Chapter 380: Foreignland Might
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The fleet of the Ming merchant group came to the port of Manila and was warmly welcomed, and even the Spanish governor personally came to the dock to greet the Ming trade delegation, happily accepted the invitation, and brought his wife to the flagship to participate in the cocktail party, he had already liked the West Wind liquor, this time Huang Sheng generously gave him forty boxes.
There are many oriental beauties dressed in gorgeous silk at the cocktail party, and in the rhythmic Han music, the Han beauties dance enchantingly, the Han men are graceful, the Hanfu with wide robes and large sleeves is chic and elegant, and the bullfighters are ashamed of themselves, and they are leisurely fascinated by this mysterious oriental country.
The three missionaries who returned to Manila with the ship had already followed the Huang family's fleet back and forth, and were impressed by the discipline and civility of this unit.
They are all people who have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean, and they have seen extraordinary, and when they meet the governor of their own country, they will naturally do their best to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries, and they hope that the friendship between the two countries will last forever.
The Spaniards have sold the goods of the Ming Dynasty last year to Europe, and have made considerable profits.
The new merchants looked down on any country outside of Europe, and they didn't even believe that there would be caravans in Asia that could rival the European fleets.
They found that the goods transported by the Ming Dynasty this time were more than fifty percent more than expected, and cheered one by one, and after seeing the Han food, singing and dancing, and Chinese costumes, the Xiyi people had a correct attitude one by one, and secretly smeared perfume on their armpits.
The next trade between the two sides was carried out in a friendly atmosphere, without any disputes, and both sides paid attention to credit, no counterfeit and shoddy, and everything went smoothly.
Huang Sheng exchanged the porcelain, glassware, silk, tea, Songjiang cloth, Xifeng liquor, cosmetics, etc., for 250,000 stone of rice, 100,000 stone of corn, 1.5 million jin of brass ingots, 4.5 million jin of cotton, 20,000 stone of cane sugar, 50,000 taels of gold, as well as spices, sumac, and so on.
The Spanish merchants found that there were still many goods in the Ming fleet, and they came to Bian Zhi Ming and Nguyen Dan, who were in charge of the delivery, and they said that although they did not have any stock in hand to exchange, they could buy it with silver.
Ruan Dan politely told them that no, no matter how high the price is, Daming cannot violate the spirit of the contract, these goods have signed agreements with the Portuguese and Dutch, and our fleet will go to the port of Fifu for delivery immediately.
Nguyen Dan explained that there was no longer a single businessman to disturb him, and they all believed that to do business, they had to keep their promises.
However, European businessmen have asked to supplement the agreement again, they will prepare more goods in Manila, and at the same time, they will also bring more goods to the Ming merchant ships next year.
This can be had, and the name of the border means that other goods are still the same, as long as Manila increases the stock of rice, cotton, brass ingots, and nickel.
The three missionaries reported on the situation of going to Daming to develop believers, which was affirmed by the Bishop of Manila, and the archbishop who was far away in the Vatican also heard about the missionaries going to Daming, and they not only received financial support, but also increased the number of more than a dozen.
Bidding farewell to the port of Manila, the fleet went all the way west to the port of Fafford, and the Portuguese were extremely happy to see that the Ming fleet had come to keep the contract, and they got the goods of the Ming Dynasty this time.
Nguyen Dan, the king of Jiaozhi County of Quang Nam, went to Hue to meet with the lord Nguyen Phuc Yuan and handed him the decree and letter of state canonized by the Ming Emperor.
Of course, there are also many rewards that have been dropped by the Huang family, all of which are porcelain and glassware, as well as dozens of boxes of Xifeng liquor, as well as soap gift boxes, "Xie Fuchun" incense powder, hair oil, and shampoo.
The dazzling array of porcelain and splendid glazed ware are absolute luxuries in Quang Nam, soap and cosmetics have become the competition for the harem of the lord, and the liquor of the west wind has become the favorite of the lord.
The Great Tomorrow Son was so generous, Ruan Fuyuan was flattered, and immediately carefully prepared more tributes for Ruan Dan to bring back, and he found that the tribute to Daming seemed to only make money and not lose money, of course, he had to come and go often.
Hu Mingshan got 90,000 taels of silver and really lived up to expectations, and this year he increased the cultivation of many rice fields, and in the spring he had sold 150,000 stone of rice to Daming, and this time he also prepared 500,000 stones required by Huang Sheng.
Hoang Thanh met with Hu Minh Son and several of his associates, who were also spokesmen of bureaucratic capital in Quang Nam, all of whom had official backgrounds, as well as the Nguyen royal family.
Huang Sheng's kind words induced them to work hard to produce grain, and he quickly gave the entire payment of 225,000 taels of silver, and the deposit of 90,000 taels was not deducted, which was counted as next year's deposit.
Hu Mingshan has never done such a large business, and he has always been uneasy, and it feels a little unreal to see that all the goods have been cleared and all the money has been returned, and he feels that it is too easy.
Why didn't such a powerful Daming pick a bone in the egg? Huang Sheng left Hu Mingshan and several rice suppliers from Quang Nam to attend the dinner to thank all the merchants.
The dealings between the officials of the Guangnan Kingdom and the Westerners were similar to the diplomacy between the Manchus and the foreigners, and they were all servile and servile.
They saw that everyone in the Ming Dynasty was straight, and talked to those blonde and blue-eyed foreigners on an equal footing, and they also showed a sense of superiority from time to time. Those foreigners were respectfully accompanied by caution, and there was no momentum in front of them at all.
The partners of Guangnan Guo participated in a cocktail party, and they felt the status of Daming in their shoes and had a more correct attitude.
Huang Sheng left them to drink tea, continued to teach them, and asked these rice suppliers to pull in some more big landlords to increase investment and increase the sowing area, not limited to five or six hundred thousand stones, no matter how much rice they get, Daming will buy it, and one or two silver will not be less.
In fact, Huang Sheng set a good price for rice in Guangnan, and the Ming Dynasty is now because of natural disasters and man-made disasters that have caused grain prices to soar.
Quang Nam is a tropical region with abundant water and soil, and the cost of producing grain is much less than that of temperate regions, and the price of grain given by the Huang family will not be less than 20% of the profit of these merchants.
Huang Sheng earnestly induced them, that is, to let these businessmen get benefits, they should know how to increase investment and cultivate more land, so as to increase the supply of grain for export.
Huang Sheng finally promised that if the Zheng family in the north was unfavorable to Guangnan again, the Ming Dynasty would certainly not stay out of the matter if the Zheng family in the north had become a trading partner with Guangnan, and he could consider sending troops to assist when the time came.
Hu Mingshan didn't dare to take over, the last time he asked Daming to send troops, he almost took most of the lives of Guangnanguo's finances, and Guangnanguo didn't dare to trouble Lord Huang again until it was a matter of life and death.
Huang Sheng also asked them if there were any hostile forces in the neighboring countries that were more difficult, and said that he could lead troops to help them grab land and expand the land area, as long as there were many rice fields, they could consider helping.
Hu Mingshan and his partners sweated on their foreheads when they heard this, but they had some ideas, at this time, the Dayue Kingdom regarded the Champang, Chenla, Siam and other ethnic groups as barbarians, and was constantly conquering them.
If the arrogant soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will add fuel to the fire, Guangnan will be able to expand its territory to the west for 300 miles.