Zhou Yu, who was harvesting bananas, coconuts, and mangoes in Southeast Asia, received the so-called emergency message. His first reaction was whether his dear step-brother had gotten into trouble again. His second reaction was whether he had been killed by wild beasts in Africa. Bite.
In short, when Zhou Yu received the emergency encrypted communication, he did not panic at all and continued to direct his men to collect fruits. Recently, Zhou Yu has stopped doing the spice business. The upper limit is really too low. It is better to do the fruit business. The upper limit is extremely abnormal, and it is also It can effectively naturalize local people quickly.
After Ye Tiao was defeated, everyone in Ye Tiao was a little panicked. After all, half of Sumatra followed the Kushan and the Han Dynasty to cause trouble. Regardless of whether it was coercion or active thieves, in short, according to the Han Dynasty's rules, Processing is basically a dead end.
Therefore, after Sun Ce and Zhou Yu captured Sumatra, Ye Tiaoguo was in chaos, doing everything. As a result, Zhou Yu had no intention of settling with this group of people. He had his own ideas.
After a year of engaging in water conservancy construction, development, plantations, and agriculture, the people of Ye Tiaoguo also realized that the Han Dynasty didn't seem to want to calculate those messy things at all.
More importantly, you can get money by working for the Han Dynasty. Although the money you get is not as much as the local residents of the Han Dynasty, it is much more than what they earned before, and the Han Dynasty only receives common fruits. , there are many channels to obtain it, and you can also grow it yourself.
So it only took one year for the people of Ye Tiao Kingdom to return to normal operations. Basically, the whole country was working for Zhou Yu and the others, either picking fruits, growing fruits, or contributing to Zhou Yu's construction of the northern water network. What.
After all, Sumatra does not lack water. What it lacks is water conservancy network planning. As long as it is completed, it can be really built here. In addition, natural fertilizers can be transported from the volcanic island next door. Plantations here have great development prospects.
"How is the construction of this large-scale cold storage going?" Zhou Yu asked Gu Yong, who was engaged in the construction of the cold storage. There are not many top wise men in Jiangdong, but the second class is really like overflowing. As long as these people can unite, That can do a lot.
Originally it was very difficult for these people to unite, but they couldn't resist Zhou Yu's one-time disaster and took Selian away from Southeast Asia. Even Australia was under the influence of Sun Ce. Such a huge benefit was enough to keep this group of people alive.
There is no internal unity, except for natural saboteurs. To put it bluntly, it means that the interests are not in place, or people have been wronged. Both of these are easy to solve for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu now.
Southeast Asia is such a big area, you can cut the cake no matter how you slice it. As for people who are wronged, Sun Ce is an average person in other aspects, and it is still very respectable for him to make decisions for his subordinates.
Therefore, after conquering Southeast Asia, the separatist forces within Jiangdong instantly united because they saw new hope and direction.
Naturally, Zhou Yu directed this group of people to work without the hassle as before. After all, now everyone has received share dividends. Realizing the fact, this is not about working for someone else, but really working for yourself. So we all work hard.
"The first phase of evaluation has been completed, and some attempts have been made." Gu Yong touched his mustache, feeling very good. This large cold storage has been established, and the fruits collected in the future can be stored longer. It's all money.
In the past, Gu Yong thought that spices and the like were valuable, but after Zhou Yu's financial report last year, Gu Yong discovered that spices and the like were simply not worth mentioning. Although the amount was large, compared with mining and agriculture, it was really a small family.
"When can we shrink it and move it to the ship?" Zhou Yu looked at the large cold storage and was not satisfied. It was not enough at all.
For the Jiangdong forces who are rich in the entire Southeast Asia, such a small cold storage is simply not enough, and the cold storage can not only be used to produce fruits, but also fisheries. More importantly, this kind of immovable thing can only be transported to Southeast Asia and cannot be transported to the Central Plains. , still a loss.
"Last time we innovated the technology and installed cold storage on the sixth-generation merchant ship. If we continue to innovate now, I'm afraid it will be necessary to rebuild the fleet." Gu Yong said with some distress, it was all money, "And the commander, the ship In order for the cold storage to look like what you requested, it must have a special shape, and the military formation etching technology has a standard shape..."
"The former is a waste of money, and rebuilding the caravan is not the same as before abandoning it. We need a lot of ships, at least a thousand." Zhou Yu looked at Gu Yong and said calmly, "No matter how much we provide now, the mainland can do it Eat it, and the local population is also growing."
"That's true, but if the military formation etching technology needs to be abnormal, we need to remake the foundation of Xuanxiang's military formation, which is not easy." Gu Yong thought about it, and that's right. Only by transporting these things to the mainland can we make money.
