In the signing room of the prefect's office, the negotiations continued to remain silent and then recited: "But the first ferryman has arrived in China. The remaining party took advantage of the wind to slid on the sea, invaded Ryukyu in the south, and plundered Goryeo in the north, and then returned to the country's Samoa Prefecture. This minister was deeply engraved with his heart. He was foolish. Please lobby for lobbyists and banned the rule of their own."
Next is a narration of Japan's recent situation: 'Although Japan is dominated by a single king, the king has been weak and the ministers have been strong recently, but it only has its name. There are still sixty-six countries in its country, and they are strong in each other. The thieves who violated China were roughly from the nine coastal states, and the other ten twelve islands have been circulated and persuaded to restrain themselves. This year, the barbarian ships are almost at a loss!' Seeing this, the silence couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This is too inappropriate, even the honest and cute little Mao changed his face and said, "What are you laughing at by sir?"
"Oh" Of course, I can't say silence. Your godfather can really grab meat on his face, so he pretended to laugh and quickly came up with a speech: "After reading the letter from the old ship owner, I realized that there were 66 countries in Japan." He said with a funny look on his face: "That country is as big as a village in our Ming Dynasty, right?"
Mao Haifeng was relieved and laughed, "It's really funny, but a village is not as good as the territory of the great princes. It's probably as big as a township. Only a few of them are very powerful, which are similar to our county."
"Which big name is the biggest now?" Chen Mo regretted it. If he had played more glorious games at the time, he could plan his mind now. What he liked the most was that the Age of Discovery seemed to be glorious.
"In name, Ashikaga Yoshiki is the shogun general who commands the princes." Mao Haifeng knew about this situation, so he said to silently: "However, although this man is very skilled in martial arts and is known as General Jianmeng, he is very talented and has a great talent. Damasatsu is in the hands of the rich family of Miyoshi Nagaki. However, he was defeated by Miyoshi Nagaki and fled to Omi to join the Rokkaku family. When I came, I heard that he and Karomoto Hosokawa were about to send troops to Luo again and invited Oda Nobunaga. However, he seemed to be interested, but my adoptive father said that Miyoshi's family would not last long because he was more optimistic about the Oda family.
After hearing his nagging for a while, he didn't understand any of the silence except Oda Nobunaga. He couldn't help but blame himself: "How can he be so arrogant and not see his neighbors?" In fact, it was caused by social atmosphere. The officials and people of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom did not care about the small country at all.
Since he realized it, he secretly decided to collect information from Japan for a long time, because history books told him that there was a war against Japanese devils during the Wanli period. I guess as long as I am not sick or disaster, I might catch up, so it would be better to prepare for it.
Looking further down, Wang Zhi said even more arrogantly: "I believe that all the barbarians in the nine provinces will be punished by me. I will not dare to ask for the offensives. I will recruit soldiers from the five islands to destroy them. I will use the barbarians to govern the barbarians! This is my ambition, and I will still be in charge. I am just like the emperor's kindness and kindness, and I will forgive my ministers for their crimes. I will be able to drive them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of driving them to the point of being a harsh dog and horse. I will choose a port in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I will still be like the case in Guangdong, and I will pass the taxes and pay the time limit. I will promulgate the islands. Their masters are each banned, and the Japanese slaves will not be domineering again. The so-called those who do not fight and surrender their troops. I dare not sacrifice their lives to repay them. I will redeem the crime of ten thousand **."
This section is Wang Zhi's negotiation conditions; if you promise to clear the ban, I can accept the recruitment and learn from Song Jiang's attack on Fang La, and help you solve the Japanese turmoil, but the subtext is that I am confident that I will not end up with Song Jiang.
After reading it, Chen Si was a little confused. Although this letter certainly caused the pirate leader's love to brag. His unregardlessness, it was not all nonsense. For example, the last paragraph "A soldier who defeated others without fighting" seemed quite beautiful. Maybe it could really touch the master. He knew that Emperor Jiajing was an old man who was afraid of trouble, but the contradiction was that he was also an emperor who wanted to save face. Chen Si could not guess what his reaction would be when he saw this letter.
No matter whether the court accepts Wang Zhi’s investment or not, the port has been opened, so that the two sides have a foundation for cooperation and can make money first and then talk about something else.
So Chen Si decided to put this difficult problem aside first, and to delay it, waiting for the court to see the real money and silver, and then inform the matter of Wang Zhi's submission to see if the court would agree.
I have to interrupt here. Some readers want to ask, no matter whether Wang Zhi is a real or a fake, just give him a false letter of appointment. Give him a short general and let him fight with the Japanese. This move is worth it without any expense. If you don’t use it, you will be a fool.
You don’t say that scholars in the Ming Dynasty have the same effect as fools. The heavenly dynasty is ingrained in the country. The idea of ​​being the only one in the world is deeply rooted. In foreign relations, they have always been extremely powerful. If they don’t accept it, they will fight. If they can’t beat them, they will fight. If they are defeated, they will not seek peace. They will not pay compensation or trade with each other. The belief that the world’s most powerful country is deeply engraved in their bones.
If you want to say that when dealing with peasant uprisings, there is naturally no problem in recruiting peace. It is internal conflicts and can be done no matter how hard it is. But in the war against Japanese defence, although you know that the "real Japanese" is not the main force, the big bosses of the court still regard the "fake Japanese" as a traitor who forgets his ancestors and expelled Chinese nationality. In other words, they just dislike them. In other words, the court has issued a killing order for these "traitors". Although they acknowledge that Wang Zhi can use it for a while, or they are extorted by exaggerating their power, it is almost impossible to admit this on the surface.
He was well aware of the silence of the court and knew that if this letter was submitted at this time, it might cause a stir. Those Qingliu, who was in pain, would definitely shout and kill, and would ruin the results he had achieved after he had finally achieved.
After all, Wang Zhi, an old man in the martial arts world, did not understand the mentality of the people in the court, and he still had the idea of ​​attracting peace. As long as the final result did not come out, he would not be in a dilemma with the court.
In other words, the last obstacle to Suzhou's opening port was cleared!
He carefully put the letter in his mouth and said quietly: "You go back and tell the old ship owner that I can make the decision on opening a port, so there is no problem; but what position to give to the old ship owner and how to arrange it is not up to me, a Maritime Bureau, to decide." As he said, he took a sip of the tea ceremony: "But I will report it to the Governor as soon as possible and ask the court to decide."
Mao Haifeng had read the two letters from Hu Zongxian and "know" the current attitude of the court, and was still inclined to negotiate peace and recruitment, so he did not doubt the silent statement. He smiled relievedly and said, "No problem, my godfather said that there is no hurry to apply for the results. It may be more beneficial to wait for the future to make contributions."
"It seems that Wang Zhi also has doubts about the court." Chen Sixin said, this is just right, everyone uses each other and makes money together, and there will be no other connections.
Since the two sides had reached a consensus on opening the market, Mao Haifeng put forward a practical requirement on behalf of his adoptive father-in-law that ships flying the Wufeng Banner could freely enter and exit the Wusong River and trade with merchants in Suzhou Prefecture, of course, they would pay taxes according to the tax rate of the court.
Just as I said the first one, I was unwilling to be silent. The court's tariff rate was fifty-one. It was so low that it was outrageous that if taxes were collected at this tax rate, the total amount of sailors who had two million taels of silver would have to reach 100 million taels of silver; and this was still the requirement this year. From next year, it would increase by 2 million taels per year, and by the fifth year, the tariff rate required by Jiajing would be tens of millions of silver. The trade volume that year would have to be 500 million taels of silver.
This is impossible for a long time, at least.
And even if possible, silence would not see the white money flowing into the hands of the rich, and he had to have money in his hands, so that he could try to guide those rich people to no longer buy land if they had money, or bury them in a cellar, but to let the money flow and truly become the source of strength for social prosperity and progress.
So he couldn't accept this and could not allow free trade. After pondering for a moment, he whispered: "Brother Haifeng, in theory, there is no need to pay taxes for smuggling, and the profit should be much higher than opening ports and trading. Why is the old ship owner so persistent and wants to open a sea ban and pay taxes for customs clearance?"
"Hey" Mao Haifeng thought about it and nodded, "Forget it, sir is so good to me. I can't hide it with you." After saying that, he lowered his voice and said, "Although our Wufeng Banner can be planted all over the ocean, we can't get to the shore. If we wanted to do business, we had to cooperate with some big players on the coast, but those people were very unhappy. When selling things to us, they didn't ask for a price, but they often used inferior products as good ones, which was a shortage of weight. It caused our income and reputation to be greatly damaged."
"It's really a problem." Silent jawhead smiled.
"But this is barely tolerant." Mao Haifeng said angrily: "What makes people unbearable is that their performance when selling things to us is simply unethical and smoking!" Fearing that they are not clear about it, he explained: "Japanese samurai swords, spices from South China, and luxury goods from the West have always been sold. We put these things in their place for sale and agreed to settle them regularly. But they did not say that the products were unsold, and they could only be sold at a low price; that is, the news was too tight and the ban was too strict. We deliberately dragged it and did not pay our payment for the goods. We took advantage of us even more! If we were forced to do so, they would attract the government to arrest people, leaving us helpless." It seems that in front of the Fujian-Zhejiang maritime merchants supported by the Nine Masters, those who are as powerful as forgetting Wufeng are conscious of being a member of the amblyopia group.
Mao Haifeng was telling the truth. The reason why Wang Zhi repeatedly asked for the ban on sea ban was of course not because he was worried about the country and the people, but because he could not tolerate his own wealth and was robbed by Fujian and Zhejiang maritime merchants.
"You also know the energy of those big families. They are powerful and wealthy, with deep roots and lush leaves." Chen Jing said slowly: "It's not something I, a little comrade, can fight against. If they let them trade freely, they will inevitably be manipulated by them. But you and I have no choice but to have the right to do anything at that time, and they will have the final say. We are in vain." He said with a wry smile: "Brother Haifeng has heard of the food battle this spring?"
