"Appropriate, appropriate." Ould praised without words, and took another sip of 'Lang Mu Wine', and his heart was indescribably happy.

The newly trial-produced batch of rum is not in stock, and with the problem of method, it retains more sweetness, which makes this wine more pleasant to drink, but in any case, it is also a spirit of more than 30 degrees, and without a few glasses, Ould is already a little overwhelmed.

The people here and the big cannibals are full of wine, but the Han merchants over there are gathered together, and they are already discussing how to deal with the various things after the Fubo army enters the city.

"Didn't you listen to what Mrs. Liu said? Since the court of the Great Song Dynasty has made a list of things to buy, I am afraid that the future business will not be very good. ”

The so-called and buying, in the mainland is originated from the Qin and Han dynasties of the system, it is not uncommon to say, the government will list the required items, from the hands of the merchants, in the past, whether it is the government or the people, is a win-win thing. It's just that in today's Ming Dynasty, this matter is often reduced to a trick by officials, and this reputation spreads through the maritime merchants on the mainland, so at first glance even the merchants in the South Seas are like tigers. For example, the merchant ships in the port of Guangzhou, each of which has a certain proportion of goods to be sold to the officials at a much lower price than the market, although this is not without profit, it is nothing more than the wool out of the sheep's body, and then make up for it from elsewhere, but in the end, no one thinks that there is a lot of money, and cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, this truth is clear at all, not to mention that maritime merchants are not profitable and cannot afford to be early.

It's just that another one listened: "I see that what Taiwei Liu said is not similar to what he said and buy and buy in the Ming Dynasty, you see that the list on his list is all grain and wood, but pepper and other things are not listed." ”

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not match the image of the Heavenly Dynasty from the very beginning, and in the early years, I remembered that when the Old Port Xuanwei Division was still alive, the Great Tomorrow Envoy who was a powerful and blessed man in the Boni Kingdom was equal to half a regent, and he was just a minor official on the mainland, or how many people would say that the king of the foreign country was not as good as the city gate officials of the Heavenly Dynasty, and in the eyes of the remnants of the Nanyang, this was obviously not a joke. However, Liu Dawu was called a captain, and the official system of the Great Song Dynasty is not very clear, but there are still storytellers in Kuching City, and the head of the military attache is also the top in the imperial court.

Take the list mentioned by the one who just spoke, which is a list printed on good paper, as crisp as a thorn. In order to facilitate distribution, this time there were no pictures printed, all of them were classified in tables, but the various kinds of eyes, especially the converted prices, not only copper coins and silver, but even local tin coins were listed, which was really clear and clear. In the past, whether it was the merchants of the North or the South Seas, they seemed to be afraid of explaining things too clearly, and the rules were as vague as possible, and this group of self-proclaimed Great Song officials was quite similar to Taixi's Hongyi, but it was more organized, and it could even be said that it was too late.

Sure enough, he said it again with a lively heart, and even changed his title, "I think the price given by the chiefs is fair, but it is not beautiful to agree to it rashly, it is better to let Sigong and them talk to Taiwei Liu again, if the benefits can be more generous, even if it is just grain and timber, it is very profitable to transport it back from Java." ”

"What are you thinking, and you really think it's for these things? Is the cargo of 100,000 stone on their big iron ship not enough to load? Do you want to bother us to go to transshipment? It's just a reason, and you guys take it seriously. ”

The person who objected naturally saw the paragraph about settlement currency at the back, saying what kind of banknote of the Great Song Bank, just listening to this sentence, he knew that it was something similar to treasure money.

Everyone was arguing in the corner, and several elders in the hall were only perfunctory, and they didn't see it, and they didn't expect to buy people's hearts by relying on a buffet. This and the list of purchases was listed by the household department, printed in several languages, and widely distributed during the banquet, and also let them go back and spread it to the tribesmen and tribes near and far. The content is still the same as in Brunei, the more grain, timber and all kinds of minerals, the better, with the current purchase volume, the silver in hand is still enough, and the recent development of several products can barely offset the payment pressure caused by imports, according to the current form, it is still getting better and better. Originally, the price details of this product were updated every day in the "Xinhua Daily" published by Brunei, but the rules set by the newspaper have always been Chinese characters, and the data updated daily are mostly around a few large quantities, which are not as detailed as those on this DM list.

And for the merchants in Kuching, there is another thing that is also a strange thing, that is, this Captain Lau said that he wanted to plant a tree in Kuching that he had never seen before, and the sergeants carried out a potted sapling in the hall, but it was only a ruler, and it looked very delicate, so they didn't know what to do.

Liu Dawu didn't explain much, and said: "You just have to take it and plant it, each seedling has become a monthly subsidy for the imperial court, and the Economic Strategy Division will also come to teach you how to support it, and when this seedling becomes a timber, each family will also have a reward of two taels of silver each." ”

As far as the truth is concerned, a rubber tree, even if it is a two-wheeled timber, the price of two taels of silver is more, the climate in Nanyang is suitable, it is the best place for rubber trees to grow, it can be said that the saplings can survive when inserted into the soil, thinking about this method is nothing more than to persuade the agricultural department to rapidly expand the planting area, and now the most lacking person is manpower, not to mention that this rubber tree can be used even in Nanyang to grow three or five years to produce glue, but also need to use some means.

Among them, there are also a few self-righteous words: "If the Taiwei wants good wood, this Borneo does not dare to say, and there are always a lot of good golden silk nanmu, so why bother to plant this young seedling." ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of timber from Nanyang began to be imported from Yongle, and the best timber that followed Zheng He's fleet to the Qing Dynasty has not been used up, not to mention that because of the wood, the three major halls of the Ming Dynasty are much larger than those rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, but now the first three halls in the Forbidden City have been destroyed in a fire twenty years ago, and have not been repaired.

The conversation returned to the rubber sapling, Liu Dawu smiled and said: "It makes sense for the court to ask you to plant it, but when it comes to the front, if this sapling dies, there will still be punishment, everything has a charter, as for the use of this thing, you will naturally know at that time." ”

If you want to plant this rubber tree to death, it may be possible elsewhere, but it is really difficult in this South Sea, that is, to prevent someone from destroying it, so it is necessary to make it clear. After all, rubber is a strategic material, the scale of this forest will naturally not be too little, if anyone touches the 'Great Song' scale in this matter, the chickens used to scare the monkeys will not feel too much, and now everything in Borneo is the foundation, anything can be a reason for the Senate to raise troops.

The two-hour lunch hurried by, and the well-fed Kuching merchants were much more relaxed, and whatever the outcome of the previous argument, they always had to listen to it again to see what Lau had to say.

Liu Dawu was not in a hurry, even though the boats of the various families were already waiting on the river, he still brought the 'representatives' of Kuching to the deck again with great interest.

The sailors pulled down the protective canvas in a standard posture, and the bow of the ship had looked at a strange protrusion before revealing its true face, and an iron room had an erected opening, and the blue muzzle of the cannon protruded from it, and I don't know how these sergeants operated, but they heard the sound of the iron cable hinging, and the gun room turned on its own, and in a few moments the muzzle of the gun was pointed straight to the south bank of the estuary.

Liu Dawu pointed to a few infantry guns still on the side of the deck and said with a smile: "Those are all good goods, when they don't have anything to do, when they are eating, I have a lot of concerns when I listen to everyone." I might as well give an account here, this time this marshal is edicted to pacify Kuching, and I also know that the surrounding barbarians are quite tricky, so I will act cautiously, after all, everyone here and the Han merchants in Kuching City are all my people of the Great Song Dynasty at this moment. ”

Everyone waited for Taiwei Liu's next step, but saw a sergeant trotting over in an orderly manner, holding one hand to the side of the head, and said loudly: "Report to the chief, the shooting Zhuyuan has been corrected, please instruct." ”

Liu Dawu pointed his hand, "Open the cannon." ”

Everyone's eyes followed, and there was a loud bang that shook the earth, and Li Fanghua only felt a wind current rushing out of the bow of the ship, and in a moment, he saw a puff of smoke rising from the small island in the distance pointed by Taiwei Liu, and it was obvious that the blow hit.

'What a cannon. ’

The people who watched the ceremony were stunned for a while, and the salute was just a few empty sounds, although the formation was large, only the first two sounds frightened people, and then it did not affect the mood of the proprietors at all, but made them have a little contempt, especially a few of them have been to the country of Mataram on the island of Java, where the country usually uses artillery to salute, and they have long been accustomed to hearing it. And now the real reference is in front of me, and there seems to be a faint explosion of rubble rising into the air, but I can't really see it, and then I think that this place is two or three miles away from the island on that side, and this cannon can actually shoot it. At this time, the artillery, even if it was the cannon on the Hongyi ship, more than a mile, could only be heard, and there was no accuracy at all, and the firearms of the Song people were really exquisite compared to Hongyi.

This time, Liu Dawu did not leave them a chance to comprehend, and saw that the improved Armstrong cannon did shock everyone, so he took the hot railway: "The court has returned to the north, and the foreign Yi has not accepted the king for a long time, so you have to worry a lot about appeasing, and you have to talk about it with the heads of the various departments, don't be an enemy of the court." ”

Everyone who reacted shook their heads and agreed, but Taiwei Liu seemed to have something to say.

"But the barbarians, you can't just rely on appeasement, I also heard that the various departments around Kuching are not very peaceful, so this time we are also prepared, this Kuching City we are going to enter."

But what he said was barbaric, but who did he want to listen to, the clear-eyed person had already seen through his heart.

Seeing that everyone was quite moved, Liu Dawu knew that the timing was right, so he concluded loudly.

"Good talk, why don't we sing into the city."

"It's not good to talk about ......"

"You still have to go in with the cannon fired."