On the desert island where the fleet was temporarily anchored, Chen Jian had been waiting for many days. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since he was the commander of the fleet, he had absolute command as long as he left the scope of his homeland, and no one put forward any opinions.

Gradually, small boats began to arrive here, and the number of people gradually increased.

With a large fleet of ships and muskets and cannons in hand, the pirates stayed away from this place and would never dare to harass it.

Among the people who come to the island are the people behind the scenes, and there are many people from the upper class of institutions of higher learning such as the University of San Friday or the University of San Marcos.

Of course, these high-ranking people from universities who are proficient in Latin and theology will not come forward in person, and they will send people they can trust to come out and talk to Chen Jian.

Half of this group are so-called "moths of the state".

This group of people was a collaborator in the smuggling trade and the initiators of the future independence of the colony.

The Spanish colonies were highly hierarchical, and the first-class nationals were officials and clergy who came from the peninsula. Purebred whites, native-born, are only second-class nationals, and they are called Creoles.

They owned a large number of slaves, plantations, and even gold and silver mines. But they were still Creoles, still dissatisfied with the restrictions of monopoly trade.

They are the group of people who want independence the most, they are small in number but they are rich, thoughtful, and educated. The low-level half-breeds are oppressed, and they always take their anger out on the officials and those first-class citizens, who are numerous.

The two joined forces, got rid of the original officials, and the Creoles themselves became first-class people, and the most fundamental things did not change.

As a result, these countries that began to become colonized and independent at a very early stage still lacked a bourgeois revolution that really went deep into their bones to change the agrarian system.

Under class society, many things are superficially economic interests. If things of the same race and the same species were really that useful, the native whites would have thought that it would harm my race when they were fighting for independence, but they didn't think so.

Jian Chen is full of interest in these people, without these smugglers, it is really not easy to make money.

In the same way, these smugglers are very receptive to some ideas, and it is not impossible to grasp the possibility of independence within a hundred years.

The people who came to the island to see Chen Jian were all kinds of people, and there were also contradictions between them.

Smugglers have the contradictions of smugglers, and merchant ships have contradictions of merchant ships, but in the face of Chen Jian, they can only hide, trying to get a suitable bargaining chip for themselves.

Jian Chen is not worried about this, the attitude of these people has been clearly expressed, and they cannot be monolithic in the face of huge profits.

I thought that when everyone arrived, I would prepare a grand banquet to entertain these people, and by the way, I would make a manifesto speech full of anti-feudal, anti-heavy taxation, and anti-monopoly trade in Dutch.

By the way, hang these people and make them distrust each other.

Every day, in his capacity as governor of the republic, Jian Chen summoned a number of people individually. It's nothing more than a feast, and then some special little gifts, and discuss with them in their half-baked Dutch, some customs, plantations, and so on.

In order to deepen the impression of these people, what Chen Jian talked about was somewhat frightening.

Some of the businessmen who communicated with Chen Jian alone expressed their affirmation and appreciation for Chen Jian's insight, and from time to time some felt that Chen Jian was a knowledgeable young governor.

After all, it is surprising that the governor of a mysterious fleet, a mysterious kingdom that appears on the sea of Satan, can understand the royal family, wars, and contradictions of Europe.

However, with the exchange, some people also found that Chen Jian did have some understanding of the general direction, and even some insights far surpassed theirs.

However, for some details, this person asked a lot. Some cunning merchants gradually discovered that Chen Jian wanted to know about the plantations, the governor, the inspection pavilion, the trade winds, the trade routes, and so on, and did not seem to know much about them.

But soon this situation was dismantled.

When a native white man was discussing some trade goods with Jian Chen, Jian Chen asked about carmine.

The dye was monopolized by Spain and was considered a trade secret. In order to monopolize the dye, the Spaniards advertised that it was derived from a red flower, but in fact it was not.

The native white man really explained to Jian Chen: "Mr. Governor, this dye is extracted from a rare flower, and can only be obtained from us. It doesn't matter if you're going to Amsterdam or Seville, or even Istanbul in Sudan, you won't be able to buy this bright red dye. ”

Jian Chen sneered: "Honesty is a virtue and the basis of transactions. You are deceiving a governor of the Chinese Republic. ”

The native white man was shocked and hurriedly explained, but Chen Jian said: "Language can deceive, but science can't." You see, the republic behind me is a nation that celebrates science. Your lies can be deceived in England, in France, in the Netherlands, but not here. Our glass-sharpeners made glasses that could see tiny things, and science told me that the dye I brought back last time contained many insect shells and limbs. ”

The merchant was shocked, but he drew a cross and said, "O God...... I want to thank you, Mr. Governor, otherwise I wouldn't have known the secret. ”

"Really? Hope. ”

After similar things happened a few times, Jian Chen asked people to secretly spread some rumors, so as not to let this group of businessmen take him as the wronged leader.

In addition, Chen Jian took out some new goods.

Cotton cloth woven from yarn spun by Nan'an Spinning Mill. Thanks to the use of hydraulic machinery and the addition of a stretching device, the threads are extremely strong, and the quality of the cotton cloth has surpassed that of the finest Indian cloth in the area.

