In the spring, the trading fleet of the Tang people had just left, and in the summer, it actually came again, and the Cantonese people were somewhat surprised by this. However www.biquge.info with the development of world shipping and trade, Guangzhou as the only open port of the Qing Dynasty, there is an endless stream of merchant ships from all over the world, and the number is increasing, and the number of Tang people to sail is far less than that of Britain and the Netherlands. Of course, the tonnage of merchant ships of the Tang people is generally larger, and they are different from other steamships, which is somewhat more noticeable.

Lin Youde went to Guangzhou again, visited the Pan family of Tongwen Xing, and by the way, asked the Pan family to hand a red envelope to Li Shuyao, the governor of Liangguang, who was naturally happy to accept it, and gave Lin Youde the green light for his business.

The trade between the Pan family and the Tang merchants is the second time, and the two sides have a tacit understanding, Pan Youdu roughly inspected the Tang Dynasty goods, selected the ones that are desirable and easy to sell, and the rest of the land is divided into other trading houses, Lin Youde also drew up a purchase list early, and Bai Nan also asked Pan Youdu to help purchase some goods that need time to be purchased when he left last time. It's just that Lin Youde came back too quickly, and there are some things that the Pan family is not completely ready.

This time, there was still a large amount of tea in the goods purchased by the Tang people, and the consumption of tea in the Tang Dynasty was very large, and even many aborigines were taken out of the habit of drinking tea, and then the Mexican smugglers found that they could buy tea from the Tang Dynasty, and the price was cheaper than the galleons from Manila, so the Mexican merchants bought tea directly from Los Angeles. Therefore, the Tang people also started the transshipment trade, and the tea purchased from the Qing State would soon be circulated to other parts of the Americas.

The rest of the goods are mostly Chinese specialties and some industrial raw materials that are difficult to find in Mexico, and medicinal materials are still a large part of the Tang people's purchases. Sinopharm, which was established earlier this year, has already formed partnerships with several farms and has begun to develop some relatively basic Chinese patent medicines.

Lin Youde is quite honest when he stays in Guangzhou. Because of the unsightly things, someone went to do it. There are Yang Zhen's pirates who recruited immigrants, and the people of the Heaven and Earth Society also spied on a lot of information and handed it over to the Tang people. But the forces of the Heaven and Earth Society are mainly concentrated in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and now the Tang Republic needs more intelligence from the Gyeonggi region and the Jiangnan region in the north, so this time Lin Youde's fleet still has several agents from the National Security Bureau of the Ministry of Security, well. That is, the "dark part" in Niu Bin's mouth.

The agents were trained and made up, and many even wore braids and hair extensions for short hair. This is also a successful application of the modern beauty and hairdressing industry in the 18th century. They will all carry a sum of money to the Gangnam and Gyeonggi regions respectively to collect all kinds of useful information, and eventually they will form a huge spy network in the Qing Kingdom. Even after the completion of the Cuckoo program. In order to grasp the internal situation of the Qing Kingdom, it will continue to operate.

Bai Nan, who was in charge of Qing affairs, had never believed in the Heaven and Earth Society from the beginning, and it would be naïve to expect these people to do anything. And in order to avoid the power of the dark side being easily exposed, Yang Zhen did not know about the actions of these people.

What Yang Zhen didn't know was not only that Bai Nan had set up an eyeline in the Qing Kingdom and set up an intelligence network, but he didn't even know about the Cuckoo plan. The Cuckoo Project was proposed by Bai Nan after the first migratory bird operation, when Yang Zhen was already working as his pirate in Hong Kong. When Lin Youde came to Hong Kong Water Village. Originally, he planned to tell Yang Zhen about the situation, but he found that Yang Zhen's condition was unstable. It seems that there is a different heart. Yang Zhen's role couldn't help much in the cuckoo plan, so Lin Youde couldn't help but didn't tell Yang Zhen such a big thing. Yang Zhen himself doesn't seem to have much interest in learning about what has changed in Datang.

Lin Youde stayed in Guangzhou for less than two weeks this time, and the purchase of goods was almost completed, so he said goodbye to Pan Youdu and prepared to set off. Before leaving, Lin Youde received a letter from Li Shiyao again, because Qianlong had an order, prohibiting officials from directly contacting foreign businessmen, and there were injuries to the officials' bodies, except for the last time Bai Nangang came to cause disputes, so this time no official met directly with Tang Shang.

Li Shiyao's letter naturally did not mention the matter of the Tang people giving benefits, and it was very bureaucratic, of course, his letter itself was a message for others. The only one who can make Li Shiyao, a feudal official, pass the word, is Emperor Qianlong.

It turned out that the last time Bai Nan came to Guangzhou, although he went through ups and downs and finally completed the trade, but thousands of years ago, the descendants of the Tang Dynasty founded a country in a foreign land, and now he has returned to plead for trade, and the matter was still reported to Qianlong. Li Shiyao received the benefits, and he also had to plan for himself, so he also followed an excerpt, along with the excerpt of exquisite things sent by the Tang people, including glassware, precious jewelry, etc.

