Along the way, Ping Qiusheng was kind to Quark, hoping that he would understand what he meant, and the slave trade was not limited to the area around Banten, as long as it was Southeast Asian or the white-skinned kind, anyone who crossed the group could not refuse. As for how to get more slaves, it all depends on the means of quarks. Before entering the city, Quark saw that these refugees along the way had become rolling silver coins and all kinds of valuable goods, and at this moment, a man wearing a square scarf came up boldly, and asked the group in Guangzhou official dialect tremblingly, but it was from Daming. After getting a positive answer, the person who came reported to his home, said that he was a person from Guangdong, curious to learn since childhood, and heard that the Taixi countries had miraculous skills, which could make Hongyi cannons and clairballs, so he traveled thousands of miles to the south by merchant ships, and then it has been five years, and now he misses his homeland, and not long ago he took a merchant ship to here, but the war in the north, and then the ships to and from the north are gradually decreasing, and he has not found a ship to return to China.

This person's name is Feng Shengyue, and he is about to return to the country, and he said something good, saying that he is not a useless person, and he will not be a waste on a merchant ship. It wouldn't be bad for Ping Qiusheng to have someone who was familiar with the local area.

"Do you know all the customs here?" Ping Qiusheng asked.

"The villain has traveled overseas for five years, although he doesn't dare to say that he knows everything, but he says that all the countries of the South Seas know more or less. Don't say that the customs here are even the language of the villain. Now this is the territory of Zhenla country, the residents of this place call me the Ming Dynasty overseas Chinese businessmen as firewood sticks, so take this as the place name, there are a lot of overseas Chinese businessmen here, but the war in the north is about to start, this sea trade is not easy to do, so many returned to the country earlier, recently the north has fought hard, the merchant ships are afraid of being bō, do not dare to go north, I just came from Malacca, and I can't find a ship to go north here. ”

"We won't go north for the time being, we will go to Siam."

"When you go to Siam, you always have to return to China, you might as well bring the villain, the villain has a lot of knowledge along the way from Malacca, and you may be able to use it."

Ping Qiusheng thought that there would obviously not be any Ming spies in Southeast Asia, and it would be good to have someone who was familiar with the local area. Immediately agreed to take him in. Feng Shengyue was overjoyed, and hurriedly said goodbye and went back to pack his luggage, and the two sides made an appointment to meet at the city gate.

"If there is no Yujian at the city gate, just go to the dock to find our boat. The red, white and blue flags are the ones. ”

The composition of the "Nine Section Flag" is red, white and blue, which is very conspicuous, and Feng Shengyue only needs to pay a little attention

The destination of this trip is Siam, and in addition to trading rice, I also want to recruit some local Japanese volunteers. Since the sudden death of Yamada Nagamasa, a wealthy merchant with unusual relations with Edo, the volunteer team composed of Japanese immigrants and parishioners under his command has avoided trouble because of their suspicion of the king. Although he has some knowledge of the history of Siam, he is still confused about the yīn conspiracy.

The history of the Japanese in the 17th century spreading throughout Southeast Asia to the South Seas did not come back to the 20th century, and the dilemma of having less land and more people broke out much earlier and more seriously in Japan than in China. A large number of Japanese were scattered throughout Southeast Asia from the 16th century onwards, working as merchants, artisans, and mercenaries. Although they were no match for the Chinese in running a business, they were known as mercenaries.

Obscure Japanese mercenaries were featured in many well-known events of the time. The British, the Dutch, the Spaniards, the Portuguese, and even the monarchs of the small states of Southeast Asia have hired them to serve them.

In a state of severe lack of military liliang, it was obviously a good choice to hire Japanese to serve as the vanguard, and Japanese mercenaries could be used not only in Southeast Asia, but also in Taiwan and Jeju Island.

It didn't take long for the group to come to the city, this city gate is all made of black sè stone, the building is very Khmer sè, quite the style of Angkor Wat he has been to, this place is still under Cambodia, and the residents are mainly Khmer. It was only a few years before the Vietnamese extended shili.

The size of the city is considerable, at least larger than all the county towns on Hainan Island. After all, this is the place where the vice-king is stationed. The political and economic center of Lower Cambodia.

Weishenme is coming to visit this vice-king? In Binh Thu Sheng's view, this is the key point of the Mekong Delta, and no matter what the future situation is, it must be a population gathering place, otherwise Saigon will not be able to develop in the future. There are people who have various needs, and when it comes to commodity dumping, no one can compare with the crossing group in this time and space, and now Lingao's hand is not stretched out for so long, and the engine Jihua is basically completed, and it is estimated that it will take more than two years for the business of more than two years to be occupied by the Dutch, and even the capacity of the Dutch can not fully meet the crossing group, so the trade is naturally the more the merrier.

