Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 354 Hot Trade

From December 1642, according to the latest instructions of the Executive Committee, the Changshan Hard Labor Camp, the traditional place of exile in China, will no longer accept new prisoners.Instead, Australia's Gushan Port and Jinshan Port have become the latest places for prisoners to be exiled.Not only those ordinary criminals will be exiled there, but even some "cultists" who were supposed to be shot will be pardoned from the death penalty, and they will be exiled there to undergo labor reform in order to enrich the population there.

More than two months have passed, and more than 60 criminals who are about to be exiled to Australia have been sentenced in China, including the group of people from the underground preaching meeting organized by Father Garcia who were arrested in Meihe Township a while ago.As for the soft-boned Father Garcia, he took a dog's life for the time being, joined the night watchman organization of the Religious Affairs Office, and began to work hard for the East Coast people to arrest his former companions—the Jesuit priests.

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On May 1643, 5, Dabo Port, Sakhalin Island.The people from the east bank who arrived here again after more than half a year caused a sensation among the local natives. This time, the people from the east coast came with three large ships. Each ship had a deep draft and seemed to be full of various goods.

It was Mo Ming's first visit to the Shandan trade site, so he was very interested.It's just that maybe because it's still too early, or maybe it's because of other reasons, the number of Shandan people who come to Dabo for transactions this year is much less than in previous years.Mo Ming probably also knows the reason, which is actually related to the severe situation that Shandan people are facing now.

Beginning at the end of 1639, Huang Taiji of the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent Samushka and Suohai to lead an army of 6000 people into the Heilongjiang River Basin to deal with the Solon tribes (Ewenki, Oroqen, Daur, Buryats) to carry out conquests.When it comes to the tribes of the Sauron tribe, they are actually a branch of the East China Sea Jurchen (that is, the wild Jurchen) in a broad sense.

These Saurons who were still in the clan society were extremely brave, but how could they be the opponents of the well-disciplined and well-equipped Jianzhou Jurchen who used bone arrows, bear hunting spears, harpoons, sticks and even stones?Therefore, not surprisingly, after the Qing army burned the city of Yaksa, the [-] Sauron army headed by Bomu Bogor only achieved a small victory, and was immediately defeated by the Qing army.

In September of the second year (1640), Huang Taiji once again ordered an expedition to Sauron's Ministry.The Mongols who took refuge in them this time made great contributions. Xitku and Jixiha led 350 Mongolian soldiers by surprise and went straight from the north for more than two months. On the 956th, they rushed to Qiluotai (now Chita, Russia) and captured 844 people and [-] livestock of Bomubogor and his relatives.So far, the surface of Sauron's Ministry has been calmed down.

After these two wars, the thorns in the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea seemed to be swept away, and the tribes also surrendered to the Manchu government on the surface.But Mo Ming knew that things were not that simple. There were many thorny tribes in Donghai Jurchen, and these barbarians didn't want to buy the account of the Khan who was far away in Shengjing.What's more, the tax is so heavy, and the males are conscripted into the army, and the officials who come to inspect have their nostrils in the sky, and they keep eating naka and insulting women. How can they bear it.

Therefore, many tribes once again raised the flag of rebellion.Just this year, Huang Taiji will send Alzin and Haninga to attack the Huerha tribe.And the time to send troops is Gengxu in March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, I rub it, isn't it just May [-]th?two days later?Thinking of this, Mo Ming suddenly became excited. This time, Huang Taiji sent troops and finished the battle in more than two months. He wiped out three villages of the Huerha tribe and recruited four.Right now, there won't be people from the Huerha tribe who are doing business here, right?Although they may not be able to join the war if they buy weapons and rush back immediately, it can always arouse their resistance.

Mo Ming wanted to find someone to inquire about, but he couldn't understand the language. Several of his men went down to gesticulate with the natives for a long time, but found nothing, and finally had to give up.However, out of the desire to create trouble for Huang Taiji, Mo Ming decided to supply these Shandan people from mainland China with weapons at a preferential price.Anyway, these birth girls were all potential opponents of the Manchu Qing regime, and arming them was giving Huang Taiji eye drops.And these Jurchens, or East China Sea Jurchens——Mo Ming was a little uncertain, and liked the excellent iron weapons provided by the people on the east coast.

Iron three-edged arrowhead (with barbs optional), [-]-year-style machine-made non-commissioned officer's knife, standard three-meter spear (carburized iron spearhead), monocular telescope, hemostatic bandage, special leather armor for light archers, four one New year-style steel bayonets, and even infantry breastplates smeared with butter, everything opened the eyes of these Shandan people, and then they couldn't put it down.

