Chapter 196 Guangzhou City

The Executive Committee has no special scruples about the trade relationship between "Furuifeng" and pirate gangs. In fact, when formulating the arms export policy, the Executive Committee had already listed pirate gangs as

important sales target, and the emergence of "Furuifeng" just solved the most difficult sales channel problem for Chuanchuan Group.

In the southeastern coast of the late Ming Dynasty, the strongest armed force was not the Ming Dynasty's army, but pirate gangs of all sizes. The situation in Guangdong was slightly better. The Ming army in Fujian had been fighting with Zheng Zhilong in the past two years.

The pirate group rarely wins in battles, and has been defeated again and again. Fortunately, with the Ming Empire as its backer, the official army's ability to withstand defeat is still far greater than that of the pirates. Although they have been defeated repeatedly, they can still continue to fight.

.For pirates, they may go bankrupt as long as they lose once, so they are more willing to spend money to upgrade their weapons to ensure an advantage in the battle, and even spend thousands of taels of silver each to attack the Spanish and Dutch.

People want to buy heavy artillery.

In terms of economic strength, the pirate group is certainly not comparable to the vast Ming Empire, but for the Executive Committee, customers who are willing to spend money are good customers. The Ming Empire has been experiencing severe wars in the Northeast in recent years, and more than half of its annual military expenditures are

It was used outside the customs, and there was not much money to spend on updating the weapons of the southern army - if not for this, the "Eighteen Zhi" formed by Zheng Zhilong would not have been able to thrive in Fujian.

Comparing the two sides, it is obvious that it is more likely to reach a deal with the pirate group in the near future, and the Ming army will be beaten severely by then, so they will naturally have the idea of ​​​​purchasing guns. The time travel group will come back to the Ming Dynasty.

It’s never too late to negotiate a deal.

After entering the Pearl River, there were obviously more boats on the river, and they became more dense as we went upstream. When we got near Humen, we could already see 400-ton Dafu boats traveling in groups.

"These ships are going to Manila to do business with the Francois." Li Nai introduced: "Because the journey is long, the merchant ships all travel together so that they can be taken care of at sea."

"Does it take about ten days to get from Guangzhou to Manila?" He Xi asked with some uncertainty.

"With good winds and rivers, we can arrive in Manila in ten days." Li Nai nodded and confirmed his guess: "However, the situation in the South China Sea is unpredictable, so it would be good to arrive in Manila in about fifteen days."

After hearing this, Schneider was thinking about how to attract Guangdong maritime merchants and gradually shift their trading location to Victory Port.

The fleet sailed upstream along the Pearl River for more than half a day, and finally entered the urban area of ​​Guangzhou in later generations.

Schneider pointed to a deserted river beach on the south bank of the Pearl River and said: "If I remember correctly, that should be where the Canton Tower is. I used to visit the Pearl River in Guangzhou and saw the bridges on the river one after another. But look at the whole place in front of me.

South of the Pearl River is almost all wasteland, it’s like a dream.”

He Xi responded: "Your ability to identify directions is pretty good. I also remember that the sandbank here is a tourist park. Unfortunately, I arrived in Guangzhou too late to join the main force and did not have time to visit Guangzhou at that time."

After traveling for a while, the two of them were able to see the south wall of Guangzhou City from the boat. After several days of rough seas, they finally arrived at their destination. Both of them were refreshed and began to look carefully.

They carefully looked at the situation on the shore. In the future, this city will become a stage for them to display their respective skills.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou was divided into three areas: Zicheng, Xicheng and Dongcheng. Each of the three cities was surrounded by city walls. Zicheng was separated from Xicheng by the West Lake, and it was separated from Dongcheng by Wenxi. The transportation was very inconvenient. In Hongwu

In the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangdong, Zhou Zheng, the governor of Guangdong, presided over the demolition of part of the old city wall, filled in the Haochi between the three cities, and completed the transformation of the three cities into one. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, expanded the area to the north.

A section of the city wall was built, and the Zhenhai Tower was built at the north gate - the same place where Ning Qi was taken by Tao Donglai and others to verify the wormhole when he joined the time-travel team.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou continued to expand southward. According to the description in "Guangzhou New Construction City", the scale of the new city expanded during the Jiajing period alone was "1,124 feet long and 2 feet eight feet high.

The three thousand seven hundred and eighty six feet are the eight gates." The east city wall is on the line of Yuexiu South Road in later generations, the south city wall touches the Pearl River, the west city wall is close to Xihao, and the north city wall leans against Yuexiu Mountain, covering an area of ​​about six square kilometers.

The left and right sides are basically the central urban area of ​​Guangzhou in later generations.

At this time, Li Nai also walked up to them and began to introduce them to the situation on the shore. A several-mile-long wharf was built along the Pearl River outside the southern city wall. This is the area where Guangdong's maritime merchants are most concentrated. As for Wuyangyi,

The Taxation Department, the Approval Office, the Ship Lifting Department and other government offices related to economic transactions are also concentrated here.

