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- Spring 1622
Situations like this are happening all over the world.
The vassal states in Europe were involved in the war, and even the distant east was not at peace.
The Ming Dynasty has begun to falter, and the Hou Jin Dynasty has risen strongly from the black mountains and white waters.
Japan ended the turmoil and ushered in the stable second generation of the shogunate.
The Mongolian tribes in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty have not yet been conquered by Hou Jin, but they are also a hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty.
Slaves on the African continent were constantly captured and sold to Europeans by their own people, and then taken to the Americas by Europeans to be sold and begin their life of blood and tears.
The Ottoman Empire, the most powerful empire in the Arab world today, is watching the turmoil in the European princes with cold eyes. They are carefully observing and looking for a suitable entry point.
For the European continent, the Ottoman Empire also had unusual ambitions.
Yes, the Mediterranean was extremely important to the Ottoman Empire, but due to geographical environment problems, the Ottoman Empire simply had no way to carry out their maritime development.
Therefore, they need to look for opportunities to seize their own outlet to the sea.
The current wars in European countries have given them an opportunity.
However, the Ottoman Empire must be careful about this, otherwise it would be bad if it arouses hostility from all European countries.
After all, the two sides have different beliefs, don¡¯t they?
Egypt fell into decline hundreds of years ago and became a food-producing land for Europe or the Ottoman Empire.
As a vassal of others, Egypt, a once glorious country, has no right to speak.
Whoever rules them is the same.
"Compared with the turmoil in the Arab world, Europe and the East, the American continent is prosperous.
The influence of the earlier riots has been eliminated, and the trouble caused by the church has been resolved.
People have returned to their original living conditions.
Every day, everyone gets up early, washes their face and mouth, eats a hot breakfast, then says goodbye to their families and starts a new day of work.
Although there are no Spanish and Dutch merchant ships, but because there are Portuguese and French merchant ships, the port docks in Manhattan are also so lively every day.
There were no changes due to the earlier Caribbean War.
Of course, it is another matter whether the real owners behind these merchant ships flying the flags of Portugal and France are people from Portugal and France.
Anyway, it is a fact that the number of merchant ships in Manhattan Port is not only not decreasing, but is increasing day by day.
The original Manhattan Pier can only accommodate twenty or thirty merchant ships, but after two years of expansion, it can now accommodate one hundred and fifty merchant ships at the same time.
Its throughput can be said to be absolutely the largest in this era.
What kind of concept are one hundred and fifty merchant ships?
Today, the most prosperous dock in the Mediterranean is Alexandria, Egypt.
But even the dock in Alexandria can only accommodate forty-five merchant ships docking at the same time.
It can be seen that the cargo volume and the extent of merchant ships coming and going at the Manhattan Port are huge.
Of course, the large number of merchant ships coming and going also led to the prosperity of the docks and the city of Manhattan.
You know, no matter which merchant ship comes to Manhattan, it has to dock here for a few days to let the sailors take a break and relax.
¡°And these merchant ships need to sell or ship goods, which requires a large number of laborers.
Loading or unloading still requires manpower nowadays, right?
Therefore, the group of ¡®laborers¡¯ at the Manhattan Pier is also constantly expanding.
However, the labor work at the Manhattan Pier is no longer so popular.
Because any European with some skills and skills can find a good job in Manhattan and get a high salary.
Only those Europeans who have no skills will come here to do undemanding jobs like laborers.
Even so, there are still a lot of people working as laborers at the Manhattan Pier.
Who made Europeans in this era basically illiterate and unskilled?
So, what else can they do if they don¡¯t do manual labor?
The Europeans who were the first to come to Manhattan to make a living have basically undergone slight changes.
Those who were originally laborers?, now they have become small bosses, managing the new workers on the dock.
¡°And behind these people, there are gangs supported by the intelligence agencies.
Wherever there are people, there will be fights, and where there are fights, there will be rivers and lakes.
??Especially here at the Manhattan Port Terminal, where interests are entangled, rivers and lakes will inevitably emerge.
Although Europeans don¡¯t understand what Jianghu is, people of Chinese descent do understand it.
In the earliest days, laborers fought every day for the rights to unload and load merchant ships for berths.
