Port Commercial Area, Wanghai Building.

Wanghailou is the property of Yang Wenli, a wealthy businessman from Yangzhou. In addition to eating and drinking, there is also an entertainment place in the backyard. It can be regarded as an all-in-one restaurant for eating, drinking and entertainment. It is the largest restaurant in Jeju Prefecture.

Now the entire second floor of Wanghai Building has been taken over by Nikan.

There were only three tables on the entire second floor, and each table could seat ten people. There was a nameplate in front of each person. The businessmen felt strange when they saw it, but under the guidance of Sun Xiulin, they all took their places.

In order not to cause misunderstanding, the general arrangement of the three tables is: people from the Ming Dynasty have a separate table, Koreans, Japanese people have a table, and people from the Western Yi have a table.

Nikan, accompanied by Sun Xiulin and Li Yangeng, went to the Xiyi table, which had the smallest number of people.

At this table, Van der Sarnikam from the Netherlands has long been known to me, but there are a few others that I would like to introduce here.

Jose Luis, from Manila, was the accountant of the Governor of Manila at the time. He was around forty, short and fat, with black hair. Now Spain and Portugal have been cut off from the Hirado trade by the Japanese shogunate. I heard that there is a trading place in the north of Japan.

, after hearing about it, he came over eagerly.

In East Asia, the places where they can do business, except for Yuegang in Zhangzhou, is a large amount of smuggling trade.

De Moraes Carvalho, from the Portuguese Governor in Macau, Oge Coutinho Duchen, and the plenipotentiary representative of the Macau Citizens' Assembly, about fifty, with gray-brown hair, similar to the Spaniards. Now they

They can only survive by relying on the smuggling trade between Guangdong and Macau.

The above two companies are suppressed by the Dutch in the Nanyang area. If there are not many ships when they go to sea, they will definitely be robbed by the Dutch.

Karl Rainiers, the commercial representative of the Governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, also sent some ships to Jeju Island when he went to Hirado for trade.

Of course, he and Van der Sar have long been colluding. According to Japanese regulations, there is a certain number of ships going to Hirado for trade. The extra ships are the personal ships of several high-level officials of the East India Company.

Henry Drummond, from England, belonged to the East India Company of the British Empire. He was the illegitimate son of the East India Company's major shareholder. He nominally served the East India Company, but in fact he mainly worked for himself.

Drummond is only twenty-five years old and has only one ship to his name. For someone like him, not to mention traveling alone, it is not safe to smuggle in offshore areas. From below the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea, there are countless pirates.

He will be swallowed up in a few minutes, but currently he is sharing the same fate with the Portuguese and hooking up with them.

The other two tables, the one from the Ming Dynasty, are mainly businessmen from Shandong and Jiangnan, most of them are wealthy merchants from the South Zhili area, but there are also some who go to sea alone with their heads. These people only have one ship, and they may be the navy of the Ming Dynasty.

A person, or a pirate, only goes to sea once every few years, but if nothing happens, the money he makes will be enough for a lifetime.

The profit of sea trade, if the goods are made correctly, is at least 50%, and double the net profit is also very common.

Among them, three of them have special status, have a net worth of tens of millions, and have been engaged in maritime trade for a long time.

The Shen family in Hangzhou, maternal relatives of Mao Wenlong, had a shipyard, a weaving yard, and government salt. They were wealthy businessmen in Zhejiang, and Silence was just the representative figure of the eldest son.

Yang Wenli is the representative of Yangzhou salt merchants. Of course, as a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, he is also indispensable in business such as cloth, ironware, raw silk, and pawnshops.

Wang Ranming is a representative of Huizhou merchants. His family has salt, timber, grain, and raw silk businesses. He almost monopolizes the timber business in the Jiangnan area.

On the Japanese side, in addition to Matsuo Chiho, whom Nikan was familiar with, his master, Yanagawa Tiaoxing, the former Tsushima domain retainer, was also present. Of course, due to Nikan's appearance, Yanagawa Tiaoxing and Matsuo Tomohei were both safe and sound, but

After Yanagawa's decision to complain to Tokugawa Iemitsu, he could no longer stay in Tsushima.

Fortunately, he got Nikan's promise. Due to the cancellation of the Busan Port trade, the trade between Japan and North Korea could only rely on Jeju Island. Yanagawa Tiaoxing suddenly became the only one who wanted to do business in Jeju except Tsushima and Goto.

Representatives of various vassals involved in island trade.

Nowadays, he is still fighting fiercely with the Goto Clan, and has rented the northernmost Uku Island belonging to the Goto Clan, and it has become the "fiefdom" of his Yanagawa clan. Based on this place, he will include the Goto Clan.

Ships from all the feudal states, including the feudal lord, gathered together to trade with Jeju Island.

This time, the Tsushima clan's daimyo, Soyoshiri, must have been filled with hatred. At this moment, Tsushima clan's representative Sotsuchi Shun, who was sitting next to Matsuo Chiho, thought of the humiliation his family had suffered and wanted to kill Yanagawa right away.

Tiao Xing - Although both of them had their shortcomings in the dispute between Soyoshi Cheng and Yanagawa Tiao Xing.

In Japan, people like Yanagawa Tiaohe who left their master's family and joined others would be looked down upon by the samurai class, but now everyone is asking for help from him, and the great names of each vassal country can only recognize him by pinching their noses.

Therefore, Nikan is like Yanagawa's "savior". If he is asked to go east, he will never look west.

