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Chapter 50: Be Reasonable and Lose Money! (Johnny Wang Piaohong II)

"In "The Record of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty", the eminent monk Xuanzang recorded that Zhunian was the kingdom of Zhuliya, which was 2,400 miles a day. The capital of the country was more than ten miles apart. The land was empty and the squaws were deserted... Not far from the southeast of the city, there was a stupa. The built by King Wuyou. Tathagata once showed great supernatural powers here and said profound and wonderful methods... Not far from the west of the city, there was a place where Gugalan and Bodhisattva Deva discussed with Arhats. This place should be Zhunian. Envoys had sent us to our court. Their soldiers drove the war elephants when fighting, and there were 60,000 war elephants!" Wen Nan talked about his profession, and he began to sing words all over his mouth. Hong Tao gritted his teeth and barely understood half of it.

"The war elephant? 60,000 yuan! Some people believe this kind of awesomeness. No wonder you can't beat the Mongolians because you have no brains. Do you know how much an elephant eats a day? I don't know how to ask the people who know? You can just use multiplication to calculate it? Then you should give the pig messenger a big mouth. Does their country have so much feed to feed elephants? Even wild elephants are included. It's worth it. Some animals in the woods are their soldiers. If that's the case, I already have 500,000 whale mounts. I rode whales during the battle. Fuck! Do you tell the Mongols like this? Will they believe it?" Hong Tao was bothered by his own people to help others brag. People said that 60,000 is only 60,000 yuan, and they still have the face to write in the book, so can't we investigate and write it? There is no scientific spirit at all.

"Hehehe..." Matini liked to see Wen Nan defeated. He had already regarded Wen Nan as a competitor and subconsciously began to compete with Wen Nan for favor.

"..." Wen Nan taught children to recognize words in Jinhewan Primary School this year, and also learned a lot of knowledge about arithmetics from Hong Tao. He originally knew how to learn math, but it was not as systematic as Hong Tao's mathematics. Especially after seeing Hong Tao's modern abacus, he praised it and suggested that Hong Tao sell this thing to the Song Dynasty several times. He said it was to make Hong Tao make money, but in fact, Hong Tao knew what he was thinking. He was in Cao's camp and was thinking of pulling all good things to the court. After Hong Tao scolded him, Wen Nan also calculated silently. It's true that it takes much feed and manpower to feed 60,000 war elephants. Not to mention putting it in the Pig Kingdom, even if it is placed in the Song Dynasty, it can't afford to feed it. Everyone doesn't farm and serve the elephants.

Starting from Guangzhou Port, heading southwest, the turtle climbed like a turtle and reached a harbor in Chameng Kingdom for nine days. This place was originally marked as Nha Trang by Hong Tao, but Wen Nan and Matini said that this place is called New South Wales. Hong Tao did not insist, New South Wales would be New South Wales. In fact, he didn't know where Nha Trang was, but just looked at the same location and installed it casually. Since it had its original name, let's follow the good and smooth flow.

Xinzhou Port is smaller than Malacca Port. Judging from the size of the city, it is similar to Jinhewan. It has a population of less than 1,000 people. It has a large deep-water dock. It allows sea ships to dock here. When approaching the port, Hong Tao frowned again. Although the six Southern Song ships could not climb on the sea, they were not slow at all when they arrived at the port. They were fast to grab berths. As a result, all Hong Tao's six warships were blocked outside, and they could not get close to the dock at all, so they could only land in the distance. In fact, Hong Tao did not intend to dock here. Even if he was allowed to rely on the port, he would not rely on it. He went to an unfamiliar place. The warships should still try to maintain mobility. Once they approached the port, they would undoubtedly be on the land and lost most of their deterrence.

The Southern Song maritime merchants obviously did not think so. Many of them may have come here, more familiar than Hong Tao. While boarding the small boat of the warship, they also invited Hong Tao to go ashore and have fun with them. As for what kind of coli is there on the shore, Hong Tao can see clearly from the smile on their faces.

"Uncle, don't you be angry anymore? I didn't deliberately try to save you. This is the rule on the ship. My ship is different from the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty. Without these rules, you can't sail far away." Luo Dacai didn't pay much attention to Hong Tao along the way. Now that he arrived at the port, Hong Tao had to take the initiative to find him and coordinate the work of these merchants in the Song Dynasty. Hong Tao couldn't play with him, so he had to let him come forward.

"I have understood these days. Your ship is not a merchant ship, but a warship. Your sailor is not a sailor, but a warship. Not only do I understand, but I keep training in front of these people every day, these people also understand and have asked me privately about your origin." Luo Dacai still had the same dead face, and there was no anger in his tone, but he was more worried.

"Uncle, you are also a person who walks on the sea for many years. Can you distinguish merchants and soldiers on the sea? Look at this Matini, he is a merchant named Pu in Quanzhou City, but they want to rob me at sea. The merchants have become warriors, more fierce than warriors. If my sailors have no rules like the sailors on their boats, now I might be a slave on his boat, or just slaughter me with one knife. Whoever has the best ability to eat the rice in the sea, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the little ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever has the best ability to eat, whoever

, I don't need to say more about this principle? I know what you are worried about. I won't take Brother Luo to go through fire and water. If that happens, I don't have to take these maritime merchants to make money. I am not without a ship, so why do I cause trouble?" Hong Tao was a little annoyed with himself. Almost everyone who has a close relationship with him would break it up and say it like this, and he felt that he was poor. But he still had to say it, and this was just the beginning, and he would talk more in the future.

"You really want to help them go to Dashi?" Luo Dacai was originally confused about Hong Tao's actions. No one had done this before. He had a boat and someone else, why did he have to pull others to make money together? He couldn't figure it out. After several days of observation, he felt even more upset. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that Hong Tao was not good-minded, but he couldn't think of anything bad to Hong Tao could do.

"Well, not only this time, I will lay the foundation for the future. After laying a solid foundation, I will give them the chart of this route for free and let them run by themselves. I will not escort them. I have more important things to do. Now I have something to do. Now I need someone familiar with this place to help me go ashore and discuss with the New South Wales government. I want to rent a place here and build a warehouse. This place is best next to the dock. This warehouse will be open to all merchants in the Song Dynasty. They can replenish fresh water and food here, and can also help them store some goods when necessary. I will be responsible for safety issues."

"Are you responsible for safety? How do you take responsibility?" Luo Dacai understood what Hong Tao meant, but he still had questions.

"Of course it's these warships. Whoever dares to move our people on the sea and on the port in the future will not exist. If this is not a vassal state of our Song Dynasty, I would not have spent money to rent land, but to obtain this land by my own method. Not only will they not spend money, they also have to give me money. What do you think, Metini?" Hong Tao pointed to the big slingshots on the side of the ship. These things made the maritime merchants curious, and no one knew what they were used for. Only Metini had truly seen their power.

"It only takes two quarters of an hour to stop this port. I promise Allah! Dear Lord Luo, believe what I said... They are very terrible and are punished by God." Metini was like Hong Tao's rubber stamp, and he would stand up and recite whenever he needed him.

"Don't start a war... I understand Chameng dialect and I'd like to help you rent land..." Wen Nan had only seen the power of fire crossbows and did not know what these things were for, but he often heard loud noises on the south bank in Jinhewan. Judging from the sound, those things should be more powerful than fire crossbows.

"Oh? You know what you say... Okay, I believe you once. If you don't come back, then these maritime merchants will be buried with you, including everyone in this city. Uncle, please take this Mr. Wen with me. I will wait for two days at most. No matter whether the negotiation is successful or not, you must come back, otherwise you will have life worries. Yaya, send someone to row the boat to send these two people ashore and wait for two days on the shore." Hong Tao planned to see if Wen Nan would ignore the life and death of hundreds of people because of his own freedom. This is also a deep understanding of people like them, and see where their bottom line is. As for whether he can run away, Hong Tao thinks he can be guarded. If he really runs away when he falls, he might be caught by the King of Champa to give it to him. Who would want to make his country suffer because of an irrelevant person? The possibility is very small.

Luo Dacai and Wennan did not give Hong Tao the opportunity to burn the city. The next morning, they returned to the Guangzhou City with two documents and contracts. A piece of wasteland in the north of the port was rented to Jinhe Company. The price was not expensive, but the construction cost had to be paid by yourself. Hong Tao paid the bill directly with gold bars, leaving two sailors and one of Luo Dacai's accountants here to stare at the warehouse construction project. After the fleet was replenished, they continued to go on the road. The next port of call was Brunei Port.

If Hong Tao's own fleet is allowed to go, the port of Malacca will be from Guangzhou. Unless there is a particularly bad weather, they will not even need to stop in Brunei Port in the middle. However, in order to take care of these slow Southern Song seaships, the fleet not only has to stop at Xinzhou Port, but also has to go to Brunei to replenish supplies and then go to Malacca. Even so, the maritime merchants found it too exciting and sailed three or four thousand miles at once. They rarely used to be so crazy before.
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