Chapter 364 An official
Jiang Kui said: "It's really hard to understand if you have to fight for the best."
"That's how they are, they are all subordinates of Mr. Li." Zheng Shaolai also looked at the people on these lucky boats and tried to find a few familiar faces... After searching for a long time, he didn't find it. Zheng Shaolai said with a little melancholy: "Those who do this business either go home after working for a few years, or they must die on the sea, storms, diseases, and fighting at sea. It's really dangerous. If you say you die, you will die. Therefore, most people who run to the sea hold their heads in their hands, which is naturally a bit fierce."
"Some?" Jiang Kui smiled and said, "These people are not ordinary sailors on sea boats, nor are they ordinary merchant ships?"
"Well," Zheng Shaolai said: "They are the subordinates of Mr. Li, who specialize in secret activities." r 【≧【≧【≧,⊥.≤.︾/>
Jiang Kui then realized... These ships must have just been robbed back from the sea. They may have killed many people, or they may have died many of their own people. So these sailors all looked fierce and wanted to fight if they had disagreements.
Li Dan's tens of thousands of subordinates should be mostly ordinary sailors and maritime merchants, but there must be quite a lot of this type of pirate sailors. If they were not for these subordinates, why would he be called the Chinese captain by the Red Maowen Yi? Why did the Japanese specialize in rowing an island for him? Could it be that these people are good men and women?
At this time, several small boats came from the port. Zheng Shaolai ordered the sailors to cooperate with the people on the boats to connect the big boats and the small boats one after another. Then the people on the boats shouted horns, and the people on the boats began to row, and the oars were rowing the blue water surface. People could not feel anything on the big boat, but the hull began to move and slowly headed towards the port.
"It's really prosperous here." Wang Zhang and his friends talked, and everyone felt the eyes wide open.
"There are many ships outside the Shuixi Gate in Nanjing, but most of them are sand ships and there are few large ships. Compared with this place, it still feels far behind."
"Well, I heard that there are many large sailing ships in Quanzhou Port, and many of them are large ships like Hongmaoyi."
"The big ships of the Red-Fao Yi are in Manila. They transport gold and spices from South America to Manila. Our Ming Dynasty ships are transporting tea, porcelain, leather goods and sugar to the other side. For their silver and specialties, a ship of porcelain has passed, half a ship of silver and half a ship of cargo has returned, and they have made a lot of money."
"Well, if we can go there, we can collect the port chart and count the specific numbers in detail..."
Speaking of this, everyone woke up. Someone took out a small notebook and a hard pen and began to count the number of ships passing by and tonnage of the passing ships he saw. Wang Zhang carefully observed the port and began to draw a brief map in his mind.
After training in the Drawing Bureau of the General Staff Department, Wang Zhang and others were able to carry out simple drawing work. The drawing level of this era is similar to East and West, and they all have their own unique skills. At least Wang Zhang and others are considered to be the masters of the two schools... The Drawing Bureau not only has Chinese drawing masters such as Li Anping, but also missionary drawing masters invited by Zhang Han from the Nantang of the Capital. Wang Zhang and others have already achieved efficient drawing skills.
The port in front of me is very large, and it feels very spacious from the outside and inside. The boats just enter the port from north to south. The more you go in, the more ships there are, the more ships there are. Countless small boats shuttle back and forth between large ships, with towing ships, some small boats delivering supplies, and more large ships take turns to moor on the trest, where they are loading or loading goods.
From the east to west, there are more mountains in the east, including some small hills of about 300 to 400 meters, but they stretch out in patches and cannot see the edge at first sight. The mountains to the west become low, and a large number of houses appear in the mountains or on the plains. The port area is also mainly in the west, with more than a dozen trest bridges alone.
There are dozens of large ships with more than 100 tons of ships, more than 100 merchant ships with about 100 tons, and then there are hundreds of small boats of different sizes. The small boats can only carry a dozen sailors and a small amount of fresh water food. They should be a purely small ship for transport or combat.
Wang Jun and others were drawing or recording, while Jiang Kui and Wen Zhongfa were only observing and imprinting all their impressions firmly in their minds.
Here, the port is extremely large and there are countless ships, which is almost dazzling.
The ship slowly moved forward, and slowly adjusted to a pier, and finally successfully leaned forward.
The ship was filled with cargo and looked extremely heavy. After the ship landed, hundreds of people had already arrived.
Some of them are Han people with buns, and some are Japanese people with buns on their foreheads and only buns behind their heads. Most of them are short in size and have short legs. They speak Japanese when they speak, which makes people feel that they speak very quickly and their speech is mixed.
There were also some women holding baskets of different sizes in their hands, containing some cooked ingredients, mostly rice balls with seaweed buns, which exuded the aroma. There were also some snacks such as fried fish, and cooked sea crabs. However, Jiang Kui and others wanted to eat large pieces of fat meat and fresh vegetables, but both of them were not.
"Don't look for it." Zheng Shaolai said while preparing to get off the boat: "It's good to eat some rice balls and fish and shrimps! The Japanese don't eat meat very much. Their nobles eat meat, but they don't eat much. They eat little, and they usually eat small pieces of fish, otherwise why are they so short!"
