Chapter 238: When I come to visit on business, I have to live in a high room

The busyness of the docks in Gerancho, Taiwan did not cause Tona. Fernandez paid a little attention.

Just now he had been thinking about the small boat called the Sailboat, its degree and flexibility, so that Tonna. Fernandes could immediately see how useful it would be in naval warfare - if there were a few more of them, it would be a swarm of wasps. Fernandez saw firsthand how a swarm of wasps stung a giant buffalo to death.

If there were any more cannons on that galleon, if not the legendary cannons that could be connected, it would have defeated the colossal opponent, because of its dexterity, it could send the cannon to a position that the opponent could not imagine, or fire the cannon if it could not hit it.

The sailboat is small, but it must have a huge power in it that I don't know yet - the people of the Hantang Group have completely mastered it, but I will definitely have a chance to figure it out.

Tonna. There's a reason why Fernandes didn't care about the bustling business of the Geranza Pier in Taiwan.

In the first half of the 17th century, the Dutch port of Amsterdam, Tonna. Fernandez had seen that a thousand merchant ships could often be berthed at a time, and it was said that more than 20,000 dock workers were working at the same time.

And the size of these dozens of small merchant ships in front of him is not more than one-third of the size of the port of Batavia.

At this point, Tonna. Fernandez looked at what the second son of the Su family and several people in uniform on the dock were talking about, and one of the people in uniform seemed to be the leader. There were two red things on the man's shoulder.

They were all dressed in the same outfit, a very strange-looking uniform.

Their uniforms were all light blue, with half-cut sleeves, and I wonder if they were because they had no fabric or because they were cool - the pants on the lower body were very wide, not like the army or mercenaries wore tight pants - they were not afraid of scraping their firearms? But it seemed easy for them to move - their hats were large-brimmed to keep out direct sunlight, and there were red cockades on them, which were indecipherable, presumably the same as the flag on the so-called Customs House.

That person was carefully looking at the documents of the second son of the Su family.

Tonna. Fernandez had seen the document, but he really didn't know what it was made of—it was said to be made of the shell of a deep-sea turtle—it was transparent, and it could hold small pieces of paper inside and not be afraid of water, and he had seen other things like it—and the fact that there were many varieties, and that there were more and more colors and quantities, and that the fact that the Hantang group had a very strong fishing capacity -- then, correspondingly, their shipping capacity could not be worse.

Tonna. Fernandez's heart was filled with worries, like the red flag on their customs house, fluttering in the wind.

He saw that the second son of the Su family was pointing in his direction, and he didn't know what he was saying to that person - the man nodded, took out a small notebook, wrote something with something like a small stick, and then tore it directly to the second son of the Su family.

The second son of the Su family kept nodding his head, and after taking it with both hands, he came back at a trot.

The second son of the Su family has been fluent in Dutch Low Earth since he was a child, otherwise the two of them would not have been able to talk happily along the way.

He was right to Tonna. Fernandez said: "Taiwan's Geranza Customs thinks that you are visiting on business, so you don't have to concentrate on purification, but you must stay in the Geranza Hotel, and you can also bring an assistant and an interpreter, and you can also choose a room for three taels of silver a day, and a room for ten taels of silver a day -- if converted into a Lille-"

"I'll count this," Tonna. Fernandez interrupted the second son of the Su family and said, "Purification is what you call bathing, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, yes, I stayed in a room last time for three taels of silver a day, and I don't want to live in the original house when I go home, there-"

"Even the toilet is fine porcelain—" Tonna. Fernandez interrupted him with a smile and said, "Now that they know the purpose of my visit, when will they receive me?" ”

Tonna. Fernandez was a little impatient in his heart - he was not afraid of how powerful the other side would put on a show - even if it was to put all their military power on display, even if it was the most terrifying appearance.

For example, once when he went to negotiate with the Moors, the other party placed two decapitated heads in the place where he passed, and all the soldiers were exceptionally strong and vicious—but he was not afraid, he thought that the other party did this but cared about himself, and they had absolutely no strength to refuse him, otherwise they would not have negotiated with him at all.

Most of the people in other low-level civilizations are like this, the more scary they are, the weaker they become.

Kotona. Fernandez was afraid that the Hantang Group didn't care if he came or not, which meant that he didn't matter at all, which couldn't help but irritate him.

The second son of the Su family said very casually:

"They say that all visitors have to wait three days, and the same is true of the Portuguese and the Spaniards, and that all are equal—"

Tonna. The pupils of Fernandez's eyes narrowed suddenly, and the smile disappeared, and he said coldly, "On the way, you don't seem to have said this—"

The second son of the Su family didn't pay attention to his expression, he still said happily: "The captain just told me just now, he said that even if the king of heaven is here, he will have to wait for three days - I advise you to live for ten taels of silver a day, it must be worth the trip - my father does not allow me to live in such an expensive place again, there is a saying, from thrift to luxury, from luxury-"

"What's written on that piece of paper?" Tonna. Fernandes guessed that it might have something to do with him, and he didn't care to interrupt the second son of the Su family.

