Zhu Youxiao is now in a hurry to collect food, next year is the year of famine, many places in Daming have lost harvest because of disasters, and the famine is so serious that in order to survive, some people have begun to eat people, this is really people cannibalism, there are county records.

"Your Majesty, we control a large number of colonies in the East Indies, and we can collect a large amount of grain, but it is very expensive to transport grain from Manila and other places, and it is not cheap in terms of price." Louis said.

"I understand that we can negotiate the price, but the grain must be delivered to Tianjin." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Tianjin Wei, no, no, this is too far, we can only transport to Fujian Yuegang at most." Louis refused.

"It must be sent to Tianjin Wei, I can give a price of five taels of silver per stone of rice, and only if the grain merchant ships are transported, I will be allowed to dock in the open ports within the empire, otherwise, I will never allow you to dock, and in this transaction, I will implement a quota system, and I will allow you to carry as much goods as you can from the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.

At this time, the average price of rice in the Ming Dynasty was about one tael of silver and one stone, but the price difference between various places was very huge, the average price per stone in Liaodong was about eight to ten taels, and the price per stone in Beijing was about one tael, and the average price in Datong was about two to three taels.

"Your Majesty, this price is too low, it takes months to transport grain from Manila to Tianjin Wei, and the consumption is extremely high, and we cannot accept this price." Louis shook his head emphasized.

"I am the king of a country, these things should not have been talked about by me, but I think other people are not good to talk about, so I personally came forward, I don't like to bargain, eight taels of silver and one stone, in addition to the goods you need, I can send someone to help you buy, I guarantee that they are the best, and the price is also the most affordable." If you think it's okay, we'll sign an agreement, and if you don't think it's okay, I don't think there's any need to talk about it. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

Foreign trade in this period was different, the best things were for the dignitaries, followed by the middle class, and the rest for export. Zhu Youxiao came forward, and he would definitely be able to get them at least medium-grade goods.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, let's discuss." Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was about to get angry, Louis hurriedly said.

"Yes. I'm waiting for you. Zhu Youxiao said.

According to the records of the Spaniards at that time, at the time of the Longqing switch, the Spanish merchant ships tried to sell their goods in China, but more than half a month passed, and no one wanted a shipload of goods at all, but Chinese goods were very popular in Europe and had great international competitiveness.

It is for this reason that most of the foreign merchant ships transported silver.

Zhu Youxiao's proposal was very tempting, although it was not profitable to transport grain, but it could be qualified for trade, and China had the raw silk, silk fabrics, linen fabrics, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea and other goods they needed, which they could only get through smuggling before, but now they could get the goods they needed through official channels.

After some heated discussions, the Spaniards themselves finally reached an agreement. On behalf of the Spaniards, Luis said: "Your Majesty, we can pay the price of grain at five taels and one stone, but we demand that merchant ships be exempt from taxes, and our merchant ships cannot all carry only grain. ”

"In terms of grain delivery, I can follow a one-to-one model, a ship that transports all grain can be equipped with a ship that transports other commodities, but only the ship that transports grain can be exempt from taxes." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Are the commodities we need also traded in Tianjinwei?" Louis asked.

"No, after your grain is delivered to Tianjin, I will send someone to receive it, and then someone will issue you a transaction certificate, with which you can trade at any open port I designate." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Which ports are Your Majesty going to open?" Louis asked.

"Bring me your map." Zhu Youxiao said.

Louis quickly presented the map, and the Spaniards drew a very detailed map, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the map and said: "For the time being, Shanghai, Xin'an, and Yuegang will be opened, and more ports will be gradually opened in the future." Also, here, here, here...... There is a lot of rice in these places, and I believe you will have a way to get rice from these places. Zhu Youxiao pointed to India, Vietnam, Thailand and other places where rice is produced.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao was also helpless, now he has no way to plunder rice from these places, and he can't compete with Westerners at sea, so he can only count on Westerners to help him.

"We Spaniards will definitely satisfy Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live, and I also wish the friendship between Daming and Spain to last forever!" Louis said, holding his glass high.

"I wish the friendship between Daming and Spain will last forever!" Zhu Youxiao also picked up his wine glass and said.

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The most important matters have been negotiated, and Zhu Youxiao handed over the signing of the agreement to Honglu Temple, and of course, there are some details of the matter, and Zhu Youxiao can only hand it over to the people below to deal with.

The agreement between Zhu Youxiao and Spain shocked the Dutch. The Dutch obviously did not expect that Zhu Youxiao and Spain would reach an agreement in just one day.

In the evening of the same day, an agreement was reached within the Dutch delegation, and Deka Bunt decided to withdraw from Penghu in exchange for a trade agreement with Daming. The Netherlands, a country of businessmen, once again put profit first. Turning the pages of Dutch history, it is not difficult to understand this decision of the Dutch.

The next day, Dekabent asked to see Zhu Youxiao again.

The negotiations went very smoothly, and Zhu Youxiao gave the Dutch the same conditions, and told the Dutch where they had a large amount of rice.

After the negotiations on the trade land were over, Zhu You proofread Dekabent and said, "I hope that the Dutch will help me buy the sock knitting machine, the technology for making glass, and the technology for building your fortress. ”

As for the warships and cannons, Zhu Youxiao did not plan to buy them from the West, during the Zheng He period, the Chinese already had shipbuilding technology beyond the West, and now, with a large amount of financial support, Zhu Youxiao believes that there will soon be gains in shipbuilding. And the technology of the cannon, the Chinese are already copying, and it is about to achieve results.

Among several items, Zhu Youxiao wanted the most in the Netherlands to build fortresses.