From Chief to Ball

A simple peace is like the sweetest kiss of a goddess, but the way these people express peace is so strange that they are shocked.

Now that things have happened, there is no need to question fraud or the like. The power balance is too great. The captain left the first mate behind and took a few sailors into the small boat.

Looking at these yellow people, although the captain wondered why the fleet of yellow people appeared here, he didn't ask any more questions, and was going to ask again when he was on board.

When he finally rowed to the Lanfang, the captain skillfully climbed up the rope ladder, and saw a young yellow man standing there, wearing a strange blue and white striped shirt, and said welcome in Dutch.

Immediately afterwards, the gunmen behind the young man all fired in the air.

In the smoke these gunners loaded their muskets at a speed the captain had never seen, he didn't see the matchlocks, only in the smoke did he see this group go twice as fast as the best gunner he had ever seen shot……

The gunshots of ping-pong-pong-pong may be the best way to welcome under the condition of language barrier, so that the other party can understand what kind of attitude they should use to communicate with themselves.

Chapter 11 Intermediaries

The captain forced himself to maintain his composure, but the sailors beside him were staring intently at the muskets in their hands.

Judging from these flint guns alone, this fleet is a powerful fleet.Although the ship is weird, although I don't know how good the gunner is, at least it's not too bad.

This kind of welcome ceremony was something they had never seen before, but it was surprisingly easy to use.

I was thinking of arguing about such unreasonable things, but I didn't say a word.The captain understood that this group of people had expressed their attitude. On this ship, they could only follow the rules of this fleet.

They were either lazy, unwilling, or simply ignorant of the rules the captain knew.

But rules are rules, and different places have different rules.

Whoever dominates the world, whose rules are the rules of the world.

After a short exchange, Chen Jian finally knew that the ship was a Dutch ship. He didn't know if it was legal or not. His language level was limited to simple communication.

Whether it is legal or not is for the Dutch, and the Dutch ships that appear in the Spanish sphere of influence are illegal for Spain without thinking about it.

It is impossible for foreign trade ships legal to Spain to appear in this sea area.

The Spanish royal family strictly prohibited trade between the colonies as a royal monopoly, and also strictly prohibited the fleets of other countries from setting foot in the colonies of New Spain and the West Indies.

Trade among the various colonies belonging to Spain is strictly prohibited, and it is conceivable for the rest of the countries.

Even the trade in Spain must obtain the royal permission, and it can only be traded from Seville to a specific port.

Nominally, any goods that were not traded by the Spanish monopoly turned up in the colonies, and all Spaniards who touched them were put to death.

The fleet also needs strict restrictions and cannot sail at will.

To register, register, count, and then form a fleet to sail together, I want to eliminate any possible free trade from the root, so as to monopolize wealth into the hands of the royal family.

However, this requires extremely high organizational strength, a civil service system that is not afraid of death and not greedy for money, or a committee to eliminate smuggling, piracy and corruption.

Obviously not, so this sea area has become a paradise for smugglers and pirates.

This is also the reason why Chen Jian clamored for ideologies such as free trade in Mincheng early.This is a very good excuse for war. He has already found it for the members of the People's Council who represent the interests of maritime merchants, big workshop owners, and big businessmen. It depends on whether they are willing to use it.As a party with developed handicraft industry, under free trade, the interests of commercial capital and industrial capital are the same.

But before these things brewed and fermented, he still needed to establish contact with the smugglers and pirates here.

Those smuggling things have to be done by these people.These people are all people who fall into the eyes of money. If a new country emerges from the fog just north of this colony, and the handicraft industry of this country happens to meet the needs of this colony, this group of people will soon Will unite with Chinese merchants.

Since there is no anti-counterfeiting committee, and such a vast colony is ruled by the age of sailing ships, the various trade restrictions of the Spanish royal family will only be reduced to a display in front of the greedy governor and administration.

The smuggling trade requires extremely high connections, close contact with colonial officials, and a large sum of money in bribes every year to turn a blind eye.