What's more, they also have large fishing grounds here, and they can also catch some fish, freeze them and send them to the mainland, which can make money, so the development of cold storage cannot be stopped.
"It's just a difference between civilian and military use. Xuanxiang is just a tool. I have kept all the technical information on special-shaped etching. I need to send more manpower. There is also this large cold storage. How much does it cost to build?" Zhou Yu made a rough assessment in his mind. , decisively mount the horse, I am the great governor of the four oceans, I have nothing else to do recently, I need people, money and money, invest money.
"The construction cost, considering the need to build insulation layers and lay pipelines, is estimated to be around 7 million." Gu Yong did not include R&D expenses and labor costs. These are not a problem for their Jiangdong forces. Just count the cost.
"Although there are still flaws, here are ten first to make arrangements." Zhou Yuhao said inhumanly.
There is real money now, especially the mines in Australia, which were all dug by Jiangdong forces. If the coal mines and iron mines there were not too far away, Zhou Yu would have wanted to open a smelting department next to the iron mines or something. , specializing in selling various iron ingots.
"I will dispatch people right away to start construction around the port. I will also repair the roads. Do I need to station people for this?" Gu Yong took out a pen and paper and took some notes.
"There should be ten people stationed in a large cold storage. People are needed everywhere." Zhou Yu said with some depression, "Is there any way to get more people in Zizhong?"
Zhou Yu actually opposed the population trade. In fact, most conscientious civil servants opposed the population trade. However, when there is no one, the fastest way to obtain populations is to buy them from other places. Zheng Du was very good in this regard. Just professional.
Black and white, illegal trade, white gloves, etc., Zheng Du said that he provides one-stop service and does not care about the quality of the population, only whether it is a human being.
Whether it is the people sold by the Kushan evil forces, the Central Asians obtained by the Parthian thieves, or the barbarians of Rome, the people killed by African tribes, etc., Zheng Du wants everything for sale, and Zheng Du The trading range is very large.
Bartering, precious minerals, medicines, gold and silver, black goods, etc., there is nothing Zheng Du can't get. After all, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who are currently backed by Zheng Du, are among the most powerful in the world. The strong one in the pre-examination position.
Therefore, the resources they can provide are very huge. Relying on this kind of transaction, Zheng Du is squeezing out the last slave in the slave merchant's hands, combing the slave merchant's network, decisively attacking the evil forces, and using the excuse of fighting against the evil forces. , dispatch the regular fleet of the Han Dynasty to directly capture the opponent.
Relying on this method, Zheng Du has attracted a lot of people to the Jiangdong forces in the past two years, and by the way, he also wiped out almost all human trafficking forces.
The forces that are still engaged in human trafficking in the Indian Ocean are either Rome or Kushan, and at least they are fleets. Otherwise, they really can't withstand Zheng Du's play.
However, due to this behavior that disrupted the market, the business of human trafficking was basically no longer possible. In Zheng Du’s words, I transformed into darkness and saved countless people.
Of course, this is just for listening. In fact, Zheng Du could be said to be the largest population acquirer in the entire Indian Ocean before.
If it weren't for a certain gangster's failure, the fleet's caliber was not large enough, there were not enough ships, and it was not possible to persuade people to behave, the forces engaged in human trafficking might not even think of this, which has the most reputation in recent years, and give money. The most powerful force is the main force in destroying illegal human trafficking networks. In short, Zheng Du's reputation has been bad since the last time.
To put it simply, there is basically no manpower available.
"No, since the last exposure, the few human trafficking halls in the Indian Ocean have rejected our transaction application." Gu Yong shook his head and said, although he also felt that this behavior was bad, but this behavior People are too fast.
Even Zhang Zhao only said that Zheng Du was not a human son, but the people he bought with Zheng Du were not polite at all.
After all, if we don't do this, there will not be enough population for Jiangdong forces to use.
"Let Zi Zhong produce a chart to mark the remaining human trafficking sites. I will lead the fleet around. The slaves need to be liberated." Zhou Yu had a look of compassion on his face, "By the way, let's see if there is anything else. Pirates or something.”
"There are really no pirates around here." Gu Yong said with a smile.
Return to the pirates. Even if the pirates are crazy, they cannot dance under the eyes of eight fully-equipped four-sea fleets. Do they really think they are the Kushan Empire Navy?
Can the so-called complicated sea conditions in the Java Sea withstand the crushing force of the Han army's full fleet? You pirates, I just didn’t care about you before, you still took me seriously.
Last time Cai Mao was short of men and made a report saying that the recruits lacked actual combat skills and needed to lead a team for actual combat drills. He sent three fleets to the Java Sea and the pirates knelt down on the spot.
