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"By the Lord's decree, Burleigh is removed? Sicomb is the head of the Horse Academy, Jin Zheng Wupin Feng Doctor, worship the commander and give a silver loyalty and diligence medal, a bronze meritorious card, another 500 taels of silver, 20 pieces of silk, 50 pieces of porcelain, 500 catties of raw tea, and two women. (Like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)"

Looking at the British who were kneeling on the ground learning the Chinese way of kneeling, Zheng Kezang sitting on the throne had a satisfied smile on his face, yes, the title of the five-rank official and the commander of Tongzhi is one of the few in the whole of Dongning, but compared to the high-quality nitrate produced by the composting method provided by the other party for Dongning, it is only a drop in the bucket, you must know that in the future, Ming Zheng not only does not need to import Indian saltpeter, but also can export saltpeter, this alone, the reward for the British is worth the money.

"Saltpeter can finally be self-sufficient," waved off the British, who had repeatedly pledged their allegiance to him, and Zheng Kezang's eyes returned to Lin Weirong's face. "But if such a large quantity of goods is canceled all of a sudden, will there be any resentment on the side of Yinggui Liyi?"

"I think there are two ways to do it." Lin Weirong built yì road. "First, don't immediately cancel the import of saltpeter, at most resell it to North Korea, Japan, or Bac Ha and Quang Nam, so that even if it doesn't make money, at least it won't be in debt, and it's not just Ying Guili who is suspicious." Zheng Kezhang listened intently. "Second, while reducing the import of saltpeter year by year, we will increase the number of imports of cotton, canvas, and iron ore to supplement the shortage in the domain."

"It's a good idea, maybe you can hide it for as long as you want." Zheng Kezhang sighed and agreed to the Department of International Commerce's disposition, but then he asked again. "Lin Qing, which of the various trade routes in this domain are now profitable, and which ones are deliberately carried out to obtain the materials that Dongning lacks?"

"Lord, all the shipping routes operated by the domain are actually for the purpose of obtaining goods that the domain lacks." Lin Weirong gave an example. "For example, in the trade with Korea, the domain was for horses, timber, cotton, and medicinal herbs; Another example is the trade with Japan, where the domain is for the copper, gold, silver, and dyes of Japan; Trade with Quang Nam and Bac Ha was for rice, timber, dyes, buffalo; The trade with Ti Ni (Pattani) was for tin, and only the trade with Manila was somewhat loss-making. "When it comes to business with the Spaniards, Zheng Kezang's face flashed with green energy, you must know that this line was decided by himself, and the deep meaning of it Lin Weirong, the judge, should know, but Lin Weirong doesn't open which pot to mention, which makes him a little annoyed, but fortunately, Lin Weirong has noticed Zheng Kezang's unswervingness, and immediately changed the conversation." But you can also get a little spice, at least not much. ”

"That's fine." Since Lin Weirong has stopped, Zheng Kezhang naturally can't always hang on his face, so he also changed the topic. "Is it possible for the Department of International Trade to send a ship directly to Tianzhu and Dashihai?"

"Master Lu's matter, this official has also heard people talk about it, it's a pity, such a big family business back then, and now that's all left." Just when Zheng Kezhang and Lin Weirong were talking about whether the Manila Merchant House was losing money, He Zhizhou, who was stationed in Manila, was talking to people. "But now that there is a great enemy of Jiannu in this domain, and there are Dutch Hongyi outside, there is really no way to have anything to do with Luzon Yi, so this is not a matter of silver and grain."

Lu Jing (recommended by book friend lidry) was disappointed: "Then according to the meaning of adults, the blood of these tens of thousands of Han people will be shed in vain?" ”

"Although they are all Han people, have they paid any taxes to the Ming Dynasty?" He Zhizhou sneered at the dumbfounded Lu Jing. "Of course, some of them were persecuted by the government and gentry and left their homeland to come to Luzon to make a living, but there are also many who came overseas to settle land for tax evasion." He Zhizhou's words are right, with the Lu family, a local tyrant and maritime merchant who owns hundreds or even tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land overseas, not only want to enjoy the protection of the Ming court, but also be reluctant to pay a penny of taxes, how can there be such a good thing in the world. "It's not that the court regards you as an outcast, but that you regard the court as an abandonment, and you usually don't burn incense and rush to hug the Buddha's feet. Lu Jing hadn't woken up from his stunned moment, so he listened to He Zhizhou continue: "If you really want the imperial court to make decisions for you, it's very simple, one is to move back to Dongning now, and the other is to pay taxes to the imperial court. ”

Moving back to Dongning? Pay taxes to Ming Zheng? Hearing these two conditions, Lu Jing was like a deflated ball. Speaking of which, although Lu Jing did not have as many acres of land as his father at that time, he still had 10,000 acres of fertile land, hundreds of households of hired laborers, and thousands of slaves, so how could he give up this and return to Dongning naked? As for paying taxes? Now he paid too much tax to the Spaniards, so how could he rip out his own meat to meet the needs of Dongning?

