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- Zhao Lide spent about half an hour briefly explaining to the two men that Qiong Haijun had launched a new policy to strengthen the management of immigrant populations. In the future, immigration would no longer be as laissez-faire as before.
After hearing the news, the two envoys had unsightly expressions on their faces - as the special envoys of the two families stationed here, they took a commission from every Annan immigrant. This new policy of short hair has directly cut off their financial resources. It’s strange that their faces look good.
The Ruan Dynasty is weak and cannot export coal like the Zheng Dynasty. The trade balance with Hainan relies entirely on exporting grain, timber, and private population trade hedging. Losing this financial path will actually be a big blow to them. But the Ruan envoy was quite able to keep his composure, and did not speak after listening, but just took a sip of tea silently - because he knew that someone would definitely rush ahead.
As expected, the Zheng envoy could not hold his nerve and took the lead in attacking - in fact, the Zheng Dynasty officials did not expect to make money from this at all. They could live very comfortably just by exporting coal, and even the rice and timber business was half-hearted. But precisely because of this, the Zheng Dynasty's official requirements for the envoys stationed here are relatively low. Zheng Shi, on the other hand, can concentrate on profiting for himself - he is also engaged in the population business. Except for necessary management, most of the money he earns is stuffed into his own pocket.
If your cheese is touched, of course it will jump higher.
"Your Excellency Zhao, what does this mean? Specifically targeting us Annan people?"
Zhao Lide didn’t bother to care about his messy names. Hearing this, he just put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile:
"How come, the new policy treats all immigrants equally. In fact, you may have heard about it - mainly because someone trafficked a boatload of Kunlun slaves to us, and we are not too far away on the African continent. If it is not controlled, this kind of thing may happen frequently in the future. We don’t want to see black-skinned people, brown-skinned peopleor other black and white people running around here in the future, so we decided to do something in this regard. some restrictions.”
"What does this have to do with us? We in Annan have always been known as Little China, and our clothing and habits are the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. People who come and go have always abided by the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
"That's true, but legally speaking, they are still foreigners - our policies can only be based on nationality. If we directly differentiate based on race, it would be suspected of racial discrimination."
The two envoys rarely glanced at each other, with expressions of disapproval on their faces - just now they said they didn't want to see black and brown skin running around in the local area, but now they said seriously that they "don't engage in racial discrimination" , this contradictory and hypocritical tone really makes people complain.
Although he was aware of their contempt, Zhao Lide did not care - he originally did not expect people of this era to understand the concerns of modern people, not even the local congressmen, especially these Annan people.
They just need to implement the policy honestly. In the past, when Qiong Haijun formulated policies, he often encountered situations that were difficult for local people to understand. This is normal - anyway, you must implement it if you understand it, and you must implement it if you don't understand it. Shorthair is here ruler, there is absolutely no doubt about this.
However, Zhao Lide has always done things safely. In order to alleviate the dissatisfaction caused by this, he also prepared some candies for the other party:
"Of course, we have been cooperating for such a long time. Speaking of which, you have suffered a lot this time, so as compensation, we will relax some restrictions on trade policies"
Before he finished speaking, the two people opposite him raised their heads at the same time, their eyes full of longing:
"Can I buy weapons?"
"What's the price of the artillery?"
——The two of them asked similar questions at the same time. Obviously, their backstage boss was most interested in this aspect. However, after they asked the question, they realized that the target they wanted to deal with was sitting next to them, and they couldn't help but look at each other in embarrassment. , but the eagerness on his face did not diminish at all.
Zhao Lide smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Sorry, the basic principle of not selling weapons has not changed."
"Why? We don't want your muskets either. They are swords made of good steel. They are the same as hoes and sickles. There is no difference to you."
This time it was the Ruan family’s envoy who spoke. He must have been deeply resentful when he tried to use iron materials imported from Hainan to make homemade weapons, but Zhao Lide just shrugged:
"Of course it's different. Weapons kill people. And sickles and hoes are just production tools - we hope that your country can focus its main efforts on production so that it can sell us more goods. But if you kill each other too much, Awesome, the population has dropped sharply, no one is farming and logging, who should we look for?Where does the rice wood go? "
"As long as you are willing to help, it will be easy for our lord to eliminate the rebellion. After the whole land of the Li Dynasty is reunited, the swords and guns will naturally be stored in the warehouse and the horses will be released in Nanshan. By then, the whole country will have no distractions and will naturally be able to farm with peace of mind. Isn't it better than now? It’s much better to have our own scruples.”
