Xu Zhijian finally focused on this aspect, and continued to say, not to mention, now that the number of immigrants has also increased, a large number of farm tools, rice and other tools and food products should be purchased, and if there is wood, we should also try to purchase as much as possible, especially hardwood wood.

Of course, ordinary wood is also required, and now the bamboo planted at home is not enough, the reason is that Brother Hou is engaged in bamboo cement construction, and the consumption of bamboo is a little large.

Xu Zhi also stressed that now the local sales of Australian goods are monopolized by the elites of Sulu State, but our procurement actions cannot be monopolized by them, and we must directly face the market and people in Sulu, which can not only shop around, but also dispel the misunderstanding of the Sulu people about us.

We should let the people of Sulu know that we are not devils, but a group of very powerful people, but as long as we are fair and fair, we are willing to do business with anyone in Sulu, and we must strive to break the demonized status quo as soon as possible through peaceful trade.

After hearing this, everyone expressed their approval, saying that it was decided, you can just watch and do these things, we have no opinion.

Obviously, many people are currently only interested in the human market at the port of Hollow, so the topic quickly turned to how to buy girls.

However, at this time, whether it is Gu Jin or Xu Zhi, these "leaders" are completely blind to this aspect, and they can't say why, Zhu Beiguo, who understands a little bit, is not on the Nicole, as a result, Gu Jin had to announce the dissolution of the meeting, anyway, there is no opinion on the matter of buying a girl, since you want to negotiate with the Sulu side, then deal with it together with the procurement list, in short, let's talk about it tomorrow.

However, there are still professionals who buy girls on the Nicole, and many people immediately went to consult with a few of Xue Laixiang's buddies after the meeting - except for Xue Laixiang, who helped Zhu Beiguo as a translator and consultant on the Pride, the rest of them all helped work on the Nicole.

Among them, Huang Zhiyan, who was picked up by Dai Xiaoshan with expired medicines, has recovered a lot now, and now he is on the deck every day with Ren Kewei and Hong and his gang, after all, there are countless questions to ask each other on both sides......

The opinion on asking Sulu to open its market to allow Australians to purchase freely coincided with what they discussed on the Pride Zhu Beiguo.

That evening, the Red Chamber, the Nicole, and the Pride exchanged intercoms and telegrams to finally reach an agreement – four main points:

The first is to agree to the Australian goods ** plan proposed by Sulu, and all Australian goods trade will only be done with the traders designated by Sulu.

The second is to agree to Sulu's proposal to release the Han tenants in batches and phases and hand them over to the Australian Commonwealth for resettlement, and as for how to release them in batches, it will be determined through future consultations, but it cannot be delayed for a long time.

The third is to require Sulu to open the port of Holo terminal market and allow Australian businessmen to enter the market for procurement, without any form of monopoly and barriers.

The fourth is to immediately pay and cash out all the compensation, including the return of Xue Laixiang's ship, including the compensation and bereavement of a total of 300,000 taels of silver, and to pay it in one lump sum.

On July 9, 1657, it was a sunny day, and on the morning of that day, Zhu Beiguo handed over an official document to the negotiator of the Sulu State, the captain of the pulp discharge ship named Haluban, on the pier pier.

Zhu Beiguo also said that if both sides of the agreement are approved, a signing ceremony will need to be held.

Zhu Beiguo suggested that the signing ceremony be held at the wharf square, when the representatives of the two sides would openly sign in front of the people and make all the articles public......

At noon, the reply arrived, and Zheng Fu conveyed the message of the king and the prime minister on the trestle:

Everything was done according to the agreement in the morning, but there was only one amendment, which I hope will be acceptable to the Australian side: the public signing ceremony will be changed to a private place to meet and sign, and as for the place of the meeting, it will be done in full accordance with the opinions of the Australian federal side.

Prime Minister Suhabidatu expressed his willingness to even come to the ship to meet the "Grand Commander of the Australian Fleet".

However, both the king and the prime minister strongly demanded that the contents of the agreement be kept secret and that neither side should disclose it to their respective citizens.

