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Chapter 440: Pigeon Letter Password

Is this guy so scared or hungry that he lost his mind? Angel looked at Mairoting with a pity. It is now the eighteenth century. Only 20,000 people in the Qing Dynasty can sweep Europe? He immediately retorted: "How many people died from opening this route from Manila to Acapulco Port, I don't know, but I know that if we don't give it to you, the tens of thousands of soldiers captured by the Qing Dynasty, and the merchants will be massacred.

Carlos then said, "Governor General, I don't think you are clear yet. France and the Qing Dynasty have always had contacts. The fourteenth prince had a very thorough understanding of Europe. He would not arrogantly think that he could sweep Europe with 20,000 troops. This is what he said in person. I think he cared more about seizing the territory of America."

After being snatched from the two of them, Mairoting said in a frustration: "Can America, New Spain give it away?"

"That's not the question we are considering." Angel said coldly: "Who is more important to local or overseas territory? That is what Your Majesty and the ministers should consider and weigh. I think Spain may need a strong ally now. Besides, I would like to remind you that neither Europe nor America, we cannot stop the progress of the Qing people.

Needless to say, there are a large number of European routes, the Netherlands, Britain, Portugal, and Swedes know that the routes to the Port of Acapulco, and they seized eight merchant ships from the Port of Acapulco. What this means, the Governor should be very clear."

I was hungry for more than half a year, but it was meaningless? Mairoting poured himself a cup of tea in frustration, slowly digesting the information he had just obtained, and re-examined the purpose and significance of the Qing people sending troops to Europe.

After glanced at Mairoting, who frowned and thoughtful, Carlos reminded carefully: "Governor General, the Fourteenth Prince is still waiting outside."

Mairoting nodded and said weakly: "Since it is impossible to stop it, what else can you say? Do your best to bring the prisoners back to China. Spain needs them."

Osuri Shipyard is the largest shipyard in Manila. It has a history of more than 140 years. It is the first large shipyard built by the Spanish after they occupied Manila. Most of the world-famous Manila sailing ships are from this shipyard.

Yinzhen and his party visited the shipyard with great enthusiasm accompanied by Zheng Qingyuan and two people with little money. The scale of this shipyard is much smaller than the two newly built shipyards in Shanghai, but there are also six large docks, which can start construction of six large ships at the same time. The shipyard is busy, but most of the craftsmen are Han people.

Less than 30% of the Spanish are still there.

"This kind of rebuilt sailboat is called the Clark sailboat by the Spanish, and the large one is comparable to the two thousand sea boats in China." Zheng Qingyuan followed Yinzhen and introduced.

"How long does it take to build a ship?" Yinzhen asked with interest. With the consolidation of the South Ocean, the development of Australia, and the opening of the American routes in Europe, the sailing ships that can sail from the ocean are really sought after. Last time he came to Manila, he ignored the shipyard here. Fortunately, Zheng Qinghai was a little clueful and did not stop the shipyard from shutting down.

"About half a year." Zheng Qingyuan pondered: "If you hurry up, you can get into the water in five months."

"Let them hurry up to work." Yinzhen said without hesitation: "How many shipyards are there in Manila?"

"There are two large shipyards." Zheng Qingyuan replied immediately.

Yinzhen nodded and said, "When the work is done, the sailing ship is very popular now."

There were Manila Governor Merotin, Far East Fleet Commander Angel and Carlos who lobbled and obtained property compensation. The eight captains of the Port of Acapulco naturally had no objection and agreed to the navigation. After hearing the news, Yinzhen summoned several captains. Not only did they comfort them, but they also specially rewarded some property, and then asked about sailing warmly.

Since the captains were willing to lead the ship, they naturally did not dare to hide it. They all answered in detail. Yinzhen only asked at the beginning and understood that the route from Manila to Acapulco Port actually took advantage of the second largest warm current in the world's oceans - the Black Tide.

The Kuroshima flows fast and has a large flow. It passes through the Philippines, close to the eastern part of Taiwan and enters the East China Sea, and then passes through the Ryukyu Islands, and flows eastward along the southern part of the Japanese archipelago.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen felt ashamed. He had forgotten almost everything he had learned before. The Black Tide is the warm current that has the greatest influence on China, and he still can't remember it. The so-called Yellow Sea warm current is the tributary of the Black Tide. The reason why Qinhuangdao is a port that is not frozen is also affected by this. In this way, the future trading port for America will be changed to Taiwan and develop Taipei?

The next morning, Yinzhen and his party left Manila. Zheng Qingyuan and Qianbuduo and the two of them bowed to send Yinzhen's fleet away on the dock. Both of them were full of joy. Qianbuduo was promoted to the first level, and from the sixth-rank Qianzheng to the fifth-rank Manila garrison, which was exactly his wish. Zheng Qingyuan directly awarded the fourth-rank Xuanfu envoy, and Yinzhen agreed to him to enter the Nanyang Fleet, which was even more happy.

Because of the rush, Yinzhen and his party did not stop in Guangzhou and went directly to Shanghai.

