The auction ends.
Zhang Chao's box was knocked, Ke Qing went over to open the door, but there was Changsun Wuji standing outside the door.
With a smile on his face, "King Zhao, congratulations." ” Zhang Chao got up with a smile, "Come in and sit down, eldest grandson." ” At the auction just released, of the thirteen companies that Zhang Chao signed up, only Dahua Shipping won one bid.
Especially was raised by the eldest grandson Wuji, and finally spent five million to win it.
The starting price was 1 million, and the final price was 5 million, which is only the price to buy the territory.
After taking this territory, he also had to pay the imperial court to buy armed merchant ships, purchase ordnance, recruit soldiers, hire a head teacher, etc., and spend a lot of money.
The eldest grandson Wuji was deliberately doing things, but Zhang Chao still had a smile on his face.
"I also have to thank the eldest grandson's subordinates for showing mercy and deliberately admitting it.
Otherwise, I won't be able to take this territory. ” The territory photographed by Zhang Chao was Djibouti in later generations, next to the Ethiopian Aksumite Empire.
It is strategically located in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is bordered by the Red Sea to the east and the Gulf of Aden to the northeast.
Zhang Chao's photograph of the territory includes the Taju Strait, which guards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
And the proximity to Axum, which is quite important from both a commercial location and a strategic point of view, is equivalent to Zhang Chao's control of the eastern exit of the Red Sea.
The eldest grandson, Wuji, photographed two territories, one in the Sinai Peninsula and one in the Socotra Islands on the tip of the Horn of Africa.
The location is also not bad, but it is certainly not as good as the position occupied by Zhang Chao, and Zhang Chao's place is not only strategically located, but also can develop agricultural immigration.
The eldest grandson Wuji was very proud, he got four companies to bid, but he didn't have a big share in each like Zhang Chao, so he could shoot two, but Zhang Chao could only shoot one and then couldn't shoot it.
He only spent 3 million on two films, but Zhang Chao spent 5 million on one family.
"Just drink tea, I have to hurry back and consider the arrangements for the follow-up territory."
"Well, go slowly, don't send it."
Ke Qing snorted as he watched the eldest grandson Wuji leave.
"Wenyuan, it's not worth buying such a piece of land for five million?"
"What's not worth it, I also spent 20 million to buy Liuqiu and Liaonan back then, and I thought I was stupid at the time, but now the court is afraid that the court is willing to spend 50 million to buy Liuqiu, do you think I will sell?"
"Whoever is stupid sells it, now that the population of Liuqiu exceeds one million, the grain can be exported to millions of stone of grain a year, as well as a large amount of sugar, iron, and coal, which is simply a cornucopia."
"That's right, more than ten years ago, there were not many people who knew about Ryuqiu, and those who knew didn't care, anyway, it was an overseas mountain and barbarian island.
But now, Ryuqiu has become a place where countless people drool.
This Djibouti collar seems to be worthless now, but considering his location, it can be used as a trading port for our Zhang family in the future, spices, silk, porcelain, tea, sugar, wine, paper and other things can be transported here, and we can make this place into an entrepot trading port, and we don't have to worry about making money. ” Although this territory is dominated by plateaus and mountains, there is still a plain area along the coast, and it is already considered a good self-sufficiency for operating here.
The eldest grandson Wuji grabbed the territory, and he only knew what was the use of grabbing the big place.
The key is to look at the location and the operation.
Although the Sinai Peninsula is close to the Mediterranean, it is now more threatened by the Arabs, and it is close to the Syrian region, which is a powder keg, where there will be any peace.
Don't look at the smug smile of the eldest grandson Wuji now, when he looks back, he has a headache.
"In the past, the Persians monopolized the silk from the sea, while Axum monopolized the spices from the sea, and the water from the two wells did not interfere with the river water, and the Romans were stuck in it by them, so they could only pay a high price with them.
Finally, the Persians weakened, and the Romans were only happy for a few days in their deal, and the Arabs killed the Persians. ” "The Romans had to keep the route of the Red Sea.
In a short period of time, we will be in a hostile phase with the Arabs, so the water and land trade routes on the Persian Gulf side will be cut off, and the goods will go to the Red Sea in the future, so this side will develop more in the future. ” According to the regulations of the imperial court, each of these ten overseas territories can have 10,000 troops, which is the upper limit.
The weapons and equipment they needed, the imperial court sold to them.
The sailors and soldiers who were needed were recruited by themselves, and the imperial court would send officers and non-commissioned officers to serve as their instructors and officers to help them train and manage the soldiers.
In the final analysis, these security companies are authorized overseas colonial companies, and in addition to the overseas territories they have bought now, they also have the right to develop abroad.
If the natives of the territory refuse to obey, they also have the right to suppress them.
Zhangjia has the largest shipyard in Datang and has the largest output.
Moreover, it has a complete set of shipbuilding industry chain, from tree felling to shady drying, to processing wood, to manufacturing keels and masts, processing sails, cables, anchors, nails, and dock assembly.
