Chapter 6 To the Republic of Lanfang 3
Liu San stood at the bow of the boat and held on to the railing, feeling the sea breeze blowing slightly, looking at the Nanba Wow Port that was getting closer and closer. In addition to the shock and shock in my heart, in addition to being able to build this ship without wind, it can be built so beautifully and strongly, and the whole ship is actually made of steel. It's incredible, but people have also said that this is pulled by some kind of 'chicken', but why can't you see it? Anyway, it's amazing, and it seems that I'm glad I didn't act rashly at first.
Wang Kun was thinking quietly in the cabin, and after some ridicule just now, he had basically figured it out. In the fifth year of Yuanfang and the forty-seventh year of Qianlong, Wang Kun silently calculated in his heart that it was probably between 1780 and 1785. Since Qianlong is not dead, it means that the Qing Dynasty is still in the dream of **** Shangguo. It's not time yet, and we have to wait.
In addition, about Borneo, Wang Kun already knows a lot. There are mainly four forces here, although the one named Liu San doesn't understand very well. However, Wang Kun still summed it up, it turned out that the biggest force in Borneo was the Heaven and Earth Society, and the leader was Liu Sanbo, who controlled the large and small Chinese organizations in Borneo by controlling rice and sugar. However, later, Lan Fang would unite to fight fourteen companies in the Laolu area and defeat the Heaven and Earth Society together.
Then the Lanfang Society established the Lanfang Kingdom in Dongwanlu. The 14 companies in the Dalaolu area jointly established the Heshun head office. However, later Lan Fangguo attacked the head office of Heshun, but was defeated and driven back. Because the head office of Heshun is a form of company alliance only for money, because Dalaolu is the most important gold mining area in Borneo, there is no threat to Lan Fangguo, and Lan Fangguo does not have the strength to exterminate, so these two organizations rule over more than 100,000 Chinese in the entire Borneo, so they are called 'Lanfang Federal Republic' by the outside world.
However, because one of Luo Fangbo's subordinates recently defected, a Dai Yan Kingdom was established, and now neither side can conquer anyone. is in the stage of stalemate, and at the same time, he is afraid of the sneak attack of Heshun Company from both sides, so he is particularly vigilant against merchant ships at sea.
Moreover, at this time, the Netherlands had not yet claimed Borneo as its colonial territory. Because it has used troops against Borneo many times, but they have all been beaten back. At the beginning of the establishment of Lanfangguo, he claimed to the Qing Dynasty, but Qianlong did not agree. But the Dutch didn't dare to be too obvious, and they were still afraid of the Manchu Qing, so in the year of the Xinghai Revolution, the Lanfang Kingdom was destroyed.
Just when Wang Kun was thinking wildly, Nanbawa Port could already see the masts erected in the port. The people in the harbor also seemed to see the strange ship on the sea, and then the sailboats in the harbor raised their sails and headed for the fishing boat.
Hearing Liu San's shout, Wang Kun hurriedly walked out of the cabin and saw seven or eight sailboats approaching. Among them are Chinese-style hard sails and Western-style longitudinal masted soft sailboats. Wang Kun estimated that these Western-style soft sailing ships should be old ships bought from the Dutch.
Watch as the sailboats slowly approach and surround the fishing boats. Zhao Shichang also stopped the boat and ran to the bow next to something wrapped in canvas. Lifted the canvas with a slam to reveal a black hole in the muzzle.
Although it doesn't look so powerful, the structure looks simple and the muzzle is thin. However, Liu San saw that Zhao Shichang skillfully adjusted the muzzle of the gun, and a Western-style soft sailing ship was ongoing, Liu San couldn't help but worry. It was the boat of the commander of the Nanba Wow Naval Army, and this cannon was obviously different.
As soon as Zhao Shichang finished drawing the opponent's command ship, Zhang Lei quickly resisted a box of 75 mm mountain artillery ammunition from the cabin. Then Lisuo opened the ammunition box, took out the shells and loaded them, and prepared for launch, as long as Wang Kun gave an order, Zhao Shichang was sure that this time would become the other party's eternal nightmare.
