In the office of Zhang Hongfan, the four captains of Japan and Korea sat down on the long sticks, and they did not even dare to drink the four cups of tea poured for them by the waiter.

Am I that scary?!

Director Zhang Hongfan adjusted his expression...... Maybe dealing with the Incas for a long time has solidified his expression into majesty?!

He said with great enthusiasm: "It's amazing that you can come here from tens of thousands of miles away to do business!" ”

With that, he gave a thumbs up to reinforce the appreciation.

"Tea, please!"

He took a sip from his teacup...... The men relaxed a little and took up their teacups and drank them.

Slowly, the four captains began to talk about you and I.

It turned out that they were completely forced to come here because of the market for cotton products.

About seven or eight years ago, when the cotton cloth market was tight, Japan and Korea were able to gain a place in the markets of the Great Song Dynasty and the Federal Empire by relying on child labor and very low labor costs...... Although the quality is poor, it can be sold at a low price, and it has achieved a lot of workshop owners.

For a time, large and small cotton yarn and cotton cloth workshops appeared in the main cities of the two countries.

They stole "advanced" spinning and weaving techniques, especially water textile and weaving equipment, from the civilian factories of the Federal Empire and the Great Song Empire!

In the summer, production is accelerated, and in the winter, it is replaced by human and animal power...... It's very prosperous!

At the very least, the market in the country has enough for them to eat...... There are also places suitable for growing cotton in Korea and Japan, and if the raw materials are not enough, you can also go to the Shandong region of the Federal Empire or the Shanxi Road of the Great Song Empire to buy it.

Later, cotton was also produced in Tianzhu and Australia, and Nankai was also produced, and the raw materials were getting cheaper and cheaper.

Within a few years of their rejoicing, the cotton mills and weaving mills of the Union Empire had sold their old equipment and switched to steam-powered production.

Some merchants of the Great Song Empire, Japan, and Goryeo rushed to buy those old equipment, which were all iron-wood structures, and you could see that they could be used for more than ten years without looking closely!

However, they later discovered that the cotton yarn and cotton cloth, and even the linen spinning and blending industries of the Federal Empire were developing rapidly, and when Australia and the Tianzhu region also began to produce cotton yarn and cotton cloth, their production was simply amazing!

There are even people who threaten to let the people of the world wear the cotton cloth of the Federal Empire...... There will be no more ragged people!

Well, it doesn't seem like a wild word.

The price of cotton yarn and its cotton cloth is rapidly decreasing...... As time went on, the production workshops in Japan and Korea found that their production could no longer afford it, and no matter how they kept costs down, they could not make as much money as before......

The production workshops of the Great Song Empire managed to move inland to the Great Song Dynasty...... Due to the distance, coupled with the numerous transit taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, it can temporarily withstand the impact of the rapid increase in the output of cotton cloth in the Federal Empire and the rapid reduction in prices.

But Japan and Goryeo are not good, they basically have no hinterland, plus where is the cost of sea transportation, their original maritime advantage of transporting to the Federal Empire and the Great Song Empire has now become the advantage of the Federal Empire to transport to their country!

The workshop owners and factory owners complained bitterly, but the common people were happy, the price of cotton cloth has dropped, who wants to wear linen clothes?!

If the cotton cloth of the Federal Empire is about the same price as the cotton cloth produced in the country, who would not buy the cotton cloth of the Federal Empire?!

People's cotton cloth is dense and strong, and the color is increasing...... The backlog of cotton cloth in the hands of the workshop owners and factory owners in Japan and Korea is increasing, and they are certainly reluctant to sell it at a discount!

That's their blood and sweat, and the cotton cloth won't break anyway.

But there is no end to it!

When they saw the news that the Confederation Empire was developing on the west coast of South Indian and on the Free Islands in Europe, they got together and began to discuss.

The factory owners and factory owners of Japan and Korea may have been rivals in the past, and they may have dismantled each other and fought maliciously...... However, in the face of the strength of the cotton industry of the Federal Empire, they had to unite.

Originally, they also wanted to buy the steam power equipment of the Federal Empire, but it is said that the order will be scheduled for four or five years, and they seem to be biased towards the Great Song Empire, giving priority to the Great Song Dynasty to provide related equipment.

If you wait another four or five years, everyone will starve to death!

So, they decided to follow the navy of the Federal Empire to the European region, to the southern Yindianzhou region!

Many people are comparing and comparing on a huge chart of the world.

No matter how much cotton cloth was produced in the Federal Empire, they could only meet the needs of the Great Song Dynasty and the Federal Empire, and even Japan and Goryeo...... I don't believe they can provide for the whole world!

They rejected the previous method, and some of the eager factory owners themselves took their own ships to some unknown islands, unknown indigenous tribal areas, and sold or exchanged their cotton cloth for a little bit, but they could also sell some in exchange for some useful goods...... But it's not a long-term solution!

Needless to say, this method of selling is dangerous, and the time it takes to sell is far longer than the time it takes to process, and no one can afford this backlog!

A factory owner said: "Look at the "Liuqiu Times", there are hundreds of millions of white animals in Europe...... This is a place that is larger than the domestic market of our two countries......"

Another factory owner said: "Don't forget the west coast of Nanyindi Anzhou...... It is said that tens of millions of people ......"

For their own way out, they had to sit together and plan carefully.

So, part of them went to Liberty Island in Europe, and some of them went to the west coast of South Yindianzhou.

Fortunately, more than ten years ago, they learned the technology of building large sea ships from the Liuqiu shipyard at that time...... After all these years of development, they also have their own shipyard, otherwise, if they are just waiting to buy, they don't know what year and month they will have to wait.

There were maritime merchants of the Confederate Empire who ordered five-masted merchant ships from their shipyards...... Because the price is cheaper than the Federal Empire.

Director Zhang Hongfan listened to their discussion and understood the reason, he frowned and asked, "Could it be that you are all bringing cotton cloth?!" ”

"No, no! We are all people who go to sea a lot, so how can we only bring cotton cloth......"

They took out their own lists of goods one after another and handed them over to Director Zhang Hongfan, who would use it to pay customs duties sooner or later anyway.

Director Zhang Hongfan looked at it, hehe, it may be all goods that can't be sold locally.

Shoes, socks, clothes, umbrellas, coarse white paper and pencils, iron pots, farm tools, and other knick-knacks produced in Japan and Korea.

Director Zhang Hongfan recalled the commercial regulations stipulated by Governor Wang Zheng and said: "We welcome any merchant to do business here, and only 10 percent of the customs tariff is charged on all products...... If we are willing to help us ship a certain amount of goods back to the main island, we can also make some deductions, if there are enough goods to be shipped...... Maybe even zero and a half tax!

We'll send someone to escort ......"

"Yes, of course I do!"

The four captains shouted in unison.

From Japan, they first went to the Hawaiian Islands, and then they arrived here directly, no more than seven months before and after, and if they speed up, they can go back and forth once a year...... If you don't have to pay customs duties, then it's more suitable.

But what about purchasing power here? As long as I can be as satisfied as Japan and Korea before us, I will be satisfied.

Director Zhang Hongfan gritted his teeth and said, "Can you catch up with your previous spending power?!" You're underestimating the riches here...... You're going to get rich this time. ”