The October ocean-going cargo ship, after leaving the port of Shanghai, turned around and headed south, because of the help of the monsoon winds, and the familiar lanes, and crossed the Strait of Malacca without a few days of delay.

Among them, they stopped at Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and the rest of the places did not stop, and went straight through, calmly through the Strait of Malacca, and arrived at the rough Indian Ocean.

Because there are more goods on the ship and the value is relatively high, Harpy even hired a group of mercenaries from the concession, almost every day, there are thirty or forty soldiers, patrolling above the deck, the sea frontier in this era is really not calm, even after one or two decades, there are traces of pirates here, let alone now.

From Shanghai to Malacca, in a short flight, there were more than 30 suspected alarms, most of which were avoided or retreated, and three of them were directly encountered by pirates.

In order to protect themselves, there is a gun position on the October, Harpy is an arms dealer, the artillery of the land war, placed on the ship, may not be farther than other people's naval guns, encountering ordinary warships, is a joke, but the South China Sea pirates, who are dominated by sailing ships and ordinary artillery, are almost sighing, the high speed of the new 10,000-ton cargo ship, the pirate ships of this era are rarely chased, even if they catch up, the huge freeboard will make it difficult for the pirates to climb, not to mention that there are a large number of Makqin machine guns on board.

On both sides of the ship, in a suitable position, 32 Makqin can be arranged, they are placed behind the freeboard, there is a fixed position to place, just fire control zhì on both sides of the ship, under normal circumstances, 12 will be arranged, the rest, only when the battle alarm sounds, will be erected in the right place, a few days ago, a pirate touched the ship 50 meters close to the will be found, is the whole journey, the most thrilling moment, it is with the ability of 12 metal storm Makqin, That's what made these pirates hate on the spot.

Makqin's metal storm, about 50 meters away, is simply deadly, the high freeboard of the 10,000-ton freighter, so that many pirates as if facing the city wall, before they can climb onto the ship with the help of ropes, etc., the strong firepower of Makqin, all the pirates who tried to get close, were torn to pieces.

Blood stained this piece of the ocean, and even the wooden ships became fragmented under the metal storm of Makqin, and the panicked pirates quickly scattered and fled, and the October did not chase after them, and there were many pirates in the entire world's seas, they were just merchant ships, and transportation safety was the problem they should consider, pirates, or left to the military.

After consulting with the captain and a German company commander, it was decided to implement a 24-hour duty system, with more than 70 people in a company, plus more than 30 sailors, divided into 4 shifts, taking turns for 8 hours, and then resting for a day.

Such 24-hour uninterrupted monitoring, this calmed the rest of the journey, beyond the pirate block, over the rough waves, in July in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, is the time when various tropical storms formed, fortunately, the October did not encounter such bad weather, all the way forward smoothly.

Southeast Asia and Malacca were left far behind, into the Indian Ocean, the waves were obviously bigger, the experienced captain, according to the established channel, through the Indian Ocean, did not open the obvious waves, chose a relatively stable, relatively fast course, soon, reached the Indian waters.

India is the jewel in the crown of the United Kingdom, for the government of India, Britain spent a lot of time, when the British completely controlled India, with the help of India's vast land and population, to build a new India, now, many in the British local enterprises, factories, including tea plantations, have been transplanted to India, India produced tea, a certain way, in the world, gradually occupy the low-end market, become another raw material production area to replace China, but unfortunately at this time China, They didn't notice this at all, they just blindly produced all kinds of things, and once they were hit by the development of India, China would be very sad.

Of course, tea, India is far less powerful than later generations, the agricultural products produced by the land, coupled with a large number of personnel, India A San is in many British troops, even in Shanghai, there are many A San doing security work.

The ports around India, are well developed, along the coastline, neatly distributed with a variety of ports, in the future, in the ocean voyage, there can be more choices, these ports, is also a good trading object, and the distance from China is also more suitable, but now it is not possible, on the one hand, did not carry the goods suitable for India, the most important thing is that the ocean cargo ship is rented, not their own, so in the operation, there are many restrictions, can not buy resources as you like.

One or two transactions, not in the eyes of Harpy, the current October issue, are produced in China more precious things, such as the official kiln porcelain, which is collected by the Yang family and the Wei family, in the past maritime trade, rarely appeared, mostly to the envoys of various countries, now, just such Jingdezhen official kiln porcelain, there are less than 1,200 pieces, just these, in Europe is the sky-high price.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was basically not much market, the income of the Qing court was intercepted by a large number of governors, and the capital of the Qing court was tightened, except for a small part of the official kiln porcelain prepared for the Empress Dowager Cixi, the remaining official kilns were in the process of stopping, and occasionally part of it flowed into the market, but it was also secret.

This time, the Yang Jiahe Wei family went through the relationship and reopened three official kilns, specializing in the production of porcelain representing the highest level of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, which took more than two months in total, part of which was the traditional model of the official kiln, and the other part, added some things from the West, such as the Heavenly Father, the Holy Father, the Virgin, etc., and some religious stories.

Porcelain, especially high-quality porcelain, is almost synonymous with gold, even if the status of the Qing Dynasty in the world is not high, exquisite things are still liked by everyone, especially the kind of patterns that meet the needs of Westerners.

In addition to porcelain, there are also a large number of high-quality tea and silk, especially the latter, not only official weaving, but even a part of Shu brocade, which is rarely exported to Europe of fine silk.

Shu brocade is known for its splendor and color, Harpy is a businessman, he saw this thing for the first time, he was fascinated by this thing, but unfortunately the number of Shu brocade is very small, and the Yang family also relied on many years of relationship to get 10 horses.

Harpy has a natural sense of high-priced things, looking at these high-end goods, he has silently calculated the profit in his heart, as long as he gets it in Europe, it will inevitably set off a sales frenzy, and it is definitely not better than worrying about the goods.

Ten days, along the coastline of India, all the way forward, soon into the Middle East seas, and the busy difference of later generations, at this time in the Middle East, a desolate, here is a barren land, buried under the surface of the oil, has not been discovered, not to mention the United Kingdom such a world hegemon, even Germany, Italy and other countries, but only temporarily set their eyes here, those endless deserts, there is no way to leave their eyes.

Even Britain, which has the greatest power in the Middle East, is only because of the Suez Canal, a golden waterway, and Britain has huge power on both sides of the Suez Canal in order to control the Suez Canal.

Harpy didn't know that in the future, he would form an indissoluble bond with him, and even his development would be closely related to here, he just cared about the German and American foreign companies and paid attention to the goods this time.

10,000-ton cargo ships can pass through the Suez Canal, and it is precisely because of the connection of the Suez Canal that their journey has been reduced by at least several thousand kilometers, and they do not need to go around the whole of Europe and directly enter the Mediterranean. When you pass Cairo and enter the depths of the Mediterranean, you will see the taste of Europe.

Through the Guò Suez Canal, entering the most elite place in Europe, the busy trade routes are unmistakable, no longer a single ship hanging alone, from time to time you can see huge cargo ships, passing here.

Harpy looked at the blue Mediterranean waters, here he is very familiar, not far from Venice, Athens, and even Marseille in France, have left his footprints, but he never thought that a catastrophic Oriental experience, but let him be reborn in Nirvana, with a huge power that he couldn't think of before, not to mention this time, the funds brought from Shanghai, even if these goods, once cashed out, is a huge enough wealth to make large groups look sideways, he from a small ordinary businessman, has become the person in charge of this huge amount of money, and it makes people feel like a world away when they think about it.

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