The situation in the Central Plains is chaotic, but the starting point city is concentrating on digesting and laying out Liaodong, and 50,000 or 60,000 workers from Shandong, Taiwan and other places have arrived in Liaodong, and they will lead the displaced people from the Central Plains to carry out large-scale construction work.

In Nanyang, after the Zheng family in Fujian swallowed up the city, according to the agreement agreed in advance, the Tiance army obtained the right to use Cam Ranh Bay, and because of the great effort invested in Liaodong, the start of construction of Cam Ranh Bay may have to be postponed until the second half of 1641.

The Zheng family's sudden occupation of the city broke the power structure of the Indochina Peninsula, and both Annam in the north and Chenla in the west were wary of the Zheng family's strong insertion. As an outsider, the Zheng family had to consolidate their vested interests after taking the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to guard against two strong neighbors, so it was not easy.

Since the Tiance army took Manila and Wanghai City (Batavia) and blocked the Strait of Malacca, it was regarded as a preliminary control of the South Seas. It can only be said to be a preliminary control, because the Tiance Army controls several major nodes in the South Seas, but the South Seas are very large, and if you want to digest them all, the cycle required is still very long.

The starting point management committee has set up a tariff collection point in the Strait of Malacca, with which the tax payment certificate can pass through Taiwan, Manila, Wanghai City, Shanghai, Tianjin, Liaodong and other places.

The State Administration of Taxation of the starting point city has formulated a system of tariff rate differentiation, and the tax rate is 15 to 30 percent for merchants holding identity documents in the starting point city, 20 to 50 percent for merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and 50 to 100 percent for foreign merchants, depending on the commodity.

Due to the difference in tariff rates, the operation of Chinese businessmen became more competitive, and due to the guidance of the starting point committee, the atmosphere of Chinese going to sea to do business gradually became active, and the number of gold diggers in the south of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas of Guangdong in Fujian and Fujian Province was increasing day by day.

Temasek has been renamed Singapore, and its main functions are customs clearance, supply services for passing ships, etc., and Singapore is also growing in popularity because of customs.

Wanghai City, also known as Jakarta in the future, has become a sinking city in the 21st century due to geographical shortcomings, and Singapore is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so the starting point committee focuses on the development of Manila in Luzon.

After several years of construction, Manila has become an important commodity distribution center in Southeast Asia, and the Port of Manila has reached a considerable scale after repeated expansion in recent years.

It mainly deals in Persian carpets, sugar, deerskins, venison, antlers and various rattan products from Taiwan, embroidery, pearls and wood carvings from Luzon, perfumes from Malacca, cloves from Java, cinnamon from Ceylon, and pepper from India. Siamese spices, wood, ebonywood, sulfur from Japan, copper, fans, swords, lacquerware, and folding screens, among others.

Of course, Daming's specialty silk, tea, cotton, porcelain and other goods are sold, especially the starting point of the city of goods are more dazzling, color soap, eyeshadow box, makeup mirror, alabaster, necklace, bracelet, earrings, bracelets, ornaments, shampoo, beautiful parasols, various flavors of low-grade perfume, delicate sewing boxes, cosmetic bags, glass oil lamps, stainless steel tableware, tin alloy ornaments, delicate lighters, matches, soap, mosquito coils, umbrellas, cloth, small hardware tools and so on.

If you need to purchase a large number of ships and require more complete varieties and more preferential treatments, you need to continue to go north to Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin and other places, after all, Manila is only a commodity distribution center, not a production area.

However, because Manila is located in the middle of the South Seas and close to the mainland, the future prosperity is expected, and it is a good transit place, which makes merchants from all over the world flock to it.

After the occupation of Manila by the Tiance Army, the starting point committee re-planned Manila, and built several characteristic urban areas such as port area, storage area, commercial area, living area, and leisure and entertainment area.

Imperial Bank has set up a branch in Manila in the port area to handle deposits, exchanges, financing, mortgages, loans and other services for merchants from all over the world, as well as intermediary, information exchange, agency and other services.

Since the Dutch and Spaniards were driven out of the South Seas, European ships continued to arrive in the South Seas, and interestingly, the Spanish galleons of the New World continued the Manila-Acapulco route between Europe and the New World.

Because the life of Europeans was inseparable from spices, as well as Chinese silk, tea, and porcelain, merchants could risk guillotining for the sake of 300 per cent profits, and the goods produced in the starting city were so tempting.

China's specialties, such as silk, tea and porcelain, have been sold in Europe for nearly a thousand years, and the various goods produced in the starting point city have finally arrived in Europe, triggering the enthusiasm of Europeans to buy them.

This credit goes to Captain Weddell, an Englishman, who was the first fleet to purchase goods from the Origin City in bulk and reach Europe.

After more than half a year's voyage, Weddell's fleet returned to England at the end of 1639, and Weddell brought back a large number of novelties to the Götting Federation for which he worked, and all the shareholders were greatly encouraged by the huge profits.

The goods of the starting point began to spread in Europe, and the Golden Silk Road of the East attracted more European merchants to the east.

According to the plan of the shareholders of the Getting Federation, in 1640 a larger fleet would be organized to sail to China and expand trade.

In 1640, the bourgeois revolution broke out in England, and King Charles I, the largest shareholder of the Gottin Federation, had to temporarily suspend his plans to expand trade in response to the political demands of the bourgeoisie.

In August 1640, just as Charles I was at odds with the Long Parliament, Philip, the English Admiralty-Chancellor, suddenly summoned Captain Weddell.

"Captain, I need to know from you about the situation in China, I heard that you have seen the high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Wang Yue, as if it was his army that drove the Dutch and Spaniards out of the East Indies." Philip asked.

"Oh yes!" Weddell immediately came to his senses and said, "Dear Mr. Philip, you are the right person, I have met this Lord Wang, he is very young and incredible. His army is very strong, especially the battleships! Oh my God, those ships were made of all-steel, the largest one was at least ten times larger than the 'Sea Sovereign', and the range of the guns was even more impressive, conservatively estimated to be no less than three miles ......! ”

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