"Ah! Boss Zhao is going to take action himself?"

Two days later, at noon, Ruqi, who had just returned to Kinmen Town, was ecstatic when he saw the telegram. Boss Zhao was here to help him solve his problems. Since the leader was coming, he had to do his best to save face. Should he ask the Indian girl to send flowers or lay a red carpet at the gate of the fortress?

"Chief, the guy named Balanov has been found again. Have you seen him?"

Ruchi's random thoughts were interrupted by the report of his guards. He pondered for a moment, "See. Please come in."

After a while, the door opened, and a burly and obese guy with a red and black face followed the guard. The man looked in his forties, with a pair of triangular eyes and a tall brow bone. He walked to a place about two meters away from Ruchi, stood still, and took off the top hat made of beaver felt on his head, revealing the Mediterranean bald head and a circle of light yellow and sparse hair around him.

"Hello, dear Governor, I'm here to disturb you again." The visitor spoke in English because he was afraid that Ruchi would not be able to hear clearly and spoke very slowly.

"Please sit, Mr. Balanov." Ruchi, who stood up to greet him, also greeted him in English.

Mr. Baranov's full name is Alexander Andreevich Baranov, and is the general manager of the Russian "Northeast America Company" in the Alaska region. This company is actually the predecessor of the "Russia-US trading company" in another time and space. It is currently mainly engaged in fur business and marine whaling business from Alaska.

Twenty years ago, a Russian merchant fleet set out from Okhotsk and headed for commercial trade voyages to the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands. Five years later, in 1783, the year when Zhao Xin first met the Liji couple, the fleet finally made an expedition to Alaska and established its first stronghold on Kodiak Island northwest of the Gulf of Alaska the following year.

In the spring of 1790, the 41-year-old company leader, Serikhov, returned to Irkutsk due to health reasons. Before leaving, he appointed Balanov as the general manager of the company.

In August of the same year, the "Battle of Usolier" broke out between Beihai Town and the Tsarist Russian Empire. After the battle, Okhotsk was completely lost, causing all the land and water transportation from Tsarist Russia to East and West Siberia to be cut off. After hearing the news, Serihov became ill in desperation.

You should know that the Tsarist Russian Empire formed a world strategy including the "Six Seas and Three Oceans" since the establishment of the navy of Peter the Great, and all subsequent monarchs regarded it as the standard. The loss of the eastern seaport forced Russian merchant ships to take the Baltic Sea, or from Crimea to the Black Sea, and from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean.

In this year, the Russians had not yet opened the Arctic Ocean waterway. If nothing unexpected happens, it will not be realized until at least a hundred years later. Moreover, it is useless even if it is opened. The harsh natural environment makes the east and west waterways not commercially feasible until the 21st century.

Therefore, in the previous negotiations between Tsarist Russia and Beihai Town, the return of Okhotsk was regarded as one of the main conditions, but Zhao Xin ruthlessly rejected each time.

In order to completely make Okhotsk a sphere of influence in the territory of China, the Civil Affairs Committee renamed it "Shaohai Town" according to the records in the "Tongdian" of the Tang Dynasty; the General Staff of the North Navy sent a company of marines there, and every summer supply ships were transferred to rotate personnel. Every year, when winter came, Zhao Xin would spend a few days returning from another time and space to send a large amount of fresh vegetables, rice, flour, grain and oil to the local garrison to ensure the health of the soldiers and avoid scurvy.

In addition, in order to naturalize the local Ewenk and Yakut people, the Education Commission also allocated funds to build a Chinese school in the local area. Compared with the Russian church schools, the schools in Beihai Town not only have all food, clothing, housing, and also provide four-piece clothes, shoes, hats, and take-out scholarships every year. The teachers sent there are also double the salary and provide various subsidies.

While waiting for the tea, Ruchi chatted for a few casually. Although Balanov was anxious, he could only respond with a smile. When the guard brought the tea, the two finally got back to the point.

"I'm sorry, I've been waiting for several days. I've just returned from Lushui Town. Please understand that as the governor of a newly developed area, there are too many things that need to be handled by myself." After Luci said that, he shrugged his shoulders with helplessness.

"Your Excellency, I know you're busy. But this year's beaver hunting season is about to arrive in one month, and many things need to be prepared in advance. If you can give it, I hope to come and discuss cooperation between the two parties next spring."

After listening to it, Ruchi thought about it. Zhao Xin will come next month, and that person's Russian is much more slippery than himself, so he said, "Mr. Balanov, I have fully understood the idea of ​​you hoping to form a joint venture. However, I really hope you can stay. Because in a few days, a big man will come to the Kinmen Fortress. In addition to presiding over our negotiations with Spain, your affairs can also be resolved."

"Really?! How long will it be?" Balanov's eyes lit up and he stared at Ruchi intently.

"Well, it won't last more than ten days."

Balanov frowned and thought for a moment, then said decisively: "I can wait for ten days. But Governor, I have a small request."

"Please say it."

"Can you please make some peace and let my crew make arriving on the market during the day. They have been on the boat for many days. Please rest assured, I promise they won't cause you any trouble."

This man has been in Kinmen Town for a week and lives on a sloop moored in the port. Except for him who can take a entourage to the ashore for a visit, the other crew members are not allowed to get off the boat and wander around. Although people will be sent to the fortress of freshwater tea, radish, etc. every day, the regulations for not allowing the landing to be suffocated all of these people. They can only drink and fish on the deck every day, or wash the deck to pass the time, and see people's hearts becoming more and more impetuous.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "Well..." Luqi thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to get ashore, but you have to promise me two things. Once someone violates it, not only will he be arrested for labor, but others will also be driven back to the ship."

Balanov hurriedly said, "Please say it."

"First, you are not allowed to force or tease Indian women after you land." Ruqi stretched out his fingers in turn and continued: "Second, you must trade with Indians fairly and not have any fraud."

Balanov could not live without the British, Spanish and Americans, but he would never dare to offend Kinmen Town. The devastating defeat of the Spanish army made the overseas corps like a flood and a beast along the entire Northeast Pacific coast, not to mention that the Beihai Town had occupied the entire Siberia and cut off their way back to Europe. So he immediately pointed to the sky and sweared: "Please rest assured, I promise in the name of the Virgin that we will abide by your requirements and local laws."

Well, he came to North America thousands of miles away from home to seek wealth. He also hoped to establish a joint venture with Beihai Town to establish a trading company. How dare he make Governor Lu unhappy?

It is said that because China was the world's largest trade surplus in the early Qing Dynasty, a large amount of silver poured in, most European countries lacked precious metals, and at the same time they also wanted Chinese tea and silk fabrics. Therefore, since the 1850s, many commercial companies specializing in the Pacific fur trade have been established like mushrooms after a rain; such as Constantinople's Russian Trading Company, "Persian Trading Company", "Bukhara and Shiva Commercial Company", "Lebedev-Rastochkin Company", and the "Northeast American Company" founded by Serihov and Ivan Golikov.

All companies wanted to monopolize the fur trade in the Pacific alone, so they started fierce competition. The Tsarist Russian government had intended to establish a unified company in the past few years to avoid inversion of fur resources, and at the same time strengthened the management of colonies to cope with the infiltration of Britain and Spain.

Originally, this matter had been included in the agenda of the State Council, but unexpectedly, the appearance of Beihai Town completely caused the Tsarist Russian government's plan to die.

Although Siberia was snatched from Tsarist Russia by the Northern Navy, the huge profits of fur trade still attracted Tsarist Russian merchants, especially those who were the first to carry out commercial expeditions and make a fortune, they would not give up easily.

In another time and space history, the Russians relied on large-scale fur sales in the Pacific to obtain sufficient goods and funds from the trade in Guangzhou and Chikto, so that by the early 19th century, Russia had already had the strength to compete with the European powers at that time. Otherwise, Alexander I would not have the confidence to go to war with Napoleon.

From 1747 to 1791 alone, Russian merchants transported more than 6 million rubles of fur from the Aleutian Islands, most of which flowed into China, and then turned into tea, rhubarb, silk and porcelain to Europe, making a lot of profits. For example, Zhao Yi was given a seal fur. He once recorded: "The fur came out of the northern Russian country, with black color and dense hair. The Middle-Earthians called it the sea tiger, and the country was unknown."

In the past two years, the northwest coast of North America seems to be without wind or waves, but in fact the waves are undercurrent, and sometimes it will even develop into the fire between hunting teams. Especially now, Beihai Town has become a mess, which is even more messy.

You should know that Britain lost a considerable colony after the War of Independence, so it stepped up its expansion in western Canada. Five years ago, Britain and Spain almost triggered a declaration of war in order to compete for a small Nucart Bay, which is a direct reflection of this policy.

Fortunately, after tense talks between Britain and Spain, the first Treaty of Nutka was signed four years ago, in October 1790, eliminating the danger of war, otherwise both Tsarist Russia and the United States would be forced to end.

By this year, as the British obtained Nucart Bay and occupied Vancouver Island by fulfilling their contracts, Hudson Bay Company expanded its scope of activities around Alaska; merchants from New England in the United States also extended their tentacles through Robert Gray's expedition. A melee over the possession of fur resources and the acquisition of indigenous fur franchise is about to begin.

This spring, Serikhov, who was lying on his sickbed, learned from Baranov's letter that Beihai Town actually snatched the Kinmen Strait from the Spanish. He keenly realized that there was a rare opportunity in this crisis.

