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"The second little one, He Jinrong, has seen two nobles...... "Soon, the ship joined the huge fleet outside the port, and on one of the largest ships, He Jinrong met the nobleman who made a heavy promise last year, Shi Hong.

"What is the head, no need to be polite, this is your Saburo's official certificate, as long as you arrive at the port of Kalamba, your Saburo is the right Lang Zhong of Quanzhou City, in addition to mentioning the adult, it is the Zuo Lang Zhong and your Saburo The official position is the largest, and it is the sixth product!" Shi Hong's face smiled sincerely, and he reached out and took a wooden box, which contained several pieces of paper covered with bright red seals, as well as official talismans made of metal, all of which were handed to He Jinrong.

"The villain thanks the grace of the adult, and the thirty-three members of the He family have thanked the adult!" He Jinrong saw those small pieces of paper, and his eyes immediately flashed with greed. Although he didn't know the words on it, and he didn't know what the official talisman should look like, these pieces of paper looked so valuable that they didn't look like fakes. Holding the bronze official talisman, He Jinrong rubbed it for a long time, and then remembered that Shi Hong was still in front of him, and knelt on the deck like worshipping Mazu Niangniang, and kowtowed to Shi Hong several times.

"Hahahaha...... He Zuotou, please get up, we will be a family from now on. The fleet will pass by Quanzhou every year, and when the time comes, you have to ask the right man to take care of it. Shi Hong was very satisfied with He Jinrong's performance, and after brushing his beard and receiving a big gift, he pretended to help him.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the He family will only look forward to the future of Lord Shi. Don't know if you're ready to set sail? He Jinrong didn't dare to wait for Shi Hong to help. Got up on his own. There was still excitement on his face that he couldn't hide, and he wanted to show his skills immediately, so that Shi Hong could see that this official position was not in vain.

"Okay, set sail, you are in the territorial waters of my big ship, they are all under your command, go ahead, go ahead......" Shi Hong smiled even brighter when he saw He Jinrong's flattered appearance.

"Brother Shi...... Is this person reliable? Wait for He Jinrong to rush to the helmsman under the stern to explain the course. Zhao An, who had been standing next to him without squeaking, came over and whispered in Shi Hong's ear.

"Brother Zhao, please rest assured, I have already said hello to Fuzhou Tongju, except for the people who went to sea, the He family has more than 20 people up and down who have all been monitored first. When we get back, I don't believe he will even want a few grandchildren in the family. However, Brother Zhao's concerns are also reasonable...... Little Liu! Shi Hong put away the smile on his face, put on the dead face again, and whispered some of the backhands he had arranged. After finishing speaking, I also felt that it was still not very safe, and whispered again.

"Your Excellency...... The small ones are in. Immediately, a black-faced man appeared beside Shi Hong.

"You go and take two people and keep an eye on him. Even if you eat and sleep, you can't leave half a step, understand? ”

"The little one understands......" The black-faced man didn't say a word of nonsense after hearing Shi Hong's order. He turned around and went down the stern.

In the port of Malacca, September and October are the busiest seasons, and at this time of year, fleets of ships come from the north one after another, varying in size. No matter where you go, you basically have to stop at the port, pay taxes for those who should pay taxes, and supply for supplies. Day and night, 100 slaves pulled all kinds of simple wooden pulley cranes on the wharf to load and unload goods, supplies and fresh water for the large sea ships docked on the wharf.

At the same time, hundreds of vendors will set up various food stalls in the open space in front of the pier, also day and night, to welcome the merchants and sailors who disembark from the big ships. As soon as 1 in 10 people sit down to eat something, they will earn a smile on their faces. Further inside, there is a long street with red and green lanterns, which is the favorite place for merchants and sailors.

The houses with red lanterns are full of places to eat flowers and wine, and they are filled with young girls from Southeast Asian countries and even Dashi and Persia. For sailors who have been running at sea all year round and don't know when they won't see the sun, as long as they have money in their pockets, they can't help but get in and enjoy themselves. As for whether these women are beautiful and ugly, and whether they fit the aesthetics of the Great Song Dynasty people, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that they can sleep steadily with their warm bodies here, relax and relax, and they are willing to spend money. Without this mental condition, the sailors would have gone crazy with the sea.

Houses with green lanterns are regular hostels, and these places generally only provide food, lodging and storage of goods in small quantities, and are specifically aimed at those scattered maritime merchants. Some people would stay here for two or three months, buying and selling some goods from the merchant fleet from the north, and then buying some more when they came back from the west. They will not leave the port of Malacca until the end of the year, return to their country to sell for most of the year, and come back next autumn.