The Koreans here are all representatives of Li Zhu, and there are almost no private figures. Of course, there are no absolutes in everything. The Jin Zidian family and the Wanli family will definitely get a share of the pie, but because of Li Zhu’s

Although people are here, it is impossible for these people to ascend to the elegant hall in a grand manner.

"Everyone"

Nikan stood up holding a glass of wine.

"Thanks to your care, Jeju Port has become increasingly prosperous since its opening. I am also very pleased. I think you must have made a lot of money."

"Hehe...", "Hehe..."

A burst of tacit "hehe" and "hehe" sounds immediately appeared below.

"Seeing that more and more ships are coming, the size of the port is not enough. Therefore, I decided to expand the Jeju Port!"

Most people clapped their hands and applauded, but a few people quickly got used to it.

"I'm going to have to pay for it."

Yang Wenli thought secretly.

"Everyone, in order to further manage the port, commercial offices and other affairs, this Khan has decided to establish a customs office."

Under the translation of others, Drummond learned what Nikan meant. He couldn't help but stood up and asked: "Dear Khan, what are you going to do after establishing the customs?"

Nikan answered him directly in English: "Nonsense, of course it is to collect tariffs."

Drummond was surprised. What surprised him was naturally not the imposition of tariffs, but that this man actually knew the language of his country.

"you……"

"What objections do you have?"

Yang Wenli stood up and gave a salute, "Implementing tariffs is also the right thing to do, but this tax amount..."

Nikan replied: "People of the Ming Dynasty do not do secret things. Jeju Island does not collect much customs duties. No matter what kind of goods it is, it is charged at half of the total amount leaving the port."

Yang Wenli continued to ask: "What will be used to pay the tax?"

Nikan smiled and said: "Of course it's real gold and silver. If you don't have any, you can use cloth to deduct it. But in the coming year, you must use real gold and silver to redeem the cloth."

Yang Wenli and others immediately heaved a sigh of relief. They had made a lot of gold and silver from the Hirado trade, and it was not a big deal to get only half of it.

A person near Yang Wenli didn't think so. He stood up suddenly and asked loudly: "Why was there no taxation in the past few years, but now it is collected so hard?"

In Jeju Island, there is no one who dares to talk to Nikan like this. Gergentana is the one and only one, and this person actually...

Sun Jiaji on the side quickly whispered in Nikan's ear: "This man's name is Zheng Lian. I heard that he is the nephew of Zheng Zhilong, the former giant bandit in Japan and Fujian. After Zheng Zhilong accepted the recruitment, most of his subordinates got official positions.

But this person is still running business at sea."

A strange look flashed in Nikan's eyes, and he did not comment on Sun Jiaji's words.

"This place is managed by Ben Khan. It is up to Ben Khan to decide when to collect taxes and when not to collect taxes. Who do you think you are? How dare you yell at Ben Khan's banquet?"

The man was stunned for a moment, but he quickly spoke up again, "This place originally belonged to North Korea. When did it come to your name? North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Did you get the permission of the Ming Emperor to invade the land of the vassal state?"

Nikan was furious: "What is it, someone is coming!"

When Sun Jiaji saw that something was wrong, he quickly grabbed Nikan and said, "Great Khan, Zheng Zhilong has thousands of warships under his command, and they are very powerful. Don't offend him easily!"

Nikan threw him away, "What are you afraid of what he will do? Come here, drag this guy down and lock him up, and seize his ship and cargo!"

Zheng Lian had always been arrogant, and only then did he realize that the man in front of him was a genuine Ningbei general, the commander of Nuergandu Sidu, who had repeatedly defeated the fierce men of Jiannu and Tartar slaves.

However, his mouth was still tough, "You barbarian, sir, I will leave my words here. Send us out of the harbor quickly, otherwise when my uncle's army arrives, Jeju Island will be turned into powder!"

Van der Sar could understand Chinese, and he, the Dutchman, also had conflicts with Zheng Zhilong. He wished that he and Nikan would fall out, so he sat leisurely on a chair and looked at Nikan.

Others were also more or less oppressed by Zheng Zhilong. Seeing that Zheng Zhilong, who was dominating Mobei and roaring in the South China Sea, might fight, they all thought that it was not their own business.

Nikan walked up to Zheng Lian, pulled out the blunderbuss beside him, and struck Zheng Lian on the chest.

With a "bang" sound, Zheng Lian fell down clutching his chest.

Zheng Lian was quickly dragged down. As the smoke dissipated, the blood on the ground was wiped clean. It seemed that nothing happened at that time.

With the fall of Zheng Lian, Nikan's subsequent plan to collect tariffs went much more smoothly. In a few days, more than 200,000 taels of silver were neatly deposited in the Jeju government's warehouse.

However, everyone saw that Nikan and the others collected half the tax based on the value of the goods, and did not appear to be taking anything by force. The whole process was very cooperative.

After getting the silver taels, Nikan took out 20,000 taels and let the North Koreans take them away.

After Zheng Lian's incident, Nikan was not in a very happy mood. After staying in Jeju Prefecture for a few days, it was already early winter, and the north wind was strong. It was not impossible to return to Vladivostok, but it was really not cost-effective. He was preparing

I took Gergentana to play near Halla Mountain, but unexpectedly something came to my door again.

Still a big deal.

The clipper from Vladivostok and Phi Island informed him:

The Mongols invaded Oirat!

The Tuohite tribe and the Sanyin Noyan tribe also responded to their attack on the three Khalkha tribes!
Chapter completed!