The next day, Johnson took a red hard-crust book from Kuiyi. He had heard that Chinese people call this thing "red card". In fact, it is a temporary residence permit.

If he didn't have this book, when he was in New South Wales for ten days, he was caught by patrol officers, urban management and others while wandering around the streets, the best ending was to leave the country with gifts, and would be recorded, and he might be denied entry in the future. The worst ending could be to be locked up in a labor camp in New South Wales and he would work hard on the construction site in the next few years.

Moreover, if you are normal, you can't leave, you can only go privately. If you are caught by the water police at that time, it will be even worse. It is no longer a matter of being refused entry, but whether you should spend your whole life in a labor camp.

While handing over a red book, Kiichi also took back a green book from Johnson.

This is a "green card", which is a temporary residence permit and only has a ten-day period of validity.

You can throw this thing away at will, but it can also be returned to the Shipping Department's entry personnel management office. After the return is returned, there will be a cumulative amount. When the number of times you return the green card properly reaches a certain amount, you can get the red card directly from the Shipping Department.

This has little meaning for people like Johnson, because others do these things for themselves. But it is convenient for ordinary small and medium-sized businessmen. Even if this green card is interrupted once, it will be cleared.

"There is already a definite news. Before the Chinese New Year, Zheng Zhilong will bring people to New South Wales to meet the local kings of the South China countries. I believe there will be shocking news at that time."

Kuiyi gave Johnson another secret that was no longer a secret at the moment. The news that Zheng Zhilong was coming to New South Wales to meet with the kings of the South China Sea had long been circulating in New South Wales, but he could tell a rough time, which was truly valuable.

"This is also something that Mumbai is very concerned about." Johnson felt that ice milk tea is indispensable in hot places like New South Wales. He frowned tightly while holding a glass of ice milk tea.

The Chinese have a far greater influence in the Nanyang region than in the Europeans. Although the Chinese power had withdrawn from the Nanyang when they entered the East, once the Chinese make a comeback, the foundation laid in the long period of time seems to be obvious.

As the Dutch frequently encountered walls in various countries in Southeast Asia, Zheng Zhilong easily captured the trust of the kings of various countries in Southeast Asia - at least the reasons for the open trust were also explored.

Zheng Zhilong also had to thank Emperor Yongle for the good foundation laid. It was not that more than 200 years ago, Zhu Di used his "voyage to the West" to build an indestructible golden sign in the Nanyang region. It was not that easy for him to gain a foothold in Nanyang now.

And now, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime good time.

The Europeans broke in, but they had just gained a foothold. They were still disgusted, wary, and even fought against each other. They had not completely crushed the South Asian countries in force, and the latter had not been completely conquered by the Westerners.

And it is precisely the various arrogant and unfriendly behaviors of Westerners that make them miss the good things of the Ming Dynasty even more in their hearts.

Therefore, when Zheng Zhilong stood up with the sign of "Ming Dynasty", he naturally had an unexpected influence among Europeans. Especially when he was also releasing his kindness and promises.

Now Zheng Zhilong is going to come to New South Wales in person and meets so many indigenous princes. God knows what will happen. This is not only the Dutch people are worried, but also the British people are worried, the Spanish and the Portuguese are worried.

Unfortunately, no matter how many people inquire, they can't find any useful information.

...

At Chen Mingwen's home, Huang Dejiang was sitting opposite him, drinking sips. Both of them were not happy.

Especially Huang Dejiang, this has already jumped out of Batavia, but the clan’s greetings have been called. So is he listening or not?

"When you go to the dark road, the Huang family really wants to go to the dark road."

Such a smart person, he actually has such a stupid uncle's family. Chen Mingwen even wondered if his mother was the blood of the Huang family.

"Dejiang, if you want to break it, you will break it, otherwise you will suffer the chaos." Chen Mingwen seemed to be drunk a little.

Huang Dejiang smiled bitterly: "Break? It's so far. Blood is thicker than water. How do you tell me to break it?" He also advised him to break it, and he didn't see if he broke it or not.

"No matter how hard it is to break, it will break. Look at me-" Chen Mingwen patted his chest, "I am the nephew of the Huang family. I broke the bones and connected the tendons, but I will break the kinship with him. I, Chen Mingwen, did what I said. Even if my mother doesn't want to, she will break the kinship. I can't put my Chen family in to make a cushion for the Huang family..."

"If you don't just click, then just go back to Batavia. Otherwise, it's even more dangerous to be in New South Wales. Sooner or later, the Huang family will be dragged into the ditch."

When Chen Mingwen received the news from the Huang family in June, he completely gave up on his uncle's family.

——I asked him to spy on the glass factory in New South Wales, but Chen Mingwen was crazy or crazy, so he would seek death by himself?

In June, the glassware in New South Wales was already famous in Southeast Asia. Every day, a large group of natives came to buy it with real money. As a landlord in New South Wales, Chen Mingwen best knows how huge the interests of glassware are. The Huang family actually asked him to spy on the secrets of glass in New South Wales. Is this still his own uncle? This is to let him die.

