Chapter 1547
Chapter 1547
Chapter 1547
In fact, on the route between Fujian and Zhejiang, Haihan can already deploy a lot of sea transportation capacity, not counting self-employed individuals like the "Diego" running orders, just the transportation capacity of several officially designated carriers. It is enough to support the long-distance freight demand in this sea area.The Haihan Shipping Department's own sea transportation capacity has been allocated more to the northern route to complete those more important and even arduous transportation tasks.
But taking precautions has always been one of the guiding ideologies of the Ministry of Shipping. This department never waits until there is a serious shortage of shipping capacity before trying to figure out a solution. Instead, it will set aside sufficient margin in advance to prevent unexpected needs.Although the freight terminal to which the Xiangshan Salt Works belongs is small in scale and its capacity requirements will be relatively stable after it is put into operation, the Ministry of Shipping will still prepare some extra capacity, such as cargo ships with irregular schedules like the "Diego".Although the "Diego" can only be included in the non-staff list due to nationality issues, but because of its large cargo capacity and relatively fast speed, the Ministry of Shipping will still assign some transportation tasks to the Portuguese as appropriate.
However, after the "Diego" left Xiangshan this time, it will go all the way north to Zhifu Port in Shandong Province, and maybe it will receive new missions there and go north to Liaodong.It will be at least a month or two before I come back from the south and pass by Xiangshan Mountain.So Yang Yun agreed to his request now, but in fact, he would not honor it immediately, it was just a verbal agreement between the two parties.
"So all the cement shipped from Kaohsiung Port will be used to build the saltworks?" Ribas still refused to let go of the use of cement, and he must break the casserole and ask the end.
Yang Yun hesitated for a moment, but decided to answer his question frankly: "Most of the cement will be used to build saltworks facilities, and some cement may also be used on the wharf. You ask this because you want to buy it from us. Walk some?"
When Ribas affirmed this, Yang Yun unceremoniously rejected his request: "You also know that this batch of cement was urgently dispatched from Kaohsiung, and the quantity is far from enough to meet the needs of local projects. Demand, there is no way to sell it to you. Besides, you have been running on the sea all year round, why buy cement?"
Only then did Ribas explain his intentions to Yang Yundao. It turned out that he had already planned to prepare a residence for himself in the Zhoushan Islands, and he was planning to build a house by himself.Although there are many inns and hotels here in Zhoushan, and there are some places with good grades, the golden nest and silver nest are not as good as their own kennels after all. Foreign businessmen like Ribas who travel to and from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang seas all the year round are naturally more willing to spend some money for themselves. Set up a place to stay here.
In the past few years, Ribas has been attached to Shanghai Han, and has made a lot of money in shipping business, and he has become more familiar with Haihan officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, so there will not be much obstacle in settling in Zhoushan.He also wanted to be able to use some building materials produced by Haihan, and it was even better to hire Haihan to design and construct it.He is also very interested in the villa built by the Haihan people, but the cost of this thing is extremely high, and after hearing the quotation, he can only think about it.But if he could organize his own construction team to break ground, then Haihan would not be too restrictive. At worst, he would just apply for land through commercial land.
However, Yang Yun has seen many businessmen with a mentality similar to Ribas before.However, any businessman who has had long-term cooperation with Haihan will start to have the idea of imitating the lifestyle of the upper class in Haihan's society after a certain period of time, and building a villa according to Haihan's living mode is the most convenient way to realize it .Of course, the cost of this kind of imitation is not low at all. If you want to use things produced by Shanghai Han in all aspects of life and enjoy the same level of treatment as the time traveler, the cost is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The technology of making cement is not too complicated, but at least the technology has not been leaked so far, so this thing is still a rare commodity.Ribas also knows that the houses built by Haihan officials will use cement as building materials. This time he shipped so much cement on board, he naturally wanted to deduct part of it by ordering it first, and then use it when building houses in Zhoushan.But for Haihan, the Xiangshan Salt Field is a key project that must be implemented as soon as possible, and cement, an important building material, will naturally not be distributed to others at this juncture.