"Then there's no third way to go?" Lu Jing asked cautiously, for fear that the result would disappoint him.

"It's not like it's nothing." Sure enough, He Zhizhou gave a solution. "Master Lu is also a famous family in Luzon, I want to say something to make the court useful, and ask Master Lu to mobilize a hundred Han people every year to move back to Dongning, as long as this is done, even if you don't pay taxes and don't move back in person, the lord of the domain will definitely give you a gift, with this tiger skin, if you want to come to Luzon Yi to move Lord Lu again, you have to weigh it."

"A hundred households a year? That's too much, right? "Lu Jing tried to bargain." How many Han Epitek households are there in the whole of Luzon? ”

"Okay, just give Master Lu some decency." He Zhizhou flipped his hands. "Five hundred households, as long as Master Lu arranges for five hundred Han people to return to Dongning, the official will ask the feudal lord for Lord Lu for the lord of one hundred households."

"Five hundred households is still too much." Lu Jing, who already knew that the lord could not be passed on, wanted this umbrella but was reluctant to pay a large price, so he tried to continue to bargain. "Up to 200 families can be arranged to return to Dongning."

"Master Lu." He Zhichao chuckled. "Master Lu may despise the dignitaries of these hundred households, but some people don't think about it, otherwise, Master Lu will think about it when he goes back, but he has to remember clearly, it is a household or a mouth, and he should not come down when the time comes, but what tricks do you play, then it will not look good??"

Without speculating for more than half a sentence, Lu Jing, who boasted of sticking a cold ass with a hot face, left the merchant house after ordering tea in He Zhizhou, but then he walked into the Spanish governor's palace

"What do you think about the fact that the emissaries of the Daguan have adopted the method of conferring the title of squire on the Chinese immigrants of higher status, mobilizing them to transport some of the Chinese immigrants of lower status and lower income back to the Dayuan?" Gabriel, the Spanish Viceroy in Manila? Morality? Gabriel de Curuzealeguiy Arriola sought a solution from the priests, administrators, and soldiers present. "Is it to sit and watch? Or do you want to send someone to stop it? ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, as far as I know, according to the treaty between the two countries, the extradition of immigrants from the Philippine region is in accordance with the treaty, and I believe that Your Excellency the Governor does not want to tear up this agreement at once?"

"That's true." Governor Gabriel confirmed this. "But the production capacity of the indigenous people is extremely poor, and if these Chinese immigrants leave, will it cause the province of Manila to lose money in terms of taxes and so on?"

For these colonists, of course, money comes first, but the problem of taxation is only a small head, the key is trade, so an administrative official said: "The income from Penghu's trade can fully offset the loss caused by the reduction of Chinese immigrants, not to mention that these immigrants are not independent of cultivating their own land, as the hired labor of large landowners, their disappearance does not affect the collection of normal land tax, the only reduction is only a trivial poll tax." ”

"I personally think that the appropriate reduction in Chinese immigration is a good thing for Manila and its environs that maintain His Majesty." A major said. "If they do stay in Manila, ten years from now, a new round of clean-up work will inevitably lead us to war with the big guys." The major clearly noted. "The Portuguese and the Dutch lost three ships in succession around the Strait of Formosa, one of which may have been the cause of the typhoon, but more likely, the navy of the Grand Man."

"According to the Tatars, isn't the navy of the great man already lost in battle with them?"

"Your Excellency, the Tatar claims are not credible at all." The major used the battle in Qiongzhou as an illustration. "If you don't have a strong navy, how can you master such a vast sea area from Dayuan to Qiongzhou." The Major relayed the words of a Spanish merchant captain. "Hundreds of ships have gathered together all over the sea to form an unprecedentedly large group, and the straits of Formosa are often filled with small brigs that almost outnumber the gunboats of Manila, and if their tonnage were not small, they would have been enough to dominate the entire Asian seas." Speaking of this, the major sternly got up. "Your Excellency the Governor, the Provincial Bishops, and all the Lords, the power of the Lords is already great enough, and the reason why they do not take action against the colonial strongholds of Europe is because they are attracted to the Tatars of the north, but even so, we cannot provoke them lightly."

"Damn the British, they must have passed on the shipbuilding technology to the masters, otherwise we would be dealing with a slow junk." A tax officer said indignantly. "The Brit will regret it."

"It doesn't matter if they regret it or not, but we must not regret it later." Seeing the embarrassed faces of the participants, Governor Gabriel said in a decisive voice. "We need goods from the East, and in the case of the Tatars forbidding the sea and the Japanese closing the country, we must ensure the trade routes of Penghu, so I decided not to stop the actions of the generals."

"So what if those wealthy Chinese resist our rule with the title of a great official?"

"No, no, they just use this title to protect their property from being expropriated by us, and we have no such intention at this stage, and there is no possibility of conflict between the two sides." The Governor has all the controls. "As for the future? I hope that the next governor or the next governor will come to an agreement with the Commander, and perhaps the Commander will have been wiped out by the Tatars by that time."

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