Chapter 494： Going to sea

At the beginning of May, Nanjing Wharf.

A grand farewell party was going on, and hundreds of big ships lined up on the river.

Even Wu Changqing personally came to bid farewell to the sea ceremony.

Because there are ten warships in this fleet.

Among them, a few were escorting the fleet, and a few others were ordered by Wu Changqing to go to sea for missions.

It is mainly to explore routes. Routes to Australia, the Americas, and Europe all need to be explored. It is necessary to know what to do before large-scale operations can be carried out in the future.

If you don't even know the route, send a large fleet rashly. An accidental loss can make Wu Changqing painful.

The value of each large ship's cargo is in the hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Whether it is for future business or overseas hegemony, Wu Changqing needs a large number of talents who are familiar with shipping routes and experienced sailors.

Therefore, he paid out his own pockets and funded the navy's exploratory operations.

Except for warships, the rest are merchant ships. It is a collective trip where a large number of small merchants have been arranged by several big families.

Most people are insecure when going to sea for the first time.

So it came up with such an operation to enlarge the scale, and it was qualified to require the government to send a navy to escort.

Dahua's government also attached great importance to such a large fortune, and readily agreed to the businessmen's **** request.

Of course, this kind of **** also has to collect money, and the fee is not low.

On the dock, many women were crying.

Most of them are the concubines of the elders in large families, and they are here to see off their own sons.

It takes months or even a year or two to go to sea, and the future is uncertain. For mothers like them, it is impossible to stay calm.

"Stop, your Majesty is still not far away, why are you crying? This is in response to your majesty's call. What do you mean by crying?"

Tong Youwei reprimanded the Xia Sanfang concubine and asked her to pay attention to her image.

The woman dared not cry anymore when she heard the words, but all the worries in her heart were written on her face.

The other ladies are almost like this.

In stark contrast, the families of the little rich and the families of the poor.

Although they are also sad, but apart from their sadness, there is more expectation.

The small rich family goes to sea, but with all the wealth to fight for wealth, if it goes smoothly, the wealth will be doubled, if not smooth, the family will be ruined.

And those poor people who go to sea as sailors are purely greedy for that little high salary.

The families of those poor people live on this salary.

The faces of the sentient beings on the dock fell into Wu Changqing's eyes, but it made him firmer in his determination to support overseas business.

In order for the people of the country to live a good life, the development of technology is one aspect, and the exploitation of other foreigners is also inevitable.

Dahua is not rich in resources in this land.

If you want to satisfy the needs of all the people, you can only plunder overseas resources.

The countries that have been hegemonic in the original history all developed in this way.

Before the ship set sail, he gave a speech as usual, expounding the significance of going to sea for business, and at the same time sent blessings to the warriors of the sea.

The speech was not long, but it also gave some encouragement to those who went to sea. This was the recognition of his majesty.

"Salute and set sail."

Feng Debao shouted loudly, and sixty-six salutes sounded, implying the smoothness of sixty-six.

Subsequently, the fleet set sail.

Hundreds of large ships of different sizes, but all over 500 tons, set sail. The scene is spectacular.

The little children on the pier are reluctant to leave when they see it. Some of them will definitely have this scene and set up the dream of going out to sea as a captain or sailor in the future.

The fleet drove to Songjiang and continued to sail after a short stop in Songjiang.

When Western merchants in Songjiang saw this fleet, their eyes were almost staring.

This Nima, the scale is too big.

Western businessmen wanted to cry without tears. They went to sea for business. Three or five ships would be a fleet, but there were very few ships with more than ten ships, because they couldn't make up so many people and goods.

Even, there are often single ships going to sea.

How could they have seen such a huge caravan? They simply didn't give other merchants a way to survive.

They only transported hundreds of tons of goods in one trip, and Dahua's fleet of goods transported at least tens of thousands of tons at one time, which might have a major impact on the Western European market and lead to a drop in commodity prices.

After all, the scarcity is the most expensive, and the price will definitely be affected if the quantity of this product is too large.

And the price drop will naturally affect the income of these Western businessmen. For consumers in Western Europe, Dahua’s fleet is good news.

But for Western businessmen like them, it is simply bad news.

Once Dahua's fleet has completed the route, there is no way for them to survive in the future.

However, in the face of this situation, they are helpless. They want to robbery, but they have no chance. Didn't they see that the Chinese merchants enjoyed the **** treatment of the steam battleship?

"Russeff, I have decided, I want to join Dahua and become Dahua."

After West saw this scene, a word suddenly appeared, almost frightened his companions.

"West, are you ill?"

Rusev asked.

"Of course not, I'm very sober now. Dahua is a country that is too strong. It must be a great experience to join Dahua. You should remember that after our Dutch fleet was attacked and looted by the British, our country’s nobles came to power. People, don't even dare to put a fart.

You look at Dahua, the merchants even have warships to **** them.

If I am a big Chinese, I can also do business with such a fleet. Where do I need to worry about pirates, and where I need to worry about the British. "

West said that he had been robbed by pirates before.

They are pirates, but everyone knows in their hearts that those people are English merchants and even the English navy.

"This, although what you said are all facts, do you know how to join Dahua? And, do you think Dahua will accept us? You know, our appearance is obviously different from them.

Even the color of your hair is different from them. When we were wandering around the city before, we often took a strange look. Do you think you can integrate into this majestic life? "

Russeff asked a series of questions, each of which was quite fatal.

"It's man-made, I'm willing to try it. Maybe, Majesty Dahua will be moved by my sincerity and agree to accept me. As for how to integrate Dahua, I don't think there is a big problem.

As long as I treat people kindly and learn their etiquette, they will not deliberately make things difficult for me. We have been in Dahua for a long time. Although those people look a little weird when they look at us, no one feels sorry for us, right? "

West got more excited as he spoke, as if he had seen hope.

"This, I can only wish you good luck. If you can succeed, I may also consider it in the future. To be honest, Dahua is really a good place, I really don’t want to go back to the smelly Europeans after staying here for a long time. city.

In terms of environmental hygiene alone, Dahua is heaven, and Europe is stables. "

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