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'There's never too many-stirring sticks. ’

As long as the clean end is always in your own hands, besides, aren't the British good at it?

This is a sentence that Liu Jinqiu heard Xu Xuance mention when he reported to the princes of the political hall afterwards, and it makes sense to savor it carefully.

Shortly after their raid on Kuching, Shuten and Jaco returned to Kuching, followed by only a dozen sailors and a trading ship from Java. As soon as their fleet arrived in Batavia it was seized by the East India Company, the Dutch governor in Java not only did not believe their crossing of the South Pacific, but was also angry at their unauthorized trade in spices and other goods. Eventually, not only were their two merchant ships and cargo seized by the Batavian authorities, but all the people on board were also sent back to Amsterdam for trial.

If that's the end of the story, it would be the end of the Australian company's expedition. But the experience in Brunei made the two have other thoughts, and they returned to their hometown in this way, neither for their old father nor for many investors, and since they decided to hide the things about the Song people from the beginning, there is naturally a later story.

While the East India Company was busy with war with Banten and other princely states, the two bought off the guards and took a dozen sailors who were still willing to break through to the Javanese merchant ship to Borneo. The two were overjoyed when they learned that the Fubo army had captured Kuching, and immediately asked to see Liao Yun, and after learning the ins and outs of the matter, the two Dutch explorers and their servants boarded the fleet of the northbound return with Liu Dawu, who was about to return to Brunei to change guards.

After returning to Sili, the penniless Dutch guests, accompanied by Liu Jinqiu, visited various industrial and mining enterprises that had been built recently, especially the arsenal of the Ordnance Supervisor, which impressed him the most. These short-haired Chinese friends promised the two of them that they would be paid handsomely if they did what they wanted, and after the hardships of the voyage and the humiliation of their compatriots, Shu Teng and Yake felt that it was time for them to work, and after the friendly government of the Great Song Empire extended them a goodwill olive branch, that little bit of national identity had long been thrown out of the clouds.

The sailors who were traveling with them fully agreed with the decision of the two captains, and a new regime with great military power was already standing behind them, so what was there to fear?

But the Senate always felt that careerists should not have a monopoly, so while allowing the Dutch to fully enjoy the ever-changing material civilization in Hong Kong, they secretly observed their ideological dynamics through the intelligence agents installed by the Pedestrian Division, and at the same time accepted the observation of friends from England. When Sanfa was completely pacified, Pontianak became within reach, and the influence on Ma Chen's strategy and Java had to face direct conflict with the Portuguese and Dutch. Since it is a matter of interest, there is no way to do it, but although there is always a time to draw a knife and meet each other, it is not a good time at the moment, and it is an acceptable solution to add some trouble to the European colonists in the Spice Islands at a small cost.

The traverser is building order, and the 'friends' from the Netherlands and England are just a little bit of damage to the opponent, for the Senate this is like a pleasant snack before a big meal is not an indispensable element, but since it is to be done, it will not let a monopoly, and the careerists driven by interests must restrain each other with interests, but whether it is quark or Shuteng and Jaco, these are not problems, but they just add a competitor, This is really nothing in the context of the age of great exploration, not to mention that the business of the Senate seems to be inexhaustible.

The most optimistic estimate is that it will take three to four months from the re-raising of the fleet to the transportation of the first ship of slaves to Machen, and this is still under the premise that the Senate's support for ships and munitions will be carried out in parallel, and using this time as a node to open a port in Machen is really a very relaxed matter for the Fubo army.

The veterans from Su Yao and below were very happy, and all the test items that were originally disliked by the army and navy came in handy, believing that it would not be a problem to recover the cost from the white skins with the needs of the slave catchers.

With the elimination of fixed ammunition, the reduced range and the rifling, the reduced power version of the Su-17, known as the Southern Flint Musket, easily gained the approval of the senators for the limited sale of privateer licensees. The new collaborators were also very satisfied with the 'cost price' of weapons and ships given to them by the Third Reich of the Great Song Dynasty for special care.

After seeing a model of a specially designed armed merchant ship and learning about its voyage data, all three captains were satisfied that they could buy such a good ship at two-thirds of the price in the South Seas. Named the Mirage, the civil sail merchant ship is entirely modular and built entirely with local timber, and thanks to the use of rapid drying technology, this standardized vessel can be built quickly, and five models of 70 to 500 tonnage are sufficient to meet any local private order.

