While the Republic of China is celebrating the New Year, Zhu Yunwen and others far away in Nanzhou are living in dire straits. It has been more than half a year since they arrived in Nanzhou. Nearly half of them died due to unsuitable climate, cold, famine, disease, military disasters and other reasons.
Of the two thousand people, there are now only **000 left, living in a temporary walled city along the coast.
Since I had just arrived and was not familiar with the local climate and environment, I had no harvest at all from the food I planted. I had to rely on hunting to make a living. There were indigenous people in Nanzhou, and both sides relied on hunting for a living. Naturally, conflicts were inevitable. The indigenous people came many times.
After besieging the city, Zhu Yunwen led a counterattack and saved the city at the cost of nearly a thousand warriors.
The natives could not break through the walled city, so naturally they could not drive out all the outsiders, but they were not easy to mess with. They began to engage in guerrilla warfare, constantly harassing the outside of the walled city, and robbed and killed the hunting teams leaving the walled city.
This made Zhu Yunwen very angry, but he was helpless. He could only become a fisherman and go to the sea to find fish to eat.
Starting a business was difficult, and Zhu Yunwen finally understood how difficult it was to gain a foothold in this strange continent. He himself also thought about concentrating all his efforts on building a big ship to leave this ghost place, but the fleet sent out to explore the way first failed.
If he doesn't return, he is afraid of getting lost in the vast ocean.
Although life is difficult, the original caravan from the center comes almost every two months, transporting some political prisoners and some living supplies. Of course, these supplies are not given for free, but must be exchanged for local specialties, among which
Furs and gems were most popular among trading fleets.
On December 22nd, it was a hot summer day in Nanzhou. A fleet appeared regularly on the sea outside the walled city. There were fifteen large ships, all of which were parked far away on the sea.
There is no docking, and there are two large warships with black holes in their gun ports. You can tell at a glance that they are escorting warships.
The big ship did not dock, but dozens of small boats were put down to transport supplies and people ashore. Seeing merchant ships coming again in the walled city, everyone happily went to the shore, taking out their accumulated furs and rare treasures in exchange for various daily necessities
Of course, they would not dare to rob the merchants who came ashore, not to mention that there were still two warships threatening them on the sea. If they robbed them this time, the caravans might not come in the future, and their lives would be even worse.
Private trade was carried out on a beach, and official trade was also in progress. Although Zhu Yunwen did not like the Republic of China, he still needed various supplies, especially ordnance and medicinal materials, which were in urgent need, so he sent Fang Xiaoru to lead the team.
, go to the merchant ship for trade negotiations.
This kind of overseas trade has always been monopolized by Huayuan Company, and Huayuan Company was not too shady when it was trading with Nanzhou, and the price was fair. After all, President Wan Da had given instructions to support it as much as possible.
Let the Chinese in Nanzhou grow and expand so that they can occupy and develop the entire Nanzhou.
Of course, Wan Lei is not afraid that Zhu Yunwen has ambitions to counterattack the Central Plains, because he has too few people. It will take at least two or three generations to truly develop and grow. At that time, the grievances and grievances of the older generation will be revealed.
The grievances have long since faded away with the passage of time, and since everyone has the same ancestors, coupled with the deepening of trade relations, they are still brothers in the end and cannot fight a big war at all.
Furthermore, the development of Nanzhou is also a spur to the Republic of China, so that it does not dare to rest on its laurels. This is also the source of power to maintain the continuous progress of civilization. And with the rich heritage of the Republic of China, it overpowers the Nanzhou
It is not difficult for a small country.
On a large Xia-class cruise ship, there was a trade director who was responsible for trade matters in Nanzhou. His name was Li Bangshan. He was twenty-three or four years old, but he looked extremely capable. He was a new generation of the Republic of China and accepted
Having received a new-style university education and taking classes from President Wan Da, I can be considered half of the President’s disciples. This kind of talent is the most sought-after in all walks of life. He is in a prominent position at a young age and is not
It's quite strange.
When Fang Xiaoru saw that this junior director, who was several decades younger than him, was on an equal footing with himself, he couldn't help but secretly lament that current events were changing too fast, and he felt even more like being eliminated by the times.
"Mr. Fang, we have transported more than two thousand political prisoners this time, will you accept them?" Li Bangshan asked calmly. He was not afraid that the other party would not accept them. If the other party refused to accept them, he would just find another place to take them.
Let go and turn Nanzhou into a divided state with numerous "city-states".
"As long as they are political prisoners, we are willing to accept them. It's just that we are short of food in Fuxing City. I wonder if you can transport some food?" Fang Xiaoru asked with some worry. There are tens of thousands of people in the city now. With so many mouths to eat, he should be the one to take it.
It is also difficult for a housekeeper to make a meal without rice.
"There was only one shipment of food, but we brought some new species, such as sweet potatoes and corn. Sweet potatoes don't pick the ground. If you plant them now, you can dig them out and eat them in two months. Corn is drought-resistant.
You can harvest whatever you sow. In addition, we have also brought some sheep. You can find a way to enclose some land to raise sheep. We will harvest as much wool as we have."
"Raising sheep in an enclosure?" Fang Xiaoru rolled his eyes and said, "Now that we are facing foreign enemies, we don't even have enough to eat. I'm afraid we won't be able to raise sheep in an enclosure."
"The road has been shown to you. Whether you go or not is your own business." Li Bangshan rolled his eyes at Fang Xiaoru. Of course he knew that the old guy had concerns in his heart and was afraid of suffering from the caravan's price reduction, but he didn't know what the topic was.
He turned around and said: "We also brought a shipload of medicinal materials and two shiploads of weapons. Have you prepared the trade goods?"
"Get ready. We have prepared four thousand furs, five boxes of gems and one box of gold bars."
"Oh, we even have gold bars. It seems you have found a gold mine." Li Bangshan couldn't help but laugh.
"It's just a small gold mine. Due to the harassment by the local indigenous people, it has been unable to mine with peace of mind." Fang Xiaoru said hurriedly, and when he mentioned the harassment by the indigenous people, he used an accent, as if he was afraid of being discovered by the caravan, and then taking over it.
.
"Mr. Fang, please rest assured that since the President has treated Nanzhou as an exile island, we will not come here to grab things. You can develop with peace of mind. If there is enough gold, we can even sell the railway technology to you.
." Li Bangshan seduced the other party with a smile.
Of course, the shipbuilding technology will not be transferred. Huayuan Company has to rely on this to establish a monopoly on maritime trade. This monopoly will last for at least several decades. When the Republic of China completes the primitive accumulation of capital, the technology will be upgraded.
Only after the generation changes will technologies such as ships, trains, and steam engines be made public.
"How much gold does it cost to build a railway?" Not to mention, Fang Xiaoru was a little excited. He wanted to build a railway to the mining area to facilitate gold mining.
"The transfer of railway construction technology is not something we, Huayuan Company, can make the decision about. I can tell His Majesty the President and see what he says."
"Then let Mr. Li put in a good word. If this happens, Fang will be very grateful."
"Why don't you say thank you? You can get more good things in the future and use them in exchange for us. As the director of trade, I can expand the business. This is serious." Li Bangshan said with a smile.
"Definitely, definitely, next time Mr. Li comes again, we will definitely prepare more goods."
"That's good. Our people in the Republic of China are slowly getting rich, and the market demand is huge. Those of us who engage in overseas trade can only make money if we have goods."