Chapter 2824: Lan Fang

The envoys are all stupid. You came to Nagasaki and bombed us wildly, destroyed our fleet, burned our warehouses, and bombarded our Nagasaki city. Now you still make us lose money? Isn't this a robber! Uh, it seems that the person in front of you is a pirate. Since he is a pirate, it seems normal to say these words, right?

So the messenger went back in despair with Shen Long's list of compensation, why are these shells and gunpowder so expensive, but now that the situation is stronger than others, he dare not bargain.

Now that even the long-term trade agreement is agreed, if all previous efforts are wasted because of a little money, wouldn't the previous grievances be in vain? Nagasaki Fushin was also very helpless, so he could only agree to Shen Long's conditions.

After claiming the compensation, Shen Long took out the silk, mirror, soap, perfume and other things in the cargo hold to trade with Nagasaki. The quality of these things was unusually good, much better than the products sent by the Dutch.

Seeing this, Nagasaki Fushin finally felt a little bit better. If the shogunate can monopolize the deal, maybe there is still money to be made. As long as it can help the shogunate get enough money, maybe the bed-wetting general can forgive him Me?

After selling all the goods on the ship, there was still a vacant space, so Shen Long took out a small box, "I don't bring much goods this time, so I'll buy the rest with gold!"

Then he opened the small box, and it fell upside down. Although the box was small, the gold in it seemed endless. After a while, a small mountain was piled up in front of the messenger.

But why do these gold coins look so familiar? The envoy looked at the thin round gold coins in front of him, and tried to pick up one to examine carefully. These seemed to be the best gold coins in the Qingchang period, and there were not any bad ones in the Yuanlu period! And...and it seems to be exactly the same as the stock in the Nagasaki Magistrate.

What exactly is going on? After the Sekigahara War, the Tokugawa family established a new currency system with Keicho gold and silver, and cast a large number of "Keicho Small Ban" and "One Fun Ban" in gold seats in Edo, Kyoto, Suruga and other places as the national currency. , during this period, the gold content of jinxiaopan was relatively high, but in the Genroku period, the quality declined, so Qingchang jinxiaopan became the most popular hard currency in Japan at present, and ordinary people were reluctant to use it. Why did he have so much?

How did he know that these were originally extorted by Shen Long from Nagasaki Fengxing in the world of "Pirates of the Caribbean". He extorted their family's gold before, and now he uses this gold to buy things from them. It's really interesting to think about it. ah!

Well, anyway, they are all scarce things in the shogunate. It is enough for people to trade gold to save face. The messenger did not dare to get entangled. On Shen Long's warship, the cabins were packed to the brim, Shen Long nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, wouldn't it be enough to do this earlier? If you insist on fighting a battle first, isn't this just making yourself guilty? Okay, this time I will leave first, and I will bring new products over next month at this time, you guys Prepare the copper and saltpeter I want in advance! Don't waste my time, or I will go to Edo to talk to your bedwetting general!" Shen Long waved his hand, telling the envoy to leave.

Seeing the terrifying black ship disappearing on the horizon, Nagasaki Makoto breathed a sigh of relief, but he looked at the broken ships floating on the water in the port, and at the still burning warehouses in the port. Regarding the holes in the walls of Osaka Castle that were made by shells, Nagasaki Makoto cried again. How should I explain to the general?

These are not related to Shen Long's business, he can explain it as he likes, if he can't explain it, it doesn't matter if he is ordered by the general to make a seppuku, the next Osaka will dare to tear up the contract? In this case,

I'll fry it up again, but this time I'm really going to Edo to find General Bedwetting.

General Perry came to Japan twice with the black ship fleet, can I scare them twice too! If the bed-wetting general refuses to agree, I will burn down Edo Castle, and then look for the descendants of the daimyos of the Western Army who were defeated in the Sekigahara War. , they will definitely not let it go.

Shen Long returned with a full load of warships, returned to the island, unloaded the saltpeter and copper, and sent them to workshops. These raw materials will be turned into cannons and gunpowder to continue to grow himself.

"Next time you go to Nagasaki, you can go by yourself! If there is any problem, just call him directly!" Shen Long told his subordinates, he can't always do it by himself, but also try to let them take care of themselves.

So in the second month, it was Liu Qing who led the battleship to sea, while Shen Long stayed on the island to handle internal affairs and go to various workshops to give guidance. Making gunpowder required his guidance, but slowly, these people gradually got used to it.

Working in the workshop during the day to accumulate experience, and taking classes in the night school to train theoretical knowledge at night, these craftsmen are making progress at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In addition to workers, the training of military and government officials has not been relaxed. There are only commodities without guns. These commodities will be swallowed up sooner or later. And only guns and commodities are not enough to rule a large area of ​​land. There must be enough grassroots cadres , in order to carry out their ideas.

When Liu Qing returned from Nagasaki, the first battleship modeled after the Dreadnought had been built, equipped with new cannons, and the sailors who had been trained on the Dreadnought took over the battleship. After the first offshore trial voyage, the first long-distance voyage is finally about to begin.

This time it was still Shen Long who led the departure, "Let's not go to Nagasaki this time, let's go to Nanyang in another place!"

The warship left the port, crossed the strait and went all the way south. After wind and waves, it arrived in West Borneo, which will be Kalimantan Island in the future, and berthed at a place called Sanfa.

Many people from the Guangdong and Guangxi generations have made a living here, and most of them work in the coastal city of Pontianak on the island. Some grow rice, coconuts, coffee, and pepper in rural areas, while others exploit oil and coal mines in mountainous areas; the local natural conditions and living environment are extremely difficult. In order to survive, they need solidarity and mutual assistance. People" automatically formed many organizations similar to "hometown associations".

In the future, these "hometown associations" organizations will gradually develop and grow, and will be pinched together by two outstanding leaders to create the first republic in Asian history-the Lanfang Republic! This is Shen Long's goal this time.