"Another silver transport ship?" On the night of August 8, 1694, a merchant ship from Jiaozhou on the east coast had just been anchored.

The dock officials immediately received the relevant books sent by the captain. After a quick glance, sweat suddenly oozed out of his forehead. The reason was that the sailboat was loaded with gold and silver coins worth one million yuan, and there were also many copper pieces purchased from Japan as ballast, which forced people to raise their vigilance.

The dock officials quickly reported the information to the deputy director of the Port Authority Bureau who was on duty tonight. The deputy director did not dare to neglect it. He personally went to the nearby military camp and found Naoto Nozawa, the squadron leader stationed at the dock, and asked him to allocate personnel to help maintain order on the dock. Naoto Nozawa knew how powerful the matter was, and did not talk too much nonsense. He directly pulled more than 100 people in the squadron over and maintained order with the police on the dock to prevent idle people from approaching. At the same time, the expansion of the turret (built based on the destroyed Lai turret) also entered a state of combat readiness. The gunners widened their eyes and stared at the possible enemies on the sea, not daring to relax at all.

No one dares to take so many precious metals lightly! Once something happens, there are countless people who have to take responsibility from top to bottom, and even Jiang Yunfan, director of the Lianwu Management Committee far away in Wuzhou, has to bear leadership responsibilities!

"The second ship this year!" The deputy director of the Port Authority who had just gone to the ship lowered his voice and said, "The boxes of gold and silver coins are in total, more than one million, mainly gold. You know, the gold mines mined in Manchuria, Denlai and other places, and there are also gold obtained from trade. Well, there are many copper sheets and lead blocks, which are also valuable. Well, there are also a lot of leather in the cabin, such as minks, tiger skin, wolf skin, fox skin, bear skin, etc., as well as medicinal materials, books and craftsmanship. In short, this is a priceless treasure ship."

Naoto Nozawa, who heard the word "Treasure Ship" and suddenly laughed. He was not a native who knew nothing. In fact, he has been actively learning Chinese in his spare time and trying to read books, magazines and newspapers. Knowledge, especially new knowledge, is recorded in Chinese. It is not enough to understand Japanese alone. Although he can guess, there are problems after all, so it is better to study hard, which is also beneficial to his career.

The first time he heard the word "Treasure Ship" was in a geography magazine. The magazine seemed to have gone bankrupt after a few issues. The last issue neared the bankruptcy told the story of the Spanish Treasure Ship fleet more than a hundred years ago. Naoto Nozawa read it and was very fascinated by the pirates who traverse the Caribbean Sea and attacked the Treasure Ship fleet. Today, when the deputy director of the Port Authority mentioned that the ship in front of him was a Treasure Ship, he carefully compared it and found that it was really.

However, compared with the Spaniards, the East Coast people have much more awesome treasure ships. Not only is it larger in tonnage, but it also has the dual power of steam and sails. Although it has lost a lot of space because it has to carry coal, its mobility and flexibility are unparalleled. If the pirate ship does not have the luck of the heavens, I really can't catch them. I dare to run away to Wufeng. Do you dare?

Therefore, the treasure ships of the East Coast people always act alone, because a ship can load most of the supplies, and it is very safe. There is no need to equip professional naval warships for the whole process. But one thing is that when the power is turned off, the head and tail anchors are dropped, and they cannot move in the short term. It is the most dangerous time. At this time, it is also the busiest time for the port and the garrison. They have to block the news while actively deploying defenses and make every effort to ensure the safety of the ships.

"I can understand the gold coins. They are currency made of gold minting from mining and trade. But is it necessary to carry silver?" Nozawa Naoto held a samurai sword and glanced at the surroundings with a vigilant gaze, asking softly.

"I heard from my relatives in Ningbo that the taxes and equity dividends in the accounts of the East Coast Agricultural Bank and Taiwan Bank. Over the years, even if some investment is removed, there are still a lot left. The two banks transported some silver dollars back to the local area according to regulations. Of course, Ning Shao and Denglai still retained enough cash." The deputy director looked around and said mysteriously: "There is too much money in the bank vault, so transport some to the local area."

"This..." Naoto Nozawa was a little puzzled after hearing this, and then a little dazed. In recent years, the trade volume between the local government and the Far East has increased significantly, and the trade deficit has decreased. In addition, the banking system has begun to penetrate into all aspects of society. Various types of deposits have surged a lot, and even anonymous accounts with unknown identity have calculated the amount of funds required for daily business transactions and reserved a large amount of reserve funds. The two banks unanimously decided to withdraw some of the cash bank and transport it back to the local government and hand it over to the head office for proper disposal, preservation and appreciation.

Another thing worth noting here is that the local government has begun to collect certain taxes from the Far East vassals, which seems to mean a subtle change in policies. Once upon a time, the basic policy formulated by the central government was that the Far East vassals' finances would be self-sponsored, and even subsidized many physical objects, such as machinery, weapons and ammunition, books and medicines, etc. In addition, many technologies were transferred free or low-priced, and the Navy costs were borne, etc. These were all a lot of money. The Far East vassals only needed to ensure that they provided sufficient number of immigrants to the local government, so that everything would be fine.

