The performing arts troupe organized by the Propaganda Department has been performing in the capital of Daxia for half a month.

Judging from the feedback from various newspapers and periodicals, the subject matter is novel and talented, and the response is extremely enthusiastic.

By the way, costumes, makeup, vocal music, props and other performance-related matters are all on fire.

At the critical moment before the auspicious sea, the 'auspicious fever' once again detonated the Great Xia.

In June, Jixiang University of Government was established.

In July, the construction of the Xizhou Bicycle Factory was started, and the steel mill was put into production.

At the end of July, Hu Yue's second batch of commission trainees arrived in Jixiang, including 200 children and 100 teenagers.

It can be seen from the dress that these children are from a real aristocratic background, and Hu Yue people finally recognized Jixiang's status in the education world with practical actions.

Although there was a few years of interruption in the middle of the study abroad training, it did not affect the relationship between the two countries, after all, there was a big summer gap between the two sides, and there was no dispute of interest.

In August, large-scale border clashes broke out between Hu Yue and Bactria with more than 1,000 dead and wounded on both sides.

In the middle of the same month, the Sunset Collar and the Sunset Collar invaded the Xishan Territory through the road.

The two sides fought fiercely for four or five days, and after the artillery arrived for support, the two leaders of the second army retreated.

At the end of the month, Jixiang mediated and promised to lift the import restrictions on Sunset, and after the opening of the sea, he could go to sea through Xingyao Bay.

Under the temptation of such a huge cake, Qin Yuan gave in neatly.

Xishan Sun also came to Jixiang in person to express his gratitude, and by the way, he re-mentioned the construction of Xihe Pedestrian Street, which was temporarily shelved by Wang Xuan.

At the beginning of September, Jixiang held a meeting to prepare for going to sea, and the forces of the entire Xingyao Continent came.

For a time, the embassy area in the north of Jixiang City was very lively.

The meeting was chaired by the Jixiang military and held at the Xingyao Bay District Naval Academy.

The auditorium on the first floor is divided into three areas.

The Western Zhou, Daxia, and auspicious representatives each occupy a district.

The table is full of fruits, snacks and tea, and what was once loved is now a supporting role.

The service staff shuttled through all corners of the hall, serving the representatives with all their hearts, and now they represent the auspicious face, showing the best side to the guests as much as possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Wang Yu of the Jixiang Military Department, and I am entrusted by His Majesty the King of our country to preside over this meeting. The meeting may last for three or five days, or three or five weeks, but it will be until everyone is satisfied. ”

Heavy voices came from microphones everywhere.

"All of you here are representatives of all forces, and they are coming to open the sea, let's salute first and then soldiers, and the ugly words are in front. ”

Everyone also knows a little bit about the auspicious style, so wait for the following.

common interests that brought them together.

Nowadays, Jixiang has the advantage of geographical location and has access to the sea.

In addition, the auspicious battleship is strong and tenacious, and the guns are sharp, which is a powerful guarantee for going to sea.

The mascot is fully capable of leaving everyone behind and exploring the vast ocean alone.

Now I am willing to accept them, willing to give profits, even if it costs something, it is a matter of course.

Nowadays, in addition to the auspicious kingdom, Hu Yue and Great Xia, Hu Yue and the Western Zhou have territorial disputes, and conflicts are constant.

Wang Yu first stated that this is the internal affair of all parties, and Jixiang will not interfere.

However, the deployment to the sea must not be affected by the war, otherwise Jixiang will be the first to disagree.

This is a precondition, and the parties accept it before talking about anything else.

Naturally, the three parties had no opinion, saying that they would set up a special department to be responsible for the opening of the sea, and promised not to get involved in political and military affairs.

"The purpose of opening the sea is to explore the sea conditions around the Xingyao Continent, to find new continents and islands, to carry out economic and trade exchanges, and to communicate with each other. ”

That's as it should be.

"Once the uninhabited island is discovered, it will automatically be included in the auspicious territory, and everything on the island will be owned by auspiciousness. ”

Originally, Wang Xuan thought that everyone would care about these overseas unclaimed territories, but who knew that everyone was not interested at all.

After all, far away from the enclave of the Xingyao Continent, you can only go to sea through the auspicious Xingyao Bay, which is extremely inconvenient for immigration and management.

But in order to fight for more rights and interests, they put forward a request to set up an office in Jixiang's overseas territory, and Wang Yuzi readily agreed.