The church also had to take care of things. The churches in the colonies were powerful, and it would be difficult to manage things here without taking care of many things.

Some secret ports are only known to some big smugglers with very strong connections. Sometimes these officials will also tell the pirates about their country's fleet, get a piece of the pie or help sell the stolen goods.

It is such a bad era, and the same scene will not feel disobedient in any corner of the world at this time.

At this time, Chen Jian didn't care what the ship was for, nor did he care much about how much gold, silver or goods they had on board.

Not all pirates are so romantic. Some of the entire pirate group became farmers and went to the island to grow land and sell food to the rest of the pirates; They were sold at a stall... The light of romance and freedom only shrouded those lucky and famous pirates, covering the rest of the light of poverty.

Chen Jian is very interested in the contacts on this ship. There are silver coins on his ship, as well as various goods that are in short supply in the colony.All he wanted was some Spanish gold and silver coins, some sucrose, some carmine fur spices, and other goods that were extremely rare in China's homeland, in order to lure the start of the Age of Discovery.

Entering Spanish ports rashly may cause unnecessary trouble, especially his face:

The Spaniards had just carried out a massacre in Manila not long ago, and now they were worried about the Ming Dynasty's retaliation.Some rich families also moved from Manila to the Americas and the West Indies in fright, and the news must have spread here as well.

The sudden appearance of his fleet, which smells of China everywhere, is likely to be a war, and he is not ready yet.

In order to have a good talk with the captain, Chen Jian asked the trainees to lock Yang Sen into the cabin and guard him strictly.

He didn't want to be put on the same page when he didn't understand the language. If the boatman was still a good man and took out enough money to redeem Yang Sen's ticket, it would be very detrimental to him.

Better to communicate in half Dutch with gestures than another half trusting translator.

After some exchanges, a small banquet was held in the captain's cabin, and the weather was fine with no wind or waves.

The Dutch captain first thanked Chen Jian for his help, and said that he also came for peace and would not have any conflicts with Chen Jian.

Chen Jian took out a bottle of excellent high-quality wine, had a drink with the captain, and then asked someone to bring out gold nuggets and silver coins.

The shiny gold and silver shone seductively under the light of the kerosene lamp. The captain picked up a silver coin and looked at it. He did not recognize the strange symbols and patterns on it, but he believed that it was a coin with a high silver content. of real silver coins.

He expressed his desire for sea charts in unfluent language, and each different sea chart can be exchanged for a large amount of silver coins and gold.

At the same time, he expressed his hope to be able to trade with the Spaniards. He has already spoken the word Spain very well.

The Dutch captain immediately understood that this group of people were his colleagues, but he didn't know which country they were from.

This group of people are not Spaniards, they can't even speak Spanish, and it is obviously impossible to have the right to trade concessions.

The strange-faced person on the opposite side, although young, can feel that the other party is also a veteran.

After Chen Jian stammered out words like smuggling, the captain heaved a sigh of relief.

Two days later, on an unnamed island, the Dutch ship docked on a deserted island.Chen Jian sent carpenters and sewing workers to help them repair the sails and masts, and sent two flintlock guns to the captain.

The captain took out dozens of charts, and reasonably traded seven catties of gold and two thousand Chinese silver coins with Chen Jian.Most of these charts are some common West Indian, South Pacific and European charts, which can be easily obtained in some large port cities, and they don't need so many silver coins, let alone gold.

When Chen Jian showed the samples of the goods he was going to sell and said that he would give the captain one-thirtieth of the agency fee, the captain finally became excited.

Cotton, glass, silk, simple china, gunpowder, mirrors...

Cotton cloth is not as good as Indian cotton cloth, but the quality is not bad, and it can be sold quickly in the colonies.

The silk was comparable to that produced by the silk mills in the colonies, and of slightly better quality.Porcelain is slightly inferior, not as good as Chinese porcelain, and the shape is not very high-quality, but it can still sell for a fortune.

What surprised the captain the most was the glass, mirrors, swords...