1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 148 Trade and Industry ([-])

"Master Cao, it took a lot of time for you to go to Daming this time...more than five months!" Hu Wenjin received Cao Xiong and his party in Batavia's warehouse, and grabbed his arm excitedly.

Cao Xiong and his party arrived in Batavia in early June with a fleet of four large ships carrying more than [-] immigrants.

After planning to rest for a while, Cao Xiong will take the "Kai Kai" and "Xing Han" to pull the immigrants back to Hanzhou, and then they will ship and form a well-trained Marine Corps before going to Batavia to fight with the Netherlands. The East India Company's expeditionary fleet converged to attack the Kingdom of Aceh.

"What's the matter, something happened to you, or something happened to Hanzhou?" Cao Xiong asked.

"Nothing happened, everything is fine!" Hu Wenjin shook his head and said with a smile, "Looking at Master Cao's expression, did he catch a lot of people in Daming?"

"More than 5000 people!" Cao Xiong said with a smile: "I am near Guangdong, and I recruited more than 800 people. Luo Rucheng transported more than 4000 people from Huaibei. The total number is about [-]!"

"Then our Hanzhou will soon have more than 7000 people!" Hu Wenjin also smiled happily, "Our Hanzhou can be regarded as a certain scale!"

"I will only stay here for two days. After visiting Mr. Ludwig, I will take people back to Hanzhou." Cao Xiong said: "The barbarian captain and our Tuozhan No. 1 will continue to travel from the vicinity of Chenla. The island on which the migrants were transported back to Batavia. Fight for three months to bring everyone back!...Is there any ship coming from Hanzhou recently?"

"Last week, Niu Da came over." Hu Wenjin said: "However, the supplies they bought are really hard to see through. You say Hanzhou buys cattle, you have to pick some good ones, right? But Niu Da came and said All the sick cows that are suffering from cowpox, the more the better! I asked Niu Da, but he didn’t know what to do, he just said that Lao Yu and Xiaotian strongly requested it.”

"Sick cow with cowpox?" Cao Xiong was also very puzzled, "What are they going to do?"

"That's right!" Hu Wenjin said: "The boat from Hanzhou has no one to pull it for a while. In order not to run out, I was asked to buy a lot of shipbuilding timber, saying that I would go back and build the boat myself. ...... I have nothing Opinion, based on our conditions, how can we build a large ship! Whether it is Batavia or Guangzhou, there are ready-made large ships that can be bought. Although they are not as powerful as Western large ships, they can always transport people and goods. Bar."

"I'm here in Batavia, and I learned to do business with Mr. Su and a few Chinese businessmen. They all said that sea trade is extremely profitable, which is much better than workshops. Isn't that what the Dutch do? The products of Japan and North Korea are collected in Batavia, and then transported to their Europa. It is said that there are five to eight times the profit!"

"I know this!" Cao Xiong said; "Maritime trade is very profitable, I brought some raw silk, porcelain, and tea from Daming, and I have leftovers besides paying immigration fees.... But Xiaotian and the others thought, Make everything yourself."

"It's a flight of more than ten days from the nearest trade center in Hanzhou - Batavia. If this thing is made, and then shipped here, wouldn't it be sold at a sky-high price in order to earn some money! Look here , You can’t buy anything, food, clothing, things, even guns, you can buy them with money.”

"However, the new township we occupy is a good place. A few times ago, two ships from Hanzhou brought some nanmu over. The merchants from Ming Dynasty liked it very much and could sell it for some price. Why don't we let Han Master Zhou get those workshop machinery, cut more nanmu and come here. Earn money, so you can go to Daming to recruit people!" Hu Wenjin was a little worried that Hanzhou could only go in and out, and the silver and treasures looted from Luzon and Boni, Sooner or later, Han Zhou will spend it like this.Every time a ship comes from Hanzhou, it needs a large amount of shipbuilding timber, or various production tools, hydraulic forging machines and other mechanical equipment.

As for the various production equipment and mechanical tools purchased back, so far, none of the goods that can be sold have been produced.A few months ago, I managed to get some steel knives and iron farm implements and tools.But not long after, the source was cut off again, which made him vigorously promote these products, but was ridiculed and questioned because they were out of stock.

