Chapter 107 King's Landing on the Gulf of Siam [Part 2 of 4]
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"Your Highness, the prince is a fleet covered with seas, and ships that can't be seen at first sight or count."
The white-known crane has arrived, and the flagship can avoid the reefs and approach the port as much as possible. It is absolutely impossible to enter the port, and the Siamese have not yet been able to dock the wharf of such giant ships.
On the deck of the flagship, there were two rows of soldiers armed to the teeth. These were the most elite soldiers among the various garrisons in Guangdong. They picked out the best equipment in the whole of Guangdong and showed them that they stood here to show their mightyness.
Unfortunately, because they have never had the opportunity to participate in the war, these people have less murderous aura.
A huge anchor of several thousand kilograms fell into the water, and the splashes of water when it fell into the water made the small boat in the Siam port bump. A long rope that was a hundred feet long and thick arm pulled down from the boat. More than 300 strong men used more than a dozen pillars of hundreds of kilograms to stand on the open space behind the large pier, and then fixed the long rope.
Bai Minghe stood on the hanging board under the cableway and slowly came to the ground from the deck of the flagship.
"The prince is so good. I haven't seen him for many days, but I'm haggard." The white-known crane gave a faraway salute on the hanging board.
The little prince returned the gift: "Young Master Bai, please be fine. I have been requested by Mr. Bai these days. I have sent 100,000 civilians to transport a large amount of rice and other goods here overnight. I haven't had a good rest for several days or nights."
This is absolutely impossible to say when the Ming people said this.
This is the difference between nations. Under Confucianism, it emphasizes humility, rather than saying what you have done one by one.
The white-known crane lifted a long box under his feet and sent it to the little prince: "I didn't have much preparations for meeting last time. This time I specially brought a gift to the prince."
The Ming people would never open the gifts on site when receiving them. Siam is different.
On the dock where countless people were watching, the Siam prince opened the box on the spot. In the box was a sword and a spear.
"The sword is a gentleman's soldier. The prince has a noble status, so it is naturally difficult to use a knife. This sword is made of a famous sword-making master of the Ming Dynasty." The little prince thanked him repeatedly. The sword sheath was made of shark skin, copper-covered horns, and gems inlaid. The sword was unsheathed, and the cold light flashed to attract countless people to close their eyes.
Two ancient seal characters on the body are "Bon Lang"
The white-famous crane took the sword and the blade was facing upwards. He fell naturally with his own hair, and his hair fell off and broke.
"Good sword!" Many people exclaimed.
Another spear was the Ming Dynasty musket. Bai Minghe didn't dare to touch this thing. In his eyes, no matter how exquisite this thing is, there is danger of explosion, so a soldier around him practiced it on his behalf.
The soldier quickly filled the medicine and loaded the bullets. He raised his hand at the birds in the air and shot him.
The bird fell.
It doesn’t matter whether the gun is good or the gun is good. Siam has heard of this long-range killing weapon. But no one has ever seen it. When Zheng He went to the West, he did not show it to others.
This gift was not light, and the little boy took the prince over with joy.
These two things were originally gifts given to Bai Minghe by Yang Neng and were collected by himself. Especially the sword, it was definitely a fine product.
Bai Minghe doesn’t care about these things. Gifts are for gifts, and I don’t know how to use them myself.
"Thank you Mr. Bai for your generous gift, I also prepared a big gift for Mr. Bai. In three days, there will be four million stones of rice in this port, and the price is 1.5% lower than what we negotiated before. In addition, there are various precious woods 100,000 square meters. Various treasures are enough for Mr. Bai to fill a big ship with 2,000 materials."
The white-famous crane was scared, four million stones. What a huge number.
It’s not that the white-famous crane brought insufficient goods, but that his fleet could not accommodate so much food.
The Ming Dynasty was not the modern side, and the Ming Dynasty was a foot cubic cube, which is a material. The 100,000 cubic timber alone had to be loaded with fifty ships and two thousand materials. A cargo ship with a capacity of 1,500 materials could only be loaded with five thousand stones of grain, because long-distance voyages also required water and some dried vegetables.
In other words, the white-famous crane needs 1,500 large ships and 1,000 ships.
"If Mr. Bai brings not enough goods, he can take them away first." The little prince was happy.
Bai Minghe shook his head and whispered: "I am considering how to repay your feelings. Tell me, as long as I have it, you can consider it except women and original books." Bai Minghe knew that the custom of changing concubines in the Ming Dynasty was really afraid that someone would target his own Qinghe.
The little prince did not answer immediately, but made a gesture of invitation: "Please invite Mr. Bai to the table first, and I will be drunk today!"
I was running all the way, and I must have taken a shower and changed my clothes before I got into the table.
While changing clothes, Deng Hailong came to find Baiminghe: "Baiminghe is all new rice. Look at the rice mountains piled behind the dock, it is probably more than four million stones. We must give up some, either rice or treasures. The goods we bring are not enough to exchange for so many things."
"What I care about is whether the ship can be loaded!"
