Chapter 21, Twenty-seven moments in the four years of Chongzhen twenty-one Moment 21: When Australians meet Australians The "Australian" base camp in Lingao County, Hainan Island, the residence of the Senate, Bairen City According to the views of some European "international observers" at this time and space, a European-style "council" system was implemented among the five hundred "Australian elders" in Lingao.
Formally, all senators enjoy the same political status and form an institution called the "Senate".
Theoretically, all major policies must be decided by a vote of the Senate.
But in fact, since it is impossible for the five hundred elders to hold general meetings every day, there are ten more senior "executive members" who actually hold all the power, forming a highest power circle similar to the ruling cabinet.
And the top of this circle is naturally the ever glorious, great and correct Chairman Wen Desi, the head of the ten elders of the Executive Committee.
However, the ever glorious, great and correct Chairman Wen Desi was standing in the office of his Executive Committee Chairman with a sad look on his face.
On the wall in front of Chairman Wen Desi hung a huge map, with small red flags marking the ever-increasing territory under the Senate's name.
So far, after three years of conquest and expansion, Hainan Island, Taiwan Island and half of Fujian Province have become Yuan The actual territory of Laoyuan, even excluding those "wild areas" that cannot be effectively controlled, the actual territory it controls reaches more than 40,000 square kilometers, which is almost different from the mainland of the Dutch Republic in this era.
It can be said that it already has a territory The foundation for striving for hegemony in East Asia.
In addition to this core territory, there are also a series of important strongholds such as Hong Kong Island in Guangdong, Hongji Coal Mine in Vietnam, and several islands along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, forming a strong chain that firmly restricts the movement from North Vietnam to Jiangsu.
The mainland coastline, the northernmost tentacle on mainland China, has reached the Haizhou Huaguo Mountain at the junction of Sulu and Shandong.
Outside of this island chain stronghold, the Ryukyu Kingdom has in fact become a vassal of the Senate.
Japan's Satsuma Domain was defeated and surrendered, and the Choshu Domain is the Senate's most important ally in Japan.
Since defeating Zheng Zhilong, the Senate has He is the undisputed maritime overlord of the entire East Asia.
I remember that when Britain was still the empire on which the sun never set, Jevons, a famous British economist at that time, once proudly boasted: "The plains of North America and Russia are our cornfields, and Canada and the Baltic Sea are our cornfields."
Our lumberyards, Australia our ranches, Peru our silver mines, South Africa and Australia our gold mines, India and China our tea base, the East Indies our sugar cane, coffee and spices, the American South It’s our cotton plantation” And today’s Chairman Boon Teck Si can also proudly declare: “Siam, Thailand and Annan and Vietnam are our rice fields; Japan is our gold, silver and copper mines, and it is also a recruitment place for cannon fodder warriors; Malacca and the chiefs of Sumatra supplied us with slaves; Badawi The Asian Dutch are our contractors, primitive and barbaric Taiwan is our lumberyard; the densely populated Guangzhou and Jiangnan bring us tea and silk, and are also our commodity dumping markets; and China, which has been experiencing repeated disasters, provides us with a steady stream of supplies.
Continuously bring in people and provide labor force.”
Overall, the situation in the Lingao Senate seems to be very gratifying, but in the eyes of Chairman Wen Desi, there are many threats and hidden dangers of all kinds.
In fact, since the time-travel undertaking was launched, all strategic plans have been It has always been in a derailed state of "plans failing to keep up with changes".
First of all, the early travel and rise of Huang Shi, a junior, is really unimaginable.
He would actually go wrong during the collective travel and fall alone to ten years ago.
What’s even more incredible is that this young man who originally only had a good handwriting skills, after experiencing several years of hard life in Liaodong, turned out to be a world-famous and fearless general; sweeping across Liaodong.
Invincible, Huang Gongbao and Huang Dashuai, who broke into the enemy camp alone and killed the slave chieftain, not only had an elite army in their hands, but also occupied a large territory in Fujian Province after being ordered to be transferred to the south.
Not long after the Fengcheng ship carrying five hundred travelers arrived in Lingao, Huangshi's envoy and secret message arrived.
For the newcomers to Lingaozhong, it was certainly an added advantage to have such an influential and powerful faction join them at the beginning of the time travel.