The envoy from the Zheng family was very smooth-talking and had a really arrogant temper. He still dared to speak out in front of the envoy from the Ruan Dynasty. But how could Zhao Lide be coaxed by his false words? He only smiled slightly when he heard the words:
"Both of you are smart people, so we don't need to tell lies. We might as well tell the truth - if we, Qiong Haijun, really decide to intervene in the Annan war, do you think it will be a good thing?"
This truth immediately stunned the two envoys - although they were known as businessmen here, they were actually serious officials in their respective governments, and their status was not low. Being able to be posted here as an envoy, his political standards are naturally not too bad. At least, the story of "the fox dividing the pie" has always been heard.
Seeing the slight movement in the expressions of the two men, Zhao Lide stopped talking and returned to the original topic:
"We will increase the export quota to Annan, and the monthly quota of goods allocated to you two will be increased by 20% on the existing basis to make up for the losses you have suffered under this new policy. .”
——Because the things produced by Qiong Haijun on Hainan Island are so popular, especially things such as steel products and woven fabrics that only Shorthair can produce. Due to their limited output, demand has always been in short supply. Generally, people who don't care may not be able to buy goods even if they have money.
So what foreign businessmen here care about most is probably the word "quota". On a monthly basis, each merchant has a quota for the goods they can obtain, and the same is true for the Ruan and Zheng families here. In the past, only part of the money they exchanged for the goods they exported here could buy authentic "Qionghai brand" goods, and the rest could only be recharged by looking for other brands in the market.
Of course, those who dare to do foreign trade business these days are time-honored brands, and there will be no phenomenon of deliberately shoddy products. Under the conditions that their current technology can achieve, the quality will not be too far apart. If everything on the market is similar, then customers won’t have much to choose from.
But as the saying goes - don't be afraid of comparing yourself with others, be afraid of comparing things with others. In front of the products produced by Qiong Haijun with technology and concepts that transcended the times, the products of Ming Dynasty craftsmen seemed extremely crude. Even if they can learn from designs and copy ideas, when it comes to aspects that require the support of modern physics, chemistry, machinery and other technical means, no matter how hard those traditional craftsmen work, they will only be in despair.
So now in the Qiongzhou Prefecture market, merchants’ pursuit of “short-haired goods” cannot be overstated. As long as it is a "Qionghai brand" product with a ship-shaped steel seal logo, even a piece of paper can be several times more expensive than that produced by a local workshop. And it’s still cheap and out of stock. Even if the locals want to fake it, they can’t do it
——Let’s take papermaking as an example. Short-haired pulp fibers are treated with chemicals, and the finished product can be guaranteed to be white and crisp. Even though local workshops secretly learned this craft, they could not get the corresponding medicines. The paper produced can never be pure white, and it is often soft and can only be used to write calligraphy with calligraphy. Naturally, the price cannot be raised.
At this moment, the envoys from the Ruan and Zheng families were quite moved when they heard that Shorthair had agreed to increase their supply by a full 20% - the goods they bought here would definitely be provided to the royal family and the royal family after they were shipped back to the country. Used by dignitaries. Now everyone in Annan recognizes the boat-shaped brand. The increase in authentic short-haired goods means that their resources for making friends with powerful people will expand, which is very beneficial to them in developing and maintaining their own power in the country.
In this way, although there is one less way to make money, or there is a loss in money, the number of authentic short-haired products that can be purchased has increased, and they can also explain it within their respective courts - originally human trafficking The funds are also used to buy goods in Qiongzhou Prefecture. The merchant ships leaving Hainan Island basically did not leave with any money.
With this advantageous seal, they are less resistant to the policy of prohibiting human trade in short-haired people. However, these two envoys had stayed in Qiongzhou Mansion for so long in the name of businessmen, and they knew the method of "asking for high prices and paying them back on the spot".
So the two parties discussed the specific preferential terms back and forth, and Zhao Lide has been negotiating with them patiently - since steam engines have begun to be put into use, although the priority is still to ensure military products at this stage, the production of civilian goods will eventually We have also gained a lot of benefits from it, and our production capacity in this area has been greatly improved. Increasing supplier quotas was originally within the trading company's plan.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Just do it as an empty favor. Not as good as buying?Dejing, this sentence is never wrong.
…After pretending, gritting his teeth, and claiming to have given a huge discount to “sell the pot”, Zhao Lide finally raised the quota increase to 22% with great difficulty.
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