"I have two ways of wealth here, so the Lord Zheng can consider it! One is to help us clean up the natives of the South China Sea. We bid ten yuan for a young adult. Such a big place is enough for the Lord Zheng to seize it for a few years! In addition, we suggest you go out and go outside the Strait of Malacca. The Mughal Empire there is very rich! There are also Arabs even further west!"

Zheng Zhilong twisted his beard and pondered silently. Li Bin still didn't want him to go astray: "Zheng Guozhu, you only have one or two million people in your country, and even the local people have not been cleaned up yet! What's the use of making money in business? Whether a country is strong depends on how many people there are, how much grain, minerals, how many ships, how many muskets and cannons can be weaved, and how many roads it has, rather than how much silver there is in your king's warehouse! The right way is to ensure that there is at least five million people, and then develop industry and mining, so that the country can be strong! Even if you don't do business, you can still receive enough taxes based on your domestic production and consumption capacity to support your army!"

Entrance to the Strait of Malacca!

Captain Jacks from England was standing at the bow and twisting his waist and flicking his hips: "Oh, damn it! I'm finally going to reach the rich Ming Dynasty!"

Jacks has had several experiences in running to the Ming Dynasty. He usually went directly to Macau to give some money to the local Portuguese, and then bought silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and then bought some spices from the Dutch!

After all, it is only the early stage of the great voyage, and everyone is still making small fusses, and the conflict is not as big as the 18th century! The British themselves have just begun to develop the Mughal Empire market!

"Captain, there is a boat in front of you! Oh, God, how could there be such a big boat!"

The first mate was also next to him! He immediately discovered the warship of the South China Sea Fleet!

Jacks quickly turned the telescope and looked in the direction the first mate pointed: "Damn, they came directly for us! Why are their ships so fast! Isn't they hanging pirate flags? Tigers with wings? Does anyone know this flag?"

They ran back to Europe and came over again. They had been sailing on the sea for more than a year, and they met the newly emerged flag of the Tiger Army!

A group of people looked at each other, and I don’t know if it was to prepare for the battle or communicate first! After all, the other party’s ship looked too big and too fast!

With the experience of an old fried dough stick like Jacks, they will definitely not be able to beat him!

"Prepare the gunner and see who the other party is first!"

Jacks decided to take a gamble! If he could grab such a boat, his journey to the Ming Dynasty would make a fortune!

"Please follow us to Daming City for inspection! Please do not refuse, otherwise it will sink directly!"

The big ship began to shout to them from four miles away!

"Comprehensive translation, what is the other party shouting?"

Although Jacks himself does not understand Chinese, he is not short of translations that understand Chinese!

"The other party asked us to go to Daming City with them and undergo inspection! Otherwise, we would sink!"

The general translation immediately translated the other party's meaning to Jacks!

"Sheit, where is Daming City? Do they check if they say they want to go and check it? But they found someone who speaks so loudly from there!"

At this time, no one in the maritime business had snatched others a few times, and they were very skilled in pirate business!

"Prepare to fire when the opponent approaches four hundred meters!"

Jacks didn't care about so much. The other party didn't even have a gun window on his boat. There were more than a dozen guns on his boat, otherwise he wouldn't have been here!

The other party shouted three times in a row, seeing that Jacks had no intention of turning the rudder and following them. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than three miles. He turned the rudder and turned the hull across and looked at Jacks' ship. A burst of artillery from the buzzer came over!

"Oh, damn, they fired so far! They still shot so accurately!"

Jacks muttered while holding up the telescope to watch the other person's actions!

The other party smashed ten shells at once, and they all landed around his ship!

Before he could finish his words, he felt the boat under his feet tremble: "Sheit, why did they open fire so quickly? It was fired in the second round? Can we hit us even if we are so far away?"

Jacks felt something was wrong! At such a long distance, even if the solid shells hit, there was no force, but he obviously felt the vibration and explosion!

The first mate ran in panic: "Captain, the other party's shells will explode, and a big hole has been blown up on our port side!"

Jacks looked at the first mate in disbelief: "How is it possible? This is just the beginning?"

Isn’t the naval battles all the time for everyone to fight slowly? Before his side could start, the ship was smashed into a big hole?

Jacks couldn't stay in the captain's room anymore, so he quickly ran to the port side and looked at it. He was startled: "Rise the white flag, raise the white flag quickly! We are willing to go with them for inspection!"

It would be strange if you are not afraid. In ten seconds, they fired thirty shells and hit him, and then they exploded a hole with a diameter of one meter on his port side! This is Jacks's boat board is thick!

"Hongmao, Hongmao is indeed the same as the commander-in-chief said, she doesn't fight or obey! She will be honest after being beaten!"

The captain of the Yangzhou ship Zhao Heng looked contemptuous!

For those who do not obey orders, if they hit him, most merchant ships will be honest, and those who dare to resist or want to escape will be sunk directly and knocked down. Those are usually professional pirate ships!

Jacks followed the Yangzhou ship dejectedly! From the other party's shouting and the cubes on the hull, Jacks already knew that this was the Ming ship!

"When did they come here and block the Strait of Malacca?"

No one answered Jacks' questions! It was not until the ship drove into the port that he found that it was a large construction site. The pier and pier had been well repaired. There was also a turret to the east, and twenty black gun barrels pointed directly at the dock! It looked not thick at all!

But Jacks had no idea at all. He just experienced it personally, the shooting speed of this gun and the explosion shells!

As soon as the ship was parked at the dock, more than 30 soldiers in black rushed up with guns and pointed at them with guns!

After driving everyone to the deck, a soldier blocked the fire door of their artillery with wooden wedges, and then a man in green short-sleeved came up: "Now the Malacca Strait is banned, and all European and Ming transactions will be carried out in Daming City in the future! The warning operation consumes 30 shells, a total of 300 yuan, and the port berth fee is 50 yuan a day. How many days do you stop? The deposit is 500 yuan. If there is no illegal or disorderly behavior when returning, the port management office will refund it in full! If you pay with silver, an additional 20% of the silver depreciation compensation will be added!"

After explaining to Jacks for a long time, Jacks realized that it turned out that the place where they traded in the future. All ships without permission were not allowed to enter the Strait of Malacca. The City of Ming can purchase all the supplies they could buy in the Ming Dynasty. The entire Nanyang is no longer allowed to enter!

"Oh God, they will cause wars like this. Look, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Britain will not allow them to dominate the Ming Dynasty's trade!"

Tongzhi shrugged her shoulders and said she was helpless. Now they could either accept what they could do, or pay the shell money and berth fee and turn and leave!

It is impossible to leave, why run so far?

The silver payment was too much. Jacks gritted his teeth and paid the fee in gold, placing a deposit of 500 yuan, and received a deposit bar!

Then the people in green clothes sent each of them a red pass: "One for each person. If you make trouble in the port, the pass will be confiscated. At that time, a pass will be missing and the deposit will be gone!"

"These regulations are really overbearing. No spitting is allowed? No urination is allowed anywhere? No fights are allowed?"

Jacks listened to the translation of the Mingcheng port management regulations that he had given him one by one, and felt that his 500 yuan deposit was probably unreliable!

Who are these sailors? It is impossible for him to do it, including himself!

Of course it is impossible to give up. He turned his head and threatened him fiercely, the sailors who were accustomed to lawlessness and said, "Whoever loses his pass will compensate me for the five hundred yuan deposit!"

After completing the procedures, it also means that Jacks and the others can go ashore, leaving behind a few unlucky guys who draw lots to guard the boat. Jacks took the first mate and the interpreter to ashore!

Walking through the long pier and passing by a lush coconut forest, there is a tall house behind it! I’m afraid there are hundreds of them!

They are all pillars about ten meters high, with a ceiling on them, and all sides are empty. You can see the goods sold on each stall at a glance!

"Oh, that's silk! There's porcelain over there! The people from the port didn't lie to me, there's really everything here!"

Seeing all kinds of Ming Dynasty goods, Jacks felt relieved!

"Captain, it says on it. We can rent a stall at the Market Management Office and sell the goods we brought with us!"

Jacks did not only bring gold and silver when he went out. He brought every product produced in Europe! The market is constantly changing. No one can guarantee the things he sold last time. It was easy to sell this time, and he could only rely on the varieties to diversify risks!

From a cotspellite to a small cotton cloth, and he had done a few unspoiled businesses on the road, and the cargo in the cabin was full!

"No hurry, let's take a look first!"

Of course, Jacks must first see what the market is!

Jacks turned around and felt bad immediately: "Damn it, who can tell me what happened? Silk, porcelain, tea and other things have all doubled, cotton, muskets, and iron and other things have sold so cheaply?"

If Jacks could summarize, he would know that the price of luxury goods would be more than double or twice, while the prices of industrial products were so low that it was unbelievable!

The same is true for these merchants to purchase supplies. No one wants his cotton cloth and muskets. Instead, the prices given by saltpeter and cotton are pretty good!
Chapter completed!