Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1130 People ([-])

Since returning to Ningbo Mansion at the end of 1654, Sun Chengren has lived in his hometown for more than two years. During this period, he even secretly went to Suzhou, which is still under the control of the Qing court, to chat with the Sun family who stayed there.

To be honest, there are not many people in the Sun family who are still operating in the city of Suzhou. Most of them have scattered to Ningbo, Denglai, Heishui and even the east coast in these years, and their industries have also come from Suzhou. One store in the city has expanded to more than ten stores all over the world (slightly exaggerated, in fact, mainly in the Far East and the East Coast), with annual sales of more than 6 yuan—although the Sun family is no longer "Sun Chunyang" The major shareholder of Nanhuopu, but the annual dividend of [-] to [-] yuan cannot escape. Even if the dividend is distributed to the children of the family who hold shares, this dividend income is still very enviable.

After staying in his hometown for so long, the calculation time is about the same. After a few months, Sun Chengren should pack up and return to the east bank. After all, most of his wife and children stay in Qingdao County on the east bank—this is in Daxing County, but The children are greedy for prosperity, so they bought land in Qingdao County and settled down. In Ningbo, there is only a concubine and a dozen family servants.And this time leaving Ningbo by boat, it is unlikely that Sun Chengren will return to Daming again. After all, the tens of thousands of miles of sea are dangerous, and he can't stand this kind of toss.

The sailing boats (the "dirty boats" photographed by the locals on the east coast) that returned home with him had already gone to sea last winter, and they were already on the way to Ningbo on the east coast with full cargo.Well, if you count the time, it should have passed the Turtle Islands by now, and it may have stopped at Jinhua Port on Tahiti Island to unload—according to regulations, all east coast ships departing from Araucan Port must be loaded with some The supplies urgently needed by overseas colonies, the ships of the Sun family are no exception. They usually load some weapons, medicines and metal tools at the port of Araucan, and then hand them over to the guarding commissioner Zhang Jinhua at Jinhua port.Recently, Zhang Jinhua commanded hundreds of soldiers from the Tahiti garrison to fight north and south. Not only did he unify the whole island, but he also built a small boat to cross the sea and extended his "magic claws" to the neighboring islands. , The heart of opening up the territory for the country can be described as extremely eager.

In addition, after years of immigration in Tahiti Island (mostly Indian exiled prisoners, mixed with a small number of real criminals), the total population of the island has exceeded [-] (including natives), sugarcane, lemons, pineapple And other characteristic plantations have also begun to take shape, and began to export cane sugar and black pearls to Australia and the Heishui area in small batches. The annual trade volume exceeds [-] silver dollars, which is very profitable and has an increasing trend.

In fact, even if purely economic factors are put aside, Tahiti's position in the South Pacific circular route on the east coast today is beyond doubt.Such an important island with a large enough area (meaning that it can provide sufficient supplies and ship repair services for passing ships) and rich enough products (meaning considerable economic benefits), then it will become the east coast to control the Central Pacific Ocean. The fulcrum of the south is what it should be.

The topic is far away, let’s get down to business, Sun Chengren’s scheduled departure date is at the end of October when the north wind blows, and then he will take two 10-ton Galen sailboats newly ordered and delivered by his family at the Heishui Shipyard, fully loaded with raw silk, Tea, medicinal materials and some of the weaving households solicited went to Australia, and arrived at the South Railway subsidiary after transiting through Jinshan Port.

"It's mid-July now, Mr. Lu, the number of weavers we are attracting this year is slightly less than in previous years." In Sun Chunyang Nanhuo Store in Dinghai County, Sun Chengren was smoking shredded tobacco imported from North Korea. What about the "problem" of this - said with a little worry: "So far, less than 120 households have been recruited. Even if there are more harvests in the next few months, the number will hardly exceed [-] households. It's getting harder and harder to earn."

"If you can't recruit weavers, you can hire something else. Salt workers, carpenters, masons, strippers (the east bank is also introducing bamboo), potters and so on. Anyone who comes will be accepted!" "Mr. Lu" He opened his mouth and said, "Even if it is a farmer who doesn't know a few big characters, the imperial court will accept it. If we don't speed up the immigration of the country built by our Yanhuang Miao descendants, wouldn't it be a dowry for the barbarians in the future? How can this be?" All right! Before coming here, everyone in the DPRK broke up with me, let me use my own experience to publicize a lot, and let more Chinese descendants go to the Great East Bank to settle, so that the country will be stable."

