1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 165
Since the Crossing Group settled in Shengli Port, the Yazhou side has spread several times through different channels, hoping to bring the land here under the government's rule.The Yazhou side believes that the sign of this kind of rule should be the establishment of the inspection department's settlement and the establishment of the land deed.

The title deed is actually dispensable in the eyes of the Executive Committee, the land occupied by the Traveling Group cannot be taken away with a piece of paper.However, considering that the executive committee is currently getting along relatively well with Yazhou officials, there is still a lot to borrow from Yazhou in the introduction of population and raw materials, and there is no need to tear the face because of such a trivial matter.Among the people who came with the inspection department last time were small officials who checked and registered the land acres, and the executive committee took care of all the land deeds and land deeds.

Of course, the area stated on the government-registered land deed documents is more than ten times smaller than the actual development here. The land deed also specifically indicates that the 210 acres of land reclaimed by the Haihan people are all " "Go to the fields", so the grain tax that needs to be paid to the government was directly cut in half.

But even if the grain and tax were cut and chopped, the Executive Committee did not intend to hand it over to the government of Yazhou.Anyway, the petty official who collects and manages taxes is holding it in his hand, and when the time comes, just ask him to make up any excuse to get over it.

As for whether someone would come out to criticize this, the executive committee was not very worried.He Xi's work in Yazhou is very solid. Every temple burns incense on time. If there is any trouble, his news may even be faster and more accurate than Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi - after all, those two secret service agencies But there is no such rich and powerful backing from the Executive Committee. One side is using the disaster of prison to make people avoid it, and the other side is using the method of bundling interests to attract cooperation. It is easy to see which is better.The measure of using money to open the way is obviously very effective. For example, after the various real estate documents from Shengli Port were sent back to Yazhou, they had already been stamped and approved without even the master Zhizhou's case.

The Executive Committee has issued instructions to the Cliff Office. If there are still people who want to make trouble at this stage, even if they are sent to Shengli Port, they have already picked up a group of people from the Inspection Department anyway, and they will not mind picking up more people. up.

As for foreign guests like Li Nai, Tao Donglai is not afraid to expose a little more strength to him. After all, the cooperation between the two parties is gradually deepening. If this kind of cooperative relationship is to be stabilized, it must be based on trust in each other's strength above.The executive committee is very clear that merchants like "Furuifeng" who can open chain stores across several provinces must have extraordinary strength, but "Furuifeng" may not have realized the local importance of the "Haihan Executive Committee" before. control.

Sure enough, after listening to Tao Donglai's words, Li Nai showed a meaningful expression on his face.Li Nai is not a person who has seen the world. A considerable number of his gentry friends in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are big landlords, and there are many people with thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of land at home, but he has never seen a portrait of anyone. Tao Dong said it so confidently and without any scruples.The most important thing is that Tao Donglai is not referring to himself as the landlord, but the "Haihan Executive Committee". Relating to Tao Donglai's earlier statement that "there are no landlords here", Li Nai seems to have understood something .

In the society of Ming Dynasty, no matter the ordinary people or the royal relatives, all of them took the land as the foundation of their lives.Although Li Nai didn't understand why these Haihan people wanted to publicize such a precious asset as land, it was obvious that this approach was incompatible with the Ming system.Without landlords, there would be no gentry class, and without the gentry class, there would be no one to lead the people at the grassroots level. Wouldn't this society be in chaos?

However, the order of the Haihan people's business site is very good. It can be said that it is better than any place Li Nai has been to. Everything here is running precisely and rigidly according to the rules specified by the Haihan people. There are special regulations on whether it should be left or right.The role of Ming gentry seems to be replaced by various rules that cannot be seen or touched.

As for the Haihan people, Li Nai doesn't think they are gentry. If we really want to make an analogy, they are more like the government here - building docks and villages, transporting immigrants to move in, organizing land reclamation and farming, and building guns and cannons to form militias. , Aren't these things exactly what the government should do?
Of course, Li Nai did not think that the Haihan people had any intention of mobilizing a crowd to rebel or even rebel—how could a person with this kind of thinking sell the fast guns and cannons they made to the businessmen of their rivals?This is like the fact that the imperial court would not sell pig iron and grain to the Tartars in the north.

Li Nai did not agree with some of the Haihan people's handling of local affairs, but he also admitted that the Haihan people are indeed trustworthy partners. These people not only have strong armed forces, but more importantly, they are very disciplined. Stubborn preferences have even permeated all aspects of the local area.And a disciplined partner is even more important than the high profits each transaction can bring.