Naturally, Ribas couldn't come up with any conditions to bargain with Yang Yun. After being rejected, he could only accept the result.However, the cement on his boat could not be unloaded before dark, so he could only stay here for one night.Of course, this is not a difficult task for Ribas, who is away all year round. The crew took the tent from the boat, built a small camp on the pier, and then made a fire to cook by themselves.Although the craftsmanship is average, the ingredients fished out of the sea are really fresh, and basically do not need too much seasoning, and the crew and sailors also enjoyed eating.
There was nothing to say that night, and the next morning, the "Diego" completed the unloading task at Xiangshan Port, picked up a few passengers bound for Zhoushan, and then set off for Dinghai Port.The original route was to go directly to Shandong, but Ribas didn't want to miss the supply station of Dinghai Port, not to mention that the passengers from the Xiangshan Merchant Ship were also employees of various government departments in Haihan. For this reason, go to Dinghai Port to see the situation, maybe there will be some unexpected gains.
But Captain Ribas didn't get any adventures in Dinghai Port, not even Shi Diwen.This was not because Shi Diwen was playing big cards and was unwilling to meet small people, but because he went to Hangzhou and personally stood for the three newly built weaving workshops by the Qiantang River.
It is very worrying for many people that Haihan officials like Shi Diwen leave the Zhoushan station for Hangzhou.If Shi Diwen has any safety problems in Daming territory, it must be Daming's responsibility.Therefore, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the Hangzhou government specially allocated 20 sergeants and 24 arrests to implement [-]-hour protection for Shi Diwen.
After Shi Diwen arrived in Hangzhou, he did not rush into the city, but first went to see the progress of the several weaving workshops under construction.After eliminating the resistance from the local official circles, the three construction sites have basically taken shape, and it is estimated that the preliminary construction work will be completed in more than a month.
Shi Diwen's arrival was not silent, and naturally some people in the official circles in Hangzhou were moved by the news, and the judge Wang Yuan rushed to this construction site outside the city to meet Shi Diwen as quickly as possible.However, in order to keep a low profile, Wang Yuan didn't use his guard of honor, and didn't even wear official uniforms. People who didn't know him couldn't tell that the middle-aged man who was walking out of the sedan chair was a high-ranking official in charge of local criminal proceedings. .
Wang Yuan is the nominal initiator of these three workshops, and he will not let it go if he has a rare opportunity to show his existence in front of Shi Diwen.Although he pretended to go out of the city in a low-key manner, he was not so low-key after seeing Shi Diwen.Wang Yuan unceremoniously attributed the reason why the construction progressed so smoothly to his command and proper scheduling.He is not worried that his attitude will make Shi Diwen feel uncomfortable, because the division of labor between the two parties on this cooperation project is very clear. Haihan will provide these workshops with more advanced looms and textile technology, and the workshop's Wang Yuan is responsible for the construction process and future daily operations.Wang Yuan's bragging about himself was not to claim credit, but to let Shi Diwen understand that he cared more about this project than anyone else.
"Your Majesty Wang has worked hard. There hasn't been any movement from the magistrate recently, right?" Shi Diwen asked.
"Prefect He's mansion has been much quieter recently, and it seems that he still has lingering fears about what happened last time." Wang Yuan replied not without complacency.He immediately realized that this was Shi Diwen's intention to remind himself that he was able to stabilize this project and prevent He Guanzhi, the prefect of Hangzhou, from messing around. Part of the reason was Haihan's accumulated prestige.Otherwise, even if the group of retired water bandits sent by He Guanzhi couldn't destroy these workshops, it would be enough for Wang Yuan to cause a big trouble.
"It's also thanks to your country's support, otherwise the Prefect He probably wouldn't have stopped so easily." Wang Yuan quickly added, responding to Shi Diwen's question.
Shi Diwen said: "It's not necessarily that he will stop, it's just that he is jealous. But I have already greeted him here, and there should be no more problems. But those people in the third division, will they come to trouble you? "
The three divisions that Shi Diwen mentioned are the three departments of Zhejiang Chengxuan Zhengshi, Tijuan and Judgment, and Du Commanding. These yamen are all located in Hangzhou. A piece of fat, maybe it will be swarmed up.So Shi Diwen must find out as soon as possible whether there are other people in this city who are making trouble with Wang Yuan.
