In addition, we also inquired about the situation of Jiading Port here, this port is very important in the history of Nanyang, Jiading, also called Jiadin, later called Saigon, of course, the name of this port does not exist now---- now it is just located in the Mekong Delta near the mouth of the sea two small towns not far apart, one is called Pulie, the other is called Gono, at present, there is a more famous local rice distribution center, listen to the assistant Chinese, we purchased Champa rice from there.

If history had not changed, in a few years, Chen Shangchuan would accept the title of Ruan Zhu of Quang Nam in Annam, and take a large group of Chinese to open up there, and the port of Jiading, which had prospered for hundreds of years in later generations, was born.

But now, now that we have been connected with Chen Shangchuan, how will the trajectory of this historical figure's life change? It is still unknown, whether there will be or will not be in Jiading Port in the future? I'm a little confused.

The Chinese in the Chaoshan Association also told us that the current Mekong Delta region is neither under the jurisdiction of Champa nor Annam, but is the sphere of influence of Shui Chenla, which is probably the Khmer Empire in historical records, and later called the Kingdom of Cambodia in the old world.

We anchored at Bintonglong for only one night, and then set off the next morning, and before leaving, the dock officials of the occupied city state slaughtered an offshore tax, the official name of the government was called the return tax, a total of 4,000 guan.

It seems that Champa is a double tax system, there is a tax on the shore, and a tax is collected from the offshore, and there are two tax standards: one is the size of the ship, the other is the distance, the farther the ship collects the tax, the higher the tax, the local ship because of the closest distance, usually only collects dozens to 100 copper coins, and the ship from Borneo and the mainland will more than double, the second most expensive is the merchant ship from Sriwijaya and Mancijia, and the most expensive is the ship from Dongying Sanhan and Hongmaoyi, and the ship will be charged one or two thousand guan a ship at every turn.

This time, our five ships were charged 4,000 yuan in taxes, which was the result of the accommodation of the Chinese tax collector.

Because we gave cash silver, and the condition is good, so the other party gave us a discount, of course, we also bargained unceremoniously, and finally the two sides agreed to pay taxes according to the silver price ratio of six copper coins to one tael of silver, so this time we paid a total of 1,340 taels of silver, and the purchase value of 20,000 taels of silver, speaking of which the tax rate is less than 10%, which does not seem too high, the key is that the materials we purchased this time are not a business of blowing chaff and rice---- most of which are free to support refugees, Mother's chicken, in short, the brothers just feel that the money is very painful.

So after returning to the ship, Hu Peng and his brothers scolded that they would have the opportunity to bring the army in the future, seize his mother's Zhancheng country, and collect all the boat girls......

Okay, I won't say anything else, it's still the same sentence, now it's people under the roof, and they have to bow their heads---- we have a long time coming.

From July 13th to 16th, the fleet went north along the Annam Peninsula, and the flank was basically 45 degrees along the way, so the speed of the fleet was extremely fast, and after four days and three nights, it arrived at Xiaowanshan Island unconsciously---- Huang Xianggu was very familiar with this route, after all, Nantian Yizhai used to make a living as a merchant and thief in the area of Xiangjiang Annan, and for the sailors of Nantian Yizhai, it can be regarded as a revisit to the old place......

The above is the main content of Zhu Beiguo's written report.

However, there are still unfinished things in this report, and one of the important details is the relationship between Huang Xianggu and Zhu Beiguo.

Zhu Beiguo's report almost all mentions Huang Xianggu, but according to a person familiar with the matter, Peng Qiang, the first mate of the Women's Rights, in fact, as long as the report mentions "according to the introduction of the sailors of Nantian Yizhai" and other words, it is actually Huang Xianggu's personal introduction, but this report gives the impression that Huang Xianggu guided the fleet on her own ship, rather than acting as a guide on the Women's Rights.

However, when Zhu Beiguo was asked about this later, he also generously said that Huang Xianggu was indeed on the Feminist "for a while", because sometimes it is more convenient to guide the navigation as a guide on the Nuquan, after all, the Nuquan is the flagship of the entire fleet.

Peng Qiang, the first mate of the Feminist at the time, also confirmed this statement, Huang Xianggu was indeed not on the Feminist throughout the whole process, but often went back and forth between Hengyu and the Feminist.

This was also confirmed by Huang Lei, who greeted Zhu Beiguo's fleet at the East Beach Pier on Xiaowanshan Island, and when the fleet docked at the port, Huang Xianggu was on the Hengyu, not on the Nuquan.

However, all of this seems to have a bit of a "want to cover" flavor.

Regarding the relationship between Huang Xianggu and Zhu Beiguo, it has been a mystery for a long time, and there are some gossip rumors, especially when Huang Xianggu joined the Federal Immigration Bureau, she has been working in the Federal Immigration Bureau, and gradually became a high position.

Soon after, Li Junming resigned as deputy director of the Federal Immigration Bureau due to another appointment, and the Federal Immigration Bureau was completely in charge of Zhu Beiguo alone, and later, Huang Xianggu became one of the four deputy directors of the Immigration Bureau.

By the way, the four deputy directors of the Federal Immigration Bureau are all from this time and space, and they are the right-hand men recruited and cultivated by Zhu Beiguo himself.

Soon after, the Commonwealth of Australia was established and its influence was expanded overseas, and the recruitment of overseas immigrants by the Federal Immigration Service became more and more important, and the scale of its immigration became larger.

Therefore, soon after, with the approval of the Federal Senate and the allocation of a special budget, the Federal Immigration Service was renamed the "Australian Federal Immigration Service Directorate", and a training institution called the "Australian Federal Immigration Vocational Training School" was established.

Since its establishment, this education and training institution has been the exclusive school of the General Administration of Immigration to obtain and cultivate talents, and it is full of mystery, and various rumors have been circulating about this school.

Because the school has both open and secret business, on the surface, it is a "vocational training school" that helps new immigrants get a means of livelihood after immigrating to Australia, of course, there is no doubt that Zhu Beiguo also does this in the name of the word.

Needless to say---- however, the school is also a place to train professionals in all operations of the Directorate-General for Immigration, especially intelligence officers in the Australian Commonwealth.

Because over time, the business of the Directorate General of Immigration has become much more than just "immigration".

For example, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency under the Directorate General of Immigration that investigates major domestic criminal cases involving immigrants, has agents who must undergo rigorous training at the school.

For example, the Federal Migration Service has one of the most mysterious and large branches, the Federal Foreign Intelligence Service, whose agents are basically from this school.

Moreover, the director of the Federal Foreign Intelligence Service was concurrently held by Huang Xianggu for a long time, and Huang Xianggu did not leave this post until she retired.

In other words, this woman served the overseas intelligence cause of the Australian Federation all her life, and later became a legendary and popular woman in the history of the Australian Federation.

Of course, that's all for later.

It is also a mystery about Huang Xianggu's marriage, it is said that she has been married twice and has two children, she said to the outside world that her husband is a colleague of the intelligence agency, but because the disclosure of relevant information about this agency is restricted by the "Federal Security Act", ordinary channels cannot find specific information, so the outside world can only listen to her side.

However, anyone who has seen the son and daughter born to Huang Xianggu has a vague feeling that this pair of children looks a bit like another person, yes, that person is Zhu Beiguo, a lifelong member of the Federal Senate and director of the Federal Immigration Bureau.

Fortunately, there are not many people who have seen this pair of children, it seems that they are Li Sanduo, Peng Qiang, Hu Xiaolin and a few other old colleagues on the Pride Account, and at most a limited number of people such as Xu Zhisun Lao, so this kind of gossip rumors have not been widely circulated.