. "Marquis Marquis, the Ming Dynasty is willing to establish diplomatic relations with various countries. Does it mean that merchants from various countries can purchase goods at will in various places in the Ming Dynasty?"

French businessman White asked excitedly, and the others also showed an listening look. They were undoubtedly very concerned about this issue and put the direct flight of the Ming merchant ship to Europe behind. If the Ming Dynasty could really do this, their interests would be expanded many times. Bifrancis and Qu Ande themselves are members of the church. They are most concerned about missionary matters. If they can go deep into the inland Ming Dynasty and make the Lord's glory rise in the Ming Dynasty, it is much more important than making money.

Hearing White's words, Dong Zhining looked disdainful. These barbarians thought it was beautiful, and they wanted to get so much for a simple diplomatic relationship.

"Of course not. There are still restrictions on merchants from all countries entering the Ming Dynasty. However, if the Ming Dynasty opens more ports, the types of commodity transactions will become more. The Ming Dynasty will divide commodities into three categories. Except for the first category of commodities, the second category of commodity transactions will be open like friendly countries."

As soon as Bugat Road finished his words, British businessman Fox couldn't wait to ask: "What are Class II and Class III commodities? Which other ports will the Ming Dynasty open?"

"Yes, can Lord Marquis make it clear?"

"After the Ming Dynasty established diplomatic relations with various countries, will merchants from various countries be allowed to live in the capital?"

...

Buga Road was ready and signaled to the followers. The two followers walked up. Each of them held a first-package booklet in their hands, and they divided it one by one. Soon they each took a copy in their hands.

"Everyone, how to classify products, this booklet has clearly introduced. As for which ports will be opened, it is not yet determined. What is certain is that there will be ports open in Fujian and Zhejiang. As for the capital city..." Buga Road pondered for a moment before saying: "Businessmen will still be restricted from entering the capital city, but countries can establish embassies in the capital city for communication."

Some people praised Buga Road's words, while others remained silent. In the past, the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited the barbarians from entering the capital without permission, and they were not allowed to buy houses in the capital. As for Buga Road and others, they had already been classified as Ming Dynasty and were not considered barbarians. All countries were allowed to establish embassies in the capital, which was undoubtedly a step further.

Some people quickly looked through the booklet. The most eye-catching item on the booklet is the first type of goods, which is a technology that is strictly prohibited from trading in the Ming Dynasty, including train technology, steam engine, porcelain firing technology, silkworm seeds, etc., which are most interested in.

When I saw the first category of banned transactions, everyone felt half cold. If it weren't for Bugalu and Dong Zhining, some people would have been unable to help but curse. I would never have thought that the Ming Dynasty would create a product category. The first category of banned transactions was exactly what everyone wanted the most.

Fox was also very disappointed, but when he turned to the third page of the booklet, his eyes lit up. This page is the catalog of the second type of goods. The catalog clearly records various cannons and musket models. What made him even more excited was that the price was only one-half of the same cannons in Europe. Compared with copper cannons, the price was only one-tenth of that of similar copper cannons.

At this time, Cromwell died several years ago. In order to revenge Cromwell's hatred for executing his father Charles I and seizing the throne, Charles II dug Cromwell's body out of the buried Westminster Temple in London and hanged it.

In order to eliminate Cromwell's influence and establish its prestige, Britain and the Netherlands fought for the maritime overlord. Britain first seized New Amsterdam, a colony of the Netherlands in North America. At this time, a large number of artillery was urgently needed in China. Britain itself lacked copper and had to use iron cannons instead. However, the quality of iron cannons was far inferior to that of copper cannons at this time. Only the quantity was used to win. If the quality of the Ming artillery was comparable to that of the British local production, it could be purchased from the Ming Dynasty. Although the profit margin was far less than that of silk, porcelain, spices, etc., the artillery was more powerful than the quality, and could be treated as a cargo for squeezing.

Fox hurriedly turned back and looked at other catalogs. The third category of product catalogs were the most. The porcelain, spices, silk and other items he had purchased before were all in the third category. He had made up his mind to stay with the cannons and see if he could negotiate with Bugat Road and conduct artillery test fire.

With the same purpose as Fox, White, France won Arts and Lorraine in the Thirty Years' War and became the new overlord of Europe. In order to consolidate its overlord position, it also needed to strengthen its arms.

If it were before last year, neither Fox nor White would have been tempted by the Ming Dynasty artillery. Although the Ming Dynasty was rich and the gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, would it be a firearm? It was better from Europe. The Portuguese had bought many firearms for the Ming Dynasty.

