Chapter 388: Opening Trade with the Wa Kingdom
"Chief, there is a warship of the Japanese kingdom coming towards our island!"
Giggs's voice came, Lin Bei was shocked, after two months, is it finally here that should come?
"Giggs, you asked Liu Jie to prepare to meet the enemy with all his might!" Lin Bei shouted into the walkie-talkie.
Now Jiggs is the commander-in-chief of the navy on Mengyu Island, Liu Jie is the commander-in-chief of the air force, and as for the army, it is not, Mengyu Island is just a small island, and it will not invade anywhere else, so there is no need for the army to exist.
"Chief, the other party has only one warship, and it has sent us a signal that it is here to visit our Dream Rain Island!" Giggs said strangely.
Lin Bei was stunned for a moment, visiting Mengyu Island?
What kind of medicine is being bought in the gourd?
"You let them go to the island first!I'll be there soon!" Lin Bei hung up the communicator.
When people from the Wa Kingdom came to visit Mengyu Island, Lin Bei really couldn't figure out why the Wa Kingdom would do such a thing.
In the port of Dream Rain Island, a black warship is docked above the port.
A middle-aged man in a suit walked down from the warship, with a mustache in the style of the Japanese Kingdom.
Lin Bei took Liu Jie and Giggs to stand on the edge of the port, and the middle-aged man walked over directly and warmly shook Lin Bei's hands.
"Haha! This must be the owner of this island, right? My name is Kuroda Shuo, and I am the foreign minister of the Japanese country!"
Kuroda introduced himself in English.
Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, the other party's attitude is very good, Lin Bei naturally will not face others with a bad attitude.
"Hello, Mr. Hugh, my name is Lin Bei, and I am the leader of Mengyu Island!" Lin Bei also replied with a smile.
"Dream Rain Island! Very beautiful name! My country's warship did a very rude thing to your island before, I apologize to you first!" said Kurotami Hufu with an apologetic expression.
Lin Bei was stunned for a moment, is this here to apologize?
But why? The Japanese people have always been pretentious, and have never concealed their ambition to expand their territory in the international arena, and in the face of the Chinese and Korean countries around him, they have never admitted that they missed even if they lost the war, but now they are admitting their mistakes to him?
Why is this? Lin Bei was a little puzzled.
"Mr. Lin, you are from Huaxia by your name, right?" asked Kuroda with a smile on his face.
Lin Bei shook his head and said, "I was born in Huaxia, but I am not from Huaxia, and I don't have any nationality now!"
For this Japanese man, Lin Bei is not ready to tell his bottom line.
The divine light on the face of the middle-aged man in front of him had the word cunning written on it, and Lin Bei was also the first time to get along with this kind of character, so he naturally had to be careful everywhere.
"Haha! I'm also very curious about Chinese culture, next time you have the opportunity to come to the Japanese country, you must come to Tokyo to find me, I must have a good understanding of Chinese culture with Chief Lin!"
Lin Bei nodded with a false smile, and then took Kuroda Hufu to the newly built Mengyu City Administration Building.
Heitian Xiufu kept looking at the environment of Mengyu Island along the way, and his face remained silent, Lin Bei really couldn't guess what this person was thinking in his heart.
Walking into the administrative building, Lin Bei sat down and asked.
"Mr. Kuroda, why did you come to visit my dream rain island this time?"
Kuroda Hufu's face also became serious, and he spoke: "Before, our fleet of the Wa Kingdom attacked your island without reporting to our headquarters, and I am here to express my sincerest apologies to you on behalf of our Wa Kingdom!"
After saying that, Kuroda Hufu actually stood up and bowed directly to Lin Bei!
Lin Bei hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Kuroda is too polite. ”
Kuroda continued, "As an expression of our apologies, we have decided to open trade with you!
Lin Bei's heart was suddenly happy, if he could open trade with the Japanese country, then he would no longer need to send people to countries around the world to buy supplies, as long as he waited for the merchants of the Japanese country to come over to do business, and the residents of the island also had a place to spend their money, as long as there were goods that could enter Mengyu Island, then the basic commerce on the island could develop rapidly.
Correspondingly, Lin Bei can ask Wang Dong to collect the corresponding commodity tax, and he can do more things with a source of funds.
As long as there is buying and selling, there will be a variety of industries naturally, although there is no commodity production in Mengyu Island, but as long as raw materials can be obtained through trade, then small commodity workshops will spring up like mushrooms after the rain, so that everyone will have something to do.
These light industries also ensure that the daily necessities of the island's inhabitants do not need to be imported, and that they can produce their own raw materials as long as they have them.
Compared to buying these daily consumables all over the world, self-sufficiency can save a lot of money for Mengyu Island.
Opening up trade, such a thing as killing multiple birds with one stone, Lin Bei naturally couldn't refuse it at all.
"Mr. Kuroda, if you are really willing to open trade with us, I am really grateful!" Lin Bei said in surprise.
Kuroda Hufu also showed a smile and said, "Chief Lin, I don't know what happened to our soldiers who were captured by you?"
Lin Bei was very happy in his heart, if he could really exchange these captives for an opportunity for trade cooperation, Lin Bei would not refuse at all.
"We didn't abuse the captured soldiers, don't worry about this Mr. Kuroda, I'll take you to see it now. ”
Kuroda nodded and continued: "Although these soldiers have made unforgivable mistakes, after all, they are the people of our Wa Kingdom, I hope that Chief Lin can let me bring them back, as for the warships and ammunition that you confiscated, they will be regarded as your trophies, we don't want them." ”
Even if Kuroda Hufu wants to get those warships back, Lin Bei will give them to him, after all, if they can really trade, these warships can be counted as nothing.
"Those soldiers, Mr. Kuroda, you can bring them back, I just hope that what you said about opening up trade is true!" Lin Bei said.
Kuroda returned with more than a thousand Japanese navies, leaving behind a contract.
Wang Dong asked Ah Hao to follow Kuroda Hufu away, and he followed Kuroda Hufu back to the Wa Kingdom to deal with the opening of trade between the two sides.
Ah Hao is a top student and a mathematical genius, and Lin Bei believes in Ah Hao's ability.
I believe that there will be good news in the near future, the Wa Kingdom did not invade Mengyu Island as Lin Bei imagined, and the big stone in Lin Bei's heart finally fell.