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Chapter 1524 Pirates have no borders

The South Africa Port Bulk Trading Hall is a standard official service institution. Merchants who need goods look for goods here, and merchants who have goods are here to entrust the sale of goods. The trading hall acts as an intermediary to broker transactions between the two parties.

Of course, transaction inquiry only provides information and does not provide any guarantee of any nature regarding the transaction process.

Several people from Azure Trading Company have been collecting all kinds of information in the trading hall every day these days, understanding the various market conditions in the South African port, and understanding the market navigation in Europe.

Then look for potential partners.

After all, the goods they transported were worth hundreds of thousands. It was impossible to just set up a stall and find a few people to sell them. They had to find businessmen from Europe and conduct large-scale transactions directly.

During this process, Lu Zhenjiang was also very busy. He was so busy that he didn't even have time to go to Qingzi Xiaolou. However, this kind of busyness was not unrewarded. After collecting information for many days, he had already assisted the company manager to contact him.

After checking multiple channels, it’s time to make a transaction.

After the transaction is completed, the goods will be purchased and then set sail back to the country.

As long as he returns home safely, Lu Zhenjiang will be able to receive a large bonus. Coupled with his daily salary, his savings will reach several hundred yuan by then.

Lu Zhenjiang thought that after returning to China this time, he would travel to the sea two or three times. After saving a thousand yuan, he would see if there is any opportunity to start a business on his own. After all, it is not a problem to float on the sea all the time.

A lot, but no one knows when it will die.

Lu Zhenjiang looks forward to returning to China as soon as possible, but if he wants to return to China, he must first sell the goods and then successfully purchase the goods. Only then can he return to China. Before that, he must stay in the South African port.

While Lu Zhenjiang and a large group of businessmen who came to South Africa from China were busy collecting information and preparing for transactions, the businessmen who came to the South African port from Europe, North Africa and other regions also took action at this time.

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Three days ago, Datang's merchant fleet arrived at the port, leaving European and North African merchants in the port who had been waiting for at least ten and a half days, and most for three or four months, and all of them became excited.

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The rumors were true. This time, the Tang Dynasty merchant fleet indeed had dozens of ships. Although half of them were immigration ships, escort and supply ships, half of them were pure merchant ships.

The total number of merchant ships reached thirty, each of which was fully loaded with various goods.

But at first glance, there are a lot of these goods, but you have to know that the Port of South Africa has now become a port where the east and west meet. The Tang Empire blocked the Indian Ocean and only allowed European merchants to trade with the Tang people in the Port of South Africa.

In this case, almost all businessmen from Europe and North Africa came over.

Spain and Portugal, the two major maritime powers, have a total of twenty ships in the South African port at this time. Then England and the Netherlands, two emerging maritime countries, each have seven or eight merchant ships in the South African port.

, and then there are other messy countries. You have one ship and I have one. There are more than a dozen ships in total.

In other words, at this time, there were at least fifty or sixty European and North African merchant ships in the South African port.

These merchant ships brought special products from Europe, the Americas, and Africa, and then waited for the goods from the Tang Dynasty in the South African port.

Not only the local goods of the Tang Dynasty, but also goods from India, Southeast Asia and other regions, these are all urgently needed in today's European market.

The merchant fleet of the Tang Dynasty came with thirty ships, but there were fifty or sixty merchant ships from Europe and North Africa. Although the ships of the Tang Dynasty were generally larger in tonnage, their number was small after all.

This also means that some European merchant ships are destined to be unable to return with full warehouses, and even if they have money on hand, they cannot purchase enough goods.

In this case, competition is doomed.

There are many smart people in this world, and Alvin Grant is one of them.

He has been staying at the South African port with his pirate ship for more than a month, just to wait for the arrival of the Tang merchant fleet. Of course, at the same time, he has not been idle, asking around for information, trying to find an easy way out. Let’s start, fat sheep with lots of oil and water.

Naturally, there are certain things to consider when choosing fat sheep. For example, those official ships, such as the merchant fleets sent by the Spanish royal family, the Portuguese royal family, the English royal family, etc. are generally large ships with powerful self-defense firepower, and there are several ships at the same time. We will act together and even be escorted by warships.

It's just that Datang did not allow foreign warships to enter the South African port, so their warships are still staying outside the South African waters, preparing to meet and escort the merchant ships when they return.