Liu San saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, although there was only one cannon in this cannon, and he didn't know how powerful it was. But Liu San knew that the boat under his feet was all steel, and it could run on its own without wind, and it ran very fast. I couldn't win this fight, and I couldn't run, so I hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him:
"The eldest brother of the Wang family misunderstood, this is a misunderstanding! Now Lan Fangguo is a special period, you must not open fire. I'm going to help explain! After speaking, without waiting for Wang Kun to answer, he quickly turned his face and shouted loudly to the sailboat opposite:
"I'm Liu San, a patrolman of the Lanfang National Navy Army, and the one on the other side is General Cheng Luo, the commander of the Navy Army? Is this some misunderstanding? ”
"I'm Cheng Luo! Aren't you on patrol? How did it end up here? What's going on? ”
Hearing the affirmative answer from the other side, Liu San finally put his mind at ease and replied, "Haha! General Cheng: Next to me, this is a maritime merchant from Temasek. Come to visit our Datang chief, come to us by the way to do business. When he met us at sea, he saw that we were soldiers, and invited us to come up for tea. It's not a threat, there's no need for that! ”
Hearing this, Wang Kun felt that the brother just now was not screaming in vain, and the next few words should not be able to fight. Although I'm not afraid, I'm here to do business after all, and I guess I won't be able to do business if I fight.
"Nonsense! It's not up to you to say whether it's necessary or not, but since it's a maritime merchant from Temasek, it should be fine. But why haven't I heard of any seafarers in Temasek, and besides, it's not the peak season for maritime trade, so how did you get here? ”
Hearing the other party ask like this, Liu San had an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart. The little brother explained the reason to me just now, and although he didn't understand what was going on, he was still able to say something.
However, Wang Kun didn't let him say it again, for fear that not only would he not make it clear, but also stop telling the other party more and more confusion.
"In Xia Wang Kun, Wei Feng from Temasek, this is the first time our company has gone overseas. As for the reason why we are here now, it is because of the ship under our feet, a boat that can stand on its own without wind, made by our deceased clan elder over the course of his life. And we're only here for business this time. ”
Hearing Wang Kun say this, everyone found out that this ship actually has no mast, as for being able to do it without wind, Rao is a person who has lived overseas for many years, and he is very curious when he hears about it for the first time. If you look closely, the ship is particularly delicate in every way, and it seems that there is a special attraction that wants to take it for yourself.
But it was still important at the moment, only to hear another question from the other side: "I don't care about this nonsense, I just want to know what kind of business you have?" ”
"It's easy to say, we do any business, it depends on what you have, as long as you dare to buy, we can ship it to you no matter what. As long as you want to sell, we dare to buy it. ”
Since the other party is so vigilant in checking, it seems that the other party may not have been a simple role before. So you can't let the other party see it clearly, this sentence is actually telling the other party. We are also powerful, and we are not afraid of ordinary people.
"What a big breath, I'm not afraid to flash my tongue when I say big things, grandpa and I were not born when I was mixed! But I'm curious what you're going to sell us this time? ”
"As for what I intend to sell you, you will know when you get ashore, and I promise you will be satisfied. But is this your Lanfang's hospitality? ”
"Haha! Since you're so confident, I'll wait and see, haha! After saying that, Cheng Luo waved his big hand and ordered: "Open the way!" Guests are invited to come ashore! ”
Looking at the encircled sailboats parting ways, Wang Kun also said to Zhao Shichang: "King Kong, you go to drive the boat, Zhang Lei, you are responsible for operating the cannon, you must pay attention to the other party not to take it lightly." ”
Seeing the port not far away, Wang Kun really wanted to say, he was finally going ashore, Zhen Nyima was in trouble! At first, I was still worried about how to make my first pot of gold, but now there is a way. That is, to sell them a 75-mm mountain gun, but only a few shells. In this way, they will be jealous of themselves, because Wang Kun is very suspicious that they think that they are fat sheep now, maybe they are still fighting the attention of this ship!
After all, there are only three of them now, and no matter who the other party's head is, they will feel that it can be easily handled by three people.