The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

After a meeting with the officers for more than an hour, Li Yuanqing just wanted to have a rest and sort out his thoughts. At this time, Niu Gensheng quickly came to report: "general, the property on the island has been counted out and is preparing to ship."

Li Yuanqing took the note from Niu Gensheng and looked at it with a faint smile.

In this era, there is really nothing more profitable than sea trade.

The cannibal shark department, even though it is almost as backward as the primitive tribes, has more than 15000 taels of gold and a large number of precious stones and pearls.

If it is converted into silver, it should be at least 300000 Liang.

However, maybe they are too stupid. They only love gold and gemstones. There is almost nothing else like silver, antiques, calligraphy and painting.

According to the town governor's estimation, it is likely that the treasures they intercepted were directly thrown away as garbage.

Waving his hand, Niu Gensheng went down to have a rest. Li Yuanqing lit a cigar and leaned against the soft collapse beside the cabin, slowly falling into deep thought.

According to the situation at this time, although half of the fleet's cargo has not yet been "cleared", but with the "extra" income from green leaf island and dumbbell island at this time, Li Yuanqing has made a steady profit this time.

Although it did not achieve his expected "ten fold" profit, but the increase of two or three times, there is no problem.

The most important thing is that this time he went to sea in person, so that Li Yuanqing had a clearer understanding of the situation of the world at this time, instead of relying on his historical experience to speculate subjectively.

As the saying goes, "if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be invincible in a hundred battles!"

For nearly 200 years, the official navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty has already lagged behind the rest of the world.

The system problems of the imperial court include a lot of complicated and insidious things that can only be understood but not expressed. The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, including the official Ordnance Department of the court, have long been separated from each other in manufacturing weapons, especially firearms.

Although there are "strange people" like the Zheng family, they are doomed to be unable to become the mainstream due to the limitations of the pattern and the times.

Even Li Yuanqing, who hung the official "sheep's head" of the imperial court, actually sold his "dog meat" from southern Liaoning.

In this way, it is almost impossible to change the situation and even the pattern of the South Ocean at this time.

However, with 5000 years of Chinese history, there have been a large number of talented people, just as the saying goes: "as long as there is a place where the sun rises, there will be Chinese people."

The Chinese in Nanyang are basically the largest immigrant group besides the local aborigines.

Although they are not the mainstream society, this has provided the greatest help for Li Yuanqing and his officers and men to take root in Nanyang.

However, after all, Li Yuanqing and the Chinese people are half behind in this kind of thing. If they occupy Brunei openly, even if the Sultan of Brunei can agree, I'm afraid that the Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch powers will never agree.

But this does not prevent Li Yuanqing from infiltrating his influence into the depth of the land in another way

Thinking, Li Yuanqing deeply smoked a cigar, the mood can not help but clear up.

………

All the time, things on dumbbell Island were basically finished in the evening. All the property was loaded and the people on the island were cleaned up.

Especially in the northern part of dumbbell Island, more and more sharks gather here. Even though it has been more than two hours and no more "food" is thrown to them in the sea, they still hover and swim around, and are reluctant to leave for a long time.

Fortunately, the export is in the southern part of the island, so Li Yuanqing doesn't have to worry. These "cute" sharks come to him for trouble.

After finishing everything here, Li Yuanqing waved his hand, and the fleet started to return smoothly along the old road.

Three days later, the time has come to the sixth year of Tianqi. At the end of July, Li Yuanqing and his fleet arrived at Brunei port successfully.

At noon, Li Yuanqing paid a visit to the prince of Brunei and the Sultan of Brunei in spite of the fatigue of his journey.

The Sultan of Brunei highly praised Li Yuanqing for his ability to exterminate the evil pirates of the cannibal shark department, and prepared a sumptuous lunch for Li Yuanqing.

The lunch was perfect. In order to show his respect for the Sultan of Brunei, Li Yuanqing specially presented him with a gift carefully prepared by him. It was ten big pearls captured from the cannibal shark tribe.

The Sultan of Brunei highly appreciated Li Yuanqing's sincerity and presented him with a pair of landscape paintings he had painted.

Li Yuanqing also highly appreciated the achievements of the Sultan of Brunei in painting and calligraphy, and highly praised him. For a while, the guests and guests enjoyed themselves.

But at the end of the banquet, Li Yuanqing also put forward a personal "small request" to the Sultan of Brunei. He asked his Excellency the Sultan of Brunei, Li Yuanqing, Changsheng island in the southern part of Liaoning Province. He hoped that he could rent a piece of land in Brunei and set up a trading company under the Daming government. As for the rent, everything is easy to discuss.Although the Sultan of Brunei is young and only in his early 30s, he has lived in this situation for decades. How can he not understand Li Yuanqing's meaning? Further inquiries were immediately made.

Li Yuanqing also did not conceal, directly put forward his request.

