"Tamil Tiger, it's just too thin!" Seeing the prisoners being sent to the deck by small boats one by one, and after being searched, Hong Tao couldn't help but mutter.

Where is the Zhunian Kingdom, that is, Zhuge Kingdom? In the southern part of the Indian Peninsula, above Sri Lanka, this is Tamil Nadu in India. Since there was an Indian woman like Singh in his previous life, Hong Tao still had some knowledge of India. The official language of this country is Tamil, most of them are Tamils, and they belong to an ethnic minority in India. Later generations once had a very famous national independence organization called the Tamil Tigers. They are Tamils, some of them live in southern India and some of them live in northern Sri Lanka. Hong Tao originally thought they were so tough, but now it seems that they are not as strong as Indians. They are not only thin, short, and black. It is probably because their nutrition is not kept up, who knows.

There are all ethnic groups with the role of translator like Metni and Cixi, and even the Tamils ​​claim to be a tiger is no exception. When the minister of the King of Malacca said that the translator could be spared from death, the registration was still very enthusiastic. The three Tamil translators selected were under the supervision of the ministers, and their first meritorious performance was to take Hong Tao's fleet to copy their own settlements in Phuket.

This settlement is located on the east side of Phuket, surrounded by mountains and seas. It has been built for several years and is quite large. It is like a small Tamil village town. What surprised Hong Tao the most was that they not only built a dock, but also a small shipyard. There are many trees cut from the Malay Peninsula on the shore, and they have also peeled the skin. It is obvious that they have been drying in the shade for a long time.

Since most of the young and strong people in the settlements have been captured by Hong Tao in the Port of Malacca and Penang, the remaining more than 200 people are women and children. Hong Tao's fleet even saved grenades. After the deep water several hundred meters off the shore was anchored, they directly started landing with a small boat. Under the persuasion of the interpreter, they basically did not encounter decent resistance and could just surrender. The choice of these women and children was very wise. If they did not surrender, Hong Tao would burn down the dock and shipyard. They had no supplies and ships on this deserted island, so they could only wait for the local natives to slowly kill them all, or starve to death.

"Oh... this stall is getting bigger and bigger. Where can I find so many people to guard it?" Seeing the other three sailboats stuffing these prisoners into the cabin and raising their sails back, Hong Tao still stayed here with his flagship. He still had to look at the hundreds of people on the shore. He really couldn't hold it anymore and had to transport it twice. But on one side, he was overcrowded and in a hurry to find a manpower. Hong Tao was reluctant to destroy this settlement. If this place could be turned into a sub-base in Jinhewan, the conditions would be pretty good. The biggest problem was people, basically reliable people!

"A good place...the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there is also rivers. There is no shortage of fresh water. If you cut down these forests, it will be a good field!" Not only Hong Tao looked at this place, Luo Dacai also lay on the side of the boat and couldn't help but sigh.

"There are so many good places, but unfortunately, we Song people don't know how to find more. Instead of fighting for land and land in our hometown, we are so tragic that we can live a life of food and clothing. Foreigners are not scary, they should be more afraid of us. Good days are always made, but they have not been discussed. What do you think, Secretary Wen? If I talk to these people for two days to educate the saints, will they give up their homes to us?" Hong Tao has now fallen into a problem. If Wen Nan and Luo Dacai don't know how to speak.

"Without the saint's education, how should you manage it? There are no Dan family members here to help you." Wen Nan was also a slut. He has become a slave, and what's the use of having a mouth full of pleasure, but he has to talk back.

"Oh, is that? Okay, I will satisfy your wish. I will definitely let you see how I manage here in the past two days." Hong Tao already had a rough idea in his mind. He still needs to try it if he succeeds.

Three days later, outside the Port of Malacca, there was a circle of people sitting on the deck of Hong Tao's flagship Guangzhou. As the owner, Hong Tao squatted on two wooden barrels side by side without any appearance. The others were a little better, and at least there was a stool or bed under their butt. These were all borrowed from the King's Palace of Malacca Port. If the quantity was not enough, they could only use wooden barrels instead.

Although the conditions are simple, the conversation is very high-end. Hong Tao plans to jointly invest with these Southern Song marshals to establish a Strait Development Management Company, and everyone will contribute money and efforts to manage this trade route to the Dashi Country. What to manage? It is to operate the three supply ports of Phuket, Penang and Malacca, including the construction of permanent defensive fortresses, dispatching personnel to serve as a guard, provide supplies and escorts to passers-by ships, and formulate exchange prices and unified purchase and collection policies for some goods. To put it bluntly, it is to make this Strait

, including all shipping industry monopoly at both ends of the strait. You can pass here, but you must accept taxes! This tax is not in vain. I guarantee that you are safe and sound in the strait. If you don’t have a receipt from the strait development management company, it will be considered smuggling. If you take it, you will be detained. If you are caught by a large sailing ship and do not have a receipt from the strait development management company, it will be regarded as smuggling. If you put it on a hat that destroys the balance of trade and affects world peace, ships, goods and people will be detained. Don’t resist, the consequences of resistance will be even worse. All ships, goods and people will be eliminated. It is the most kind result to be able to go to mine.

This is just the first step. After the company is officially launched, one or several markets will be set up in the strait depending on the situation. The goods on the east side of the strait and the goods on the west side of the strait can be traded directly here, and then everyone turns around and returns with the goods or money they exchanged, saving at least half of the journey. Although the profits earned may be less, it is safe to save time. In the past, you could travel once a year, but now you may be able to travel two or even three times. As the journey is closer, the danger will also decrease. Combined, you still make a profit.

It doesn't matter if you have to be unwilling to exchange here. After paying the high toll, you can continue on the road, but as long as you leave the strait, the Strait Company will not guarantee your safety. It is said that the sea surface has not been safe in recent years. Whether on the east side of the strait or the west side of the strait, there are some sailboats with big rats heads coming out to rob, rob people when they see people, destroy ships when they see ships, and no one will be responsible for anything. What? You said that these damn pirate ships docked at the port in the strait! Is this damn pirate ships docked at the port in the strait! Why do you say these are pirate ships? They all have mouse flags, I'll pirate again! Are rats the same as rats? This mouse is a good mouse, and that mouse is a bad mouse.

Is anyone willing to join this company? Isn’t this obvious that it is necessary to force buying and selling? Yes, if it is not for forced buying and selling, no one is willing to play with you. What kind of thing in the world has the highest profit? Establish rules! Everything you sell is nonsense. After one rule, half of your profits will be my own. I don’t sell anything, just sell this rule! But if you do this business, you cannot play without sufficient strength as a backing. If you want to completely block the strait, there are so many countries at both ends of the strait, and the merchants of others will definitely not agree. If you can’t beat you by merchants alone, you will let the country send troops to attack you. No country will see that the profits that should have been collected will flow into other people’s pockets in vain.

Can Hong Tao withstand the attacks of these countries? Maybe it's not a country, and several countries may even join forces. Hong Tao no longer needs to answer this question himself, and the choices of those maritime merchants have already answered him. On that day, nine maritime merchants expressed their intention to join the Strait Company. The Song Dynasty law did not allow them to be pirates, but they were only allowed to be pirates in China. Besides, Hong Tao was allowed to do all the work of being pirates. Everyone just needed to run a collective market in the port. This is a business and has nothing to do with pirates. They are willing to sell goods to me, and I am willing to buy them. Is this wrong? As for the reason why those merchants are willing to sell goods here, it is clear in their hearts, and whether they can think or not. If they use the standards of saints to demand merchants, there will be no merchants in the world.

These small sea merchants could not eat meat in the Song Dynasty, so they could only follow the butt of the sea merchants to drink soup. Now they finally have the opportunity to eat meat, so they still have the first bite of fat. Didn’t the great old horse say that when the profit reaches 300%, capital will dare to trample on all laws in the world. The benefits of this first bite of fat meat are more than 300%. The laws of the Song Dynasty are nothing in the eyes of these merchants, and they have long been thrown behind their heads.

However, there is a big problem with doing this, which is that it will touch some of the interests of the Southern Song Dynasty's maritime merchants. In fact, the Southern Song Dynasty maritime merchants are still small leaders, mainly the interests of the Pu family, that is, the Arab merchants mixed in Guangzhou and Quanzhou Ports. Once the Strait of Malacca is occupied by Hong Tao, they will not only not be able to eat the meat in one bite, but they may not even be able to eat the meat bones. For a group of people who are used to eating big fish and big meat, if you suddenly ask them to chew bones, they will definitely not do it, and they will definitely work hard.
Chapter completed!