Chapter 177: Dongpu Trade

Liu Yu shook his head, "The fleet of ships going to Quang Nam from the far sea will arrive in Laoag in the near future, and you will know when the time comes." ”

"However, since the land and sea, the merchant ship owners of the far sea want to trade with Annam, and it is not impossible." Liu Yu got up and walked to the Nanyang chart hanging on the wall beside him.

"In fact, whether Quang Nam is willing to trade with the Ming Dynasty is not an important matter, if you want to go to sea to open up trade in the area of Annam, you don't need to go to Hoi An and other places in Quang Nam, you can also go to Dongpo, Mei Di and other Zhenla borders." Liu Yu pointed his hand on the land of Guangnan and then slowly slid down to the headquarters.

"There are Chinese people settled in these areas, and the food, iron and medicine they need, and even firearms and weapons can be traded all over the world, and we are all Ming people, and it is also mutually beneficial to go to Dongpu to trade with the local Ming people."

Liu Yu smiled, looked at Su Langqing and said: "If Sihai feels that the Ming people in the Dongpu area are extremely poor, and there are very few silver and two pictures, you can go to Hexian and other places." Liu Yu pointed to the Hexian realm adjacent to Jiading.

"Mo Jiu vigorously developed in the Zhenla Hexian area, established towns and villages, and turned Hexian into a place where people and Huayi were mixed, and they lived and worked in peace and contentment. Liu Yu said slowly.

Su Langqing was also fascinated by what he heard, in fact, Ming Hai did not have any confidence in the trade with Guangnan, and now the four seas have long been tied to the Ming Court, and the merchants of the far sea and the land and sea still fantasize about being as casual as in the past, how is it possible.

Compared with the several people at the helm of the land and the sea and the far sea, Su Langqing seemed more pragmatic, and at this time he also came up to observe the towns drawn on the sea chart in detail.

It was naturally impossible for the Ming court to give up the Ming people in the area of Annam, and it was much more convenient for the Ming court to give certain equipment and grain and grass assistance to the Ming people in Dongpu and other Jiading regions through sea trade through the Ming merchants.

Su Langqing, as the helmsman of Ming Hai, naturally knew what Liu Yu meant.

"Minghai is naturally willing to go to the Jiading area to trade with the local Ming people." Su Langqing promised.

During this period of time, Ming Hai purchased and prepared warships, ordered six armed merchant ships carrying artillery from the shipyard, and also purchased six large bird ships and a number of firearms from the head town of Fubo.

If Minghai decides to go to Jiading to trade with the local Ming people, the two families of land and sea can only follow.

"It is not easy for the Ming people in the area of Annan Zhenla, I know that the merchants of the four seas pay attention to the word profit, so let's do it, if the merchant fleet goes to Jiading for sea trade, if the local Ming people can't afford to pay the price, the local Ming people can be allowed to pay on credit, and the silver owed by the Ming people of Annan can be deducted from the four seas business tax at the end of the year." Liu Yu was also worried that the local Ming people might not be able to buy goods from all over the world, so he added.

"My lord's kindness and righteousness to the people of Annan are really embarrassing for me and other maritime merchants." Su Langqing was taken aback and said with a wry smile.

For the trading of losing money, these businessmen will never do it, and the business with the Ming Court before, the Chinese businessmen also lost money, and it was also an extraordinary period, and the Chinese businessmen were also forced to do it.

I didn't expect that today's Ming Court would pay so much for a group of remnants in Annan.

As a merchant, although it is not clear what the situation of the Ming people in the Annam area is, it must not be much better than the Ming people in Luzon at the beginning, and the population of the Ming people in Annam is estimated to reach about 10,000 households, and the expenses such as grain and iron tools needed to cultivate the land alone are a lot of expenses.

Not to mention Chen Shangchuan, the daily expenses of the thousands of troops in Yang Yandi's hands, although the Ming court only gave a certain amount of assistance, but in the face of Zhenla and other soil fans, Chen Shangchuan, who lacked equipment, if Yang Yandi's department wanted to resist Shengfan, the silver two firearms, grain and grass could not be raised by tens of thousands of local Ming people.

