Chapter 986

As senior generals of the Han Empire, they know much more information than ordinary people, including the fact that the area of the sea is much larger than that of the land.

The ocean is so vast that the Han people have not fully identified the species of shallow sea creatures, so there is no need to talk about the creatures in deeper waters.

There are Han people who have run across the sea. They already know that the creature named blue whale is the largest creature known in the world.

Many Han people who heard the rumors could not help but wonder about going to sea, that is, not everyone was lucky to see the blue whale, but after they went to sea, they could not see the marginal ocean, and all felt that they were so small.

People always have higher horizons with the change of environment. With the more things they know, they will inevitably realize how ignorant they used to be.

Once thought that the central plains were all those people, and the highest desire of ambitious people was to become the ruler of the Central Plains. In another sense, they were frogs trapped in the well, and saw only a small piece of blue sky on the well.

"If the Han did not open up the sea, who can believe that the area of the rising sea (South China Sea) is three or four times the size of the Central Plains?" Qian Jiantong was full of emotion: "during the voyage of more than one month, I saw so many new things that I deeply felt incredible."

If you travel on land, how can you see that there will be too big guys under your feet? How can we see that millions of fish come together, and we don't know that every group of fish must be followed by predators.

They have reached Johor range and the fleet is slowly crossing the Strait.

Fu Wei came to the area named Haishi, which is actually the location of modern Singapore. After contacting it in ancient times, Zhuxia was called Temasek.

The Han Empire controlled Malacca. No matter which place was named before, the Han people must rename it.

As the main residence of Nanyang Prefecture, the narrow island is surrounded by sea areas. The new city seems to be located on the sea. It is very appropriate to call it Haishi.

Coincidentally, if Haishi is translated into a local Aboriginal, the transliteration is indeed the pronunciation of "Temasek".

When they crossed the Strait, those who didn't need to work were on the deck, including Si Hongzhuang and Qian Jiantong.

Because "Linzi" is the flagship of Fu Wei's Nanyang Prefecture, when "Linzi" reaches the land, it will not continue to go north.

What's more, the fleet was originally composed of more than 1400 ships of different sizes and models, of which more than 900 stopped sailing and scattered to various stations, and only 520 were crossing the Strait.

"This is a very narrow strait, much longer than the Yizhou Strait." Si Hongzhuang patted the guardrail and said with emotion: "when I came here for the first time, I still saw an original scenery. Now..."

At the entrance of the Strait, Haishi is naturally an emerging city. In terms of scale, it is not too large, but it depends on where it is built. In local terms, it is the scale of the county. It can be called a huge city in this wilderness.

The sea city was established only within four years. It was a year ago that it was really confirmed to be a mixed military and civil city. The associated port was also divided into military and civil cities.

At this time, the military port is moored with a large number of ships. The huge "Linzi" is the most prominent among them. Near her, there are six gunships of the Han Empire.

The gunship is 120 meters long and carries 12 bronze guns with a caliber of 250 mm. There is no professional rotatable turret. In addition to the main gun, it also has a total of 48 95 mm auxiliary guns. There were only ten gunships of the same level in the whole Han Empire, eight were allocated to the Nanyang capital escort system, and two were allocated to the Annan capital escort system.

There are only six gunships in Haishi military port, and the other two are sent out to carry out tasks.

In another civil port, there are more ships berthing than military ports, which can be described as thousands of miles from head to tail.

"In recent years, flying shear boats have gradually replaced Fu boats." Si Hongzhuang knew more about the ocean than Qian Jiantong: "in the early days, both the army and the people actually had a blessing ship system. In the 11th year of Yuanshuo, the Naval Research Bureau made the first flying shear ship, and then it became popular."

The difference can be distinguished simply from the shape of the ship. For example, the blessing ship is relatively "swollen and fat", and the flying shear ship is a slender body style.

Qian Jiantong understood the difference between the two ship systems in a literal sense, and immediately knew that the speed of the flying shear ship was higher than that of the Fu ship.

"If you're a businessman, isn't it better to load more goods?"

"That's right, but it depends on when."

Qian Jiantong was silenced by Si Hongzhuang.

In terms of loading capacity, Fu ships are indeed much more than flying shear ships, but if maritime merchants choose, they will give priority to flying shear ships rather than Fu ships.

The reason is that now is the era of rushing for time. Using the fastest time to go back and forth, mastering the first-hand information of market demand, and then transporting and distributing goods at a high speed can always earn the maximum profit of "rare things are more expensive".

In short, the price of the same commodity is not the same at different times. The earlier the goods are provided, the more profits will be made under the same quantity. After the goods reach a certain quantity and the market is gradually saturated, it may be necessary to sell ten pieces before the profit of selling one piece at first.

Qian Jian wondered with the same face and asked, "the competition among merchants is very fierce?"

Si Hongzhuang smiled but said nothing.

Because the Han Empire adopted different tax policies at home and abroad, it was difficult for foreign ships to bear all kinds of heavy taxes even if they were able to sail ocean voyages. Generally, there would be no crooked nuts who chose to sail to the Han Empire without political purpose.

In the final analysis, the Han people with absolute advantages can't afford the cause of sea trade. They have to have enough Zi products to enter this industry.

The vast majority of Han people who are interested in sea trade do not actually have their own ships. They can purchase goods, rent shipping spaces accompanying the national fleet, or jointly rent a ship that can be used for ocean navigation.

Under normal circumstances, two or three trips are bound to make a lot of money. If you bite your teeth and buy a lowest level ocean going ship, you can still afford it, and 90% of them do the same.

Some people who are engaged in sea trade are either old-fashioned world or door valve, or emerging noble class, with varying numbers of ocean going ships running sea trade.

