Chapter 388: Friends

"Assad, maybe I don't have that much time to go to Dubai Harbour...... Although,." Ye Tao was a little hesitant, if he went back and forth to Dubai Harbor once and had to participate in the founding ceremony, then he would return to Yunzhou this time, and he really didn't know when. Although coming to Nanyang this time can also be regarded as his honeymoon with Tan Weixin, he still has children and wives at home after all, and although Yunzhou and Zhenzhou have strong characters guarding and have a set of measures to deal with various situations, after all, counting on everything to be fine thousands of miles away makes him, the Northern Xinjiang Economic Envoy, feel very weird. "You know, I still have kids at home, I ran out when I was just a few months old, and when I go back, they're all that old. I think it's a shame to miss that time. And...... Can you really schedule the founding ceremony in two months? ”

Assad sipped Middle-earth-style green tea and said with a little regret: "Actually, before the start of the founding war, this kind of ritual things, as well as those gorgeous utensils, were all prepared. The Samir family has never been a purely commercial family, and has always been very close to power. Preparing those things, according to your Middle-earth, is definitely trespassing, and there is definitely a disobedience. But what can be done? has been controlling this force and that force behind the scenes, after all, it is not as happy as taking charge of a country himself. Becoming a country will have national problems, such as what to do with the Samir family's business? Is it ** in the royal power or in the royal power? What about so many people who have made a big difference in all aspects? There were people in it who had no interest in being a minister of the country. ”

Assad squeezed his eyes, as if to say that he was one of those people who had no interest in power. However, it may be difficult for Assad to break away from the circle of the Samir family. Although he was not a direct member of the Samir family, he was only a little involved, but in the Samir family's founding war, whether as the commander of the escort fleet, as a merchant who continued to maintain the trade routes, or as an important link in the mediation with the Nanami Trading Company, Yunzhou, and Dongping, he performed very well. Although Assad did not lead any army on land in any of the fights, and what he did was not much different from what he had been doing before, which was still running around in boats to keep supplies and people moving safely, but it was remarkable that he was able to ensure that.

"What will be your status after the founding of the country?" Ye Tao asked with a smile.

"The family elder meant to make me the governor of the province of Gaya. The province of Gaya is still in the hands of King Wu Tailu. The family is ready to give me an army and a fleet, and let me wipe out Wu Tailu with my own hands...... However, I really don't know how to fight this kind of battle. I've been running at sea all my life, and I've been helping ships since I was ten years old, and until now, although my status is very close to that of the elders of the family elders, I don't have time to understand those things on the ground. I have offered to continue to let me run the trade route. …… A few elders think it's possible, but it's not always possible. Unless, I can prove that I can continue to do business and work with Nanami Trading Company to benefit my family and the fledgling regime. Assad sighed: "Now, the possibility of connecting with Yunzhou on the ground is getting lower and lower. Speaking of which, it's still our side of the story. As far as I know, the governor of Zhenzhou appointed by you has fought really hard since he took office. Without using the main forces of Zhenzhou and Yunzhou, and investing a total of six local legions before and after, the northern tribes were actually forced to the north for a distance. Now, for the sake of their own living space, the northern tribes are fighting with those big killing and robber groups, and no one can have the upper hand. And now, the Nanyang that the family ceded is already an out-and-out Dongping territory, and you are now at our door, and it seems that you don't need to spend a lot of energy to maintain such a long and complicated business road in the future...... What scares me is that the beginning of the founding of the Samir family is the beginning of the decline of the Samir family, who have abandoned their business traditions for many years. …… These are things that I shouldn't have said to you. ”

Ye Tao said approvingly: "It's still very reasonable, but will this just be an excuse and imagination for you, as an old senior deacon, who can't do without the ocean and interesting business?" ”

Assad laughed and said, "I wish it was so." ”

"How long will it take to get from here to Dubai if it goes smoothly?" Ye Tao asked.

"From Yokoba Port, it's probably only ten days." Assad carefully estimated. Assad wondered: "Do you still want to go to Dubai?" ”

Ye Tao shook his head and said, "Don't go, I'll wait until I convene the deacon's meeting of the Seven Seas Trading Company in Hengbo Port, and then I have to rush back to Yunzhou." In a few years, when I step down from my position as a military envoy, I will travel to Dubai with my children. ”

Assad was not unhappy by Ye Tao's refusal, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you." My friend. ”

After sending Assad away, Ye Tao seriously considered the situation in Nanyang. What Assad said could happen, and that it would take time for the Samir family to change its original development model once it became a state. It is a normal way for a family to control people economically, and then control power through these people, so that the family can get what it needs. But once the family itself becomes the ruler of a country, this will not work, and not only that, but they will try to prevent others from doing such things. Governance will replace management as a new impetus for the Samir family, or a self-inflicted trouble. As a family that started and developed in business, on the one hand, it must strive to cultivate a fair and fair business atmosphere in its own territory, and on the other hand, it must strive to regulate and control so that no other family can develop to the point where it can influence the rule of the Samir family in the way of the Samir family...... These are all ultra-high-skill political methods, and whether a seasoned businessman can successfully change jobs is indeed two theories. At the same time, it is inevitable that the Samir family will devote less energy to business. So, will Seven Seas Trading Company be able to fill this gap? Or will various other forces intervene?

Tan Weixin is much more experienced in this regard. She has in her possession a series of documents documenting the cooperation between Seven Seas Trading Company and the Samir family, as well as Seven Seas Trading's research report on the Samir family's business in the whole South Seas and even in parts of the Middle East. After careful consideration, Tan Weixin proposed a wide-ranging plan: she wanted to amicably and fully take over the business that the Samir family would not be able to take care of. On the one hand, with the consent of the Samir family, they will have to take many detours and bear many fewer costs, while on the other hand, they will open up a trade route from Dongping and Nanyang to the Western world, which is still mysterious to the current Dongping merchants.

"I don't know what the Samir family is going to do to give us the whole plate, pay or exchange technology...... If you can do it with money, it's easy. 20,000,000,000 Desert Gold Coins? That's all I have to say about the business. Nanami Trading Company and we had to fight for a while, but the money was earned. But what if the Samir family wants to be sophisticated? What about airship technology? Still is...... Anything else? Tan Weixin smiled, marked a line with a red pen on the document in her hand, and said, "Are you preparing this?" ”

"Technology trading?" Ye Tao glanced at the negotiation outline that Tan Weixin was preparing. He nodded, and said indifferently: "Don't establish any direct institutions in the Middle East, if you want technology, what you want to learn, just come." Except for those projects in the graduate school, I can learn anything and how much I can learn, that's not my business. …… If it is the export of those products...... It's all weapons, I don't care about them, I have to let them negotiate with your father. ”

Except for being a little worried about time, Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's life in Nanyang is quite comfortable. Seven Seas Trading Company did its best to provide for the couple's every need. And the research that Tan Weixin brought out about the properties that the Samir family might use as bargaining chips, as well as the package of acquisitions and business plans, made the senior deacons of the Seven Seas Trading Company who came to Yokoba Port one after another feel that it was worth the money. This goddess of wealth in everyone's minds is really magical...... How much is 20,000,000,000 Desert Gold Coins? It is roughly equivalent to the total amount of money that Nanami Trading Co., Ltd. has invested since its entry into the South Seas. However, many of the industries of the Samir family have been established by the Samir family from the beginning of its establishment to the present, with mature business routes, well-functioning nodes, a large number of skilled craftsmen and mature technical systems, which cannot be estimated. The 20 million Desert Gold Coins is indeed an astronomical amount, but just after reading Tan Weixin's report and plan, Tan Weixin's business suggestions, and Ye Tao's annotated series of technical improvement suggestions, everyone feels that the 20 million Desert Gold Coins are completely worth it...... Even, it's cheap.

Before the meeting of the Seven Seas Trading Company, Assad took a letter asking about the intentions of the Samir family, and he would take this letter with him to ask the opinion of the Samir family elders. Assad was quite moved, 20 million desert gold coins...... It was enough for the Samir family to calmly survive the difficult period after the founding of the state, and to restore the key business business that had been affected by the war during this time...... What is even more attractive for Assad is Ye Tao's private suggestion: he suggested that if the acquisition can be negotiated, he hopes that Assad will be in charge of all handover matters as a representative of the Samir family. At that time, Assad will also be given the right to speak at the meeting of the Seven Seas Trading Company's senior deacons......