Ming Hai's fleet set sail for Annam on the second day, and Su Langqing did not stay too long after admonishing his brother Su Mingxiao.

Because of the affairs of Lu Hai and Annan Mingren, Su Langqing's heart was haggard, and he almost forgot a rather important thing.

As early as when the Ming army was stationed in Vigan, the English merchants of the East India Company came to Luzon to trade with the Ming, but at that time, the trade between the Ming and the English merchants only stayed in the military aspects such as firearms, and it was basically a one-time transaction, and there was no more trade.

At that time, the Ming people, who were under the threat of Manila, had no choice but to buy the firearms of the East India fleet with a large sum of silver, and now that the Ming court had gained a foothold in Luzon, especially after the capital of Lawag, merchants of the East India Company, who saw that it was profitable, also flocked to it.

There are rumors about the establishment of the English Merchant House in Lasag, both in the court and among the people.

This is the day when the merchants of the Four Seas and the East India Company discuss matters.

"Oh, Mr. Su, long time no see." An English merchant dressed in a delicate velvet gown walked out of the merchant house and gave an enthusiastic hug to Su Langqing.

In addition to providing a place for foreign merchants living in the South Seas, it gradually evolved into a tool for Western colonization of the South Seas.

The East India Company's merchant house in Laoag was also built in the city's Spanish-populated streets, similar to the location of the Ming Hai Money.

In fact, it has not been a day or two since the English wanted to open a trading house in Laoag, and now they have finally obtained the promise of the Ming court.

Regarding the preparations for the East India Company to open a merchant hall in Laoag, Liu Yu unexpectedly delegated power to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

This really shocked Rawag and other officials, big and small.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce also attaches great importance to this, the old Mr. Zhaozhou of the Four Seas, the helmsmen of Lu Hai, Shanhai, and Yuanhai have all been present, and Wu Da, as Liu Yu's cronies and the official representative of the Ming Court, is also present. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very sorry to receive news from the merchant ships not long ago, due to the conflict between the East India Company and Emperor Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire, the East India Company had to send a strong fleet and troops to deal with Emperor Aurangzeb's army, so the warships and artillery promised to the Ming army earlier may not be delivered on time." Anderson, who stayed behind in the merchant house, gave an apologetic expression.

Uda's face was a little bad, but the Ming court had paid a lot of money at the beginning, just to purchase the warships and twelve and a half pounds of guns that the Ming court urgently needed, and now the East India Company actually defaulted.

"I'm sorry, I don't know who Aurangzeb is, why he had a conflict with the merchants of the East India Company, the South Seas Sea Trade pays attention to integrity, and even the merchant ships of the South Seas have been able to exchange goods for this, the Ming Court believes in the credibility of the East India Company, and gave you a deposit of tens of thousands of silver taels, and now you have chosen to turn your back." Su Langqing, as an official of the Ming Court, still said it appropriately.

Anderson was also embarrassed, and secretly cursed Alamgir (the conqueror of the world) countless times in his heart.

"This matter has been reported to the Ming Court by the Merchant Pavilion, presumably Lord Liu already knows, so the matter of firearms will be left to Sir Gore and the Ming Court for negotiation." Anderson had no choice but to move out of Sir Gore.

The Chinese merchants present did not care, after all, they were not responsible for the matter of firearms, and it did not affect the subsequent discussion about the entry of East Indian goods into Luzon.

On the contrary, Uda's face gradually sank, but today it was the merchants of the four seas who were in charge of the overall situation, not himself, so he could only endure it for the time being.

Seeing that the beginning was not very good, Anderson hurriedly motioned to several East Indian servants to present a few exquisite woolen wool, and the set of exquisite woolen styles attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our queen has said that woolen wool will be more precious than gold and silver in China, and the East India Company is willing to open a trading house in Laoag, not only hoping to do firearms business with the Ming court, but also hoping to open the market of the Ming people in Luzon with precious and luxurious woollen wool."

Several Chinese businessmen looked over one after another, and the Chinese businessmen present had more or less bought the woolen wool.

There are various types of wool such as doro, orangutan felt, feather satin, and serge satin, as well as luxury types for the court and nobles, as well as serge satin for the private market.

This surprised the Chinese businessmen present, and it seemed that the East India Company had indeed put a lot of thought into it.

But in the East, these fine woolen wool are not as precious as Anderson suggests, so precious that everyone is obsessed.

For example, the court and local officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties did buy or obtain Western woolen wool through tribute, bribery, etc., but it was basically a luxury item for everyone, and the demand was not much, and the competition for the people was cotton fabrics such as cotton cloth.

The reason is also very simple, for example, the price of orangutan felt has reached 1 tael of silver per foot, the price of feather satin is 5 taels of silver per foot, and the nesting material costs 167 taels of silver.

Ordinary people can't afford to spend such a high amount of woollen wool, and there is not much demand from large households, and they don't know what the East India Company people are doing with things.

"In order to apologize, Sir Gore made a special trip to order the merchant ships of the East India Company to be the king of Ming, and Lord Liu Yu and Xiao Wu and other officials each sent ten boards of woolen woollen wool and so on." Anderson said with a smile on his face.

"Profiteers." Su Langqing scolded secretly, but he couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

"How much wool do you and other English merchants bring, and what is the price?" Su Langqing asked.

Hearing that Su Langqing asked about the price, Anderson's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "The price of orangutan felt is 1 tael of silver per foot, the price of feather satin is 5 yuan per foot of silver, feather satin, feather yarn is 1 tael per foot, and if it is beep satin, it will be 7 taels of silver per horse." ”

"Twenty feather satins and feather yarns, ten orangutan felt, and fifty beep satin." After thinking for a while, Su Langqing said directly.

Anderson was overjoyed when he heard this, and after such calculations, the extraordinarily dressed Confucian in front of him asked for more than 2,300 taels worth of woolen wool in one bite, which greatly exceeded Anderson's expectations.

You must know that England, as a major wool weaving country producing woolen wool, has not been able to trade the woolen wool sold in Asia, especially China.

But the arrogant bureaucrats also hoped that wool would account for a tenth of the total overseas trade, much to the bitterness of many English merchants.

This time, I brought hot goods like woolen wool to Luzon, in fact, I had no choice but to do so.

The East India Company was about to go to war with the Mughal Empire, and was in urgent need of silver to raise military expenses, so it naturally set its sights on the large family of the Luzon Ming court.

The goods that could be sold in the warehouses of the East India Company were all collected, and even the woolen wool, which had been in a state of unsalable, was pushed out by the merchants of the East India Company.

However, even Gore didn't expect it to be sold here.