Some native archers with thick calluses on their hands caressed the sharp arrows, their expressions were as gentle as if they were looking at their lovers; some tall barbarians directly picked up the detachable and assembled breastplates, and looked at them over and over again ; Some people were amazed to see those standard length spears, the spearheads were sharp and wear-resistant, and they were even interchangeable, which is amazing!

buy it!The Shandan people quickly made a decision.And Mo Ming decided to sell a large number of weapons to these Shandan people with some unknown thoughts, and gave them a very "preferential" price.For example, a bag of arrowheads (20 pieces) can be exchanged for two pieces of fox fur; a [-]-year-style non-commissioned officer's knife needs to be exchanged for a precious mink skin; Infantry breastplates need some valuable items to exchange, such as the horses they brought.

These people have valuable furs and livestock.Huangtai Ji beat them to grab six or seven thousand furs and thousands of cows and horses at a time. There is absolutely no problem with their purchasing power.What?What do you mean by this gesture?Oh, your village is relatively poor?Usually fishing for a living, so poor?Forget it, I’m afraid of you, I’ll take away your smelly fish oil and dried fish, and give you a few spears to fight the Jianzhou Jurchens!

Hmm... You only have three skins, but all four of you want a knife?No, rules are rules.But we are friends now, how about this, I will give you three knives, and give this little brother a four-year-style bayonet, it is absolutely sharp to kill Jiannu in battle, and its armor-piercing ability is awesome!

This brother is so big and big, since you like this armor so much, then take it away.Brother, I happen to be in need of some draft horses for pulling carts. I have taken away the two horses behind you. If you want to buy something in the future, keep coming.

What?You want to send these two little brothers here?Come on, we are also short on food here, we don't support idlers... Uh, you want them to come to us to join the army?Well, I agree, here, I will send you a leather armor and a saber.What?If you're not satisfied, I'll fuck it up and give you another tourniquet bandage, don't talk nonsense, get out and get out!

Although there is a language barrier, there is no major obstacle to communication between everyone.After all, it is a barter trade. Even guessing and gestures can complete a transaction very quickly.Moreover, with dozens of musketeers from the 102nd Company of the Army lined up on the pier, and a sentinel Eight Banners new army by the side of Hushi, under this deterrent force, no unscrupulous guy would dare to snatch it.To put it bluntly, the people from the east bank can snatch it all by force, but considering that it is not easy to have such a mutual market place, it is better for everyone to do business in a proper manner.

After finishing the weapons business with the Shandan people, the next daily necessities business was also extremely hot.Whether it is old products such as spirits, cloth, cotton coats, leather boots, iron pans, fishing nets, and metal knives, or new products such as shredded tobacco, tin stoves, and briquettes that people from the east coast promote here, they have achieved good sales.This is all because people on the east coast planned to carry a large number of consumer goods, which are the favorite things of these low-level Shandan people.And the large amount of furs, mountain products, wild ginseng, deer antler, horses and even gold dust they paid in exchange for their favorite products made the people on the east coast laugh so much that their mouths crooked.

In one morning, they bought more than 600 valuable furs, more than 20 Mongolian horses, dozens of wild game, and more than a dozen sacks filled with wild products. In addition, there were more than [-] expensive wild ginseng and a large amount of deer antler.In addition to these, they also recruited more than [-] local young aborigines who were sent to join the army because the patriarch was greedy for money, or some of them were simply slaves who were resold to the people on the east coast.

Mo Ming, who saw such a hot business scene for the first time, was even a little stunned. This business is too easy to do!Although many commodities here are difficult to estimate, there is no doubt that they are all priceless.Especially those precious furs unique to the northern hemisphere, such as mink skin and bear skin, as well as high-grade Chinese medicinal materials such as deer antler and wild ginseng, will definitely sell for sky-high prices in China!Even in Daming, it can be sold for a pretty good price!

Even those Mongolian horses can bring great value to the people on the east coast at this moment.Soon everyone will go out to plunder along the coasts of North Korea, the Qing Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty. If there are not enough transport vehicles for the loot, it will be a troublesome matter.This time, the transport ship from the mainland was loaded with a lot of accessories for the four-wheeled carriage. Thanks to the high processing accuracy, these accessories can basically be assembled locally.But if you have a carriage, you can't live without a horse to pull the cart. No, the mutual market trade in front of you has opened up the situation for everyone.With more than thirty horses in hand, they can assemble quite a few carriages.Of course, if the horse is not traded this time, Mo Ming also has a backup, that is the pony who went to Jeju Island to grab the stick!

The business profit in the morning is conservatively estimated to be more than 5000 yuan, which is really an astonishing figure.But Mo Ming didn't intend to stay here too long, there are more important things waiting for him to do.Therefore, this short mutual market trade ended in the afternoon, and the people on the east coast packed their things and boarded the boat, and then headed south overnight.

(End of this chapter)