But how do you get this oil? The solution is in this old monk. Hong Tao immediately shook off the scoop and sprayed violently, the purpose was to sell his whale oil, soap and candles, not to say that burning the corpse with black smoke and stinky mixed oil was a blasphemy against the Buddha, and he always let the Buddha live in a dark temple, the Buddha was almost short-sighted, and the Buddha's house must be lit up! And the monks should keep themselves clean, so that they have the greatest respect for the Buddha. So whale oil, soap, and candles were given to the old monk for free as a tribute to the Buddha and given to him for trial in the monastery.

Effect? Hong Tao didn't know, but when he arrived at Brunei Port again on the Haibo this time, and when he saw the old monk, the temple was already lit up, and there were many more believers who came to burn incense and pray for blessings than last time. The old monk regarded him as a guest of honor, because since he had these whale oil, candles and soap, the incense in the temple became more and more prosperous, at this moment Hong Tao is no longer a mortal, but a noble person from the kingdom, bringing the high-end Buddha tribute of the Great Song Dynasty, the old monk also wants more whale oil, soap and candles.

With demand, Hong Tao is satisfied. You have a need, I also have a need, what should I do? It's very simple, the interests are exchanged! One jar of whale oil for five cans of crude oil, the old monk felt that it was very reasonable, how could those stinky, slimy, and smoky black oil be compared with bright and transparent sesame oil? Besides, they also specially pulled it over from the Great Song Kingdom thousands of miles away by a sea ship, and the freight alone is worth this price. So Hong Tao's bartering method was sublimated again, and the old monk felt that he was paying tribute to the Buddha, which was sacred and had nothing to do with buying and selling.

As for soap and candles, the amount used in the temple is not too much, and those who are worthy of washing their bodies with soap must be high monks, and there are not many people who have the opportunity to use this bright giant wax, and it is estimated that the king is only qualified when he comes. Hong Tao simply was more generous and gave the temple a batch of soap and candles for free, so that one can of whale oil could be exchanged for 7 cans of crude oil. Anyway, Brunei was still a slave at this time, and the work of digging wells and digging oil was done by slaves, and there was no need for monks to contribute, and Brunei was also a Buddhist country, and the status of temples here was very high, and talking counted!

But the exchange of light energy is not possible, and the crude oil can't be stored in the temple, how smelly it is! Of course, Hong Tao could not be a good man in vain, so he proposed to buy a piece of land in the woods on the east side of the port, and build a warehouse for his own storage of this stinky crude oil, and send a ship to pull it every one or two months, and bring whale oil by the way.

The old monk's eyes were almost gone, this is a big financier, not only to provide precious sesame oil to the temple, but also to pay for the land to build a warehouse, which is too righteous. So the old monk did not show weakness, only accepted 20 copper coins from Hong Tao, and promised Hong Tao that when he came again next month, there would be a house on that wasteland, and the matter of building a warehouse would be covered by the temple. As for whether to fool believers into doing voluntary labor, or to find slaves to build, Hong Tao doesn't care, he just picked two third-class sailors in the crew and let them live in the temple first, which can be regarded as the person in charge of Party A. Keep an eye on the construction of this warehouse for himself, don't be like those local slaves' houses, find a few sticks, a few leaves, and build a shack to call it a house. This is a permanent base, and the house must be made of stone and wood, not only large, but also strong. In addition, the fence and watchtower also have to be built, just as the scale of a small base, don't make do with it, the money is not enough to continue to give, as long as the quality is not efficient, build slowly!

Through contact with this old monk, Hong Tao felt that the Southeast Asians of this era were still very friendly to the Great Song Kingdom, not only friendly, but also a little yearning. All the merchant ships from the Song Dynasty will be surrounded by locals for the first time, and soon there will be people who can speak Chinese to offer the right price, as long as the goods on the ship are suitable, they can generally be sold at a good price or exchanged for more spices, Chinese medicine, jewelry and other things, and there will be no loss, and the profit will be several times or even more than ten times. It is no wonder that so many maritime merchants are willing to run this kind of ocean-going trade, although there are dangers, but one run can last a year, as long as it succeeds once, the last two ships sink without losing money.

