Officials are afraid of being involved and dying, which is a good thing, at least it proves that the imperial court still has deterrence and control over the localities.

However, Lin Yunwen's words, Liu Yu still didn't believe it. Such a big temptation is in front of us, and Japan's special trade policy under the lock-up of the country, 300 percent of the benefits can risk being hanged, not to mention the lure of a trade card?

"You really don't know? Or do you know but don't dare to say? Afraid of retaliation? ”

"Adult, villain really doesn't know."

Lin Yunwen lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Liu Yu, wondering if he naturally knew, it was all in the circle, and there was an impermeable wall in the world?

But the so-called Qin Hui still has three or five good friends. Lin Yunwen has a few friends in his trade circle, and there is a consensus in the circle, that is, it is best not to get involved with the government.

Once the government is involved, it is likely that everyone's jobs will be smashed.

The policy of the imperial court has always been one-size-fits-all.

Even if the policy is not one-size-fits-all, when the implementation of the subordinate envoys and governors is carried out, they will choose to be one-size-fits-all out of laziness and not wanting to take responsibility.

The above may be said to strictly check the contraband. When you get to the bottom, it may become that you are not allowed to go to sea, and there will be no smuggling of contraband?

At that time, of course, the smuggling of contraband will be gone, and the normal trade will probably stop.

Lin Yunwen said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring, and he said that he had read books, and he would not do this kind of thing. But in fact, he didn't do it, or he didn't have the ability to do it.

He has no ability, and someone has the ability to find a way to bypass the inspection and transport some contraband to Japan.

If anyone can transport it over, the people in the circle will give a thumbs up, praise for having ability, full of envy, and only hate that they are not very capable, and they can't steal it out.

But no one in the circle will point at his nose and scold the traitor.

Of course, Liu Yu didn't believe Lin Yunwen's words, and in fact, he didn't know the situation in Japan very well, but some truths are common to the world.

As far as Japan's current trade policy is concerned, there is obvious power rent-seeking, but all power rent-seeking, from Ningbo to London, is actually a hanging sample.

So he asked, "The country is so traded, and the number of trade cards issued is limited." Although there are regulations...... can say that they are not afraid of county officials, but only afraid of current management. If you want to get a trade card, you have to give a bribe, right? ”

"Yes, my lord. It's a bribe. This bribery also has to have a way, and it also has to find a scene. Please eat and drink first, and the brokers on the scene also clearly marked the price, taking one-eighth of the bribe, which is called passing the hand and getting wet. A letter card, to say the least, will cost a thousand taels of silver. ”

Liu Yu smiled when he heard this: "Then if you get war horses, military books, etc., don't you need bribes?" ”

Lin Yunwen thought that Liu Yu was deceiving himself again, but he couldn't see through how much Liu Yu knew for a while, and he was afraid that he would pretend not to know that Liu Yu would see through and think that he was deceived, so he made up his mind: What should be said is naturally said, as long as it is not specific, it should be fine.

Otherwise, if you take responsibility for others, but you trap yourself in, where is the reason?

"That's what my lord said. Not only did they not have to pay bribes, but they also had silver rewards and an extra letter card. ”

"Hmmm......"

verified his inference, this kind of officialdom is not much different in the world.

If Dashun also closes itself off from the country and issues trade licenses, whoever issues them will be able to become rich and rival the country, which is obvious. But all the approvals are the same.

If there is a requirement that you must get something, you will naturally not ask for a bribe again, but will come up with a reward, or even pay for it yourself.

As long as you get what you want from above, won't you still have the position of being in charge of trade cards in the future?

The trickle of water flows, how can there be anyone in the officialdom who doesn't understand this truth?

After a little thought, he asked, "What kind of goods do you usually handle?" What is the profit? Let's talk about the big ones. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yunwen is like a treasure.

"Back to the words of the adults. If you talk about bulk and high profits, one is mercury. In Ningbo, 40 taels and a load, and when you arrive in Nagasaki, you can sell it for 120 a load. Although the Dutch also traded, it was difficult for them to get mercury, so this mercury was in the hands of our merchants. ”

"Mercury? Well. Good. ”

The biggest use of mercury should be to refine silver, gold and other precious metals.

Mercury is so popular that it seems that Japan's silver mines are still depleted early, and the potential of Japan's precious metals is still huge. Otherwise, this mercury would not have sold so well.

