"Your Excellency Governor, you must have heard it wrong. I am talking about compensation."

Masdalu also said in horror.

If these three parties join together, there will be no place for them to stand on the entire sea. Even if they add up Portugal or even Spanish warships in the East, they will not be able to defeat this alliance. Moreover, there are Dutch merchant ships, so the Ming Dynasty did not have to worry about not being able to sell the goods, but then the Portuguese would be finished.

It has been getting worse over the years.

After all, their glory has passed long ago. The Dutch are now the boss at sea, and even the newly emerging Britain is stronger than them. The Portuguese's advantage is to make early arrangements, especially with the special trading post of Macau. After all, they are the only Europeans who have been allowed to trade legally by the Ming Dynasty. But if the governor kicks them away and chooses to cooperate with the Netherlands and then joins the pirates to attack them, the Portuguese will be expelled from the East within two years.

They didn't even have the power to resist.

These three parties are invincible on this sea.

He could only surrender.

"Did I hear it wrong?"

Yang Xin asked Li Dan.

"The governor probably heard it wrong, and I also heard from him that it was compensation."

Li Dan quickly said with a certainty.

"That's really wrong. Let's let him go. Since Mr. Masdalu said compensation, let's seriously discuss the amount of compensation, considering the losses of my warships, the pension for soldiers' casualties, the treatment of injured soldiers, the pension for disabled soldiers, the loss during the battle, the mental losses of me and the coastal military and civilians, the fine for your illegal behavior, etc.

Fixed price.

Two million taels won’t make you embarrassed, right?”

Governor Yang said sincerely.

"Governor General, we don't have so much silver."

Masdalu also said with tears in his eyes.

"Don't lie to me. There are a total of five million pesos on your ship. These silvers are enough to pay compensation. However, since you still have to buy goods, I am not going to let you cut off your livelihoods. Therefore, you can take out two million pesos as compensation in the first period, and pay the remaining within ten years. Since this time it is of your government, this compensation is paid by the King of Portugal. Therefore, the remaining part is added to the goods exported to Portugal in the future. As for how your merchants resolve the fine with your king, it is your own business."

Yang Xin said.

Of course, the main reason is that they still have to pay the previous two million.

If they were asked to compensate them all at once, I'm afraid the Portuguese in the East would go bankrupt.

Therefore, this kind of thing about cutting the money must be steadily flowing. They will bring them five million pesos to get two million, and the rest will be collected slowly as surcharges. In fact, it should be borrowed from banks. But now the banking industry in the Ming Dynasty is too primary, so they have to give up this promising way of playing for the time being.

"Governor General..."

Masda Road also struggled dyingly.

"Trag him out and chop him, immediately arrest all Portuguese crew members in Macau, cancel the Portuguese's right to reside and trade in Macau, order the fleet to block the Taiwan Strait, and then any Portuguese merchant ships will be sunk!"

Yang Xin shouted in Portuguese.

The soldiers in front of the door looked at him in a daze.

But Mashidalu also collapsed directly on the ground, and then cried there like a loss of his parents.

"Cry, you have to give me money even if you cry!"

Governor Yang said.

If you don’t give two million, you can grab the five million.

More than five million pesos, 27 grams per one, and more than three million taels, this huge sum of money was shipped to the capital. It is estimated that his old man was happy and his face was full of old folds. However, it would be bad to fish in the end. In this way, the Portuguese would go bankrupt in large quantities. Similarly, the exports in Guangzhou will plummet this year. Those merchants are waiting for the Portuguese to spend money, and eating alone is not good. Moreover, once the Portuguese attack is too bad and cannot recover in the short term, the Dutch will have no competitors. They will definitely take the opportunity to suppress the Portuguese and make them unable to turn over. The British will not be able to make it through in the short term, so maritime trade will be controlled by the Dutch.

This is not good for the Ming Dynasty either.

The most taboo thing about doing business is to have one purchaser.

With the Portuguese competing with the Dutch, it will be much easier to operate on the Ming Dynasty.

When the Portuguese were no longer able to do so, the British happened to arrive and take over the baton. During this period, the Ming Dynasty's own maritime transportation power grew.

Masdalu also staggered and walked away crying.

"Then General Gao Wenlu, it's time to talk about your compensation."

Yang Xin said to the remaining pig.

"Your Excellency the Governor, we are also victims."

Gao Wenlu said hurriedly.

"This does not change the fact that you have made a mistake. Since you have made a mistake, you will be compensated. Of course, you can compensate less and more flexible. First of all, your total compensation is one million taels, but you are allowed to pay 200,000 Dukat for the first time.

There are two ways to keep the rest.