Large trading houses such as "Furuifeng" have special docking areas on the pier. The boatmen throw out the cables, and the workers on the shore slowly pull the boat to the shore. After the boat stops, the boatmen quickly lift it

The gangplank was placed between the side of the boat and the river bank. Li Nai raised his hand and gestured: "You two, please get off the boat!"

Both of them were revisiting their old places, but they felt very complicated when they set foot here again. The last time they came here, they were surrounded by high-rise buildings, noisy traffic, and crowded crowds, but now everything seems to be more complicated.

It's like a set in a historical movie, incredible but extremely real.

"Does it look like you're filming a movie?" He Xi lowered her voice and asked Schneider beside her.

Schneider nodded and responded in a low voice: "The professional quality of the extras is very high!"

A young man with a face vaguely similar to Li Nai and a short beard on his chin came over and greeted from a distance: "Third brother!"

Li Nai quickly stepped forward to greet him, and then introduced to Schneider and He Xi: "This is my brother Li Po. These two are distinguished guests from the Victory Port, Mr. Schneider and Mr. He Xi."

A few people exchanged polite words of "long admiration for a long time", and Li Po asked curiously: "Are both of you famous scholars?"

Schneider smiled and waved his hand and said: "It's not because of fame. We Haihan respect people with culture and status as sir, even those who do business."

Li Po suddenly said: "I see. The two gentlemen must be tired from the journey. I have prepared a place to rest. Please come over here!"

Li Po had already prepared several soft sedan chairs. Schneider and He Xi made peace with them as soon as they arrived and boarded the sedan chair without any hesitation. As for their luggage, someone from "Fu Ruifeng" would send it to them later.

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Regarding the issue of accommodation, the two parties had already discussed it when they were in Victory Port. Li Nai also mentioned that he could live directly at Li's house, but this proposal was politely declined by Schneider - many of the tasks of the Guangdong Office should not be made public.

, living in the Li family must be a lot of inconvenience.

Schneider hoped that everything would go according to the normal process. He would first find an inn with a better environment to stay in, and then pick a suitable house in Guangzhou and buy it directly as the residence of the Guangdong Office. Li Nai was patting his chest at that time.

He said that this matter can be handled by "Furuifeng", which is absolutely guaranteed to be of high quality, low price and good environment.

Li Nai is not bragging. "Fu Ruifeng" has quite a lot of properties in Guangzhou, including seven or eight residences. Some of them are always vacant and are specially used to house merchants from far away.

Therefore, although Li Po did not know in advance that there would be Haihan people returning to Guangzhou with Li Nai, he immediately said that he had arranged accommodation for the two of them.

Regarding the situation of Li Nai's family, the Time Travel Group does not have much information. They only know that Li Nai has two half-brothers, and they have been doing business with their father, and did not take Li Nai's path to study.

The path to fame. According to the analysis of the Executive Committee, there should be an issue of inheritance rights between these brothers. The Guangdong Office must be more cautious in its attitude on this matter.

The two of them sat in the rickety sedan chair, as if they were back on the sea again. For a moment, they felt their heads started to feel dizzy again. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the sedan chair to stop, and the man who carried the sedan chair opened the curtain.

Ask them to get off the sedan.

"This yard is nice! It's bigger than the yard in the Cliff Office." After visiting the house that Li Po temporarily prepared for them, He Xi praised with satisfaction: "The furniture and living facilities are also very complete, and it's very close to the house."

The pier on the Pearl River is not too far away.”

"As long as you two are satisfied, please feel free to stay here. All the utensils here will be provided by me. I will send a few servants to serve you later." Li Po said enthusiastically.

Schneider did not refuse his kindness, and was not in a hurry to ask him for rent or to buy it outright. He planned to live there for a few days first to get familiar with the environment. Guangzhou is not a big city, and it is not a small city.

Where it should be located needs to be carefully considered after on-site inspection.

While they were talking, their luggage was also delivered to the place, and seven or eight large nanmu boxes were carried directly into the bedroom according to their instructions. Li Po saw that things were almost done, so he took Li Nai to say goodbye to the two of them, and made an appointment for a night

At one o'clock, we will invite the two of you to our house as guests.

After the two brothers from the Li family left, only Shi He and a servant who looked after the door were left in the yard. Schneider stood up, stretched and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."

The two first took out the radio and battery, tied the outdoor antenna to a tree in the courtyard, and sent a safe arrival signal to the base camp. Apparently, the base camp had been waiting for their news, and a reply came soon.

Ask them to put safety first and contact them regularly.

After the two received the news, they turned off the radio and packed up their things. Before their current residence was determined, they did not plan to set up the radio and power generation system immediately. Although Akito definitely didn't understand the functions of these things, he couldn't figure it out.

Even if it is good, it will cause unnecessary trouble.
Chapter completed!