"I've heard of it." Mao Haifeng said with admiration: "The lord is the best, and he turns the tide and defeats those people's conspiracy. My godfather praised you. He said you are a genius and wants to meet you. He discusses your experience." Silently said: "You must ask the old ship owner for advice."
His respectful attitude towards Wang Zhi made Mao Haifeng very comfortable, so he asked with concern: "I wonder what the solution is there?"
"It's hard for the Maritime Bureau to come forward." Silently smiled: "But an auction can be set up, and every transaction is in the auction. Buy and sell in the form of a secret auction, so that you don't have to worry about someone manipulating the market."
After the silence was finished, Mao Haifeng's eyes were straight, disturbing his head, and he smiled awkwardly: "Sir, don't mind, I don't understand."
"You might as well go to the auction house in the afternoon and let them demonstrate it to you on the spot." Silent smiled.
"That's good!" Mao Haifeng said happily: "Do you have any objections?"
"And." Chen Si said softly: "Before the imperial court issued a clear edict, the two sides only had a temporary standstill. The Wusong River was the inland river of the Ming Dynasty. If the ships were flying the Five Peak Flag, the Ming navy would regard it as a provocation of Chi**. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it would be too big to feel that the ships were on the sea. It would be later to hang the flag."
"This, no problem." Mao Haifeng further compromised: "I can agree to it for my godfather." Anyway, it's just a matter of face, there is no need to be petty. This is the biggest difference between businessmen and politicians.
"Very good." said silently, "Then let's go to the auction in the afternoon, and you can write to the old ship owner as soon as possible." He said with a wry smile: "I'm going to tell you that I still have a tariff task of 2 million taels this year."
"How much do I think?" Speaking of this, Mao Haifeng suddenly smiled and said, "Although the Maritime Bureau has not been opened, it is no longer illegal for you to do business with us, right?"
"I said it doesn't count, it doesn't count." Chen Si smiled. Now that the sea ban has been lifted, the Maritime Bureau has not yet been established. It is a loophole that can be taken advantage of, no, it should be said that it is a reasonable use of the rules.
"The last time I told the adults that I would buy raw silk." When Mao Haifeng left Suzhou last time, he asked Chen Mo to try his best to buy raw silk, and he was going to bring it with him when he went back.
Why is it raw silk, not silk? Because silk is a daily necessity, and raw silk is mainly used in Japan to make armor and samurai swords, which are military supplies! Japan is in the Warring States Period. The demand for this kind of material is extremely large. However, the output of raw silk in Japan is very low, and even one-third of the gap cannot be filled.
And we know that Japan was in the Warring States Period at this time, and the materials were extremely scarce, and because of the abundant silver production, the prices were extremely high. According to Chen Shu, from many aspects, in Japan, 150 taels of silver could only buy 100 kilograms of raw silk; while more advanced silk brocade would require 400 taels to buy 100 kilograms.
In the Ming Dynasty, the normal price is 15 taels of raw silk and 100 kilograms of silk brocade; 40 taels of silk brocade. So the same thing is sold in Japan, ten times the price of it in the Ming Dynasty! Such a big difference. In addition to the difference in supply relationship, it is also because of the low price of Japanese silver and expensive in the Ming Dynasty. There is a big difference between the two - one tael of Japanese silver can be exchanged for 250 cents in the local area. In China, it can be exchanged for 750 cents! A full three times the difference!
Various factors have made raw silk and higher-level silk brocade the most profitable commodities, so in previous Japanese pirate robberies, raw silk and silk brocade are the favorites of Japanese pirates. They even plunder the population and specially plunder them to make huge profits.
Someone wants to ask, since the profit is so great, why are you still robbing? Isn’t it enough to just buy raw silk from the common people? If you can buy it, of course there is no problem, but there are nine major and coastal majors. It will definitely make Wang Zhi and others unable to buy it.
They monopolized the export of raw silk and controlled the price to seven or eight times the domestic price. If Mao Haifeng purchased goods at this price, he would not earn much money. So when he came to negotiate last time, he asked silently to help buy some raw silk or brocade as much as possible.
Chen Si was worried about this year's indicators, although he took advantage of seven or eight million taels of silver, he was in the account. If he handed over so much cash, his business would be paralyzed. The two sides hit it off, and Chen Si began to silently purchase raw silk in the name of weaving.
This year, the financial crisis has triggered a financial crisis, which has caused many silk factories to start construction inadequately. The demand for raw silk is less than half of that of previous years, and the price of raw silk naturally falls. Silently seize the opportunity to buy in large quantities, the amount consumed is only 60% of the usual amount, which makes those big silk stockers rush to it!
In the end, Mao Haifeng purchased 800,000 kilograms of raw silk at a price of 100 taels of silver per 100 kilograms of silver per 100 kilograms of silk brocade at a price of 250 taels of silver per 100 kilograms of silk brocade. Chen Si threw away the principal and various expenses and made nearly one million taels of shredding.
Chapter completed!