【Continue Asking for Tickets】

In the southwest of the Macao Peninsula outside the south of the Langbai Ocean, is a large island that is not slightly smaller than the area of Macao, the terrain of the island is not suitable for a large number of households to live, but because it is rich in orchids, it is called Lujiao Gaolang in the official documents of the Ming Dynasty, and in the indigenous mouth of this place, this island has a more palatable name - Gaolan Island.

Ten days after the opening of the Polaroid Pavilion, two fortune ships loaded with goods and people departed from the pier outside Mong-Ha Village and took half a day to sail down the ocean in Langbai, where they are now anchored in a hidden harbor on the side of Koh Lan Island. They are waiting for four other big ships from Guangzhou, two of which are naturally Fu Xiaofei's 'tribute ships' when they came, and the other two are private ships recruited by the elders in Youyuzhou, with a high guarantee, plus the Australians' statement now, it is not difficult to find two merchant ships near Guangzhou, let alone just a trip to Qiongzhou.

But in this back and forth, the two ships became six, and although four of them were only temporary chartered private ships, the people and materials on board were real, and the travelers could only spend a few cheap industrial products, and the Senate could be said to have made a lot of money.

Several large ships rise and fall in the harbor, looking quite leisurely. Under a makeshift shed on the island, several people who seemed to have a lot of status were talking casually in the shed.

Without a long delay, one of the men, who looked a little hateful, returned to the ship.

"Big cabinet, are the Australians willing to sell that treasure armor to us?"

As soon as Liu Xiangfang returned to his boat, he heard the earnest question of his subordinates, and snorted coldly: "You said that the treasure armor is a rag from the Ministry of Industry?" ”

He didn't want to put on a set of Australian armor, and after a wave battle in Yuzhou that night, he was impressed by the defensive effect of this black stab-proof suit. It must be known that the iron armor used by the generals themselves cannot withstand the close blow of the usual firearms, but that night he saw with his own eyes that the head of Zhang Kui Zhang was shot at least twice, but his body was only slightly sluggish, if such a treasure armor is willing to sell, it will inevitably be sky-high, and it will only be priceless. Of course, if there is a real chance to get Liu Xiang, he will never be greedy, as long as he has what he wears, he will never think about his subordinates again.

As for the powerful Lianzhu Fire Gun, I don't know what kind of evil method the Australians used to refine it, and he would never dare to fight the idea of this thing.

As for the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is new money or new armor, none of them can enter the eyes of this group of pirates, and the newly made money is not only of poor quality, but also inferior to the private money made by local heroes, and the bandits naturally do not like it very much. In terms of armament, the knives were sold by the Japanese state, the armor was made by the people, and the cannons were also supplied by Macao and other Xiyi, so they naturally looked down on the Ming army equipment that had been drifted away layer by layer and did not know how many materials.

However, he only regained his composure after a slight heat in his eyes, "This armor should be made by the Australians with some secret method, although it is almost invulnerable, but it is not very useful for us to fight at sea, and the current armor is barely enough." ”

In naval combat, special attention is paid to long-range attacks, and in the distance between the two sides, even against muskets, ordinary leather armor has a certain amount of self-protection. As for the cannon, based on what Liu Xiang has seen at sea over the years, he still believes that even if the Australian man in armor faces the face of the Franco's cannon, he will only be killed by one shot. And as a bandit, what they do is the business of killing people and intercepting goods, so naturally they will not be stupid enough to attack with fire, so in terms of preventing arrows, the current armor is enough, and those shirtless fierce subordinates are often more effective in fighting.

After weighing it in this way, he no longer had any unrealistic ideas about obtaining this armor, so he could start the current business and talk about it, so he didn't just talk about some armor in the shed.

The biggest gain of Liu Xiang's trip is the words that Fu Xiaofei conveyed to him just now, Gu Ziming promised to buy a large number of deer skins and private iron from Liu Xiang every year, and these things can be directly shipped to Sanya in the future.

The last time, Liu Xiang was very satisfied with the Australians, these short-haired weirdos made him quite good when they started to do things, and they paid the bills very easily, it seems that the silver is very easy, if it weren't for the fear of those beads of fire, he would want to take risks again. But then again, if this long-term business can really be done, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for him and his brothers, after all, Fu Xiaofei said that the more goods the better.

Of course, as a prerequisite for the implementation of this agreement, he also has to sweep away the small gangs in the Guangdong Ocean as soon as possible, and the Yuan and Lin families, who were injured in the battle of Youyuzhou, are the best targets, and he doesn't have to think about how angry Yuan Jin and Lin Xinke, who got the news, will be angry, no matter how successful or unsuccessful they are in attacking Jiazigang, they will definitely have a fierce battle with themselves after the year.

But looking back, even if the inevitable risk of this battle is not too big, with most of the net worth of Yuan and Lin who were left in Youyuzhou before, it is now considered a big loss of strength, if they come back to retaliate at this time, Liu Xiang's strength to protect himself is still enough, and all the preparations made by the two families this year ago will be in vain.

But if the two insisted on plundering the Chaozhou Mansion and then returning to Guangzhou, Liu Xiang also believed that his preparation would only be more secure.

It must be known that the payment that Gu Ziming promised to pay that day was still some of the various weapons seized by the Senate in Nanyang, some of those swords were refined, and the artillery muskets were sold to Quark's slave capture team, but there were also a lot of arquebuses seized from the Spanish ships, and these bad guns were also difficult to recover. Although the patriarchs are still not interested in these 'toys' that are extremely cumbersome to load and fire and have dubious power, it does not mean that these things are not taken seriously by new pirates such as Liu Xiang, and more than 20 repaired Spanish standard muskets have compensated a lot of money for goods, after all, it is not easy for pirates to buy too good firearms here in Guangzhou, the government controls them very strictly, and the Francophiles in Macao are not very easy to deal with.