Of course, these experimental shipbuilding plans are all designed to serve the traverser's own development plan of warships and migrant ships, and in order to fully adapt to today's productivity conditions and carry out large-scale output to match the senate's naval power in this time and space, in addition to the accumulation and training of technical personnel, what is also needed is to sum up enough failure experience.

The patriarchs were able to foresee the final outcome of technological development, but only by combing through the context of humanity's failures was enough to educate the world, and too clear a path of development was a bit dangerous for potential enemies. After all, due to the size of the population, today's technological reserves are used to exchange space and time chips from opponents in the future, and it is not a good deal to act as a stone to cross the river for the enemy.

Although the overall performance of the southern-style musket that has been test-fired is much weaker than the musket used by the Song army, it is still much easier to use than the arquebus commonly used in East Asia at this time, at least it is much less affected by the climate than the arquebus, and as far as Quark knows, although the technology of impact flint gunpowder has long appeared in France, the musket of this technology has not been installed in a large number of European armies in practice, and the effect of firing and ignition is indeed suspicious, so in terms of the same technology, The stability of this southern musket can also be said to be the best in the South Seas.

In this way, the price of one of the five is acceptable, and the arquebus made in the Portuguese arsenal in Manraka is even more expensive for the princely states of Java and Sumatra. And at least it was much easier to buy such a good weapon from the Song people than from Manraka, but according to Quark's limited knowledge of munitions, this more elaborate flintlock musket must have required excellent craftsmen to build by hand, and the cost should not be much lower.

Of course, Liu Jinqiu will not tell Quark and the other two friends how much cheaper the barrel and mass-produced fire cap can be compared with the cost of artificial forging, nor will he deliberately remind him of the fact that there is only less than half of the service life of the genuine version, as for worrying that someone will imitate it, at least in terms of metallurgical technology, no one can copy the same grade of iron in a short period of time, and the advantages of material science cannot be solved by any craftsman at a glance, so the Ordnance Supervisor and the Senate are not worried at all.

In the case of Quark and others, the Brunei authorities also promised privateers that damaged muskets could be traded in at a reasonable discount, and that broken fire caps could also be replaced, which was enough to make them feel that the price of Wuguan was worth a thousand dollars. Although muskets, machetes, and equipment such as telescopes were sold in reduced versions, artillery such as artillery was completely forbidden to be sold, and captured Spanish and native pirate artillery could still be sold to them at a discount. But even with these limited guarantees, the privateers were fully equipped with armed men on the ship, and the cost of dozens of men was only two or three hundred pounds, which was really a good deal compared to the profits that might be bringing.

The only trouble is that they still need to raise at least half of their own funds, which requires them to go at least once again in Banten or the Old Port in order to raise shares.

However, for the slave trade alone, the income of this boat is nearly 600 yuan, and the market price of this beautifully crafted currency of the Song people is also nearly 200 pounds sterling or 2,300 guilders, and you must know that the total share capital of the 14 shareholders of the East India Company at the time of its establishment was only 6.5 million guilders, while the share capital of the British East India Company, which was established a year earlier in the Netherlands, was only one-tenth of this amount. That is to say, the profits of the slave catcher for a few years are extremely considerable, not to mention that as long as the business is good enough, the slave catcher will inevitably continue to increase, and the profits will only increase.

Moreover, the islands of eastern Java can be returned to and from Mazin in a few days, and such a short voyage slaves will hardly die due to the epidemic, not to mention that this account cannot be counted only like this, as long as one or two successful transactions prove that the slave trade is indeed profitable, these people can set up a slave hunting station in the convenient transportation of East Java, and if they feel that it is troublesome to go deep into the islands in person, they can spend a small amount of money to let the barbarian chieftain do the work for them, anyway, the war between the princely states will produce many prisoners, Rather than making these prisoners of war sacrifices or feasts for the chiefs, it would be better to exchange them for cash.

