"Congress has never been selfless, and its 'care' for businesses and entrepreneurs is unequal. At that time, the Evillian family specialized in the production of weapons for His Majesty, and it was once a monopoly in the industry, which led to the development of Surrey, but it was dominated by the general decline of the arms manufacturing industry in other regions......" As soon as Captain Kuayt walked into a tavern at the port of Qingdao, a familiar loud voice came to his ears.

British merchant John. Mr. Hill seemed to have drunk too much, and he blushed and gulped down his beer, and said to his companions, "Some people are simply ' Outside the House of Activists' (i.e., lobbying the Congress) to do nothing all year round, to bribe the legislators, to make decrees in their own favor, to the detriment of other businessmen to support their own businesses, and to levy military expenses or other shitty expenses, these guys can push and push, without looking at how much they make and how much others have earned, and God should punish them......"

Perhaps these words were not appropriate in England, and at this moment on the east coast, Mr. Hill began to speak to his companion with the strength of his wine. And his companion seems to be an old acquaintance of the East Coast business, George Brown, who has invested heavily in Virginia and New England. Mr. Hampton.

Mr. Hampton seemed to be impressed by Hill's words, but he nodded and echoed: "We have borne too many apportionments, and most of them are for non-productive purposes, some for Cromwell's army, some for the mess in Scotland and Ireland, and some for the war with the Dutch, oh, I have had enough." Last year I was charged a full £1,280 in addition. Our country is now almost the same as Spain. Manipulated by fanatical 'monarchs'. Mired in war, and all of us are struggling in it......"

"Put the two gentlemen's meals on my account, and give me a price bulletin." After ordering a bottle of Madeira liqueur from the waiter, Mr. Couayt pointed to Hill and Hampton, who were sitting by the window and talking fiercely.

The waiter understood, and soon brought Mr. Couayt a price bulletin and a mulled wine.

Cuayt carefully took a pair of glasses out of his pocket and put them on, then picked up the bulletin and read it. The bulletin is a supplement to Kommersant's popular newspaper on the East Coast and is published every five days. It basically includes the prices of all kinds of large and small goods in the nearby market, which is of great reference significance for merchants, because it saves them a lot of valuable time - and of course, a lot of unnecessary financial losses.

It is worth mentioning that after such a long period of publication, the Price Bulletin has recently been revised, that is, while retaining the original price information, it has further increased the exchange rate between some commonly used foreign currencies and the East Coast silver dollar, and sometimes publishes some Sankei news that is more important to East Coast businessmen - often brief, first-hand news, and more in-depth reports are arranged in the main issue of Kommersant.

Some of these Sankei news are of little use, and some of them are great business opportunities in the eyes of those who are interested. For example, the news about New Courland published in this issue made Captain Couay pay more attention. It says that Grand Duke Jacob brought another 1,500 Latvian immigrants from the country to the colony of New Courland, and then they ordered large quantities of reclaimed equipment, medicines, and munitions to the east coast. It appears to be an attempt to further expand its existing site. It is unclear whether there will be a large number of slaves and a decrease in the export of new Courland tobacco to the East Coast.

"Not enough news!" Captain Coot thought bitterly as he read over and over the dry few lines of the new Courland. With just a few words, it is clear that one cannot make up one's mind - if you do, it only means that you are a gambler, not a solid businessman. But then again, if you find out all the facts, maybe more people will know by then, and it's hard to say whether the business is going on or not, and that's obviously the real reason why Captain Coot has a hard time choice, any news is time-sensitive!

"Forget it, go back and tell Alex to keep an eye out for news about this. If that's true, it might be a great opportunity. Nowadays, there are still many infrastructure projects in the country, and there is a great demand for these black slaves, which is worth noting. Captain Kuat, a veteran of business, flipped the "Price Bulletin" over and continued to read the other contents: "Well, in the last three months, the prices of many commodities in the Qingdao market have been slowly rising. The prices of spiced whale meat, beef and mutton, ham, cheese, butter, and even flour have all risen by 5 to 10 percent -- but in recent years, the country has been very peaceful, and there have been no major disasters, and the guarantee of material supply should not be a problem, and now it is just a normal price increase caused by the sharp increase in demand in a short period of time, and when the factories and workshops begin to expand their production scale, the prices should be able to be stabilized, and the demand for manpower after the industrial production of these things is not very large, and the expansion of production should not be a problem......