Later, with the prevalence of commercial trade represented by Taiwan Bank, the Far East vassals added another task, which was to ensure trade between China and the east coast. The prevalence of trade naturally led to a significant increase in the fiscal revenue of each vassal, and gradually reached the point where local subsidies were no longer needed, they could use money to buy the Ningshao Development Team, especially the richest Ningshao Development Team. Their fiscal revenue was so high that they could build large-scale projects within the country and complete various infrastructure projects. At the same time, they deeply interfered in the situation of King Lu, Zheng, and Heshun, Guangdong, which shows their wealth.

In view of this, after a fierce debate, the local area began to try to collect certain taxes in the Ningshao and Denglai vassals. The quantity is not very large, but the symbolic significance is very strong, because this means that after decades of operation, the two overseas colonies of Ningshao and Denglai have changed from negative assets that require continuous investment to benign assets that can continuously produce and earn more. In this case, the amount of immigrant population is no longer a particularly important matter, and the steadily rising tax revenue is the biggest highlight.

Now some local people are looking here with an interest-filled look, seeing that these two relatively good-economic colonies can rely on the rich and vast mainland Chinese market to gradually strengthen themselves, and eventually become the most high-ranking existence in the economic map of the East Coast Republic of China.

Of course, in Ningshao, there are some small problems in tax collection and technical problems. That is, these two places are the East Coast territory, enforce the East Coast laws, and pay taxes to the central government. So is it enough to give them a certain political status? This is a very sensitive issue and has caused a lot of controversy in the local area. After all, the people living on these lands are the same species as those of the East Coast, and are still different from other colonies.

Ning Shao and the people of Denglai also have reason to question this. We have contributed taxes to the entire country, so should we join the entire family? They can even use British North American colonies as an example. Now, in addition to normal import and export tariffs, there is almost no tax in the local area, so the locals are open to the lack of political rights. But once you want to collect taxes normally, do you want to allow us to elect MPs and participate in politics in London? Not allowed? That means you are blatantly discriminating against us and exploiting us, and you can only resort to force!

Therefore, this is a very sensitive issue and a very realistic issue. The Executive Committee’s official has not yet reached a unified opinion on this, and the tax collected now may be abolished in the future. In short, there is great uncertainty. But no matter what, these things show that the role played by the Far East vassals has changed to a certain extent. It is no longer a simple immigration export place. Its role in economic, political and military has begun to gradually emerge, that is, to ensure local trade, provide taxes, attract outstanding talents from the mainland, curb mainland unification, etc. In short, the role has begun to develop towards comprehensive development. This requires the new generation of leaders to look at it with a new perspective, and can no longer ignore it as before.

"The mainland is really a treasure house!" Nozawa Naoto sighed and said, "Not only are there many talents, but this product is also extremely abundant. In the future, it will definitely become a rich and powerful place."

"Actually it's not that exaggerating. The world is so big. Mainland China is indeed a rich and vast place, but are the products in other places not rich? Are they not rich?" The deputy director of the Port Authority replied: "Look at Lai, but a port city, and there are many taxes collected every day. People of all kinds are gathering here, and a large amount of rice, fruits, vegetables, wood, and spices are produced nearby. Look at Dongyin in the west.

The Archipelago is even more amazing. The Dutch East India Company has only controlled a part of it and is already rich. Look at India, where there are many people and produce all kinds of businesses that you can imagine or cannot imagine. Isn’t it rich? I heard that the amount of gold our country receives in India every year exceeds the total of the New China Island and the Tieling Gold Mine in China. Although China is large, it is only part of the Far East, and we are focusing on the whole world."

After hearing what the deputy director said, Naoto Nozawa was a little excited. Yes, the world is very big. We should not only look at the situation in one place, but have a global perspective. Specifically, we are trying to digest that the Lai-controlled area is now a puppet, and we obey the East Coast. The local population has also been forcibly moved away. Many immigrant populations have been continuously increased, changing the local population proportion, and then slowly expanding to the surrounding area, harvesting trees, planting food, capturing fisheries, mining minerals, and creating wealth for the country and ourselves.

There is Malacca after the end of the country, and there is also northwestern India, Bahrain, and the Swasili coast of East Africa. Oh, by the way, there are many rich islands in the vast Pacific Ocean! Especially in the South Pacific, countries have developed those islands more and more deeply in recent years, with a large number of tropical outputs, and the trend of economic rise is becoming more and more obvious. Some people have joked that those islands are the "Caribbean Islands" of the East Coast Republic of China.

Look, look, what a world this is! It is completely waiting for us to conquer, colonize, acquire wealth, and spread! Now other countries are either in a daze or powerless manner, and no one or power can stop us from doing all this! So what else can hesitate? Work hard and let go!
Chapter completed!