However, the resulting redistribution of power caught Chairman Wen Desi, who was originally strategizing, unprepared.
As one of the five hundred time travellers, Marshal Huangshi also had many friends.
Can be used as a helping hand.
As the supreme authority of Chairman Wen Desi was shaken, small groups formed by various cliques within the time travelers also surfaced one after another, eager to compete for various rights to speak, causing the Chairman a headache.
No matter what kind of deification propaganda was carried out among the indigenous people and "naturalized people" in the Ming Dynasty, among the five hundred travelers who were really crucial, Wen Desi was unlucky enough to have no absolute right from the beginning.
The prestige and power are only equivalent to those of ordinary company CEOs.
Although Chairman Wen Desi has never considered himself to be a cold-blooded strongman like Hitler or Stalin, nor does he have any intention of wearing a yellow robe and proclaiming himself a king, nor can he raise a butcher knife and cleanse fellow travelers to centralize power, the current situation is still It made him uncomfortable.
Fortunately, although Wen Desi could not turn the Executive Committee into his own hall, there are basically no such stupid jokes among the "Executive Committee members".
Under the banner of conquering the world, basically no one is willing to turn the Senate into It will become the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan in later generations, so there will be no trouble in strategic and tactical decision-making.
At least for a long period of time, there should be no need to worry about the internal unity of the Lingao travelers.
Secondly, not to mention Huang Shi from Fujian who had already returned to the team early and Zhang Wei from Taiwan who voluntarily surrendered after discovering that he was not alone in this world, and Zhang Wei from Taiwan who voluntarily surrendered.
Not long after the intelligence forces of the Lingao Senate infiltrated into Macau, they were shocked to discover The Portuguese in Macau are actually helping those in America Two "Oriental immigrant countries" recruited refugees from the Ming Dynasty.
Based on some "gorgeously made" and "Made on the East Coast" small commodities they obtained from the Portuguese, the Lingao Chuanchuang crowd who originally thought highly of themselves couldn't help but discover to their dismay that there were actually others.
Two groups of time travelers have already arrived in this world Fortunately, due to the poor transportation capacity of the Portuguese people at this time and the long sea journey from East Asia to the east coast of America, such an ultra-long-distance population business can only transport more than a thousand people per year, so it has not affected the Lingao Senate's support for the time being.
Recruitment of refugees.
Also due to the long geographical distance, the two Chinese traveler countries in the Americas seem to be unable to interfere with the changes in the situation on the East Asian continent and pose no threat.
However, although the group of American travelers far away on the other side of the earth can be ignored for the time being, other travelers who appear in the territory of the Ming Dynasty must be treated with caution.
For example, Dengzhou Town, which is located in the Shandong Peninsula, has already started to compete with Lingao Chuanchuang Group in the cigarette business in Jiangnan.
Regarding how to deal with this force, the Senate still has divergent opinions and no conclusion, but everyone basically knows: if the time travelers who formed Dengzhou Town can be included in the Senate, they will definitely be able to provide the Senate with a northern strategy.
A huge boost.
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But if they become enemies, then this warlord force that is quite good at fighting will also become a troublesome stumbling block on the Senate's journey.
As for other sporadic "suspected" time travellers, there are even more.
However, due to the distortion and distortion in the process of information dissemination, it later turned out that almost all of them were false alarms and misjudgments.
The chaos of the late Ming Dynasty, which was linked to the global age of navigation, originally It was an era of mavericks and the spread of Western learning to the east.
Officials in the imperial court had converted to God and became Christians, and the people were filled with countless non-mainstream people who behaved strangely.
What's even more terrible is that because Huangshi's ten-year time travel career has greatly changed history, even if we find situations that are inconsistent with the history books, it may not mean that there is a problem.
In this regard, the Lingao Traveler Senate has no good solution.
They can only take it one step at a time, and then decide what to do after seeing it.
Next, there was the sudden arrival of the "real Australian".
When I accidentally received the wireless telegram from Australia at the end of last year, it really shocked the 500 people in Lingao who traveled through Australia: The modern all-metal 10,000-ton sailing ship, the unlucky life traveling through Australia, the global voyage of South America's "East Coast Republic of China" and the Polish expedition trying to colonize Australia are really a lot of information.
