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This is Zhao Hongyu¡¯s bait, and the target is Megan. He himself is a hunter.
It is unclear whether the prey he has caught will eventually turn out as he wishes and be caught by him.
But at least now it looks like the situation is good.
"Concession is very simple. We both signed an agreement to set aside an area as the location of our empire's offices. At the same time, we have the right to garrison troops on this land. Of course, there will not be too many soldiers. You can have a limit on the number. , and we have judicial power"
Copying the Concession Act of later generations of China, Zhao Hongyu explained to Meghan in detail.
"I can pay. After all, renting a place still costs money, right? But I hope the price can be cheaper and the rental period can be longer."
After explaining to Meghan what a ¡®concession¡¯ was, Zhao Hongyu sat there quietly and looked at him, waiting for the prey¡¯s reaction.
It sounds like I have nothing to lose, and besides, they also paid for it, right?
But what is more troublesome is the right to garrison troops, and they enjoy transcendent rights in the concession, which is a bit difficult to handle.
Although he can sign an agreement with His Highness, some things are beyond his rights.
"What, is it difficult?" Zhao Hongyu asked pretending to be concerned after seeing Megan become silent. "If it's really difficult to handle, then forget it. I heard from my wife that the rights in Portugal belong to Spain. I might as well go to Madrid to find those big nobles to make a deal."
Pretending to give up, he said it casually.
Looking at Zhao Hongyu¡¯s face, he looked very disappointed.
But who knew he was just pretending, at least Meghan didn¡¯t notice it.
that's enough.
Although what Zhao Hongyu said was very casual, it was different when it fell in Meghan¡¯s ears.
After hearing what Zhao Hongyu said, he suddenly woke up.
Yes, I am a Spaniard, so what does it matter if I rent out the land in Portugal?
In the end, it was only the Portuguese who suffered, and it had nothing to do with Spain.
??Besides, there is really a large wasteland near the port of Lisbon, and no one cares about it at all.
¡°Anyway, that piece of wasteland will remain abandoned and of no use. In this case, it is better to rent it to this young His Highness, gain his favor, and at the same time increase Spain's treasury income.
You know, the Spaniards are so poor now that they are almost as poor as their pants, but they are still pretending to be fat.
As a Spaniard, I understand this very well.
If you think about it this way, the advantages of this matter outweigh the disadvantages.
¡°And Megan is almost certain that if she doesn¡¯t agree, then Baitang will stop thinking about it.
This young His Highness will definitely not make this deal with himself.
¡°If he goes to Madrid and the nobles there see the sugar, someone will definitely come forward to help him settle the matter, and the crown prince will still get what he wants.
The final result can only be that you get nothing, and instead end up at odds with the crown prince.
God knows whether he will end up on the crown prince¡¯s blacklist, and in the end he will even lose his share of goods in the Americas.
He doesn¡¯t want this to happen.
Things in the world have pros and cons, and good things may turn into bad things. It mainly depends on how you choose.
Meghan is very clear about this.
Now, there was such a choice before him.
If he makes the right choice, he will get great benefits. If he makes a mistake now, he will fall into the abyss.
"Your Highness, I wonder how much land you need? How much are you willing to pay for it?"
Soon, Meghan made a choice. He knew how he should choose between his own interests and Portugal.
The interests of the Portuguese?
¡°Go to hell, I¡¯m Spanish.
"Aha, it seems that you have made your choice, Viscount Megan, right? I am very happy that your choice is correct. I think our friendship will last forever." Zhao Hongyu smiled happily. "The land I need is large. I plan to build a small community with hospitals, residences, schools, theaters and all living facilities. Of course, there will also be military camps and embassies."
Come back as much as possibleRecalling everything he remembered about the foreign concessions in the chaotic era of China, Zhao Hongyu slowly said to Megan.
"But you don't need to worry about anything. Of course, I will be responsible for the construction costs. You don't need to pay a peso. And after the construction is completed, if we don't rent it when the concession expires, everything there will be returned to the city of Lisbon. "
When Zhao Hongyu said what he said, even he blushed a little.
But, I still have to say this.
"Thirty thousand gold pesos, renting one square kilometer of land for 100 years."
Zhao Hongyu offered his price.
Others are easy to say, but the price is really a bit low.
Strictly speaking, thirty thousand gold pesos is a lot, but for one square kilometer of land, it¡¯s a little bit like that.
What¡¯s more, the lease term is one hundred years.
"Your Highness, is the price too low? I can't explain such a price. You also know that the nobles in Madrid are not easy to spend."
Megan said to Zhao Hongyu with some embarrassment.
Zhao Hongyu raised his right hand, extended his index finger and shook it.
