Xinshun 1730

Chapter 556 The intersection of fate on the eve of World War I ([-])
During this expedition, the fleet confirmed that there is no road bridge between Asia and America, and also confirmed that the legendary southern continent stretching from Antarctica to the tropics does not exist.

But in the southern continent, they found several huge islands, which excited the officers who were originally from the Liangjiazi Gengzhan.

The water and plants above are fertile and the climate is pleasant. Although the four seasons are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere, it is not like the tropical areas that make these people whose ancestors were born in Shaanxi or Henan feel stuffy and bored.

There, they found whales and seals, so they named it "New Sakhalin Island", or "New Kuwu".

Because just like the previous expedition map in Weihai, they confirmed that Sakhalin Island is not a peninsula, and there is only a not-so-wide strait from Ezo.

And there are also a lot of whales and seals there. The companies in Weihai have already started hunting whales and seals frantically in Sakhalin Island, or they are used to boil oil or make soap candles.

The two large southern islands that have newly drawn coastline maps have whale seals and are also divided into South Island and North Island. Bitter.

Bering compared the map and his experience when he was studying in the Netherlands, and came to the conclusion that this island is the "New Zeeland" discovered by the Dutch navigators.

Discovered by the Dutch, of course they will use the Dutch name.Dashun didn't know which province Zelan was in, so they called it Xinkuwu.

The name has changed, but the island remains the same, and the climate remains the same.

Starman, the navigator who discovered New Zeeland, commented that the island was "worthless".

A hundred years later, Da Shungeng and Liangjiazi who set foot on this island exclaimed this "land given by God".

An island is an island, and there is nothing wrong with being "worthless" or "a godsend".

For the Netherlands, what the Netherlands needs are places like Sulawesi, Ambon, Banda, and Ceylon.

Places that have the best-selling spices in Europe, a sufficient population base, Tamil slaves that are 50/[-] cheaper than black slaves with an average price of [-] pounds, and places with hardworking and submissive Chinese are the places worth caring about.

But Dashun is exactly the opposite.

Dashun, a group of good families who were born in farming and warfare, even the emperor and ministers, liked the land, neither wanted the population, nor cared too much about strange trade products.

On the contrary, the land, with distinct seasons, few mosquitoes, able to cultivate, and no people who are already in that kind of land, this is the "land given by God" in Dashun's eyes.

For example, the Yili River Valley in the Western Regions has four distinct seasons and can be cultivated. Even if there is only land access, the cost of immigration is high, and even if there are so many mosquitoes that can kill people, it is still a good place officially recognized.It would be even better if there were no complicated and messy ethnic groups there, and you would come and fight you.

Nanyang is not the "good place" that these good family officers who came from farming and warfare thought.

It's hot, there are many mosquito diseases, there are many ethnic groups in disorder, and religion is also chaotic.

Although they got on a boat, learned how to use a sextant, and learned how to sail, they were still of the farming war faction in their bones, and they naturally liked places that were suitable for farming.

Their criteria for evaluating whether a newly discovered piece of land is good or bad is really so simple that it cannot be more simple.

Can you grow wheat?can.it is good.

Are there four distinct seasons?Is it hot in summer and cool in winter?point.Very good.

Although the land between the white mountains and the black waters is fertile, it is too cold, and the swamps are everywhere, the sky is full of mosquitoes, and the tigers eat people.

America, where they crossed the Pacific Ocean to the east, was good, but it was too far away, and they didn't find any place to use as a springboard on the way, so they could only say that they couldn't eat grapes and said sour grapes.

Although the documents they held stated that they were going to the southern hemisphere to find observation points for the distance between Venus transiting the sun and the geodesic sun in the future, but in fact some core military officers understood that this was just looking for "a place to ease the contradiction between man and earth" and "to train sailors, sailors and Adventurer's exercise journey.

Bering is old and probably won't take part in the next voyage.

But in the past few years of sailing, these young people who were only military students have learned a lot, matured, experienced, and seen various unexpected situations. They believe that they can already take the lead.

In the future, they may go to sea again to find a safe route to get there; perhaps they will take people deep inland to investigate the local hydroclimate and mineral resources.

Everything has just begun.

It's just that the excitement after completing the feat didn't last long, and they were overwhelmed by a piece of news that shocked them.

The news came from the Dutch on Batavia's side, saying that Liu Yu would arrive in Batavia soon and set sail from Batavia to Europe.

To the officers, this news was like a bolt from the blue.

This... what does this mean?
The navy is no longer under the control of Ying Sabo?
Is Ying Suo Bo secretly descended by Ming Sheng?
Visiting Europa for several years, what is the difference between this and "Ding You" resigning?When you come back, how can there be a seat for you?
They belong to the navy, and the future of the navy is related to their future. Now the Dutch only give so much information, how can they not think wildly?
The navy is not Liu Yu's, but Liu Yu is more like the totem of the navy, reflecting the court's attitude and views on the navy.

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At this time, Liu Yu, who made the naval officers returning from the expedition worry about making wild guesses, was resting comfortably in the French business house in Guangzhou City.

A large basin of cold ice transported from North America to Guangzhou exudes cool air, driving away the scorching summer in Guangzhou.

The iced sour plum soup made the glass drip with misty water, and there were a few huge American ginseng beside it.

Sitting opposite him was Duplex, the next governor of Pondicherry appointed by the French Oriental Company. He had traded with Liu Yu in Weihai and was the first Frenchman to lead a trade team to Guangdong.

