After Tatsuhiko Akiyama stepped back, Yan Zheng sat on a chair and pondered about the Shimazu clan's gift of his daughter.

If he wants to engage in diplomacy at the expense of national interests, he will certainly not be able to do it.

But the wife who came to the door, don't be a pity, which makes him really embarrassed.

After thinking about it for a moment or two, he chose to accept it, anyway, his skin must be thicker than that of the Heavenly Empire.

The conditions he accepted were that the Shimazu clan must pay a dowry, one was to reduce the tariff, and the other was to establish a consul.

Anyway, it was sent over, and the initiative that couldn't be taken was in his own hands, and when the time came, he felt that it was too ugly, so he sent it to the textile factory, which was considered an extra labor.

After making up his mind, he silently drafted a bill by himself, which naturally could not be taken to the House of Representatives for decision.

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On the other side, Tong Xingjiao was taken to a place called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

There were four Eastern Qin officials with short hair and short clothes waiting, and surprisingly, among the four officials, there were actually two women.

This made Tong Xingjiao upside down, but in line with the idea of following the customs, he still smiled and said: "Foreigner Tong Xingjiao, I have seen all the adults!" ”

"You're welcome!" It was a woman who spoke, and I saw her wave coldly: "Please take a seat!" ”

"Let me introduce first, I am Lan Ya, the secretary of the monarch, and this is Zhao Xuehong, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Li Ya, the representative of the Ministry of Commerce, and the conversation recorder."

Tong Xingjiao immediately got up and said, "I've seen all the adults! ”

Lan Ya opened a booklet, looked at Tong Xingjiao and said, "Name, hometown!" ”

"Tong Xingjiao, a native of Fuzhou, Fujian!"

"Age."

"Six out of thirty!"

"Gender."

"What is gender?" Tong Xingjiao was a little confused.

Lan Ya glanced at it, checked the male character, and then asked, "When you were in Yangang, you said that the purpose of asking for a meeting was for trade, yes or no?" ”

"That's right! Dongqin commodities are of high quality and low price......"

"Stop!" Lan Ya interrupted: "Then what is your business strength, how many ships are there, and what goods can be guaranteed to be supplied?" ”

Tong Xingjiao was a little confused, he had seen this kind of conversation there, could it be that these Eastern Qin people were so rigid and rigid?

"There were twelve boats, which could supply pig iron, silk, porcelain, and ...... And the population! ”

Lan Ya nodded: "What is your family's name?" ”

Tong Xingjiao swallowed his saliva and made up nonsense: "It's called Tong Henian." ”

"Where's the ingredient?" Lan Ya continued to ask.

"This ...... This...... No...... Know. ”

"It's your lord, whether he is a businessman, an official, a gentry, or a landlord, or simply doing business in partnership with others." Lan Ya explained.

Tong Xingjiao hurriedly said: "Shangjia! My grandfather is a family of Fuzhou Zhongzi, and he ran through Japan in his early years. ”

Lan Ya brushed down and asked, "Then what goods do you want Dongqin to supply?" ”

"Threshers, iron pots, furs!"

"Good!" Lan Ya nodded, looked at Li Ya and said, "Next, the representative of the Ministry of Commerce will explain to you the business situation of Dongqin." ”

Li Ya opened the booklet, bowed his head and read: "If a foreign businessman wants to obtain the qualification to do business, he must obtain the sea quotation document promulgated by the Eastern Qin Dynasty, and the way to obtain the sea quotation document is to send the population to obtain it, and the second is to spend 10,000 taels of silver to obtain it. ”

"For the maritime merchants of the Ming Kingdom, China's relevant taxes are taken care of, pig iron, graphite, grain, cotton, mercury, tin, etc., are all exempt from tax! For specific duty-free goods, please refer to the Chinese Foreign Business Law. Duty-free products for individual periods will also be announced in Salt Port! ”

"There are also two ways to settle each trade, one is real money, and the other is to pay for things. The department that handled it was the Salt Harbor Authority, including money exchanges. In the future, we will set up a special bank and customs to be responsible, including each tax declaration, and we also need to use my Dongqin bills......"

