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Taira Akimori didn't stop and decided to go to Hirado and Nagasaki right away. The first is to feel the bottom of the bamboo house, and the second is to look for Japanese export goods as soon as possible. If possible, go to Okayama to find the channels for the copper that Lingao urgently needs - Japan's copper production areas are mainly concentrated in this area. Otherwise, Lingao would make a fool of himself once the bulk goods become unavailable for trading. Zhao Yingong had already called back after receiving his telegram: Hangzhou Station was organizing cargo sources and ships on a large scale, and was preparing to take advantage of the summer southeast monsoon to sail directly from Shanghai to Nagasaki.
There is Qiao Tian Zhi Cuisine here in Fujiang - although Mr. Qiao's skill points are a bit short, at least there is Mr. Zhou here to take care of it, so it is expected that there will be no big deal. The task assigned to him by Ping Qiu Sheng was to continue repairing the merchant houses and ports with the naturalized civilian cadres and locally recruited Minzhuang. At the same time, in the name of a representative, he would contact Zhou Xingru with local lower-level officials and figures in the feudal domain to socialize and negotiate. Ichiban.
Ping Qiusheng also specially told Qiao Tiansheng that now he can ask Mr. Zhou to help purchase Chunyou in Wudao. The so-called camellia oil is camellia oil. It is a very common oil crop here in Wudao, and the output is quite abundant. This kind of thing is also available in China, but it is an oil that can be exported - the demand for oil in Lingao is very strong. , especially in industrial demand.
"One more thing, you walk around the Goto Islands and ask about whaling." Taira Akiumori said, "The Goto Islands were an important whaling fishing port during the Edo period. You have to investigate every year Approximately how many whales can be caught, the fishermen’s whaling methods and processing techniques.”
The whaling industry in the Goto Islands was once prosperous, and the Fukue Domain prospered economically for hundreds of years due to this industry.
Whales are marine mammals that are not very tasty. It played an extremely important role in the early stages of industrialization. Its grease is a raw material in the chemical industry and a lubricant in the mechanical industry, while the bone fragments are natural elastic materials. Some elders have long been eyeing the whale. However, China’s coast is not a place where whales roam, and there are no conditions for large-scale industrial whaling.
"The whale meat tastes terrible when cooked." Qiao Tianzhi licked his mouth, "The whale meat is too greasy..."
"Who let you eat it? This belongs to the Work Energy Commission!" Ping Qiusheng said helplessly, "So does camellia oil, and so does whales! Do a good research and investigation. By the way, the fishery investigation must be as comprehensive as possible. Here The seafood is also very rich. We can consider setting up a seafood processing factory in the future."
Of course, Lingao has no shortage of seafood, but it is a better than nothing supplement to Japan's meager output - at least it can be supplied nearby for future Senate operations on the mainland, and the processed dry goods can be exported to the Ming Dynasty.
There were five people in total going to Hirado. Ping Qiusheng and his life secretary Ping Lingzi, two full-time security personnel of the newly established veteran guard unit of the special investigation team: Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun, plus a general officer.
Both of them came from Zhou Shizhai, the bodyguard of Qiwei Bodyguard Agency. One is a disciple and the other is a clan brother. Zhou Shizhai provided personal protection for the elders very early on. Although it has never been officially "naturalized". But the reliability is very high. He has a very stubborn temper. Although he is not averse to naturalization, he is very resistant to the fact that naturalized people are required to have their heads shaved. Therefore, he still has the status of "external guest".
However, he did not have such high demands on his apprentices and cousins. Although the escort was very persistent in traditional morality, he was not an old stubborn who was ignorant of current affairs. When the leaders proposed to recruit some personnel to do security work, he immediately recommended these two young people to the security training class.
As the ruling area expanded, more and more senators were sent abroad and on business trips. The personal protection of the elders has also been put on the agenda. In the past, the elders active in Lingao and Hainan counties were under the responsibility of the police headquarters according to the elders in Lingao, while the elders outside were composed of capable personnel drawn from the local regular army. Relatively scattered and unsystematic.
Moreover, veterans like Zhao Yingong who operate in the yellow zone and red zone have to rely on covert personal protection. past. They generally rely on the escorts hired by the Qiwei Escort Agency. Although the professional ethics of such people are fine and have been adequately tested, they are still external personnel and lack sufficient training and political education in the modern security system. There are great limitations in its use.
So under the auspices of Ran Yao, a veteran guard team was added to the special reconnaissance team headquarters to train guard personnel in accordance with the requirements for protecting VIPs. Specific training work is handled by professionals from the Special Investigation Team and the Police Headquarters. Senior escorts from the Wei Escort Bureau have also been recruited to serve as teachers - traditional nursing home escorts have rich social experience and coping skills, and are of great help to the safety of veterans dispatched to enemy-occupied areas.
Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun are both taciturn young men. Neither of them shaved their heads for work needs. Tongshi was recruited locally through the Zhou family on Fujiang Island, and he was also of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent. This man was fluent in writing and could speak Nanjing Mandarin and Japanese very well. He often accompanied the Ming Dynasty to Japan on ships to Hirado, Nagasaki and other places. But it was very unsatisfactory. Ping Qiusheng changed his name to Ping Kefu.
Ping Qiusheng and the bodyguards both brought pistols and daggers for self-defense. Chinese businessmen were relatively popular in Japan at that time. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, the world was generally peaceful, and there was no danger in walking along the road. To be on the safe side, they also carried the authorization letter issued by Lingao with them. If there was any problem, they could find a way to escape through the Dutch business office in Hirado. Although they did not think the Dutch were very reliable, they did not think that the Dutch were very reliable. I don't think this trip will be too dangerous.
The group of people was riding a small boat, one of the many small boats that traveled between Kyushu and the outlying islands in this time and space. Full of cargo, the displacement was only seventy or eighty tons. The ship was filled with goods for trade, and it also carried some people heading to Kyushu. This is a trading ship that regularly travels between the Zhou family and various places in Nagasaki, carrying a mix of passengers and cargo. According to the plan, after the ship arrives at the port, the group will move freely. If everything goes well, they will return to the Goto Islands with the ship. If they still want to go to Okayama, they will have to find a ship by themselves or wait for other trading ships from the Goto Islands.
The group set off before five o'clock in the morning. Although the weather was good at this time, it would take half a day to reach Hirado by small boat depending on the wind.
The boat headed north along the west coast of Fujiang Island. This was Ping Qiusheng's intentional arrangement. He wanted to observe the situation on Zhongtong Island along the way. Nakatoshi Island is located to the north of the Goto Islands. It is the second largest island after Fukue and is far away from the ruling center of the Fukue clan. In the old days, Aikata Port on Nakatoshi Island was the main port of the Goto Islands. Ping Qiusheng's real idea is that the current Nintendo is just a commercial agent here for the Time Travel Group, and it also needs a truly stable transfer station to provide guarantee for the transshipment of bulk goods. After all, the current transportation capacity is also very tight, and a truly stable transfer station is needed. Putting a suitable cargo storage place under the Fukue Domain's nose is obviously not a wise and appropriate solution. What's more important is the Shimamoto Amakusa Rebellion that will follow. If you want to absorb refugees or station troops, it will not be easy to operate directly on Fukue Island. .
Around noon, the boat entered a sea area surrounded by several small islands.
"That's Qingfang Port over there." Ping Qiusheng looked at the chart and pointed to the entrance of a trumpet-shaped strait about two miles away on the right side of the ship.
Li Biao and Zhou Shiqun are both members of the special reconnaissance team, and geography and topography courses are compulsory courses for them.
Zhou Shiqun said: "If the chief wants to set up a port here, the amount of work will be quite large."
"I don't think the problem is big. The natural conditions of this port are good, and the initial requirements are not high. The project can be completed in phases, and there is no need to dock too large ships in a short period of time." Li Biao said confidently. He "followed the dragon" very early, and it was much more natural to get along with the elders than Zhou Shiqun.
"This name is quite good. Let's turn it into a logistics base in the future." Elder Ping thought the island had a wonderful name. .
"There is a fishing port on the inside of the peninsula in front, and it is surrounded by good fishing grounds. I just don't know how it is developed now." Ping Kefu didn't know what was "good" about Zhongtong Island, but he had roughly known it in the past few days. Australians are very interested in local products. He immediately introduced them enthusiastically, "Sir, would you like to stop by and have a look?"
"That's not necessary. The terrain won't be bad even now. We are in a hurry now. It will take too long to go around and we will have to turn around. Later, we will turn east and cross the strait and still have to walk for a while. We will try our best to reach the plain before evening. household."
After the ship turned around and crossed the strait, its speed became much faster. Ping Qiu Sheng knew that less than thirty nautical miles to the right of the bow of the ship was Nagasaki in the old time. Look at the watch, today is July 12th. An atomic bomb was dropped there on August 9, 1945. Now that he was so close to Nagasaki, he couldn't help but sigh. What he lamented was not only that Nagasaki got the title of one of the only two cities in the world that was bombed by atomic bombs, but also the technologies of the old time and space. , if Lingao's scientific and technological power in this plane can still be understood by some people in this time and space, then many things in the old time and space are more than shocking and can be expressed in this plane - it is estimated to be far beyond what people at that time can express. scope of understanding and knowledge.
With the setting sun accompanied by the afterglow and seabirds flying low on the white waves, Hirado arrived. Hirado is a large island among the Matsuura Islands, very close to Nagasaki. In the old days, it was part of Nagasaki City. Now, it is an East Asian international port with a daimyo under its control, and its foreign trade is no less impressive than Nagasaki.
The island has many small bays, and foreign ships carrying goods ply these bays. But the island is rugged. Several small rivers separate the mountains. Paddy fields are used along the rivers to grow rice, but the harvest is pitiful. The goods brought by the ships entering the port here not only made a fortune for the merchants, but also provided food and clothing for the islanders. (To be continued.)