Li Shiyao endorsed the Tang people in the memoranda, saying that it was basically confirmed that these people were the descendants of the Chinese who went abroad in the previous generation, even if there was not a thousand years, it was estimated that there would be eight hundred years. The customs and customs are very different from those of the Celestial Empire, but the language and writing are still the same. Li Shuyao also made a mockery, saying that it was very strange to see that the Tang people had fewer characters, and when he asked him, he learned that the Tang people were troublesome in writing, so they took Zhang Xu's cursive script and simplified it. Li Shuyao thought that the Tang people were ridiculous and stupid, and they couldn't even learn words well, so they could only simplify their use.

Qianlong read a few excerpts about the coming voyage of the Tang Dynasty as if he were listening to a story, and found it very interesting. And he also received a map of the world drawn by the Tang people, this map of the world is naturally deliberately drawn with many omissions, but it can still explain some problems in general. Qianlong looked at the map of Kanyu, the Qing Dynasty was in the center of all countries, the land was vast and rich, the dragon face was happy, and the pride was bursting, and then he found a few countries he had heard of on the map, such as England, France and other countries, and found that the country was no more than the size of a province in the Qing Dynasty, and it was far away.

Qianlong was surprised to find that the American continent where Datang is located is also vast, but it has been occupied by Spain, Britain and other places.

On the one hand, he found that the ocean in the middle was too vast, and the Han people had established a country so far away, and they were also Han people whose customs and cultures had long been different, so they could already be regarded as Yi people, which was not very important. However, he had a whim, and heard Li Shiyao say that this Tang people do not have a monarch, and they are elected by themselves to be virtuous and virtuous, Qianlong can't help but think, if this Tang State is willing to call me a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, then the territory of my Qing Dynasty can not cross thousands of miles of oceans?

Qianlong also knew a little about foreign affairs, such as the British and Spanish monarchs, although the country is small, but it has a huge territory overseas, although this territory is barren and barren (Qianlong himself thinks so), but it is always considered a territory. Foreign monarchs sent governors to govern these colonies, many of which also had autonomy.

Qianlong couldn't help but imagine that he could imitate the Qinghai-Tibet system and be self-governing by the locals, but he could send Tang ministers to represent the monarch's authority, and if conditions permitted, he should send a banner of soldiers to station. Of course, if this plan is not feasible, it is not bad to directly declare itself to the Qing Dynasty and become a vassal state like Korea and Vietnam. Finally, he was born a hero, and without spending a single soldier, he would have one more subject country and expand the land for thousands of miles. Speaking out, people will feel that overseas has lost the king and abandoned the people, because of the wisdom and martial arts of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he has traveled thousands of miles to call the ministers and pay tribute, and the emperor feels his sincerity, and he abandons the country and goes away.

It can be said that since ancient times, people who have been emperors have had a strong dragon Aotian/Mary Sue plot, and their ability to self-yy is quite strong.

Of course, Qianlong couldn't say this to the Tang people in an open edict, which would be too pretentious, so Qianlong gave Li Shiyao a secret edict and asked him to privately instruct the Tang people to order the envoys to enter Beijing to face the saint and proclaim themselves to the Qing Dynasty when they came to Guangzhou next time. Of course, Qianlong is not a unreasonable Long Aotian after all, he knows that these Yi people do not give benefits is immovable, not only he gave a series of kings, dukes, marquis titles and official positions of the Qing Dynasty to the Tang officials who did not know their names, but also promised that the Tang people could pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty on a regular basis, that is, to do duty-free trade, and the usual trade tariffs can also be preferential.

Qianlong is also a little taken for granted, in his opinion, the Han people are boneless, soft knees, as long as he shows the "generosity" of a king, these Han people who have been abroad for hundreds of years should be grateful to him, eager to kneel down and kiss his big toe and little toe alternately 200 times, and it deserves a great advantage.

When Lin Youde saw this letter, he really couldn't cry or laugh. The Tang Dynasty has a bold figure like Bai Nan who pays attention to the Manchu Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty has a Long Aotian like Qianlong who also pays attention to the Tang Kingdom, which is really an inexplicable divine development.

Lin Youde had no choice but to ask someone to bring a letter to Li Shiyao saying that he would definitely bring the news back to Datang. What Lin Youde didn't say is whether he will be a minister or not, that's another story. Lin Youde felt that Qianlong himself had such a wild thought, and it is estimated that he would forget it after a while, and when the migratory bird fleet came again, he could shirk the fact that he had not yet decided, that is, he would not give a clear answer, and if it was delayed for another two or three years, he would probably not be the envoys of the Tang Dynasty who were ministers, but the Tang army that destroyed the door of Aixin Jueluo.

Lin Youde stayed in Hong Kong for a few more days, waiting for immigrants from all over the country to board the ship before returning home with three ships. Among the 2,800 immigrants from all over Guangdong, 80% of them are Hakkas, and the proportion of family migrants is still relatively small. In addition, there are more than 900 Vietnamese women brought back from Vietnam by Hu Fa Kui. This brought the total number of immigrants to more than 3,700 people, and the Ocean Light was even a little overwhelmed, and had to be divided into two cargo ships.

It's just that Lin Fang also brought a not good news, there are a large number of immigrants from all over the country, which has made the local villages and the government pay a certain attention, and the next recruitment may not be as smooth as this time. (To be continued.) )