Standing on the east and west sides of the wharf is the warehouse area of the Strait Company, which is loaded with large quantities of goods, which has nothing to do with ordinary merchants, and only large enough maritime merchants will rent these warehouses to store excess goods, which is equivalent to using this place as a transit station. In front of the warehouse area, almost flush with the wharf, are two forts seven or eight feet high, all made of granite and cement, round like two thick chimneys.

It's just that these two chimneys are covered with small doors two feet square, and the familiar maritime merchants know what is hidden behind these small doors. It was all artillery, which could directly block the waterway in front of the port from one west to the other to the east. This is the military fortress of the Golden River Empire, and it is easy for no one to get close to them, and they are avoided from a distance of tens of meters. The soldiers inside are not easy to get along with, and once they step into the white line around the fortress, there will be a sharp whistle on the fortress, and if you don't go out, you will wait to be shot into a hedgehog by a crossbow arrow.

At this time, the port of Malacca was still the same, but there were several times more ships moored in the port than in previous years, and it almost filled the waterway on the south side. However, the fleet from the north is very small, and even if one comes every few days, it is a small fleet from nearby countries. The big ships with the copper coin flag came more than a month in advance, and they have been stopping here all the way to the west, and there are many large fleets that go directly to the port of Penang or even Kalamba in the west.

The things on these ships are also different from those of previous years, in addition to the goods, more people, the families of maritime merchants. As a result, the housing prices in Malacca, Penang and Kalamba Port immediately increased this year, and it was not enough to live, but fortunately some of the seafarers had their own properties in the port, otherwise everyone would have to pitch tents in the open air.

They didn't come out to travel, but to avoid trouble. The Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants and the Great Song Dynasty fell out, and they united together to strike the market! These family members were brought out by the maritime merchants to avoid trouble before the strike. At present, the port of Malacca is the headquarters of the maritime merchants who have boycotted the city including the Straits Company, and several major forces, or the maritime merchants who have taken the lead in responding, live in the castle of the port owner, receive news from the clipper every day, and then arrange and dispatch hundreds of maritime merchants to engage in some short-distance shipping business first.

A strike is a strike, but it doesn't mean that all the maritime merchants are unemployed. According to Wen Hao, the strike is a long and arduous struggle, don't expect to make the court submit in a day or two, maybe it will take half a year, maybe a year, anyway, if you want to win the final victory, you have to endure it first. But the market is all out of stock, and there is no income, how can you bear it? It doesn't matter, the strike is only for the cities of Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou, not for the whole world. You can't traffic goods to the Great Song Dynasty, and you can transfer to other countries.

This would have been almost impossible before. In other countries, there are their own maritime merchants, and it is a good thing for a few foreign ships to come, but merchants who come too many should not be happy. However, after more than 10 years of operation by the Straits Company and the Jinhe Empire, the waters of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean have now become one, and maritime trade activities have increased dozens of times. Whoever dares to do this, those big warships with rat head flags are coming to the door, they generally bomb first and then talk, very reasonable!

These offshore trades alone could not satisfy the appetite of so many Song merchants, and their ships were too large and numerous, and often one ship's cargo was enough to meet the needs of a small coastal city, and perhaps even exceeded. What to do? It doesn't matter, the Straits Company has shown its heritage at this time. Just a few days after the start of the strike, the Straits Company announced a blockbuster news, the company is preparing to open a new route to Dashi! And it's not a port, it's two merchant fleets and four or five ports at once.

This is definitely great good news for the maritime merchants who can't eat enough and can't starve to death. The longer the voyage, the greater the profit! This truth may not be obvious in later generations, but in this era, it is an absolute truth, and this big is not a star and a half big, but a geometric multiple.

Although there was no silk, porcelain, and tea produced in the Great Song Dynasty to be trafficked, the Jinhe Empire had sugar, matches, high wine, whale oil, soap, glass, and ironware. These things are not at all as popular as traditional goods on the side of the big cannibals, and some things are more profitable because the cost is low.

Hong Tao played a behind-the-scenes role in this matter, and the Jinhe Empire did not express its support for the maritime merchants or the Great Song Dynasty on the surface, and it looked like it had nothing to do with itself. In fact, secretly through the half-race freak of the Strait Company, the Golden River Empire has been closely linked to the interests of the maritime merchants. If the maritime merchants win this time, the Jinhe Empire will gain more benefits in the Great Song Dynasty; If the maritime merchants fail this time, not only will the hole dug by Hong Tao for ten years be filled in an instant, but the commercial interests of the Jinhe Empire will also be greatly affected.

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )