Regardless of whether the people brought by Lanfang Company were voluntarily or forced, in short, it was an inevitable reality that they were sent to Jiazhou, but fortunately, even after being sent to Hong Kong Water Village. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info immigrants still clutched the twenty silver coins they had been handed out, or at least this thing made them a little more reassuring. It's just that they don't know that the original funding offered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty was 30 yuan per person, but Yang Zhen played a trick and only gave 20 yuan to the immigrants. At the beginning, Yang Zhen was still a little hidden, but now, Yang Zhen feels that the Tang Dynasty can't control him, so he simply doesn't explain to these immigrants that he is tight-lipped, saying that he has received thirty yuan of flowers.

The day after this wave of people arrived in Hong Kong, the third batch of migratory bird fleets had already arrived in Hong Kong, this time still led by Lin Youde, as the deputy manager of the International Trade Company in charge of the migratory bird plan, Lin Youde's status has risen. Now the general manager of the International Trade Company is still Wang Jinghong, the Minister of Commerce, and if the government and the enterprise are separated, then it is obvious that Lin Youde, a person with all the qualifications and abilities, will become the leader of the International Trade Company, the most profitable group in Datang.

The size of the migratory bird fleet also set a new record, with a total of five cargo ships, in addition to four 3,000-ton cargo ships, and one large cargo ship of 10,000 tons, which was also its first voyage. And three passenger ships carrying migrants also came, and the Light of the Seas was still not absent, as well as a small passenger ship of 3,000 tons and a passenger ship of 7,000 tons.

The reason why the scale is so large this time is that the Pan family of Tongwenxing has initially expanded the sales channels of Datang goods, and contacted some Hui merchants, Fujian merchants, Zhejiang merchants, as well as Jin merchants and Lu merchants in the north, so that Datang goods began to be transferred to the provinces of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, Bai Nan and Lin Youde originally got rid of the goods purchased by the Pan family, and the procurement was almost completed at this time. So more ships are needed to move the goods away.

Rather, it was to supply a large number of immigrants, including a three-thousand-ton freighter. It was specially loaded with nautical supplies such as grain, and in order to supply the immigrants to the Tang Dynasty, they were well supplied during the voyage.

In addition, the last time Yang Zhen told Lin Youde that this time he should be able to provide a larger number of immigrants to Datang, which shows that Lin Fang, Tiandihui and others have already mastered the way of recruiting immigrants, and if they are launched, it should not be a problem to take away thousands of people. But the most worrying thing is that it is unlikely that the government will not find out about this scale of immigration.

Lin Youde spent several days in Guangzhou. After exporting huge goods, they filled them with all kinds of Qing goods, and the bulk of the goods purchased were still tea and silk, as well as a small amount of local products and minerals that were difficult to obtain elsewhere. This time, the export was dominated by various odds and ends. Of course, glassware and the like are also counted. From everyday umbrellas, to watches, pocket watches, wall clocks, table clocks, as well as a large number of machine-made rice paper and other stationery, small nail clippers. Ploughshares for ploughing. There are even comfortable sofas, Western furniture such as Simmons mattresses, as well as some wool textiles and leather goods.

It can be seen that the commodities exported by Datang are mainly light industry, which is mainly because the consumption power of the country in this era for heavy industry products is limited. Including the fact that the Spaniards were still gritting their teeth to buy all kinds of machinery from the Tang Republic, in fact, it was more that Carlos III wanted to obtain technology and arms, and the high price he had to pay was not so large normally.

Therefore, Datang's domestic heavy industries, including steel, chemicals, automobiles, etc., are mainly to meet the needs of the country.

Water village in Hong Kong. Lin Youde didn't talk much about Yang Zhen, the pirate boss who now dominates the South China Sea. He didn't seem to be interested in saying anything more to Lin Youde, he was more interested in making friends with some Green Forest heroes, and then training his own pirate troops. This also made Lin Youde quite vigilant, and last time he had reported what he saw and heard to the cabinet, but the cabinet did not say much. Maybe I think it's not time to move Yang Zhen. Lin Youde can't control these things, he just wants to do his part well.

Hu Fakui quickly found Lin Youde, hugged his fist at him with a smile and said: "Lin Daban, I brought more than 1,500 Vietnamese girls from Vietnam this time, many of them are smart, and they are all sold by their families without enough food, and these Vietnamese girls will be brought back to our Tang Kingdom by Lin Daban." ”

Lin Youde felt that Hu Fakui, a young man, was quite good, although he was knowledgeable, but he was never pretentious, and he was very easy to get along with, he squeezed his eyebrows and said: "I also want to say thank you to Commander Hu for our Datang singles, do you know no, the first batch of Vietnamese women sent to Los Angeles are now almost eighty percent married, compared to Indian girls, Chinese people seem to be more accepting of the appearance of Vietnamese women." ”

Hu Fakui nodded and said: "No, this Vietnamese lady is bright-skinned, honest and diligent, and it is most satisfying to marry her mother-in-law." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Hu Fakui said again: "Speaking of which, I had an adventure a few days ago. When I stopped the ship at sea, I met a group of people, waving Dutch flags, but they were all Han Chinese. After asking for clarification, I found out that it was in the name of Dutch red hair, but it was actually a person from the West Borneo Lanfang Company. ”

Lin Youde was greatly surprised, he was a member of the Republic of China, and he knew more about Lan Fang than Hu Fakui, he said: "There is actually such a thing? What are those people doing at sea? ”

Hu Fakui said: "It's a matter of doing with us, pulling people from the mainland to the remote place to cultivate, but the conditions in Borneo are not good, and there are constant discord between Chinese companies, coupled with the threat of the Dutch, it is almost the same as saying that they are precarious." As soon as I showed the conditions on our side, as soon as the silver dollars were issued, and I promised them the land, those immigrants were also moved. ”

Lin Youde laughed secretly in his heart, although Hu Fakui said as if everyone was willing, but in fact, he must have used means to coerce and lure this group of people to the Tang Dynasty. When Hu Fakui strengthened the "incense thief", he used a similar method.

Hu Fakui said again: "After all, I am now in a pirate den, and I can't do many things. But I think about it, although the group of Chinese companies in West Borneo is in a mess now, it is still the foundation of our Chinese working hard overseas. It's just that they also lack some skills to do business, and they don't have enough strength. I would like to report back to China to see if there is a charter, whether I want to take over these Chinese companies and establish our colony in West Borneo, or if I have some other plans. ”

Lin Youde said: "Commander Hu's idea is very good, at this time, the Chinese independently colonized overseas, I am afraid that only this group of Borneo and our Tang people. The Chinese in West Borneo, at least 350,000 people, can be regarded as a good force. If we can reconnect with the local natives, run the land of Borneo, and exclude the Dutch, we will also be a huge gain. This time, I plan to go to Borneo to explore first, and meet with Na Luo Fangbo to see what they have planned, which can be regarded as showing the power of our Tang Dynasty. When he returned to his homeland, it was up to the cabinet to decide how to deal with the Borneo Chinese company. ”

Hu Fakui frowned slightly and said: "It's just that we don't have the warships of the Tang Navy here, just with the ships of my Hong Kong Water Village, I'm afraid I don't have much strength, although I have a lot of manpower, but I lack equipment, if it conflicts with Lanfang's people, I'm afraid I won't take any advantage." ”

Lin Youde smiled mysteriously, "Commander Hu, come with me." ”

The two boarded a cargo ship and found piles of wooden crates in the hold. Hu Fakui opened a wooden box and found that there were rifles inside.

"...... this?"

"The SC-2 musket manufactured by NORINCO for export uses paper shells, and its power and range are not comparable to the S1 rifles in service, but they are much better than the smoothbore flintlock pistol. I brought 200 of these rifles this time, as well as 10 bronze artillery pieces S1774, and with these weapons, although I can't arm many people, there is no problem in forming a superior force. ”

Lin Youde looked at Hu Fakui, and his heart was actually slightly drumming. Yang Zhen has already run counter to the cabinet's strategy and can't continue to trust, but not all the people of the Ming Dynasty want to follow Yang Zhen to the dark. The cabinet hopes to support some of the pirates, so that there will be a situation of division within the pirates, so as to limit Yang Zhen's possible development, and also to better control the South China Sea pirates.

Originally, Lin Youde planned to give this batch of arms to Zhu Liang, but Lin Youde was a little unsure of what Zhu Liang's tendency was. After observing for many days, Lin Youde thought that the young Hu Fakui had a relatively high acceptance of Datang and was very capable, and the scale of thousands of thieves was due to his efforts, so he put the object of attraction on Hu Fakui.

Hu Fakui was also full of excitement: "With these equipment, my subordinates can at least be several times stronger, and some Lanfang people are not to be afraid." ”

Lin Youde also nodded with a smile, and said: "In this way, I will bother Commander Hu, lead a boatload of water bravery, and send my Lao Lin to Borneo, I want to see what magic there is in this Borneo." ”

The financial distribution in the pirates has a lot of autonomy, although Hu Fakui works under Yang Zhen, but he has no intention of handing over part of this batch of weapons to Yang Zhen, of course, he has never thought of betraying Yang Zhen, nor has he ever thought of betraying Datang.

Since he has received the benefits of Lin Youde, Hu Fakui has to do things for Lin Youde. Moreover, he himself is also very curious about the situation on Lan Fang's side, the immigrants have been transferred to the passenger ship, the first batch has been, but the brother-in-law Li Nianlai of Luo Fangbo is still stranded in Hong Kong, Hu Fakui Yulin Youde discussed, this time Li Nianlai will be taken to Borneo. (To be continued.) )