Soon, the Nicole's large cabin on the ground floor was on display, filled with glassware and fine sugar and spirits, and the precious goods were crudely stacked in the hold in a distressing way, much to the surprise of the Portuguese merchants, who felt as if the Australians did not care so much about these priceless goods.

In addition to glassware, there are packets of white sugar and jars of sweet potato spirits.

As for white sugar, Pimont was not very concerned at the beginning, although in the Far East, the market price of white sugar is very high, no, the price of white sugar is very high all over the world, and it is not as good as the quality of Australians, but white sugar is about 30 to 50 taels of silver a load of wholesale price, on this ship, there are about 1,000 or more taels of white sugar, so a total of 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, obviously compared with glassware, a fraction.

However, Sun Lao later reminded him that he should not underestimate the commodity of white sugar, compared with luxury goods such as glassware, white sugar is a bulk consumable, and the audience of the commodity is large, and if the trade volume is large, it will become a trade product that affects the world.

Sun Lao also confidently said to Pimont that the white sugar of the Australians will eventually go to the world, this time it is only a small batch of experimental sales, if the Governor is willing, you can completely build a sugar cane plantation after the recovery of Timor, in that case, you will make a fortune......

Sun Lao's words were immediately noticed by the duchess next to him, Xu Zhi's translation voice did not fall, the duchess said on the spot that she also wanted to build a sugarcane plantation, she also said that the climate of Timor Island is also very suitable for the growth of sugarcane, if the two sides work closely, from sugarcane to sugar, it will definitely become a big business.

Sun Lao couldn't help but admire the duchess's words in his heart, and Pimont also thought deeply when he heard it, and he said on the spot that he wanted to explore ways of cooperation, or simply invest in shares.

In short, Pimont has now unconsciously regarded himself as a business agent for Australians, and he is now fully committed to the promising cause of being a comprador for Australians.

As expected, there was a problem with the funds of the Portuguese merchants in Macau, who really wanted to eat the whole shipload, but in the face of the goods of nearly 500,000 taels of silver, everyone's funds immediately became stretched - this is the result of the Australians giving up part of the price.

The Australians proved to be good at business, and some of the expensive glassware, and some of the concessions made the gentlemen, including the Governor of Buganoau and the councillors, guilty, but even so, the gentlemen, including the finest sugar and the peculiar sweet potato wine, had to admit that they could not afford it alone.

And the Australians have long made it clear that the goods will never be owed on credit, and the money will be paid with one hand and the delivery will be delivered with the other.

So, the group of gentlemen began to scratch their ears and cheeks when they looked at these goods, which symbolized wealth and profit.

At this time, Pimont proposed that other businessmen in the city of Macau should be involved, since we can't eat alone, then for the benefit of Macau, then we should "open the door and equal opportunities", there are many benefits of this, such as the tax revenue of the Governor's Palace of Bugano, which will also reap a lot, in Macau, no, in the ports of the world, the taxes of foreign businessmen are much higher than those paid by ourselves, as soon as this remark came out, the scene suddenly fell into a kind of strange silence......

At this time, Sun Lao Rang took Xu Zhi to be the translator, and said to the Governor of Bugano, "Gentlemen, you can buy as much as you can, please do what you can, although there are a lot of goods on the ship, but we do not plan to sell them all to you, because the trade object of our trip is not Macao.

Sun Lao asked Xu Zhi to announce that this is only the first stop, and after the delivery of the silver goods in Macau is completed, we will also go to Dayuan Island, where there are Dutch merchants.

In addition, our fleet also has to go to Penghu Jinxia near Dayuan Island to do business, where the Zheng family is of the same culture as us, and they are all Han maritime merchants, so please let Your Excellency the Governor know your businessman, and put forward a purchase list as soon as possible.

"There are also Han businessmen in Macau, and they are also Han people of the same language and race as mentioned by Your Excellency the President, if you are willing, please let these Han businessmen join them."

Hearing this, Governor Bugano almost blurted out to Sun Lao.

"Yes, Your Excellency, although there are Dutch and Zheng families in Jinxia who can do business, after all, we have to travel thousands of miles, if we can buy these goods in Macau, we don't have to go through any more trouble to travel across the ocean, after all, it is not ......very peaceful there."

Pimont immediately took Governor Bugano's words in understanding.

Then he went back and explained it to a group of members of the city council, many of whom nodded their heads.

As a matter of fact, behind these parliamentarians are businessmen of various forces, and some of them have close business dealings with Chinese businessmen, and of course they know the stakes involved.

In a word, if the Australian goods in front of you fall into the hands of outsiders, it is undoubtedly the fertilizer water flowing into the fields of outsiders, and it is obviously difficult for the members of the city council to watch the fertilizer water flow out.

Then, it is not impossible to retreat to the second best thing and let the Chinese businessmen in Macao directly participate.

At this time, some parliamentarians immediately expressed their opinions, they said, if the Chinese businessmen in Macao are also allowed to get a piece of the pie, Macao can at least have a large amount of transaction tax, Pimont is right, Chinese businessmen do business in Macao, pay a lot of taxes and fees than their own, so after weighing it, it is better to let the Chinese businessmen participate in it.

The Governor of Bugano immediately agreed to Pimont's proposal, although there were still objections from the Portuguese merchants next to him, saying that the Chinese merchants could usually only take goods from us, and where could they deal directly with the sellers? It's not in order! But Pimont immediately retorted, saying that your so-called rules are nothing more than a cage for self-style, and don't forget, the Chinese and other businessmen in the city of Macau are also paying taxes to the Governor's Palace! It's much more than you!

The more Pimont spoke, the more agitated he became, and he shouted to the councillors:

"Foreign merchants pay much higher taxes than gentlemen, but do not receive enough respect and benefits, this is by no means a long-term solution, do you want to drive foreign merchants away? If that is the case, well, I hope that all the merchants you have driven away will come to my port of Dili to invest and do business, for I will not let this happen under the rule of this governor!" Never! As a devout Catholic, my faith has taught me that all human beings are lambs at the time of God, so it is impossible for the use of status to distinguish taxes in Timor, which is not in line with God's teachings! So if I recover Timor......"

Well, the city councillors were a little embarrassed by this, and everyone knew that it seemed that everyone's perfunctory prevarication of the Timor Governor in exile a while ago had greatly hurt the Governor's heart.

The perceptive Governor Bugano sensed a sense of crisis, and he suddenly realized that if some changes were not made, Macao might lose Australians' goods in the future.

Therefore, before Pimont's resentful speech was finished, he hurriedly stepped forward, waved his hand to interrupt Pimont's speech, and then resolutely stated that he completely agreed with Pimont's opinion, not only because of the considerable tax revenue of the ship's goods, but also because of the fact that Macau should show some tolerance, Macau should be a port that welcomes Chinese merchants and businessmen from other countries, and Macao should not make enemies everywhere.

Later it turned out that Governor Bugano, who was indeed a man who saw more far, foresaw the current situation:

That is, because of the presence of the Australians and the strength of the Australians he witnessed, the possibility of Pimont recovering Timor has greatly increased, and once Timor returns to Pimont, he is very worried that the Australians will only do business with Timor and not come to Macau, or most of the business will be stolen by Pimont, in that case, Macau will lose too much......

An hour later, another group of people were invited up to the front deck of the Nicole.

These were some of the wealthiest "outsiders" in the city, and it was noted that, in addition to the four Chinese merchants, there were also British, French, and Italian maritime merchants, and when they boarded the deck of the Nicole one after another, Sun Lao and Captain Gu were personally there to greet them, and they were all on an invitation list, which Sun Lao had proposed to Governor Bugano an hour earlier.