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"You have to talk to the people in the Ministry of Commerce and Trade about collecting money, we are from the Military Council, and we have no authority to manage the price matter." Yang Muqin nodded a little disapprenantly towards the location where Guo Hao was in the camp, the chief had a black line on his face, of course he knew that it must be the guy who quarreled with him before and was beaten by another elder. In the past few days, he can occasionally see that Guo Hao and the veteran who beat him talking and laughing, but this kind of thing is absolutely shameful, people can't hold grudges if they are their own people, so he must hate himself as an outsider, so he can only sigh and shake his head.

Yang Muqin didn't know why he sighed, and thought that he couldn't get in and felt powerless, so he beckoned to the side, and Lan Xiaoya, who was squeezing his eyebrows with the indigenous woman in the distance, hurriedly ran over and stood upright, "Captain!" You call me? ”

"yes!" Yang Muqin nodded, "You go and call Guo Hao over, and you can get some business for him here." Before the chief knew what was going on, he saw Lan Xiaoya running into the camp with a smoke, and then after a while, he took that Guo Haoshun and Hong Jie to run over.

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At this time, the chief's face suddenly changed a little, to say that the Chinese had just landed when he was not afraid of Guo Hao, anyway, it was not enough, life and death were not convinced. But now, with the changes brought by the Chinese during this period of time, everyone has enough to eat, and there are excellent tools to use for production and construction. What he didn't dare to imagine was that he could now buy products at a low price and sell them at a high price like those Meideno merchants who occasionally passed by Orchid Island back then, and make a lot of money in front of that group of hillbilly relatives. Since he had already fallen out with this Chinese veteran in charge of commerce and trade from the beginning, the last thing he should do now was to make another big death and make the relationship between the two sides further into the abyss, so now seeing two veterans who were fighting for him coming over, he couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

Yang Muqin was already big-hearted, but he didn't pay attention to the chief's performance at all, and immediately told Guo Hao what everyone had just discussed. Guo Hao couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, this Lanyu was originally just used as a rest and transit station for the army's long-distance crossing, and he didn't even know that there would really be someone on it when he made the decision. And when he first saw these natives, his heart was absolutely full of disdain - this kind of character who had to weave his trousers out of grass, had no iron tools, and had armor that could only carry stones and turtle shells on his back, was no less than a walking Neanderthal. Therefore, this was full of strength in the business negotiations with the chief, and finally led to a direct dispute with Hong Jie and was kicked by him. He had no idea that the Neanderthals would have such light sailing boats, and would be able to cross the ocean to bring their poor relatives from other islands, and take the initiative to open their own mines, dig and transport their own services, and all they needed was some iron tools that were intended to be distributed to the local natives when they arrived in Shandong. Although the steel production capacity of Dongfang Port at this moment is far less than the surplus of real estate in the old world, this iron tool is simply a drop in the bucket for Dongfang Iron and Steel Plant, which is equivalent to not wanting money.

But the various trading goods brought by the natives are different, the natives are completely unsure of the types of things purchased by the Chinese, and the Chinese want everything, the stones in the pits, the resin flowing from the trees, the fur of animals, the fruits in the bushes, if you really can't find anything to sell, climbing to the coconut tree and picking more than ten coconuts can also exchange some commonly used materials from the Chinese, as long as you can move, you can find things to exchange with the Chinese. The Chinese absolutely have absolutely nothing to do with what they bring, as long as it is something of some value, but they keep complaining that the speed of their manual mining is too slow and the amount of ship transportation is too small, and looking at the vast hundreds of ships coming over from afar, they can only carry less than forty or fifty tons of goods, which is as boring as eating a grain of rice with a wide mouth for a Chinese cargo ship that can carry hundreds of tons of goods. But now even Guo Hao, who had no interest in the local aborigines before, is also full of interest in the trading goods brought out by the natives, you must know that these trading goods include everything from tropical fruits to shellac resin, and the ore in addition to the saltpeter ore that everyone was particularly interested in before, coal, iron, copper, and bauxite ore also have a large amount, in addition to these, even oil shale with high oil content was found in the trading goods. Even just one of the traded goods would be enough to open up a new colony for overseas mining, but at this moment, there are so many kinds of ores that the veterans of the northbound brigade are now in a dizzying state.

"Buying clothes? No problem, the price is negotiable, do you want summer clothes or spring and autumn clothes? Guo Hao's smiling face is almost to the root of his ears, although the quarrel with this "Neanderthals" leader made him beaten by Hong Jie, but he does not hold a grudge at all, if it is not for Hong Jie beating him, I am afraid that he may really lose such a trading station now, you must know that now you can see your name again and again in the wireless telegram sent by Dongfang Port, it is obvious that his achievements in Lanyu have become an example for the elders of Oriental Hong Kong to learn, As a result, he has been responding to almost all of the demands of the natives recently.

The chief didn't know what the difference was between summer clothes and spring and autumn clothes, Guo Hao hurriedly explained to him with a hundred and twenty personalities, "Summer clothes are worn when it's hot, you see, when everyone wears a pair of shorts, they can be worn at that time, basically short-sleeved shorts and a hat with strong breathability." Spring and autumn clothes are mainly in spring and autumn, when it is not cold, but it is not too hot, so you wear relatively thin trousers and a long-sleeved jacket, and you have to wear a pullover underneath. Hearing this explanation, the chief did not understand at all, but became even more confused.