Duplex was in a good mood, and this time he came here specially from Pondicherry, because it was related to the big deal of the French Oriental Company.

The French have been suffering from being unable to conduct effective trade with China. The main reason is that there is nothing to sell on the French side, and the goods brought to the Chinese side every year are silver.

But this time, the two French cargo ships that set sail from North America, transited at the port of La Rochelle, and arrived in Guangzhou did not bring silver.

Instead, they used North American black ice to press the warehouse, filled with furs from Canada, and American ginseng bought there at a low price.

This batch of goods has already caused a sensation in Guangzhou. The Dashun merchants have always looked down upon them, are too lazy to deal with them, and can only rely on cooperation with the government to sell some woolen clothes to Weihai for military uniforms. The French actually brought good goods!

In other words, the brain finally opened up, knowing that it is not feasible to trade with China, selling woolen fabrics and wine, and finally touched the door to trade with China.

The two cargo ships sold a total of 48 taels of silver.

Ice cubes that are worthless in Canada, wrapped in sawdust and used as ballast stones, can be sold for a lot of money in Guangzhou.

Among the Indians in Canada, a broken gun can be exchanged for a carload of herbal roots called "Galante Quinn" by the locals. In Guangzhou, it is worth a pound of silver.

The sable and mink skins, which are basically extinct in Asia and even in the Heilongjiang River Basin, are even more expensive.The Russian Cossacks couldn't get it either, because their parents had already done it.

Today, the price of ginseng in Dashun is soaring, and the price is extremely high, which has a great relationship with the history of Dashun.

Dashun is not Manchu Qing, and there is no wicker edge, so people who go to the northeast to dig ginseng to make a fortune are like crucian carp crossing the river.

Money can change many things.

As a result, the ginseng in the Northeast has been basically extinct, and the Koreans and the border residents of Dashun often fight because of the problem of ginseng.

The price of ginseng is so high, it is only natural that it will be extinct.

Historically, on January 1783, 1, the United States officially established itself and signed the Anglo-American Treaty of Paris. On November 20, Britain withdrew from New York, and in mid-December, the United States sent a ship to Guangzhou for trade.

The British intercepted the ship in Cape Town. In order to prevent direct trade between China and the United States, they bought the ginseng on board at a high price and let the ship return directly.The captain knew that the British were afraid of direct trade between China and the United States, but he couldn’t hold back the money and tea he was given. He didn’t know how much tea this ship of ginseng could exchange for in Guangzhou. He returned without seeing the world.

But in April of the following year, the "Empress of China" loaded and set sail, and went straight to Guangzhou to sell ginseng.

It took less than 100 years from the first trade between China and the United States to the fact that American ginseng was almost extinct.

And Dashun doesn't have wicker edges, instead, it has PTSD in the late Ming Dynasty, and it crazily encourages immigrants to Liaodong.

It took decades of digging for wild ginseng to become almost extinct, and it can be considered that Dashun's ginseng diggers have given nature enough face.

After all, there are too many people who dig ginseng here, and they have to tie red cloth and burn incense.When digging in the Americas, you use a shovel directly, and when you encounter a large one, you use a rope to tie a lever to pry it. In addition, there is almost no large-scale collection before, and there are so many forests, so it took 100 years to dig before it became extinct.

Liu Yu knew very well that the value of the entire North America at this time may not be as good as a quarter of Haiti in the eyes of the French.

He wanted Britain and France to play a bigger role in North America, so he communicated with the French early on, hoping that France would learn from the "Eastern captives" by digging ginseng, selling fur, and picking Eastern pearls.

I can't get it, and others don't want to monopolize it.

This can be regarded as a clear way for the French. France is a magical country that can bankrupt the East India Company in the early 18th century. flow.

This time, after Liu Yu instructed, France directly tasted the sweetness in North America.

For the first time, they knew that they did not necessarily have to carry silver when trading with China.

In the eyes of the French, the payment of more than 40 taels is an unprecedented happy event.

So Duplex came to Guangzhou in person this time, thanking Liu Yu face to face, and also hoped that Liu Yu could recruit some ginseng and pearl hunters for France through some connections.

Hunting for fur or something is the strength of the French, so there is no need to find someone for this.However, the French are not good at picking ginseng and pearls.

If Canada has enough ginseng and pearl divers, the trade volume this time may reach 100 million taels of silver.

"Dear Marquis, can you help me with the request I made just now? For these ginseng pickers, we can adopt a purchase system and guarantee a certain price. We will charge as much as they pick. Of course, We will respect the agreement with your country and will not force the Chinese to believe in Catholicism and allow them to have autonomous communities."

"In any case, this time I would like to thank you for your suggestion. I really didn't know that it was possible to achieve a trade surplus with your country."

Hearing the word "surplus", Liu Yu thought that there was nothing he could do. You are not allowed to see the money. In your eyes, North America is not as valuable as Guadeloupe, which is only the size of a town.This time I saw the money, so I can call it in a few years.

When he was about to talk to Duplex about the placement of the ginseng collectors, an attendant came from outside and whispered in Liu Yu's ear: "My lord, the warships of the British Kingdom of Guizhou have appeared in the sea off Guangzhou, and Yonago Ming is leading The fleet is monitoring their actions. A battleship and three cruisers are supposed to rob the Spanish treasure ship. People from the British East India Company begged to see you, hoping to berth for supplies.”

(End of this chapter)