He hopes to obtain an independent bay with more than 50 mu of land. For this purpose, he will pay 10000 liang of tattooed silver to the prince of Brunei every year.

The Sultan of Brunei is not happy!

at this time, although these Western powers have rented land in Brunei, in fact, they are just "meaning". Who will give these woodlouse real gold and silver?

Even, Spain's "office" in Brunei covers an area of 50-60 mu, and the annual rent is only 100 Spanish silver dollars

The two sides soon reached a compromise.

The Sultan of Brunei highly praised Li Yuanqing's foresight and said that Brunei will be an open, free and unrestricted trade port. Li Yuanqing and his fleet will not regret it in the future. This will be a very correct choice.

………

After leaving Brunei palace, it was evening. Li Yuanqing was energetic and full of fighting spirit.

At this time, although Brunei did not determine the location of the Bay, Li Yuanqing had a plan.

It is the small bay where Li Sansheng and his colleagues have been berthing. It is only a dozen miles away from the urban area of Brunei. However, it is totally inconspicuous due to the barrier of tropical rain forest. As long as the road problem is solved, it will be an excellent trade wharf that can be used for military and civilian purposes.

In the evening, after a simple dinner, Li Yuanqing summoned the officers to hold a military meeting again.

At the meeting, Li Yuanqing nominated Guan Canghai as the highest military and civil officer of southern Liaoning Province stationed in Nanyang, and fixed down the name of the new trading company. The full names were Daming Empire, Changsheng island in southern Liaoning, and Pan Pacific Trading Company.

The Pan Pacific Trading Company will manage, trade and structure the route from southern Liaoning to Nanyang with 3000 main soldiers and 300 warships of various types. Its headquarters will be set up in Brunei. It will take Brunei as the center, radiate around and actively establish various strongholds.

Guan Canghai said that he would resolutely implement Li Yuanqing's instructions and build the Pan Pacific Trading Company into a first-class trading company in Nanyang and even in the world in the next five to ten years.

It's late at night to finish everything.

The officers all went back to have a rest, but Guan Canghai and Li Yuanqing sat in the conference room and continued to have in-depth exchanges.

Li Yuanqing handed Guan Canghai a cigar with a smile and lit one himself. He said with a smile, "Canghai, put you in Nanyang, don't you blame me?"

Guan Canghai laughed: "general, how can I blame you for your humble duty? Nanyang is really a treasure land! How much money can we earn if we sell so many treasures in Liao Dynasty to the Inner Mongolia pass? If it can be sold to Nanyang, the profit will be increased by at least five times! "

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile: "the sea, the future, will be the era of the ocean! Who has mastered the ocean, who has mastered the routes and commercial routes, will be able to stand in an invincible position in the future world and take an excellent opportunity! In this respect, we can only be ruthless! "

Guan Canghai has been in contact with Li Yuanqing for many years. He is mature and steady, and his vision is higher than most people. How can he not understand Li Yuanqing's meaning?

He took a deep breath from his cigar and said, "general, I don't have many problems with Nanyang. We should have a good foothold in Nanyang. It's just, I'm worried, we're in Liaoning Province... "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Canghai, to be honest, I have been worried about this matter recently. Now, this time, we rush to Nanyang, I'm still too anxious! If something happens to the old slaves, the dogs and Tartars in the later Jin Dynasty will face a change of power. This will be a good opportunity for us

Guan Canghai nodded, "general, it's Liaoxi and the imperial court Oh! These dog pees! They've made a mess of it. In the end, they don't want our camp to wipe their ass! "

Li Yuanqing suddenly laughed: "Canghai, words actually can't say so! In terms of the court, there are considerations from the court. In the west of Liaoning Province, there are also considerations from the west of Liaoning Province. Since we can't change the overall situation, we can only change ourselves first! It's almost August now. I don't know if the chair under the old high butt is still stable? "

Guan Canghai couldn't help but smile: "general, sometimes, my humble position has been thinking, when will you be the governor of Liao and Ji Liao, the world will be peaceful!"

When they met, they both laughed.

………

In the next ten days, Li Yuanqing and his generals devoted all their energy to the operation of the Pan Pacific Trading Company.

In later generations, many people registered companies, but only Leather Companies and empty shells. At this time, although Li Yuanqing's Pan Pacific Trading Company was also a leather bag company, he wanted money, money, people and ships. The key was that half of the official cargo was not sold.In this way, the actual operation, although a little more complex, but almost not too much difficulty.

Naturally, the Sultan of Brunei would not have to deal with Li Yuanqing, a real powerful man of the Ming Dynasty, and soon approved the land.

But he not only gave Li Yuanqing the small harbor he liked and the 50 mu land near the harbor, but also allocated nearly 100 mu of land to Li Yuanqing.

The two sides also invited representatives of Western powers to witness the signing of the lease treaty.

Li Yuanqing obtained the right to use the land, including the surrounding areas, for 50 years at the price of 200000 taels of advance silver.