Chapter 17 Joint-stock Robber Company (2nd Update)
"What does this document mean? What kind of company is called 'Doug White'...... Is that the name a British company, but why doesn't the company have a name in front of it, and leases our port and city in Agadir, and pays the bills with cannons instead of gold?"
The new king of Portugal, João IV, knocked on the table and questioned several big people in front of him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The 'former governor' of Francisco in front of him was sweating profusely, and he didn't know how to explain it.
In order to pay homage to the 'East India Company' in various countries, Liu Jingtian gave his kobold gang the name "Doug White North India Joint Stock Company" -- the geographical location of East India and West India was clearly explained, and this product gave birth to the name of North India, which can be regarded as referring to North America.
According to the logic of this goods, his 'Doug White North India Joint Stock Company' - henceforth referred to as the 'Dog-headed North Company' - was formed by a multinational of non-famous businessmen to develop the rich goods of North America, but at present it was limited by the conditions and fell into the grass - ah no, the headquarters was temporarily established in North Africa.
But the company's strength is strong, and its ambitions are high!
First rent your house 'Agadir' to open the door to welcome guests, and it is to bring goods and land with people, all of which are packaged. Of course, this port will continue to welcome the Portuguese uncle to continue to consume in the future, and all service fees will give you a 20% discount!
We haven't decided on the lease period yet...... Tentatively twenty years, enough to brush a wave of puppies.
As for the rental price, there is no money, and the company's pocket is cleaner than the face.
However, to open a company is to come out to sell, our company's fist product is a cannon! Especially the black and thick iron cannon, the performance is not under the bronze cannon, the price is only one-fifth!
The take-off is six pounds, and there is no cap on the caliber -- there is no tax on bragging, anyway.
Of course, other products can also be discussed, such as warships or something. If those things in the 'Kotou North Company' are really eye-catching.
The problem here is that we have recently become obsessed with the concept of 'zero inventory' – where inventory refers to raw materials.
Therefore, if you want to buy guns, buyers remember to bring some iron ore and coal. If you want to buy a boat, remember to bring some wood and metal, otherwise you just wait, and the markup is trivial.
Rao is as thick-skinned as Liu Jingtian, and he is a little embarrassed to write here, so he boasted about the product power of the 'Kotoubei Company', and also said that he was willing to give Portuguese businessmen some monopoly rights, such as some iron cannons of specific calibers, some specific types of warships, etc., which can be monopolized by companies designated by the Portuguese government.
It took 120,000 courage for these messy things, and those merchants of Agadir dared to bring them up with the Portuguese authorities.
However, these things that can blow up people's lungs, the Portuguese still read them carefully, and really brought them back to Lisbon to figure it out in detail.
In this, in addition to Xu Ping'an and others packaging it with their own sales experience, those businessmen in Agadir also used a lot of thought to cover those terms that did not have the most pitfalls, only more pits, and vaguely covered them with some irreversible words.
And, experienced locals, add some terms that are very attractive for this era:
Some of the provisions dealt with the slave trade;
Some of the provisions, as well as on religious issues, make astonishing concessions to Catholicism. However, these things, in the eyes of the modern Celestial Empire, are not aware at all.
But there is one thing, even Liu Jingtian gave a thumbs up to these 'Toucheng' locals: High!
There is a clause in the clause that the Portuguese authorities can 'sell' certain colonies to the 'Kotoubei Company' at a suitable price, and only need to provide very limited help, such as a map of a colony, and help 'sell the stolen goods' afterwards. It's amazing that this colony can be of any country!
"What, this is simply a land privateer license! We have become their related robbers, and they only need to produce maps and news, we will work hard and bleed, and after the fact, they can still get a share of the dry shares!"
After pondering for a long time, Liu Jingtian figured out: Isn't this the land version of the privateer license system for pirates?
Piazza Comelsio, the historic Royal Palace of Portugal. A few big men sat in the room, talking to each other, pointing at a document.
"What, this is a bunch of bandits at all! Isn't the Doug White Company a gang of bandits who abide by the corporate system? The only difference is that they can build guns and ships themselves! Now, they even ask us to admit their existence and interests!?"
Several Portuguese nobles and generals gathered here, and soon figured out the true details of the company.
Moreover, this matter is very serious - it has been determined that the other party is not human at all!
However, this does not help the reality. If it is made public, if you can't attract allies, I'm afraid that someone will use it to play.
Portugal's first problem was to defend itself against the 'invincible European Army' of the Royal Spanish Army. Although the main force of the Spanish army was consumed by France and the Netherlands, the border troops were enough to give the weak Portuguese brigade a pot to drink.
Portugal thinks that 'the enemy of the enemy is a friend', and naively contacts most of Europe to find a 'comrade-in-arms', but in the eyes of all European countries, he is just a child holding money to pass the city, and now Portugal, everyone sees only a huge and powerless colony.
Except for the mercenaries, Portugal can only rely on itself.
"We can't let anyone know that our colony is overrun by demons. No, not a demon, just a bunch of diminutive African tribes!
"Otherwise, all the Crucidian countries will pounce on our overseas territories for various reasons, and as for the truth, they will not care at all.
"Not only that, but we also have to help cover up this matter and not let a little wind get out......
"Perhaps, we can use this to break the current bad situation......"
1640 is an ordinary year, in this small conference room, a few people have made an important decision with difficulty.
In the next few decades, everything that happened was beyond anyone's imagination...... Half the world has left the deep footprints of kobolds......
But at this moment, the first to be unlucky was Governor Francisco. As a kobold who witnessed the true face of the kobold, he had to say goodbye to his family with tears in his eyes and go to Agadir in person to serve as the Portuguese representative, where he is stationed.
How do you say that?
'You know so much!'
God knows how many years before I can go home.
And a thousand kilometers away in Agadir, there is a new 'corps'. More than 1,000 captives are leveling the land and building prisoner of war camps. They don't know that they are also unlucky, and they will not want to go home in a few years. There are more than 20,000 people who have seen the true face of kobolds. But most of these witnesses stayed in Agadir.
The Portuguese had a very simple idea - no one should think of leaving, and this secret could be delayed for as long as it wanted!
If he knew the Portuguese plan, Liu Jingtian would definitely wake up laughing in his dreams.
Having said that, because Xu Ping'an is deeply involved in the organization and construction of the Production and Construction Corps, and the organization here is very strong, this plan may really be successful......