Chapter 46 First Contact
Liang Daoming has become the biggest obstacle to everything Chen Zuyi wants.
Nothing else, although the Han people have been in Nanyang for a long time. It can even be said that starting from the Tang and Song Dynasties, especially after the death of the Song Dynasty, a large number of people from the Song Dynasty fled to Southeast Asia. Some people even said that the name Luzon originally meant traveling to the Song Dynasty. However, we have to admit that the Han people are still weak in Nanyang.
On the one hand, the Han people are not concentrated in one place, but scattered throughout Southeast Asia. As for Nanyang as a whole, the number of Han people is not small. But if you analyze each place carefully, the number of Han people is smaller.
And the Han people will integrate into the local government. After a few generations, it is very likely that they will change their names and no longer consider themselves Han Chinese. Naturally, there are families that insist on their Han ancestry. But the vast majority of ordinary people don't actually have that much persistence. Moreover, the Han people generally brought advanced technology from the Central Plains with them when they went south. Being attracted by various countries in Southeast Asia. If you marry the local indigenous people and change your name, even at the beginning, you will just call yourself by this name outside, but after you return home, you will still call yourself by the Han name. It's not something unacceptable. But after a few generations, it’s hard to say.
This also makes Chen Zuyi's base not the old Han people in Nanyang, but the large number of Han people who could not escape during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
Many of these Han people are in the hands of Liang Daoming.
In this regard, the Hui Muslims are completely different from the Han people. The time period when the Hui Muslims entered Nanyang was not much different from the time period when the Han people entered Nanyang. But now many Hindu countries in Southeast Asia have transformed into Muslim countries. It has become the basis of Islam.
Instead of following the local customs like the Han people.
He has become a coward in Nanyang, not a guest.
Chen Zuyi's idea of establishing a country overseas may not have been influenced by these Islamic countries.
If nothing else, take a closer look at the process of the establishment of Islam. At the very beginning, Arab maritime merchants, as a force, participated in the internal struggles of Southeast Asian countries, including coups, invasions, etc. The means are definitely not clean.
Chen Zuyi naturally felt that he could do it too.
He couldn't go back anyway.
However, this is a story for another day.
Chen Zuyi's lofty ideals are one thing, but practical problems are another.
The Nanyang countries are different from the Central Plains dynasties. Maritime trade is an important part of their domestic economy. This is determined by their geographical conditions. This kind of maritime trade is not only the east-west trade, but also has a trade cycle within the Southeast Asian countries.
Chen Zuyi wanted to establish a foothold in Nanyang, and he was determined not to abandon maritime trade.
It can even be said that finding a piece of land in Nanyang is easy. After all, although today's Nanyang is not a vast land and sparsely populated, it is still based on a dispersed city-state system. Most of them were centered around a few core city-states, allowing the more distant city-states to claim vassal status and pay tribute. A central local dynasty was formed. But in essence, it is similar to the situation in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in the Central Plains. Many countries looked very powerful when they were in their prime. But when it fails, it can easily fall apart. The central city of the new dynasty was completely different from that of the old dynasty.
Because of this loose control ability.
Chen Zuyi has tens of thousands of people, so it is easy to find a place to stay. Nanyang has a hot climate and is very suitable for food production. It is easy to support yourself, but if you want to become bigger and stronger, you have to engage in trade.
Therefore, he actually knew that the news coming through the Dai family this time was risky. But Chen Zuyi's nature could not let him miss this opportunity. He originally wanted to find Liang Daoming to share the risk. But Zhuzi is not enough for strategy. Then he can only do it by himself.
So, he sent his brothers and brought several ships north to Jingjiang.
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As one of Chen Zuyi's most trusted people, Chen Zuxiao did his part this time. However, to be on the safe side and worried that the Ming Dynasty might use traps or traps, he only brought a ship with some Nanyang goods, such as spices, gems, agates, ivory and other goods.
They are all light in weight and high in price.
Moreover, it also avoided the sea areas where the Ming Dynasty Navy had long been. Then quietly entered Taiwan.
