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This is Zhao Hongyu's bait, and the object is Megan, who himself is a hunter.

For the prey in the photo, it is unknown whether the last one will be caught by him as he wishes.

But at least for now, it seems that the situation is still good.

"Concession, it's simple. We signed an agreement to set aside an area for the offices of our Empire. At the same time we have the right to garrison in this land, of course there are not too many soldiers, you can have a limit on the number, and we have jurisdiction ......"

Copied the concession bill of later Huaxia, Zhao Hongyu explained to Meghan in detail.

"I can pay for it, after all, it costs money to rent a place, right, but I want it to be cheaper and longer in terms of rental."

After explaining to Megan what a 'concession' was, Zhao Hongyu sat there quietly and watched him, waiting for the prey's reaction.

It doesn't sound like you have anything to lose, and besides, people pay for it, don't you?

It's just that the more troublesome thing is the right to garrison, and they enjoy the right of detachment within the concession, which is a bit more difficult.

Although he can sign an agreement with this highness, there are some things that are beyond the scope of his rights.

"What, is it a little difficult?" , Zhao Hongyu saw that Megan was silent, so he pretended to be concerned and asked. "If it's really difficult to do, then forget it, I heard my wife say that the rights here in Portugal belong to Spain, and I might as well go to Madrid to find those big nobles to make a deal."

pretended to give up, and said casually.

Judging from Zhao Hongyu's face, he looked very disappointed.

But who knew that he was pretending, at least Meghan didn't see it.

That's enough.

Although Zhao Hongyu's words were very casual, they were different when they fell on Meghan's ears.

After hearing Zhao Hongyu say this, he suddenly came to his senses.

Oh, yes. I'm a Spaniard, so what's the matter with renting out my Portuguese land?

It was the Portuguese who suffered the most, and it had nothing to do with Spain.

Besides, there is really a large area of wasteland near the port of Lisbon, and no one cares about it at all.

Anyway, that wasteland is also wasted there, and there is no use. In that case, it would be better to rent it to the young highness, gain his favor, and at the same time increase a little revenue for Spain's treasury.

You must know that the current Spaniards are already poor and are about to be pants, but they are still slapping their swollen faces and pretending to be fat for façade.

As a Spaniard. I don't know much about it.

When you think about it this way, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

And Meghan is almost certain that if she doesn't agree, then White Sugar won't think about it.

This young highness will definitely not make this deal with himself.

When he goes to Madrid, the nobles there will see the sugar, and someone will surely come forward to help him settle the matter, and the crown prince will still get what he wants.

The end result can only be that he gets nothing, but he will have a bad relationship with the crown prince.

God knows if he will be on the crown prince's blacklist. In the end, even the share of goods in the Americas was lost.

He didn't want that to happen.

There are good and negative things in the world, and good things can also become bad things, mainly depends on how you choose.

Meghan knows this very well.

Now in front of him, there is such a choice.

The choice is right. He will get a lot of benefits. If he is wrong, then he will fall into the abyss.

"Your Highness, I wonder how much land you need? How much are you willing to pay for this? ”

Soon, Megan made her choice. Between his own interests and Portugal, he knew what he should choose.

The interests of the Portuguese?

To hell with it, I'm Spanish.

"Aha, it looks like Viscount Meghan has made your choice, haven't you? I am very happy. You made the right choice, and I think our friendship will last forever. Zhao Hongyu smiled happily. I need a lot of land, and I plan to build a small community with hospitals, houses, schools, theaters, and of course military barracks and embassies. ”

Trying to recall everything in his memory of the foreign concession in the chaotic era of Xiaxia, Zhao Hongyu said slowly to Megan.

"But you don't need to worry about anything, of course I will be responsible for the construction costs, and you don't need to pay a peso. And once it's built, when the concession expires, if we don't lease it, everything there will be handed back to the city of Lisbon. ”

Zhao Hongyu's words came out, and even he himself blushed a little.