Although it seems strange why the Poles also come to play the great voyages.
Just as when mentioning Russia makes people think of Bodega, Siberia and the Arctic Ocean, mentioning Poland only makes people think of winged cavalry with bird feathers and super gorgeous costumes.
Although he has a death-like nature, he definitely has nothing to do with things like sailing and colonization.
But this happened in another isolated and wild continent thousands of miles away, so in addition to continuing to maintain radio contact with Australia and the East Coast Country expedition fleet arriving in Australia, the "pseudo-Australians" in the Lingao Senate also did not respond to the This adds too much attention.
After all, there are still a lot of troubles and chaos around them.
If they worry about these distant things all day long, they no longer need to worry about anything else.
But now, the "pseudo-Australians" in the Lingao Senate can no longer put this trouble aside.
According to the information exchanged in the wireless telegram, as Australia enters the rainy season and the tide rises again, the "True Australians" and their big ship will soon be able to escape from the shoals of the lagoon.
After the East Coast country's global voyage expedition returned to the capital of what would become Uruguay, it immediately caused a huge sensation in the country.
It quickly assembled a second, larger expedition fleet, which had just arrived in Australia a few days ago and was preparing to In the "Australian Public" After the 10,000-ton vessel "COSCO" was renovated, the two parties headed north together to visit Batavia to establish trade relations with the Dutch colonists there.
If possible, the joint fleet might go further north to recruit refugees along the coast of China. and purchase supplies.
This earth-shattering news caused a sudden chaos in Lingao.
The "time-traveling senior" who was originally far away was actually bringing warships to his own territory.
Hey, the chess game of the Ming Empire has been messed up enough. , why do you still want to interfere?
What's even more terrible is that if those "real Australians" drove their 10,000-ton giant ship to Batavia, talked about their origins with the local Dutch and Chinese businessmen, and did not confront Lingao in advance.
If the confession is good, then the "Australian visitor" identity that Lingao Chuanchuan had fabricated before will be exposed, or at least the two sides will not be able to match the horse's mouth, which will eventually cause a big joke.
But the Lingao Senate could not stop the departure of the "Australians" and the East Coast Fleet.
It could not say: "We have already used the name Australians.
If you appear in front of the Dutch again, you will be in trouble, so Please continue to hunt kangaroos in the Australian wilderness and watch the stars as Flintstones, and never come into contact with the civilized worlds of the East and the West."
Such shameless words, even if I can say it shamelessly, Australia will definitely not listen to it.
"Oh, I really regret that I slapped my forehead and casually claimed to be Australian.
Now I don't know how to face the Australians.
Why didn't I think that I could claim to be from Antarctica?
At least the emperor Penguins don’t gossip with others.”
Chairman Wen Desi unbuttoned his clothes irritably, stood up and opened the window.
The fresh sea breeze blew in from the coastal window, which had a somewhat cooling effect.
But there were probably cicadas or insects similar to cicadas in the green belt bushes outside the window.
Anyway, the sound was so noisy that people almost subconsciously ignored it and it never stopped.
When the window was opened, the noisy insects became even louder.
The noisy sound of insects made Chairman Wen Desi couldn't help but cover his ears, and made everyone who was staying indoors to discuss countermeasures feel more and more irritable.
"How about we spread the word to the outside world that Australia and Song Dynasty suffered a natural disaster, and we were forced to move the whole country.
We don't want our homeland to be stolen by pirates, how about that?"
The speaker was Dai E, the deputy of the Taoist Council of the Lingao Senate and one of the five hundred time traveler elders.
When Taoist Master Dioquanzi is away, he is solely responsible for the educational activities of the Lingao Taoist Council.
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Recently, a missionary pamphlet about the New Taoist classic Dongyuan Shenmantra was printed, which excerpted the myth that "five hundred immortals descended to earth in a large iron ship to save the end of the world."
The Australian Catholic Church said that it was five hundred The angel descended to earth, leaving believers confused by the contradictory statements from both sides.
However, with the emergence of "real Australians", these missionary myths, which are full of errors, are suddenly in danger of being completely exposed.
"Why do you just call people pirates?
How can those Australian compatriots agree?
Please be more realistic."
