At noon that day, Gu Lihuan was the host and booked a few banquets at the "Tai Pak House" restaurant in Chinatown to entertain He Xiwen and a group of his subordinates. There was no "Bak Kut Teh" in Penang delicacies in these days, only seafood fried rice noodles.
It is most commonly eaten by Chinese people.
After three rounds of drinking, He Xiwen saw that the time was up, so he revealed the truth and told his true identity. Gu Lihuan couldn't help being shocked after hearing this. You must know that what Beihai Town has done in Annan and Bacheng in the past two years has already spread throughout the world.
Traveling to Southeast Asia has greatly boosted the ambitions of the Chinese. Now the Westerners and the indigenous Sudanese no longer dare to regard the Chinese as lambs to be slaughtered at will, for fear of giving Beihai Town an excuse and ending up like the Dutch in Bacheng.
Although Gu Lihuan has been hanging out with the British in Georgetown these years, he can also hear some things about Keba City from the British people who pass here. By the way, some things produced in Beihai Town will occasionally appear in the store.
On the market in Penang... Gu Lihuan's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of something - cooling oil!
Starting almost three or four months ago, a kind of thing called "Serris Ointment" by Europeans began to appear in the shops in Bacheng. Both local settlers and passing sailors regarded it as a miracle medicine. Although this thing
The smell is pungent, but it can not only repel mosquitoes and relieve itching, but also can refresh the mind when applied on the temples. It is also very effective in clearing away heat and removing toxins. When he visited the head of Wright Village last month, he was lucky enough to see the real thing.
That's why I saw the words "cooling oil" written on the lid of the box. Even though it was only a small box as big as a thumb joint, the price was as high as half a thaler silver coin, and it was extremely difficult to buy, and it was often sold out.
If he could use He Xiwen's relationship to get the agency rights for this medicine from Bacheng, and with his relationships with several sultans around him, why worry about not being prosperous in the future? Moreover, he learned from He Xiwen that Beihai has become more popular in recent years.
The imperial court, which has been constantly attacked, has no power to fight back. In a few years, the country will change its owner!
After hearing He Xiwen's words, Gu Lihuan wanted to embrace the big tree in Beihai Town more and more. Knowing that he was a rebel from the Tiandihui Society, it would definitely be impossible to donate his official position under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, but if he were replaced by Han people, it would be impossible.
It's different. For businessmen like them wandering in Southeast Asia, just making money is not enough. If they can donate their official career, then their life will be perfect.
Thinking of this, he picked up the wine glass and said to He Xiwen: "Brother He, I don't dare to say anything else. The ground in Penang is still a bit thin. From now on, if the elder brother wants the younger brother to serve, there is no need to come in person and send someone."
Just send me a message, I will definitely handle it properly."
Seeing the other party's beautiful words, He Xiwen drank a glass of wine first, and then said: "To be honest, I came here just to ask for help from my virtuous brother."
"But I don't know what big brother is going to do?"
"I'm not here to do any shopping, but to buy land."
"Buy land?" Gu Lihuan was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, does Beihai Town also want to get involved in the spice business?
Huang Zhongtong on the side saw this and explained: "That's it. I heard that Brother Gu has an extraordinary relationship with the Sultan of Aceh. We want to buy a piece of land each in Sumatra Island and Johor in the south. It can be rented!"
"Oh!" When Gu Lihuan heard this, he suddenly realized that he had already made a calculation in his heart. "Two brothers, if you can trust me, I will handle this matter. I just don't know where the specific position is that Brother He is interested in? From now on. What to do for a living?"
He Xiwen pondered for a while and decided to tell the truth, so he asked Huang Zhongtong to take out a map of Java made by the Dutch, on which two areas had been circled with charcoal. Gu Lihuan looked at it and felt that the problem was not big, so he immediately Agreed.
Throughout the entire banquet, Gu Lihuan did not mention a word about cooling oil. In his opinion, what he wanted from Beihai Town was much more than two pieces of wasteland, so he planned to follow He Xiwen after the land purchase was completed. Go to Bacheng and pay a visit to the legendary Mr. Wang. Then you will have a meeting ceremony and the conversation will be easier.
The next morning, Gu Lihuan went to the city hall to ask for leave from Captain Wright. He confessed that someone from Bacheng had asked him to do something and he would go out to sea for a few days by boat. When Wright heard that it was Beihai Town who was looking for him, he couldn't help but feel wary and asked questions quickly. Details. He received a letter from the Governor of Madras a few days ago, ordering him to pay attention to Beihai Town's every move in the Java area, and to report any major situations immediately.
Although Beihai Town currently has a small territory in South Asia, it has a foot in everything, which makes the Europeans, especially the British and the Dutch, very nervous. In view of this, Captain Wright agreed to Gu Lihuan's request, but ordered other When you come back, you should report every detail of your trip to him verbatim.
On the other side, Beihai Town's fleet stayed at Bourbon Island for five days, sold three pirate ships at a very low price, completed fresh water and food supplies, and then continued to set off south. Seven days later, the fleet arrived The rough Cape of Good Hope.
