Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1179 Hirado's Trip
Ping Qiusheng did not stop, and decided to go to Hirado and Nagasaki immediately.One is to find out the bottom of the bamboo house, and the other is to find Japanese export goods as soon as possible, and if possible, go to Okayama to find out the copper channels that Lingao urgently needs-the copper production areas in Japan are mainly concentrated in this area.Otherwise, Lingao's bulky goods would be embarrassing as soon as they couldn't be traded.After receiving his telegram, Zhao Yingong has already called back: Hangzhou Station is organizing large-scale supply of goods and ships, preparing to sail from Shanghai to Nagasaki in the summer southeast monsoon.

There is Qiao Tianzhi cooking here in Fujiang - although Qiao Yuan's skill points are a bit small, at least there is Master Zhou taking care of it here, so it is expected that there will be no major incidents.The task assigned to him by Ping Qiusheng was to bring the naturalized cadres and locally recruited people to continue repairing the commercial halls and ports. At the same time, in the name of a representative, he contacted Zhou Xingru with lower-level local officials and figures in the feudal clan, and negotiated with them. some.

Ping Qiusheng also specially explained to Qiao Tiansheng that now he can ask Master Zhou to come forward to help buy Chunyou in Wudao.The so-called camellia oil is camellia oil, which is a very common oil crop in Wudao, and the output is quite abundant. This kind of thing is also available in China, but it is a kind of oil that can be exported. The demand for oil in Lingao is very strong. , especially in great demand in industry.

"One more thing, you go around the five islands and ask about whaling." Ping Qiusheng said, "The five islands were an important whaling fishing port in the Edo period. You have to investigate every year About how many whales can be caught, fishermen's whaling methods and processing techniques."

The whaling industry in the Goto Islands was once prosperous, and the Fukue domain has been prosperous for hundreds of years because of this industry.

Whales, marine mammals with a bad taste, played an extremely important role in the early days of industrialization.Its oil is the raw material of the chemical industry, the lubricant of the mechanical industry, and the bone flakes are natural elastic materials.Some veterans have been eyeing whales for a long time, but the coast of China is not a place where whales haunt, and there are no conditions for large-scale industrialized whaling.

"Whale Yamato boiled is terrible." Qiao Tianzhi smacked his mouth, "Whale meat is too greasy..."

"Who told you to eat it? This is what the Workers and Energy Commission wants!" Ping Qiusheng said helplessly, "Camellia oil is the same, and so is the whale! Do a good job of research and research. By the way, the investigation of the fishery should be as comprehensive as possible. Here The seafood is also very rich. In the future, we may consider setting up a seafood processing factory.”

Of course, there is no shortage of seafood in Lingao, but it is better than nothing to supplement Japan's pitiful export types-at least it can supply the future Senate's operations on the mainland nearby, and the processed dry goods can be exported to Daming.

A total of five people went to Hirado, Ping Qiusheng and his life secretary Ping Lingzi, two full-time security personnel from the newly established veteran guard unit of the special investigation team: Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun, plus a general.

Both of them came from the way of Zhou Shidi, the bodyguard of the Wei Bodyguard Bureau.One is an apprentice and the other is a clan disciple.Zhou Shidi provided personal protection for the elders very early on. Although he has not been officially "naturalized", he is very reliable.He has a very stubborn temper. Although he doesn't dislike naturalization, he is very resistant to the fact that naturalized people have to have their hair cut and their heads shaved, so he still belongs to the status of "outsider" guest minister.

However, he doesn't have such high demands on his apprentices and cousins. Although the bodyguard is very persistent in traditional morality, he is not stubborn and ignorant of current affairs.When the chiefs proposed to recruit some personnel to do security work, he immediately recommended these two young people to the security training class.

With the expansion of the ruling area, more and more elders are sent abroad and on business trips, and the personal protection of the elders has also been put on the agenda.In the past, the elders who were active in Lingao and other counties in Hainan were in charge of the police headquarters according to the elders in Lingao, and the elders outside were composed of elite personnel drawn from the local regular army.Relatively fragmented and unsystematic.

Moreover, veterans like Zhao Yingong who were active in the yellow and red zones had to rely on concealed personal protection.In the past, they mostly relied on the escorts hired by Weiwei Escort Bureau.Although this kind of person has no problem with his professional ethics and has passed enough tests, he is an outsider after all, and lacks sufficient training in the modern security system and political education.It is very limited in use.

So under the auspices of Ran Yao, a veteran guard unit was added to the headquarters of the special investigation team, and the guards were trained according to the requirements of VIP guards.The specific training work is in the charge of professionals from the Special Investigation Team and the Police Headquarters.It also recruited senior bodyguards from Qiwei Escort Bureau to serve as teachers-traditional bodyguards have rich social experience and coping skills, which play a great role in the safety of veterans sent to enemy-occupied areas.