In this way, when Ma Chen exchanged the slaves for all kinds of high-quality Song goods, and then went to Banten or the Old Port to make a profit, and the next time he sailed to those islands on the outskirts of Java, it was believed that there was already a sufficient 'supply' ready, and so on and forth, a small triangular trade chain came into being, and a circle down was a profit of one or two thousand, and if it was in the right season, such a trip would only take half a month.

Of course, all this is a prerequisite for Quark and others to swear allegiance to the Great Song regime.

'Qin Guangke'

'Jia Shun En'

'Lin Jiageng'

This is the naturalized pseudonym of Quark, Shu Teng, and Yake, and along with the loose official positions of the Jianghai Inspector, they have all been printed on the privateer certificate as proof of sincere surrender, even if the three of them do not understand the meaning.

Two days later, three 'inspectors' were sent to the westbound ship, and Brunei's life is still changing day by day.

The natives of the mountains still send their rice to the port in exchange for the necessary salt, sugar and fish, while in the area of the former Gutamaolu and now the village of Kinabalu, the naturalized villagers prefer to transport the mountain copper produced in China to the port, and the chiefs are willing to exchange the metal for a higher price. Out of care for the Bajau tribe and limited production, the senate did not put the large-scale mining of copper mines in the mountains on the agenda, and regarded it as the welfare of the Bajau tribe as the first to follow the dragon.

Thanks to the use of animal-powered mechanical ice-making technology, the preservation of fish and meat was solved, and the promotion of more abundant cooking methods brought by the chiefs was no longer worried about the spoilage and taste of meat, and the common people began to consume more meat, which in turn contributed to the expansion of the scale of government farms.

Coconut wine, palm leaf wine and Jilang wine made by the local indigenous people quickly disappeared from the market after the appearance of Langmu wine of the Song people, and the pure and sweet drinks in glass bottles not only had a smoother taste, but also had a higher alcohol concentration. Since then, even the indigenous people in the mountains have to add a spoonful of sugar from Sili to swallow it.

When cheap porcelain and glassware began to appear on the market, another wave of pleasure quickly swept Brunei, and almost overnight, banana and palm leaves on the dining beds were replaced by more elaborate utensils, at least in a small area around Brunei, where the Senate believed that the civilized way of life had begun to show its magic.

The remaining merchants from the Ottomans and Arabs, who were barely expelled from the expulsion, dared not speak out about this, even though there were local parishioners drinking and eating dog meat in the market in front of them, but they had to endure for the sake of their business and their safety, and after these days they began to understand that the eyes of the Senate would notice their words and deeds at any time, And this situation finally made the people of this land, which had experienced the baptism of foreign religions for more than 200 years, begin to take a completely different path under the guidance of the secular regime.

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The momentum of cooking oil with flowers did not affect the supreme institution of the Great Song Dynasty, and on Labuan Island today, the scholars in the Feng Pavilion opened the door early to welcome the acceptance of the results of the representatives of the Senate, and everything was completed in a step-by-step manner.

The various books related to ideology that I had begun to prepare before the crossing were finally completed by the recompilation and annotation of various religious classics, because the research of Nanyang customs took some more time and finally got out of the time.

"Conan?"

Fu Xiaofei looked at the pages of the green cover in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Who gave this unlucky name?" ”

"It's better to choose and choose, besides, the classics we annotate naturally have the characteristics of this dynasty, and this is a battle for public opinion."

Su Bai explained.

"And what is Mr. Aoyama on this cover?"

This time, Su Bai's face turned red, but a person next to him laughed and said, "This is Su Gangcang's alias." ”

Fu Xiaofei suddenly realized that this gang cang was the word Su Bai gave himself, according to this, the translator of "Conan" was Su Bai himself, and his big mouth that was careless for a while offended others, no wonder Su Bai immediately explained.

Mei Casey said with a smile on the side: "The patriarchs pay attention to the word equality, this book is Lao Su's hard work, and there is nothing embarrassing about signing it." Besides, after occupying the fertile land of the stars and moons, you have to use your "Conan" annotated by Su Zi to educate the heavens. ”

Wen Desi also said: "If we do not occupy the position of public opinion, the enemy will inevitably occupy it, and the Nanyang religion is complex and the large and small tributaries are intertwined. ”

Ma Qianzhu also said: "This name is actually not bad, Nan Ke has a dream, which is easy to understand, and it also tells the world that religion is just an illusion, and only serving the Senate is the right way." ”

"It's just that the name is not very auspicious." I don't know who sighed.