In addition, Hong Tao also discovered a strange thing, in fact, the most popular goods of the Song Dynasty were not porcelain, silk and tea, but the money of the Song Dynasty! That's right, it's money, copper money! The copper coin production process of the Song Dynasty was not bad, and the copper content was relatively stable, so it became the treasury reserve of many small Southeast Asian countries. The country is like this, the people are naturally the same, who is poor and who is rich, whose country is poor and whose country is rich, is too chaotic than others, and it is not easy to judge the value, just look at whose family has more copper coins in the Song Dynasty, a bit like the foreign exchange reserves in later generations. The copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty are in circulation in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and even India, and they also have enough purchasing power.

Since the Great Song merchants are so popular, and there are whale oil, candles, and soap in the cabin, let's just go further and see if we can take the second supply point as well. This location is best near Singapore, which guards the eastern exit of the Straits of Malacca and is also a good distance from the port of Brunei. It's a pity that Hong Tao drove the boat around the strait several times, and even deliberately put down the boat to look for it on the shore, but found nothing except a few small fishing villages. Singapore was still a wasteland in the Song Dynasty, with no city and no port!

There was no choice but to follow the coastline further west, and finally landed at the port of Gorofusa. This is a small port with a population of 1,000 people, Hong Tao visited here last time, and according to the location, it is speculated that this port is likely to be the city of Malacca in the future. As for whether it is or not, Hong Tao will not pursue it, it is written on the nautical chart, and whoever uses his own nautical chart in the future will have to follow his own name, and there are more people who call it, and it will naturally be Malacca.

It is located on the narrowest north shore of the Straits of Malacca, with a water width of less than 50 kilometers, and the south shore can be seen from the mast on a good day, which is equivalent to choking the throat of the strait. There are no special products in the port that Hong Tao can see, and he is not interested in tropical fruits, pearls, hawksbill turtles and the like, only the hardwood produced in the mountains is somewhat useful, but unfortunately there is no shortage of wood on Luzon Island, and it is not possible to transport it from thousands of kilometers away for the time being.

It doesn't matter if you don't have property, it doesn't matter if you're poor, it doesn't matter if you can't sell whale oil, soap, and candles, and it doesn't matter if you can't barter, Hong Tao still has the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty. This thing is hard currency, we don't buy specialties, we buy land! Not for sale? Can't rent it? Don't sell, don't rent! You're looking for bad luck, if you dare to say half a word, I'll rush into the palace with a fucking crossbowman and kill you all!

Fortunately, the emperor and the leader here are still more discerning, and after seeing the copper coin, they agreed to Hong Tao's request, leased a piece of wasteland east of the port to Jinhe Marine Resources Management Co., Ltd., and specially found an interpreter who knew Chinese to translate the lease contract written by Hong Tao into the local language, and then stamped it. As for whether this contract is easy to use or not, Hong Tao doesn't worry about it at all, if the other party dares to go back, he will find a reason to attack them. The big city can't be beaten by itself now, this kind of slum-like broken city, and by the sea, the city gate is blocked with crossbow arrows, and whale oil and mixed oil are thrown directly into it, and the whole fire is burned out, I see that you dare to violate the contract! Hong Tao has already thought about it, as long as this contract is still in his hands, as long as he is still alive, then he will not leave, and he will only give two years of rent, and the rest will not be given.

However, this time no one worked for Hong Tao in vain, and he had to pay extra money to hire locals to help build a supply point. Here he left four sailors, and bought them a small local fishing boat, and when he left, he repeatedly told him that if things changed, he should not give up this base, and immediately get on the boat and flee to Palembang, leaving Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood. I will come back in two months, and if the base here is gone, I will go to Palembang to find them, and it will not be too late to take revenge.