"At present, there is really no one. The last time General Lao Shi came to help, everyone in the yamen must have received the news. As long as you weigh your own weight, you will know that you can't afford to offend." Wang Yuan quickly responded respectfully and respectfully. This excited expression also slowly converged.
Seeing this, Shi Diwen secretly sneered, he understood that Wang Yuan's previous attitude was just to make him trust him, but Shi Diwen still felt that to deal with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he had to hold the opponent firmly.After provoking Wang Yuan repeatedly with words, the other party's tone became more restrained.
Shi Diwen continued: "I came to Hangzhou this time, inspecting the weaving workshop is one of the first things, and there is another important thing. I hope Mr. Wang can arrange it as soon as possible, so that I can meet with the chief envoy of Zhejiang."
Wang Yuan and Zhejiang Chief Envoy Wang Ji can have a little relationship in the clan and clan circle, but this relationship is not so big that Wang Ji can sell favors. Even if it is a small matter such as arranging a meeting, Wang Yuan may not can do it.
"May I ask, General Shi asked to meet with the chief political envoy, why?" Wang Yuan was still cautious, worried that Shi Diwen would violate the rules.
Shi Diwen smiled and said: "The reason? Of course it is for business. Mr. Wang must also know that the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries is imminent. Wouldn't it be very troublesome to divide the Ming and Haihan people?"
Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I can only try my best. I can't guarantee whether the Chief Minister will agree to meet you."
Shi Diwen warned: "Just say that this meeting is closely related to the future development of Zhejiang and should not be missed. If the chief envoy still hesitates, you can hint to him that there will be practical benefits."
Wang Yuan is very clear about the meaning of actual benefits, he bowed his head under this kind of offensive back then.As for whether this method will work well with Wang Ji, Wang Yuan feels more optimistic.After all, Wang Ji has obtained some benefits from the trade between the two countries through explicit or covert means in the past year or so, but it was not intentionally arranged by Haihan.If Haihan offered the money directly and could afford the price, he thought Wang Ji would not choose to refuse.
Shi Diwen wanted to meet Wang Ji, and indeed he had something to discuss with him.The Haihan executive committee is no longer satisfied with the country's role in a rich place like Jiangsu and Zhejiang as merely a sea trader. On the one hand, Shi Diwen has to pay close attention to the establishment of real industries in the local area; These areas became more manageable semi-colonies.
The so-called semi-colonial means that this place is still under the rule of Ming Dynasty, but economically and even politically, it is attached to Haihan. It is about the time when Hainan Island was just taken by Haihan as a whole.The goal that Haihan wants to achieve is to make full use of the rich human, material and financial resources in the eastern coastal areas of Daming to organize quasi-industrialized production organizations, and to expand the country's strength through this form.
At present, Haihan's influence in this region has basically reached the level of everyone's knowledge, and the economic aspect also has a certain ability to influence the market, but the political influence is far from meeting the requirements of a semi-colonial.Therefore, the executive committee hopes that Jiangsu and Zhejiang can try to recruit some senior officials. If they can reach the level of Fuguang and Guangxi provinces, then many things will become more convenient.
Shi Diwen couldn't help but feel a headache when he received such an order. His specialty is commanding wars rather than acting as a politician, but who made him Haihan's top leader in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?At this time, I can only bite the bullet.Shi Diwen sorted out the current connections. If he wanted to deal with the Zhejiang Sansi Yamen, it seemed that only the chief envoy Si Yamen, who was in charge of Wang Ji, could find a way to get in touch.Although all the old tricks were used, Shi Diwen couldn't think of any more effective way.Flies don't bite seamless eggs, as long as Wang Ji dares to reach out for money, the rest of the matter will be easy.
Wang Yuan took Shi Diwen's instructions back to the city, but in the end Shi Diwen still didn't tell him what he was going to discuss with Wang Ji.Although he also felt that this matter was a bit mysterious, he thought that Shi Diwen would not persuade a province's chief envoy to treason or something, but would mostly discuss how to cooperate to make money in the future.
