japan, which has been relatively closed, conservative and sensitive since the cessation of sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty, the Korean Peninsula had been in close communication with the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years before, and had a long tradition of maritime trade. For example, during the late Tang Dynasty, during the Silla period, Zhang Baogao, a Silla man who had served in the army and obtained a green card in the Huaidong area, actually contracted the East Asian maritime trade after the Tang Dynasty fell into civil strife.

During its heyday, Zhang Baogao's fleet had dozens of ships sunk on the reefs in front of Mingzhou (now Ningbo) port every year... Of course, the ships sailing along the shallow seas were definitely not as big as Captain Zhang's ship.

In other words, the Koreans had considerable short- and medium-range combat capabilities near the coast.

The truth of the matter is actually very simple - in the final analysis, Goryeo is different from Japan. As a neighboring country of the Jurchens, a vassal of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, they were deeply involved in the 20-year-long war between Liao and Jin, but they did not end it. So for the Goryeo people, if they did not handle it well, it might mean that the country would directly enter a state of full-scale war.

After Zheng Zhichang brought back the news of the Jinhepo Alliance and Zhao Guanjia's destruction of Western Xia, there was a fierce debate among the Koreans, and they became more sensitive and cautious from a diplomatic perspective.

And don't forget that at this time, the envoys sent by Emperor Zhao to form an "alliance" had just arrived in the capital of Goryeo.

Therefore, when Goryeo saw these thirty large ships coming, it was of course as if it was facing a powerful enemy. They also thought that this fleet, like the envoys from the Honglu Temple, represented a certain attitude of Emperor Zhao, who had been rumored to be a god in Goryeo.

Fortunately, there was Zheng Zhichang, an international friend who had the greatest reputation. After he personally boarded the ship to inquire, clarified and resolved the misunderstanding, the Koreans, although half-believing and half-doubting, chose the same cautious attitude as Japan - they purchased three ships of cargo in a proportion slightly larger than the normal trade demand.

Moreover, this transaction is centralized and delayed.

It was an official transaction conducted when the fleet was surrounded by countless offshore vessels, including fire ships. It was a unified transaction conducted after a careful and fierce political struggle within the Goryeo court, which determined the time and person to go to see Emperor Zhao.

After the transaction was completed, the fleet was clearly informed that they would not receive the fleet at any port other than Licheng Port, and they were advised to return quickly.

The fleet had no choice but to return to Dengzhou carrying the officials of the Honglu Temple who were bound for Goryeo, as well as Kim Bu-sik, the Goryeo prime minister, Zheng Zhichang's political enemy, the envoy who was visiting the Song Dynasty and a half-old friend of the people of the Song Dynasty.

The old man is already in his sixties this year, and he still has to run around every day for state affairs, which is quite hard.

In any case, only seven or eight of the thirty ships were sold. Although there was a surplus, and even hundreds of thousands of strings of cash were earned, it was undoubtedly a failure from Emperor Zhao's perspective - because Japan and Goryeo were cautious, and if they wanted to conduct trade beyond normal trade needs, they would probably have to resort to war. But at this time, the Song Dynasty could not conduct ocean-going operations as Emperor Zhao had imagined before.

It’s not that it’s not possible, but it’s not worth it.

Not to mention anything else, there is still a hole of 30 million yuan ahead. How much will it cost to launch a long-distance raid?

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