"As long as you dare to bring the lucky ship to Beijing, you will definitely be able to load it. It is no problem to load these lucky ships with 2.6 million stones of rice." Deng Hailong didn't need an explanation. Bai Minghe already knew that these lucky ships were all big-bellied ships, which were so heavy that it was difficult to turn around when fighting a war.
The load capacity of a 32-meter-long lucky ship is more than five times that of a 2,000-material warship.
(Note: According to the research of a British scholar, Zheng He's largest treasure ship is 44 zhang long and has a displacement of more than 20,000 tons. According to some speculations, the No. 2 lucky ship with a load of 32 zhang two should not be a problem.)
"Let the clerk calculate how much can we owe after we settle the bill?" Bai Minghexin said that this time, he brought 14,000 dan of silk alone, and collected all the silk stocks of all merchants in Guangdong, and raised more than 8,000 dan. The rest were transported from Jiangxi and Fujian urgently.
At present, most of Guangdong provinces and half of Fujian provinces in southern Fujian have no porcelain sold in the shops, and all of them are here.
"White-name crane, this prince wants weapons and weapons, we have them."
"Mr. Deng." Bai Minghe lowered his voice: "You can't hurry this, give it to them if he wants it. This thing is not precious. You have to wait until I come back alive from Beijing and give it to him. It's not too late. It's just a month before their next harvest season. I gave the weapons and pulled the food back."
Deng Hailong thought about it and said: "You owe our Guangdong Dusi to hand over this share quickly. Create new weapons and then keep the old ones for you. You will be in the capital for a round trip, plus the matter there, which is only seventy or eighty days, and it will not last more than three months, and you may be able to come back within two months."
"I will definitely come back quickly. Next time they collect the food, I will replace them with their 100,000-stone royal rice. When I go back, I will add a guy to us!"
During the meal, after three rounds of wine.
The little prince couldn't help but say to Bai Minghe: "Young Master Bai, I want Madfu Province."
"This..." Bai Minghe looked very embarrassed, and the little prince quickly asked: "Is Mr. Bai very embarrassed?"
"Our Ming Dynasty law does not have the order of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Private conquest is a serious crime, not to mention that the Khmer once paid tribute to me in the Ming Dynasty, and it was a bit troublesome to ask me to send troops to fight the Khmer. It is difficult, very difficult!"
The white-famous crane breathed heavily, which made the little prince laugh and cry.
I quickly explained: "This is not to send troops to Mr. Bai. Just support us with some powerful weapons in the Ming Dynasty."
"Well..." Bai Minghe looked thoughtful and stared in a daze with a wine glass. After acting for a while, he said, "Let's do this, I promise you first. The number of questions will come back. This time I will move back to Beijing and move out the Hyogo of several provinces such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other provinces in the name of changing outfits. So, the number of words will come back."
Bai Minghe also talks about running trains, which can affect Guangdong. To talk about a few more provinces is just to support oneself.
"Thank you Mr. Bai!"
"Don't worry, I'll give you at least 50,000 people." Bai Minghe made a promise.
According to Bai Minghe's idea, there are 70,000 to 80,000 people in Guangdong, and all of them have been replaced for a long time. It should be no problem to take out 50,000 equipment first. Moreover, the Ministry of War will not pay the money, so this matter is easy to explain.
"Can you give me some more thunder fire?" The little prince asked, and he agreed without expecting Bai Minghe.
What is Thunderbolt Fire?
Just talk about Guangdong, there has been no real war in recent years. However, the equipment of the regular army was extremely powerful. In Jingtai Nian, there were 1,000 infantry soldiers. This was the rifle, called the thunder cannon or the thunder fire. In the Xuanfu, each regular army had 3,600 battalions of 5,000 people.
In Xuanfu, there are 160 artillery pieces.
Such armed forces, including one infantry battalion and two thousand cavalry, can be said to be extremely powerful.
The Tumu Fort's Incident was not defeated by weapons, but by the commander's incompetence and the greed of the eunuch Wang Zhen. After encountering an ambush, his first consideration was not to deal with the enemy or protect the emperor, but to arrange the treasure he obtained to transport away.
"In theory, I should agree if you speak, but the firearm is the official banned weapon!"
Bai Minghe was considering refusal, but Deng Hailong winked at Bai Minghe and asked to agree. He gestured in secret, and Bai Minghe didn't know how much this finger was, one thousand or ten thousand.
Seeing Deng Hailong's gesture, Bai Minghe changed his mouth: "So, do you have any rare treasures for me. Then write a letter of nationality. This time I will go back to Beijing to ask for a reward from my Emperor Ming. I said that I would prepare a guard for you, and there is no problem with a thousand like this."
"Thank you!" The little prince was overjoyed.
The white-known crane drank wine on this pier for four days, and the Siamese men and slaves were loading ships for four days and four nights.
At the end, Bai Minghe wrote an IOU with 4,000 dan of Hangzhou silk, and pulled countless treasures to set sail north.
Chapter completed!