In that battle, Qi Ye fought happily. Compared with the armed merchant ships under his command, it was not a big deal compared to the Ming Navy fleet. However, for the smaller warships of the Three Buddhas, even if they were huge, the navy weapons brought from the Ming Dynasty were not comparable to those of the other party. Until this time, Qi Ye didn't know that the weapons on his warship were all eliminated goods that the Ming Navy would soon replace.

In fact, let alone Qi Ye didn't know, even the senior executives of the China Federation of Trade Unions did not know at that time. At that time, the steam engine was on the ship and the artillery equipment was still the top secret of the Ming Dynasty. They just thought that the China Federation of Trade Unions had enough face, and the Ministry of Commerce supported them later to get these things.

When the people of the Three Buddhas were still under the old-fashioned combat concept of relying on gangs, they were immediately beaten to pieces by these armed merchant ships.

In that battle, the Sanfoqi Harbor was bloody. That battle was also the most profitable time for the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants, because they did not bring any goods, but finally robbed ships of gold, silver and treasures. After deducting the cost of purchasing weapons and the pensions of sailors after the death and injuries, the maritime merchants were shocked to find that their profits were almost unbelievable.

But business still needs to be done.

It was also this battle that gave them a deeper understanding of the country of Sanfoqi. It turns out that the Sanfoqi that everyone knew was not a country at all, but the general name of the Ming Dynasty for this place. Just like the Ming Dynasty called the Manila waters, there are actually dozens of island countries inside, and the same is true for these Sanfoqi. The various regimes have divided the dramas. I heard that there seems to be the largest king on top, but it does not have a powerful central organization like the Ming Dynasty.

After learning that the Ming Navy had no intention of sending troops to occupy a large scale, the people of the General Administration of Sea Trade stopped their minds of further expanding inland and began to negotiate with the other party seriously.

After all, with their manpower, it is impossible to further move troops to the inland. There is still an advantage along the harbor. If you really enter the inland, whoever wins and loses may still be the result of unfamiliarity in life and language. If you don’t understand the place and do not understand the language, you may end up with the destruction of the entire army.

Business people have always been the best at risk assessment. When the war reaches this point, they can end when they are better, and the next step is naturally negotiation.

The people of the Three Buddhas were also scared by this battle. Seeing these outsiders willing to negotiate, they naturally couldn't get it.

The requirements of the General Administration of Marine Trade are very simple, which is to control this port and use it as their base for business. Sanfoqi is not without smart people. He quickly understood the difficulties faced by these foreigners, and of course he also had the confidence to negotiate with the other party. Of course, under the threat of military force of the General Administration of Marine Trade, their bottom line is also retreating again and again.

The Seju regime, which originally controlled this port, was not really afraid of these outsiders, but he was really worried that these people would take risks and launch an attack on the mainland. Even if he could defend the final base, he would probably be beaten to a mess. At this time, the separatist leaders in other places could easily deal with him.

The final result of the negotiation was that the Ming Dynasty's Maritime Trade Association actually controlled the port, but in name, it had to pay taxes to the local area under the name of this boss. Moreover, the Maritime Trade Association had an obligation to send troops to help him when he was invaded by other scattered actors.

When talking about this, the people of the China Federation of Trade Unions were satisfied. They felt that they were still a businessman no matter what. Since they could do business normally, they naturally did not have to fight and kill. So both sides signed happily.

The port fell into the hands of the General Administration of China. For the General Administration of China, it had a safe stronghold and had reached the line with a local regime, so the next thing would be easier to do. The massive amount of goods from the Ming Dynasty had a dumping place, and the worthless things in the Ming Dynasty were worth a hundred times the value here.

The first large-scale sale to Sanfoqi made them profitable. Compared with the maritime merchants of the China Federation of Trade and Economic Cooperation, the local Sanfoqi's power was also smiled. Although he suffered a great loss in the early stage, after working with these outsiders, he suddenly found that he had made more money than before. More importantly, these foreigners were willing to sell weapons to him, and then he happily launched an expansion. In just one year, he had protected his territory by one third of his original area.

The merchants of the China Federation of Trade Unions are also happy to see it because the bigger the territory of this guy, the smoother they will do business.