Historically, the Ming people of Dongpu were also backed by Guangnan, and with the support of the Ruan Lord, coupled with the civil strife in Zhenla and the painstaking management of Ming leaders such as Chen Shangchuan, the Ming people of Jiading were able to gain a foothold, and of course, they were inevitably annexed by Guangnan later.

Now it is obvious that Guangnan is wary of the Ming people in Dongpu, Chen Shangchuan, Yang Yandi and others can only hope for the Ming court, if the war is together, the military supplies and silver taels are required, and Su Langqing has a headache when he thinks about it.

Of course, the food and drink of these Annan Ming people, the silver spent does not need to be given by Chinese merchants, since the Ming court is willing to support, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is responsible for shipping.

"My lord, Annan is not Luzon after all, and the Ming people of Annan are not the people under the jurisdiction of the Ming Court of Luzon, not to mention that Luzon is a long way from Annan to Annanhai, if there are wolf ambitions among the Ming people of Annan, not only will they not be grateful if they get the military salary and equipment of the Ming Court, but they will turn against each other, I am afraid that the Ming Court will lose all their money, and I hope that the adults will think twice." As an official of the Ming Court, Su Langqing still warned with a little worry.

This is not a child's play, Annan and Luzon are far apart, if you meet a strong wind and waves back and forth, it is estimated that it will take several months or even half a year, and the population of the Ming people in Dongpu and other places is even more than that of the Luzon Ming people under the jurisdiction of the Ming Court, so many people, so many mouths, if something goes wrong, I am afraid that the Ming Court will have to get in.

As an official of the Ming court, Su Langqing still wanted to remind Liu Yu, don't stupidly give money to people because the Ming people in Annam came all the way to Luzon to ask for your refuge.

"I naturally have some considerations, you only need to take the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce as a cover, and Annan Ming people sea trade, Annan is adjacent to the mainland, mainland porcelain, silk, etc. are transshipped in Annam, Hoi An is an important port of sea trade, and Annam shipbuilding is a big wood, minerals and native products are far better than Luzon, if the Ming court can be allowed to gain a foothold in the area of Annam Chenla, the income will be calculated in millions of silver taels." Liu Yu said with a smile.

Of course, Liu Yu still didn't make it clear to Su Langqing that Annan is close to China, and the distance between Taiwan and Guangdong is much closer than Luzon.

If the Ming court can gain a foothold in Dongpu and other Jiading regions, then with the support of the Ming people and merchants in Annam, and the local area of Shuizhenla is fertile for thousands of miles, and there are countless fertile fields.

If time is given to resettle the displaced people, compile the household registers, and build the Jiading area into a large granary in the rear of the Ming court, then when the Ming court counterattacks Taiwan or even seizes the coastal areas such as Liangguang, the supply of food and equipment will be much more convenient.

At this time, Liu Yu naturally wouldn't say much to Su Langqing,

"These days, merchants from all over the world can go to Dongpu, Bianhe, Dingxiang and negotiate with the local Ming people, and the goods they need can be purchased from all over Nanyang, as for how to earn silver taels, you merchants know better than me, as for the weapons given to the Ming people in Dongpu, etc., I will instruct Governor Li of Fubo Town, and the Ming soldiers will also go to Dongpu as the escort of the merchants from all over the world."

Now the pirates of the northern Luzon islands are all ambushed, and most of the naval warships of the Ming army and Fubo have returned to Luzon, and the Ming court has only stationed dozens of officers and soldiers on the islands of Dayu and Bataan, and several warships have been left behind, and a large number of naval warships have been idle, and a group of them have been dispatched to Dongpu.

Liu Yu didn't want to really give so many weapons to the Ming people in Dongpu, not to mention that these Ming people had not surrendered to the Ming Court, even if Chen Shangchuan and other Ming people were willing to be loyal to the Ming Court, Liu Yu, who was far away in Laoag, was also distrustful, rather than this, it was better to send a group of Ming soldiers to Annam through the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and enter the Dongpu territory under the pretext of guarding the merchants of the Four Seas.

First, it can help the Dongpu Ming people resist the invasion of Zhenla, and secondly, it can also influence the local situation and increase the influence of the Ming court.