Now that he is better armed, Liu Xiang can recruit troops and horses, and dominating the Guangdong ocean seems to have become a matter within reach.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang seems to have seen a bright future for herself.

As long as the Fujian iron and deerskin needed by the Australians can be transported back from Fujian and Taiwan, they will continue to get the supply of Australian exotic goods and rich silver from the Australian maritime merchants.

From now on, Liu Xiang's power will be an undercurrent of cooperation with Australians, and the things that Australians can't do will be handed over to his big gang of dishes. But in the same way, if the common interests of both sides are touched, Liu Xiang also believes that the Australians will stand up and support him, at least he no longer has the slightest doubt about the Australians' determination to use force, and he is also happy to help the Australians bear the reputation of the villain who killed in the fire in Yuzhou, whether it is Liu Dajiao, who is a maritime merchant or a sea bandit, this murderous reputation is not a bad thing.

Liu Da Cabinet thought at the moment, I really don't know what the future development of this line will look like, but the current trip to Qiongzhou has become inevitable, not to mention that Fu Xiaofei also promised to send him a needle map of the nearby sea area after arriving in Qiongzhou, that picture he has seen, quite similar to the sea chart of the Franc machine, but more exquisite, although there are not many marks, but for Liu Xiang, who wants to dominate the Guangdong ocean, it is indeed a great benefit.

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While Liu Xiang and his men were arguing on the boat, a young man and a middle-aged man were standing on the bow of his boat looking at the stern of the two tribute ships in front of him, gossiping.

"I only heard that this time the merchant shot a little extraordinary, but I don't want Huang Bo to personally take the goods, but a trip to Qiongzhou will inevitably have some labor."

The middle-aged man who was called Huang Bo, with a single name and a Cheng character, was a local businessman in Macao, who was not small in business, because he was proficient in business and had the Fujian people in Macao to support each other, so he also had some means in this place, and in recent years, he had taken the road of several sea lords, and made a lot of money in the trade between Japan and Luzon.

"Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, after all, it is rare for you to come to Macao, since you are on the ship in person, I will not accompany you, and how to make it, besides, the goods this time are a little inconvenient, Li Liu and Xie Guangdi are not also a little hesitant, and only Huang is used to the sea so there are no these taboos, but the quirk, you rarely enjoy a few days in Macao but come to eat the limelight with us, do you also think there is anything wrong with this Australian maritime business?"

This Huang Cheng will take a look at this young master of the Li family because of his special relationship with Li Dan, the owner of the Yellow Boat went to Pingdo to trade in previous years, but he inherited a lot of favors from that Li Dajie, since the young master of the other party came to Macao this time, he was naturally hospitable.

This official is Li Kuiqi, the eldest son of the giant businessman Li Dan, he is also curious about these sudden Australian maritime merchants because of his sister and has the heart to investigate, it just so happens that He Yi is the veteran in Macao to prepare the goods and personnel need two ships to load, find Huang Cheng when Li Kuiqi is also there, so he cheekily followed, the Li family's own merchant ships have already begun to buy raw silk in Macao, only after the hyacinth changes will return to Pingdo, just to leave him time.

The young man smiled: "It's not that there is anything wrong, but the number of these two ships of people and goods is actually not small, in the first half of the year, my father's raw silk to Hirado is only three ships or divided into two, speaking of which the Australians have a total of six big ships this time plus foreign leases, except for the recent sea range, it is also a big deal." ”

"So many people are transported to Tuntian, Qiongzhou, how can it not be a big deal, Huang is also a little interested in seeing what these Australian maritime businessmen do in Qiongzhou, it seems that his ambition is not small."

"It's easy to say, it's only a day or two for Hyunhyacinth to go to Yazhou today, so it's better to rest in the cabin first."

"It's fine." Huang Cheng stood at the bow of the boat for a while, his body was a little tired, and he naturally agreed when he heard what Li Kuiqi said.

Before entering the cabin, I vaguely heard Li Kuiqi ask, "Uncle Huang is now earning a huge business, and there should be some personal cronies to help him, it's not good to do it himself every time he goes to sea, Uncle Huang, you are not a few years younger than your father, don't you see that my father has sent me to the south in the past two years." ”

Huang Cheng and Li Dan are both fellow villagers in Fujian, he has naturally heard some of these things, Huang Cheng is over forty years old this year, and Li Dan is a few years older than him, this year is more than fifty, it is said that in the future, the southern sea trade will be handed over to his son to manage, Li Dan himself at most followed the important goods to run Fujian and Taiwan.

The way back for the children is naturally to plan early, Li Dan is okay, the two adult sons are still able to support the portal, the child Guozhu is good at business and stays in Japan for a long time to help him, and this eldest son Kuiqi is quite good at military affairs, Huang Cheng knows that the fire of the Li family's fleet at sea several times has the credit of this son, and he is also a figure that cannot be underestimated.

Just now, when he heard this son mention his father's arrangement, he couldn't help but have some hidden worries in his heart.

It is true that there are few close relatives in Macau, and even most of the children stay in their hometowns in Fujian, but Macau's business is doing just right now, and once they give up, they are indeed reluctant.

But in the blink of an eye, Huang Cheng laughed, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or responding to Li Kuiqi's concern.

"In a few years, I also plan to bring my children to Macau to see the world." His gray-haired head seemed to remember something, and said, "I'm just a son, and my sister's family is all kids, and I've heard that I'm also lazy, so I can't say that in a few years I'll bring my older nephew to help me." ”