Chapter 1436, the good places are all taken up by you
In addition, the Japanese people also knew very well how powerful the people behind the South African colony were, and they had a pivotal position and influence in the Ming Empire.
If we can get help from the United Trading Company of South Africa, it will be easy to open up colonies in West Africa.
If you want arms, weapons, warships, food, etc., you can easily get them.
The geographical location of the South African colony is very critical. It is at the southernmost tip of Africa and is the only place to go to West Africa.
The Associated Commercial Bank of South Africa has been operating here for a long time and is most familiar with this area. At the same time, it produces a large amount of grain. In any case, it is necessary to come and pay a visit to establish a good relationship.
Du Mingen looked at the box that was delivered, smiled and said, "Mr. Dongfang is too polite. If you have any questions, just tell me. As long as I can help, I will try my best to help."
Not to hit the smiling person, not to mention that he really liked the gift given by the other person. The price of jade and jade is also very high now. This imperial green jade ring is worth a lot of money.
"Master Hou is so happy~"
"I'll just say it bluntly."
Dongfang Yue said with a smile: "This time I went to West Africa on the order of our Japanese king to seize Sao Tome Island in the West African Gulf (Gulf of Guinea) and open up some colonies on the West African continent."
"The Marquis is a great navigator, and he also knows that this place is very far away from our east. Travel is inconvenient and the transportation of supplies is very slow."
"So, I wonder if it would be convenient for the Marquis to sell us some arms, weapons, food, etc.?"
"We are willing to pay double the market price!"
"Arms and weapons, I have no control over this matter. As you know, although I am the Governor-General of South Africa, I am also responsible to the shareholders of the United South African Merchant Bank and subject to their supervision."
"The arms and weapons here in the South African colonies are also purchased from the Ming Dynasty. We cannot produce these arms and weapons ourselves, and the arms and weapons in the hands of our South African colonial army must be used by ourselves."
"So in this regard, I am helpless."
"As for food, we have a lot of surplus food here in South Africa, and we can sell some to you."
Du Mingen thought for a while and replied.
If you want the weapons in the hands of our South African colonies, you really know the stuff.
The weapons and equipment in the hands of the South African colonial army are all the most advanced weapons and equipment in the Ming Empire. Not to mention other things, the guns only use Hongzhi Type 21 muskets, which are currently the most advanced muskets. In terms of technology, they have been compared with
There is not much difference between later rifles.
Fast firing rate, long range and high accuracy!
The South African colony occupies a huge land, but it only relies on a colonial army of 15,000 people. It relies on having such advanced muskets to easily crush the local Kunlun slaves.
The muskets that the Japanese can buy on the market are all smoothbore muskets that have been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. They are still front-loaded muskets. The range is limited. The key is that the firing rate is slow and the accuracy is not high.
"That's such a shame~"
"But being able to purchase food is also a huge help to us. Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
When Dongfang Yue heard this, she also said with some regret.
As expected, it is not easy to purchase the Ming Dynasty's most advanced muskets and artillery. They have activated all the energy they can, but there is no way to purchase them.
The Ming Empire pays close attention to new muskets. Each new musket has a serial number and a strict management system. As for the manufacturing method of the new musket, it is strictly confidential.
Things that even money can't buy.
"Haha, you're welcome~"
"We don't have anything else here in the South African colony, but there is a lot of food. You can buy some food, which also helps us."
Du Mingen replied with a smile.
Although the South African colony has a small population and relies solely on Ming immigrants, even if it attracts enough immigrants, the total population is still very small compared with other vassal states and colonies.
However, the South African colonies focused on mechanized farming and used a large number of steam cultivators and harvesters. The farming efficiency was very high and the grain output was large. It not only met its own needs, but also could be exported to other colonies and vassal countries in large quantities.
"Mr. Dongfang, how is the situation in West Africa now?"
After talking about business, Du Mingen also asked about some situations in West Africa.
"The situation is not very optimistic. There is great pressure from competition."
"The Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, and Dutch in Europe are all frantically grabbing colonies in West Africa, and they have fought several wars for this purpose."
"In addition, on our east side, the Ming Empire's vassals, colonial trading houses, Koreans, we Japanese people, and the Persian Empire are all robbing West African colonies."
"A few years ago, there were only a few colonial strongholds in West Africa, but now, there are hundreds of large and small colonial strongholds in West Africa. Colonists from all sides are intertwined and competing with each other.
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Dongfang Yue thought about it and replied with a wry smile.
"It's better for you Ming people to come out first. You Ming people have taken over all the good places in the world, and only West Africa is left."
Having said this, Dongfang Yue sighed again and again and looked at the huge world map in the living room.
In fact, there are really too many good places in this world.
Apart from anything else, Golden Continent alone is definitely a treasure.
Rich in gold and silver, the Ming Dynasty brought back a shipload of gold and silver every year, and countless gold diggers were active in this vast land.
The vast plains of the Northern Golden Continent are fertile and flat, making them the most suitable area for farming; and the rich grasslands of the Southern Golden Continent are the most suitable place for grazing in the world.
Such a vast treasure land now belongs exclusively to the Ming Empire.
Even though piracy is prevalent among Europeans, no one dares to covet this treasure land and can only rob West Africa.
Counting Australia, Nanyang, Tianzhu, East Africa, etc., almost all the good places in the world were occupied by the Ming people.
Even in the remaining West Africa, the Ming people still had no intention of letting it go. The vassals and colonial trading houses of the Ming Dynasty were still the most powerful entities in snatching the colonies in West Africa.
The people of Ming Dynasty act very domineeringly!
Often other colonists build a colonial stronghold, which means declaring the surrounding area within a hundred miles as their colony. But as for the Ming people, as long as they erect the dragon flag of the Ming Empire in a place, they will declare that this land will be used in the future.
This is the land of the Emperor of Heaven.
But with the powerful Ming Empire at your back, you still dare not use strong methods to deal with these Ming people.
These vassal kings who went to sea are all relatives of the Emperor of Heaven. If they die overseas and die in your hands, it will be a big trouble.
Therefore, the last thing many colonists wanted to do was to rob the colonies from the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, but sometimes they had no choice but to rob them, so they could only think of various ways to rob them as much as possible.
As for those colonial trading houses of the Ming Dynasty, they are not easy to mess with. They dare to come to West Africa to open up colonies. Behind them are the big families, big businessmen and big nobles of the Ming Empire. Many of them have the support of great hands and eyes.
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The colonial troops in these colonial trading houses were almost armed to the teeth and were very difficult to mess with.
This is the Ming Empire, a behemoth that has swallowed up almost all the land in the world. Even if it is the only continent left in West Africa, the power of the Ming Empire is still the strongest competitor here.
"Haha, you Japanese are not bad either. You also followed King Ning to get a large colony in Tianzhu."
Du Mingen smiled and said.
Regarding this, the people of Ming Dynasty are definitely very proud.
Indeed, almost all the good places in the world have been occupied by the Ming Dynasty people.
"That little colony is nothing, nothing, insignificant, insignificant."
Dongfang Yue smiled and shook her head. She felt sad when she mentioned that colony, because that colony was not in the hands of the Dongfang family, but in the hands of the Ashikaga family of the shogunate, and the shogunate and the Japanese king were the two most important people in the Japanese country.
There are several factions, all competing for the supreme dominance of the Japanese country.
"How many colonial strongholds do you have now in West Africa?"
Du Mingen smiled, looked at the map of West Africa and asked.
"West Africa is now roughly divided into two areas. Centered on the West African Gulf, the areas to the north and west are basically European colonial strongholds. The areas to the east and south are mostly occupied by us Easterners.
colonial stronghold."
"We also have two strongholds on Sao Tome Island and Gabon. The most important Sao Tome Island is currently being robbed by the Portuguese. They say that Sao Tome Island was the first island they discovered and operated."
"They are not convinced that they have already established colonial rule here when they opened up the Indian Ocean route, and now it is occupied by us. This time, I guess we will have to fight the barbarians in Europe."
Dongfang Yue pointed to an island on the map and spoke.
"Portugal?"
"Portugal's strength is very average. You should be able to defend it easily."
After Du Mingen heard this, he thought about it and said.
"Well, our Japanese country is much stronger than them, but after all, West Africa is closer to Europe. They have a natural advantage. It is not easy to win this battle."
"This is why I came to seek help from the Marquis. If the Marquis is willing to provide us with some arms and weapons, we will naturally be more confident."
Dongfang Yue sighed helplessly.
With the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, Europeans have now clearly distinguished between the Ming people and the Japanese people. The Japanese people are not as afraid of them as they are of the Ming people. The two sides have done it several times because of colonial matters.
