Chapter 103: Evacuation
Song Shiping was stunned when he heard this, if the other party wanted to hire his sea boat, this was nothing. Even if the shogunate asked him later, he had something to say, after all, he was coerced by pirates. But he still didn't have a bottom in his heart, so he asked.
"I don't know what you want to ship and where you want to ship it?"
Li Ming said with a smile: "It's all some grain, copper and some sulfur or something, the location can't be said, you can only tell sΓΉ that you are north, this time you also go there to recognize the door, in the future, the place where we trade will be there, and it will inevitably trouble you." β
When Song Shiping heard Li Ming say this, he finally put his mind at ease. He also instantly regained his true colors as a maritime merchant, and said with a frown: "Brother, the relationship between us, even if my brother helps you give you a trip for nothing, it's nothing." It's just that the other sea owners can't help but dot up. Naturally, there are rules on the sea, and even I can't break the rules. β
When Li Ming heard Song Shiping say this, he also knew that the other party wanted to take over this business, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry about this, I will leave this matter to you, and when the time comes, I will do what you say. β
So the two talked about some details, as for Li Ming, what they used to settle the fare, there is no need to worry about this, they can take Sakai Port, the things here are not to be taken away, just scratch a circle in the shop, it is enough for their fare.
The key is to connect with these overseas people, and if you really trade with them in the future, it may be a big deal. Besides, the strength of these overseas people can even defeat tens of thousands of shogunate troops, and if they get along with them, it will also be a great reinforcement.
So this time, Song Shiping also did his best, in addition to summoning all the Daming ship owners here in Sakai Port, he also sent his subordinates out overnight, and many of the ships of the Daming sea lords were not in Sakai Port, and he also tried his best to find them.
In less than two days, dozens of sea ships have gathered, and many Ming sea ships are constantly coming. This made Gao Jianguo and Qiao Haipeng happy, and immediately organized a large number of people to carry materials.
First of all, grain, Vladivostok will not grow rice for at least a few years, and this time these rice in the warehouse of Sakai Port Pier, I dare not say anything else, there is no problem at all to satisfy the more than 2,000 people of the Far Eastern Company for ten or eight years.
Then there are all kinds of cloth, which also includes a large number of silk and other things from the Ming Dynasty. This stuff, like food, can never be too much. Not to mention copper, which is Japan's main export, these seagoing shipowners simply unloaded all the ballast stones and replaced them all with copper ballast. The last place to be vacated was filled with sulfur and other things.
Gao Jianguo and Qiao Haipeng were busy working day and night at the dock. Li Ming was not idle, and what he asked Kenji to do was almost done. Kenji really didn't say anything, after all, he was old and steady, and he didn't lack experience.
In just two days, I got to the bottom of the situation of the craftsmen and jido in Sakai Port. Including the places where these people live, they are all clear. The situation of the major stores is almost understood.
Li Ming also specially consulted Song Shiping, who had been in Sakai Port for so many years, knew the place well, and also helped Li Ming provide a lot of information. Especially the location of several shipyards around, he also told Li Ming, there are a large number of shipwrights gathered there, all of whom are skilled old craftsmen.
After a few busy days, the entire Sakai Port terminal warehouse area was almost emptied of rice, and a large amount of cloth, copper, and sulfur were also filled with all the sea ships, and even then they were not satisfied, and found a dozen Japanese wooden boats, and this was the end. In order to make room for those craftsmen and jito, a lot of space was vacated for the grain in the No. 1 landing ship.
Li Ming stood on the shore and looked at the sea boats on the shore with Gao Jianguo, and his heart was very excited. After so many days of hard work, it was finally full. Gao Jianguo looked back at Li Ming and said with a smile: "How is your layout on that side?" β
Listening to Gao Jianguo's words, Li Ming smiled, and then said into the earphones: "Song Tao, are the troops in place?" β
Song Tao's arrogant voice came from the earphones: "Dude, just look at it, our people are all in place, just waiting for your order." β
Li Ming said solemnly: "Start acting now, if you encounter resistance, you will be killed." β
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Gao Jianguo: "The No. 3 landing ship should also arrive, right?" β
Gao Jianguo nodded and said, "Maybe I've already started working now, I let the two landing craft follow, there should be no problem." β
The streets of Sakai Port, which used to be peaceful, began to be noisy again today. Hundreds of Japanese samurai of the Death Army, 300 soldiers of the training team, and nearly 1,000 officers and men of the first company of the army acted almost simultaneously, and they carried out large-scale operations in various parts of Sakai Port.