(End of this chapter)
In fact, on the route between Fujian and Zhejiang, Haihan can already deploy a lot of sea transportation capacity, not counting self-employed individuals like the "Diego" running orders, just the transportation capacity of several officially designated carriers. It is enough to support the long-distance freight demand in this sea area.The Haihan Shipping Department's own sea transportation capacity has been allocated more to the northern route to complete those more important and even arduous transportation tasks.
But taking precautions has always been one of the guiding ideologies of the Ministry of Shipping. This department never waits until there is a serious shortage of shipping capacity before trying to figure out a solution. Instead, it will set aside sufficient margin in advance to prevent unexpected needs.Although the freight terminal to which the Xiangshan Salt Works belongs is small in scale and its capacity requirements will be relatively stable after it is put into operation, the Ministry of Shipping will still prepare some extra capacity, such as cargo ships with irregular schedules like the "Diego".Although the "Diego" can only be included in the non-staff list due to nationality issues, but because of its large cargo capacity and relatively fast speed, the Ministry of Shipping will still assign some transportation tasks to the Portuguese as appropriate.
However, after the "Diego" left Xiangshan this time, it will go all the way north to Zhifu Port in Shandong Province, and maybe it will receive new missions there and go north to Liaodong.It will be at least a month or two before I come back from the south and pass by Xiangshan Mountain.So Yang Yun agreed to his request now, but in fact, he would not honor it immediately, it was just a verbal agreement between the two parties.
"So all the cement shipped from Kaohsiung Port will be used to build the saltworks?" Ribas still refused to let go of the use of cement, and he must break the casserole and ask the end.
Yang Yun hesitated for a moment, but decided to answer his question frankly: "Most of the cement will be used to build saltworks facilities, and some cement may also be used on the wharf. You ask this because you want to buy it from us. Walk some?"
When Ribas affirmed this, Yang Yun unceremoniously rejected his request: "You also know that this batch of cement was urgently dispatched from Kaohsiung, and the quantity is far from enough to meet the needs of local projects. Demand, there is no way to sell it to you. Besides, you have been running on the sea all year round, why buy cement?"
Only then did Ribas explain his intentions to Yang Yundao. It turned out that he had already planned to prepare a residence for himself in the Zhoushan Islands, and he was planning to build a house by himself.Although there are many inns and hotels here in Zhoushan, and there are some places with good grades, the golden nest and silver nest are not as good as their own kennels after all. Foreign businessmen like Ribas who travel to and from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang seas all the year round are naturally more willing to spend some money for themselves. Set up a place to stay here.
In the past few years, Ribas has been attached to Shanghai Han, and has made a lot of money in shipping business, and he has become more familiar with Haihan officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, so there will not be much obstacle in settling in Zhoushan.He also wanted to be able to use some building materials produced by Haihan, and it was even better to hire Haihan to design and construct it.He is also very interested in the villa built by the Haihan people, but the cost of this thing is extremely high, and after hearing the quotation, he can only think about it.But if he could organize his own construction team to break ground, then Haihan would not be too restrictive. At worst, he would just apply for land through commercial land.
However, Yang Yun has seen many businessmen with a mentality similar to Ribas before.However, any businessman who has had long-term cooperation with Haihan will start to have the idea of imitating the lifestyle of the upper class in Haihan's society after a certain period of time, and building a villa according to Haihan's living mode is the most convenient way to realize it .Of course, the cost of this kind of imitation is not low at all. If you want to use things produced by Shanghai Han in all aspects of life and enjoy the same level of treatment as the time traveler, the cost is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The technology of making cement is not too complicated, but at least the technology has not been leaked so far, so this thing is still a rare commodity.Ribas also knows that the houses built by Haihan officials will use cement as building materials. This time he shipped so much cement on board, he naturally wanted to deduct part of it by ordering it first, and then use it when building houses in Zhoushan.But for Haihan, the Xiangshan Salt Field is a key project that must be implemented as soon as possible, and cement, an important building material, will naturally not be distributed to others at this juncture.