No matter how you look at this name, it is inseparable from a bad star in later generations, and it is not surprising that the elders have this idea.

Behind the ears, everyone carefully flipped through the book, and after reading it, they all felt that it was well written.

According to the preface of the book, this book was written by a merchant surnamed Ma in the Great Food Kingdom in the sixth year of the Sui Dynasty, who felt the ignorance of the savages, so he taught the people with Confucianism in the land of stars and moons, and practiced a set of laws in various princely states, from the taboo of household food to the requirements of politics and military affairs.

In the book "Conan", Su Baiju annotated each paragraph after the text, detailing the origin of folklore and scientific inference of each entry, and giving a contingency explanation in combination with the development level of science and technology in the Great Song Dynasty. For many of the contents of social behavior and life norms and their various sayings covering politics, military, history, and geography, they are extracted from the Confucian classics and ancient books of the past dynasties and explained in an easy-to-understand manner, and the businessman surnamed Ma is classified as a great Confucian, which seems to be really attentive and interesting.

There are many other classics of the same kind, and the "Bosom Friend" compiled by Yodas is also an example, all of which are sorted out according to the same rules, and are specially used to adapt to the transformation of the indigenous religious outlook.

After all, it is not monolithic as far as a single religion is concerned, taking Portugal and Spain, which are now co-hosts, the Spanish church in Luzon is dominated by dervishes, that is, the so-called ascetics in European Catholicism, and they are the most radical forces in Catholicism at this time. In addition to the Carmelites, the Austinians, Franciscans, and Dominicans all sent a large number of missionaries to Luzon and Japan, with three of the four major congregations in Manila, so it is no wonder that the Spaniards came up with the crazy idea of conquering the Ming Dynasty with 25,000 troops at the end of the 16th century, and the Manila massacre in 1603 was just a natural product of this ideology.

As for the same believers in God, the Jesuit Oriental Inspectorate in Macau, although he has always lamented that China is as silent as a rock that will not crack, but it has never been excessively proselytizing, at least Matteo Ricci and other clergy who have been approved by the Ming Court have entered the mainland through Macao, which is controlled by the Portuguese.

Therefore, the establishment of an ideological 'united front' by grasping the right to interpret religious scriptures is an acceptable compromise for most of the senators, because the senate has always believed that there are still huge interests behind religious issues, and reinterpreting the canons is a 'noun dispute' from another angle, and opening this opening is equivalent to opening a new platform for those who have a heart.

Although the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs was rejected as an administrative body from the very beginning, religious issues are real in all localities, and it is better to deal with them head-on. Fortunately, there is still the support of force, and these 'clean version' religious classics are not for the purpose of spreading believers, but more for the promotion of official learning in the Great Song Dynasty.

According to the tone set by the Senate, in order to be ideologically prepared for the future struggle for the mainland, all the teaching content of the natural sciences was packaged in the cloak of Confucianism. Song Confucianism's famous sayings - 'Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations' - these four sentences are now the standard preamble in all school textbooks under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty. The Ministry of Rites dragged the Confucian masters of the past dynasties into the big frame of Gewu Zhizhi, saying that it was the set that wanted to 'prove the road with side righteousness', and the patriarchs fully believed that this theoretical system was enough to make the people under their rule understand the truth regardless of their beliefs, even if there were still many loopholes, but the truth was always within the range of the cannon.

[Note: The Spanish Governor in the Philippines began to plan and propose a plan to conquer China after learning the news of the merger of Spain and Portugal, including 10,000 to 12,000 Spanish soldiers, 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese Christian soldiers and Filipino natives, a total of 25,000 troops, for which the Manila authorities not only falsely reported information about China's military power in exchange for the consent of the Spanish king, but also sent the Jesuit Japanese diocese governor Coelho in 1586. Gaspar led a huge delegation to Osaka to contact Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had just assumed the post of Sekihaku, and the two sides reached an intention of military cooperation on the pacification of the Tang Kingdom, which was also a booster for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of the dynasty. 】