Although Orchid Island is close to Taiwan, the climate above it is a standard subtropical monsoon climate, the highest temperature in summer will not exceed 38 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature in winter will not be lower than 15 degrees Celsius, so the difference between winter and summer is basically not felt here, at most it is only the difference between the rainy season and the dry season. For example, according to the incident, it is already the depths of winter, and the Foreign Legion troops in Lanyu are wearing spring and autumn clothes at the moment, with open-collared uniforms and high hats on their heads are also made of more breathable fabrics, and some soldiers can even wear shorts and short-sleeved shirts to wander around the makeshift camp after dark, and only need to use military blankets to cover them with the same blankets when they sleep.

The two sides exchanged for a while, and then they understood the type of clothes, and finally the chief directly purchased a hundred sets of summer military uniforms and a hundred sets of spring and autumn uniforms, while the chief himself chose a set of officers' winter uniforms after carefully reading the propaganda brochure of the Foreign Legion - the reason is simple, he is a chief, he cannot wear the same clothes as his subordinates, and if so, how can he reflect his status? Not only does the winter uniform have a long hem, but also a long cape that is used to protect you from the wind and rain while reading maps and other work. Of course, he didn't know the role of the cloak, and he completely regarded it as a luxury, and without saying a word, he decided that he must wear a winter uniform in this life.

But after choosing, the price has become a big problem, it stands to reason that this price problem is very simple, it is enough to add profits directly to it according to the sum of costs and freight, but now there is a very tricky problem, that is, there is no money on the island! That's right, it's currency, whether it's paper money or coins, there is no one on this Lanyu, and most of the previous transactions were purchased by barter, and their currency was directly shells - why did the Senate want a bunch of shells? After discussing for about two more hours, the payment method for these clothes was decided, yes, it was still barter, before the chief sold those iron tools sent by the Chinese to poor relatives from other islands, in exchange for almost several piles of ore mountains of no difference height, these ores he kept were useless, of course, to be sold to the Chinese in exchange. At first, the chief still felt that it was too much to change tools or something with so many things, and he was a little worried, but now that he has changed out more than two hundred sets of military uniforms, there really won't be much left.

However, Guo Hao also promised him that this Lanyu Island will be used as a permanent trading point here in the future - it is naturally impossible for the Senate to give up this good place, since the special investigation team climbed the Mantou Rock and sent a light signal, the communication equipment carried by the fleet has also been installed at this moment. Now there is a three-meter-high antenna installed on the top of the Mantou Rock, which is a temporary antenna carried on the Oriental Port, and now it is only temporary to install it on Lanyu, and when the next group of personnel comes to Lanyu to rest, the fleet will bring a large antenna and the installer, and the antenna installed at that time can not only directly communicate with the Oriental Port by telegraph, but also directly use the walkie-talkie for voice communication or wireless network connection. After the installation of the large antenna of the Orchid Island, the Orchid Island has the function of a wireless communication relay station, which can not only communicate directly with the Oriental Port, but also ensure the communication transmission from the north of the mainland, and even ensure the smooth maritime communication of the Philippines.

According to the recommendation of the Industrial Committee, the Executive Committee authorized the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to invest in the establishment of a port that can dock cargo ships of about 2,000 tons in Orchid Island, so as to ensure that most ships in Dongfang Port can smoothly dock at the port for loading. At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade also recommended that personnel be sent to several nearby areas where there is ore to explore, assess the reserves of ore and the difficulty of extraction, and then build small ports in the area. At the same time, loans were also opened to the indigenous people, allowing them to buy ships and mining equipment from China, increase mining capacity and carrying capacity, and strive to develop Orchid Island as soon as possible.

As for why the natives are authorized to mine and transport minerals, the main reason is that the financial sector feels that the natives should be given a way to get rich, and there is no way for the Oriental Port to send more personnel to expand overseas for the time being. If you want to develop Orchid Island and its surrounding islands, you should first develop the local economic environment, if you just enslave the local natives according to the arrival of the New World like the Spaniards, then not only can productivity not be improved, but also there will be many resistances, which will make it difficult for the local Chinese to move an inch, and it is difficult to carry out work and life in vain. The best way to get the indigenous people to work and build together is to be able to reap the benefits of working with the Senate. As for how they carried out their production and commercial activities on their islands, whether they were deceived and stolen, that was their own business, and the Senate only had to sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen.

With such a large-scale authorization, Guo Hao in front of the chief and his previous attitude were like two people, almost as long as the indigenous side provided something, it was easy to say anything, and many of the trading items were even offered by the chief himself - he felt very embarrassed to open them. But for Guo Hao, this kind of transaction of 30 catties of sulfur for a hoe is quite cheap.

"There's still one more trouble left," said the chief with a look of shame, "we don't have any shells left on the island, all the shells we have accumulated have been traded to the other islands, and we hope you will bring some of your shells with you the next time you come." ”

"Shells?" Guo Hao was stunned, "What shell?" Isn't there much on Shell Beach? He also pointed to the various seashells that dotted the beach.

The chief hurriedly took out a shell money and showed it to him, "It's this, it's this," he said and handed it to Guo Hao, "This can be used to exchange things." ”

"Oh!" Seeing this round scallop, Guo Hao suddenly had a strange feeling, of course he knew that the use of shells as currency was an important step in the process of human financial development, and at this moment he was holding such a currency, which was witnessing history! A sense of pride in "creating history" suddenly arose, and I saw Guo Hao patting his chest and saying, "No problem, it's money!" We have! We'll come with the currency! You can rest assured of this! ”

Later that day, he received a letter from the Executive Committee in his office in Oriental Harbor, and he opened it with a loud look and couldn't help but stand up, "What? Are we going to issue someone else's currency? ”

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