Taira Akiumori didn't stop and decided to go to Hirado and Nagasaki immediately. First, he wanted to touch the bottom of the bamboo house, and second, he wanted to look for Japanese export goods as soon as possible. If possible, he would also go to Okayama to implement the urgently needed copper in Lingao.
Channels - Japan's copper-producing areas are mainly concentrated in this area. Otherwise, Lingao's bulk goods would be in trouble as soon as they could no longer be traded. Zhao Yingong had already called back after receiving his telegram: Hangzhou Station was organizing large-scale supply of goods and ships.
, preparing to take advantage of the summer southeast monsoon to sail directly from Shanghai to Nagasaki.
There is Qiao Tianzhi Cuisine here in Fujiang - although Mr. Qiao's skill points are a bit short, at least Mr. Zhou is here to take care of it, so it is expected that there will be no big deal. The task given to him by Ping Qiusheng is to lead the naturalized cadres and local people
The recruited minzhuang continued to repair the merchant houses and ports, and at the same time, in the name of representatives, he contacted Zhou Xingru with local lower-level officials and figures in the vassal, and socialized and negotiated.
Ping Qiu Sheng also specially told Qiao Tiansheng that he can ask Mr. Zhou to help purchase ton oil in Wu Dao. The so-called ton oil is camellia oil. It is a very common oil crop here in Wu Dao and the yield is quite abundant. This kind of thing is in China
Yes, but at least it is an oil that can be exported - Lingao's demand for oil is very strong, especially in industry.
"One more thing, you walk around the Goto Islands and ask about whaling." Taira Akiumori said, "The Goto Islands were an important whaling fishing port during the Edo period. You have to investigate every year
Approximately how many whales can be caught, and the fishermen’s whaling methods and processing techniques.”
The whaling industry in the Goto Islands was once prosperous, and the Fukue Domain prospered economically for hundreds of years due to this industry.
Whales are marine mammals that do not taste good. They played an extremely important role in the early days of industrialization. Their oils are raw materials for the chemical industry, lubricants for the machinery industry, and their bone fragments are natural elastic materials. There have been veterans for a long time.
They are eyeing whales. However, China’s coast is not a place where whales roam, and there are no conditions for large-scale industrial whaling.
"The whale meat tastes terrible when cooked." Qiao Tianzhi licked his lips, "The whale meat is too greasy..."
"Who let you eat it? This is the work of the Work Energy Commission!" Ping Qiu Sheng said helplessly, "Same for camellia oil, and so for whales! Do a good research and investigation. By the way, the fishery investigation must be as comprehensive as possible. Here
The seafood is also abundant. In the future, we may consider setting up a seafood processing factory.”
Lingao certainly has no shortage of seafood, but it is a better than nothing supplement to Japan's pitiful output - at least it can be supplied nearby for future Senate operations on the mainland, and the processed dry goods can be exported to the Ming Dynasty.
A total of five people went to Hirado. Ping Qiusheng, his life secretary Ping Lingzi, two full-time security personnel of the newly established veteran guard unit of the special investigation team: Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun, plus a general officer.
Both of them came from Zhou Shizhai, the bodyguard of Qiwei Bodyguard Bureau. One was an apprentice and the other was a clan brother. Zhou Shizhai had provided personal protection for the elders very early on, although he had never been officially "naturalized".
But his reliability is very high. He has a very stubborn temper. Although he is not averse to naturalization, he is very resistant to the fact that naturalized people have to have their heads shaved. Therefore, he still has the status of "external guest".
However, he did not have such high requirements for his apprentices and cousins. Although the bodyguard was very persistent in traditional morality, he was not an old stubborn who did not understand current affairs. When the chiefs proposed to recruit some personnel to do security work, he immediately
I recommended these two young people to go to the security training class.
With the expansion of the ruling area, more and more elders are sent abroad and on business trips. The personal protection of the elders is also put on the agenda. In the past, the elders who were active in Lingao and Hainan counties were based on the regulations in Lingao.
The elders are in charge of the police headquarters, and the elders outside are composed of capable personnel drawn from the local regular army. They are relatively scattered and unsystematic.
Moreover, veterans like Zhao Yingong who operate in the yellow and red zones have to rely on covert personal protection. In the past, they generally relied on the guards hired by the Qiwei Escort Agency. Although the professional ethics of such people is not a problem, there is no problem with their professional ethics.
After enough testing, they are still external personnel and lack sufficient training and political education in the modern security system. There are great limitations in their use.
Therefore, under the auspices of Ran Yao, a veteran guard unit was added to the Special Investigation Team Headquarters to train the guards in accordance with the requirements for protecting dignitaries. The specific training work was handled by professionals from the Special Investigation Team and the Police Headquarters. Also
Senior escorts from the Qiwei Escort Bureau have been recruited to serve as teachers - traditional nursing home escorts have rich social experience and coping skills, and they play a great role in the safety of veterans dispatched to enemy-occupied areas.
Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun were both taciturn young men. Neither of them shaved their heads for work needs. The general was recruited from the Zhou family on Fujiang Island, and he was also of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent. He was fluent in writing and could speak Nanjing very well.
