Three hundred and seven festivals to invigorate circulation
Liu Deshan immediately bought hundreds of stones of Fujian sugar goods, and the money and goods were clearly settled. The Zheng family sent a few more people on board to ask Liu Deshan and Chen Huamin about their experiences with the Australians. Liu Deshan followed the instructions of the Australians, except that he was inspected.
Apart from mentioning other things, he talked a lot. He deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Australians and could not help but add jealousy to it, which made the faces of several members of the Zheng family become more solemn.
The stewards of the Zheng family asked about the origin of the Dongshanju again. They heard that it was bought from a shipyard in Hong Kong, and they all became more and more discouraged. Although the Dongshanju did not have artillery equipment, its tonnage and wide double-decker
The deck shows that this ship has great combat potential. Zheng Zhifeng is also a first-class main battleship - several European-style large ships are being imitated on Kinmen Island, although the size and tonnage are much larger than the Dongshanju.
, but even a layman can see that the Dongshanju has a smooth shape and moves quickly.
The fact that the Australians can actually export such a large ship as a merchant ship shows how much their fleet has expanded! Thinking of this, several people couldn't help but feel discouraged.
After loading the sugar cargo, the Dongshanju weighed anchor and set sail - Weitou Bay is now a place of disputes, so it would be better to stay as little as possible. The Dongshanju headed west to Da Yuanhang.
As a trade port between the Dutch East India Company and Lingao, Damang immediately got rid of the half-dead state of the past after signing the trade contract between the two parties. Compared with the Zheng Zhilong Group, which changes orders day by day and constantly raises conditions, the Australians' "
"The spirit of the contract" is in place and there is no difference in the execution of the contract - of course, they have always been strict with others in the execution of contracts. Hans Putmans originally lacked confidence in opening up the situation of senior officials: in his opinion, China
Merchants are too cunning and always treacherous, so it is difficult to achieve major breakthroughs without using force to protect trade. Unfortunately, the situation along China's coast is so chaotic, and the company's available force in East Asia is too weak.
After the trade agreement was signed with the Australians, the situation in Daguang immediately changed. Australian ships continued to enter Daguang Port, carrying Chinese goods that countless companies had dreamed of - a large number of which were becoming more and more popular.
For Australian goods, Hans Putmans's performance is booming, and the company has praised him highly. Naturally, his personal benefits are also rolling in. In particular, Australians are not as obsessed with silver as Chinese businessmen, and are interested in all kinds of goods.
The excellent appetite greatly alleviated the "silver shortage" situation in the Dutch East India Company's trade with China. In less than half a year after the signing of the agreement, the generals jumped from an almost abandoned trading stronghold to the Dutch East India Company.
A "jewel" of Indian companies.
Since the opening of Kaohsiung, the supply cycle of the Australians has been shrinking - Hans Putmans soon discovered that the Australians had established a transit warehouse in Kaohsiung, accumulating a large amount of goods. He once thought that if he could
If you seize Kaohsiung through a surprise attack, you can not only get rich loot, but also add a bright pearl to the company: Compared with the big guys who only have one castle and a few forts, Kaohsiung will look more and more like a real city.
When he witnessed Lingao's fleet stationed in Kaohsiung, this arrogant idea immediately disappeared. When the news of Zheng Zhilong's demise was brought back to the senior officials by Trodnius, a businessman stationed in Zhangzhou Bay, he immediately
I began to think about how to keep senior employees in the company--of course not through force.
Although the castle of Geranze is still under construction - after all, the company has invested a large amount of money in the castle and cannot give up halfway, and presiding over the construction project is always a risky thing - His Excellency the Governor is very concerned about strengthening the defense of the generals.
He was no longer interested at all. He probably did whatever the company instructed him to do. However, after the natives, who were a great threat to the senior officials and often went out to "head hunt" outside the city, experienced several conflicts with the Australians,
Now it is rarely seen near Dayuan. As a result, the land route from Dayuan to Kaohsiung has become safer, and the Australians even started to build a road between the two places without any care.
At a drinking party where he drank too much Australian rum, he shouted to Captain Heinrich Weidenfeller, the garrison commander of the commander: "You think the commander is still in the company's hands because of your subordinates?"
Those four hundred sick guys with matchlocks? No. We can still be here purely because of the kindness of the Australians!"
Indeed, judging from the exchanges between the two sides, the Australians have no ill intentions towards the wealthy Dutch. They are also full of goodwill: the Dutch can not only go to Kaohsiung to purchase a variety of fresh food to supplement their scarce supplies - they can also buy
All kinds of pastimes: cigars, alcohol and drinks. If you are willing to pay a lot of money, you can also buy ice cubes to cool off the heat. So much so that Batavia believes that there is no need to transport supplies to the generals, except for gunpowder and guns.
In addition, "everything can be bought" in Kaohsiung. The freed space can transport more trade goods for trading.
As a result, the Dutch became more and more dependent on Kaohsiung's material supplies. Gradually, the wealthy Dutch wore T-shirts, shirts and trousers sewn with imported Dutch linen made by the Kaohsiung Quilt Factory, and wore rattan made in Lingao.
Wearing sandals and cane helmets, these are more suitable for the climate of Formosa than the cumbersome and stuffy clothes of the Dutch. The Dutch also drink a lot of high-quality rum, salt soda and kvass.
Not only are most of the supplies purchased from Kaohsiung, but also ship repairs are done at the ship repair yard in Kaohsiung - there are large dry docks and heavy-duty cranes. It is easy to repair and maintain several Dutch round ships.
As for the high-ranking sailors and soldiers, as long as they abide by the rules, they can enter and exit Kaohsiung's business district for entertainment and entertainment at will. Compared with the simple business district under the Castle of Relanja, there is no doubt that Kaohsiung's business district has more choices.
If they get sick, if they want, they can receive treatment from local Chinese doctors. Compared with the smelly German doctors, the medicine and acupuncture treatment given by the Chinese doctors in Kaohsiung are more effective.
Even among the workers who were building the castle and fort in Geranje, many were Australian slaves - Hans Putmans could not describe those who were shipped by ship and placed in the huge bamboo shed camp except for using this word.
When the Dutch suffered from too few workers and slow progress, the Australians immediately offered to provide labor for subcontracting projects.
Putmans had no choice. It turned out that the Chinese slave workers under the management of these Australians worked hard and were very efficient. With their participation in the construction of the castle, it was said to be improving with each passing day.
Hans Putmans is a shrewd and capable businessman. In this great situation of the "Australian-Dutch Concord", he does not believe that the Australians are "peace-loving". What they did in Weitou Bay fully illustrates their actions in Weitou Bay.
When it comes to taking action, he will be merciless, even cruel.
Obviously, the Australians do not touch the chief officials because they still need to trade with the company. If one day this trade becomes insignificant to them, they will capture the chief officials and then occupy the entire Formosa Island.
How can we ensure the company's continued existence in Formosa? Governor Hans Putmans has been considering this issue recently. For this reason, he specially sent a group of spies to Kaohsiung to inquire about the situation of the Australians, especially the entry and exit of ships.
Types and quantities of ports and trade goods.
It was in this atmosphere that the Dongshanju sailed into Taijiang.
This was not the first time that Chen Huamin and Liu Deshan came to DaYuan, but this time they were slightly surprised: DaYuan was much more prosperous than in the past. The Dutch East India Company's trade volume with the Australians had increased significantly.
The number of ships sent here is several times more than in the past. The market for bringing big officials has also prospered, and facilities have also been added.
The Castle of Geranze, which had been at a standstill and had never completed the first floor, has risen from the ground. The brick and stone walls are covered with scaffolding, and a tower has already been erected. Several others are also half-completed. Look.
It can be concluded that it will not take long to complete. On the other side of the harbor, to the east of the Taijiang River, the originally small and crude walled city has now become a small but very strong fortress. The fortress in the harbor
A new fortress is also being built on the last island of the Northern Line. Ships transporting construction materials and workers are constantly flowing in the harbor.
In addition to the Australian trading ships, after the fall of Zheng Zhilong, the trade monopoly from Fujian to Taiwan was completely broken, and many more Ming merchants came to Dayuan to trade. There were many ships of different sizes parked around the pier, except for a few Dutch
In addition to the ships, most of them were Chinese ships such as Guangzhou Ship and Fu Ship. Therefore, many new buildings were built on the pier in front of the Castle of Relanja, and rows of new warehouses and yards were built, waiting for shipment.
The goods piled up like mountains.
"I didn't expect the business of senior officials to be so prosperous!" Liu Deshan nodded, "I thought it would be very depressed here."
"What did my cousin say? The business of the senior officials is monopolized by Zheng Zhilong. How can ordinary businessmen dare to trade here? Now that the Zheng family is in ruins, everyone is not a fool, so naturally they will come here to make a fortune."
Compared with the Zheng family's two thousand taels of silver per year in the past, the Class B license issued by the Australians for coastal trade only lasts for one hundred and two years. Many small and medium-sized businessmen who only travel along the coast can afford it and go to Taiwan.
There are also more merchant ships, and the goods traded are no longer limited to porcelain, silk products, sugar and other foreign goods. The activity of trade has increased significantly.
The purge of coastal sea owners is not just for the purpose of monopolizing trade - as the Senate, only by promoting commercial circulation can we provide a better foundation for the next step of social reform. Although the Senate can monopolize Taiwan and the Netherlands,