Chapter 1716 Training Period

According to Cheng Dapeng's instructions, Qin Huacheng claimed that he used to live in Manila. Later, because the war was approaching, his family moved out of Manila and fled. After many twists and turns, he arrived at Star Island and was recruited by Cheng Dapeng to come to Batavia.

.The shopkeeper of Mihang is not a member of the Security Department, so he does not have too much doubt about Qin Huacheng's identity as a "student". His attention is more on the training rather than gossiping about Qin Huacheng's family background.

Of course, if Qin Huacheng is willing to take the initiative to talk about these things, he would also like to know whether there are other objective factors in the selection of this young man by the big shopkeeper Cheng Dapeng - such as Qin Huacheng's prominent family background or unique trading resources.

, can help Cheng Dapeng’s business.

Of course, Qin Huacheng did not have the background and abilities that the shopkeeper of Mihang thought. He was sent by Cheng Dapeng to intern at Mihang. The purpose was not really to let him learn how to do the grain business, but to understand how the grain trade operates.

What levels of information can this industry have access to, and how can it affect the development trend of a region through food supply? If he just talks about these theories, what Qin Huacheng can learn must be very limited, but it is different when he comes into contact with practice.

He may have learned more from Mihang’s daily operations than he imagined.

However, when Qin Huacheng was assigned to Mihang, what he learned was only the basic course in the intelligence personnel training process. However, the training conditions that Cheng Dapeng could provide were relatively limited, and he was not that good at teaching theoretical things, so

To train novices in Batavia, he can only use the industries and institutions under his name as the main training venue. As for how many skills the students can learn from it, it largely depends on their talent.

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Of course, Cheng Dapeng does not expect to be able to train all the candidates he is looking for into espionage masters by himself. These people have different talents, and not everyone may be suitable for this job. Even if Cheng Dapeng himself is experienced

is a veteran, but his training methods may not be effective for some students who are not smart enough.

In fact, in Cheng Dapeng's opinion, Qin Huacheng's qualifications are only on the passing line at best, which is far from the standard of excellence. However, this person has some hard conditions that indeed meet the reconnaissance direction planned by Cheng Dapeng, such as his

Proficient in spoken Spanish and understanding of all aspects of the Spanish people. There may be a lot of people like this in Manila, but they are definitely a scarce resource in Batavia. And he was selected together.

Several other people have obvious shortcomings in some aspects, either because their Spanish is not pure enough, or they don't have much experience working with Spanish people, or they lack a keen sense of smell in gathering intelligence.

Some of these shortcomings can be slowly improved through training, but some are difficult to change. Qin Huacheng chose the taller one among the dwarfs, and he is already the one with the best overall conditions among the recalled people. Cheng Dapeng also hopes

This Chinese man who was born in the Spanish colony could grow up quickly after being trained, otherwise his intelligence and reconnaissance plan for Spain would not be launched at all.

The grain trade under Cheng Dapeng's name was one of his main industries in Batavia. During the war in Batavia, Dacheng Rice Company, which had only one shop, provided the most basic food security for the Dutch. Now Dacheng Rice

Not only is the rice bank the largest in Batavia's experience, it also has more than 4,000 acres of nearby grain crops, allowing it to produce and sell itself to a certain extent locally.

Not only did the Dutch have no doubts about Cheng Dapeng's behavior in organizing farming, but they also gave him the green light, allowing Cheng Dapeng to obtain large tracts of farmland at extremely low land prices. Of course, this preferential treatment was not unconditional. These lands

The grain produced in the country must be given priority to the East India Company for purchase at the same price as official grain reserves to stabilize the local grain market.

This seems to have reduced the freedom of grain trade controlled by Cheng Dapeng, but it has confirmed his status as an officially designated grain merchant. If he could influence the local private grain market before, now he can directly influence the official grain trade.

Grain price control has had an impact. And the part of the profits lost due to the official preferential purchasing rights can be exchanged for such influence. From Haihan's perspective, it is a worthless transaction.