And because of Taiwan's special circumstances, when this ship appeared in Taiwan through a narrow waterway, everyone in the Jingjiang vassal knew about it at once.
He Xi wanted to see it in person. But Yao Guangxiao persuaded him.
On the one hand, he is the son of a rich man who cannot sit down in the hall. What kind of characters are pirates? To say that the blade of a knife licks blood is not an exaggeration at all. He Xi will receive him personally, just in case we can't reach an agreement. Or there are other misunderstandings that cause a fire and what should I do?
On the other hand, Yao Guangxiao is also worried.
Worried about the safety of Xinjingjiang.
Now although there are already troops stationed in Penghu. But because all the people in Penghu moved inland, Penghu was almost an uninhabited island. Maintaining the army on Penghu cost a lot of money. Therefore, in the end, the Fujian Capital Secretary, after weighing the pros and cons, first released a hundred households and established a hundred household office. And will let the people of the past go back if they are willing to go back. Slowly gather people. Then build and upgrade it to Qianhu Station or Penghu Guard.
He Xi estimates that this kind of construction will be slower than the construction here in Xinjingjiang.
Without him, King Jingjiang is the vassal king after all. The construction costs were directly allocated by the central government. Fujian and Zhejiang provinces only bear the burden. However, the local government is responsible for the funding for the construction of Penghu Guards. The cost may not be so straightforward.
The speed of giving money will directly affect the progress of construction.
For a long time, Penghu's military strength was negligible.
The main defense force of Xin Jingjiang is the three guards of King Jingjiang, totaling more than 10,000 people. But these more than 10,000 people are actually almost all the men of the right age in Xinjingjiang.
from this angle. Xin Jingjiang's strength is not strong compared to Chen Zuyi.
Moreover, Jingjiang City is still under construction. The city wall is just a gully with limited defensive power. If Chen Zuyi comes in full force, it is still unknown whether this side can block it.
You must not have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others.
In this case, He Xi cannot be careless. You should sit in the rear and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
At least the order at sea in this era is close to disorder. The level of trust in transactions between the two parties is not much higher than that of the underworld in later generations. We must always be on guard against gangsters and gangsters.
He Xi listened to Yao Guangxiao's suggestion and thought it made sense. I can only explain my meaning to Dai Mingshi and Yiman.
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The two met with Chen Zuxiao, and they were very nervous with each other.
Fortunately, the deal is easy to make. Both parties are bartering. It should be the first transaction. Neither party knows the bottom line of the other party. And the goods from both parties have a high premium. Take pepper, for example. Although the price of pepper in the Ming Dynasty cannot be said to be comparable to gold, it is still a first-class high-end product and cannot be used by non-high-ranking officials. Can't afford it. But in many places in Nanyang, the price of pepper is just that. After all, the biggest impact of Zheng He's voyages to the West was that a large amount of pepper poured into China. It was once a luxury product, but it suddenly poured into the homes of ordinary people.
From then on, the people of Ming Dynasty had the freedom of pepper.
This can explain the price of pepper in Nanyang.
Similarly, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, trade routes were not smooth. Ming Dynasty luxury goods, porcelain, silk, etc. In Nanyang, it is in the West, and supply exceeds demand in many places. The price has also skyrocketed, multiple times.
Yiman is the richest man in Jinling, and at the same time, this Jinghai company has royal family shares. In this context, even Jingdezhen official kilns can produce it. It should be noted that Chinese porcelain takeout even has a special term called takeout porcelain, although customized services are provided according to the requirements of Islam and Christianity. But their skills are not comparable to those of the official kilns. It is far behind the top private kilns.
Otherwise, there would be no Annan people firing porcelain and calling themselves Chinese porcelain. Westerners can't tell the difference.
After a deal, both parties made a lot of money, and for a time they felt that the other party was taken advantage of. However, he quickly reacted. Both parties have been doing business for a long time and are very shrewd. Naturally, they know that the other party is not taking advantage of them. But even at this price, both parties still make money, and they make a lot of money.