There are hundreds of factories of various kinds, and eventually all the materials are assembled in nine shipyards along the coast.
On average, each shipyard can assemble one large ship per day.
Zhangjia's shipyard occupies more than seventy percent of Datang's shipbuilding capacity, and the big ships are basically made by Zhangjia's shipyard, with the best technology and the fastest speed. bought armed merchant ships from the imperial court, but in fact, the imperial court finally placed an order with the Zhang family's Sihai Shipyard.
"Discuss with the Ministry of Industry, we will refit the ship ourselves and let them give us ordnance."
In fact, it is not so difficult for a merchant ship to change from a warship, just add some giant crossbows and artillery.
If there is enough time, you can directly produce warships that are more suitable for combat.
Warships specialized in combat did not carry as much weight as merchant ships, but they were faster.
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"What about soldier recruitment?"
"Temporary recruitment is definitely too late to train, and a group of soldiers will be transferred from our various territories.
Let them retire from the territory first, and then join the Djiboutian territory. ” Djibouti was auctioned by Zhang Chao with Dahua Shipping, Zhang Chao owns 30% of the shares, but his seven brothers and 31 sons also account for 60% of the shares, so this Dahua Shipping actually Zhang's family accounts for 90% of the shares, and the remaining 10% is the shares of Dahua's executives.
Zhang Chao wants to operate, it is very convenient, and there will be no obstacles.
"How many people are in the first batch" "Let's get together three thousand first, both the Navy and the Marine Corps.
First build the castle of the commercial port and the dock over there, and since we have already taken a territory, we must go there as soon as possible, and quickly launch an escort, so that the Arabs cannot threaten the shipping lane.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, is our area of responsibility and must be secured. ” Ball on the streets of the town.
A tall, bearded man with blond hair walks into a tea shop.
He was flanked by several equally tall Hu men, as well as a Sogdian interpreter.
This translator obviously came to the Central Plains for a long time, and his official language was very smooth.
"Guest officer, what kind of tea do you want to drink, we have all kinds of tea here, including Dahongpao in Wuyi Mountain and Longjing in Hangzhou" The Sogdian interpreter interrupted him, "It would be nice to give each of us a bowl of ordinary tea, the kind that costs a penny." ” The tea shop guy originally thought that he had met a few rich Hu merchants, but he didn't expect to be so slammed.
A penny a bowl is broken tea, the cheapest tea in Qiu Town, although if this tea is sold in other state cities, it may be able to drink four or five bowls for a penny, but in Qiu Town, everything here is more expensive.
The man put a large porcelain bowl in front of each person, and one of them poured a large bowl of tea with broken powder.
Clovis could only understand some Chinese and could not speak very well.
At this time, he stared at the tea bowl in front of him, and his eyes lit up.
"This is the best Datang porcelain, you see how beautiful this porcelain is, blue and white."
The tall blonde men on one side were also staring at the porcelain bowl, their eyes shining, as if they had seen a beautiful girl stripped naked.
"This Datang is so rich that he actually uses such porcelain to make tea.
This porcelain is a work of art, a treasure.
In our Frankish court, it has to be offered. ” They excitedly used nonsense that the people next to them couldn't understand.
The Sogdian translator felt a bit embarrassed, but it was nothing more than a porcelain bowl.
If you hadn't been picking on the door like this, I would have ordered a pot of Wuyishan Dahongpao or Oolong or Longjing just now, and this store would use a better tea set.
What is white porcelain and celadon, and there is still red porcelain in Jingdezhen, which is very beautiful.
Clovis came all the way from Guangzhou, it was like following up in heaven.
Today's rich and stable Tang Dynasty is too unimaginable.
At this time, Europe was in the Middle Ages, known as the Dark Ages.
The Sogdian translator only thought that Clovis was just a German, but in fact Clovis was very striking.
He was the Prince of the Franks, Clovis, and his father was none other than the current King of the Franks, Dagobert I.
At the time of the chaos in the Central Plains, Europe was actually not peaceful.
Around the same time, the Germanic people, known as barbarians, invaded the Western Roman Empire in the south, and for hundreds of years, various Germanic barbarian tribes continued to attack and plunder Rome, and finally destroyed the Western Roman Empire.
Barbarians also established many states.
Today, Western Europe has Visigothic, Frankish, Ostrogothic, Lombard and other countries, as well as the Khazar Khanate established by the Turks.
Clovis's father, Dagobert I, was a powerful king and the master of the Frankish Merovingian dynasty, his father reunited the divided kingdom, and then he succeeded to the throne and concluded a treaty of friendship with Rome and defeated the invasion of the Gasconies and the Bretons.
He also went on an expedition against the Slavs and moved the capital from Ostracia to Paris.
The Frankish kingdom is now unified in the country and maintains friendship with Rome, which is relatively peaceful, but when Prince Clovis came to the Eastern Tang Dynasty this time, he found that compared to Hanjing, Paris, the new capital of the Franks, is just a rural place, and even this ball town on the outskirts of Hanjing is not comparable. t1706231537: