Chapter 504: The Way Home (I)
The two ships of the Haian Brigade of the Hantang Group have been moored at the Goa dock, and they don't care about what goods other merchants buy to make money when they go back, and the merchants may know better than them.
For example, when they were fine, they went ashore to buy sandalwood roots.
If they hear which merchant has received it, they congratulate each other.
Captain Sun Yu said: "Are they happy to be like that for a broken tree root? ”
The smiling old sea wolf, with red eyes, smiled, and said, "That merchant has really made a fortune, and they have actually bought the roots of the white sandalwood tree!" ”
Then he introduced it to Captain Sun Yu.
It turns out that this white sandalwood tree is a fragrant tree that is unique to India, and it has this name because of the white color on the wood.
The body of the white sandalwood tree can be made into incense, which is called white sandalwood or white sandalwood.
In the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", Volume 10, it is recorded in the article "Moluo Juzha Kingdom": There is a Moji Ye Mountain on the sea side of the Moluo Kingdom, among which there are white sandalwood trees, but there are other similar trees, it is impossible to distinguish, only in summer, when you climb a high place and look at it, you will see a big snake lingering on the white sandalwood.
This is because the white sandalwood is cold and cold, so the snakes like to coil on it, and the locals shoot the tree with arrows from a distance to make a mark.
Wait until the big snake is hid in winter, and then come to cut the wood, which shows its preciousness.
If you take it back, do a little processing, and make it into incense, it will definitely be a hundredfold income, a hundredfold income.
"Alright, alright, I hear you, don't repeat it twice. The question is, who will want it? ”
Captain Sun Yu squinted his eyes and said, damn it, a hundred times the profit, grab the money.
"If there is a person who keeps the vows, this precept incense can not only be universally smelled, but also can be loved and respected by the heavens, and they will have sufficient pure precepts, and even practice all kinds of good dharmas regularly, and all the demons will be kept away.
Those people, but if they are sincere in their cultivation, of course they will not care about this money and wealth, and those who are stingy, where can they be called cultivation? So they got rich. ”
"Then why don't you go ashore and collect it?"
"Staying here and sincerely serving the things entrusted by the Hantang Group is what I seek on the right path!"
", don't talk to me, I've heard more like this than you, and I'll talk more than you! Tell me, what did you ask the hired workers you met on the construction site to go back to their hometowns a while ago? Is it for you to collect? ”
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Captain Sun Yu said proudly: "Sue you, all the goods with legends are basically advertised. It's not okay to bluff people, but it's not okay to fool us. ”
That's it, everyone is busy with their own things, and when they all feel that it is about the same, the time to go back will come.
We're setting sail home, the home of Hantang Group!
This time they will go back, and there will be a few more Portuguese and British merchant ships behind them, and now everyone is anchored at the dock in Goa.
In terms of appearance, these Portuguese-style Galen ships and British-type Galen ships were indeed much larger than the Han and Tang Group sea ships, and in fact, they did carry a lot more cargo than the Ming merchant ships.
However, they are loaded with some industrial raw materials, and if they don't rely on large quantities, they won't make much money.
Heaven and earth have agreements, and all things have laws.
In the Indian Ocean, the tropical humid southwest monsoon blows as promised, and many merchant ships on the Goa docks have unfurled their sails for their return voyages.
The crowd cheered, including the voices of many women.
The members of the Haian Brigade have left a deep impression on the people here.
The members of the Haian team are always neatly dressed, even when they run in the morning, they are all uniformly dressed.
Although it is strange in the eyes of the people of Goa City, because of their neat costumes, many people think they are beautiful.
The white pullover tops, big white pants, white socks and canvas shoes, coupled with their loud slogans and bulging muscles, have become the new scenery of the Goa marina.
There is a fragrance on the members of the Haian team, and those who know it understand that it is soap, and they can actually give out soap that only noble people can afford to use to those soldiers!
The members of the Haian team have beautiful silver, copper, and iron coins on them, and they use them to buy fruits or other things, and with this kind of coin, they can buy the goods of the Hantang Group cheaply.
Every morning, they can be seen hoisting the flag on the ship, their standing posture, and their salute, which makes people look at and like it.
When the farewell salute sounded, the people on the pier saw that on the side of the ships of Hai'an 1 and Hai'an 2, the sailors were standing in a line and saluting them, which was a farewell.
Ding Tianlong, a businessman led by the Pan family, stayed, and the Pan family wanted to build a branch here, which they had planned in advance.
The Pan family has decided that wherever the Hantang Group will run the commercial station, they will follow.
Shopkeeper Ding has already rented a shop.
Now with a smile and his hands behind his back, he watched his fleet leave, and watched the warships of the Hantang Group leave, he suddenly had a feeling that these two warships may really be more important than his business ability! Or the greater the strength of the Hantang Group, the better it will really be for itself! It seems that he can become the top five treasurers of the Pan family, and he may be indirectly relying on this Hantang Group!
He held his hands behind his back, held them with both hands, and gently slapped his ass, willing that the Hantang Group would have more warships, and that the Hantang Group would have more objects, so that I would be able to benefit.
