Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 522 The flames of war are rekindled
Annan, that is, the later generation of Vietnam, used to be the territory of China during the Han Dynasty, and it also became the territory of Ming Dynasty at one time. Unfortunately, the corruption of eunuchs and corruption of officials caused Huaxia to lose this important place in the South China Sea. An opportunity to completely become Huaxia Cochin Province.

And the impression Daming left here seems to be very bad, just like later generations, these Vietnamese monkeys are very anti-Chinese.

Fortunately, however, their big shot welcomes the West India Company.

Cao Lie and Li Laobai’s passenger ship arrived at Jinlan Bay in Annan about three days earlier than Haidayu No. [-]. This is the best deep-water port in Annan. It used to be the Soviet Union’s important port in the South China Sea when the United States and the Soviet Union were fighting for hegemony. One of the bridgeheads, but in this era, it obviously did not attract attention in Annan. More than a year ago, Cam Ranh Bay was just a small fishing village.

But now, the place has become much cleaner, with a port paved with cement, a row of small two-story buildings, and a huge warehouse complex. Six months ago, the West India Company exchanged [-] silk satins for the lease of this area from Annan. Right, now, this place can be regarded as an enclave of the begging army.

However, Annan is not at a disadvantage. At this time, Annan is not unified. It is the relatively weak Ruan Dynasty in the south that owns Jin Ranh Bay. It was a wise move for Ruan Chao to win the support of the capital, but he didn't know that this move had attracted a hungry wolf for him.

As soon as Cao Lie got off the boat at the port, a fat man in brocade clothes and a large group of entourages greeted him. As if showing off, the fat man opened his arms and hugged Cao Lie with a big smile in Nanjing Mandarin, which he was not proficient in.

"Oh, Commissioner Cao, Zhao Daxin, I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, so I can count on you. Who are these two?"

"Oh, Commissioner Li Laobai, Commissioner Wu, Commissioner Wu, this time my deputy!" Cao Lie turned around familiarly, waved his hands to the two of them and introduced with a smile. , must not fall into the image of the West India Company. Despite the stage fright in their hearts, the two of them still looked awesome, hugged the fat man with two old faces, and hugged the two old farmers without knowing it The Guanyun Chao Phraya of Siam belongs to the royal family of Siam. In terms of status, he can be regarded as the king of Siam. He is on the same level as King Fu and King Qin.

He obviously didn't have much interest in the two deputies. After a polite welcome, Guan Yunzhao, the big fat man, lowered his head and asked Cao Lie in a low voice, "The bright goods brought by Commercial Commissioner Liu last time can be It was sold out a long time ago, and the nobles of the city are chasing me every day to ask, this time Commissioner Cao, you can't let Chao Phraya down!"

"Don't worry! This time, our commander-in-chief personally intervened in this matter, and delivered the goods to you from the Songjiang warehouse. This time, we have this amount!"

Seeing that Cao Lie drew two fingers secretly, he was stunned for a moment, and then the big fat man became ecstatic, hugged Cao Lie's shoulders and laughed, and walked towards the inland, while walking, he greeted warmly: " Chao Phraya has already prepared a banquet at the Chasing Cloud Tower. Although our Annan girls are not as good as Qin Huai's, and they are not as good as Yu'er and other fairy daughters, but it is also a special taste. Today, we will not go home if we are not drunk what!"

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Originally, Li Laobai and Wu Dabangchui were quite nervous about the executives of this company. After all, with a high salary of 200 taels a year, the more income, the greater the responsibility. Without Song Qingshu to deal with them, they jumped into the Pacific Ocean in shame, but after arriving at the place, the two discovered that it was not as difficult as they imagined, and even a little close to their old profession.

Li Laobai was a grain official who collected grain, and Wu Laobai worked in Yiwu as a mine distribution. It is also because of this professional skill that the two of them became the heads of the village. Now they come to Annan Country to collect grain. work.

However, this number is somewhat beyond imagination.

Vietnam is one of the main rice producing areas. In the year of the end of the world in 3000, China’s output was 500 million tons, ranking first in the world, while Vietnam’s output was [-] million tons, ranking sixth in the world. Here The climate has three crops a year, even if the soil is not as fertile as the Central Plains, the yield is still scary enough.

Moreover, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, which are adjacent to Vietnam, are also major rice-producing countries, ranking eighth, ninth, and tenth. The total amount of rice produced here even catches up with China.

Although these years are not as exaggerated as later generations, rice is still piled up in piles. Even now, the Little Ice Age is the most intense, and the impact on this place is minimal. In Daming territory, rice is sold as a load, but here it is sold as a car.

Guanyun Chao Phraya is indeed a social butterfly in Central and South China. It has connections in Siam, Annan, and Pyu. It is also a bright product of the West India Company, which is too cheap. The continuous grain has been brought in first. In a short period of time, the granary in Cam Ranh Bay has been filled. In seven or eight days, almost 200 million dans of grain have been received, and grain has been continuously transported from Siam.