However, such things still have to be said.

"Thirty thousand gold pesos, lease one square kilometer of land for a period of 100 years."

Zhao Hongyu offered his price.

The rest is okay, but the price is a bit low.

Thirty thousand gold pesos is not a lot strictly speaking, but for one square kilometer of land, it is a bit of that.

What's more, the lease period is 100 years.

"Your Highness, is the price too little? I can't explain this price, and you know that the aristocrats in Madrid are not easy to deal with. ”

Megan said to Zhao Hongyu with some embarrassment.

Zhao Hongyu raised his right hand, stretched out his index finger and shook it.

"Nope! No! No! Thirty silver pesos can buy a cow, and a dock worker in Lisbon earns only two and a half silver pesos a month. Zhao Hongyu didn't quite agree with Meghan's statement.

Before arriving in Europe, Zhao Hongyu had already inquired from Sara, so he knew some about the consumption situation in Europe at this time, as well as the level of labor wages.

So, he's not a novice.

Although in the castle of Manhattan, his silver and gold coins are stacked into a small mountain, it does not mean that he can use them arbitrarily regardless of the price.

That's something that a stupid 13 would do.

"I don't need land in the city, I just need to give me a piece of wasteland on the outskirts of the city. You can't exploit the wasteland there anyway, can you, and you can't conjure pesos if you keep it, so you might as well leave it to me. Zhao Hongyu expressed his opinion. And when I finish building it for 100 years, everything will still belong to you. Right. ”

The truth is that there is such a truth, but Meghan always felt that something was wrong.

"Alright, Megan. I'm very happy that you agreed to the matter of the concession, and you can talk to my Guards Commander about the details, I think you should pay more attention to the matter of sugar now. ”

Zhao Hongyu didn't want to give Megan too much time to think, so he brought up the matter of white sugar.

When Zhao Hongyu mentioned white sugar, sure enough, Megan's attention was diverted.

"I think I might be able to give you some more sugar, anyway, I have a lot of sugar in Manhattan, and sometimes I don't need it. And I think you're such a friend, so I might as well give you more. ”

Zhao Hongyu's words. Makes Megan really excited.

Wang Shan stood behind Meghan and showed a nonchalant smile.

Hmph, what a guy blindfolded by gold coins. But it doesn't matter, for what we can do with money, we will spend money.

All in all, everything is going well now.

"Wang Shan, sort out the documents of the concession and hand them over to Viscount Meghan. We'll sign the agreement as soon as possible, so everything doesn't need to be so troublesome, and at the same time put together a sugar trade agreement. The sugar in my name supplies Viscount Meghan with 20,000 tons a year. ”

When she heard Zhao Hongyu say that everything should be simple and not so troublesome, Meghan still wanted to say something. But Zhao Hongyu turned his head and talked about sugar again.

Well, the concession agreement and the sugar agreement have to be signed together. If there is no concession, then there is no need to think about it, and there will definitely be no sugar.

But the good news is that the sugar has doubled, and he is still exclusive.

For Viscount Meghan, the news is not bad.

As for the signing of documents in the concession. Hell, who cares.

It's just that poor Viscount Meghan still doesn't know that the so-called 'exclusive' supply of the young man in front of him is actually a joke. In order to prevent Megan from becoming bigger, Zhao Hongyu has left a loophole.

It's just that Viscount Meghan didn't notice it.

Coupled with Zhao Hongyu's previous complaints, he really believed it.

Zhao Hongyu and Meghan chatted, while Wang Shan went to the captain's office to prepare documents.

Because he was not familiar with Spanish, Wang Shan had to turn to Sarah, the queen, for help.

As an aristocrat, Sara was fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Latin. He can read and write proficiently, so he needs Sara's help with the documents.

