The negotiations with the Spaniards were costly, and before the gold mines on Medan were officially excavated, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce had to give 10% of the gold mined to the Spaniards.

Don't underestimate this percentage of gold production, the Spaniards don't have to invest anything, just sitting in their Manila castle, the gold mined by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, they have to set aside a lot of the output to give to the Spaniards.

Even the Shark Gang, which is responsible for protecting the mining of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, as the head snake of the land, and Hongmen, who led the establishment of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and contributed to the location of the gold mine, their two teams only received a 10% stake in each family.

The remaining share will be distributed by the members of the fifty-seven remaining chambers of commerce of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce according to the size of their contributions, and the most that falls to their chambers of commerce is only a few cents.

However, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce also got a lot, and in the pleasance signed with the Spaniards, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce used the gold vein as a bargaining chip to reach a consensus with the Spaniards on other trade: from now on, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in Manila trade goods, Spain must not lower the price for no reason, and we will have an in-depth exchange in the future, and jointly negotiate a way to classify the quality of trade goods, as well as a reasonable price range; At the same time, the goods of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will also be exempted from commercial tax after trading in Manila, and the scope of the reduction is expected to be half of that of other firms.

In this way, the goods of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce not only do not have to worry about being troubled by the Spaniards as before, but also can save a certain amount of money in taxes, which is naturally inconspicuous once or twice, but in the long run, it is also a large expense.

And more importantly, because the Spaniards agreed to the request of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to dig gold in the Luzon Islands, and at this time, the main island of Mindan, where the gold veins are located, was still in the hands of the Kingdom of Sulu, so correspondingly, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce wanted to develop the vast amount of undeveloped land on the main island of Medan and the huge island communities around it, and the Spaniards could not make things difficult for the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce because of this.

In this way, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was able to use the local indigenous and worthless lands in the Medan Islands to grow and eventually gain a foothold in Luzon and become a powerful presence that the Spaniards did not dare to touch.

Of course, these things are still just imaginations, and even the recent gold mining work is still a shadowless thing, let alone other things such as developing farms and opening up wasteland.

As for the Kingdom of Sulu, which controlled the Medan Islands, because of their natural proximity to the Ming Dynasty, they were suppressed and invaded by the Spaniards at this time, and they could only watch the Spaniards push their kingdom into a desperate situation step by step, and finally extinct.

Suddenly, he received assistance from the Fujian Navy Admiral of the Ming Dynasty, telling the King of Sulu that the Ming people were going to pioneer on the Medan Islands, and secretly promised to help them resist the invasion of the Spaniards, and to assist them with advanced muskets, sea ships and artillery and other materials, etc., the King of Sulu was even more eager for the arrival of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, how could he oppose the Ming people coming to the Medan Kingdom to develop!

Although the indigenous people of Luzon saw the outside world early on because of their geographical environment, and understood and came into contact with many advanced ideas and experiences from the outside world, they were still poor and poor.

At the end of the day, these outsiders didn't really want to help them, nor did they thrive like their natives, so the Luzon rabbits have until now lived only on a subsistence basis, thanks to their location at the heart of the East-West shipping route and the abundant natural resources of the rainforest environment.

In order to unite the Sulu Kingdom to its own side, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce divided the shares of the gold vein into half of the city and separated the Sulu royal family.

Lu Jiajie and the others remained in Manila to negotiate more deeply with the Spaniards, and the goal of the negotiations was precisely the preferential policies of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce that they had obtained from the Spaniards through the gold veins.

The iron has to be struck while it is hot, the Spaniards finally gave in, Lu Jiajie didn't want everyone to say it well one moment ago, and the next moment the Spaniards suddenly turned their faces for a long time and did not admit the existence of this matter, then Lu Jiajie and they would be angry to death.

I have been dealing with Westerners for a long time, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty have always been good at figuring out people's hearts for the temperament of Westerners, but they have a deep understanding.

The vast majority of Westerners who came to the Far East were merchants, so they loved money and dared to do many incredible things for the sake of profit; At the same time, Westerners are very fickle, and the spirit of the Ming people is the foundation of being a man, but in the eyes of Westerners, they are a little stupid.

But Westerners have a great advantage, that is, they attach importance to the spirit of the contract, as long as something is written in black and white, unless there is a very huge benefit, otherwise, they will generally strictly abide by the agreement, but do not worry too much about them will break the contract.

Therefore, in order to be safe, Lu Jiajie's negotiation team, after reaching a preliminary intention of gold mining, immediately launched difficult and longer negotiations with the Spaniards on trade.

In Keelung Town, Dayuan Island, when the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce reached an agreement with the Spaniards, it also meant that the biggest problem on the road to wealth in front of everyone was solved.

Soon, the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, who had been preparing for a long time, strongly demanded that Hongmen tell everyone the specific address of the gold vein, and began to prepare to transport all the materials needed for the development of the gold mine.

Li Tianyang did not hesitate at all, he had already ordered people to prepare for gold mining, and at this time he received a message from Manila, and when he asked people to lead the way, he took a cadre of members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and killed him again towards the Luzon Islands in the South Ocean.

Although Li Tianyang gave up most of the interests of the Medan gold mine in exchange for the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to settle in Keelung Town, as well as divert the public's attention from the Hongmen Jilongshan gold mine, and also eliminate the hidden dangers after the exposure of the Jilongshan gold mine in the future, this does not mean that Li Tianyang really does not want to get a piece of the Medan gold mine.

Therefore, Hongmen also paid a lot of early investment in the initial mining of the Medan gold mine, and for the benefit of this gold mine, it is necessary for Hongmen to send people to develop the Medan gold mine together.

(End of chapter)