Chen Mingwen pretended not to see it, and ignored it even though he paid attention.

By the end of July, the Huang family was interested in Zheng Zhilong's visit to Xinzhou to meet the native princes. Chen Mingwen simply did not send gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival. But now he realized that it was not only him who was disturbed by this, but also Huang Dejiang, a brother-in-law.

"I won't have any contact with the Huang family anymore. Just pretend that there is no foreign family, and they are all dead." Chen Mingwen drank a glass of wine. "What a good time now? With the support of the Zheng family, the red-haired devils dare not shout. Look, do those damn ghosts dare to start killing again? Business opportunities are everywhere. Isn't it better to do business honestly? Why do you have to go to the dead end?"

He was puzzled.

If you say that when the Spanish started a massacre, it would be reasonable for you (the Huang family) to get close to the red-haired man. What about now? Who in Nanyang dares to raise his sword to point at the Chinese and shout at the Chinese?

This is the time to do business. It’s better if you don’t want to come to New South Wales. Just do business peacefully. When Hongmao sees that all the Chinese have left, he will definitely value your Huang family. Do you have to work so wholeheartedly for Hongmao?

As for what Zheng Zhilong wanted to do, how did he know? Why did he spy on it? He didn't want to know either.

Chen Mingwen now only knows that life is getting better and better. He also wants to send his youngest son to school. When he grows up, he can be a literary star, or at least write good words and speak fluent and clear official language. Those are all great masters of his ancestors.

...

At noon on the third day, Johnson had just had lunch when the employees of the entrusted company came to him. He was still the one who was the one who was in charge.

He was sent various customs declaration procedures, as well as a list of expenses and certificates for material transportation and storage.

The British East India Company does not have an exclusive dock warehouse in New South Wales. At least all warehouses currently in New South Wales Port are owned by the public. However, the commissioned company can rent them for a long time.

If you are worried about your goods being lost or lost, you can check them out before and after the transaction.

As long as you find something wrong, you can find the Shipping Department based on the list of goods in your hand. No matter how the Shipping Department will care about the entrusted company afterwards, the person who comes will give all the materials according to the list, and it will not be less than half, and it will be immediately.

You can also not accept this model. Those entrusted companies have obvious collusion with the NSW official, so as long as there is no transaction in the NSW port. Your goods are always piled in the cabin.

Therefore, this will make many people feel dissatisfied, but they can only tolerate it.

This is very inconvenient for them to trade privately, exchange goods for goods, or to carry some prohibited items, such as A Furong.

It will allow the NSW officials to specifically control the types and quantities of their goods, so it is difficult to evade taxes after the transaction.

In addition, the entrusted company, dock labor, and warehouse management are entrusted to different organizations, and each will provide the official with some necessary data, which will really help the official to control the situation.

All the procedures for entrusting the company were completed in just three days, and the efficiency was really fast.

Johnson read it very carefully. Each of the above charges has a detailed description, from the fees for loading and unloading labor, warehouse storage fees, goods transportation fees, customs declaration and inspection, all the work fees, so that you can't find any fault. It even comes with free tax rates for each commodity and the required tax amount, all of which are very detailed.

Johnson had known for a long time that the Chinese tax rate was not low, but after seeing the specific amount, it still felt extremely painful.

The tax rate for imported cotton is 15%, cotton yarn is 10%, first-class Indian white cotton cloth is 30%, and second-class white cotton cloth is 33.33%.

It is obvious that Chinese people encourage importing raw materials. After all, the quality of cotton cloth in Chinese is not worse than that of Indian. Although those poor cotton cloths are prone to fading after washing, Songjiang cloth is still bright in color after washing for a long time, which is much better than Indian cloth.

Fortunately, he was mentally prepared before. If he had known that Chinese would impose high taxes on Indian cotton cloth and some expensive spices and luxury accessories, such as jewelry, ivory, etc., he would have wished he could completely drive them out of the market.

Moreover, the storage cost of the warehouse is not low, especially after the storage time is long, the cost will become higher and higher.

"It seems that I will finish my work first and then pay attention to other things. Damn storage fees. If the Chinese are willing to take over the warehouses at the docks, you can buy them as much as possible."

Purchasing a warehouse in a prosperous and prosperous wharf is definitely not a loss-making transaction.

In the following days, Johnson learned more about New South Wales. As a tropical region, it actually needed to buy a large number of fresh fruits, chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and other eggs, poultry and livestock from Johor every day. You can imagine the prosperity of this city.

If there are groups with high consumption power in the city, it will create an increasingly prosperous market and many jobs with good salary, which will further promote the economic development of New South Wales.

Moreover, he also met many leisurely indigenous nobles here. These people were obviously not here to do business, but seemed to be on vacation.

Even the public hospitals here are crowded with people, and it is said that VIP rooms are hard to find.

The wealthy merchants, native nobles, and even some wealthy Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia were not rich, so they asked them to spend hundreds or thousands of taels of silver to receive treatment from famous doctors representing the highest medical skills of the Central Plains. Isn’t it like drizzling?
Chapter completed!