Australian immigration has officially begun. As a transit station, Shanghai is full of sand ships carrying immigrants every day. The sea ships are busy entering and leaving, and the already busy waterways seem even more chaotic. Although the officials and ship owners in charge of immigration transfers in Shanghai have their own division of labor and are very well prepared, they still encounter endless new situations every day, so that everyone is exhausted.

When he heard that the 14th Master Yinzhen arrived in Shanghai, everyone rushed to Liuchunyuan to pay homage. Liuchunyuan, Yinzhen washed up under Zhang Mengjiao's servant and said, "After the navy goes to war, I may have to stay in the capital for a long time. Should you go back to Beijing with me this time, or wait for the next time? After the Holy Birthday, I will go to Nanyang again."

Zhang Mengjiao was prepared for entering Beijing, but she didn't want to be so hasty. She smiled and said, "Master, take Mengjiao to Nanyang to see how?"

"I went to Southeast Asia again to fight for the army. What kind of morality is it to take you there?" Yinzhen said without thinking, and immediately comforted him: "Every time, I will go to Australia to inspect the immigration situation. Then I will take you there, can I do it?"

"This is what the prince himself said." Zhang Mengjiao chuckled.

"A gentleman's words are as good as a horse." Yinzhen nodded, knowing that she was unwilling to enter Beijing in such a hurry, he smiled and said, "I will have to go back to Beijing early tomorrow morning. The trip is in a hurry. You might as well go back to Beijing with me next time."

After washing up quickly, Yinzhen rushed to the study room. The first person to summon Luo Jing, the guard responsible for collecting Shanghai intelligence, listened to his report, and checked all the information submitted.

The fourth brother Yinzhen and Wu Sidao did not go to Garoba with the envoys, but instead stayed in Shanghai to convene the private secret forces to accompany him to Europe. Although Yinzhen agreed, he was worried that he would stir up trouble in Shanghai.

After learning that Shanghai was calm during this period, the fourth brother was not in Shanghai, but went to Jiangning City. Yinzhen felt a little relieved. Regarding the fourth brother's "sticky rod" in the attitude of sending the plague god, he sent it to Europe to harm Europe. It is impossible for him to stay in the local area. He did not want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to clear it out. As for leveraging the opportunity to go out to sea, he caught it in one go, and he thought about it and put it aside.

The expedition to Europe also pointed at the fourth brother and made great efforts. When these people went to Europe, they would no longer threaten him. There was no need to betrayal. Not only did they offend the fourth brother, but they also made the Thirteenth brother unreliable. Moreover, it was really difficult to guarantee that the fourth brother would take away all their strength at once, which would make them anxious and unsatisfied. If you send them to Europe with gifts, you can not only fulfill the fourth brother and harm Europe, why not do it? You just want to remind Shi Shipiao and others to take more precautions.

Luo Jing had just left the house, but Yinxiang rushed over with an excited look. Seeing that he looked excited, Yinzhen couldn't think of something that would make Lao Thirteen so happy. He immediately joked: "Brother Thirteen is so happy, can he meet a beautiful woman in a foreign land?"

"I think, but there is really nothing in Shanghai." Yinxiang giggled.

"It can be found in Xiamen." Yinzhen quipped.

"Xiamen is black and short, don't spoil my taste." Yinxiang smiled and handed over a small roll of paper and said with a show of his charm: "Gexin, Karopa, arrived three days ago."

When Yinzhen heard that it was Garoba's pigeon letter, he was very surprised and said, "When he flew directly from Garoba?"

"No, I've been walking around in Guangzhou." Yinxiang said with a smile.

Yinzhen couldn't help but say in surprise: "When did you go to Guangzhou?"

"If you have a pigeon letter, I don't need to run myself." Yinxiang said proudly: "I took over the pigeon letter system and I asked someone to go directly to Nanyang to try it. They have tried it a few times. This time I went to various parts of Nanyang, I just matched them with local officials."

"You're hiding it tightly." Yinzhen nodded with a smile, then looked down at the letter. The Gexin's words were very small, and even so, there were not many words, but dozens of words. The letter was written very concise and refined, reporting on the purchase of rice in Siam. Siam rice was rich, and the price was indeed three cents per stone. However, the Hexian Port was a little expensive, which was worth four cents. In addition, there were a long list of national names, such as Myanmar, Siam, Annan, Guangnan Kingdom, Shui Zhenla, Lu Zhenla, Zhan Po, Jingdong, Chiang Mai, Lan Natai, etc.

Yinzhen was secretly happy to see that there were so many regimes in Southeast Asia? That was convenient for him to take advantage of the situation. After thinking for a while, he said: "The safety of the pigeon letter is not guaranteed, and a set of passwords should be designed." As he said, he picked up a book from his desk and looked through a page and said: "For example, the word 'people' can be represented on the second page, the third line, and the fourth one can be represented by code 234. Of course, it is more convenient and concise to use Arabic numerals. In this way, even if the pigeon letter is lost, the information will not be leaked. Of course, for the sake of security, different passwords must be used for each communication channel." (To be continued... q!~!

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