His attendants watched his strange movements and kept smiling secretly.
The appearance of the members of the Sea Security team made Captain Cole make up his mind to put his soldiers in order.
If it weren't for the cousins of the Haian soldiers, he would have always thought that his soldiers were quite good.
He hadn't seen them shoot, nor had he seen their swordsmanship, but he was sure they wouldn't be bad!
The reason is very simple, these people are so disciplined, and even in private, their every move is controlled to a certain extent.
Discipline is the soul of an army.
For example, when they get off the boat, they also drink, but they never get drunk; They bargain when they buy things, but they definitely give money; They are shy about women and refuse prostitutes and women, and I heard that their superiors will not let them.
As for his subordinates, although most of them are veterans, they look like barbarians compared to them.
Rude, sloppy, dirty!
Captain Cole sighed, his father was a Portuguese general and his family was a family of officers, but his family fell in 1640 when the Portuguese Bragonza dynasty rebelled against Philip IV of Spain and declared their renewed independence.
But just like that, he can be regarded as a pure nobleman, but he can feel that the other party has always had a high spirit, and even they will inadvertently reveal their contempt for themselves, and the age difference between them is not much, but it makes him feel that there is a huge gap.
God, Antarctica, is that the city of God?
Governor Alfonso did not care about the reorganization of Captain Cole, the affairs of military affairs, which he did not understand very well.
But he is very satisfied now, and his gain is too great.
The people of the Hantang Group agreed to his request, and the lighters were monopolized for two years, and this time they even agreed to exchange the foals of Arabian horses and the calves of Goan cattle, and one lighter only costs five!
Governor Alfonso said to his commercial officer: "I have never misjudged anyone, you are a good commercial officer, and it is wonderful that you can think of exchanging cattle for their expensive lighters, it is a winning deal." ”
The merchant thought to himself, is this the Captain Homer Elephant himself proposed?
However, he concealed his embarrassment by wiping his sweat and made Governor Alfonso think he was modest.
At the same time, he found that this small handkerchief of Hantang Group is really absorbent, much better than cotton handkerchiefs, and this small business can also be done.
However, the exchange proposed by the Hantang Group is really tiring to the commercial officer.
He didn't expect that the captain of the horses, the elephant, would be able to check the quality of the cows and horses, and keep asking for a new exchange.
The replenishment ships of the Hai'an Brigade of the Hantang Group have long been prepared to transport livestock, and they have made standard parts for this purpose in advance, and in the first-floor cabin, the planks they are now using in the carpenter shop in Goa City are easily separated from one area after another, and the living facilities are still complete.
Arabian horses are kind, intelligent and pleasing to their owners, but they also have a high degree of mental strength and alertness.
In general, they are horses of temperament and blood, and at the same time, they must have a certain respect and liking for their owners, and they are also tolerant of coarse grains.
It has a unique head shape and a towering tail that is easily distinguishable and belongs to one of the oldest breeds.
Arabian horses have historically spread from the Middle East to the rest of the world through wars and trade, and have been used for crossbreeding, and the riding horses in that part of the world have the bloodline of Arabian horses, and they have always had a great advantage in endurance racing.
The Hantang Group needs to use it to improve Mongolian horses and southwestern horses, and of course, it doesn't mind keeping some thoroughbreds, which is easy to say.
Even better, the foals of the Arabian horses, like the calves of the Goan ox, are not afraid of people at all, and like to play with people, and are indifferent to sudden noises, that is, they are not afraid of being frightened.
Originally, they wanted to buy it directly, and like the purchase of Dalits, they had this money in the plan, but Captain Homa remembered the experience with the prince of Karnataka, and tentatively offered to exchange the Arab horse and the Goan calf, which made the merchant very happy, and everyone was a little trembling.
Oh, heh, originally Captain Homer expected that if a lighter could be harvested at both ends, it would be okay to change one, and the technical content of the lighter, Captain Homer Elephant himself knew it.
But he shivered and wiped his sweat with our little towel, and that's fine.
Captain Homer said a fixed price, one lighter for five, no bargaining, and the quality is better.
Captain Captain Homer Elephant won.
He chattered endlessly to Captain Sun Yu and Captain Wang Cheng about his wit.
Captain Sun Yu was a little strange and said, "Lao He, you didn't like to talk very much before?" What's going on? ”
Captain Homer said, "Didn't there be nothing to say before? You, you never know in the countryside, if someone has a good cow, a good horse, that is how expensive, within two hundred years, we can't do without the supplement of animal power, the eyes of the pony and calf are too good-looking, their reproduction, organs are all perfect, okay, come to the fucking dozens of times, I said, we may let a nation's rural jump a step! ”
Captain Wang Cheng squinted his eyes and said, "Exaggerated, you?" I think they're beef skewers. ”
Captain Homer didn't bother to pay attention to him, and ran into the cabin to see them, and did not even come out when it was time to set off.
The first stop of this fleet of ships home is a direct stop to the island of Andaman Island.
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