Sitting on a small sofa drinking tea, the Prime Minister of the Central Government Affairs Council, Ma Qianzhu, whose online name is "Supervisor", couldn't help but rolled his eyes and complained to Dai E, who took it for granted, "What's more, even we ourselves have not formulated a unified The standard origin and background information of your new Taoism is a version of five hundred immortals descending to earth, and the Catholic Church is a version of five hundred angels who save the world.
Then there is a version of the powerful children of the Australian and Song Dynasties who failed in the court struggle and went into exile, plus a version of the survivors of the catastrophe at the end of the Australian and Song Dynasty who fled back to their homeland.
I have heard so many of them in the Lingao market alone, and those who were sent abroad Comrade you still don’t know what nonsense you are talking about with the Vietnamese, Ming Dynasty and Dutch?
This issue must be taken seriously immediately.”
Regarding Ma Qianzhu's above statement, everyone in the meeting also nodded.
However, although they all looked serious on the surface, they actually didn't care about the matter very much in their hearts: "Australian mythology" has reached this point now.
After a while, it actually doesn’t matter whether you wear clothes or not.
The time-travelers who helped Lingao have already established a foothold in the border corners of the Ming Empire.
The existence of the Australian country cannot shake the foundation of this time-travel group.
Just like the rise and failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in the late Qing Dynasty, they are all closely related to distant Europe.
The Catholic Church has nothing to do with it.
However, for the current Executive Committee, or Chairman Wen Desi, the bankruptcy of "Australian Myth" is tantamount to giving the various factions within the Senate a target for criticism, which will inevitably lead to the Executive Committee being criticized within the Senate. prestige in the country further declined.
As for the work of the propaganda and education department, it is really a major blow to the bankruptcy of ideology, but no one can tell what consequences it will bring.
Fortunately, there is still a chance to remedy the situation.
Chairman Wen Desi finally decided to send a telegram to explain the matter to the Australian side, hoping that the other side would help cover it up.
Soon after, a call back came.
The Australian side agreed to negotiate on the matter, but due to the There are too many questions, and I’m afraid I can’t explain them clearly in a short message.
Therefore, face-to-face communication is required.
In addition to unified external publicity, Australia’s image must also be taken into consideration.
"Isn't Ping Qiusheng's trading fleet still in Hongji?
So he doesn't have to go to Thailand.
He can wait for the Australian fleet in Batavia in advance."
Chairman Wen Desi suggested, "Now please show your hands to vote.
If it is passed, organize a diplomatic delegation now and take the fastest ship to Hongji to meet Ping Qiu Sheng's fleet.
Of course, before departure, , we have to inform the Dutch East India Company's trade representative in Lingao to avoid misunderstandings.
In addition, the navy also tries to gather a few warships to strengthen the diplomatic delegation."
"So what should we do about the origins of the four versions of our own background?
We should discuss which version with Australia," Premier Ma Qianzhu asked.
"It's too late.
Let the delegation discuss it slowly on the ship.
It will take a long time to get to Batavia from us anyway."
Vietnam, Hon Ki Fort near Hai Phong Port in the modern Republic of Vietnam, close to the famous tourist attraction Ha Long Bay After several years of construction and development by future travelers, Hongji Fort, which was originally just a coal mine, has become a mining city and trade center under the protection of a military fortress.
The scale of the coal mine extends further and further, and it has Vietnamese miners under its jurisdiction.
The number of people is also increasing rapidly, and there are people who have no food every day.
The hungry poor Vietnamese came from far away to seek refuge.
The brutal civil war between the Zheng family and the Nguyen family warlords, and the resulting heavy taxes, had almost made these ragged farmers almost desperate, and they went to Hon Gi to make a living by mining. , is the last life-saving straw in their minds.
At the same time, the goods in the Hongjibao Trade Zone are also dazzling.
Currently, commodities with overcapacity in Lingao and the mainland, such as salt, sugar, and patent medicines, are being dumped.
In addition, Lingao’s traditional advantageous products, glassware, Crystal mirrors, bone china, and extreme scarcity in Vietnam There are also all kinds of light industrial products such as shoes, umbrellas, fans, hats, etc., making Hongji a big place on the Red River Estuary Delta.
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All kinds of merchant ships docked at Hongji Port, mainly Chinese businessmen.
