Chapter 14: The Age of Discovery
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What surprised Chang Wei even more was that the people in the town turned a blind eye to these Fanbang people, as if they were already familiar with them.
What is even more strange is that the Japanese and the Franc machine are talking to each other with the help of an interpreter, as if they are talking about business.
The appearance of the Japanese and the Franc machine people on land, of course, did not come to travel, and this situation naturally attracted Chang Wei's attention, "It's a pity that I don't know Japanese and Portuguese, and I can definitely get clues about smuggling from these people." ”
As soon as the thought fell, there was a dinging sound in my head, and the system prompted: contact with foreigners for the first time, get a thousand reputation points, and expand the function of the system.
A thousand reputation points made Chang Wei overjoyed, and what made him even more curious was the expansion of the system's functions, "Can this thing be automatically upgraded?"
After concentrating on it, I found the language system, "Haha, what a wish has come true, exchange!"
Chang Wei did not hesitate to spend 200 prestige points to learn Japanese and Portuguese.
Immediately, the gurgling Japanese and Portuguese came to life.
"Yanagi, last time you Japanese shared seventy percent of the profits from the jewelry, and this time it's time for us Portuguese to get the lion's share. ”
"Gomez, why don't you Francis stay in Macau, what are you doing here? Do you want to fight the idea of Shuangyu Island?"
"Although Macau is good, it has to collect rent and commercial taxes, and it has no judicial power, and it is subject to the control of the Xiangshan County Order everywhere, where is the freedom of Shuangyu Island. ”
"You haven't forgotten the painful lesson left to us sixty years ago when the Ming Dynasty exterminated Wang Zhi, right?"
"Hey, Liu Sheng, the current Ming Dynasty is not the powerful empire of sixty years ago, the Jurchens in the north have already captured more than seventy cities such as Shenyang and Liaoyang, and they have no strength to take care of the sea at all. ”
"It seems that you Franco-Mechanics really want to rebuild Shuangyu Port?"
"Of course, we already have concrete plans and are looking for Daming's collaborators. Previous experience tells us that it is impossible to obtain land by force alone, and if we annoy the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor sends such figures as Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Fu Yingjia, our efforts will be in vain......"
This conversation immediately attracted Chang Wei's attention, and the seven people were divided into three groups, He Chong and Fu Zhouzi, and the two generals, Hum Ha, went separately to inquire about the news.
Chang Wei, Tang Jinyi's brother and sister, secretly followed the Francophile and the Japanese into a place called Broken Snow Building.
Yanagi and Gomez communicate in Japanese and Portuguese, and they are not afraid of being heard by the people around them, but they didn't expect that all the content of their words was heard by Changwei.
The topic of Shuangyu Island did not last long, and the conversation between the two turned back to the transaction, and the names mentioned in the words, such as Wang Da and Chen Er, attracted Chang Wei's special attention, "Yang rebelled and said that the people in the thirteen consecutive villages are all called by names like Zhang San and Li Si, and it sounds like these people. ”
After a while, a Han man came in from outside, sat down in front of Yanagi, Gomez and others, and began to talk in Japanese: Three days later, Baiwan East Port will be delivered.
During the conversation between the other party, Chang Wei heard the name of the Han people: Chen Er.
Although this person also changed his appearance, Chang Wei immediately remembered someone from Maoyuan, "Sure enough, it's them!"
After talking about the transaction, Chen Er and the others immediately dispersed, Chang Wei saw from a distance upstairs, the Portuguese and the Japanese returned to the ship in the port, and Chen Er disappeared into the crowd, since he knew the time and place of the transaction, as well as the general whereabouts of the other party, Chang Wei no longer followed, so as not to be discovered.
Broken Snow Building not only has food and drink, but also with an inn, Chang Wei lived here, and in the evening everyone gathered to exchange information.
The second general gave full play to the talent of the beggar gang disciples to find out the news, and quickly figured out the situation of Jin Shanwei.
Jinshanwei is not suitable for smuggling as an official port, so Baiwan Port, 30 miles away, is an excellent place for smuggling, and the smuggling activities here have been tacitly approved by Jinshanwei, as long as the money is paid according to the quantity of goods, it can be safe.
He Chong and Fu Zhouzi also found out the situation of the officers and soldiers of the guard: Jinshanwei had 5,000 households, with 5,600 soldiers in name, but in fact there were less than 2,000.
Commander Wei made Miao Kaiji, like all the officials in the coastal areas of southern Fujian and Zhejiang, look at the trade of Zhangzhou Yuegang to the sea, so they acquiesce in smuggling, in fact, for smuggling, the Ming officials have already privately issued an attitude of acquiescence and even encouragement, otherwise there would not be Gomez and Liu Sheng and others blatantly appeared in Baiwan.
After Chang Wei said the news he heard, He Chong and Fu Zhouzi were both taken aback, and the Japanese who had worked so hard to quell during the Jiajing period were going to make a comeback.
However, the reality is that the other party will deliver the goods in three days, and it is too late to return to Nanjing to transfer troops, and Miao Kaiji of Jinshanwei can't count on it, and it is not realistic to arrest people now, you must know that the Portuguese Fran cannon and even the main artillery of the Ming Dynasty official army, the Ming Dynasty imitated them.
In view of the fact that the other party was just smuggling, and did not rob and hurt people, so, under the persuasion of Chang Wei, the two of them temporarily gave up this idea and made an improvisation plan, catching a few lone ones if they could, and putting a long line to catch big fish if they couldn't catch it, anyway, after Shen Kuang replaced Shen Shuo in the future, there was an opportunity to deal with these people, so it was extremely important to arrest Shen Shuo.
Chang Wei actually has his own selfish motives in doing this, he knows that there are not many Japanese in the Jiajing period, most of them are coastal fishermen and maritime merchants, such as the famous Japanese leaders, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Xu Dong and others are all Ming.
Daming's policy of banning the sea is actually very problematic, and Longqing switched, and after the opening of Yuegang, the sea frontier has been calm, which has brought countless tariff revenues to Daming, and therefore Miao Kaiji and other officials let smuggling go.
From Chang Wei's point of view, if the Japanese and Portuguese are sincere in doing business, it will be beneficial to the whole world, especially to the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty is a commodity exporter, and the Ming goods represented by raw silk, silk, ceramics and handicrafts are exported to Southeast Asia, Europe and South America, so that one-third of the world's silver flows to the Ming Dynasty.
And this period happened to be the beginning of the Age of Discovery, every time I read history so far, Chang Wei sighed for the Ming Dynasty to occupy such a huge advantage, but failed to seize the opportunity to dominate the world.
How to grasp this advantage in the hands is Chang Wei has been considering things for a long time, from the public heart, Chang Wei hopes to seize the opportunity of the Age of Discovery, for the Ming Dynasty to seek greater living space, the so-called chivalrous man for the country and the people, to seize this opportunity, will exceed the realm of the country and the people.
Selfishly, in the process, he can earn more reputation and make himself a top master.
Therefore, Chang Wei has no interest in curbing smuggling, and he doesn't want to do this kind of thing that cuts off people's money, as long as it doesn't hurt people's lives.
Early the next morning, Chang Wei, who was asleep, was awakened by a noise, and when he got up, he saw that there were dozens of people in the backyard, crowding the entire yard.
Casually glancing at the crowd, Chang Wei immediately found two acquaintances, "Changkong Gang, Jiao Yongnian, how did they get here?"
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