The second son of the Su family remembered to get down to business at this time, and hurriedly handed over the piece of paper directly to him.

"This is a business access card, with your nationality and name, your identity, and the word "official business" written on it, you can go directly to the hotel to check in with it - the luggage can be temporarily put on the ship, and you can pick it up when you need it, rest assured. I'll take care of it for you, there's no lost goods here - you don't have to bring anything, in that hotel-"

"Won't you go with me?" Tonna. Fernandes felt a little uncomfortable.

"No, they're going to come on board to inspect the cargo - don't walk around, there's no one around here, and they seem to be able to see what you're doing-"

Tonna. Fernandez smiled in his heart, and quickly figured it out, this reason is very simple, there must be someone in the Hantang Group who is watching us with a telescope from a distance, and I will pay attention to this in the future-

The first person to visit Taiwan on business was the Portuguese, who was not doing trade, but directly told the Ming security team members that he was a representative of the Macau Chamber of Commerce and wanted to meet the person in charge here directly - this request frightened the Ming security team members who had just finished training, and they would only check the goods to see if the list of goods did not match the shipowner's explanation, and they would also deal with the Ming people who visited relatives and friends, but this kind of request to see the person in charge did not understand how to deal with it.

They hurriedly sent someone to ask Commissioner Ma Dehua - Commissioner Ma Dehua only then remembered his mistake, fuck, how could he forget the type of entry for a business visit - he hurriedly discussed a few words with the electric prince Gao Degao, set the tone, and told the Ming security team members about the relevant process, and at the same time, the two of them also took into account the reality that the occupancy rate of high-grade rooms in the Geranza Hotel was always low.

On the third floor of the Geranza Guesthouse, there are currently only two people occupied. The vacancy rate is too high and too high - this is a waste of resources, it is really intolerable - of course, this real problem is related to the overpricing of the Han Tang Group - what is the concept of ten taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty?

Let's talk about it from a distance, in the first spring of the first year of Jingtai, during the Xinmao period, the chief military officer Wuqing Hou Shiheng said: "Due to the recent Northern Expedition, the horses are more lost, and now the military leaders of the battalions are herding horses, and there are many thin and weak people, and it is difficult to call. ”

From above.

From this record, it can be seen that ten taels of silver was by no means a small amount in the Ming Dynasty.

Even later, with the influx of silver from overseas, prices in the late Ming Dynasty were inflationary - but silver was still stiff.

Let the merchants of this era spend the price of a horse for a day, and it is a real horse, unless the sea merchants, big customers - such as Pan Family, Pan Feng, Pan Gongzi and Zheng Family, Zheng Sanye Zheng Bin, the two of them were just curious to visit at the beginning, but they were immediately attracted, not at the same time, but they all made a decision on the spot to package two of them, the time was not mentioned at all, it was close to infinity -

At the beginning, the people of the Hantang Group were secretly happy, these turtles are so foolish, this is completely conducive to the return of funds, and horse tickets can also be used - but later, no one lived in the high-rise room on the third floor -

The rooms on the first floor are overcrowded, and the rooms on the second floor can maintain an occupancy rate of 60 percent - which is pretty good, but the stinginess of the Hantang Group has come out again - everyone is trying to find a way to pull people in.

In this regard, of course, the Geranza customs had the most advantage, and they immediately made the decision that all visitors on business must stay in the second and third class rooms of the Geranco Hotel, on the grounds that it is convenient to manage.

Besides, because of official business, no matter which time and space it is, it should be able to be reimbursed.

It's really interesting to say, the Portuguese, Spaniards and Dutch happened to be divided into three batches, and they happened to be divided into three consecutive days, so that the Akito security guards had a full and reasonable opportunity to exercise.

Or Tonna. Fernandes couldn't have entered the customs like this.

In the monitoring room of Gelanza City, Su Baili and Ye Zihong intercepted the Su family's merchant ship from Batavia and stored it in a text folder specially set up for the Su family.

And put that tonna. Fernandez's physiognomy is taken and stored in an unnamed folder. It is also lined up with the words named Portuguese and Spanish.

The customs will be able to pass on the relevant details in a moment.

Su Libai looked at the screen of the monitor and there was nothing abnormal, so he said to Ye Zihong: "Xiaohong, can the clerks ordered by our security department see their appearances?" ”

", those big sisters are staring at it tightly - don't show it!"

"Really, what kind of mentality do you think they have? One person just put a maid and got it—"

"Xiaobai, this is your mistake-you have to work first, and then you want to enjoy the things you want-you forgot? Two days ago, they also said on the Internet that members like us who are not yet eighteen years old must not be maids if they are not old? ”

"That's right, how can I forget about this, I'm clearly against anyone thinking about dividing the maid - one qiē first focus on work!"

"Xiaobai, a traverser like us with three positive views, how many people can there be in the world?!"

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