However, the price is much lower than that of Indian homespun cloth, distance is a factor, the absence of second-hand merchants to resell is also a factor, the improvement of varieties of high-quality fiber cotton varieties selected by the school of palace agriculture is still a factor, and the doubling of the output caused by hand-drawn looms is still a factor.

With the combination of these factors, this cotton cloth can completely beat all competitors. Both the price and the quality have made some smugglers excited.

In addition, new explosives specially prepared for the economy of the mining area, mercury to refine silver, etc., are also in demand for some gold and silver mines.

Many of the goods that had been seen before were already profitable, and these new things seemed to the merchant to be proof that the Governor knew the place well, otherwise he would not have come here to sell it with mercury and explosives.

All parties had their own evil intentions, and Jian Chen also strictly forbade people in the fleet to say that the fleet was going to sail around the world, which gradually made the merchants here feel uneasy.

Soon, representatives of some smugglers couldn't wait to find Jian Chen.

They wanted to know a lot of things, but unfortunately Chen Jian kept silent about where they came from and where they went, deliberately creating a sense of mystery.

When they couldn't find out about it, they turned to what they were most concerned about.

A businessman approached Jian Chen with a nautical chart.

"Mr. Governor, we are very pleased with your decision to want peaceful trade."

"Yes, peaceful trade. We hate pirates as much as we do. In our country, pirates are also sentenced to hanging. ”

The merchant didn't care about Jian Chen's not very fluent Dutch, but he was happy about Jian Chen's attitude towards pirates.

"Mr. Governor, if you want to trade, I'm afraid the royal government won't allow it. This is clearly unreasonable. Your fleet is strong, and if you're interested, you can send a ship further south. ”

Speaking of this, the merchant pointed to a spot on the chart and said, "This is close to the Viceroyalty of Peru, and if you can anchor here, we will arrange for a small boat to carry your cargo away." ”

Jian Chen looked at the chart and said with a smile: "You are a qualified businessman. Here you can avoid the customs duties at the port. ”

The merchant hurriedly complimented, "Yes, Mr. Governor. From here, we can transport these goods on pack horses. This would save 25 percent of the customs duties. For this route, the pirates are interested, and we cannot afford such losses, so hope that your fleet can get there to trade with our small boats. ”

"It's about transferring the risk onto our company."

"No, Mr. Governor, there is no risk. Your fleet, except for the native fleet, no pirate here will dare to fight your idea. We hope to have exclusive trading rights on this route. ”

Jian Chen laughed: "The risks of sailing are not only pirates. Moreover, as far as I know, the royal family has the right to detain ships close to the coast as smuggling boats. ”

"Mr. Governor, need not worry about this. We can send out the annual sailing time of the escort fleet. Just avoid the convoy and no ship will dare to attack your fleet. But...... We do not guarantee the price or quantity of your goods. Because the price fluctuation can be significant. ”

This kind of smuggling trade is what Jian Chen likes the most, and he also gives answers to the questions raised by merchants.

"There's nothing to worry about about that. To the northeast of here is the governor's territory. Warehouses are set up there, and it will only take twenty days from there to the place of trading you are talking about, if everything goes well. Our country is rich and prosperous, and any goods, as long as you want, can be loaded directly from the warehouse. ”

No trading company or fleet has ever thought of setting up a warehouse here. On the one hand, the Spanish were powerful, and there were no large-scale fleets and trading companies here. On the other hand, most of the smuggling ships were lucky, and in addition to the sure of a large profit from the resale of slaves from Africa, commodities such as cotton cloth sometimes did not make much money.

Without a large trading company, there would not be so much capital, and there would not be a backlog of goods.

Although many businessmen have had secret conversations with Chen Jian before, what this businessman said so far is the most impressive to Chen Jian.

What you want is to bypass the second-lane traffickers and communicate directly with the local Creole smugglers. Of course, it would be best if you could talk directly to the governor, the governor, the inquisitor, or the church, and throw money at it. Since there is no chance for the time being, I can only settle for the next best.

The businessman was shocked by the news of Chen Jian's establishment of warehousing, and understood that the capital behind the person in front of him was probably far more than he imagined, and not just a few ships were capable of saying such a thing as establishing a warehouse.

While the merchant was still surprised, Jian Chen hit the railroad while it was hot: "In addition to the pirates and escort fleets, we also have to consider accidents such as storms and reefs. It's also a risk. ”

The merchant was secretly shocked in his heart, for fear that Jian Chen would refuse this way of trading, but he didn't want Jian Chen to say again: "But I thought about it, we can guarantee that we will only trade with you in the Viceroyalty of Peru, but we also have our own conditions." ”

The sudden hope in his heart just now made the merchant can't help but say, "Mr. Governor, what conditions?" ”

"A license for a whaling ship. It can be repaired and sheltered at the port of New Spain. The bribe money we come out of and guarantee not to call at any port in the Viceroyalty of Peru. ”

The merchant was stunned for a moment, and soon understood what Jian Chen's so-called whaling ship was.

There will be no whaling tools on board, and there may not even be a bother to do camouflage, only smuggled goods will be carried on it......