It was only last year that the Ming Dynasty fought against the Netherlands and Spain, which defeated the new and old European maritime overlords. Some information about the naval battle had been spread to Europe. It is said that the range of the Ming artillery was much higher than that of the Western and Dutch coalition forces, and thus achieved victory. European countries were naturally interested in the new artillery of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that everyone was interested in the booklet, Bugalu gently picked up the teacup and blew it lightly before saying, "Everyone, don't worry, you can take this booklet back and read it slowly. I will stay in Shanghai for a month. If you have any questions, you can ask me and have tea."

Everyone quickly picked up tea cups. There was no popular tea drinking in Europe at this time. At this time, the largest tea trade in later generations was only a few hundred dans exported to Europe every year. Most of them were bought and led some of their friends to drink. These people started drinking tea and became polite while drinking tea.

"You are kind to you, Lord Duke."

"It's great that sir can stay in Shanghai."

"I hope I can meet with the lord in the capital in the future."

...

After drinking the tea, everyone left one after another. Only Fox and White turned the carriage and returned to the county government. The two of them collided with each other at the door, both of them showed a look of surprise, but they were relieved immediately.

At this time, France was under the reign of King Louis XIV of the Sun. This young man, who is now only 25 years old, has ruled France for twenty-one years. If history has not changed, he will continue to rule France for fifty-one years until his death in 1715 and become the longest ruler in the world.

During the period when Cromwell was the king of guardianship, Charles II was in exile in France. After Charles II ascended the throne, relations between Britain and France quickly improved. In the second year of Charles II's ascension to the throne, that is, in the 18th year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty (1662 AD), Charles II sold an important port on the European continent, Dunkirk in the famous Dunkirk retreat during World War II to France for 400,000 pounds. Although the two countries had not formed an alliance, they were no different from their allies. Kers and White accidentally met and did not mean to avoid it. They talked for a few words and met Bugalu together.

Hearing that the British and French asked to see him together, Bugalu quickly brought him in. He had been away from Europe for more than 20 years and did not understand the situation in Europe. The information obtained by the Jinyiwei through European merchants was also unclear, and some were contradictory.

Before the fleet flew directly to Europe, of course, the more you know about Europe, the better. The reason why Bugat Road had to stay in Shanghai for a month was also an important factor. Originally, Feisusha was one of his best channels for understanding Europe, but the direct flight from Ming Dynasty Europe suffered the greatest losses for Portugal. Bugat Road was not easy to ask Feisusha. Through multiple verifications by Britain, France and other countries, more accurate information could undoubtedly be obtained.

After Fox and White met Buga Road, they immediately requested to watch the Ming artillery test firing.

Artillery is a second type of commodity, and is only sold to friendly countries and vassal states that have tribute relations with the Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty did not establish diplomatic relations with European countries, the only country that can be considered friendly is Portugal. Britain and France are not vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, nor are they considered friendly countries. According to regulations, the two countries are not qualified to apply for artillery purchases to the Ming Dynasty.

However, Wang Fu had long planned to sell arms to European countries. After the development of industry, the Ming Dynasty had already set a huge distance from Europe in terms of military technology. Taking the Red Barbarian cannon as an example, the largest cannon imported from Portugal to the Ming Dynasty, the price of the largest three thousand kilograms of artillery was as high as more than 5,000 taels of silver.

This price is not a random price. A three thousand kilogram cannon is worth one and a half tons of copper, and the price is as high as more than 1,500 taels. With the cost of casting cannons and freight, the Portuguese can guarantee about double the profit by selling more than 5,000 taels of silver.

However, now the Ming Dynasty replaced the same heavy steel cannon, and its performance was no less than that of the same weight of copper cannon. With the current steel price of the Ming Dynasty, the material fee was only 45 taels of silver, plus the casting cost and profit, the total amount was no more than 100 taels.

The Ming Dynasty will not sell it at this price for the time being. Even if it is sold at a price of 200 taels, it can still obtain more than double the excess profit, but in fact it is only one tenth of the price of Europeans casting by themselves.

Such high profits and price difference naturally have to be vigorously promoted to Europe. Every time a cannon was sold to European countries, the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to a free cannon. The court also increased taxes, workers received wages, factories received profits, which was simply the best deal.

The so-called friendly countries are nothing more than finding excuses to use the sale of arms to control the balance of European countries in the future. Just as Britain does not allow a unified country on the European continent, the Ming Dynasty will not allow the European continent to be unified. Once a country's strength is too strong, the Ming Dynasty does not need to send troops to intervene. It only needs to cut off the supply of artillery on the absolute side and dump the artillery on its enemy country at a low price, which can restrict the powerful countries.

Regarding the request of the two, Bugalu immediately agreed: "No problem, but it will take some time to prepare for the shooting test. You may as well come back in five days."
Chapter completed!