Finally, Xia Xiaoou, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance, announced that the total budget amount of "Operation Changfeng" is 300,000 taels of silver, because the budget details cannot be determined, and the budget cannot be submitted to the Federal Senate for approval, so this fund is temporarily advanced by the "Northbound Fund" and financial management.

Yu Hewei, chief executive officer of the "Northbound Fund" and deputy minister of the Federal Ministry of Finance, informed the major companies that the current budget amount of the "Changfeng Operation" is equivalent to the total trade profits of the major companies in two months, although this money is not spent at one time, but it has obviously exceeded the original budget of the Ministry of Finance, and if there is no additional increase in taxes, the Federal Ministry of Finance will open up another revenue channel. Guaranteed by business tax and other taxes for the next few years, the bonds are subscribed by major companies, and the specific operation matters are handled by the board of directors of the "Northbound Fund......

On the morning of June 23, a low whistle sounded from the sea near Sinanseong, and everyone on the beach who heard it knew that it was the arrival of the Australians' big iron ship.

Soon, many people gathered in the square outside the Blue Wharf, in addition to the natives of the Loka tribe, there were also the citizens of Dili City and the natives of the nearby tribes, these people were basically the labor force who came to the Blue Wharf to earn money for loading and unloading.

Every time the Nicole arrives, it's so lively---- the crowd is interspersed with all kinds of small traders and vendors, mainly selling food and porters' needs, such as tapioca cakes, bamboo weaving tools, straw sandals and ropes.

Today, on the streets on either side of the Doge's Palace, there are rows of modest wooden houses, all of which were shops built by the citizens of Dili City and merchants from overseas, selling all kinds of goods on consignment.

At present, the permanent "free population" of Sin'an has reached about 5,000 people, and it is clear that this population does not include the officers and soldiers of the garrison and the trade labor force in the naturalized battalion.

Most of these "free people" were local tribal natives, a quarter of whom belonged to the Loka tribe, and a small number of merchants and civilians from the ports of Kupang, Ambon, Batavia, Makassar, Dili and Oecussi.

In addition, there is a large floating population in Xin'an City on weekdays, the number of which is about half of the resident "free population", most of these people are natives from the nearby jungle, and a small number are poor people from Dili City, these people go to the city during the day to earn money and leave in the evening.

Because there are indeed many opportunities to earn money to eat---- in addition to the construction site requires a lot of labor, an average of two to three ships of different sizes arrive at the Blue Wharf from the open sea every week, and for these laborers, the arrival of merchant ships not only brings business opportunities for the purchase and sale of various goods, but also employment and handling and other job opportunities, people here can not only earn two meals a day, but also earn extra silver.

As the fame of Sian Ann grew, the merchant ships that flanked at the Blue Pier of Si An began to diversify--- most of them from the Dutch-controlled port of Kupang and the Portuguese Oecussi at the western tip of the island, and some from the unknown indigenous port of Sulawesi in the north, and the Dutch trading base ---- Makassar.

In addition, there were occasional merchant ships from the relatively distant distances of Batavia, Ambon and Ternat, and these ships brought a wide variety of goods, including a variety of raw materials and semi-finished products that were urgently needed by Australians.

Therefore, whenever a merchant ship docked, the dock officials stationed in the Governor's Palace, usually a few Chinese or Japanese, would appear on the dock pier, and they would first come on board the ship to inspect the loaded goods, and carefully count the types and quantities of goods on board.

If you bring goods that Australians need, such as grain, various wood, semi-finished products of various metal materials, dyes, selected minerals and medicines, etc., Australians will buy them immediately at a fair price.

If there was no cargo on board that the Australians needed, the Governor's House departed after carefully counting the variety and quantity of cargo.

If you are a new captain, you will be surprised to find that --- dock officials are here purely to see the goods, not to collect benefits at all, especially if the goods you bring are not interesting to the Australians, and they turn around and leave, so it is entirely up to you whether you leave or continue to go ashore to do business, and the Australians will not interfere.

Of course, once you do business, taxes are inevitable.

If you bring goods that are favored by Australians, the merchant will also need to pay a sales tax of 5% on the gross sales after selling the goods on the spot to the Australian's trade representative.

Then you can take the silver safely and freely, without any unspoken rules and extra, unpredictable expenditures on the part of the Doge's Palace.

When you have done the trade with the Australians, if you have other goods, of course, you can also sell them at the port, but it depends on your own ability and luck, after all, everything is still in the embryonic stage of this city, and it is not a traditional consumer city, and many traditional goods are not marketable here---- for example, the originally priceless coral here is completely unmarketable, unless you bring this kind of goods to Dili City to sell.

In any case, the merchants are very free to do business in Xin'an City, you can do business with local merchants and wandering speculators, no one cares about you, and no forces such as "guilds" suddenly appear to exert all kinds of restrictions and pressure on you, and no one dares to blackmail you.

When you are ready to leave after selling your goods, you need to report to the officer on duty on the dock trestle, and the soldier on duty will notify the dock officer to come on board again and check if your goods have been sold, how much you have sold, or what new goods have been bought, and of course, there will be no double taxation on goods previously sold to Australians.

The Australian will then calculate the total amount of the transaction based on the average market price, and then apply a 5% transaction tax, and then you will be free to leave.

Before leaving, Australians will smile and say to you: You are welcome to come back next time.

In addition, when you encounter a financial dispute, you can go to the Governor's Palace and ask for a ruling, and the Governor will give a fair judgment, and the most important thing is that it is impossible to bribe the Governor and his men with money.

Therefore, due to the above circumstances, for the first-time maritime merchants who came here to do business, the taxes in Xin'an City were surprisingly low, and the security and business environment were surprisingly good, so after they went back and forth to the city a few times, many powerful merchants usually sent a cronie to stay here to do various buying and selling business.

All these merchants had to do was report to the Doge's Palace and pay the money for the purchase of the land, and they would be given a small piece of private land in the city--- the kind of freehold, and then you could build a shop on the land and open it for business.

Of course, there are also taxes on the merchants, and the Governor's Mansion will levy a property land tax of 3% every three months based on the value of the land where your shop is located and the average value of the nearby properties, and there will be no taxes at all.

It is clear that in this era, Sinanseong has an extremely relaxed business environment, which has the consequences of a virtuous circle.

In short, in this era of Nanyang, whether for the rich or the poor, to do business in this Australian city to make a living, not only low taxes, but also very safe, the business environment here is relaxed and clear, the economy is becoming more and more prosperous, the market is becoming more and more active, and soon, this reputation will spread throughout the Nanyang.

At the same time, the prosperity of Sinanseong has also benefited Dili City, which is only three kilometers away.