Chapter 1321: East India Company

This is not surprising, who made the nest of the famous East India Company near here?
This East India Company is well-known, but many people don’t know it. In fact, there is more than one East India Company. It includes the Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company, the Portuguese East India Company, the French East India Company, and the Swedish East India Company. , The Danish East India Company, and many others. Among them, the Dutch East India Company was the first joint-stock company in the world; not to mention the British East India Company. Back then, they knocked on the door of China with opium. China has become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. At the same time, they are also the company with the greatest power in history, and at the highest time they held half of the world's trade volume.
It is understandable that there are many shipwrecks here. It was through constant wars that Britain gained the leadership of the world's oceans.
It was first controlled by Spain. Later, in 1588, the British defeated Spain’s invincible fleet with a weak victory and a strong victory in the Great Battle of the West. They controlled the maritime dominance. Although Spain regrouped and regained the maritime dominance a year later, they took The focus was placed on the West, and Central and South America became their control. The British, on the other hand, took a fancy to the continent of India, and they often engaged in armed conflicts with Dutch and Portuguese competitors in the Indian Ocean. It is here that they defeated the favor of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who was won by Portuguese talent.
The British, who were protected by Jahangir, showed their skills here, and quickly surpassed the Portuguese who had bases in Goa and Mumbai, defeated the Dutch through war, and gradually developed into the future'sun never sets.' empire'.
However, it was also because the power of this unlucky company was too great to prohibit the North American colonies from selling tea from sources other than the East India Company, arousing the anger of local residents and the outbreak of the'Boston Tea Incident', which was used as a fuse to lead to the Stars and Stripes. War of Independence.
However, even after the independence of the Stars and Stripes, the East India Company cannot be separated. In fact, today’s flag of the Stars and Stripes is also inspired by the flag of the East India Company.
As for why the companies in these countries are called the "East India Company"? This matter is also related to Columbus.
It is said that when Columbus arrived in Central America, he mistakenly regarded it as India and regarded the local natives as Indians. In fact, Indians and Indians are still the same word in English. It's just that Columbus is a fool to die and refuses to admit that he is wrong, and he will make mistakes. He calls India the "East India" and the American countries as the "West India".
Back then, there was a nest of porridge here, so it’s not surprising that there are more shipwrecks.
but. . . . . . There are very few salvageable ones!
This is not surprising, at that time the ships were all dual-purpose ships. Fight against an enemy ship, and ship cargo if you don't encounter an enemy ship. What was the value at that time? Tea, spices. . . . . . It's all such things! These hundreds of years have passed, and they have long since turned into scum!
Moreover, the waters here are also deep. Most of the sunken ships are at a depth of more than 200 meters, and the salvage cost of many sunken ships is not proportional to the income.
Perhaps because of this, the sunken ships here are well protected, and not many have been salvaged. Of course, there are some jewels and coins in some boats, but Xiao Peng really can’t salvage: he can’t go into the sea himself now, after all, this time it’s not him and Yang Meng, and if the ocean currents are operated, he thinks It's a pity--these shipwrecks are not useless, there is one thing on these ships that Xiao Peng is interested in--that is, the various heads on the sunken ships.
If he manipulated the ocean currents, those bows would definitely be destroyed, so he would feel a little painful.
The last time he saw the "San Jose" sailing ship, he only thought of the treasures above, and did not see the heads. But seeing so many heads here, Xiao Peng was still moved.
In fact, before 1800, if you were to ask a western sailor what was the most beautiful thing on the ship, he would definitely answer three words without hesitation: the head of the ship.
Westerners are used to fixing the totem or they believe in on the bow of the boat to pray for the gods' blessings, that is, the bow image.
The bow is a symbol of a ship. Some adopt images of animals and gods. Similar to the idols worshipped by the Chinese people, it is a kind of spiritual sustenance. Ancient Western navigators believed that the head of the ship could protect the safety of the ship, scare away ghosts in the ocean, and shock their enemies.
To make a ship's bow, it takes a huge piece of precious wood. In order to pray for safety, these ship's bows are carefully crafted and crafted by a sculptor hired with a lot of money. The existing ship's bows are almost all wonderful works of art. The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the best interpretation of the ship's prow at that time: the ship's prow on the Black Pearl is the image of a goddess holding a bird in her hand, very beautiful.
Of course, the prow image also has meaning. Captain Jack’s surname is Sparrow, which means sparrow in English. The prow image on the Black Pearl symbolizes the protection of the gods on Captain Jack and his Black Pearl.
