298. Trade opening
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Feng San dragged an old cold leg to clean up the table, and the two people waiting to sit on the side were not angry when they saw him grinding, so they waited there and chatted in a strange language, until Feng San cleaned up the table and put light wine and a few plates of side dishes with wine, then Shi Shiran sat down, and then Feng San went out of the room.
Feng San cautiously closed the door for the two of them, looked left and right, and now there were no other guests, so he listened to the crack in the door for a while, and then showed a strange smile and walked down the stairs slowly. At this time, his youngest son, who acted as a bookkeeper, was lying on the counter recording something, and there were no guests at the tables in the wide room downstairs, so he greeted and walked to the back room, and did not say anything to the wife who was a cook and the eldest son who was pounding oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and hurried into the house where he lived every day, found the inkstone that had dried, spit a few mouthfuls of spit, and grinded it with ink.
Feng San is not a great talent who is not born, nor is he a sage hidden in the wilderness, he is just barely able to write and calculate, so he tremblingly grabbed the pen and wrote a few words on the square inch of rough paper, which is nothing more than the most basic content of dates, people, and speeches, this or these pieces of paper will be collected by someone in the evening, and then his day's work will be truly completed, so that at the beginning of next month, he will be able to get an additional eight dollars and a tael of silver money to make up, In order to maintain the survival of this poorly managed restaurant.
Feng San also knew what he was doing, after all, the legend of the Ming Dynasty's Tiqi was still very popular among the people, and he was also very surprised that he could be absorbed by that mysterious organization. However, people take a fancy to you and naturally have a reason for having a family, but you don't want to agree, that is, you don't know each other, as for the consequences of not knowing each other, Feng San, who has been in the market for half his life, already knows it. Fortunately, he only wrote down the conversations of the guests in the wine shop, and he was not a tiger, so he was lured by the money, but he was also conscientious.
"Daddy." Feng San, who finished writing, was still thinking about it, and the eldest son outside the room screamed. "The tooth butler is here."
Steward Lee? Feng San was stunned, speaking of which, this Steward Li is his immediate boss, but he doesn't contact him on weekdays, how can he do it today? Feng San, who didn't know why, jumped off the stool with a degree that is usually rare, but when he was about to leave the room, he hesitated, turned around and put a few pieces of paper recorded today in his arms, and then walked out with the original degree.
"Lao Feng." Seeing Feng San push the door out, Steward Li shouted after more than a dozen steps. "Last time you asked me to help you ask about the Western Kunlun slave girl, I asked for you, it's really not cheap, if you still want it, let's talk about it."
Looking at his wife's unkind eyes, Feng San's head was big for a while, but there were outsiders, and he didn't want to show his face in public if he wanted to come to this mother-in-law, so he smiled bitterly and pulled Steward Li to the side of the patio, and asked in a very low voice: "Lord Team Leader, you are old, why do you have time to come to my small place today, and you have found such a reason to entertain your little one." ”
"Isn't this also fate?" Steward Li's face is not very good-looking, speaking of which, don't look at him as the commander-in-chief of the Military Law Department in Dongcheng, Fuzhou, but he is just the identity of the deputy lieutenant of the Eighth Rank Xiuwu, and there is a stir above, so he has to follow the busy. "Lao Feng, these days there are a lot of people who have returned from Japan and North Korea to read, these people have a popular festival, but reading and reading is bad for the brain, and there are many dissatisfaction with the king's presiding over the state government, and the emperor wants to be pro-government, you have to be careful here, once such a character appears, regardless of the hour, immediately report to me."
"It's a coincidence, there were two of them in the upstairs seat just now, and they are probably speaking in Japanese language." Feng San's expression tightened, and then as if he remembered something, he immediately told the situation of the two guests who had just come. "I've written it down, I'm going to hand it in in the evening, and it just so happens that you're here, so I'll give it to you now."
"No, it's still according to the rules, who should you give those things to or to whom." Steward Li waved his hand. "As for the two you mentioned, in this case, you can serve me a few dishes in front of me so that I can sit down." Speaking of this, Steward Li also waited for Feng San to respond, and laughed loudly and scolded. "Lao Feng, you don't want to take the market anymore, and you don't ask, what is the price of this western Kunlun slave, you should take in the homeless, no, no."
"If it doesn't work, there's no way, I'm also a small profit, and the business is not good enough to come up with this method to attract customers." Feng San also followed suit. "Your price is high, I can't eat it, come on, this time it's a hard trip for you, otherwise, I'll give you a pot of wine, two appetizers, I'll accompany you."
"I'm in a hurry, I'm thirsty at this time, so it's better to be respectful than to obey." From an outsider's point of view, Steward Li muttered a few words softly, as if he was praising Feng San's ability to be a man. "Today, I will take advantage of you, and next time I will have my brother mine, even if I speak, in addition to the price, everything is easy to discuss."