"Thank you, sir, for your hospitality." While I was thinking about it, I saw John. Hill and George. The Hamptons walked over with large beer glasses and thanked Coayt.

"It's nothing, you're all my friends." Captain Couaite put down the communiqué in his hand, picked up the Madeira liqueur on his right, and motioned, "Cheers, for the lovely silver coins." ”

"For the cute silver coins." The two laughed and drank the Snow Mountain beer in their hands.

"Seriously, in England you don't see factions living together in such harmony, you know what I mean. Speaking of which, maybe this is also an advantage of the East Coast, right? Hill and Hampton clearly hadn't finished their conversation yet, and continued to talk as they walked over to Cuat.

"Yes, damn Jews, Catholics rarely cooperate with us, they are very prejudiced against us and only want to trade with partners in their own small circle, which is really bad." Hampton chimed in, "In fact, in the Netherlands and France, Catholics, Huguenots, Jews, Reformed Christians, Lutherans, and so on, just like the Church of the Church in our country and other Christians, have a deep prejudice against each other, and the society is as if it has been artificially divided with a sharp knife, which obviously hinders the orderly development of commerce." On the contrary, if you look at the unified national market established by the people on the east coast, there is no division, no estrangement, no local protectionism, no differential taxation, and the whole country has formed a unified market, which is really the ideal market that businessmen dream of......

Captain Kuayt sighed lightly when he heard this, how could these two Britons understand the depression and suffering of the Catholics and Protestants in the East Coast Republic if they did not live on the East Coast for a long time? In this country, Taoism, Buddhism and other traditional Eastern religions are "first-class citizens", with the support of national funds, policies, propaganda and other aspects, and the speed of development is rapid and rapid; On the other hand, the development of Christianity is not satisfactory, and the Religious Affairs Office only approved a total of 312.83 yuan last year. And how can religion be promoted without money?

But there is no need to say anything to the two Brits, Captain Coot took a sip of his wine, smiled at the two of them, and did not comment. However, what the two of them said later about establishing a unified national market is also true, because of the perennial infrastructure construction on the East Bank and the strong control of the Executive Committee over the whole country, dozens of towns and villages in the East Bank Republic have formed a unified market of considerable scale, with a unified tax rate, unified laws, and unified policies, which is indeed very important for the development of industry and commerce on the East Coast.

The most important aspect of forming a single market is undoubtedly to invest heavily in infrastructure – and this is closely related to the government's financial resources. Nowadays, the construction of logistics facilities such as wharves, stations, and freight yards in various settlements on the east bank is very complete, and the construction, maintenance, and maintenance of roads, canals, and railways of all grades are also in full swing. Don't you see that the largest company on the East Coast today is a building materials company? Almost half of the bricks, cement, lime, and sand produced by this company are used on roads, and people across the country are requisitioned to build roads as soon as they have free time (free of charge, 15 days per adult male per year).

It is no exaggeration to say that the East Coast now has more roads and other infrastructure than most European countries, and the road network extends in all directions, the promotion of new long-distance transportation modes such as railways, the continuous improvement of the canal system, and the new country and system that are easy to draw on a blank sheet of paper, all of which have made the East Bank form a unified national market at the beginning of the founding of the country. As this market grows larger and larger, enterprises large and small on the East Coast will surely become stronger and stronger under the nourishment of this market, and then use it as a backing to participate in international competition and grab more benefits for the East Coast Republic.

In the final analysis, the competition between countries is the final link of competition between enterprises. The main constraints on the scale of production and the growth of enterprises are the cost of production and investment, and sometimes the high cost of sales, i.e. the headache of transportation, which does not seem to exist on the east coast; Coupled with a unified national market, a single law, a stable monetary policy, regulated business practices and ethics, and a stable domestic situation (the success of the Netherlands and England in Europe proved the extreme importance of the stable situation to the economy), it was difficult for companies on the East Coast not to grow. (To be continued......)