The ships at Leizhou Station are not only small in tonnage, mixed in ship type, and in poor condition, but the quality of the personnel is also mixed: among them there are many small groups of pirates who lost their jobs after the Lingao Navy took control of the strait, and deserters from the officers and soldiers of the navy. There are also the past wishes.
Shui Yong, whom An employed in the past, had never caused any trouble under the Leizhou Station's relatively good remuneration and the navy's trade escort system, but he was always a hidden danger.
As for the navy itself, of course it also has ideas about a fleet that is completely independent of the navy's command system. It has been proposed at relevant meetings to "strengthen the unified management of maritime vessels."
However, unifying the two fleets of Guangzhou and Leizhou under the command of the Navy and completely under the control of the Navy will make the command system too complicated. Various departments in Lingao do not think that to call the ships, just call the Navy Department and the Navy Department will transport them.
It's OK to arrange the shipping schedule. But it's very inconvenient for departments in other places.
In the early days, Guangzhou Station decided to set up Gaoguang Shipping Company because the procedures for using ships were cumbersome. At that time, when a ship needed to be used, it had to be telegraphed back to Lingao, and then the ship transfer procedures were issued through the navy's command system. Not only were there many steps, it was a waste of time, but also
The operation seemed very rigid - the sailors on the ship were not under the direct command of the Guangzhou Station. If there were any slight changes, they had to re-send the report to Lingao to change the order. It was completely unsuitable for commercial trade. In the end, the station had to be authorized to organize transport ships on its own.
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The combination of these factors finally prompted the executive committee to decide to reform the original maritime shipping system and formally establish a shipping company. The shipping company planned to adopt a joint-stock system, with the Senate holding 51% of the shares, and the remainder was prepared to raise shares from indigenous and naturalized people.
Of course Qiwei is the first shareholder, they originally had shares in Gaoguang Shipping Company.
The newly established shipping company will undertake all the shipping business of the group across the Guangdong ocean. It also includes trade shipping to Vietnam. The company will be headquartered in Hong Kong and set up shipping offices in Lingao, Xuwen, Qiongshan, Guangzhou and Sanya.
In the long term, shipping agencies will also be established in all counties in Hainan Island and the coastal areas of Guangdong. The fleets under the original Guangzhou Station and Leizhou Station will be integrated. At the same time, the Navy will also transfer some ships that are not suitable for combat service to shipping companies, including the original
Bought a five-masted ship from Haijia.
The shipping company operates independently in the transportation business, and is under the dual leadership of the Postal Transportation Commission and the Navy in terms of establishment - similar to the British merchant marine reserve system. All personnel of the shipping company are included in the naval reserve, and senior seamen are awarded the rank of naval reserve officer
.A certain amount of time should be set aside for military training and exercises every year.
After the second anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, and taking advantage of the gap before the signing of the peace treaty, the Executive Committee entrusted the Navy, the General Administration of Political Security, and the Postal and Transportation Commission to conduct a three-month large-scale training for Leizhou Shipping Company and Gaoguang Shipping Company. All
The indigenous personnel conducted political review and study. The unreliable personnel among them were purged: some people were transferred to land jobs, and a few who were notorious and had blood debts were sent to labor camps. The remaining personnel underwent a major change: some were young and strong.
Pirates and sailors were replenished into the navy. Some older, injured, and less adaptable sailors eliminated by the navy who were not suitable for maritime operations were transferred to shipping companies. Some of the ships owned by shipping companies were also cleaned and renovated.
Eliminated small ships - from the perspective of usage efficiency, large ships are more economical to use than small ships.
Xinde Shipping Company was officially renamed "*** Shipping Company". And Zhang Dascara returned to Leizhou after several months of study class life in Lingao. This old sea dog who used to make a living received a comprehensive
After "re-education", he has completely determined his intention to be a "Conglong minister". He attended a ceremony in Lingao and accepted the rank of second lieutenant in the naval reserve. He resumed his duties as captain - he will mainly work in
Sailing on the trade route with Vietnam was also the route he was most familiar with.
Zhang Dascara walked into a house on Hai'an Street that was originally a sugar merchant's house. It had been converted into the residence of the Vietnam Trading Company and the Xuwen office of the *** Shipping Company. Craftsmen were coming in and out of the yard, everywhere.
There was a clanging sound, and various building materials were scattered all over the floor. Renovation work was underway here.
The person he was looking for was Yan Maoda - currently Yan Maoda is also the director of the Xuwen Representative Office of *** Shipping. Yan Maoda told him the task: he will set off tomorrow to send several veterans and a ship of goods to Vietnam.
"Besides myself, there are several other elders."
In addition to Yan Maoda, who is going to check out the layout, and Bei Kai, who is planning to stay there, there are also several veterans of the military, construction companies and remote exploration teams who are preparing to go to Vietnam. They are going to build the front station for the construction of the Hongji Armed Trading Station.
"Understood, little man - I will deliver the leaders safely." Zhang Dascar said confidently, "Not to mention the new boat, even if it is a fishing boat, I can still keep the leaders safe."
"Well, I know you have this ability." Yan Maoda smiled, "You will send us to Haiyang first, and then from Haiyang to Hongji. Are there any difficulties along the way?"
"No." Zhang Dascara looked very confident, "It's just how many days are the leaders planning to go? I can arrange for the water, rice and vegetables to be stocked on the ship."
"Bring as much as you can. It will take a long time this time." Yan Maoda said, "This voyage to Vietnam is not like buying, selling and trafficking goods in the past. It is an important task related to a great cause. You have to spend a lot of time."
Be extremely diligent and make perfect preparations."
"Yes!" Zhang Dascara heard that this trip to sea was of great significance, and he immediately became excited. Since he wants to start from the dragon, he has to make meritorious deeds, and he can't do hard work after arriving. For a while, he didn't know how to express his determination.
In the end, he only managed to say one thing: "Commander, please take a look at our Lao Zhang!"
Zhang Dascara's ship is a three-masted ship with an original displacement of about 350 tons. After modification by the shipyard, it is specially used as an armed trading ship in Southeast Asia and the coastal areas of the mainland. The displacement has been increased to 400 tons. The ship is newly equipped with 6
It has a 48-pound Caron gun and a typewriter. It is enough to deter ordinary small groups of pirates. A low stern tower was added to the stern of the ship, which is used for steering, command and senior seamen, and VIPs accompanying the ship.
Residence. Yan Maoda and Bei Kai live here. Ship name: "Zhennan".
Zhang Dascara arranged for people to load the ship overnight: not only did he load enough food and water for 30 days, but he also loaded a large amount of goods for trade - the voyage itself also had the purpose of delivering goods to local agents.
In addition to the sailors, another 20 sailors were sent to the ship to serve as armed guards, and several escorts from the Leizhou branch of Qiwei Escort Bureau served as personal security.
The Zhennan set sail and the journey across the Beibu Gulf was not smooth. Due to the wind direction, the route had to be very tortuous. It took almost four days to arrive at Hai Duong Port in Vietnam.
Leizhou Station's trade with Vietnam was very impressive. However, because it involved foreign policy issues, it did not expand its stall and only opened a trade warehouse in Haiyang Port in the name of Dachang Rice Store, a company they had a stake in Leizhou.
, selling sugar and various groceries to local merchants, buying rice, high-quality wood and coal - there are a small number of small coal mines in this area. In Haiyang, their biggest trading partner is Vo Ngoc Giap. This large landowner in North Vietnam seems to own
Like endless rice, they continued to sell rice to them. Later, because the demand in Lingao was too great, Wu Yujia's stewards said that they had no time to pound the rice, and now they are exporting dry grain directly.
There is a Chinese merchant street near Haiyang Pier, where a large number of merchants from the Ming Dynasty gathered, selling all kinds of groceries from China and Southeast Asia. Dachang Warehouse is located on this street.
Judging from the street scenes and pedestrians on land, this place is very similar to the small coastal counties of the Ming Dynasty. Even the dialects heard in the ears are various dialects of the Ming Dynasty. Especially Cantonese, Minnan and Hakka. Yan Maoda and Bei Kai spoke on the road.
We also saw several small local guild halls. This shows that this area is deeply penetrated by the Chinese.
Yan Maoda thinks that this is a force that can be used. Once the full conquest of Vietnam begins, these Ming Dynasty merchants and craftsmen who have settled in Vietnam for many years and are familiar with the local customs will be an effective auxiliary force to maintain stability. However, these Chinese cannot be relied on for the time being.
——Not only unreliable, but also potentially dangerous. Dachang Warehouse has complained to him many times - the local Chinese businessmen have a very strong regional color, and their concept is that they only have fellow countrymen and not compatriots. Not only do they overtly and covertly exclude and suppress business opponents, but they also often suppress their business opponents.
They will also lead wolves into the house and collude with local officials and bandits to harm the compatriots.
As a brand-new outsider, Dachang has certainly been exposed to open and covert attacks. Fortunately, they are strong and cannot be defeated by ordinary business tricks. Their cooperative relationship with Wu Yujia, the local big landowner and touba, makes other people dare not make casual attempts.
Second-rate.
A group of people came to the warehouse. The warehouse has high walls and deep courtyards, and is tightly guarded. The officials of the Northern Li Dynasty only collected money and never paid attention to the local public security. The merchants had to protect themselves. Dachang Warehouse sold and stored everything.
It was a large amount of sugar and rice, and there was a danger of being set on fire if you were not careful.
The local shopkeeper is called Zhu Fuyuan, who is the brother of Zhu Fusheng, the owner of Dachang Rice Shop. His family is very poor. He originally ran errands for Ming merchants in Haiyang to make a living. He can speak very good Vietnamese and several dialects. Yan Maoda
After investigation, we found that he was already married in Xuwen, with a wife and children, and he was a decent man. The family relied on the dozen or so taels of silver he earned from Vietnam every year, and their life was very difficult. Yan Maoda recruited him as a warehouse manager.
The shopkeeper not only received generous treatment, but also often used small favors to win over his family members. This man soon became obsessed with the Time Travel Group.