British, American, Spanish, all of them are trash! Only by holding the thick leg of Beihai Town and monopolizing the fur trade from Alaska to Guangzhou will it be possible.

In order to reach cooperation with Beihai Town, Serikhov sent his confidant to Okhotsk, took a fastboat to Kodiak Island, and sent a secret letter to Balanov, ordering him to go to Kinmen immediately to discuss cooperation with the Chinese.

When I thought of the fur trade between Alaska and Guangzhou in the future, Serry Hoff, who was far away in St. Petersburg, would wake up laughing when he dreamed... Forget it, he woke up with a cough.

Although this guy is less than fifty years old, he has lost his life because he has damaged his body in the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. According to the historical trajectory of another time and space, if nothing unexpected happens, this person will have to die next year, and the huge property and company shares will be left to his 14-year-old daughter to inherit.

Ruchi listened to Balanov's promise with a smile, thinking that I was so worried that I wouldn't let you get ashore. If I hadn't received a telegram from Boss Zhao, I would have told you to get out now.

It makes sense for him to think so. This year, the life of crew members on the sea was very boring. Once they landed, they would definitely go ashore to find women to have fun, get drunk, or even make trouble.

There are no brothels in Kinmen Town, and there is not even a bar. In addition to a basketball court, it also has a library that is not open to the public. In addition, every Saturday night, as long as it is fine, Ruchi will play an open-air movie in the empty field in the fortress, and the officers and soldiers love to watch it.

Movies usually include a news documentary about the construction achievements of Beihai Town and the appearance of the countryside. Next is the opera movies of Peking Opera or Henan Opera. The content has been cut off in advance, and the content of the producer and actors is hidden. Such as Peking Opera's "Wild Boar Forest", "Lin Chong's Night Run", Henan Opera's "Mulan", "Attack on the Coach with Boots", "Mu Guiying Takes the Coach with the Boots", etc.

Although there are no women in Kinmen Town at present, many of the officers and soldiers of the overseas corps have families. They were not sent here before because their home was in Liaodong. Now that Shengjing area has been defeated, they should be reunited. As for Luqi's fiancée, Hu Yingying, he plans to wait until he returns to Beihai Town for the Spring Festival next year and get married before coming together.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye it was the eighth day after Ruqi received Zhao Xin's telegram.

In the early morning, the sun just rose from the horizon, and white smoke had risen above the tribe where Katata was located, and the busyness of the new day began again.

Katata also woke up. She stood up and rubbed her eyes. She found that her mother was not in the house, so she started to wear clothes. Before leaving the house, she hesitated for a moment, turned around and took out a pair of shiny black leather boots from the floor next to the wooden wall.

The boots were given to her by a young officer in the Golden Gate Fortress, and the number was just right. Katata liked them very much and was reluctant to wear them. She wiped them every night before going to bed. The young men and women in the tribe were envious of them when they saw them. She thought that she would go to the other side of the strait to meet her father today, and she would probably meet that officer, so she decided to wear them. This way, when the two stood together, she could look taller.

Her father Baibai and a dozen tribe members participated in the "St. Bruno Mountain Battle" a few months ago, and was recruited as a "militia" in Kinmen Town, where he is currently undergoing military training.

The Miwauk people were very curious about the combat methods and weapons of overseas corps, thinking that this was the magic weapon to defeat the white devil. When recruiting militias, the young and strong tribes registered very enthusiastically. But after two days of practice, many people couldn't stand it anymore. Turning around, standing attentively, turning left to right and backward, etc. made them all dizzy. They thought to themselves what did this have to do with war?!

If it weren't for the good treatment, many people would have been unable to hold on. They gave out four clothes and shoes and hats a year, and they would not count during the training period. They gave out 30 kilograms of wheat flour every week. After the training, they had to go back to the tribe, so they would have to 120 kilograms of flour every month.

The Miwauk Indians didn't have enough money. Their transactions with tribes were bartered and they had no place to spend money. Many people have thought that this was the best food in the world since they had eaten steamed buns made of flour.

In the past, when Miwauk people arrived in winter, they often migrated due to food shortages. Since Kinmen Town opened a barter market and the food given to militia, many families no longer have to worry about not having enough food.

As for the chiefs of various tribes, they are now wearing the "gold blanket" exchanged for fur, wearing labor protection shoes, stew food in the iron pot they exchanged for, smoking cigarettes produced in Beihai Town, and drinking a few sips of sorghum-making knife. Hehe, the life is very beautiful!

Seeing Katata coming out of her house, the men, women, and young people nearby greeted her with a smile. Since Thor came to the Kinmen Strait and drove away the Spaniards, no one has laughed at her anymore. At the same time, many people began to miss the deceased "Flying Eagle", believing that he is really the messenger of the "Wolf God Kaknu".
Chapter completed!