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The docks bustled with people. Dockworkers swarmed the wharf, hauling enormous wooden crates filled with goods. The work of handling cargo alone demanded tens of thousands of hands, a clear sign of just how prosperous trade in Zhanhai City truly was.
Lu Changsheng stood watching the great ships lined up along the pier. After a moment, he stepped forward and asked one of the dockworkers, "Are you heading out to sea?"
"Yes. We’re sailing back to Tuo Kingdom."
"Tuo Kingdom?"
During his time here, Lu Changsheng had learned a fair bit about the lands these foreign merchants had come from, and Tuo Kingdom was one of them. According to what he had heard, it lay extremely far away, more than ten thousand li across the seas. Even with favorable winds, a voyage there might take one or two years, and that was if everything went smoothly.
The journey to Tuo Kingdom was far too long for Lu Changsheng to even consider, so he kept asking around the docks. Each answer led to the same dead end. The foreign merchants were all preparing to return to their own homelands, places just as distant and unreachable. A single trip would take three or four years.
As for hiring one of their ships, that was simply out of bounds. Sending a ship to sea required vast manpower and resources, and offering a measly few thousand silver taels would just turn Lu Changsheng into a laughing stock.
As Lu Changsheng continued surveying the ships, a few crew members were chatting away while they worked. Among them were both foreign merchants and locals from...
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