Both Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun were taciturn young men, and neither of them shaved their heads for work.Tong Shi was recruited through the Zhou family in Fukue Island, and he is also of mixed Chinese and Japanese.He was proficient in writing and ink, and could speak very good Nanjing Mandarin and Japanese. He often accompanied Daming who came to Japan on board to Hirado, Nagasaki and other places.But it didn't go well.Ping Qiusheng changed his name to Ping Kefu.

Both Ping Qiusheng and the bodyguards brought pistols and daggers for self-defense.Chinese businessmen were relatively popular in Japan at that time.Under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, the world is generally considered peaceful, and walking along the main road will not encounter any danger.To be on the safe side, they still carry the power of attorney issued by Lingao with them. If there is any problem, they can still find a way to escape through the Dutch business office in Hirado. Although they don’t think the Dutch are very reliable, they can I don't think this trip will be too dangerous.

The group of people took a small boat, one of the many small boats that travel between Kyushu and outlying islands in this time and space.The displacement is only [-] to [-] tons when it is full of goods. The ship is full of goods for trade, and it also carries some people who are going to Kyushu.This is a trading ship between the Zhou family and various places in Nagasaki on a regular basis, with mixed cargo and passengers.According to the plan, after the ship arrives at the port, the crossing people will move freely. If it goes well, they will go back to the five islands with the ship;

We set off before five o'clock in the morning. Although the weather was good at this time, it took half a day to get to Hirado by the wind-powered boat.

The boat went north along the west coast of Fujiang Island. This was Ping Qiusheng's intentional arrangement. He wanted to observe the situation of Zhongtong Island along the way.Zhongtong Island is located in the north of the Goto Islands. It is the second largest island after Fukue, and it is far away from the ruling center of Fukue Fan. In the old time and space, Qingfang Port of Zhongtong Island was the main port of Goto.Ping Qiusheng's real idea is that the current Nintendo is only used as a commercial agent of the Crossing Group here, and a truly stable transfer station is needed to provide guarantee for the transfer of bulk goods. After all, the current transportation capacity is also very tight. A It is obviously not a wise and appropriate way to store suitable goods under the eyes of Fukue Fan. More importantly, in the upcoming Shimamoto Amakusa Rebellion, if you want to absorb refugees or garrison troops, it is not easy to operate directly on Fukue Island. .

Around noon, the boat entered a sea area surrounded by several small islands.

"That's Qingfang Port over there." While looking at the chart, Ping Qiusheng pointed to the entrance of a trumpet-shaped strait about two miles to the right of the ship's side.

Both Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun are members of the special investigation team, and geography and terrain courses are compulsory for them.

Zhou Shiqun said: "If the chief wants to set up a port here, the amount of work is not small."

"I don't think it's a big problem. The natural conditions of this port are good, and the requirements are not high at the beginning. The project can be completed in stages, and there is no need to call too large a ship in a short period of time." Li Biao said confidently.He "conceded the dragon" very early, and it is much more natural for him to get along with the elders than Zhou Shiqun.

"It's a good name, let's make it a logistics base in the future." Elder Ping thought the island's name was very good. .

"There is a fishing port on the inner side of the peninsula in front, surrounded by good fishing grounds, but I don't know how it is being developed now." Ping Kefu didn't know what was "good" about Zhongtong Island, but he already knew about it in the past few days The preferences of Australians - they are very interested in products, and immediately introduced them graciously, "Master, do you want to stop by and have a look?"

"That's not necessary. The terrain can't be broken even now. We are in a hurry now. We have to go around for a long time, and we have to turn around. Later, we have to go straight to the east and cross the strait for a while. We try our best to reach the flat before evening." household."

After the ship crossed the strait, the speed was much faster. Ping Qiusheng knew that the place less than 7 nautical miles ahead of the right bow of the ship was Nagasaki in old time and space. Looking at the watch, today is July 12. An atomic bomb was dropped there on August 1945, 8.Now that he is so close to Nagasaki, he can't help but sigh. He sighs not only that Nagasaki has won the title of one of the only two cities in the world that have been bombed by atomic bombs, but also the technology of old time and space. Well, if Lingao's scientific and technological power in this plane can still be understood by some people in this time and space, then many things in the old time and space can not only express shock in this plane—it is estimated that it is far beyond what people at that time range of understanding and awareness.

Accompanied by the setting sun and the seabirds flying low on the white waves, Hirado has arrived.Hirado is a large island in the Matsuura Islands, very close to Nagasaki.In old times, it was part of Nagasaki city.But now, it is an international port in East Asia that is ruled by daimyo and whose foreign trade is not inferior to that of Nagasaki.

There are many small bays on the upper part of the island, and foreign ships carrying goods travel to and from these bays.But the island is rugged.Several small rivers separate the mountains, and the riversides are used as paddy fields to grow rice, but the harvest is pitiful.The goods brought by the ships entering the port here made the merchants rich and fed the islanders at the same time.

(End of this chapter)