"It's really exotic. I really couldn't imagine this before I came."
Everyone climbed down the gangway, and there were more people coming up. Zheng Shaolai's sailors began to shout hard, driving these people out of the way. The Japanese were also aware of the fact that the ship was mainly going to trade ashore and might take a short while to use manpower. They dodged the road, with a numb expression on their faces. Those who looked cunning and prepared to make money were mostly Han people, and most of the Han people were crowded.
"Which time is this? I'm here? Feng Jinke, who has been with the Japanese for a long time, is the best thing to entrust any trade matters to me. I will never harm my interests. The price negotiated will definitely be the highest."
"In the next step, Li Kuiqi, Brother Bao can make a lot of money."
"I'm in the second place, Zheng Yiguan..."
Not only are these brokers mostly Chinese, but some are Japanese who are half-baked in Chinese, and even some red-haired and black-haired men are also coming up and demanding that they become the economy of this merchant ship.
"It's really lively." Jiang Kui smiled at Zheng Shaolai and said, "Is this always the case here?"
"Well, this has always been like this." Zheng Shaolai said: "We are mostly tough goods this time. We didn't need these second-hand dealers. It's best to just ask Li Dan to take off the goods, but it's better to have a guide."
Zheng Shaolai said, pointing casually among the jumping economy and laughing: "It's you, come here."
He refers to a young man who is less than twenty years old. He is tall among the southerners, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance. Although he does not have a beard and has a big beard, he looks mature and persistent, giving people a sense of trust.
"Nicolah, you're so lucky."
"Bless you, Nikola."
"Zheng Sang, you are so lucky..."
"Xiao Zheng has continued to have a big job again, and treat him tonight."
A bunch of economic and half-true people held the young man around him to congratulate him, and many people asked him to treat him. The young man named Zheng kept agreeing with him and was not arrogant.
Jiang Kui noticed that this young man spoke Japanese to the Japanese and to the Japanese. It seemed that he did not speak a single language. He switched back and forth between various languages, and even when talking to the Han people, he could speak Nanjing Mandarin, Fujian, Cantonese, and various dialects. He also switched fluently.
Wang Zhang whispered: "This Zheng surname is really a genius of linguistics. It will be difficult for us to learn Mongolian and Jurchen."
Jiang Kui praised: "The Japanese language seems to be similar to Mongolian language, but it is really difficult to learn Yi language and various official dialects. Zheng's surname is not very old and he is really talented."
Japanese is indeed a type of Altaic language, and has similarities with Korean, Jurchen and Mongolian languages. However, Zheng, the surname is just speaking at least seven or eight languages. Judging from his age, he is indeed a person with high talent.
"What's the name?"
Zheng Shaolai looked at the young man with a harsh eye. Although he called the person, he could still replace him if he was not suitable.
"I'm the next surname, Zheng, and my name is Zhilong. My acquaintances are called the next official." Zheng Yiguan is very respectful, but his eyebrows are still full of confidence, and he does not feel afraid or nervous because of Zheng Shaolai's attitude.
"Where is the hometown?"
"Shijing, Nan'an, Fujian."
"What generation is your father's generation?"
"My father, Zheng Shaozu, is the Shao character, who is ranked first."
"I am also from Ishii, my name is Zheng Shaolai."
"My nephew has met his uncle."
They are all from Nan'an, and their surname is Zheng. After Zheng Shao finished speaking, Zheng Yiguan accepted the title and bowed.
"Are you young, are you here for the financial situation or have your family with you?"
Zheng Shaolai was calmly treated by Zheng Yiguan. He was from Fujian and went to the north to become a captain. There were not many Fujianese men with him, most of whom were sailors in Denglai in the north. Just now, Zheng Yiguan used authentic Fujian Nan'an dialect when he was worshiping him. When Zheng Shaolai heard the local accent, he felt a little mixed with emotion and became much closer to Zheng Yiguan invisibly.
"My uncle was taken here by his uncle Huang Cheng to learn business, and his younger brother Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao are all here. My nephew comes here to be economics when he has some free time. On the one hand, he is to learn more about the world and practice the language he learned. On the other hand, he can earn some money and supplement his family income."
Zheng Shaolai smiled and said, "At a young age, he said that he was so calm. Have you already started a family?"
"I've already started a family." Zheng Yiguan looked embarrassed and said, "I'm married to a Japanese girl."
Jiang Kui said: "I heard that the Japanese girl is passionate and gentle, you are very lucky, brother, you are very lucky."
Zheng Yiguan smiled with a pursed lips and said nothing.
Zheng Shaolai said: "I have been to Hirado before. I have traveled to Southeast Asia several times over the past few years, but I am unfamiliar here. This time we have a lot of hard goods in one boat. Can you take us to see Mr. Li?"
"Oh..." Zheng Yiguan pondered for a moment and said, "I'm not hiding my uncle, my nephew is serving Master Li as his father, and he serves him under his own sect every day. It's not difficult to introduce him. However, my adoptive father has rarely seen people or is in charge of the affairs recently. He is a little older, and now the eldest son in Hirado Island is the head of the eldest son."
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