Those who have tasted the benefits of sea trade basically expand their fleet size for the first time and continue to invest in the industry of running businesses on the sea. No one quit after making money.

As old-fashioned forces and emerging Xun GUI, they reap the biggest profit, that is, there is competition between them. No one will be foolish to maliciously lower the price.

Usually, after encountering competition, the steward in the front line sends the news back to the principal, who must report to the home owner. As the home owner, the first choice is to communicate with each other.

"So, it's not malicious competition." Si Hongzhuang's own family also has a fleet running on the sea, but the scale is not large compared with some people: "it can be to reach an agreement on how much to ship in what time period, or to delimit their respective scope."

Qian Jiantong's family is not engaged in maritime trade. Their main energy is devoted to grassland animal husbandry. What can produce the greatest profit is livestock trafficking, not the textile industry that has flourished in recent years.

"Of course, there will be competition among our own people. It's impossible to avoid it." Si Hongzhuang said naturally, "but why do you want to bargain with outsiders?"

The attention of the Han Empire to the title has long been extended to all aspects. No matter what the conflict is, people at the bottom of the title usually give way within the acceptable range when negotiating, but people with high titles won't eat too much. That's it.

It's not that they have high rank and high moral character, but that they have the ability to take all but show mercy. It's that they have such strength, not the enemies of life and death. Everyone should take care of some influence.

The most fundamental truth is that bullying the same Han group can benefit, but you should leave a curse. No matter how cruel you bully waiguoren, you won't bear a curse. Even bullying waiguoren will be easier. After a little balance, you should understand who you really want to bully.

To recognize the facts, it is better to force someone who is also a Han to work hard and have a negative impact after winning. It is better to have a big belly for his fellow Han. Who dares to guarantee that the same Han people will not rank higher than themselves one day? Crooked nuts have no possibility of surpassing themselves in the title.

Jinshan and Yinshan are right there. If you have that Kung Fu, you might as well step up your pickpocketing. Families who do not understand this truth will reject everyone, wait for no one to want to play with themselves, and have no place to regret.

"You are one of the guardians now." Si Hongzhuang said with a smile, "I heard that mainland A3 is an extremely rich place."

It's not that you can do something recklessly as a protector, but there is a hidden rule in the Han Empire. On the premise of not violating the Han law, officials serving abroad have natural convenience, not to mention that they can master first-hand information and earn money legally in a certain place.

Qian Jiantong was stunned and nodded: "yes, it is... Is it time to order ships now?"

Si Hongzhuang looks at Qian Jiantong like a fool. However, since he has raised some points, he is lucky to be a good man in the end and get more favor.

"To be an official at home, you must scruple the rules. For example, if you know which family has what, you can't rob it, but you have to protect it faithfully." After a bad smile, Si Hongzhuang continued: "there are many countries around ah San. The routes on that side are also very prosperous. They are not the people of the Han Dynasty. If they are missing at sea, they will disappear, right?"

Qian Jiantong was shocked. He stared at Si Hongzhuang in amazement and realized that he had sent his Navy to rob the ship.

When Si Hongzhuang saw Qian Jiantong's face, he was stunned first. He reacted and said with such a sharp mouth: "I didn't ask you to assign a fleet under your command!"

Once again, Qian Jiantong was stunned. He just lost his mind and forgot that the Han Empire had a large number of mercenaries and could hire them.

"Your jurisdiction has great advantages." Si Hongzhuang briefly described what he knew, especially what routes there were within the jurisdiction of the tianzhudu protectorate: "foreign ships can't afford to enter our waters, and they don't dare to set foot in the karabagas controlled by us. They chose the island opposite karabagas... What's its name?"

Qian Jiantong is going to be the protector of Tianzhu Prefecture. How can he not understand and insert a sentence: "Lamba Jianna."

"Yes." Si Hongzhuang nodded: "that's it. They regard it as the nearest transit station to the big man."

Qian Jiantong smiled and knew what to do.

Want to live in a world without a privileged class, that is the idea of children. Who would be so naive if they were adults.

As long as there are groups and society, the privileged class will exist forever. The difference is that it can't go too far and who can use the privilege.

In today's Han Empire, when you are an official, do all kinds of immoral things against your peers? How stupid and ignorant it should be!

Although he is an official, unless no one has a title, there is a way to pierce the sky.

It's convenient, even if it's just the convenience brought by the name and official position. It's different to hire people to bully foreigners without instructing anyone under the system.

More than once in the Han Empire, someone from an alien race went to the land of Zhuxia. They asked the government for justice, but they were desperate by reality.

Any official has the same meaning, not that he can't complain, provided there is no Hukou book.

It's not a complaint from an alien of Chinese nationality. I don't get a grain of rice from your family. Even if there is rice from your family, it's also handed over by the Han people. It's no longer yours in the hands of the Han people. Do you understand?

Of course, the Han people know that the foreign people call their country "China", but from the emperor to the people, it is clear that the "China" status of the Han Empire is played out, not recommended.

After five years of chaos and suffering from the ordeal of almost exterminating the family, the contemporary Han people are the most exclusive and able to recognize their own generation. Who has a special problem will think that the reverence expressed by other nationalities or other messy things will judge their own people for a completely irrelevant person.

"So, at present, there are only Chinese and foreigners." Si Hongzhuang said with a smile: "according to practice, foreigners' lawsuits are not accepted."

They all know that the Han people can do this. If any country or nation feels unhappy or has objections, they will fight. They have no power to change the pattern and blindly "wow" the Gobi.

Qian Jiantong likes such a country and is proud of it.