"If a continent or island is found, auspicious is willing to fight for the same power for all parties. ”

In return for the peach, Wang Yu first gave all parties a sweet date.

When everyone heard this, their hearts were half relieved.

What is the purpose of going to sea?

Nature is interest.

To put it bluntly, it's money, and resources.

Jixiang is willing to fight for the same power for everyone, that is, to treat everyone equally, and there will be no more exploitation in overseas trade.

While all parties rejoiced, they also secretly praised the auspicious fall.

"The Xingyao Continent is very large, and there are many powerful enterprises and merchants, if they are all greedy for overseas violence to join the sea trade, wouldn't it be chaotic. Therefore, Jixiang Business Alliance will set up an import and export bureau to manage all the approval and supervision of import and export trade. ”

This is one of the means to regulate foreign trade, and it is also convenient for supervision.

"Are you saying that enterprises without export qualifications cannot engage in maritime trade business?"

The issue of rules is always the focus of businessmen.

"Yes, Xingyao Bay is so big, and the Xingyao River is so wide. ”

Wang Yu's words were a bit hurtful, but to a certain extent, they also protected the interests of big capitalists.

Small and medium-sized enterprises do not have export qualifications, so they can only sell their products to qualified large enterprises and capitalists, who are bound to be stripped of their profits.

This is well known to all of you.

"The number of daily shipments of each party, the number of ships berthed, and the geometry of taxes are all under the overall jurisdiction of Jixiang Customs. Foreign businessmen who have obtained export qualifications will be subject to customs duties after entering the auspicious goods, and half and one percent of the customs duties will be levied when they go to sea. ”

Fifteen percent of the tax is not much, and Wang Xuan is already relatively generous.

"After all, the external news is not smooth, whether the trade between the two sides is complementary, and the value difference is unknown, so the first three batches of sea trade auspicious duty-free. ”

"Good. ”

"Benevolence!"

"This ......"

Someone gave a thumbs up, because it is very popular in auspiciousness, and everyone knows that it means praise.

Wang Yu's words attracted everyone's applause.

Although it can't save a few dollars, it is rare for people to be able to consider it from their own standpoint.

"Follow-up according to the actual profitability of foreign trade, and then discuss with you to set the tax rate of various materials. ”

Since other people's taxes are levied, it is natural to serve others.

The answer given by Wang Yu is as expected, Jixiang is responsible for the safety and security of shipping, and operates with reference to the offshore model.

In this way, the recurrence of emergencies after landing on the shore will not be under the jurisdiction of auspiciousness.

Generally speaking, the foreign merchants of the Xingyao Continent have to pay tolls when they go to sea through auspicious passages.

In order to make foreign businessmen feel that the price is worth it, auspicious provides transportation services and backs it by force to fight for the same trade agreement for everyone.

In addition, the minerals, forests and other resources in the auspicious overseas territories will also be appropriately opened to them.

That was the framework for the day's discussions.

On September 3, the second day of the meeting, the issue of export qualifications of enterprises was discussed.

Limited by land and water transportation and port area, about 100 medium-sized inland river transport ships and more than 300 horse-drawn carriages can be accepted on auspicious days.

Therefore, after a morning of research, the enterprises that have obtained export qualifications are fixed on the smallest three-digit figure of 'one hundred'.

The number of 100 enterprises with foreign trade qualifications is very rare.

Only the average of Great Xia is not enough for one point per territory.

First of all, these businesses must set up an office in Jixiang.

Secondly, the enterprise must obtain a business certificate issued by the territory and the state, which is the so-called business license.

Third, the registered capital of the enterprise is more than 10,000 gold coins, the business condition is good, the reputation is good, and the debt is less.

Fourth, the product quality meets the minimum standards set by Jixiang Business Alliance.

Fifth, the scale must be more than 100 people, and child labor and slavery must not be used.

In this way, more than 1,000 companies have met the requirements.

There is no way, so we have to sort according to the above five temporary conditions, and the top 100 will get the right to export trade next year.

At the bottom of the rankings, only after a certain unlucky egg fell down, they were replaced in turn.

In this way, according to the statistics of the application materials submitted by various countries, Daxia occupies more than 60 households, Hu Yue occupies more than 30 households, and the Western Zhou Dynasty accounts for zero.