Qi Ye was very satisfied with his current life. Although the warships he commanded now were not as powerful as before, there was no pressure to fight the scoundrels of Sanfoqi. Moreover, he is the top group of people in Sanfoqi. Walking in the port, the locals did not even look up at him.

In the Ming Dynasty, this is not feasible at all. There are strict rules and regulations on what you say and do. If you want to be arrogant and blessed in the Ming Dynasty, your fate will be very worrying. But in the Three Buddhas, he has no such concern.

So in the Three Buddhas Qi, Qi Ye is a noble master, but as soon as he returns to the Ming Dynasty, he immediately becomes a good citizen who abides by discipline and law.

When compared with the two sides, Qi Ye even felt that it was better outside. Anyway, those people from the Three Buddhas were not from the Ming Dynasty. He had no psychological burden and no serious consequences when bullying him.

This time they were on a large scale. This time they were going to clean up another place called Java. People in this place didn't open their eyes and saw that the Sanfoqi's boss had gained benefits, so they wanted to get involved. However, what he thought was not to cooperate with the Ming maritime merchants, but to seize it by force.

The people from the Chamber of Commerce decided to teach them a lesson.

In fact, Qi Ye knew that there were deeper reasons here. In addition to dumping large quantities of Ming Dynasty goods to Sanfoqi, on the way back, in addition to bringing ships of gold, silver and treasures, there were also local specialties. Among these local specialties, one of them was very special, that was slaves.

It is a serious crime to turn the Ming people into slaves, but it seems that no one has said it is impossible to turn these overseas barbarians into slaves. The Ming Dynasty has done such a thing before, selling the people from the Western Qin to Wuling, Taoyuan and other places in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, these people have now become citizens of the Ming Dynasty and have a very prosperous life.

All of these slaves brought from Sanfoqi were sold to the large manor in Manila, where there were countless planting manors in the Ming Dynasty and the basic raw materials needed by the Ming Dynasty. Because it was a trend of cooperation with Manila, hiring locals requires wages. If you sell these Sanfoqi slaves there, you can only manage food. For these manor workshop owners who are determined to reduce costs, they are of course unsuccessful.

For Qi Ye, doing business is a long-lasting wealth, but such a battle was a big fortune. After the last battle, he received dividends equivalent to his salary for several years. Now his family is already a little wealth in the Ming Dynasty. After returning to the Ming Dynasty, his first thing was to go to Changyang County, buy a big house and several shops facing the street. The houses and shops there are now expensive. After buying these, he used all the dividends this time. Now that he has the opportunity to do it again, he is of course very excited.

The Ming Dynasty did not allow a large amount of land to be collected. Even the officials at the top of the court had no more than one thousand acres of land at home, so the landlords did not exist in the Ming Dynasty, and those big merchants could only use their money in other places.

Since joining the China Federation of Trade and Economic Affairs, Qi Ye has also broadened his horizons and has some ideas about how to make more money. Of course, this requires capital. He is not young anymore. If he was only thirty years old, he would definitely stay in the army, but at the age of fifty, he decided to earn more pension money.

Kill that Java and get a lot of money.

For Qi Ye, the guy he is going to fight now is a golden doll, and for the people from the Maritime Business Association, that is far from the case.

They have already controlled the most critical port in Sanfoqi. If Java is taken down, then the Ming Marine Merchants will completely control this sea, just like in Manila, controlling Manila and Pattaya, and controlling that sea area in their own hands.

Using the least power to control the largest territory and obtain the greatest benefits is the Ming Dynasty's external war strategy.

Behind this incident, there is naturally a shadow of the Ming Dynasty court. The Ming Dynasty officials do not have the energy to do such things now, so it would be better for maritime merchants to come out to travel. The policy support and force assistance of these maritime merchants is considered a kind of government investment. If maritime merchants succeed, then the court will successfully pick fruits in the future. If it fails, it is also an exploration, and failure is also an experience. When Qi is cleaned up, the country will free up its hands and then clean up these small overseas countries.

This time, Qi Ye led his team to fight. The whole team had fifty merchant ships, twenty of which were armed merchant ships, and the remaining thirty were cargo. This trip was mainly conquering for the General Administration of Marine Trade. The next step was to make money.
Chapter completed!