Originally, Just doing business along the Beibu Gulf.
With the increasingly prosperous trade and the continuous inflow of a large number of refugees, Hongji's shipping companies and warehouses have also been established one after another.
A large number of small-tonnage ships travel between Lingao and Hongji every week.
These ships are mainly engaged in: The trade of light industrial products sometimes provides valuable shipping capacity for Vietnamese rice.
With the expansion of the supply chain, "Australian goods" completely occupied the market in the entire Red River Basin almost overnight.
Even in remote places near Laos, small traders of various ethnic groups continue to bring the goods that "Australians" need from the inland.
Potash mines, trade in the market at Hon Kei Port.
The large influx of cheap industrial products into the market has even begun to have an impact on the economic structure of northern Vietnam.
Even Runshitang, which sells Chinese patent medicines in partnership with the "Australians", opened its semi-colon to the "castle town" of Honji Fort half a year ago.
It is more convenient to transport goods to Southeast Asian countries from here.
Moreover, proprietary Chinese medicines are being dumped along the Red River itself.
Since the Hongji branch of Runshitang opened, it has made no less than 30,000 taels of silver just from the two flagship products of Biwen Powder and Zhuge Xingjun Powder to relieve summer heat.
Generally speaking, the situation on Hongji's side is not a little good, but a great one, and it is almost making rapid progress.
In addition to urban hardware construction, cultural construction as "soft power" has not been relaxed.
The Lingao Senate reached a guiding opinion at a recent conference, that is, both Koreans and Vietnamese have a considerable degree of influence in this time and space.
The Sinicization of China.
Without the influence of Western civilization and the decline of China's national power, this process would not be reversed.
Therefore, when treating the people in these areas, they must be regarded as the direct population under the control of the Senate and the native people who can be educated. people.
Therefore, Hon Gi Fort should also set up basic cultural and educational facilities such as schools and hospitals to lay the foundation for the thorough "civilization" of the local area.
Many of the poor Vietnamese who come to Hon Gi to work as miners are bringing their families with them, and there are many children.
If the Senate can Provide unified education to their children, and when these young children graduate from school, they will become the vanguard of the Senate to advance into Southeast Asia in the future.
Although the new school in Hong Kai has not yet been completed and only offers a Chinese character literacy class, some of the Vietnamese children who were previously selected to return to Lingao to attend school have already returned after completing their studies.
Thirteen-year-old Ruan Bicheng is a native of Hong Kei.
This is his hometown.
His parents originally made a living by farming and fishing, but later they became "naturalized citizens."
A year ago, he and dozens of other Vietnamese children from Hongji won the favor of the "Australian chief" and were selected to be sent to the national school in Lingao.
Like most students in national schools, Ruan Bicheng was suddenly overwhelmed by countless knowledge that he had never imagined when he came to Lingao.
During this year in school, he was like a sponge, absorbing all the knowledge, and he was actually learning.
In addition to Mandarin and Chinese characters, the academic performance of passing a second-class diploma is even more difficult for many children from ordinary families in the Ming Dynasty.
For a Vietnamese child, it is even more of a miracle.
Such outstanding academic performance made a elder in charge of education look upon this Vietnamese child with admiration and gave him a formal name.
Ruan Bicheng originally wanted to name him Ho Chi Minh, but was dissuaded by another elder who said that name.
It was too ostentatious, so he changed it to Ruan Bicheng, which made the thirteen-year-old child feel extremely excited and excited about it.
This time when the Trade Department of the Lingao Senate dispatched trade fleets to Southeast Asian countries, they brought him, a native of Southeast Asia, on board the ship in the name of an intern, so that Ruan Bicheng could go home and visit his relatives.
However, walking on the streets of Hong Kai and looking at the bustling market, Ruan Bicheng found that he became a little afraid to recognize: "It has only been a year, but in the hands of the leaders, Hongji has changed again."
Just one year later, the city appearance of Hongji has been completely different.
Ruan Bicheng clearly remembers that when he left, the miners gathered in Hongji were still a group of scruffy guys with scanty clothes and skinny bones.
But almost everyone I see now is fully dressed.
Even though some people were shirtless due to the hot weather, at least everyone had shoes, whether they were straw sandals or cloth shoes.
