1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 149 Trade and Industry ([-])
At noon on June 1636, 6, Cao Xiong's "Kai Kai" and Qi Dajiang's "Xing Han" sailed into the narrow wharf of Jianye City and docked steadily beside the wooden trestle.

Shouting, the coastal defense team of Fort No. 1 rushed over, and even some of the workers who were building the fort also ran over.On the hillside, on the high watchtower, the guard blew the trumpet excitedly, wanting to share the joy with the people of Jianye City.

It was so tormenting. I set off in January and returned in mid-June. It took nearly six months.Just when everyone was panicking, Cao Xiong returned to Hanzhou with two large western ships and nearly a thousand migrants.

Qi Tian received the news of Cao Xiong's return to Hanzhou in the afternoon.Beside the steelmaking blast furnace of Heishanbao, he was stunned for a while, then dropped the chart in his hand, and said to Qi Yuanshan, "Let's go back right away."He rode his horse and galloped towards Jianye City.

All the craftsmen in Heishanbao looked at it stupidly. Just now, the chief executive of Hanzhou Iron and Steel Industry was planning with everyone for the future. In a blink of an eye, he left them, left the workshop, got on his horse, and left.

"Uncle, second brother, third brother..." Qi Tian suddenly felt his nose ache, "You are finally back!"

"Hey, fourth brother, I haven't seen you for half a year, and I've grown in size!" Qi Dalu came over enthusiastically, putting his arms around Qi Tian's shoulders, "Well, he's almost as tall as your third brother."

"The fourth child in our family has turned sixteen, he is already a big guy!" Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian with a smile.With the regularization of life, coupled with sufficient meals, and constant fish and meat supplements, Qi Tian has grown into a seven-foot man.

"Xiaotian is more than just a big guy. He is the general manager of our Hanzhou who controls [-] people!" Yu Fukun joked with a smile.

Qi Dajiang also came over, and patted Qi Tian on the shoulder, "The fourth brother helped us guard this house, you have worked hard!"

"You...why have you been away for almost six months and only come back?" Qi Tian asked the question in his heart, "But something happened on the way?"

"It's nothing!" Cao Xiong smiled triumphantly; "It's just that we got some more people back. There are more than 5000 people!"

"More than 5000 people?" Qi Tian was shocked by this number.At present, the total population of Hanzhou is only a little over 400. If more than 5000 people come here, it will greatly exceed the number of old immigrants.Not to mention that the current infrastructure of Hanzhou cannot accommodate such a large population at once, and even the management personnel equipped are far from enough.

"Don't worry!" Cao Xiong saw Qi Tian's worry, "Most of them are still on the small island near Chenla, and we only brought back 1000 people. The rest are estimated to be within three months They will arrive in Batavia one after another. Hanzhou can transport people and make preparations at the same time."

Qi Tian nodded silently. Originally, Hanzhou had preliminarily prepared residential houses and various living facilities for more than 1000 people.

But what followed was that nearly 4000 people would come one after another.Then, in three to four months, it is necessary to urgently build more houses and prepare more living materials.It seems that the plan for New Huai'an can be bigger.

"There are too many people, and the food issue is a big issue related to the stability of Hanzhou. I asked Luo Rucheng to let them buy more food ballast and bring it back to Batavia for storage every time they transfer people from Chenla. Gou Ri Yes, the rice in Zhenla is really cheap! A stone of grain is only two or three renminbi, compared to the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, tsk tsk, it’s [-]% cheaper!"

"Even if it's so cheap and with such a high profit, no one is willing to sell grain to the north of Daming!" Qi Tian said shaking his head.

Although food is cheap, it will take up a lot of shipping space.A [-]-ton lucky boat, full of grain, would earn at most a few thousand taels of silver at ten times the profit, far less than bringing some high-value goods back to Daming for sale.

When it comes to grain trade, Cao Xiong couldn't help mentioning Hu Wenjin's statement of emphasizing trade and despising manufacturing.

Qi Tian sighed. It is indeed as Hu Wenjin said, in this era, trade is a high-yield industry, especially cross-sea trade. The profit ranges from three to five times to more than ten times.With the current close relationship with the Dutch, devoting himself to trade will surely make everyone in Hanzhou rich.As the ruling class, wealth can gather astronomical figures.Just like the Netherlands at this time.

"If they don't sell it to us, what should we do?"

Cao Xiong was stunned, I gave the money, why wouldn't you sell it to me?
Suddenly, he woke up suddenly. If he fell out with the Dutch in the future, they would definitely not sell goods to Hanzhou again, and they would also block the overseas trade channels of the entire Hanzhou.No matter how much silver you have, what is the use of it?

"Xiaotian, I firmly support you. All the workshops and workshops that can be built have been built. Not only should we be able to produce steel, artillery, and large ships, but we must also be able to manufacture what we eat, use, and wear every day..., all of them Everything!" Cao Xiong stood up and said loudly: "As long as other people have it, we must try our best to produce it ourselves, even if it costs more money and time, we must produce it ourselves!"