This kind of official merchant fleet is not a target for small pirates like them to rob. Generally, only those large pirate gangs, such as those famous bosses in the Fourth Fleet, can bring powerful The pirate fleet directly attacked these official merchant fleets.

The ships of merchants who are too weak don't have many valuable things on board.

Therefore, it is still a bit difficult for Alvin to find a fat sheep who is rich but not very powerful.

It's just that such fat sheep are hard to find, and the number must be very small. At this moment, there are many pirates, merchants and pirates in the South African port. If you move slower, the fat sheep will probably be preempted by others. .

Finally, there is a very important point that those who dare to come to South Africa's ports these days, except for the official fleet and pirates like Alvin, even ordinary businessmen, are all ruthless characters. A good one.

To be honest, it’s really hard to say who will rob whom in the end!

So Alvin must be careful to avoid becoming a fat sheep in the eyes of others!

After observing this month, he also found two potential targets, one was two Dutch merchant ships, and the other target was an English merchant ship.

Among these three potential targets, the two Dutch merchant ships are small ships, with a tonnage of only two to three hundred tons, and are not well armed. Although it seems that there are not many ships, after inquiring, it was discovered that this group of Dutch His financial resources are not too weak, and the courtyards he rents in the Tiandi Inn are all good ones, and the rent is high. At least he, Alvin, is not willing to rent such a good courtyard.

As for the other English merchant ship, it was also a merchant with weak weapons and moderate financial resources. Although this English ship was said to be Alvin's compatriot, pirates knew no borders, so the gun should be used to rob it.

Several big bosses in the famous Fourth Fleet were all from the Tang Dynasty, and they still attacked the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty. He, an Englishman, was no exception.

When the time comes, he will learn the tactics of the Fourth Fleet, and after looting, he will set the ship on fire and kill all the people. Who would have known that Alvin would attack his compatriots in the sea?

With the arrival of the Tang Dynasty merchant fleet, it is expected that many European and North African merchant ships will complete the sale and purchase of goods in a short period of time and then return to Europe. This is not only to transport the goods back to Europe as soon as possible and earn more

profit, and also to avoid being targeted by those pirates.

So Alvin has been very busy these days. On the one hand, he leads his men to sell and purchase normal goods, and at the same time, he monitors his two goals.

At the same time, he also tried to directly contact the merchant ships of his compatriots in England, saying that he wanted to go together and return together to resist possible pirates.

However, his attempt failed. Everyone went out to sea to do business, and everyone was very vigilant. They would rather rush out of the port, go deep into the ocean, and then disappear into the sea and return alone, rather than deal with people of unknown origin.

The ships travel together.

Because no one knows whether the merchant ships that take over the passage will turn into pirate ships and attack them halfway.

Although Alvin disguised himself well, he was too vigilant.

But it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, if plan A doesn't work, then there is plan B. He plans to complete the transaction in advance, and can leave the port at any time after the preparation is completed. As soon as his target leaves the port, he will immediately follow him out of the port, following him all the way.

With the help of his modified Alvin, which could sail faster than ordinary merchant ships, he had the confidence to catch up with these ordinary merchant ships and kill them all.

In order to complete the transaction quickly and leave enough preparation time, he did not hesitate to let his men risk their lives to take a bath, and then go to the trading hall in the trading area to find the transaction object on his behalf.

Although Alvin promised a large reward, the men he chose to go to the trade area after taking a bath had a look of death before taking a bath, but when they were actually asked to take a bath, they still refused to do so.

Finally, after some threats and inducements, Alvin forced them to take a shower successfully and then put on clean clothes.

And this new clothes is the Tang suit that Alvin bought especially for him. This type of business attire is more popular in the Tang Dynasty. It consists of a right-sided top, straight pants, and a woolen knee-length jacket, usually in dark colors.

Mainly, this kind of clothing is usually worn by business people in the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of clothing also appeared overseas with the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty, and was gradually accepted by foreign countries. Many foreign businessmen wanted to show their status as upper-class people, and also to better deal with the people of the Tang Dynasty, and controlled the clothing in the Tang Dynasty.

In the ports below, people will also wear this kind of clothing.

After Alvin arrived at the South African port, he found that many foreign businessmen also wore the same clothes. In order to show their identity, they also got two sets of clothes. They also wore the same clothes when they appeared on weekdays.

Now, if you want your subordinates to enter the trade area and deal with the Tang Dynasty people, you must not let them wear too shabby clothes. Otherwise, how can you trade with those Tang Dynasty people after entering the trade area.


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