Chapter 312: Arriving at Haijing City
First, because of the large number of people participating in the bidding, in the end, the exclusive distribution rights of Wanhai Country B were auctioned for a full 200 golden elephants, which shocked the jaws, and at the same time made many people re-correct their attitudes.
The reason is very simple, since so many people do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to pursue it, it means that most people are optimistic about their money, otherwise no one's money is floating in the big river.
Just when the bidding meeting was in full swing, the large army led by Zhang Qian had just sailed into the Hulin River and arrived at Haijing City, the central city in the south of the Linguo at the mouth of the Hulin River, which is also the capital of the southern Linhai Province.
The capital of the forest country, the forest protection city, is not near the sea, but in the middle and upper reaches of the forest protection river, which is an inland city, closer to the north, after all, the center of the east region of the river has always been the central and northern.
However, relying on the convenient transportation of the largest river in the forest country, the forest protection city is still the largest and most prosperous city in the forest country, with an extremely strong commercial atmosphere, and it is also the political, economic and cultural center of the forest country.
However, with the continuous rise of maritime trade in recent decades, occupying the advantageous position of the estuary of the forest protection river, just like the magic capital of China on the earth, the trend of the rise of Haijing City is becoming more and more obvious, surpassing the capital forest protection city, and replacing it as the new economic center of the forest country is not impossible.
Therefore, the political level of the city lord of Haijing City is quite high, only half a level lower than the governor of Linhai Province, and he must be the deputy governor concurrently.
When the Huaxia fleet was still on the way, the city lord got the news first, quite alarmed, as a real power fiefdom, the city lord Mu Sheng naturally heard of Huaxia, a regime thousands of miles away, and as the sworn enemy of Zhongshan - now the front line is still fighting with Zhongshan Guo, although the results are ugly - Zhongshan Country has paid attention to all the big actions, including Zhongshan Kingdom secretly instigating people from the rivers and lakes to sneak into the territory of the Chinese people in the wilderness of atonement, and the intention is self-evident.
But now that the Chinese people have come by sea from thousands of miles away, their purpose is not to make people think about it.
Regardless of his intentions, it was very likely that Mu Sheng had guessed it, so during the few days of waiting, Mu Sheng quickly reported to the governor and the capital, and at the same time waited for the distinguished guests to come with a happy mood.
As a result, as soon as the Huaxia fleet arrived off the coast of Haijing Bay, Mu Sheng got the news, and immediately put down his official duties and went to the diplomatic personnel sent by the capital to discuss the hospitality.
Of course, even if Mu Sheng is looking forward to the arrival of the Huaxia people, he will not rush to meet him in person, first, he is a feudal territory, a hereditary nobleman, and when treating the Huaxia people, he represents the Lin State government, so he must pay attention to his identity;
The official meeting between the two sides was on the third day.
This time it is not like Duanmu to enter the banner country, this time it is open-minded, and he can't know the capital to notify the landlord, so Zhang Qian said hello to the local city lord's mansion in accordance with diplomatic etiquette, and put on a business card.
Then Mu Sheng took the opportunity to express that he was very interested in Huaxia and wanted to meet Zhang Qian, and by the way, he gathered decent people in the city to have a party and get to know him.
In this regard, Zhang Qian couldn't ask for it.
So, you and I were willing, and I didn't even think about the time carefully, and it was directly set for the next day.
When Zhang Qian saw Mu Sheng, he was still very surprised, for no other reason, Mu Sheng was too young, in his early twenties, he sat in the powerful position of the city lord of Haijing City, even if he had a prominent family background, it was difficult to do it, unless he was a member of the royal family, but as we all know, the surname of the Lin royal family was not wood, but Lin.
That can only show that the city lord in front of him not only has a prominent family background, but also has excellent ability.
And Mu Sheng was also equally surprised when he saw Zhang Qian, he didn't expect that the person who led the fleet to cut through the waves and trek thousands of miles was actually a well-mannered literati? This was too surprising to him, in his concept, only those who were not afraid of hardships and dangers, and who were brave enough to move forward, or explorers who were full of adventurous spirit, could do this kind of thing.
"Captain Zhang's courage, determination, and courage are deeply impressed!" Mu Sheng said with heartfelt admiration.
"I didn't expect that the Lord of Mucheng would be so young, he is really young and promising!" Zhang Qian didn't say clichés, and praised the other party very sincerely.
Although the phrase "young and promising" has almost become synonymous with himself, and the same words are almost heard by the ears, but today from the mouth of a foreign official thousands of miles away, somehow, Mu Sheng has a different kind of refreshing feeling, refreshing and refined.
"Where, where...", the two began to lean on each other, and then a group of people followed together with hypocritical masks, the party itself is an extremely boring event, and its role is not to provide a platform for people to be polite to each other?
The really nutritious conversation is after the party, when irrelevant people and others quit, and each party only brings a few henchmen, sits in the conference room, takes off the disguise, drinks tea and chats.
The opening remarks were still not nutritious, but when Zhang Qian said that his intention was to do business this time, Mu Sheng and the people he brought were quite disappointed, but when they learned what business they were doing, their attitudes immediately changed 180 degrees.
Although he is doing an old fox who is well versed in the way of officialdom, and can be happy and angry, one of Zhang Qian's purposes is to find out the other party's attitude, naturally he will not slack off for a moment, and he is nervously observing the other party's emotional changes throughout the whole process, especially at this critical moment, which really makes him keenly aware of the other party's emotional fluctuations.
[Half of the matter can be said!] Zhang Qian's heart was a lot more relaxed, no matter how he analyzed it before, he couldn't let Zhang Qian really settle down.
"Your mansion has come all the way, I don't know how much business you can do?" The person who spoke was the person next to Mu Sheng, after introduction, he said that he was the Beijing official of Lin Guo, and the specific institution they didn't say, called Shanfeng, and he happened to be on business in Haijing City during this time, and he caught up.
"Of the six cargo ships we brought this time, five of them are all used for business, and if the cooperation goes well, I can guarantee that this is only the first batch, I believe that the second batch will arrive in two months at the earliest, and the second batch will arrive in four months at the latest, and the volume will definitely be more than this time!" Zhang Qian said loudly, and his attitude must not be disbelieved by the two opposites.
Mu Sheng and the others did believe it, and they were even more overjoyed in their hearts, but this matter is not something they can call the shots, even if they can call the shots, it is not something that can be negotiated in a short time, do business, don't bargain, how can you be embarrassed to say that you can do business?
So, the session lasted for a short time and ended in a hurry.