After hearing this, Qi Tian couldn't help feeling relieved.Originally, I wanted to say that there are some unnecessary things that I don’t need to produce by myself, but seeing Cao Xiong’s impassioned appearance, I shut my mouth knowingly.

Seeing the brothers of the Qi family walk out of the gate laughing, Cao Xiong felt an unprecedented satisfaction in his heart.Dahai is alive, and the four brothers of the Qi family are finally protected and survived by him in this troubled world, and they have also established the foundation of Hanzhou.The dead sister and brother-in-law can also rest in peace.

"Old Yu, how about having a drink with my brother?" Cao Xiong raised his hand when he saw Yu Fukun got up and was about to say goodbye.

Yu Fukun was stunned for a moment, knowing that Cao Xiong must have something to say to him, so he sat down opposite Cao Xiong.

"That red-haired ghost Ludwig gave it to me!" Cao Xiong pointed to a jar of wine on the table, and said with a smile: "The taste is far inferior to our Shandong shochu!"

"Do you want to drink something strong?" Yu Fukun took two bowls and poured a bowl of wine for Cao Xiong and himself, "Xiao Tian said that he was thinking of a way to make wine with sorghum, which can make high-grade liquor. Maybe, Someday you can drink it."

"Xiaotian, he is a smart boy!"

"Well, he is also a person who does great things!"

"I want to build a country here in Hanzhou."

"Old Cao, if you don't build a country, I will still make fun of you!"

"It is to build my old Cao's country!"

"I will assist you and even listen to you!"

"What about after I die?"

"...Listen to Da Jiang!"

"No, you all have to listen to Qi Tian!"

"He's... only 16 years old now."

"I will protect him from growing up!"

"Dajiang, the mainland, and the sea in Daming, they..."

"For more than a year, you have seen Qi Tian's methods, can you maintain a country?" Cao Xiong asked in a deep voice.

Yu Fukun understood that Cao Xiong wanted to be a pioneering king, and then Qi Tian would defend him.After two generations, the Cao and Qi families will definitely secure the foundation of a country.

"I understand!" Yu Fukun raised his head and raised his bowl, "Old Cao, I don't know how to flatter you. Now that the country has been established, I will help you with all my heart, and my children and grandchildren will also help Qi Tian just like me. If you violate this statement, you will die!" As he spoke, he drank the scarlet wine in the bowl in one gulp, and then threw the bowl on the ground.

Cao Xiong looked at Yu Fukun steadfastly, and nodded for a moment, "Old Yu, I have been friends with you for 20 years. I believe in you! ... If you follow me, you will surely protect your Yu family for hundreds of years Wealth!"

Yu Fukun walked out of the gate, took a few steps forward, stopped, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

"Old Cao, you are so bright, I can't be that villain!"

With a knife under his waist and a wooden stick in both hands, Tan Zhongfu patrolled back and forth on the side of the immigrant line queuing up to receive meals.As long as there are immigrants who do not obey the rules and rush forward to jump in the queue, they will be slapped with a stick, and then they will be ordered to go to the end of the queue.

Tan Zhongfu and the others were town soldiers who were urgently dispatched to maintain order because of the arrival of a large number of immigrants.Light gray military uniform, but without any decoration, only a wide belt tied around the waist, and a gray peaked military cap on his head.It looks a bit like the warlord armed personnel in Southeast Asia in later generations.

Tan Zhongfu looked at the immigrants with some emotion, and devoured the food distributed to them.Everyone looks the same skinny.Also, when they were in Daming, they were hungry people who had been hungry for a long time. When they arrived in Hanzhou, they had to go through more than 40 days of voyage, which was really not easy.

I think back then, I was not like them, living like a wild dog in Daming, praying for food everywhere.It was only when he arrived in Hanzhou that he lived like a human being.

Although, as a bachelor, he does not have his own house yet, and lives in a two-bedroom house with seven other people.But he believes that with the development of Hanzhou getting better and better, he will be able to marry a wife and get his own house.

Last time, the Dudu Mansion recruited marines and promised to give priority to assigning wives.Tan Zhongfu went to sign up, but was eliminated because he failed the test, which made him quite regretful.

Although, he knew that the purpose of recruiting marines was to go out and fight the natives.But he wasn't worried at all. No matter how powerful the natives were, how much better would they be than those short black natives in the interior?
As a village soldier, he fought an indigenous tribe with the Marine Corps once.At the beginning, he was still very scared.But when the Marine Corps soldiers rushed into the camp of the indigenous tribe, he didn't think about anything.Holding a spear, he stabbed a native trying to resist.Immediately afterwards, they waved their spears and drove the natives to kneel down one by one, allowing their companions to bind them.

The natives on the Nanyang islands are probably not strong enough.Wait until I have a good health, and when the Dudu Mansion recruits soldiers again next time, I will definitely be selected.Tan Zhongfu straightened his back and looked around the immigrants majestically.

(End of this chapter)