Chapter 116 Luzon Four Massacres? It's time to liquidate!
Chapter 116 The Four Massacres in Luzon? It’s time to settle the matter!
At the same time, people from the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce also gave some explanations about the origin of this reward order.
The poison that killed Jia Min, the legitimate daughter of Duke Rongguo, came from the Castilian merchants!
Come on! Now everyone is dumbfounded by the vindictiveness of this mighty general. He just sold some poison, but you are going to destroy his country!
From the perspective of people at this time, it is still unknown whether the total number of people in a small country in such a wild land is in the millions. Our General Jia is going to completely cut off their roots!
As time went by, people also learned that the source of these sixteen million taels of silver was the 20% that Jia Lian had withheld from the assets of the eleven major salt merchants.
And it is said that the other 16 million taels of silver left to the Lin family's wife Jia Lin, their son and daughter in the name of compensation were all used to buy shares in the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, and the total was recorded as 10% of the capital of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce.
And it was divided into two parts and held separately by the Lin siblings. Well... until they came of age, it was temporarily managed by their maternal cousin, the Wuwei General Jia Lian!
Next, the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce quickly established branches in major coastal towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and began to sell its first product - "The Profit of the Ocean". This book discussed in detail the charts of the East China Sea, the South China Sea and other nearby oceans, as well as some
Proven safe routes, as well as various risks and avoidance suggestions that need to be paid attention to in offshore navigation.
There are even detailed product distribution maps of many large islands in the South China Sea! Which large island is rich in spices, which small island may have extremely rare certain types of medicinal materials, and which island may have silver or even gold mines.
Everything is marked on the chart!
This thick tome-like classic also comes with two precision nautical charts in A1 paper size. The most outrageous thing is that "The Profit of the Ocean" only costs 200 taels of silver per copy!
It’s simply a bargain price! When comparing the nautical charts accumulated by the major merchants in the south of the Yangtze River for generations with the precise nautical charts that Jia Lian took from the memories of his previous life, the result is naturally horrible!
This move also made those sea merchants cry without tears. The East China Sea Chamber of Commerce took such a step, which was tantamount to nakedly exposing the huge benefits of sea trade to the public, and suddenly attracted the attention of the entire world to them!
What can be expected is that there will be an endless stream of people grabbing food from their food bowls!
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"It's unbelievable. Is this sea trade really so profitable?"
"Hehe~ Brother Wu, how much tax do you think the customs towns in Hangzhou and Yuezhou can pay to the court every year?"
"Didn't the imperial newspaper in previous years say that it was less than four million taels of silver?"
"Brother Wu, you are so naive. You can't trust the numbers in the newspaper. If you ask me, the tax benefits alone are more than double this number!"
"Seriously? Brother Li, please don't lie to me!"
"There is only more, not less, Brother Wu~"
"This...it has only been a little over a hundred years since the founding of the Daqing Dynasty, but the officialdom has already become so corrupt?"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (Brother Wu) today we only talk about romance and not political affairs! If it were not for the book "The Profit of the Ocean" written by the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, I would not have dared to say those words just now..."
"Brother Li, I remember I heard you say that the Yue family has a shipyard in southern Fujian?"
"..."
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Suddenly, such discussions spread all over the country. Compared with these people who could only discuss, many powerful dignitaries confirmed the authenticity of the contents of "Ocean's Profit" with the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce and various maritime merchants.
We are already gearing up to raise a fleet of ships.
Therefore, the shipyards and even the small docks that had previously made huge profits by taking advantage of Jia Lian's previous action of replacing water transportation by sea transportation are now even more prosperous!
This time, not only Jiangnan, but also major coastal towns have begun to build shipyards. Moreover, people from the original major shipyards come to visit in an endless stream every day waving banknotes.
If the owner of the shipyard really has a strong background, those people will immediately lower their sights, turn around and start to send people to secretly contact the big and small shipbuilders...
Suddenly, shipbuilding, an industry that was originally inconspicuous, became very popular. Jia Lian's ability to turn his hands into clouds and rain also amazed onlookers!
Even the real top dignitaries of the country began to try their best to contact Jia Lian and join his maritime trade team, which was obviously many steps ahead of the major merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.
It's just that during this period of time, Jia Lian focused on staying in Lin's Mansion in Yangzhou City and saw no outsiders. After all, Jia Min's land and water rituals on July 7, 749 were only halfway through!
Soon, while everyone was discussing, discussing and even preparing for action, the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce released its second product: a newspaper called "Nanyang Maritime Affairs"!
The price of this newspaper is not as exaggerated as the previous "Ocean's Profit". You can buy a newspaper that is three A3 sheets in size and densely filled with small characters for only five dollars!
The title of the main content of this first issue of "Nanyang Maritime Affairs" is: The Four Massacres of Luzon!
The densely packed small print on the three newspapers first introduced the existence of Luzon in detail. When the Song Dynasty was destroyed, the prime minister Lu Xiufu at the end of the Song Dynasty carried the young emperor across the sea and died at the Battle of Yashan. Some survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty first came to Luzon (
Lu Song) Island established itself as its leader, gradually gathered many Song people who went south, and then continued to expand to the four seas to create a force.
Lu Song is the Lu Song Dynasty! It also means "the Song Dynasty traveling abroad".
When Zheng He of the former Ming Dynasty sailed to the Western Ocean, his fleet also docked at several ports on Luzon Island many times. There are even historical records: In 1405 AD, Zheng He personally conveyed the decree of Emperor Yongle of the former Ming Dynasty and ennobled Luzon Island.
Ko Cha Lao, the wealthy overseas Chinese who built the lake, was the governor of Luzon.
Then the topic changed and he listed the Luzon Han people's experiences since 150 years ago in the Kuimao Year (1603 AD), Jiyou Year (1609 AD), Jimao Year (1639 AD), and Renyin Year.
(1662) Encountered four horrific massacres by the Castilians!
The period during which the people of Luzon suffered was exactly the time when the Ming Dynasty began to be turbulent and came to an end. Now that Daqing has been disturbing Taiping for nearly a hundred years, I finally have the time and energy to focus on the land of Luzon.
It's time for reckoning!
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The second half of the newspaper focused on the origin of the Castilian nation, fleet size, composition and strength, and particularly explained that most of the country's fleet that once roamed the seas was destroyed, and that its land was extremely far away from the South China Sea.
At this time, there were only 20,000 to 30,000 Castilian troops stationed around Luzon.
This is the perfect time to avenge the compatriots who were killed many years ago, plus the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce offers a reward...
It seems to be very exciting!
We went out once in the afternoon, the second time, and the third time was a little later!