The sake houses in Sakai Port Seicho were kicked open by the samurai of the daredevils, and the girls who had not woken up were picked up from the bed, and some merchants in Semachi wanted to rush up and reason with them, but as soon as they rushed up, they were split in half by the katana of the daredevils.
Someone saw that it was not good, so they gathered a group of wandering wild samurai and rushed into Shikimachi from the outside, but as soon as the imposing group of wild samurai turned into Shikomachi, they were killed by two rounds of musket volleys from the teaching team, and most of them fled.
Many people were panicked by the sudden change, but in the face of those murderous daredevils, how dare they say anything. A group of girls from Semachi were only allowed to bring their own belongings, and they were taken out of Semachi by wiping tears from their tears.
At the same time, the shops and workshops in Sakai Port were also broken into by a group of wolf-like warriors, and the craftsmen inside were driven out before they knew what was going on, and some merchants who tried to come up to reason were smashed to the ground in an instant.
More than 2,000 craftsmen, nearly 1,000 Shikido of Semachi, were taken to the shore by fierce daredevils and boarded the No. 1 landing ship. The merchants of Sakai Port finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the guys were gone. These days, they are living in fear, for fear of coming to rob their shop.
But after a while, the death soldiers who had just left went and returned, and with them were thousands of Japanese civilians pushing carts. These merchants are finally waking up to the crisis.
In the first few days, they gathered a lot of wandering samurai and stayed in their shops, and they also planned to wait for the shogunate army to break through the city. However, after the shogunate army was defeated, the merchants immediately dismissed the samurai, and one by one they became more and more peaceful.
I didn't expect this gang to give them this hand, which caught them off guard. When several merchants were knocked to the ground, many merchants finally recognized the reality, and could only watch as the contents of the store were loaded into cars and pushed away.
The large shops along the main streets were visited and ransacked, and it was only when the samurai of the Death Army pushed away the carts full of things that the merchants of Sakai began to beat their chests and cry loudly.
Li Ming and Gao Jianguo watched a cart of precious commodities being sent to the landing ship, and they were all very excited, this trip to Japan has gained a lot, it can be said that it is worth the trip, after so many days of busy work, it is finally a success.
When the last trolley was pushed into the landing ship, the Far East Company's seizure of the Japanese port of Sakai was considered a successful end. Gao Jianguo looked back at Sakai Port, and then shouted loudly: "All units board the ship and prepare to retreat." β
Everyone boarded the three landing ships, sounded their horns one after another, and slowly sailed away from the Sakai Port pier. Behind each landing ship were several Japanese wooden boats, which left the Sakai Port dock in a majestic manner.
The sea ships convened by Song Shiping also formed a fleet and left one after another. Each flotilla was followed by several naval officers and sailors, and their destination was Ulleungdo, where they would sail directly.
The fleet encountered several waves of ships of the shogunate along the way, but without exception they all stopped at a distance, monitored their movements, and did not intercept and harass. The battle a few days ago has completely hurt them, and they are now looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that these people will leave quickly.
The fleet sailed for a few days, and finally returned to Mishima, and now it was a platoon of the army company that guarded the place, and they were all very happy to see the fleet return. They've been waiting here for a long time, and they're all worried about if something is wrong.
Fortunately, the fleet finally came back, these days those foreign devils are relatively honest, there were two fights in the nest, the already anxious soldiers, a few foreign devils who participated in the fight, hung on a sailboat for two days, almost tortured them to death.
Since then, these foreign devils have become harmonious. But the soldiers who were anxious every day still didn't let them go, and they found something to do for them every day, and brought that Van Bit to ask about something, and then these foreign devils suffered.
Cleaning the decks, repairing the ship, waiting for the ship every day, anyway, the twelve hours a day of work did not leave them idle, and they did heavy work. Exhaust these foreign devils to exhaustion. But the ten sailboats were well maintained.
The fleet was loaded with a lot of goods, plus thousands of Japanese craftsmen and women, and the three landing ships were stuffed to the brim, and the dozen or so wooden ships hanging behind were also full of supplies. Coming all the way along the coastline of Japan, everyone was trembling for fear of capsizing one.
The journey back to Vladivostok was not so peaceful, and if they had to enter the Sea of Japan, which was windy and rough, they might have capsized a few ships if they sailed like this.
So everyone transferred some of the supplies to the ten sailboats, and fortunately, this kind of Dutch Frut merchant ship was very capable of loading, which alleviated their urgent need. After a day here, after transferring the supplies, I sailed away. R1152