He spoke Mandarin and Japanese, and often accompanied the Ming Dynasty who came to Japan on the ship to Hirado, Nagasaki and other places. However, his life was very unsatisfactory. Ping Qiucheng changed his name to Ping Kefu.
Both Taira Akiumori and his bodyguards brought self-defense pistols and daggers. Chinese businessmen were relatively popular in Japan at that time. Under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the world was generally peaceful, and there would be no danger when walking along the road. For insurance
For the sake of safety, they still carry the authorization letter issued by Lingao. If there is any problem, they can still find a way to escape through the Dutch business office in Hirado, although they do not think the Dutch are very reliable, nor do they think
How dangerous this trip will be.
The group of people were riding a small boat, one of the many small boats that traveled between Kyushu and the outlying islands in this time and space. The displacement was only seventy or eighty tons when it was loaded with cargo. The boat was filled with goods for trade, and it also carried some
People heading to Kyushu. This is a trading ship that regularly travels between the Zhou family and Nagasaki. It carries a mix of passengers and cargo. According to the plan, after the ship arrives at the port, the group will move around freely. If everything goes well, they will return to the Goto Islands with the ship;
If you still want to go to Okayama, you will have to find a ship yourself or wait for other trading ships from Goto when you come back.
The group set off before five o'clock in the morning. Although the weather was good at this time, it would take half a day to reach Hirado by small boat depending on the wind.
The boat headed north along the west coast of Fukue Island. This was Ping Qiumori's intentional arrangement. He wanted to observe the situation on Nakatoshi Island along the way. Nakatoshi Island is located to the north of the Goto Islands and is the second largest island after Fukue.
It is a large island and is far away from the ruling center of the Fukue Domain. In the old time and space, Qingfang Port on Nakatoshi Island was the main port of the Five Islands. Taira Akiumori's real idea is that the current Nintendo is only serving as the commercial agent of the Time Travel Group here.
At this point, a truly stable transfer station is needed to provide guarantee for the transshipment of bulk goods. After all, the current transportation capacity is also very tight. It is obviously not a wise and appropriate solution to put a suitable cargo storage place under the nose of Fujiang Domain. What's more,
The important thing is the following Shimamoto Amakusa Rebellion. If you want to absorb refugees or station troops, it will not be easy to operate directly on Fukue Island.
Around noon, the boat entered a sea area surrounded by several small islands.
"That's Qingfang Port over there." Ping Qiusheng looked at the chart and pointed to the entrance of a trumpet-shaped strait about two miles away on the right side of the ship.
Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun are both members of the special reconnaissance team, and geography and topography courses are compulsory courses for them.
Zhou Shiqun said: "If the chief wants to set up a port here, the amount of work will be quite large."
"I don't think the problem is big. The natural conditions of this port are good, and the initial requirements are not high. The project can be completed in phases, and there is no need to dock too large ships in a short period of time." Li Biao said with confidence. He "from
"Dragon" was very early, and it was much more natural to get along with the elders than Zhou Shiqun.
"This name is quite good. Let's turn it into a logistics base in the future." Elder Ping thought the island's name was wonderful.
"There is also a fishing port on the inside of the peninsula in front. It is surrounded by good fishing grounds, but I don't know how it is developed now." Ping Kefu didn't know what was "good" about Zhongtong Island, but he had roughly known it in the past few days.
Australians are very interested in local products, so they introduced them enthusiastically, "Sir, would you like to stop by and have a look?"
"That's not necessary. The terrain won't be bad even now. We are in a hurry now. It will take too long to go around and we will have to turn around. Later, we will turn east and cross the strait and still have to walk for a while. We will try our best to reach the plain before evening.
household."
After the ship turned around and crossed the strait, its speed became much faster. Taira Akiumori knew that less than 30 nautical miles to the right of the bow of the ship was Nagasaki in the old time. Look at the watch, today is July 12th, August 1945.
An atomic bomb dropped there on the 9th. Now that he was so close to Nagasaki, he couldn't help but sigh. What he lamented was not only that Nagasaki was one of the only two cities in the world to be bombed by atomic bombs.
This title, as well as the technologies of the old time and space, if Lingao's technological power in this plane can still be understood by some people in this time and space, then many things in the old time and space in this plane are no longer just shocking.
That's right - it is estimated to be far beyond the understanding and understanding of people at that time.
The sunset is accompanied by the afterglow and seabirds flying low on the white waves, and we arrive in Hirado. Hirado is a large island among the Matsuura Islands, very close to Nagasaki. In the old time and space, it was part of Nagasaki City. But now
, it is an East Asian international port under the control of a daimyo, and its foreign trade is not inferior to Nagasaki.
There are many small bays on this island, and foreign ships carrying goods go to and from these bays. However, the island is rugged. Several small rivers separate the mountains. Paddy fields are grown along the rivers, and rice is grown, but the harvest is pitiful.
.The goods brought by the ships entering the port here make the merchants make a fortune and at the same time provide the islanders with food and clothing. (To be continued.)