The second batch of ocean-going trade caravans will be dominated by old-lock sea-going vessels, as they have been tested and found to be more in line with the concept of armed merchant ships. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because it does not have a watertight cabin structure, it can carry more cargo, and one can carry 4,000 materials.

Its hull is streamlined and a little faster than an ordinary sea vessel.

It has one main and two masts, and the three large sails are cotton and linen schooners that can travel against the wind...... Even better, the sail is far lighter than other types, and when raising and lowering the sail, it can also rely on the pulley block structure, which is more labor-saving, so there is no need for too many sailors, and the living conditions of the sailors and their fellow sailors have improved.

Its rigging is made entirely of sisal fibers, which is stronger and more corrosion-resistant, and lightweight.

It directly selected two points in the north and south of Jeju Island and Halong Bay, and its performance at sea was unexpectedly good, saving a lot of time compared to the previous sea vessels, whether it was to transport the supplies needed to the two places or to bring back livestock or coal.

The only disadvantage of transporting charcoal is that you have to brush the boat repeatedly, otherwise it will be a little dirty, but it is nothing.

Director Zhang Laoshi stroked his beard and said proudly: "Haha, such a good ship, it was actually made by me, and I should have left my reputation as honest in history...... It's a pity that if Naba Shamu had appeared earlier, the old man might have thought of a clipper with such a shape earlier......"

Director Zhang Laoshi was very happy and began to be dishonest...... However, he obeyed Zhang Guoan's arrangement, and added more basha wood to the mezzanine of the ship's plank, and also added more balsa wood to the surface components of the hull.

During their early trial run, all the sailors took turns to join the trial. After repeated training, we were finally able to achieve the unity of man and ship...... The advantages of the combination of Chinese and Western in the old lock boat have emerged.

The owner of Zhang Guoan did not care that the director of Zhang Laoshi was suspected of boasting, to be honest, he only had various suggestions, and if there were no repeated revisions and adjustments by other shipbuilders, this kind of ship would not have been built.

The great shipbuilders of the Great Song Dynasty. After building a boat once, they can make a model of a ship, and they know exactly what to do with the scales up or down.

Great, Zhang Guoan thought to himself, now he can be upgraded.

As soon as his new warship came out, he was the first to allocate it to the second batch of ocean-going trading caravans, because he had selected a few points from the diaries of the two of them to use as trading stations on Liuqiu Island, which had too many advantages. You can slowly stock up on goods, and you can also replenish them calmly...... Even befriending the local regime, it is best to use this to integrate the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants or Fan merchants into one force, such a team force is terrifying.

The strength of a large merchant group should not be underestimated, of course, this is only imagined in the plan, and the second batch of personnel he sent mainly went to various points to build merchant stations.

The first point is Yazhou City on Qiongzhou...... It can be used as a central point that radiates to the business circles of Champa or Ha Long Bay.

The second point is the country of Boni.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, once found Xiao Er. Ask him if he has heard of oil coming out of the ground in the Bomud Country area.

Xiao Er's eyes widened at that time. said: "It's normal that the whale has oil on it, and there is oil in the ground?!" ”

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, thought about the latitude and longitude coordinates of the Brunei oil field, and thought to himself, maybe he would have to lead the team to go there.

The Brunei oilfield is one of the few shallow light oils in the world, and some of them can even be directly injected into the tank for gasoline.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, knows. It was very easy to separate kerosene from diesel, and besides, he wanted to use it as a weapon of mass destruction.

Now phosphorus sulfide matches are so easy to sell, the processed white phosphorus is reluctant to be used in arson, besides. This weapon is also a great threat to itself...... So using oil as an incendiary bomb is the best weapon!

The third point is the Srivijaya.

There are more Song merchants there, and there is even a Song merchant who has been here before, and now he often does business with himself, and he is an internal response that can be received.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, first praised their spirit of being willing to help others solve problems, and said to the two people: "The success of a commercial activity is not only about how much you gain, if you can let the Song merchants or even the Fan merchants who are abroad take the initiative to rely on you, and think of us when they have difficulties, then it will be the greatest success......

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er understood and said, "Master, we understand that the more merchants involved in the Badaohe area, the better......"

Previously, when they returned to the Bo Ni Kingdom, the Song merchants who were waiting for them were indeed ecstatic, and they sailed with them, so they had no worries about pirates...... In fact, it is true that those pirates who were very arrogant in the South China Sea of the Great Song Dynasty can now be described as fleeing from the wind, making them feel extremely safe.

Before they returned to the Great Song Dynasty, they also went to the Badaohe area of Liuqiu Island to have a look, and when they saw it, they realized that they might have been overseas for too long, and they didn't expect that a good place for business would arise here!

They saw that there were many shops here, and there were also Fan merchants, especially Goryeo merchants...... It was easy to buy and sell some Chinese herbs from the north, such as pine nuts and ginseng.

At that time, those few Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants immediately requested to open shops here, and Gu Jianshan and Guo Ziren immediately approved, and now, this place has become a large field outside the Great Song Dynasty for the exchange of goods between the south and the north...... The total amount of business taxes is getting higher and higher!

Therefore, it is the right way to get more people to come and run the business.

Xiao Er said: "How to deal with the affairs in the Shiran area? Need to explain communication with the Tamils or not? ”

Wang Zheng smiled and said: "No one can curry favor with both sides, it is better to identify the Sinhalese people...... The Sinhalese were more hospitable, and I heard that there were far more merchants in their lion city than in the capital of the Zhulin Kingdom......"

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, could only nod in agreement, and the fourth trading station had to be built in Lion City...... Trade practices sometimes have to choose sides, and the fact that the cinnamon bark is mainly produced in Sinhalese countries is perhaps the most important.

He first asked these two people to take two old lock boats to deliver supplies and bring back coal to the Ha Long Bay area, so that they could also get acquainted with this type of ship...... Finally, when they were fully accustomed to this new ship type, Zhang Guoan Island Master named Anjiang-class No. 01 and No. 02, and asked them to load up their supplies, bring the high-level sailors, set sail again, and began to build a trading station.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, demanded that each trading station not only become a central point for receiving and selling goods, but also a protected place...... He did not hesitate to send members of the Wandering Force, and each merchant post sent fifteen members, and chose one of them to be the person in charge of the merchant station, all of whom carried long and short firearms, and did not hesitate to fight to protect themselves if necessary.

Of course, first of all, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the locals, after all, they are here to collect goods, not to fight. (To be continued.) )