So the Western Zhou people quit, thinking that Jixiang, Daxia and Hu Yue had joined forces to bully them, and the meeting came to a standstill for a while.

"The Western Zhou Dynasty is already far away, and the goods arrive auspicious and lose a lot, even if they export overseas to obtain huge profits, it may be difficult to make up for their shortfalls. ”

Some deputies from Daxia raised this very practical issue.

It is true, but it cannot be deprived of people's qualifications for maritime trade, which are two different things.

Sure enough, the Western Zhou people were furious.

"This is not a matter of hard work for the businessmen of Daxia, we just want a few places for maritime trade, and we should pay a lot of taxes. ”

You have money, and we are not poor.

A mere one-fifty tax is not at all in the eyes of a country.

At this time, Wang Yu had to come out to clean up the mess.

"We have already thought about this matter, and in the near future, Xizhou can sell products or raw materials to Hu Yue, although the profit is less, but it is also a safe way. When the auspicious navy explores the surrounding sea conditions, it will try to find another outlet to the sea in the north of the mainland. ”

In fact, there is an outlet to the sea in the southeast of Huyue, but Jixiang does not mention it.

And Hu Yueren didn't know what the considerations were, and he didn't mention it.

When the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty heard this arrangement, they felt a little warmer in their hearts, and temporarily accepted the suggestion to establish a business and trade cooperative relationship with Hu Yue.

September 4, the third day of the meeting.

This time, we are discussing the issue of export standards.

"All products exported from Jixiang must be marked with the word 'auspicious' on the outer packaging. As for the origin of the product, it can be indicated on the small package. ”

Everyone reluctantly agrees with this, after all, they use the channel of other people's auspiciousness.

"The product quality standards are formulated by the Business Alliance, and the specific rules are discussed by the Business Alliance in a special seminar. It is important to emphasize that the quality of similar products must be consistent. ”

Wang Yu's meaning is very clear, small and medium-sized enterprises will supply you, but the quality standards cannot be lowered, and Jixiang does not want to smash his own signboard.

Everyone is not stupid, but the representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises have a worried face.

"The freight is compared to the tariff, the first three times are free, and the subsequent freight is divided according to the calculation standard and grade, if the calculation method is unreasonable, it will be agreed again. ”

The Shangmeng is formulating these two standards, and neither Jixiang nor Daxia, nor Hu Yue nor Western Zhou have such experience.

Wang Xuan had to set some general directions based on his past memories.

Of course, if you go to sea on a medium-sized inland river transport ship, you naturally do not need to pay freight, but you will take care of your own blessings and misfortunes.

If the naval shipyard in Lucky Star Bay also produces seaborne ships for sale, it is estimated that business will be very hot.

Shipping is risky, the insurance business has not been carried out for the time being, Wang Xuan plans to wait and see, and then decide on the type of insurance and compensation rules.

On September 10, the meeting discussed the obligations of foreign investors.

Jixiang provides all convenience, and foreign businessmen only need to pay taxes, which is obviously too good.

Therefore, there is an additional clause attached to auspiciousness.

Enterprises that have obtained export qualifications need to provide 100 skilled sailors to Jixiang.

This is a hard condition.

The lack of auspiciousness is a well-known thing.

With the addition of more than 10,000 skilled sailors, the navy sailors can be liberated to train and fight full-time.

In addition, each trading place was to be guarded by armed guards to ensure the safety of the foreign personnel.

These guards also need to be recruited by various enterprises, and are trained and managed by Jixiang, similar to organizations such as security companies.

After these meridians are straightened out, the study of the details and details will be carried out.

This is the duty of professionals, so the delegates were able to get away from the boring meetings, visit the auspicious mountains and rivers, and set up an office in the best place in Xingyao Bay.

Throughout September, people were busy with matters related to going to sea, and the Navy Shipyard was working day and night.

Today, there are five warships of the first type, three transport ships and two supply ships.

Luxury cruise ships have just begun to lay keels, and it is estimated that they will be launched by the end of the year.

"For all matters of foreign trade, the General Administration of Customs needs to participate in the whole process and be familiar with the rules and regulations - Wang Xuan. ”

At the end of October, Wang Xuan signed a note on the "General Principles of Auspicious Import and Export".

In just 20 words, the weight is huge.

And Zhao Huan is also considered to be the most promising figure to become the second Xiaohei.