After hearing these conditions, Zhu Beiguo sneered at Ha Zheng and the others, so that the merchants of Sulu don't know that I am going to buy goods here in Australia, and how can they supply them?

If we can't shop around, wouldn't it be easy to lose?

I'm afraid that you have monopolized the purchase channels of Australian goods, and now you want to monopolize the purchase channels. The so-called desire is difficult to fill, isn't it exactly what you say!

Zheng Fu hurriedly said, Brother Zhu is angry, this is what the Prime Minister of Sulu means, this matter has nothing to do with interests, but it is about etiquette!

The Prime Minister said, this agreement is not announced is a matter of course, the ancients said, the people can make it, but not to know it, this grass mustard people, but know the flies and dogs, how to make them know the country's major affairs?

What's more, this is an important agreement between the two sides, involving state secrets, how can the grass people know about it? Announcing the content of the agreement is really inconsistent with Taoism, and it is a futile laugh!

Again, according to the tradition of the Sulu kingdom, the maritime merchants had guilds to make profits with gold and silver goods abroad, but internally, the merchants traded with each other, and did not use gold and silver, but made copper coins currency.

This is the law of the country, so the ordinary merchants in the country do not buy and sell gold and silver, if the Australian adults come to Holo to buy gold and silver, it should be borne by the maritime guild.

Next, Captain Ha also said in time through Zheng Fu's translation, if it is as the market price that Lord Zhu is worried about, but please rest assured, there is no deception in Sulu! The Prime Minister's intentions should be borne by the Chamber of Commerce, and all goods are willing to be supplied at a discount of half a percentage below the market price, and ensure that the real materials are of high quality......

Zhu Beiguo listened, he was speechless for a long time, and he actually had a feeling of déjà vu Yan returned.

However, Zhu Beiguo quickly regained consciousness, he looked at Zheng Fu and Lord Haluban and said, how do you know that you have half a discount?

Zheng Fu said that the Prime Minister said that when the wharf opens in the next few days, although the Australian adults will enter the market at will for reference and inspection, it is just this transaction, but they have to negotiate with the commercial bank.

Zhu Beiguo pondered for a moment and said, since this is the case, we will decide after discussion, but this compensation matter needs to be done immediately!

Zheng Fu nodded and said, His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister have already explained, and they will come here today.

When Zhu Beiguo heard this, he exhaled and said:

"In that case, everyone, please go back, how to decide on this matter of purchasing trade, I will reply after discussion......"

Seeing off Zheng Fu and his entourage, Zhu Beiguo returned to the Pride and immediately used the walkie-talkie to report the situation to Gu Jin of the Nicole, who immediately asked Xu Zhi to send a telegram to the Red Mansion, and at this point, the Pride Nicole and the Red Mansion had another big discussion.

Naturally, there are two focal points, one is not to disclose the agreement, and the other is the other party's insistence on purchasing monopoly.

For the former, many people understand this, of course, it is more ridicule, saying that our group of people is indeed a little out of place in this era, and we believe that the agreement between countries is related to the interests of all the people, and of course it should be announced to the people - unless it is a treaty that loses power and humiliates the country, for fear of losing face, it is naturally to hide it and not let the people know.

But this agreement is a normal trade deal!

And you said you wanted to monopolize, and we agreed to monopolize you, and we didn't say anything?

Therefore, from the standpoint of your Sulu country, these articles do not lose power and humiliate the country at all!

There is also speculation that maybe those compensation clauses made the king and the prime minister feel that they had lost face, but when you were a pirate and robbed people's homes, and finally people came to the door to fight, and you finally lost, are you unwilling to gamble and lose? It's a matter of course to give compensation, right?

Then some people commented, that's not good, of course you have to brag about winning the war, and if you lose, you can cover it! How can you tell the whole world and let the people know? It's a loss!

Someone immediately nodded and said, yes, for the king and the nobles, face is as important as the inside!

Someone sneered again, in fact, sometimes the face is more important than the inside......