Zhu Zhanxiang's team stayed in Temasek for a full month before waiting for the Guangdong feudal lord's fleet to disembark.
The leader of the team was a commander named Wu Ying from the former Guangdong Domain Command and Envoy Department. A place like Temasek must have someone who can command troops.
"My subordinate, Wu Ying, has met His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County." Wu Ying is thirty-eight years old.
During this month and a half, pirates also came to Temasek Island, but Temasek under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is different from that under the previous jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Malacca. No one can come here to take advantage of us, and pirates are not allowed to land on the island.
After handing over the management of Temasek and replenishing ammunition, Zhu Zhanchen took the fleet and set off for Java.
Java is much larger than places like Malacca and Siam. It is located further south, and further down is Australia. Compared with Java, Zhu Zhanxiang is obviously more interested in Australia.
Java has two parts, one is bordering the Kingdom of Malacca, and the other is Java Island. There are two prosperous cities, Old Port and Jakarta.
Among them, the Old Port thrived on maritime trade and is now almost the core of maritime trade in the entire Southeast Asian countries, because Java is very convenient for ships coming to the Old Port.
However, as the Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban, the location of the old port was too far south, and the center of gravity of the entire maritime trade would definitely move to the north, towards the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Zhanzhen and others arrived at the old port, they were greeted not by the king of Java but by the king's younger brother, Andali, a man in his thirties.
Later, after some inquiring, I learned that the current king of Java is seriously ill and has no heirs. If nothing else, Andari will be the next king.
When I led a group to visit the Old Port, the merchants began to negotiate business with local firms one after another, and they were familiar with the roads. Why?
When smuggling was taking place, Old Port was the largest trading center, and many routes were found here. Now it is just a matter of putting these routes on the map. Zhu Zhanzhen turned a blind eye and relied on them to first introduce the maritime trade.
Increase the scale.
Zhu Zhanzhen started chatting with Andali: "Prince Andali, do you know anything about the continent in the south?"
"The continent in the south? Your Highness, are you talking about Jue Dao?"
"Yes, that's right there."
Prince Andari gave a brief introduction: "Your Highness, it is a desolate place, not suitable for survival. Although there are some residents, their customs are wild and simple. They do not weave or wear clothes, and they cover themselves with bird feathers. There is no fireworks for food, only feathers and blood for nests.
Just living in a cave."
Zhu Zhanzhen did not want people to live there, but to mine.
"Prince Andari, we call the island Australia Island. There were rumors that it is rich in minerals. I plan to jointly invest in the establishment of a mining company with the King of Malacca to focus on developing Australia's mining industry. Are you interested?"
Andari is now vying for the position of king. Although he has the most confidence now, there are not no other competitors. He briefly thought that if he could establish a relationship with the Ming Dynasty at this time, it would be beneficial to him without any harm.
Moreover, he had already heard about Zhu Zhanzhen's acquisition of Temasek, and the dozen or so Ming warships parked at the port were not fake. Mutual cooperation seemed to be the best option.
"Your Highness, I am naturally interested. What do you plan to do?"
"The old port is close to Australia. I hope to put the trading company in the old port. When I return to Daming, I will send some prospectors to Australia to explore the location of the minerals. After the exploration, we will mine. The mined minerals will be transported to Daming. How much is needed?
How many."
This is a business with a very fixed market. Daming can be the only buyer. Of course, if someone wants it at a high price, he can also sell a little.
"I will give ten percent to the Kingdom of Malacca. If Prince Andari is interested, he can give you twenty percent, and the remaining seventy percent will go to the Ming Dynasty. The headquarters of the trading company will be established in the old port, and it will be named
Southeast Asia Mining Group.”
"So what do we need to do?"
"Exploration and mining are all paid, of course." Zhu Zhanzhen then told Prince Andari about the details and conditions bit by bit, and Prince Andari was very interested.
Because they are close to Australia, although they don't know everything about them, they also know that the locations of the two iron mines are already being mined. Now they can use them to gain access to Ming Dynasty, and the sales are very large.
"Your Highness, I can provide personnel to go to Australia for exploration, but can this proportion be changed? We hope to account for 40%."
Zhu Zhanzhen shook his head: "Actually, this is not just the share ratio of this one business bank, but also the share ratio of the entire Australia."
Prince Andari was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Zhanzhen went on to say: "I have written about Australia Island in Wang Dayuan's "Daoyi Zhilue". His Majesty the Emperor ordered me to land on this trip and transfer it to the Ming Dynasty. However, I feel that Australia is close to Java and other countries, and the Ming Dynasty
It’s not unkind, I hope to develop it together with you, so I can only give you 20%, which also means that you can occupy 20% of this land in Australia.”
Prince Andari believed that the land in Australia was very barren and far inferior to the richness of Java, so people on the Java Island would not want to go to the Australian Island unless they could not survive.
But now Zhu Zhanzhen obviously wants to develop Australia Island on a large scale. Why did the people of the Ming Dynasty want to develop Australia Island on a large scale?
Prince Andari was smart and after thinking about it, he still wanted 40%. However, Zhu Zhanxi's attitude obviously changed, and Prince Andari also understood that Zhu Zhanxi was not asking for his opinion.
The other party can put aside their own actions. How can the Ming Dynasty still be afraid of their Java? If there is a quarrel and the Ming Dynasty warships are knocked down, he will not be able to be a king, not even a prince.
Finally, he smiled and agreed to Zhu Zhanzhen's suggestion.
Zhu Zhanyang thought about it for a long time in Temasek this time, and decided not to go to Australia this time. After all, he has not found out where the minerals are. He needs to send people to explore and then develop them. If he goes there now, he will probably go all the way in vain.
trip.
Old Port is busy with business, and Zhu Zhanzhen bought the most luxurious house in the busiest place. As the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Mining Group, this should be regarded as the first multinational enterprise.
Other merchants were also busy and negotiated a lot of trade orders. After returning this time, the number of ships coming and going in Xiangjiang Port would at least double or triple.
One night before leaving for the return trip, Cao Xinyue came to see Zhu Zhanchang.
Zhu Zhanzhen said in a semi-taunting manner: "Why do you come to me at night and think so?"
Now Cao Xinyue is basically immune to Zhu Zhanzhen's teasing, of course she still blushes.
"Your Highness, after returning to Daming this time, I want to return to Huzhou first."
"Ah? What's wrong? Is there something going on at home?"
Cao Xinyue shook her head: "I just want to go back to see my mother and grandma."
"Oh, then I'll just ask the warship to take you there."
"No need, Your Highness, I know the way back, I can go back by myself."
There was obviously something wrong with Cao Xinyue's tone and attitude. Zhu Zhanchen was stunned for a moment and said to her: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
Zhu Zhanzhen couldn't figure out what happened to Cao Xinyue all of a sudden. It wasn't until he thought about it much later that he realized that the little girl had lost her temper and was jealous.
I am jealous of Li Xiaozhu, I am jealous of Zara, I am jealous of Princess Ayi, I am jealous of all the girls around Zhu Zhanzhen.
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