Although you can¡¯t make much money from this job, if you can monopolize it, the profits here are still very objective.
You know, if you can control the loading and unloading rights of the entire Manhattan pier, you will control the life and death of the merchants.
Think about it, what would happen if I towed you for a month if I could unload the cargo in one day?
??What will happen if I have to load the goods in two or three days, but I have to pack them for two months?
¡°If a merchant ship is loading and unloading goods that cannot be stacked for a long time, time will be particularly important to them.
At the same time, if we have the right to speak at the terminal, it is not impossible to raise prices slightly.
With a monopoly, you don¡¯t have the final say in whether prices fluctuate up or down.
It was precisely after seeing the pros and cons that Wang Shan asked the Intelligence Department to form a gang behind the scenes, and came in to integrate the Manhattan underworld with iron-blooded means.
At the same time, Wang Shan is also thinking about the income of the intelligence department.
You know, there are many departments in the Ministry of Intelligence that do very dark things, so some financial matters cannot be made clear.
Therefore, Wang Shan and the others have to find their own way to obtain some external financial income.
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¡°Just like that, for the sake of interests and public security issues, the gangsters backed by the Ministry of Intelligence came on the scene.
¡°Nowadays, the laborers on the Manhattan pier are all people from the underworld.
The earliest people have now become small bosses.
Of course, although they are gangsters, they still do things in a disciplined manner.
No matter what kind of goods are being loaded or unloaded, they clearly display the prices.
Although the price is a bit high, insurance measures for cargo damage compensation are also available.
After all, some goods may be inadvertently broken during transportation.
At this time, the porters need to take it seriously.
If everyone is careful, such losses can be avoided.
¡°But if the porters do something badit¡¯s hard to say.
Therefore, many businessmen agree to spend a little more money and do not want to suffer such losses.
You must know that the popular commercial ceramics here in Manhattan are easily damaged.
In addition to the workers on the dock, there are also many underage European children active in the port.
These children are both male and female, ranging in age from five or six to fourteen or fifteen years old.
Their figures appear frequently at the Manhattan Pier.
They have a variety of jobs, selling newspapers, shining shoes, taking out food, working as tour guides, or soliciting guests for nearby hotels.
Although their salary is not as high as that of adults, basically the bosses where they work will provide them with food and accommodation.
This is already a very good treatment for the children.
The food and accommodation here in Manhattan include three meals of white rice a day, with fish and meat included in each meal.
¡°Compared to Europe, this kind of treatment is simply heaven.
What¡¯s more, the boss will also pay them salaries at the end of the month.
In other words, if these children save money every month, they can save their salary.
When they get older, they can use the money to do small business or other things.
At the same time, most of these children are orphans and were taken in by the bosses in their early days. So these kids have a strong sense of belonging to Manhattan and are very loyal to their bosses.
Maybe it¡¯s because they are young, so they don¡¯t have the same thoughts as adults. Instead, they accept the concepts from Manhattan very quickly.
In addition to these European adults and children, there are also Indians here.
heThey will bring their prey to the dock to sell it, exchange it for money, and then buy things they need at home.
Furs of various animals, or some cute live animals.
¡°Perhaps because of the trend driven by Chinese genetic people, now wealthy people in Manhattan have actually begun to raise cute prairie dogs as pets.
There are many small animals of this kind on the American continent, especially now in the spring when the prairie dogs are active again, so skilled Indian hunters can easily catch these cute little elves.
At the dock, there were many Europeans and Indians wearing armor, and they gathered together in full force.
These people are the guards waiting at the dock to be hired.
Basically, these people are composed of experienced European soldiers or Indian warriors.
They are responsible for the safety of businessmen who come to Manhattan, or when they want to go to Quebec or Lake Ontario, they provide safety on the road.
The reason why these people do this is because they like to live a free life.
¡°I don¡¯t want to be a soldier, nor do I want to do other jobs.
But what should we do if they only know how to fight?
¡°However, there are more and more businessmen coming and going in Manhattan, so they don¡¯t have to worry about not having a job.
Even without these foreign businessmen, local businessmen alone can provide them with a lot of jobs.
Many times, these guards are in short supply.
It¡¯s just the beginning of spring, so we can still see them.
After a while, these guards will sign one-year agreements with many businessmen. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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