Of course, this image of the bow is also a bit flashy: in the age of sailing, the image of the bow carved from a few tons of wood can even affect the sailing performance. And this thing is easy to damage in battle-it can't be repaired if it is broken, it is impossible to carry a few tons of wood on board?
And even if you bring it, can you still carry a sculptor on board?
For these reasons, the bow image in the later period was significantly reduced. It’s no longer like before, it’s always full-length portraits, but bust head portraits are mostly used, and ships in the future will not consider installing bow portraits. Especially in the steam age, the head portraits have begun to withdraw from the stage of history. Equipped with a collision angle, there is no place to install a bow image on the bow. The Kademos in 1903 became the last warship to have a bow image.
However, according to Xiao Peng's observation, there are still several ships with beautiful heads here, and they are all early bodies. The coordinates of these ships must be written down! Take it home as a decoration when you have time.
After Xiao Peng recorded the coordinates of the sunken ships along the way, the ships finally came to Gwadar Port.
Just after their boat was berthed at the designated berth according to the instructions, a person came to the door: "Are you Mr. Xiao?"
Xiao Peng and the others looked at the visitor, wearing a beige short-sleeved shirt with black pants and swarthy skin with curly hair.
After listening to his words, the few people got off the boat for a moment.
Yang Meng sighed: "I'll go, Batie is Batie, this Qilu dialect is really slippery!"
Xiao Peng nodded there too. Yang Meng was right. He didn't expect this guy to speak a standard Qilu accent, which made people feel relatives. Is this Qilu who taught him Chinese?
"Man, your Chinese is very characteristic of our hometown! How do you call it?" Xiao Peng happily shook hands with him.
As a result, after listening to Xiao Peng and the others, his face became stiff: "Well, I am from Qilu. I have been here for a long time and turned black. My name is Li Xing. I have been waiting here for a long time."
Xiao Peng and others were also a little embarrassed after hearing this: "That..."
Li Xing waved his hand boldly: "It's not to blame you for admitting your mistakes. I've been here for a long time. You just came here and are unfamiliar with the weather here. I'm so tanned here every day. But there is no way. Now that we have to manage such a large port, not only Chinese people work in it, but also local people from Pakistan. Sometimes it is necessary to reconcile the conflicts here. There are more and more things, so I can’t return. went."
Yang Meng blew a whistle on the side after listening, "So you are'Batietong'? Then you have to play with us!"
Li Xing nodded and said: "We have contacted us a long time ago and let us take care of you. Let's go, the banquet for you to catch the wind is ready. But the conditions here are not too good, we can only eat with us in the cafeteria."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Some food is good. Those who gnaw canned food at sea will almost become canned food by themselves! Wang Hu, who is on duty today?"
"Shi Ming and Huang Bin!" Wang Hu replied.
Xiao Peng arranged: "That's fine, Shi Ming and Huang Bin stay to watch the boat, and the rest will follow Big Brother Li Xing!"
Li Xing said, "You don't need to keep people at all. When you get here, you will be in our own home! Don't you believe in our own family?"
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Brother Li, it's not that I don't believe in my family. There are some things on the boat, so someone has to guard it here."
After hearing this, Li Xing didn't ask much. When calling from China, he said that these people are not ordinary, and they just need to supply and entertain them: "That's fine, please get in the car!"
He drives a battery car, which is the most common type of long sightseeing car for sightseeing in scenic spots. It is also appropriate to use this as a means of transportation at such a terminal. However, it can be seen that Li Xing's status here is not low. Whether it is the Chinese staff or the Pakistani staff here, no one does not know him, and they greet him enthusiastically. Li Xing is also a Niu X, almost everyone can name it.
Seeing Li Xing greet the locals in a proficient local language, Xiao Peng sighed after hearing this: "This is the language of Batie? I can't understand it at all."
Li Xing shook his head and said: "Batie speaks Urdu, which belongs to the Indo trilingual group. I am talking about Baluchi, which belongs to the Iranian group. It is different. Alright, here we are."
When they arrived at the port office building, Xiao Peng got off the car and said to Li Xing: "You are a really good language. Can you learn this language?"
Li Xing smiled bitterly after hearing this: "You have been here for twenty years, and you can also speak Baluchi."
"Huh?" Xiao Peng was taken aback after hearing this, "I heard that this port has only been in operation for less than three years?"
Li Xing explained: "That was operated by the Chinese side. In fact, the port started construction 20 years ago. After the construction was completed, the Pakistan Railway gave it to Lijiapo. Then it has just arrived in our hands in the past two years. Our country is still strong. Otherwise, how could it be our turn to be such a good port?"