Although Batavia is a colony under the control of the Dutch, a considerable part of its grain market is controlled by Haihan's intelligence agency. This has to be said to be a very strange situation. Cheng Dapeng is in

It took several years of hard work locally to achieve such results, and the interest disputes with the East India Company were even more complicated. He hoped that by arranging Qin Huacheng behind the rice bank, he could understand Dacheng Rice as soon as possible through daily business contacts.

He maintained this interest relationship with the East India Company and learned to use this relationship to collect political and economic intelligence information on the other party.

"The price, quantity, time, etc. of the grain purchased by the East India Company from the Rice Bank can all be used to infer its policy policies and official economic trends. Moreover, these are first-hand data and are very reliable. It takes time and effort to

It is very cost-effective to collect this kind of intelligence. The specific inference method will be taught to you later, and what you have to do now is to remember which important data are valuable and learn to record these data periodically."

Cheng Dapeng was very clear about the goals that Qin Huacheng wanted to achieve during the training period at Mihang. However, Cheng Dapeng didn't know exactly how far Qin Huacheng could achieve it. He could only take it one step at a time.

On the third day of Qin Huacheng's internship at Dacheng Rice Bank, he happened to meet the WFP, a subsidiary of the East India Company, who came to Dacheng Rice Bank to pre-order rice produced this summer. The visitor was a Dutch official, but he was very polite to the shopkeeper of the rice bank and did not show any disrespect at all.

Qin Huacheng, who was standing next to him, was quite surprised by Yi Qi's commanding performance. You must know that Spanish and Han people are completely different classes in Manila, and it is impossible for Spanish officials to maintain such a humble attitude in front of Chinese businessmen.

As if he had guessed what Qin Huacheng was thinking, during a break in the conversation, the shopkeeper explained to him why the visiting Spanish officials showed such a condescending attitude.

"If the Dutch don't come forward to buy the grain produced this summer, we will definitely raise the price when it is put into the market. By then, the price of grain in Batavia will rise. Even if they want to buy us before other buyers as agreed.

We still have the autonomy to decide whether to sell the grain and how much to sell it. If the officials who come to contact us have a bad attitude, then I will directly refuse to sell it, and they will eventually have to spend more money to purchase summer grain.

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The shopkeeper's words basically explained the reason for the attitude of the Dutch. Simply put, Haihan's grain business had reached the point where the shop was bullying customers. Even Batavia officials who took the initiative to purchase grain had to be there.

Remain humble in front of the shop owner of Dacheng Rice Shop.

Qin Huacheng really wanted to ask the Dutch how they would feel if they knew that all the grain they purchased came from Haihan people. And he had to admit that the economic penetration adopted by Haihan was very effective.

, even if the Dutch realize that this is Haihan's method, getting rid of this indirect control is not something that can be done in a short time. The rice and other food crops produced in these thousands of acres of fields are enough to make the local people

Grain prices have experienced severe fluctuations, not to mention that Haihan will allocate grains from Annan, Champa and other countries to ensure that Dacheng Rice Company has absolute control over the Batavia grain merchants.

Therefore, during the meeting with the official representing the East India Company, the shopkeeper of Mihang basically took the initiative throughout the process. Although the acquisition application proposed by the Dutch official was accepted, the shopkeeper of Mihang refused to give in to the price.

, must be implemented in accordance with the standards instructed by Cheng Dapeng in advance.

The talks between the two parties lasted until dinner. The shopkeeper of Mihang deliberately refused to stay, and the Dutch official had to take the initiative to leave. However, both parties knew that the most important issue had actually been negotiated, and the remaining price and delivery method

The details are just formal arguments. After several years of cooperation, the back-and-forth fight over these details has become a symbol of the two sides striving for the initiative. The shopkeeper of Mihang and the Dutch official in charge of this matter

You must make a confrontational gesture to prove your dedication in handling this matter.

The real person in charge, Cheng Dapeng, and the senior officials of the East India Company also knew this very well and would not have any antagonism over it. After negotiating the grain purchase transaction every year, Cheng Dapeng would also go out with the senior officials of the East India Company.