Not to mention how to explain to his wife and children after the turnaround, Feng San led Steward Li to the front hall, and after asking if he didn't ask for anything upstairs, he served wine and food and let Steward Li sit there and drink slowly. I don't know how long it took, Steward Li seemed to be drunk and hazy, at this time, the two upstairs would leave the account, and Feng San's youngest son handed him change, recorded the account book, and then looked up, Steward Li was gone. The youngest son hurriedly called Feng San out, and Feng San explained slightly, only then did he understand that the other party was not eating white food, so this matter was over for the Feng family's wine shop
"Your Majesty, the Ryukyu envoys have arrived in Fuzhou." Lin Weirong, the young secretary of Honglu Temple and the director of the trade experience department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, reported to Zheng Kezang, who was seated. "The Ryukyu envoys are here, firstly, to ask the imperial court to officially canonize them, and secondly, there is also an attempt to ask the Penghu Commercial Hall to open the two ports of Ningbo and Quanzhou."
"The Qing Dynasty has four major customs offices in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the southeast, and although they have been repeatedly attacked by their own domains, their annual tax revenue is often hundreds of thousands." Zheng Kezhang narrowed his eyes and thought about it. "It's time to get back on your feet." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezhang ordered at the waiter beside him. "Call the tax secretary Zhang Riyao." The chamberlain retreated, and Zheng Kezhang re-faced Lin Weirong. "Continue to use the name of the customs or use the name of the city, wait a moment for the secretary and Zhang Qing to discuss and submit it to the political hall for discussion, but the relationship between silk and tea is not divided among the people for the time being, let alone to the Ryukyus and other countries, this must be remembered." Lin Weirong only agreed, and Zheng Kezhang said again. "In addition to the Ryukyus granted mutual markets in Suzhou, Songjiang, and Ningbo, England, France, Denmark, Luzonyi, and Hongyi, which originally had merchant houses in Penghu, were allowed to trade in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and were not allowed to cross the Fujian Sea. As for the Francophile who was entrenched in Macao, he pretended to be the governor in vain, and it was really a great rebellion to steal the territory of the dynasty, so he asked the Military Affairs Department and the General Staff Office to dispatch the 6th Water Division to expel him completely, and then there would be trade, which could follow the precedent of the Xiyi countries. ”
Zheng Kezang's decision to expel the Portuguese from Macao, on the one hand, was of course to break Portugal's dominant position in trade with China, on the other hand, it was also to take into account the competitive relationship between the two sides in the Indochina Peninsula, and finally and most crucially, although the Jesuit and other Catholic missionary institutions based in Macao had some friction with the Qing court in the north in missionary affairs, more and more missionaries in the north became Kangxi's relied on scientific and technological advisers, so Zheng Kezhang did not hesitate to use the method of banning the sea and drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle to curb it.
"By the way, Lin Qing, is Park Eunze, the Korean envoy to the DPRK, still in Fuzhou?"
"Back to the king, Envoy Park is already on his way to Nanjing, but according to the report from Fuzhou, North Korea borders with Kwantung, and its first horse has always been weak and cannot face the Qing army, so I hope that the two countries will still make secret contact."
"This can be promised to them, but there is still a shortage of military horses in the Northern Expedition of this domain, and there are no good horse farms in Jiangnan, so when he arrives, you can go and talk to him, except for Seogwipo, and borrow the entire Jeju." Country-to-state exchanges only value interests, so Zheng Kezang doesn't care about his uncle's feelings. "This matter must be agreed to by the DPRK."
Lin Weirong was excited, he understood what Zheng Kezhang meant by the must, and immediately claimed that it was, at this time, Zhang Riyao, the right attendant of the household department and the official of the Tax Experience Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, signed up to see him outside, and the conversation between the two was interrupted.
After Zhang Riyao came in, Zheng Kezhang didn't wait for him to stand firm, and he said with a sentence: "During the Chongzhen and Jianwu periods, the reason why the first emperor lost the country was that the three salaries were the key, so the fields of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Nanzhili could not be reduced. Now that the reopening of commercial ports in various places is imminent, the Qing must make a good assessment of tax profits, one silk tea profits can not be spilled over to the private and foreign countries for the time being, one is how to formulate the tax on the exporters of other commodities, and how to calculate the tax on imports such as rice, gold, silver, copper, iron, and wood, and the responsibility of the tax department is heavy. ”
Although Zheng Kezhang said without a beginning or an end, Zhang Riyao had already inquired with the chamberlain when he came, so he had some bottom in his heart, and responded at this time: "Your Majesty, rest assured, there is a precedent in Penghu, and the Tax Department is not without plans, and the Tax Department has been checking the customs documents again in the past few months, and will definitely come up with a charter that is satisfactory to the whole body." ”
"I'm afraid that the customs documents of the Qing prisoners are not enough to hold." Zheng Kezhang touched the short beard on his lips. "First, it is the naval blockade of this domain, and second, it is not impossible for sea merchants to go to sea privately, and the regulations of the tax department must be made more detailed, and the government hall will also inform in detail and consult the opinions of several elders." Zhang Riyao nodded. "As for the maritime private port and private navigation, the Qing and others don't have to worry too much, the sailors of this domain are not decorations." Speaking of which, now that the children of the 6th Division, Huguang and Guizhong, are fighting fiercely, the sailors who were originally the protagonists have nothing to do except occasionally send troops to attack the northern fleet in the coastal areas of the Qing court. "When the time comes, there will be a few more melons and vines, and the rules will be made if you want to."