The first is to increase taxes, which will be paid through tax increases in the next ten years.

Second, use rice.

When you come from the Southeast Asian Games, we will discount the price according to the Guangdong market price, but the minimum capacity of the Ming Dynasty is 100,000 stones per year. Of course, you can do more. In short, the transportation volume must be completed within ten years, and we can give you discounts and exemptions for ship taxes according to previous regulations."

Yang Xin said.

"Of course we are transporting rice."

Gao Wenlu said without hesitation.

Rice is not valuable in Java at all. It is produced at least three seasons a year, and they do not need to purchase it. They just need to force the natives to hand it over to them. Moreover, they only transported spices and other goods from the merchant ships north of Java. More than a dozen Chinese merchant ships there every year. These merchant ships are loaded with spices. Most of them go north with only silver. The next step is to load these ships on rice.

“Yes, but the first one must be paid.”

Yang Xin said.

"Then our trade?"

Gao Wenlu said tentatively.

"The imperial edict will take some days. After all, it is too far from the capital. If you are anxious to trade, then my centipede fleet will carry you to Xin'an for transactions. Then these centipede fleets will be transported to Boliao Island. If Your Majesty can approve you to live in Hong Kong Island, then I will rent it there to you. The annual rent of 10,000 taels of silver is mine. As long as your Majesty agrees, everything is up to me. Of course, you have to pay taxes in business, and everything is in accordance with Macau."

Yang Xin said.

"No problem, but we still need to hire locals."

Gao Wenlu said.

"That's up to you. As long as you honestly abide by the Ming Dynasty laws, we welcome any foreign businessmen. It just so happens that those under me are too crowded in Macau. Next, I am going to move to part of Hong Kong Island."

Yang Xin said.

The two of them agreed on everything.

The rest will be given the emperor's imperial edict, but this is definitely fine.

"As for Mr. Li..."

Yang Xin looked at Li Dan.

The latter hurriedly stood up and waited for Governor Yang to give in.

Governor Yang pressed his hand and signaled him to sit.

"Mr. Li, whether it is Hong Kong, Macau, or Guangzhou, you can go over to trade, but I still recommend that you go to Macau and Hong Kong. After all, you don't have to worry about officials exploiting these two places. Your tax rate is slightly lower than theirs according to the merchants in the country, but I don't want to see your smuggling again. In addition, if you are interested, you can bring your son or grandson over, and I will find him an official position in the Jinyiwei to serve the emperor in the capital."

Yang Xin said.

"Thank you for your support from the Governor."

Li Dan quickly bowed with gratitude and said.

This is actually a hostage, but this is not a bad thing for him. After all, he still longs for his descendants to be officials. He is now in his sixties, so he cannot always do this. His son Li Guozhu can take over his job and do business, but if there is another official in the capital, it will definitely be a great thing for the Li family.

Just a hostage. If the emperor wants his descendants to be hostage, it means that the emperor really takes a fancy to the Li family.

"Also, if possible, I hope your merchant ships will load rice as much as possible when they come back. It would be even better if they can transport it to the north. I will also reduce taxes for merchant ships transporting rice in Tianjin and Dengzhou's customs in Tianjin."

Yang Xin said.

"It may not be easy to trade rice from Japan, and there is not much food in Japan."

Li Dan said carefully.

"Then I have a good suggestion. Since you are from Fujian and you also operate a Taiwan route, why don't you hire Fujianese to go to Taiwan to reclaim land and plant rice? Even the Danshui area is enough for two seasons a year. You can reclaim land and plant rice in Danshui and then transport it north. In Dengzhou, I will purchase it according to the market price. The profit is not low if you sell the rice alone, let alone the profit of tax cuts and the return transportation of other goods?"

Yang Xin said.

Li Dan is really capable of doing this job.

At present, the Li family's business is mainly managed by his son Li Guozhu. Li Guozhu's smuggling base is in Chiayi. Their pirate fleet may come from there. In other words, the Li family has their base in Taiwan, and as Fujianese, they can easily recruit poor people. Their fleet can also provide transportation lines across the straits. It can be said that all the conditions are met, just doing it or not. As long as Li Dan is willing to do it, he will be able to transport Taiwanese rice to Tianjin along the Hei Tide route next year. The north will definitely continue to have a rice price of more than one or two taels in the future, which can also ensure that this kind of trade has sufficient profits.

After all, Governor Yang is not letting go of any possibility of increasing the food supply in China, especially in the north.

Silver is not important.

The silver cannot be eaten. During the famine, many people starved to death by guarding gold and silver. At that time, no matter how much silver was, it was not as good as a bowl of rice.

"The governor's plan is good. I will go back and make arrangements now."
Chapter completed!