Seeing that the sky had begun to darken, Tao Donglai and his party hurriedly ended their inspection visit to the farm commune and returned to Base No. [-].In fact, the place they were looking at was only the result of the first phase of development by the Ministry of Agriculture, and then a thousand acres of land was reclaimed along the upper reaches of the Tiandu River. In addition to planting rice and cash crops, a small pasture was even established. , to carry out a variety of poultry and livestock breeding.

Li Nai and his party can be said to be the most important people among the visitors since the opening of Victory Port, so the dinner they received was also the most grand.In addition to Tao Donglai and Schneider, Yan Chujie and Ning Qi also attended and accompanied them, with unprecedented standards.Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that a trade order of more than 1 taels of silver was reached on the first day of trade negotiations. A big local tyrant like "Fu Ruifeng" has economic strength and sales network that are now traveling across The object that the group must rely on.

These big talkers gathered together, they must try to get more information out of Li Nai's mouth. For this reason, Tao Donglai used his private reserves and took out two bottles of Wuliangye.He Qiang originally wanted to help his young master's family resist, but the guys had a tacit understanding. They first poured out He Qiang who was in the way, and then slowly started talking to Li Nai.

Although Li Nai is also a figure who has traveled far and wide in society, compared to these guys who have been trained in the complex environment of later generations, he still looks a little tender. After a few glasses of wine, what should be said or not should be said slowly. They set out.When the second bottle of wine bottomed out, Li Nai had already started to speak incoherently, so Tao Donglai sent them to the prepared barracks to rest.

As for these veterans, they didn't drink much alcohol from the beginning to the end.In Yan Chujie's words, "the battle is over before we even get wet."But now they have no intention of continuing to drink any more. Some information needs to be sorted out quickly before they are forgotten, and then discuss how to proceed with the subsequent trade negotiations.

From what Li Nai said after drinking just now, they have gained a lot, and one of the most important ones is "Fu Ruifeng"'s plan after purchasing these arms.

Tao Donglai said: "I originally thought that they bought these arms to sell to the Ming army through some channels, but I didn't expect that they planned to resell them directly to Fujian."

"According to the time, this year should be the time when Shibazhi is playing lively with Yu Zigao, the deputy general of Fujian, and Xu Xinsu, a sea merchant. The demand for arms and weapons should be very large. And according to the trajectory of historical development, next year Zheng Zhilong will They will accept the Ming Dynasty's offer of security, and then Shibazhi will soon have internal strife, and the chaos along the southeast coast will last until 1635." Ning Qi also kept his mind clear, and immediately added the historical background.

"However, since we have already come, we may not fight for such a long time." Yan Chujie revealed a smirk and said, "Our appearance should greatly improve the combat efficiency of this era. A naval battle that will take days may be over in a few hours."

"That's right, but we still have to pay attention to strategy." Ning Qi didn't quite agree with Yan Chujie's optimism: "If Zheng Zhilong's family dominates, it won't do us much good. Historically, until 1633 , Zheng Zhilong's maritime military force has become the number one in the Far East, even the Dutch can't beat him, and all merchant ships operating in the southeast coast have to pay protection fees to Zheng Zhilong, which has strengthened his strength in disguise."

"Then is there any record of Zheng Zhilong's military strength?" Yan Chujie asked with great interest.Since he has the golden finger of knowing the historical development trend, Yan Chujie is also very interested in learning about the strength of his potential opponents in the future.

"At this stage, the Eighteen Zhi pirate gang led by Zheng Zhilong has at least 3 people, and there must be five or six hundred ships. After he defeated Yu Zigao and Xu Xinsu, his strength expanded even faster. By 1635 he When Liu Xiang was wiped out, there were about 20 troops and a fleet of [-] ships, which is a very powerful maritime armed force even in the world." Ning Qi said with a sigh.

Yan Chujie also took a deep breath when he heard it. Although it can be expected that the time-traveling group will be much stronger than it is now in eight years, it may not be able to have a military force of about 20 and a fleet of [-] ships. This number is really scary. .

"It is impossible for a hero who started from the sea to sit back and watch a force like us rise in the South China Sea, just like we will not sit back and watch him grow up in Fujian." Tao Donglai said in a deep voice: "We have to find a way to drag him speed of development."

(End of this chapter)