At this time, the Cape of Good Hope was covered with dark clouds, the west wind was blowing hard, and the strong west wind jet set off a series of stormy waves. The roaring waves on the sea collided with the side of the ship from time to time, and the roars they made shocked everyone's soul.
Fortunately, July, when the storms are strongest, has passed. Otherwise, something would definitely happen if you encountered a "murderous wave" of twenty to thirty meters high. It would be useless if you were not afraid of death. Deng Fei made preparations before entering this sea area. All the machine guns and cannons on the Thor's deck were dismantled, and members of the ship were strictly prohibited from moving on the deck. As for Beihai No. 1 and No. 2, the artillery on all gun emplacements were reinforced with steel cables, and sailors had to tie safety ropes before they could leave. Cabin operation.
Although the sailors of the North Sea Navy have all seen the storms in the Tsushima Strait and the typhoons in the South China Sea, they are nothing compared to the sea conditions in front of them. Everyone on the three ships was vomiting. North Sea 2 Several sailors on board were knocked unconscious by a huge wave that washed up on the deck during the process of untying the mooring ropes. Although they were rescued with all their strength, two of them died from choking on the water.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The worst thing was the two hundred members of the special operations battalion on the Thor. These Saurons and Daur people lay on the portholes and saw the waves more than ten meters high on the ocean. At that time, all the tigers on the land looked pale. Although the tigers on land usually had stable legs, now they could not even stand firmly. They were kneeling in the bathroom of the cabin and holding the toilet while squirting wildly.
Zhao Xin was also tortured and took seasickness medicine to no avail. He did not want to stay in the cabin, so he held a plastic bucket and Deng Fei in the cockpit, staring at the radar above.
After the fleet spent almost a whole day and passed the Cape of Good Hope without any danger, most of the people felt as if they had a serious illness and didn't eat much for two days in a row.
After another eight days, Beihai Town's fleet finally arrived at the French stronghold in West Africa - Gorée Island in Senegal, causing a great sensation.
Zhao Xin couldn't help but sneer at the corners of his mouth as he looked at the sailboats coming in and out of the port, as well as the sailboats parked in the port loading and unloading "cargo".
He casually said to Deng Fei beside him: "See, this is the black triangle trade."
"Black triangle?" Deng Fei held a telescope and didn't react for a moment.
"Black people, the slave trade. The sailing ships that come here are all doing this."
"So many?!" Deng Fei was surprised and his mouth opened wide. At this time, he didn't know that as of 1790, France had 100 slave ships here, and up to 40,000 West African blacks were sold to the Americas every year.
Multiple people.
The core of the North Atlantic "Black Triangle Trade" that began in the 16th century is the slave trade and the plundering of gold, ivory and pepper from West Africa. The Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, Spanish and Americans are all one
No one is cleaner than anyone else in terms of virtue. They transported black people from Africa to the Americas, exchanged them for cotton, cane sugar, tobacco and minerals and shipped them to Europe, and then used processed light industrial products to continue to exchange black people from Africa, and so on.
Don't talk about the democracy and freedom of Westerners. European capitalism completed primitive accumulation through these. Although the British are now "noble and glamorous", they don't know that their ancestors made a fortune by relying on the slave trade with blood on their hands.
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You must know that Britain relied on the unprecedented slave trade and slavery system to develop its economy rapidly. Relying on the huge profits brought by the slave trade, it accumulated enough funds for the first industrial revolution.
Rich and cheap raw material origins, convenient transportation, and a vast commodity dumping market have changed the original social industrial structure.
When you have accumulated enough, why the hell are you going to put on a compassionate look and shout about "abolitionism"? Isn't the God of the 16th to 18th centuries the same as the God of the 19th century? Isn't the Bible the same?
The same book?!
Furthermore, is the abolition of slavery really a conscience discovery by the British? No! Plantations mainly in Central and North America have become raw material bases and commodity dumping points for the British, and there are still thousands of slaves there.
Still giving blood transfusions to British people!
This is just like later generations saying that China is a "sweatshop". They first transfer industries and lower the prices of basic products, and then they put on a condescending and pitiful face. If not for this, you will see if they are still talking about "democracy" to you.
"Freedom"?
Like other ports, because the water depth was not enough, the Thor could only park a mile away on the sea. Leaving the manpower on guard duty, Zhao Xin, Deng Fei and other accompanying personnel transferred to the Beihai No. 1.
It was led by a pilot boat dispatched by Gorée Island Customs to berth in the port.
As the ship got closer and closer to the dock on Gorée Island, the black people who were escorted aboard with whips and muskets became clearer in the field of telescope. Zhao Xin couldn't help but think at this moment, without him, without Beihai Town, Europe would be
After people sell out black people, they will start selling Chinese in the next century. Countless Chinese will become "piglets" and be sold either to Southeast Asia or the American continent. So he finally couldn't help but use a national curse.
Deng Fei on the side also sighed helplessly. Beihai Town had no control over Africa's affairs and had no energy to do so. He could only sympathize with them.