Feng Shengyue was already waiting at the gate of the city, his luggage was very simple, a package and a straw hat. ■ Qiu Sheng found that the straw hat on his head was produced in Lingao, could it be that Lingao's straw hat had been sold so far away?

I immediately inquired where he got his straw hat. Feng Shengyue was very surprised that Ping Qiusheng took a fancy to his straw hat. He bought this straw hat from a Chinese store during his travels, and he had been wearing it for more than a year, although it was not broken, but it was still dirty and broken.

"Your straw hat should be well cared for, it is very meaningful." Elder Ping said meaningfully.

Feng Sheng was inexplicable, so he had to respond casually.

Passing through the noisy street, the group came to the palace of the vice-king. The palace doesn't look too big, and by Chinese standards it can only be considered a large family's mansion.

The vice-king's palace was both his living place and his place of office and government. Some external officials are located in the palace. Feng Shengyue was very familiar with the situation in this place, and when he went in to find someone, he quickly found the matter.

Ping Qiusheng watched him mutter and gesture with Tongshi for a while, and Tongshi walked in. Feng Shengyue seemed to have a good idea, and said with a smile: "Master Ping, the vice king will meet us in a while." ”

"So easy?" Although Ping Qiusheng estimated that it was very likely to see the vice king, he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"It's nothing, the vice king welcomes merchants to visit him."

It is not uncommon for businessmen to ask to see the vice-king, and as long as there is nothing to do, His Royal Highness the vice-king generally does not refuse, regardless of their purpose, whether the vice-king can be satisfied or not, the merchants must at least give gifts, which is a large amount of income for the vice-king.

After the briefing, the general came out of it again and invited them in.

"Swords and weapons are left, and only five people are allowed in." The general announced to them.

After discussion, Ping Qiusheng took Feng Shengyue and three other members of the special investigation team inside, and the rest waited outside. Everyone untied the dagger they were wearing, but the pistol was well hidden.

In their group, except for Feng Shengyue, everyone else has pistols, and the special investigators use submachine guns, even if there is any situation, the gunshots are together, and the people outside rush to rush, and they are not afraid of an ambush of one or two hundred people.

Apparently, the hypothetical ambush did not appear. The talks between the two sides were very successful in a joyful atmosphere, and after receiving the exquisite gifts from the Australians, His Royal Highness Vice King Chen Chai was happy to provide various conveniences for the market expansion of Australian goods here, including proposing to set up a warehouse. He even expressed his willingness to participate more deeply in this transaction, and he was willing to provide all kinds of goods that Australians need, and was also willing to underwrite all kinds of goods shipped by Australians, especially Chinese groceries.

At that time, the handicraft industry of Southeast Asian countries was generally backward, and daily necessities were completely imported from the Ming Dynasty by Chinese merchants. Even for Spaniards from "civilized countries", Manila relied on Chinese merchants for daily necessities, and if Chinese merchant ships arrived overdue, the life of the Spanish lady would become unbearable.

The reason why Vice Wang Chen Chai is so enthusiastic is actually forced to be helpless. With the influx of more and more refugees from Champa and the Nguyen clan sharpening their knives in the north, he did not know how long he could be in power. He understood that Champa would not be able to withstand the attack of the Vietnamese, and if Champa was finished, it would only be a matter of time before Priango fell. So it is very meaningful to take a handful and leave, and the Australian goods let him see the hope of making a fortune, if he makes a fortune in trade with the Australians, and then returns to Phnom Penh, it doesn't matter if he is the vice king or not. Anyway, the rice and timber here in Puliango are as much as they want, and it is better to give them to the Australians than to cheapen the Vietnamese, at least the Australians are willing to pay for the Australian goods.

And Ping Qiusheng also got what he wanted: trade licenses, parking tax exemptions, approval for Australians to buy land and build warehouses, free employment of workers, and so on.

His Royal Highness also wrote a letter to the King of Cambodia at his request, requesting the reception of the Japanese who had recently fled into Cambodia and sending them to the port of departure from Priango. Completely solve the current problem of the Japanese in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Ping Qiusheng traded with the mirrors and daily necessities he brought, in exchange for two boatloads of rice, His Royal Highness the Vice King said that there is not much rice stock, but it is not difficult to collect, and when the fleet returns to this place, the supply can be prepared again, as long as the Australian lords have demand, there is no shortage of rice here. As for the various local specialties, he could organize them as long as the Australians wished: things went well, so the fleet set out in a merry and cheerful mood and the fleet turned northwest with plenty of supplies: Ping Thu Sheng was ready to go directly to Bangkok, not to Phnom Penh.

If he could complete the tasks of rice and recruit Japanese in Bangkok, Phnom Penh would not be of great interest to him, where there was not much trade and there was no way to go.