Tong Xingjiao listened in a daze, this female short-haired woman didn't raise her head, and she kept preaching the terms of trade in Eastern Qin, but where did he understand?

"Finally, any foreign businessman who needs to purchase the "Huaxia Foreign Business Law" at his own expense, the relevant precautions, and relevant legal rights and interests can be complied with in accordance with the terms!"

"What do you disagree with?"

Tong Xingjiao came back to his senses and said busily: "I don't have any objections!" ”

"Good!" As he spoke, the recorder handed a document to Tong Xingjiao, "Please sign here!" ”

Tong Xingjiao was even more speechless, why couldn't this clause be read by himself, but asked this female shorthair to read it.

Looking at the recorder who was still holding on to the paperwork, Tong Xingjiao had to sign it, and he didn't even know how many clauses there were.

"We, Dongqin, have always attached importance to foreign businessmen and the protection of the rights and interests of all parties!" Zhao Xuehong spoke, he was a student in the senior class, and because of his good theoretical learning, he was given the name Zhao Xuehong by Yan Zheng.

"It's just that you have to understand the relevant taboos, first of all, you can't engage in criminal violations, let alone damage the interests of our country, I won't say much about this, you go back and look through the "Huaxia Foreign Commercial Law", it is very clear!"

Tong Xingjiao nodded, and the recorder handed over another paperwork.

What is this document called a letter of commitment, he hesitated for a moment, and then chose to sign the name, anyway, he didn't really want to do business.

After tossing like this for about half an hour, Tong Xingjiao was given out, and a few guards sent him to the guest house.

As soon as he entered the guest house, he was equivalent to semi-house arrest!

Tong Xingjiao couldn't help but be embarrassed, if he could really find out any news, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do it in Dongqin at all!

In fact, the establishment of a special department to manage foreign businessmen has always been a matter that Huaxia is coordinating, and the Huaxia Foreign Commercial Law and the set just now are all aimed at ensuring the rights and interests of foreign businessmen while preventing businessmen from engaging in behaviors other than business.

What was signed was not only a letter of commitment, but also two contracts. It is equivalent to recognizing the Huaxia State and the right to dispose of them.

Tong Xingjiao enjoyed this kind of service as soon as he came, and he had no other perception except for being confused.

After a while, someone sent a copy of "Huaxia Foreign Business Law", and Tong Xingjiao had to pay five taels of silver.

With nothing to do, he began to look through the laws of the Eastern Qin people.

At the beginning of the discovery, it was an introduction to the system of the law court in the Eastern Qin Dynasty.

"If the local law court, the provincial law court, or the national law court disobeys the judgment, they may apply to the provincial law court for review, and if necessary, the provincial law court will retry the case. The Law Court only has the power to hear and decide cases, but it cannot arrest criminals, interfere in the execution of prisoners, or interfere in other matters other than the law! ”

"Hey, this Eastern Qin people's law academy seems to be better than the county officials of the Ming Dynasty! It's just that if this Diao Min is not satisfied with the judgment of the local law court, won't he have to let the provincial law court do more? ”

Tong Xingjiao saw a little way, but he didn't fully understand it, he didn't know that the separation of judicial power and law enforcement power, including procedural justice, was actually to ensure the basic rights and interests of the people.

In his view, the people did not need these rights.

However, the more he looked at it, the more surprised Tong Xingjiao became, the regulations of the Eastern Qin Foreign Commercial Law were clear and clear, and many of the provisions had accompanying explanations, almost taking into account the situations that might be encountered, and also gave the Law Court a certain authority, so that they could refer to the appropriate regulations to make discretionary judgments.

Thinking back to the Da Ming Law, Tong Xingjiao felt that although the Da Ming Law was more elegant, it was not as rigorous as the colloquial laws of the Eastern Qin Dynasty.

As he read and read, he couldn't help but have a great curiosity about Dong Qin, but unfortunately he didn't have a chance to take a look.

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