At the same time that the Taiping Army first appeared in Jiangdong.
A port on the coast of West Tianzhu is full of exotic customs, crowded, bustling, and chaotic. Fat Kong (Kong Liluo), who is the exclusive trade representative of the Taiping Army and the head of the foreign shipping regiment, also wears a loose cage cloth and sits under an umbrella cover that is hugged before and after.
In his hands, he hugged two Orchid with very different skin colors and light and exposed; while feeding the fruit, wiping off his sweat. The armored soldiers riding high-headed horses cleared the way and passed through the ragged crowds kneeling on the ground.
As for the dark-skinned Kunlun slaves, in addition to the Taiping Green Banner, there are several small flags with magnificent colors and different shapes; it is the local princes, city lords, and princes who specially give this The courtesy and exclusive certificates of the "official and businessmen" from the heavenly kingdoms.
This is also the westernmost point that the rebels formed after crossing the Zhunian Country (near the Malay Peninsula) and the Lion Country (Sri Lanka), but the rewards they have received are extremely generous.
Although the local Tufan states are extremely poor and extremely poor, they are very extravagant and rich as the upper class. Therefore, these products from the East are for them, whether it is traditional silk porcelain tea paper. Specialty products are refined salt, icing sugar, and spirits as new products. Lacquerware, bronze mirrors, glass products. . . Both are extremely popular and sought-after items.
In other words, as long as the novelty objects and luxury goods shipped from Guangfu can arrive here safely, it is like a bottomless pit where there is a gluttonous food. You need as many as you want and you basically don't bargain.
And he is as strong as the official identity he claims to be. Every time the huge fleet that accompanies the sea across the sea, it is always able to provide a dazzling array of products from the East. As a result, most of the foreign businessmen who have been suffering from the instability or the deep exploitation of the sea roads along the way and cannot safely enter the Middle-earth Tang Dynasty are all ecstatic.
Therefore, whenever he appeared in these ports, it would be a momentary carnival feast and maritime trade event where local merchants gathered when they heard the wind; so much so that after several rounds, his fame attracted Nan Tianzhu and Dong. The merchants in the interior of Tianzhu, and even the envoys of the princes and the princes; drove the packs and vehicles over the mountains and ridges, and made a special trip to carry out large-scale purchases and sales.
He was also able to successfully establish dozens of large and small exclusive trading points with corresponding privileges and convenience in the local coastal areas of East Tianzhu to South Tianzhu and then to West Tianzhu; of course, there were also some disharmony during this period. Murmur.
But as the leader of a group of hundreds of ships, he naturally has the corresponding confidence and confidence. In addition to the relatively sophisticated firearms on the ship and the Taiping navy soldiers who used strong bows and hard crossbows; there were also marine merchant families, guilds, and societies who followed the ship regiment, and some of them could be driven and assisted.
At least, driven by the motives of cutting people’s wealth and killing their parents, they don’t mind to show the martial virtues of the people from the middle of Fujian and Lingnan in these unruly places. Where the abundance lies.
It's a pity that the big food country and resting place farther west are experiencing civil strife, so that maritime bandits are rampant and accidents are frequent. Otherwise, the price of the eastern product that travels a distance to the west will be another matter.
Although he believes he has the strength to overwhelm these small states and city owners close to the East, he still has some power to overcome the power of a large foreign country like Shangda at a place far away from his homeland. Significant risks of unsustainable power.
Therefore, if not surprisingly, this port city named Xiaobangjun, one of the vassals of King Pratit, named Ninduo (near Candela), will be the westernmost end of his future sea trip.
Of course, behind all this, he has another important task, which is to continue to collect all kinds of species and samples from outside the region for the Taiping Army regime or the leader outside Lingwai. One of the key targets is the Siberian horse from the land of the eater and the Sindh horse (the source of Mawarima) from the northern Tianzhu (most of Pakistan today).
This is the place where the big food merchant group belongs to the port city of the western Tianzhu. Fat Kongyong used more than a dozen "Imperial Offerings" brocades to replace a dozen or so good horses, which is also considered this time. An unexpected surprise.
It wasn't until he returned to his resident that a warehouse was temporarily renovated, with a large wooden fence and more outposts in the camp; he put down the impatient and superior expression on his face, and rushed again. After leaving the two Hu Jis who were surrounded by them as furnishings, they solemnly listened to the reports of more than a dozen corresponding persons in charge.
Although it can only stop here, it does not prevent him from continuing to arrange and recruit manpower, and collect and compile news and rumors for a long time as a reference and evidence before and after the routine several large and small ship groups set sail each year, so as to gradually increase in the current situation. Under the adjustment of the maritime transport quota, the corresponding benefits can be maximized.
For example, saltpeter and other designated property resources used for ballasting on the return journey must maintain a basic index that is immovable; then the remaining part is based on the difference between closeness and distance and the degree of output and contribution along the way, from the inside to the outside. Assigned to the large and small groups and families of Cantonese, Huzhou, Jiaozhou, Chaozhou, and Fujian maritime merchants who followed the ship group.
Therefore, as an accompanying general coordinator, his duties can be described as extremely important and busy. With the amount of money and resources coordinated and deployed in his hands, as long as he leans a little bit to one side, he might get rich overnight.