The real name of this "Mr. Lu" is unknown. It is said that he is a descendant of Lu Yijian, a famous official of the former Song Dynasty. Brother-in-law), because of his outstanding ability, he was sent by the immigration department to the east bank to promote the "immigration cause". It has been ten years since Taiping, which has the largest number of prefectures and counties, has greatly restored the local order, the people's life is stable, and the population is increasing. Trade has been twisted together, and the economic development of various places has also grown extremely rapidly in recent years. As a result, the common people are no longer willing to emigrate to sea.And considering many factors, it is inconvenient for the government of the Blackwater Pioneering Team to relocate the people under its rule to the east coast by force. Therefore, using soft methods—such as coaxing—to attract immigrants has become an important method, and people like Lu Fang are now in the Far East. That's what they do.

Of course, drawing big cakes and fooling around is only one of them (and the effect is not very good). Another way for Lu Fang and others to obtain immigrants is to go south to Guangdong by boat every winter and spring, and collect immigrants near Guangzhou-generally They were all piglets sold by Li Chengdong—they returned to Ningbo again when the southerly winds picked up in early summer, and then placed these collected immigrants on the spot to work in the construction team, saltworks, and state-owned farms of Ningbo Prefecture, while studying. Language and rules (it is also a big task to break up the clan and social relations of these Guangzai), while waiting for the immigration transportation season in half a year.

Lu Fang and others have been doing this kind of business for more than a year, but this year due to various reasons, the "business" has been bleak, and not many people have been collected at all-no, as one of Lu Fang and others' downlines, a local snake like Sun Chengren Only more than 100 weaving households were collected, and it is conceivable how many others can be collected.What is even more depressing is that Li Chengdong in Guangdong may have been pressured by the Qingliu of the Nanming court, and he has already stated that the sale of piglets will be suspended for several years after the end of this year. As for when it will resume, we will have to wait and see. The loss of a large source of immigration was a major blow, so much so that Lu Fang and others had to report to the Southern Theater Command to send some elite personnel to land in the Su and Song areas to rob people.

"Mr. Sun still knows this truth. Mr. Lu is planning everything for our Chinese descendants. If he does not fall into the hands of the white slaves of the Western Yi, how can Mr. Sun sit idly by! But please be at ease, Mr. Lu, even if Mr. Sun sets off After the Eastern Dynasty, my cousin's family also stayed in Dinghai to help Mr. Lu collect immigrants. He has lived in Ningbo longer than me, and he has a deep understanding of the world, so he can't miss anything." Sun Chengren put down his pipe, cupped his hands, and said: "It's just Liu Junmen in the Southern War Zone is about to resign. It is said that the newcomer Liao Junmen has not yet arrived in Australia. I am afraid that he will not be able to dispatch a large army to suppress the Tartars this year. The army did not commit any crimes in the autumn. How can there be less human tragedy in this world? I have lived in this peaceful place of Ningbo Mansion for these years, and now I can't see such a tragedy, alas..."

Speaking of which, Liu Haiyang has spent quite a long time in the Far East. He is different from Wei Boqiu, who is in exile. good.And this year is the last year of Liu Haiyang's tenure. By the end of the year, he will take the all-steam-powered ship "Tierra del Fuego" to return to the east coast on the Pacific route.As for the candidate to replace him, it is now very clear, that is the former Wujiang District Police Commander, Liao Xiaoyao, a major of the army-this cross-traveler who graduated from the Bingtuanbao has led hundreds of students to Jinshan Port, Australia. At the end of the month, he will arrive in Ningbo to take up his post.

"Mr. Sun, you can say this in front of me. Be careful when you go out..." Lu Fang smiled wryly when he heard this, and said: "The princes of the country have overcame the thorns and thorns to create a huge foundation in Huawai. The nobles of the Yan and Huang Dynasties naturally want to carry it forward, sending troops to capture the Han people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty is the basic state policy of this dynasty, and this is something that cannot be said or discussed.

"That's right, Mr. Sun is Meng Lang." Sun Chengren cupped his hands again, chuckled, and said, "Master Lu has brought his family to Ningbo now, and it seems that he is going to do something here. I am here In the Eastern Dynasty, I heard people say that the newcomer Liao Junmen was decisive and ruthless. He had two outstanding generals under his command, one named Guo Puxia and the other named Tian Xing. They are no strangers, but we can make friends with each other."

"In addition, last year there was news from the Daqing Hangzhou camp that the bandit chieftain Jierhalang was too ill to take care of things, and Luck Dehun (this gentleman lived longer than in history, and is still jumping) came to take over as the host For military affairs, Fujian Zheng Damu, Jiangxi Wang Zamao, and Zhejiang Lu Wang's ministries took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. There are almost no fires in southern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, and northern Fujian. Master Lu can report to the peak and lead a team of troops to search and flee south. The villagers of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army is weak, and they are asking for our Dadong'an, so they should not block it, Lord Lu might as well give it a try." Sun Chengren finally said.

(End of this chapter)