The originally dirty and dilapidated shanty town has become like a city.
In general, the layout of the market streets in Hongjibao is completely based on the replica of Lingao Dongmen Market, of course it is much smaller in scale. .
At present, Honji Fort itself and the surrounding commercial and light industrial zones have completed basic ground hardening.
The cleanliness and cleanliness of the streets alone have greatly exceeded all the large and small towns in Le Chao, Vietnam.
In the shops along the street, you can find all kinds of sugar, salt and daily necessities that are most lacking in Vietnam.
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With the great development of light industry construction, Hainan Island’s daily necessities production capacity has experienced explosive growth.
A large number of bamboo, rattan and paper products are not only Meets the needs of Hainan Island and also provides Continuously transported to the mainland.
When the market research report of Hon Kei Fort revealed that Vietnam lacked the manufacturing capacity of daily necessities, the Ministry of Colonial Trade, which immediately discovered the business opportunities, immediately organized a large number of shoes, socks, clothing, hats, umbrellas and folding fans to be exported to Hon Kei. , which also includes a large number of rattan shell thermos bottles.
Thermos bottles originally did not have a big market in Vietnam.
Apart from making tea, there is not much demand for boiled water here.
But when the market in Hon Gi Bao officially started selling ice cubes, the situation completely changed.
Ice cubes and thermos bottles immediately became the most respectable enjoyment items for gentlemen from all over the Le Dynasty in North Vietnam.
Now even the Le Dynasty’s Even the emperor has used Australian products like this.
Due to its geographical location, Vietnam has nowhere to go.
It is enough to mine ice, not to mention the ice cellar to store the ice.
The sale of ice in Hongjibao is a big news to the people and masters here.
Everyone wants to find out what this Australian is doing.
Where does the ice come from, especially since they not only have a lot of ice, but also seem to have an endless supply.
All in all, Hongji is completely different from before.
Ruan Bicheng, a classmate who had returned from a long absence, found his father who had just become a naturalized civilian cadre at the customs.
Then they sat together in an open-air restaurant on the street of Hongji.
They used their saved scholarships to treat his father to the new "summer food" in the restaurant.
"Australian-style set meal": chilled candied tomatoes, roasted corn and "Cola Chicken" cooked with high-yield white sugar instead of caramel.
At the same time, they talked to each other about all the things that happened since they parted this year.
During the conversation, he couldn't help but look thoughtfully at the port in the distance, with a vague thought in his mind: These powerful "Australian chiefs" came all the way to this rural place in Hongji.
It's not just about digging coal here or helping the poor.
Based on what he had learned in Lingao, Ruan Bicheng had vaguely realized that the world envisioned by the leaders was something he would never be able to reach.
However, before Ruan Bicheng could think about anything, he heard the sound coming from the pier.
The whistle, and the announcement from the loudspeaker on the street: "Crews of the Nanyang Trading Fleet, please pay attention.
Crews of the Nanyang Trading Fleet, please pay attention.
Urgent gathering now.
Urgent gathering now.
The fleet is about to weigh anchor and leave the port in advance.
Please return to the team quickly.
Repeat.
The fleet is about to weigh anchor and leave the port in advance.
Please return the team quickly."
Under the still intense tropical autumn sun.
A huge fleet anchored in Hong Gai, Vietnam, began to change from a lazy calm to a noisy commotion.
People on board and off the ship were busy non-stop: soldiers were inspecting weapons, workers were busy carrying supplies, sailors were repairing sails and replacing cables.
The leaders, squadron leaders and captains of the labor team were sweating profusely.
Went back and forth among the crowd, encouraging everyone and urging the workers to speed up the transportation of materials.
No matter what, all supply operations must be completed today, and the entire fleet will set sail early tomorrow morning.
Although the sudden cancellation of shore leave and the urgent pressing of loading and sorting tasks made everyone complain.
But under the harsh military orders and the whips of supervisors, no one dares to go on strike.
There are no rules against corporal punishment these days.
Being passive and sagging will result in beheading.
In order to improve morale, Hongjibao provided the crew with a sumptuous lunch as much as possible.
Everyone was given a wooden lunch box, and after opening it, they found snow-white rice mixed with chopped vegetables.