Dinner was held to celebrate the successful completion of the cooperation between the two parties - and by the way, rebates for grain purchases were given to the other party. Dacheng Rice Bank was not the only one to benefit from the increase in grain prices. "Win-win" was everyone's goal.

The shopkeeper of Mihang mentioned these transaction details in a very subtle way. After hearing this, Qin Huacheng couldn't help but lamented that Cheng Dapeng's business methods were flexible. With such operation, it is no wonder that Dacheng Mihang can be in the Batavia grain market.

Calling for the wind and rain.

However, Qin Huacheng still has a problem that he can't understand: "Since the rice bank sells the grain to the Dutch at market prices, and then gives them a part of the rebate as a kickback, wouldn't it mean that a large amount of profit is missing? It's hard to predict the future.

You may still lose money, right? The boss is a shrewd man, why do you have to do this business that makes little money?"

The shopkeeper of Mihang snorted and said: "This is because you are short-sighted. You even gave this grain to my family to manage, which shows how much the Dutch trust the shopkeeper. It is true that you can't make much money selling grain to the Dutch, but by relying on

By maintaining this relationship through the grain trade, we can also earn the money back from other places."

In addition to grain trade, Cheng Dapeng's business is involved in almost every aspect of Batavia. He even has a construction team under his name to undertake local infrastructure projects. The most recent project under construction is the artillery in the east of Batavia.

Camp. God knows how Cheng Dapeng obtained this kind of project. In short, after this project was completed, the artillery information about the East India Company was smoothly updated again.

As shopkeeper Mi Xing said, it is not difficult for Cheng Dapeng to earn huge profits from other fields as long as he has the trust of the authorities. Nowadays, the influence of the "Dacheng" brand in Batavia is so great that even

No less than the Dutch.

If Cheng Dapeng is measured by the standards of a businessman, then he can undoubtedly be classified as a "successful person". Looking at it from another level, he has made many achievements, and even the executive committee has praised him.

Add. But Cheng Dapeng himself is still not satisfied with the status quo. He still hopes to have the same influence on the intelligence front as in the shopping mall. The specific manifestation of achieving this goal is to personally establish a network in the South China Sea from Sumatra to the east.

Island, a huge intelligence network extending to the Banda Sea in the west.

In order to establish such a large intelligence network, in addition to funding issues, there is also the issue of people. How many intelligence personnel are needed to operate such a large scale effectively? 300 people or 500 people.

He doesn't even have an exact number in mind, but he currently has only a few dozen people under his direct command, and the area covered is only the area centered on Java Island, which is still far from the target.

Cheng Dapeng was also quite anxious about this, so he took advantage of the opportunity and went to Xingdao in person to recruit the manpower he needed. Qin Huacheng was the direct beneficiary of Cheng Dapeng's selfishness, and he suddenly transformed from a guilty person.

He became a trainee of Haihan's privileged agency. Although the internal status of specially recruited personnel like Qin Huacheng is far inferior to that of regular employees of Gen Hongmiaozheng, if he can really play his due role in Cheng Dapeng's plan,

Cheng Dapeng would certainly not hesitate to reward him with a formal organization.

One night after a week of internship at Mihang, Cheng Dapeng suddenly asked Qin Huacheng to be taken to a manor outside the city. Here he met several other people who came from Star Island with him, but one of them was missing.

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"I think you must be curious about why you were suddenly called here." Cheng Dapeng said while looking around at everyone's faces: "You may have noticed that there is one person missing. It is because of his matter that I called you here today."

After Cheng Dapeng finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and someone opened the curtain in the middle of the room. It turned out that there was another room behind the curtain, and the person he had not seen before was in it, tied to an erected wooden frame.

, there were numbness stones stuffed in his mouth, with a look of horror on his face.

"I sent him to a pawn shop as an intern. In just seven days, he had already embezzled more than 40 silver coins and three pawned items. It seemed like a dog couldn't change his mind... So I decided

Give him up and punish him so that he will never be able to reach out for something that doesn't belong to him again!"

Cheng Dapeng snapped his fingers and ordered: "Cut off both of his hands!"
Chapter completed!