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The Arab merchants reacted quickly.
A jade tablet, over a foot long, was presented from Guangzhou.
He even claimed to be his fifth-generation ancestor.
Obtained from Western prophets
It has been carefully preserved to this day.
Upon hearing that the Chinese emperor was going to perform the Fengshan ceremony, I quickly sent it over.
Pumawu used to trade in Fujian.
The competition there is too fierce.
So I thought about going further north.
He learned from the translator that
Chinese emperors went hunting in Hangzhou.
They lived in the imperial palace in Hangzhou.
Pu Mawu quickly sailed his boat here.
They sent a large number of gifts to Emperor Huizong of Song.
This immediately garnered the attention of the Hangzhou Maritime Trade Office.
Officials even arranged for specialized brokers to facilitate their buying and selling.
Pu Mawu asked, "Didn't the Emperor of Qin come to Hangzhou to hunt?"
"How could he have been killed by the rebels?"
The translator had no choice but to tell the truth.
"The emperor was frightened by the rebels and fled,"
"For the sake of the emperor's face,"
"They would then claim to the outside world that they were going out hunting."
"The capital of Qin was in the north,"
"That place has already been captured by the rebels,"
"Now the rebels have pursued us all the way to Hangzhou."
"They can no longer be called rebels,"
"Their leader is the new emperor of Qin."
"Perhaps you need to send the gift again."
"It's fine if you don't bring a gift,"
"But they certainly won't receive any preferential treatment."
The goods in Pumawu had already been sold.
He also paid the down payment.
Purchase Chinese goods from Hangzhou.
Those Chinese goods were piled up in the warehouse.
Some of them have even settled the final payment.
All you need to do is load it onto the ship and wait for the monsoon and ocean currents.
He brought his assistant and translator with him.
They were trying to get their goods back.
Some have already been looted by the rioters.
The rest are all sealed up.
After Pu Mawu produced the evidence
He acquired ownership of the remaining goods the very next day.
Pu Mawu wrote in his diary,
"The Qin state has a new name,"
"It used to be called Song, now it's called Ming."
"The Qin state called Song was plagued by corrupt officials,"
"They always try every means to exploit foreign businessmen."
"And the Qin state called Ming,"
"The officials, however, are extremely honest and efficient."
“Having just experienced war, my goods were seized,”
“They could have simply refused to hand it over,”
"But I still got those goods back..."
"Praise be to the great new emperor of Qin!"
Song Dynasty officials
They were truly corrupt and incredibly audacious.
When Zhao Yuan had just passed the imperial examination,
Arab merchants traded along the coast of Guangxi.
They also brought some high-end goods (top-quality spices).
They planned to travel to Tokyo to meet the emperor and engage in tribute trade.
Cai Mengxiu, an official of Hengzhou,
He was responsible for accompanying Arab merchants to Beijing.
Deliberately delaying time halfway through the journey
They forced the other party to sell the goods to them at a loss.
Those spices were registered tribute items with the Maritime Trade Office.
Officials even dared to forcibly buy and embezzle tribute from foreign lands.
After retrieving the goods,
Pu Mawu requested an audience with Zhang Shun.
He was accompanied by a translator and two attendants.
I arrived in Hangzhou cautiously.
However, the business here appears somewhat sluggish.
Many merchant ships on the inland waterways outside Hangzhou have already fled.
At the city gate, many people were gathered together reading the notice.
The translator also went to see it and came back saying:
"The Qin general who captured Hangzhou was named Zhang Shun,"
"He reassured the people who were terrified of war,"
"Tell the people who escaped to come back immediately!"
"We promise not to kill any innocent people."
"The emperor to whom you gave the gift,"
"They were not killed,"
Instead, they took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
"Whoever catches him,"
"They can then reward you with official positions and money."
Pu Mawu arrived at the city gate and lined up.
The searches upon entering the city were extremely thorough.
The gifts he brought were thoroughly searched.
They were finally allowed to enter the city.
Soldiers patrolled the streets from time to time.
But it does not harass the people.
Chapter 1786 Everything's in Chaos
But it was by no means harmonious.
Pu Mawu soon spotted a troop of soldiers.
They stormed into a large house like tigers and wolves.
The homeowner was arrested and his property was seized.
The translator went to inquire and returned to tell him.
"This is the residence of one of the Song Emperor's ministers,"
"Some of them escaped during the chaos yesterday,"
"But some people didn't have time to escape,"
"And they didn't take any of the money from the house either."
"The Song emperor's temporary palace has also been sealed off,"
"But General Li is not in Hangzhou,"
"Someone saw him leading his troops out of the city."
"Was he leading an army to capture the Song emperor?" Pu Mawu asked.
The translator guessed, "Perhaps."
"Capturing the Song emperor would be a great achievement."
Zhang Shun was certainly not pursuing Emperor Huizong of Song.
Searching mountains and seas is no easy task.
He left a portion of the army to garrison Hangzhou.
Then they split into two groups and headed north.
To dismantle the Yangtze River defense line of the small southeastern regime.
Heading north along the Grand Canal in southern Jiangsu,
They headed straight for Runzhou (Zhenjiang).
Heading northwest,
They marched straight to Taiping Prefecture (Dangtu).
Capture these two strategic locations,
Then, launch a pincer attack on Jiangning (Nanjing) from the east and west.
Emperor Huizong of Song's river defenses were all located on the north side.
Zhang Shun, however, led his troops to attack from behind.
They encountered virtually no resistance along the way.
On the contrary, the number of troops increased with each battle.