The side dishes were whole grilled fish and sizzling fried eggs.
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The steaming iron bucket also contained miso soup made with bean paste, which contained dried fish and sea vegetables.
Anyone could scoop a bowl of it.
It tasted very delicious.
The workers and soldiers happily served this unprecedented sumptuous meal.
I finished my work meal, and my mood, which was originally depressed due to fatigue, finally began to improve slightly.
However, the commander-in-chief of this Nanyang trade fleet, Elder Ping Qiusheng of the Trade Department of the Senate, still looked gloomy and his appetite was not as planned.
He originally planned to enjoy a period in Hongji that included sunshine, sandy beaches, and blue sea.
It was a tropical holiday with important elements such as coconut trees and Vietnamese girls.
Unexpectedly, we had just docked in Hong Gai for a day and had just slept in the guest house when we were faced with such an unlucky emergency task.
At this time, he was wearing a floral shirt and oversized shorts, holding a parasol, and supervising the supply operations of the fleet.
Originally, the fleet was only intended to traffic rice as far as Siam, but now it is heading to Java instead.
In Batavia, the voyage was almost doubled.
Although there was a lot of land along the way, and fresh water, fruits and vegetables could be replenished everywhere, there was no coaling station, so the entire crew was working hard to load coal on the ship.
However, since the fleet had just set off from Lingao not long ago, the cargo hold of each ship was still filled with trading commodities, and there was not much space left.
The crew had no choice but to pile extra coal on the deck, in the aisles, and in the accommodation cabins.
Even the VIP cabin where veteran Ping Qiumeng lived was stuffed with several bags of coal.
The gun positions on the deck are surrounded by piles of coal bags.
Once the gun is fired, it will become a hell of flying dust.
If it is hit by a shell, it will be unimaginable.
Elder Taira Akiumori commented on this: It is just like the one during the Russo-Japanese War.
The Russian Second Pacific Fleet circled half the world to die.
Of course, strictly speaking, this is just an angry talk, because there is no Japanese combined fleet waiting to intercept in front of the Lingao Senate fleet.
And the voyage from Hon Ki, Vietnam to Batavia Jakarta, Java Island, is really not very far by the standards of the Age of Discovery.
In fact, the real trouble that made Ping Qiusheng scratch his head was when he arrived in Batavia.
What to do after Asia Regarding this trip to Batavia, the Executive Committee of the Lingao Senate did not know whether it was due to a sudden stroke, but actually assigned a series of simply whimsical tasks to the unprepared Comrade Ping Qiusheng: to communicate with the East Bank country as much as possible.
He reached a harmonious relationship, tried to collude with the Australians about his origins, tried to fool the Dutch and Chinese businessmen in Batavia, and even asked him to find a way to deceive the "real Australians" who came to Lingao.
Although adding more than a hundred elders may cause financial and power division problems, the 10,000-ton all-metal modern sailboat of the "True Australian" alone is enough to be worth the price of admission.
The supreme overlord who was absolutely invincible on any sea surface in the world in the seventh century The problem is that the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny.
Just how to handle the relationship with the East Coast countries is not an easy task.
If the East Coast countries dump their industrial products in large quantities to Southeast Asia after opening up the waterway, they will inevitably crowd out the market for "Australian goods".
And what if the East Coast Country proposes to recruit a large number of people from the Ming Dynasty mainland?
The Lingao Senate still feels that the labor force under its own hands is not enough.
What troubles Ping Qiusheng the most is that now he has to go to Batavia to negotiate with Australian travelers and South American travelers.
The Lingao Senate has not even prepared a standard "Australian-Song Exiled History" When he came out and saw several elders from the Education Department and the Religion Department each taking a very different draft of the outline, they were so angry that they were arguing in front of him.
Ping Qiusheng, who had always regarded himself as a gentleman, finally couldn't help but was so angry that he took pictures table: "Quiet, everyone, from Hongji to Batavia, it can take ten days or half a month.
During this time, you have to finalize the manuscript no matter what, which is five hundred monkeys from the stone.
You can pop it up, but you can never let me negotiate with four or five versions of the manuscript."
And just when Ping Qiusheng was as big as a bucket, another group of uninvited guests from the Americas also quietly knocked on the door of East Asia oshow7: