That night, the Sulu Royal Palace was lit up all night, and Prime Minister Suharbi personally went to the gold and silver craftsmen to inspect it, and finally confirmed that the Australian gold and silver were indeed in excellent condition.

In this case, it seems that we can only talk about it again, and strive to talk about the two-percent discount, no way, who makes the gold and silver of the family of high purity......

Cheng summoned Haluban and Zheng Fu overnight, and ordered them to negotiate early tomorrow morning, first of all, to tell the Australians that this forty percent was indeed too fierce, and Sulu promised to allow one percent of the preferential treatment, and give zero tariffs and exemption from regulations and random inspections.

The prime minister also ordered the two to make a list of price details overnight to determine the transaction details such as the acceptance, fineness, quantity and price of Australian bulk goods......

At noon on the second day, on the pier of the port of Holo, the representative of the Sulu State Haluban and the Australian Federal Trade Representative Zhu Beiguo finally reached a trade agreement orally, and the formal agreement will be signed within a few days.

This agreement stipulates that on the basis of the terms of the agreement reached in the previous period, it is clear that Sulu will provide all kinds of goods to Australia at 8% of the current market price.

The eighteen-percent discount was also recognized by Lao Ba and Yu He of the Red Mansion, and the two finally accepted Zhu Beiguo's opinion.

The latter believes that it is better not to be in a hurry, both sides give a step to facilitate future business exchanges, and now the trade negotiations have dragged on for a long time, and the family is also waiting for these laborers, anyway, this trip down to harvest a lot, so just see it and take it.

Everyone also thinks so, in fact, the preferential treatment of the eighteen party is also very good, after all, the other party promises zero tariffs and zero trade barriers, and there are no taxes and fees such as silver, so as long as the two sides reach an effective trade agreement first, with this good start, and the future is long, our strategic goal is long-term, don't worry too much about the small gains and losses in front of us.

Of course, according to this agreement, the purchase of goods in the Australian Commonwealth can only be carried out through the comptoirs appointed by the State of Sulu.

The agreement also stipulates that these terms will apply to all future Commonwealth of Australian-flagged vessels trading at the port of Jolo.

In order to prevent criminals from pretending to be Australian federal ships, the port of Holo will be registered with the Australian federal trade ships, and the first batch of registered ships are currently only Nicole and Pride, and after the Sulu country returns Xue Laixiang's ships, the Xue family's fleet will also be registered as Australian federal ships.

Xue Lai was so excited that he wanted to sing on the trestle, but of course he finally held back.

Xue Laixiang knew very well that he had indeed hugged a golden thigh thicker than an elephant's leg, and his business in Nanyang would make a comeback in the future......

On July 11, 1657, the Kingdom of Sulu and the Commonwealth of Australia finally reached a historic trade agreement on paper.

In the afternoon of the same day, the two sides formally exchanged official texts stamped with large seals, and the agreement was written in both Sulu and Chinese.

Since it was a secret agreement, there was no public signing ceremony, and the place where the signature and seal were signed and sealed was also at the respective office location.

Despite this inconvenience, from the pier trestle to the palace in Holo City, the entire round-trip signing and stamping of the two sides was very smooth, and Zhu Beiguo thought that such an arrangement was worth celebrating.

The main reason is that when stamping, the two sides took the documents back and stamped them separately, otherwise the Zhubei Congress would feel very embarrassed.

Because the large seal of the "Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Trade Representative" stamped on the silk cloth of the agreement was temporarily engraved with a piece of soap!

It is common sense that carving seals requires calligraphy foundation, although Dr. Zhu's calligraphy has been practiced after crossing, but if it is put in this era, it is still impossible to see, but this kind of thing of carving on soap must not be entrusted to Xue Laixiang to do, because it is really impossible to lose this person and it is too child's play.

So Zhu Beiguo had no choice but to do it himself, and in the end, he carved out a hurry.

Fortunately, the piece of soap that belongs to the supermarket material is a good soap, the quality is delicate, and the lettering is very easy, although the words on it are a little unsightly.

But Brother Zhu forcibly explained that no matter how strange the font on the seal is, it will be regarded as normal by people.

Everyone is speechless about this, but it's hard to say anything, in case anyone is not convinced and beeps out, Brother Zhu will say that you can do it! Isn't that uncomfortable for yourself......

In comparison, the big seal of Sulu is much more magnificent, the huge red seal seal is very beautiful, and the seal is also large, obviously using a stone seal such as a jade seal.

Compare the seal on your side, small size, ugly font and no style, not to say, when stamping because of the wrong force, almost cracked the piece of soap, the Australian seal is not only small, it seems that the font is really not good, in short, in terms of effect, it is simply not eye-catching......

Anyway, judging from the slightly disdainful eyes of the eunuch of the Sulu State palm seal, the little red seal of the Australian Federation next to the jade seal of the Sulu State is indeed a little down.

An hour after the text exchange was completed, the deck pole of the Nicole began to lift the supermarket supplies from the cabin to the deck of the Pride docked beside it, and then the Pride returned to the pier trestle, where more than 100 Sulu soldiers were already waiting there with flat burdens, baskets, and wooden boxes.

The two sides paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, and from the morning to the sunset, more than 3,000 pieces of supermarket materials of all sizes were delivered in turn.

In the end, the bulk commodities were delivered: eleven tons of white sugar and nearly 800 kilograms of sweet potato wine in glass bottles—and after bargaining, the Sulu nation paid a total of 259,000 taels of silver for all the goods brought out by the fleet.

So far, plus the 200,000 taels of silver compensated in the early stage, this trip to sea has earned a total of 459,000 taels of silver.

Of course, the 100,000 taels of it are the start-up capital that was said to be given to Xue Laixiang.

As for Xue Laixiang's situation, the Red Mansion side was very interested, and sent a telegram a few days ago suggesting that close trade ties should be established with Xue Laixiang and that he should become our trade agent in the South Seas, especially in the South China Seas.

Of course, no one disagrees with this opinion, and it is also very realistic, and now whether it is the right time and place, the combination of the two sides is a matter of course.

In fact, as Xue Laixiang himself, as early as the day he boarded the Nicole, he had already made up his mind to die with the Australians.

The initial idea was simple - the other party was extremely powerful, and then it came spontaneously that he felt that he was deeply favored and could not repay it.

A few days later, he had a deep conversation with his brother-in-law Huang Zhiyan and accepted his opinion: recognize Gu Jin as his godfather, and be Gu Jin's righteous son for life.

It is said that the first person who came up with this idea was Huang Zhiyan, the brother-in-law of the Xue family who was saved by Dr. Dai Xiaoshan with expired penicillin injection and expired anti-inflammatory drugs.

Especially the communication with Duan Leyue, because he was on the Nicole.

As soon as the doctor was free, he went to the cabin to check his body, and then began to chat with each other, Dr. Duan seemed to be very interested in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, especially about the life of ordinary people, and it was even more detailed.

Huang Zhiyan also answered truthfully one by one, of course he didn't know that Dr. Duan was also on a mission, but in fact, this was arranged by Captain Gu and came from the intelligence mission specifically entrusted by Zhu Beiguo.

Many of these questions were asked by Duan Leyue on behalf of Zhu Beiguo, so every day after Dr. Duan finished chatting with Huang Zhiyan, he had to write a briefing and hand it over to Captain Gu, and these briefings would eventually be handed over to Zhu Beiguo for archiving.

Another secret thing is that Zhu Beiguo will also ask Xue Laixiang and his companions about the same type of questions to see if there are any contradictions in their answers, and if so, to find out the source of the contradictions.

Obviously, the purpose of this is not simple, in addition to obtaining first-hand information, there is also a tacit function - to test the character of these two people.