And the rice here is so cheap that two old farmers who haven't eaten rice in their lives want to cry. With such a large-scale door-to-door purchase, the price of grain has been suppressed a lot.

On September [-]th, Dahai Yu No. [-] and No. [-] docked at Cam Ranh Bay. Jinxiufang's ready-made clothes, silk, tea, etc. were immediately brought down in boxes and boxes. Each ship has dual aisles. The rice that was wrapped in straw to prevent moisture immediately filled the vacancy. I didn't expect the rice harvest to be so smooth. The squadron commander Xu Haihouzi who came over was anxious to send the clipper back to Tainan to urge More boats are coming.

It’s still the Chasing Cloud Tower, where the lights are brightly lit and dancing and music are constantly running. More than 30 short but watery cute girls are wearing traditional costumes. Wu Da Bangchui also held up the wine glass in a dizzy manner. The life of the past few days has been more shocking than most of their lives.

However, if one side gains a profit, there must be another side that loses money. Just when Zhuiyunlou was singing and dancing, Buzhuangzi, a local in Annan not far away, sadly closed the door. It has been operating in Shunning City for decades. However, the West India Company closed down suddenly after only half a year after its arrival. Compared with homemade cloth, Ming cloth is too cheap and exquisite. Once this batch of Jinxiu spun garments arrived, they could hardly sell any more. cloth to.

Similarly, outside the city, a family of three frowned around the rice vat. Annan is not as unified as Huaxia, and each city owner has great power. Farmers who harvested three times a year were able to make a small profit from selling grain to supplement their families and improve their living standards, but now, farmers who have paid their rent and taxes are only enough to make ends meet.

When those city lords were holding bright goods, they didn't notice that the seeds of crisis had been planted around them. The local handicraft industry and manufacturing industry began to be impacted and withered, and the living standards of the local people began to decline. This is The horror of the bourgeoisie, the use of high-profit scissors from industrial products, can simply suppress other countries and never recover.

Unfortunately, no one notices now.

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While overseas is still collecting with great fanfare, a war without gunpowder has also begun in China.

Yangzhou, Zuiyueju, Salt Merchant Club.

The crowding out of the Jiaduobao business forced the Anhui merchants and salt merchants to unite. Bao Lu, the general merchant of the Bao family in Wuyuan, Wang Zhenmeng, the general merchant of the Wang family in Huangshan, and the Cao family, the Zheng family, the Xu family and other commercial tycoons Almost none of them were left behind, and this time, many celebrities from the south of the Yangtze River came, such as Qian Qianyi, Zhang Pu, Wu Changshi, Chen Zilong, etc. Here, they have a common identity, shareholders of Rulin Lianghao.

This time the gathering was obviously extremely important. At the door, the Jianghu masters hired by the salt merchants held knives and blocked the entire yard with their bodies. Everyone stuffed cotton in their ears to prevent eavesdropping. But inside the room, those Jiangnan celebrities They all seemed very excited, especially Zhang Pu.But the big salt merchants were obviously a little cautious.

"Twelve?"

Ten taels of silver is equivalent to 1 yuan. To buy a hundred catties of rice, 100 yuan per catty of rice, even the well-packaged gift rice in later generations, is a bit expensive, but now it is a purchase price. All the salt merchants in the world were a little hesitant, especially Bao Lu, who held his beard and meditated for a long time before he asked hesitantly.

"Is this news reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable! It was personally stolen from Song Bandit's office. The grain purchase price of Jiaduobao Bandit this year is ten taels a load!"

He is extremely confident about his own charm, Hou Fangyu said firmly.

"too expensive!"

But even if there is a guarantee, the salt merchant is still unwilling to pay for it. Huang Er, a big merchant in Gongxi, shook his head heavily and said: "Since he Song thief is willing to pay a big sum of money, let him collect it, and he will also grab it." There is not much food, and after he has finished robbing, we can also take advantage of the situation to lower the price of food and make him pay for it."

"No, even a load of food this year cannot fall into the hands of Song thieves!"

Before Huang Er could finish speaking, Zhang Pu shouted excitedly with red eyes.

"My colleagues, this year is an excellent opportunity! The thief Zhang made chaos in Huguang, the battle of Xiangcheng in July, the governor Fu Zonglong died, and the army was destroyed. If he defeats Song Bandit in the Jiangnan Grain Market, his Jiaduobao business will collapse! Song Bandit's hypocrisy and hypocrisy lure the people to degenerate, and his industrial and commercial firms have millions of feet, none of which are production. I can't afford these people, and the Song thief's defeat is imminent!"

"My teacher Zhou Yanru, a scholar of the first auxiliary university, has written a letter. As long as the foolish people under the Song thief are not around, he can immediately organize people to impeach Song Qingshu. Everyone, it is today to restore Jiangnan to a peaceful world. Are you still stingy with some money? ?"

Although Zhang Pu is already roaring like the head of state, the salt merchants still don't seem to care much about not returning Jiangnan to a peaceful world...

(End of this chapter)