Sara followed behind Wang Shan, and when she arrived at the captain's room, Sara couldn't help but say to Wang Shan: "I think you should tell Yu that white sugar is a very popular commodity, and it can be sold here for a lot of money." And it's also a loss to give Viscount Meghan an an exclusive sale, but the men were talking about things just now, and I can't interject. But as his wife, I can't watch him suffer such a loss, absolutely not. And Meghan is bigger, it's not good for us. ”

Sara hoped that Wang Shan would tell Zhao Hongyu about this and remind him.

After listening to Sarah's words, looking at her somewhat worried look, Wang Shan smiled: "Your Royal Highness, do you really think that we only have so much sugar?" There is nothing wrong with Meghan exclusively selling sugar in His Highness's name, but it is only in His Highness's name. Wang Shan meant.

Sara was stunned at first, but quickly reacted.

"You mean to say that there are more than just so many sugar empires?"

She asked cautiously.

Wang Shan nodded and replied, "Yes, we can supply as much sugar as we want." But now we don't plan to sell on a large scale, because we don't need that much money right now, so we can only use this means in exchange for what we need. ”

In fact, Wang Shan still had a sentence that he hadn't said, that is, the gold coin trading in the space-time trader, the price was too low and there was a loss, so they didn't start selling sugar.

With these existing commodities, it is enough to obtain the necessary expenses for the current stage of development. No amount of more is of any use, it is a waste.

Nowadays, the price of gold in the virtual space-time trader has fallen to 180 yuan a gram because of their large-scale sales, and it is still falling.

At the same time, the market for gold coin collection has also fallen to the same price as gold, and it is no longer the price of antiques or collectibles.

God is pitiful, Zhao Hongyu and how many gold coins and gold they have to sell.

But these are not the main ones, the main thing is that the goods they buy from the time and space trader have started to increase in price, but the price of the goods they sell has started to fall.

As a result, many things will have to be stopped for the time being, or eventually the price system will collapse completely.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongyu wants to implement the system of commodity rationing to trade with the Europeans.

In order to keep the prices of some commodities from growing rapidly, Zhao Hongyu did not include some commodities in the list of exports, and sugar was one of them.

Nowadays, the mustard alone has risen from five cents to two yuan, which shows how fast this growth rate is.

Such a problem had to attract Zhao Hongyu's attention and caution.

It's normal for Sara to be unaware of these and their secrets. Even Emma, who has a high degree of trust, Zhao Hongyu has never said anything to her.

"You're so cunning, Meghan is a fool of you."

After Sara understood everything behind this, she scolded Wang Shan with a smile.

Later, Wang Shan prepared vellum paper and goose feather ink pens, and Sara began to draft the document in Latin.

There, Wang Shan told Sara little by little about the rights and interests of the concession and some matters.

As she drafted the document, Sara would ask questions from time to time.

"According to your approach, Meghan won't be bigger, will she?"

Wang Shan replied with a smile: "Of course, it is impossible for us not to be wary of this kind of greedy guy. God knows what he will do in the face of huge profits, so if he relies on monopoly trade to fight us, then we will sell sugar to others on a large scale as a means to fight him. ”

Sara nodded, she knew the terrible nature of this method, and she understood why her little man was doing this.

Quite simply, for Europe, a contract is sacred and highly valid. So after Zhao Hongyu and Meghan signed the sugar trade agreement, it can't be easily torn up.

During the trade period, Meghan can completely monopolize the sugar trade.

If one of the parties does anything to tear up the agreement, then his reputation will be ruined, and no one will trust him in whatever he does.

It's a terrible thing.

Therefore, in order to prevent things that may occur, Zhao Hongyu will keep a hand.

"I have no objection to Yu's approach, it is right to leave a way back for yourself." Sara said to Wang Shan, and at the same time she quickly took the paper, which was stained with ink in goose feathers, and wrote the document in Latin. "But I don't understand, what is he going to do by building a concession?"

Sara was very puzzled by this question, in her opinion, it was completely a lack of money and nowhere to spend, which was a loser. (To be continued.) )