He also enjoys the feeling that he is in control of others' futures, and he has become more and more cherished of his responsibilities. So after more than a dozen sailings, not only did he not recover his original pot belly, he was obviously weighted down instead.
When the round of things and the summary ended, everyone dispersed one after another. In addition, a reporter will copy the words and deeds of the scene into several files, and solemnly, together with the nautical charts collected by the ships, the notes of the scenery along the way, and the accounts of the transaction, they are sealed in a specially built large iron cabinet. in.
Fat Kong just took a moment to relax, and ordered himself a refreshing Long Ruixiang.
"Master Kong,"
At this time, a lean and black man walked up to him and said
"The hands and tails of the rat generations who came up in the group have been cleaned up... some evidence has been obtained..."
"Then tell the people in the Marine Battalion to do it. You are responsible for holding the line and staring out, and don't let any fish slip through the net..."
Fat Kong used a clean and brand-new white stack, and whispered softly as he wiped his body with perspiration that seemed to be endless.
"This kind of collusion with the foreigners to eat the goods from the inside and out, even if the temporary loss is great, it cannot be tolerated and left alone... Otherwise, starting from these details, the basic rules will be broken, and it will only cost these non-my races. The foreign barbarian"
"As for the response and movement from Tufan City Lord, I will negotiate and make a decision..."
As the saying goes, as long as there are people, there will be conflicts and disputes, and there will be corresponding selfishness and desires. Even with the same demands, the human nature of opportunism and the risk of exploiting loopholes in the profit-seeking instinct, as the deeper and deeper into the outside world and consciously limited constraints, there will be endless problems and problems in this group of ships. Right or wrong came out.
For example, some small and medium-sized boat owners and merchants secretly ship to foreign bargainers or buy properties for the sake of uniform pricing and negotiated standards for certain special products, in order to take advantage of the general situation to seek private benefits.
Some people can’t help but sell the ship’s internal information and circumstances secretly, and even let some eyeliners and spies along the way get the opportunity to recruit soldiers on the ship to get mixed up, waiting for the opportunity to destroy and destroy. Acts of making trouble, and even stealing skills, recipes, etc.
This requires his subordinates to find out in time, and to stop the loss and protect the collective interests by slaying a lot of warnings.
However, seeing that the power is in hand and the scenery is all-encompassing, the number of people running around is thousands and the team is gradually formed. It's not that no other thoughtful people have persuaded him whether to plan for himself or seek more.
For example, to entrap these ships and crews and set up their own doors and outside the territory, with his old connections and affiliation, no matter who he is attached to, he can be warmly welcomed; he will even return to the homeland of the Western Qin Dynasty. It is not impossible to become a great nobleman.
Therefore, as a reward for admonition and brainstorming, anyone who has said this has been tied to the anchor by the fat hole and sank to the bottom of the sea to find a shark to sell his ideas and suggestions.
This is not pure gratitude or desperate loyalty. Because that adult once told him meaningfully that anyone in this world is valued; especially in the absence of restraint and supervision, the price of betrayal is obvious.
The reason for being able to remain loyal is nothing more than that the price of betrayal is not greater than what loyalty can get. I just sincerely hope that his loyalty is not so cheap.
Of course, even if he didn't have this reason, he wouldn't easily turn his back on all these things he had so easily regained, as well as his expectations and investment in the great future of this new regime. He is an idol of successful predecessors like Belisarius and Narcis, so how could he easily succumb to and surrender to a cat and dog-like existence.
Not to mention that in reality, as a naturalized person, he wants to take a ship group with most of the backbones and cores of the Chinese people, abandon his family and abandon his own business and follow himself to start a new start; it is simply not true. Yu Chiren's truth in his dreams.
I'm afraid that as long as he shows a little dissatisfaction and change, let alone those armed guards that rotate regularly, it is not easy to provoke; even those eyeliners and hidden subs that may exist beside him and under his men will be agitated and rebelled to quickly replace them.
At least among these people with him, including the three captains of the Marine Battalion, the chief accountant of the Nanhai Feiqian United, the captain of the Outland Exploration Team, and marine inspectors, all of them can be more or less restricted. he.
As the adult warned, as the last resort for a superior person to maintain the loyalty of his subordinates, it is to never give him the opportunity to make mistakes and betrayal; for example, reasonable system checks and balances and corresponding supervision and restriction methods are necessary. Indispensable.
Therefore, even if he is full of extravagance and extravagance in this field, he has made an unruly appearance, for all kinds of benefits and affair, he will not refuse to come, and he will not recognize it if he eats everything. People are indifferent, but the introspection and vigilance in the mind about self-knowledge are always unforgettable and relaxed.
The fat hole immersed in endless thoughts and memories, slowly stepped into the wooden bath, called the two Orchid back to wait and put their hands together. When Hu Tianhu got up, he heard the hanging curtain behind There were rapid footsteps.
"Master... Master..."
But it was the voice of the mixed-race young servant he had received in Canton.
"Sent to find the clippers that are said to be everywhere in the island of fragrances, and news has come back..."
"It is said that after a storm, I was blown to the edge of an island full of wild lilac trees and nutmeg trees..."
"The local natives are inexhaustible, but let it be as muddy as mud... So with a few objects, I got back about half of the boat." (End of this chapter)