Lin Yunwen didn't know Liu Yu's deep meaning, so he just thought that Liu Yu wanted to ask for some information, thinking that if he didn't say these things, others would say them, and he wouldn't hurt others, so he said a few more things.

"Beyond the mercury is ...... Well, it's the forbidden zinc rod and iron rod. The zinc rod is unique to our dynasty, and the iron rod is fought by the Dutch with us. It's also twice as profitable, but ordinary people can't get it, and they use it less. The Japanese kingdom has not fought in these years, and if it is like when there were many wars in the past, the benefits of the iron rod are higher. ”

"White sugar is a load and a half, and it can be sold for more than four taels in Nagasaki. It is mainly Taiwan's sugar, and a few years ago, there were incidents in Taiwan, and this sugar was much more expensive. Raw silk is also twice as profitable. ”

Liu Yu roughly knows that when it comes to mercury, it is actually enough.

Raw silk, white sugar, iron rods and so on, they are all well-known trade goods with Japan, but he is concerned about other things.

interrupted Lin Yunwen's words and asked, "What about porcelain?" ”

Speaking of porcelain, Lin Yunwen's face was a little ugly, and he shook his head and said, "Porcelain can't be sold." ”

"The villain's family had transported a batch of porcelain before, but after arriving in Nagasaki, the Japanese people had an order that foreign porcelain and pottery should not enter the port in the future. There is no way, and it can only be shipped back. ”

"The Japanese also burn porcelain now. The Dutch also bought porcelain from the Japanese. In the past, when the war in the south of the Yangtze River was chaotic, it was difficult for Westerners to buy porcelain from our dynasty, so the Japanese took the opportunity to burn porcelain, and the development was very fast. Although the quality is not as good as Jiangxi porcelain, it is cheaper. Nowadays, there are also people who buy porcelain in the Japanese country, come back to sell, or resell it to the Dutch. ”

Liu Yu, who listened, pinched his teeth and smacked the palm of his hand with the back of his hand: "What the fuck, you said such a good trade, why did you let the Japanese people get a piece of the pie?" Since the Dutch are also allowed to trade, what does it do with you? ”

"Back to your lordship...... Our merchants have their own letter plates, and the Dutch people have their own letter plates. It is said that the two do not affect. Privately, we also have agreements, such as the copper shipped back from Japan, we can't send it to Batavia. But whatever is beneficial, if you don't do it, someone else will do it. When it comes to trading, they all starve the bold and support the cowardly. ”

"The agreement was set, but there were still people who went to Batavia to transport copper. The Dutch merchant houses sold at a high price, so they sold them to local smugglers at the price of three cents of silver for the Dutch merchant houses. The Dutch say we don't keep our promises, and we have a lot of conflicts on weekdays. ”

Speaking of the Dutch, Lin Yunwen's face became ugly.

He doesn't understand the general trend, but he knows that the big deal of bubbles is getting more and more difficult to do now.

The front dynasty is fine.

Under the retreat, the Dutch were forbidden to trade, and not only did they invite merchants to Batavia, but they also gave more rewards.

Now that the customs are open, the Dutch also have commercial houses in Guangdong, and the Dutch's temper is much bigger than before, and their waists are much harder.

The joys and sorrows of people are not the same.

Those big traders who sit on the ground, and those who dump goods on the shore, make a lot of money one by one.

And those of them who run the sea and exchange their lives for money are not as good as the Dutch in terms of navigation, and they are not as good as the Dutch in terms of the South Sea routes.

The Dutch took the goods directly in the merchant house, and their attitude towards Chinese maritime merchants changed 180 degrees, and restrictions were everywhere, making it impossible to make a big deal at all.

I heard the elders say that in the previous dynasty, a boatload of raw silk and porcelain was transported to Batavia, and the Dutch wanted to offer it like their ancestors, and after receiving the goods, please eat and give gifts, please be sure to come again next time.

Now, it is said that when you go to Batavia, you can't even enter the port, and you will be stuck for ten days and eight days, and then you will die if you catch up with the typhoon.

The Dutch ships loaded directly in Guangdong, and the Chinese maritime merchants also loaded in Guangdong.

The Dutch are engaged in freight costs, which can force the whole of Europe to limit the Netherlands, and Chinese maritime merchants really can't compete with freight costs at all.

If you really engage in free trade, who dares to compare the cost of freight with the coachman at sea?

The East India Company still wants to make money on its own, and if it operates a little bit in the port, it will lose a lot of money.

The market share of Western Europe is so large, a boatload of porcelain and raw silk can never be sold to the natives of the South Seas, they can't afford it, and they can't use it so much.

In terms of trade with Japan, it also made maritime merchants like Lin Yunwen suffer a lot.

It turned out that if the Dutch wanted to sell raw silk to Japan, they needed to go through the hands of Fujian merchants, and the price was higher.

The Ningbo merchants set sail directly to Japan, and the price of raw silk was lower than that of the Dutch, so that the Dutch could not compete with the Ningbo merchants at all.

Now that the merchant hall is open, the raw silk obtained by the Dutch and the raw silk obtained by the Ningbo people are at the same price.

When they arrived in Japan, the original price advantage of the Ningbo merchants was gone, and the Dutch took a large share.

The Netherlands was monopolized by the East India Company, but where there was a monopoly, there were those who survived outside the monopoly, and Batavia certainly had private traffickers.

Some maritime merchants quietly shipped Japanese copper and Chinese silk to Batavia, hoping that the Dutch East India Company would eat meat, drink some soup for themselves, and trade privately with those Dutch private dealers at a lower price.

As a result, the Dutch East India Company was caught right, and took the opportunity to accuse the Chinese businessmen of breaking their promises, and took advantage of the situation to increase the restrictions on Chinese merchants who went to the South Seas.

There is no unanimity with the outside world, and the maritime merchants who run the South Seas and the East Seas have fought first.

The Nanyang Maritime Merchants accused the Oriental Maritime Merchants of violating the agreement made with the Dutch, resulting in the Dutch now being the neck of the Nanyang Maritime Merchants.

The Oriental maritime merchants scolded the Nanyang maritime merchants for their waste, saying that there was no excuse for the crime of wanting to add, and they couldn't compete with the Dutch for the freight costs, but they thought that the Oriental maritime merchants were harmed, so it wasn't the Dutch who found a reason?

After listening to Lin Yunwen's complaints, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing and said: "Who gave the confidence of the Nanyang maritime merchants to compare the cost of shipping with the Dutch?" If you can win it, then the sun will come out of the west. The small country of the Netherlands relied on freight costs to dominate for a while. If you don't do it, you should pay the tuition. ”

How can there be true free trade in this world?

Dashun can be good, but it is really treated equally, the big traders and big landlords on the shore have earned, and these maritime merchants are suffering.

When the gap is not big, you can still catch up, stimulate competition, and make progress together.

If the gap is big, then it's not that you're chasing me, but a one-sided slaughter.

It's easy to get the best of both worlds.

Heavier export duties for foreign businessmen.

Dashun does not have the worries of Western European mercantilism, which only wants to go out and does not want to enter. Silver...... Aren't they all delivered to your doorstep?

Western Europe should reduce export taxes and increase import taxes; Dashun should reduce or even exempt imports from taxes, increase taxes on direct purchases of goods by Westerners, and light taxes on domestic maritime merchants.

Liu Yu thought about what Dashun could import now, Vietnamese Siamse rice, munitions, and machinery...... It seems to be gone, this should be a tax-free thing, and it is relatively sold, so how much money is it? If the European cloth wants to defeat Matsue cloth, it may not be enough to give them another fifty years.

The cost of freight to engage in real free competition cannot be compared, and the tariff is increased differently.

When the time comes, Bao Zhun asked the Dutch to return to the attitude of the Ming Dynasty: when they saw the Nanyang maritime merchants going to Batavia, they should first invite them to dinner and give gifts.

The switch has been on for a few years, so that the Dutch don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and now it is shaking like this.

I really think of East Asia as a paradise for free trade, forgetting how I got mixed up in Europe and being tried to do everything I can, and crying that free trade and navigation on the high seas should be the time for international law.

The Dutch, who were themselves schizophrenic, set up an absolute monopoly East India Company, but shouted for free trade...... Then you should dismantle the East India Company, which had soldiers, artillery, and organization, and go to free trade.

Liu Yu feels that it is necessary to make the Dutch sober and realize that the world is not so beautiful. True free trade is only in a dream. Besides, I want to make money in Japan, and the trade volume was robbed by the Dutch, so it's okay? If you don't use the official position to do it, wouldn't you be such a big official for nothing?