Naturally, Ribas couldn't come up with any conditions to bargain with Yang Yun. After being rejected, he could only accept the result.However, the cement on his boat could not be unloaded before dark, so he could only stay here for one night.Of course, this is not a difficult task for Ribas, who is away all year round. The crew took the tent from the boat, built a small camp on the pier, and then made a fire to cook by themselves.Although the craftsmanship is average, the ingredients fished out of the sea are really fresh, and basically do not need too much seasoning, and the crew and sailors also enjoyed eating.
There was nothing to say that night, and the next morning, the "Diego" completed the unloading task at Xiangshan Port, picked up a few passengers bound for Zhoushan, and then set off for Dinghai Port.The original route was to go directly to Shandong, but Ribas didn't want to miss the supply station of Dinghai Port, not to mention that the passengers from the Xiangshan Merchant Ship were also employees of various government departments in Haihan. For this reason, go to Dinghai Port to see the situation, maybe there will be some unexpected gains.
But Captain Ribas didn't get any adventures in Dinghai Port, not even Shi Diwen.This was not because Shi Diwen was playing big cards and was unwilling to meet small people, but because he went to Hangzhou and personally stood for the three newly built weaving workshops by the Qiantang River.
It is very worrying for many people that Haihan officials like Shi Diwen leave the Zhoushan station for Hangzhou.If Shi Diwen has any safety problems in Daming territory, it must be Daming's responsibility.Therefore, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the Hangzhou government specially allocated 20 sergeants and 24 arrests to implement [-]-hour protection for Shi Diwen.
After Shi Diwen arrived in Hangzhou, he did not rush into the city, but first went to see the progress of the several weaving workshops under construction.After eliminating the resistance from the local official circles, the three construction sites have basically taken shape, and it is estimated that the preliminary construction work will be completed in more than a month.
Shi Diwen's arrival was not silent, and naturally some people in the official circles in Hangzhou were moved by the news, and the judge Wang Yuan rushed to this construction site outside the city to meet Shi Diwen as quickly as possible.However, in order to keep a low profile, Wang Yuan didn't use his guard of honor, and didn't even wear official uniforms. People who didn't know him couldn't tell that the middle-aged man who was walking out of the sedan chair was a high-ranking official in charge of local criminal proceedings. .
Wang Yuan is the nominal initiator of these three workshops, and he will not let it go if he has a rare opportunity to show his existence in front of Shi Diwen.Although he pretended to go out of the city in a low-key manner, he was not so low-key after seeing Shi Diwen.Wang Yuan unceremoniously attributed the reason why the construction progressed so smoothly to his command and proper scheduling.He is not worried that his attitude will make Shi Diwen feel uncomfortable, because the division of labor between the two parties on this cooperation project is very clear. Haihan will provide these workshops with more advanced looms and textile technology, and the workshop's Wang Yuan is responsible for the construction process and future daily operations.Wang Yuan's bragging about himself was not to claim credit, but to let Shi Diwen understand that he cared more about this project than anyone else.
"Your Majesty Wang has worked hard. There hasn't been any movement from the magistrate recently, right?" Shi Diwen asked.
"Prefect He's mansion has been much quieter recently, and it seems that he still has lingering fears about what happened last time." Wang Yuan replied not without complacency.He immediately realized that this was Shi Diwen's intention to remind himself that he was able to stabilize this project and prevent He Guanzhi, the prefect of Hangzhou, from messing around. Part of the reason was Haihan's accumulated prestige.Otherwise, even if the group of retired water bandits sent by He Guanzhi couldn't destroy these workshops, it would be enough for Wang Yuan to cause a big trouble.
"It's also thanks to your country's support, otherwise the Prefect He probably wouldn't have stopped so easily." Wang Yuan quickly added, responding to Shi Diwen's question.
Shi Diwen said: "It's not necessarily that he will stop, it's just that he is jealous. But I have already greeted him here, and there should be no more problems. But those people in the third division, will they come to trouble you? "
The three divisions that Shi Diwen mentioned are the three departments of Zhejiang Chengxuan Zhengshi, Tijuan and Judgment, and Du Commanding. These yamen are all located in Hangzhou. A piece of fat, maybe it will be swarmed up.So Shi Diwen must find out as soon as possible whether there are other people in this city who are making trouble with Wang Yuan.