Cao Xiong vaguely felt that what Hu Wenjin said seemed very reasonable, but there were some problems, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.Indeed, as he said, almost everything that is lacking in Hanzhou can be bought in Batavia.In the future, people in Hanzhou can fill their stomachs as long as they grow food well.Then, the rest can be obtained through trade.They currently have three large Western ships and four Ming-style transport ships. Whether it is self-defense at sea or trading between various places, they are all safe.

When the population of Hanzhou increases, you can continue to buy ships, increase the number of trades, and earn a lot of money. Not only can you support an armed fleet, but it seems that you can also exchange a large amount of production and daily necessities for Hanzhou.It would save too much trouble to explore and produce everything by myself.

Isn't that the case for Fujian Zheng Zhilong?By monopolizing the trade from Ming Dynasty to Japan and North Korea, he earned tens of millions of taels of silver every year, raised thousands of ships, and tens of thousands of armed forces.People seem to have not built many various workshops, and they still live happily and easily.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, throughout the Age of Discovery, almost all countries implemented free trade spontaneously. Products from all over the world were only needed by you, not by me.

When England implemented the "Navigation Regulations", it was the beginning of restricting free trade, and it also triggered the first Anglo-Dutch war.

The next day, Cao Xiong visited Ludwig and Colonel Aryan Van Dijk, commander of the Batavian Navy.After the meeting, both of them repeatedly emphasized that they would attack the Kingdom of Aceh in July, and that Hanzhou must make all preparations. The new governor attached great importance to this campaign, and hoped to increase the number of land attacking troops to 7, which is comparable to that of the Netherlands. The East India Company Army made up a land attack force of 300 men.

Because, they have reason to believe that the Kingdom of Aceh has already learned of the military operations of the East India Company.In order to be sure, it is best to increase the military offensive force.

After Cao Xiong heard this, he cursed secretly, damn it, are you trying to consume more of our sons from Hanzhou?
On the third day, Cao Xiong and Qi Dajiang didn't delay any longer, and the two ships selected and loaded nearly a thousand immigrants in good health, set sail and headed for Hanzhou.

Ten days later, when he stopped at Xinxiang Fort on Timor Island for repairs, Cao Xiong was surprised to find that Xinxiang Fort had really turned into a fortress, with a polygonal bastion, thick walls painted with cement, and six or seven gates on the top of the city. Big and small artillery.Although the city walls are still being built and the trenches outside are still being dug, overall, the defense facilities are quite large.

Looking at it like this, after the complete construction is completed, even if thousands of people attack, they may not be able to break the new castle.

"Da Lang, great job!" Cao Xiong got off the boat, and when he saw Chen Dalang, he couldn't help but praise him.

"How can I do this!" Chen Dalang ordered the guards to drive away the natives, and unloaded some food, salt, spices, cloth and other daily necessities from the boat in a canoe.

"A young man was sent from Hanzhou to oversee the construction of the city wall. I just drove the immigrants and the natives to use their strength!...It wasn't a while ago that our ship suddenly encountered a large Portuguese ship on the nearby sea , I was worried that people would find out. That's why I rushed to build the city wall."

"The Portuguese got here so quickly?" Cao Xiong also frowned, Han Zhou really couldn't deal with the sudden conflict with the Portuguese.In particular, I have to take two ships to participate in the Dutch military operations, and the other ships are all transferring population on the small island of Chenla.

"Don't worry, Master Cao. We have been hoarding food for four months in Xinxiang Fort, unless the Portuguese stay here and keep besieging us. Otherwise, they can't do anything to us!" Chen Dalang was very concerned about guarding Xinxiang Fort , very confident.

"Do you want me to bring you another heavy gun from the ship?"

"No need, the enemy's heavy artillery can't be transported under our city! Look at that river, ordinary big ships can't get in. It's Xiaotian who has the foresight, saying that for the sake of safety, the river will not be dredged for the time being, so that everyone Enemy ships can’t come in along the bend of the river. If they come to attack us, you can only come in by boat. Or, you have to go through the dense forest!”

Cao Xiong looked back at the canoe that shuttled back and forth, and nodded involuntarily.If Xinxiangbao can stick to it for three or four months, let alone Hanzhou go to support, it will consume the enemy even if it is exhausted.

I don't know if I will encounter such a difficult castle when I attack the Kingdom of Aceh in July.Otherwise, many children will die.

On the second day, Cao Xiong left more than [-] immigrants with various health conditions in Xinxiangpu, turned around and headed south, heading straight for Jianye City.

(End of this chapter)