"It turned out to be Mr. Tong, and Prime Minister Li's visit really made the shop shine!"
When Nan Xin heard this, he was slightly surprised, and then he saluted again with great respect, bending his waist at ninety degrees. On this point, the Japanese people could not change it no matter what.
Therefore, you can tell whether a person is a Japanese by watching him salute.
Upon learning that Tong Yuan and Li Shishi had arrived, the entire Shimadzu Company immediately became busy, and Nan Tian, the person in charge of Shimadzu Company here, hurriedly came out to greet them.
"I didn't know that Lord Tong and Prime Minister Li were coming, but I missed them from afar. Please atone for your sins!"
Nanyun's Ming Dynasty speaking was extremely standard, and he was dressed like a Ming Dynasty scholar. It was almost impossible to tell that the other person was a Japanese.
"We just came here to take a look."
Tong Yuan smiled and said.
Because he had been to Yinshan County as the county magistrate, he had a lot of contact with the Japanese country. Almost everyone in the Japanese country knew Mr. Tong Yuantong by his famous name.
Tong Yuan also had a relatively good understanding of the situation in Japan.
Since the Japanese state became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the Japanese king of the Japanese state went to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and was canonized and given a surname by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a wave of learning from the Ming Dynasty in the Japanese state.
One of the biggest waves was to change Chinese surnames to Chinese names, learn the Ming dialect, and learn Chinese characters. Therefore, the Japanese, from the shoguns, the daimyo from all over the country, to the noble samurai class, almost all changed their surnames to Han people. As for the ordinary Japanese,
, they are not qualified to change their surnames to Chinese names.
When Tong Yuan was the magistrate of Yinshan County, he often gave surnames to some Japanese people to reward those Japanese people who worked hard and studied actively.
Every Japanese who has been given a surname feels very honored and regards it as something that can be passed down from generation to generation.
As soon as you hear the name of this Shimadzu Trading Company, you can tell that it belongs to the former trading firm of the Shimazu family on the Japanese island of Kyushu. However, the Shimazu family has now changed their surname to Minami, but in order not to forget the original Shimadzu, they named the trading firm Shimadzu Trading Company.
"Master Tong and Prime Minister Li are here. This is the glory of our Nan family and our Shimazu family. It makes us shine!"
"Please come in!"
Nan Tian and Nan Xin welcomed the two people in very respectfully. Inside the trading house, the people from Shimazu Trading Company were already ready. Rows of people stood upright. As the two people walked in, they expressed their welcome in unison.
In the living room, everything has been prepared, including hot tea, beautiful dancers, maids specializing in fans, etc.
After some polite exchanges, the two parties started chatting while drinking tea.
"I was fortunate enough to follow my father to Yinshan County and meet Mr. Tong~"
"I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to see Mr. Tong again in the West today. It is truly a blessing."
Nantian is the core son of the Shimadzu family and is responsible for the Shimadzu family's business in the West.
"I heard that your Excellency was promoted back to the Ming Dynasty, but I don't know why you came to the West?"
"This time I came to the West, I just passed through here. I was ordered by the imperial court to go to Egypt to discuss the digging of the Egyptian canal with Cansu II of Egypt."
Tong Yuan also smiled and replied, the other party was very polite to him, even Li Shishi beside him was not as good as him. He was sitting here, with two Japanese girls beside him serving him attentively.
"That's it~"
"I wonder how long Mr. Tong will stay here?"
"If you have enough time, please allow me to be the host and help Master Tong wash away the dust."
When Nan Tian heard this, he was slightly surprised. The map of Egypt came to mind, and he suddenly realized the importance of the Egyptian canal.
Once this canal is dug, it will be simpler, more convenient, and safer to travel from the Ming Dynasty to Europe. This canal will have a huge impact on the current business in the Indian Ocean.
This is very important for him, who is in charge of the Shimadzu family's business in the Indian Ocean. If he makes the layout in advance, he can get more benefits first.
"That's not necessary. Prime Minister Li has already made arrangements."
Tong Yuan smiled and thanked him. After living in Yinshan County for several years, he still knew the Japanese people very well. The Japanese people were a bit like wolves. They only obeyed the strong and always oppressed the weak.
The Japanese people are now afraid of the Ming Dynasty people, mainly because their mentor led the army to teach the Japanese people a harsh lesson, and made the Japanese people sign an alliance under the city. To this day, they still have to pay back the war indemnity of the Ming Dynasty every year.
"That's such a shame."
Nan Tian said with a hint of regret.
He knew that the Tong Yuan in front of him, although he was a fifth-rank official and was not considered a high official in the Ming Dynasty, he had a powerful teacher, and his teacher Liu Jin was different.
He was a truly powerful person who could shake the entire Ming Dynasty whenever he moved. He also possessed unimaginable huge energy overseas.
Although it seems that it is difficult to see Liu Jin's figure on the Indian Ocean side now, as they are all vassal states, colonies, trading houses, etc., but if you check carefully, you will know that Liu Jin's shadow is everywhere.
This Western United Trading Company seems to have nothing to do with Liu Jin, but it is said that Liu Jin's shares are in it, and there are many large trading houses, many of which are Liu Jin's industries, or Liu Jin has shares in them.
In addition, on the South African side, those who occupy a large colony of South Africa and the East African Islands are said to be the British Duke, Ding Guogong, Cheng Guogong and Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty.
In the Golden Continent and Australia, Liu Jin's influence is equally huge. The Tianjin Ocean Trading Company even has exclusive rights to the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire. It monopolizes these two places where gold and silver are most abundant in the Golden Continent.
After you really understand it, you will understand how great Liu Jin's influence is.
Therefore, even if Tong Yuan is a fifth-rank official and is just a student of Liu Jin, the Shimazu family still has to find ways to curry favor with him.
"What kind of business do your Shimazu family mainly engage in in this West?"
Tong Yuan looked at Nan Tian, thought about it and asked.
"Our Shimazu family has three main businesses in the West. One is the escort business, which specializes in escorting and rhyming transactions. The second is the business of capturing slaves. Our Shimazu family has more than a hundred slave capture teams.
Every year, more than 30,000 slaves are captured on the Tianzhu continent."
"The last business is the mercenary mission. We, the Shimazu family, have more than 3,000 samurai under our command. We can accept employment from various vassals, colonies, trading houses, etc., and specialize in opening up colonies for vassal countries, trading houses, etc."
Nan Tian thought for a while and replied.
"Escort agency business?"
"Capture slave trade?"
"Mercenary business?"
When Tong Yuan heard this, he couldn't help being slightly stunned.
"Yes, Master Tong~"
"The Western Ocean is actually not very peaceful. There are still some unconventional bandits on the sea. Of course, the most important ones are the South Asian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa."
"Many of the local indigenous people in these areas strongly resisted the Ming Dynasty and would attack Ming Dynasty ships and business travelers passing by. Therefore, we specialize in this escort business and are responsible for helping to escort goods and protect business travelers."
"Currently, the business of bodyguard bureaus is developing extremely fast here in the West. Even some large bodyguard bureaus, such as Yongxing Bodyguard Bureau of Ming Dynasty, Taihang Bodyguard Bureau of Shanxi Province, No. 1 Bodyguard Bureau of North China, Wangjia Bodyguard Bureau of Nanyang, etc., have even expanded their business.
Opened in Europe.”
Nan Tian smiled and introduced in detail the current situation of the escort agency in Ming Dynasty.
This bodyguard bureau began to rise in the Song Dynasty. It was already relatively prosperous in the Ming Dynasty. With the rise and development of capitalism and colonialism in the Ming Dynasty, the business of the bodyguard bureau also developed rapidly.
Where there are merchants of the Ming Dynasty and merchant houses of the Ming Dynasty, there are these escort agencies. They are like the protective umbrellas over the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and merchant houses of the Ming Dynasty, escorting the goods of the Ming Dynasty and merchants circulating around the world.
"Your Excellency is going to Egypt and crossing the ocean. The journey is long and very dangerous. If you don't mind, please allow our Shimadzu Company to escort you."
Then, Nan Tian asked Tong Yuan very sincerely.
"this…"
When Tong Yuan heard this, he was immediately startled. Along the way, everything was relatively peaceful. Of course, this was mainly due to the anti-gang and anti-evil campaign carried out by the Ming Dynasty the year before last, which dealt a heavy blow to the ruffians, bandits and road tyrants in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
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The second thing is the official uniform Tong Yuan wears. He is a serious court official. No matter how powerful a local gangster is, he will not easily provoke court officials.
So the journey was very safe and smooth, and I didn’t even think about finding anyone to protect me.
Now listen to Nan Tian and continue walking, it may be dangerous, which makes Tong Yuan hesitate to hire an escort to protect himself.
"Master Tong, you can indeed hire some bodyguards to protect yourself."
"The Shimazu family's bodyguards also have a very high reputation. In order to escort goods for the Chu Kingdom, almost all of the more than a hundred bodyguards died at the hands of Arabian horse bandits."
Li Shishi on the side thought for a while and nodded solemnly.
The development of escort agencies is extremely rapid. Whether it is the escort agencies of the Ming Dynasty or the escort agencies opened by Koreans and Japanese people, almost all escort agencies attach great importance to their credibility.
As long as you accept a commission, you will definitely complete it to the best of your ability, even if it means burying everyone under escort, because they regard this as more important than their own lives.
Daming escorts have a very high reputation and can be 100% trusted.
"Then I wonder how much money it would cost to entrust you to escort me to Egypt?"
After thinking about it, I don’t need to be afraid of anything worse than 10,000 yuan. It’s better not to save money that should be spent. It’s better to buy something with peace of mind.
"Sir Tong, if you can trust our Shimazu family, that is the supreme honor of our Shimazu family. How dare we accept your money?"
When Nan Tian heard this, he immediately felt as if he had been insulted, and said very unhappy: "It is an honor for our Shimazu family to be able to serve Mr. Tong!"