"At present, there is really no one. The last time General Lao Shi came to help, everyone in the yamen must have received the news. As long as you weigh your own weight, you will know that you can't afford to offend." Wang Yuan quickly responded respectfully and respectfully. This excited expression also slowly converged.
Seeing this, Shi Diwen secretly sneered, he understood that Wang Yuan's previous attitude was just to make him trust him, but Shi Diwen still felt that to deal with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he had to hold the opponent firmly.After provoking Wang Yuan repeatedly with words, the other party's tone became more restrained.
Shi Diwen continued: "I came to Hangzhou this time, inspecting the weaving workshop is one of the first things, and there is another important thing. I hope Mr. Wang can arrange it as soon as possible, so that I can meet with the chief envoy of Zhejiang."
Wang Yuan and Zhejiang Chief Envoy Wang Ji can have a little relationship in the clan and clan circle, but this relationship is not so big that Wang Ji can sell favors. Even if it is a small matter such as arranging a meeting, Wang Yuan may not can do it.
"May I ask, General Shi asked to meet with the chief political envoy, why?" Wang Yuan was still cautious, worried that Shi Diwen would violate the rules.
Shi Diwen smiled and said: "The reason? Of course it is for business. Mr. Wang must also know that the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries is imminent. Wouldn't it be very troublesome to divide the Ming and Haihan people?"
Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I can only try my best. I can't guarantee whether the Chief Minister will agree to meet you."
Shi Diwen warned: "Just say that this meeting is closely related to the future development of Zhejiang and should not be missed. If the chief envoy still hesitates, you can hint to him that there will be practical benefits."
Wang Yuan is very clear about the meaning of actual benefits, he bowed his head under this kind of offensive back then.As for whether this method will work well with Wang Ji, Wang Yuan feels more optimistic.After all, Wang Ji has obtained some benefits from the trade between the two countries through explicit or covert means in the past year or so, but it was not intentionally arranged by Haihan.If Haihan offered the money directly and could afford the price, he thought Wang Ji would not choose to refuse.
Shi Diwen wanted to meet Wang Ji, and indeed he had something to discuss with him.The Haihan executive committee is no longer satisfied with the country's role in a rich place like Jiangsu and Zhejiang as merely a sea trader. On the one hand, Shi Diwen has to pay close attention to the establishment of real industries in the local area; These areas became more manageable semi-colonies.
The so-called semi-colonial means that this place is still under the rule of Ming Dynasty, but economically and even politically, it is attached to Haihan. It is about the time when Hainan Island was just taken by Haihan as a whole.The goal that Haihan wants to achieve is to make full use of the rich human, material and financial resources in the eastern coastal areas of Daming to organize quasi-industrialized production organizations, and to expand the country's strength through this form.
At present, Haihan's influence in this region has basically reached the level of everyone's knowledge, and the economic aspect also has a certain ability to influence the market, but the political influence is far from meeting the requirements of a semi-colonial.Therefore, the executive committee hopes that Jiangsu and Zhejiang can try to recruit some senior officials. If they can reach the level of Fuguang and Guangxi provinces, then many things will become more convenient.
Shi Diwen couldn't help but feel a headache when he received such an order. His specialty is commanding wars rather than acting as a politician, but who made him Haihan's top leader in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?At this time, I can only bite the bullet.Shi Diwen sorted out the current connections. If he wanted to deal with the Zhejiang Sansi Yamen, it seemed that only the chief envoy Si Yamen, who was in charge of Wang Ji, could find a way to get in touch.Although all the old tricks were used, Shi Diwen couldn't think of any more effective way.Flies don't bite seamless eggs, as long as Wang Ji dares to reach out for money, the rest of the matter will be easy.
Wang Yuan took Shi Diwen's instructions back to the city, but in the end Shi Diwen still didn't tell him what he was going to discuss with Wang Ji.Although he also felt that this matter was a bit mysterious, he thought that Shi Diwen would not persuade a province's chief envoy to treason or something, but would mostly discuss how to cooperate to make money in the future.
(End of this chapter)