Chapter 105: Niu Venus Enters the South Seas
After a trip to Japan, Niu Jinxing earned a lot of silver, and he used this silver as the capital, first arranging for his subordinates to go to the Japanese Kingdom in the future. Then in Quanzhou, he purchased a batch of tea, porcelain, Shu brocade, Yun brocade and other local products, and then under the protection of Chen Nanjiao, he took dozens of cargo ships to Nanyang.
The wind and rain along the way were bumpy, and they were about to toss and scatter Niu Venus, and this guy is still young, and many people who go to sea for the first time are vomiting in the sky, this guy is pale, he just insists on not throwing it out, and he is also the first person to adapt to life on the ship, which makes everyone have to admire. Originally, it was not a good season to go to sea, but after the annihilation of the Dutch fleet, a relatively complete navigation chart of the South China Sea had been obtained, and the Ming Dynasty used hard sails, so it was possible to sail far away during the not very good sailing season in April.
In order to be able to trade smoothly with the other party, the first port Chen Nanjiao chose was Manila, which was the first Philippine city occupied by Spain, because Niu Jinxing wanted to trade mainly with the Spaniards, he thought that the poor ghosts of the indigenous Philippines would not have any good things, and his main purpose was to ask for silver, and the Spaniards had been in the Philippines for more than 50 years, and they must have looted all the silver and piled it up in their own homes. In order to reduce trouble, the ship also brought a few Portuguese translators, in fact, Niu Jinxing, this guy speaks Portuguese very slippery, a top student of the Ming official school.
This time, Chen Nanjiao led a team to Nanyang, and most of the ships he brought were merchant ships, as for the guns and ammunition, there were not a lot of them hidden in the cabin, and even the mortar Chen Nanjiao was brought, which was to guard against pirates, but the road was very peaceful, and there were no eyeless pirates to rob, and Chen Nanjiao had no chance of actual combat.
After arriving in Manila, first let a few Portuguese accompany Niu Jinxing ashore and contact the Spaniards stationed here, Philippine Governor Sivar met with their party, originally thought it was an ordinary merchant of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to improve their status through the introduction of the Portuguese, but did not expect to be the imperial merchant of the Ming Dynasty, the governor's face was a little better, and finally negotiated with Niu Jinxing on the trade rules, and after paying the tariff, he could trade freely with the Spaniards, but not with the local Chinese. Otherwise, you will have to pay a special tax. Niu Jinxing realized that his plan was useless, originally he meant to only trade with the Spaniards, but he didn't expect that there were still Chinese here, but the Spanish governor restricted trading with them.
Here he found that there are a lot of Chinese, and these Chinese are still relatively wealthy, which makes Niu Jinxing have other thoughts, since there are so many Chinese here, can they continue to move here? Why did the Spanish governor restrict trading with the Chinese? With these questions, Niu Jinxing, after paying a part of the special tax, began to trade with the local Chinese, and quietly asked them. It turned out that the matter was very complicated, Wanli 30 years, because there were many Spanish merchant ships carrying a large amount of silver to Quanzhou to trade, the local people thought that there must be gold mountains and silver mountains here, so some people came to look for them in the name of the imperial court, and they were found by the Spaniards, and found that the local Chinese were quite wealthy, thinking that the Ming Dynasty wanted to attack, so they slaughtered the local Chinese, robbed the wealth of the Chinese, and 27,000 Chinese were killed 20,000. The Ming Dynasty was fighting the Japanese in Korea at that time, and they didn't care about the Chinese here at all, not to mention that it was forbidden to go to sea at that time, and these overseas Chinese came out privately, so it was no longer at this time. Niu Jinxing listened to the complaints of the local Chinese, and couldn't help but be angry from the heart of the evil to the guts, the current emperor has opened up the territory, here these Westerners dare to bully the Chinese like this, isn't this the first naked slap in the face of the emperor?
When Niu Jinxing returned to the fleet with a calm face, Chen Nanjiao felt a little wrong, so he asked Niu Jinxing if he had received any grievances, and Niu Jinxing told the words of the local Chinese. Chen Nanjiao is a very stable person, otherwise Xiao Hailong would not have sent him along, he also knew that Niu Jinxing was not a simple person, and when he came, Xiao Hailong also specially told him to consult Niu Jinxing in case of trouble, in fact, he is older than Niu Jinxing, with the word of advice, it is completely to ask Chen Nanjiao not to offend Niu Jinxing, that is the emperor's cash cow and gold rush mountain.
After listening to Niu Jinxing's words, Chen Nanjiao pondered slightly and asked, "Mr. Niu means that he can't swallow this breath, shall we take revenge on them?" Or does it mean something else? ”
No matter how bold Niu Jinxing is, no matter how high the anger in his heart is, he has to endure it now, and if he can't bear it, he will make a big plan, Niu Jinxing said: "General Chen, I really can't swallow this breath if I don't find some trouble." However, it is the local Chinese who have found a big trouble and suffered, this was originally our Ming vassal state, but now they are bullied, and when they go back, they will definitely ask Your Majesty to let General Qi kill them. Now I plan to set up an office here, leave some people here, and a hundred households of Jinyi Wei will be in charge, and leave them a few guns, General Chen, can you go and choose a few people who are willing to stay? ”
"No problem," Chen Nanjiao said simply, "You said you just need a few people." ”
"Six, you must be smart, steady, strong in martial arts, and most importantly, loyal." Niu Jinxing said.
Just when Niu Jinxing and Chen Nanjiao were talking, someone rumored that there was a grocery store owner in the local Chinese who asked to see him, Niu Jinxing was very puzzled, he just came here and didn't know any grocery store owner. Next, he handed over a note, which read: Is there a mooncake on August 15 in Mr.'s goods? What do you mean? It's only April now, why do you want mooncakes on August 15th? Sick......? Stop, Niu Jinxing was stunned for a moment when he thought about it, "Invite Xiao Chen, who is in charge of the accounts, and say that I have something to find him." Niu Jinxing said to the messenger, "Trouble General Chen to avoid it, things may change." ”
After a while, Xiao Chen in the tent arrived, and he saw that this person had a kind face, and he first smiled before he opened his mouth, which made people feel that this person was too amiable. Niu Jinxing didn't speak, he handed the note directly, then turned around and walked out, Xiao Chen smiled and took the note, and in an instant, his face became extremely scary, and his whole body was full of murderous aura, even Niu Jinxing, who had just walked to the door, felt a cold on his body, and his heart was really scary. But then I heard Xiao Chen say, "Mr. Niu, please stay." You can show me if this man is reliable. ”
After a while, a mixed-race Chinese with obvious local blood walked in at the door, and asked when he entered the door, "Sir, are you here to bring the mooncakes of August 15 this time?" "It sounds like Chinese with a somewhat impure accent, and it's a bit stiff.
The man looked at Niu Venus, but the afterglow was sweeping Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen replied: "I don't know what shape Your Excellency needs, only the flat one is below." ”
"The flooded Seventh Army is fierce, and Grandpa Guan roars." That's humane.
"Civilians come out, and the sun and the moon are all clear." Xiao Chen replied.
The person who came bent his waist slightly and said: "Xiaoqi Xie Jiucheng, see the Lord of the Hundred Households, please give an order." ”
Xiao Chen hugged Xie Jiucheng, "Brother, thank you for your hard work." Xiao Chen and Xie Jiucheng hugged their heads and cried.
After waiting for a while, seeing that both of them were a little quiet, Niu Jinxing said, "Xie Jiucheng!" Why are you a brocade guard, how many years have you been here, and how you dress up like a local. ”
Xiao Chen sighed and said, "I haven't introduced it yet, Jiucheng!" This is Mr. Niu in front of the current Long Live Lord, not an outsider, and your affairs can also be asked by Mr. Niu to ask for a reward from the Long Live Lord. Mr. Niu, Jiucheng has been here for nine generations, and it should be the Jinyi Wei spy left behind when he went to the West with Gonggong Zheng. ”
When Niu Jinxing heard it, he was really emotional, fuck, it's been nine generations, everyone is mixed, and he is still so loyal to Daming, how much perseverance is this! If the people of the Ming Dynasty were so loyal, what a terrifying power this would have!