"No! No! No! This price is not low anymore. Thirty silver pesos can buy a cow. A dock worker in Lisbon only earns two and a half silver pesos a month." Zhao Hongyu disagreed with Mei. This statement of root.
Before arriving in Europe, Zhao Hongyu had already inquired from Sara, so he knew some about the consumption situation in Europe at this time, as well as the labor salary level.
So, he is not a novice.
Although his silver and gold coin dividends are piled up in the castle in Manhattan, it does not mean that he can use them at will without asking the price.
That¡¯s something only a fool would do.
"I don't need land in the city, I just need to give me a piece of wasteland on the outskirts of the city. You can't develop the wasteland there anyway, right? You can't make pesos by keeping it, so you might as well give it to me." Zhao Hongyu said. his opinion. "And when it expires in 100 years after I build it, everything will still belong to you, right?"
The truth is such a truth, but Megan always feels that something is wrong.
"Okay, Megan. I'm very happy that you agreed to the concession. You can just talk to my Guards General about the details. I think you should pay more attention to the sugar issue now."
Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t want to give Megan too much time to think, so he brought up the sugar issue.
When Zhao Hongyu mentioned sugar, Meghan¡¯s attention was diverted as expected.
"I think I might be able to give you some more sugar. Anyway, I have a lot of sugar in my territory in Manhattan and sometimes I can't use it all. And I think you are such a good friend, so I might as well give you some more."
Zhao Hongyu¡¯s words made Megan really excited.
Wang Shan stood behind Megan, showing a faint smile.
¡°Hmph, he¡¯s really a guy who was blinded by gold coins. But it doesn¡¯t matter. For us, if we can do things with money, then we should spend money.
In short, everything is going well now.
"Wang Shan, sort out the documents for the concession and give them to Viscount Megan. Let's sign the agreement as soon as possible. Everything doesn't need to be so troublesome. At the same time, we will sort out a sugar trade agreement. The sugar in my name will be supplied every year. Viscount Megan twenty thousand tons.¡±
When she heard Zhao Hongyu say that everything should be kept simple and not be so troublesome, Megan was still thinking of saying something. But unexpectedly, Zhao Hongyu changed his subject and talked about sugar again.
??Well, the concession agreement and the sugar agreement must be signed together. If there is no concession, then don¡¯t worry, there will definitely be no sugar.
But the good news is that the sugar has doubled, and it is still exclusive.
For Viscount Meghan, this news is not bad.
As for signing the concession documents, hell, who cares.
It¡¯s just that poor Viscount Megan doesn¡¯t know yet that the so-called ¡®exclusive¡¯ supply of the young man in front of him is actually a joke. In order to prevent Megan from becoming big, Zhao Hongyu has left a loophole.
It¡¯s just that Viscount Megan didn¡¯t notice it.
¡°Coupled with Zhao Hongyu¡¯s previous complaints, he really believed it.
Zhao Hongyu and Megan were chatting while Wang Shan went to the captain's room to prepare documents.
Because he was not very familiar with Spanish, Wang Shan had no choice but to turn to Queen Sara for help.
As a noble, Sarah is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Latin. Can be skilled?Listening, reading and writing, so Sara needs help with the document.
Sara followed Wang Shan, and when she arrived at the captain's room, Sara couldn't help but said to Wang Shan: "I think you should tell Yu that sugar is a very popular commodity, and it can be sold for a big price here. And giving it to Viscount Megan for exclusive sales is also a big disadvantage. It¡¯s just that the men were talking about things just now, and I couldn¡¯t interrupt. But as his wife, I can¡¯t watch him suffer such a disadvantage, absolutely not. And Megan has become bigger. , it¡¯s not good for us.¡±
Sarah hoped that Wang Shan could tell Zhao Hongyu about this and remind him.
After listening to Sara's words, looking at her worried look, Wang Shan smiled: "Her Royal Highness, do you really think we only have so much sugar? There is nothing wrong with Meghan's exclusive sale of sugar under Her Highness's name, but it is also It's just in the name of His Highness." Wang Shan meant.
Sarah was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but she quickly reacted.
"You mean, there are more than just these sugar empires?"
She asked cautiously.
Wang Shan nodded and replied: "Yes, we can supply as much sugar as you want. But now we don't plan to sell it on a large scale, because we don't need that much money at all, so we can only use this method , in exchange for what we need.¡±
??????????????? Actually, there is one thing that Wang Shan hasn¡¯t said yet, that is, the gold coin transaction in the time and space trader was too low and was a bit of a loss, so they didn¡¯t start selling sugar.
With these existing commodities, it is enough to obtain the expenses required for the current stage of development. No amount of it is of any use, it's a waste.
Today, the price of gold in the virtual space-time trader has dropped to 180 yuan per gram due to their large-scale sales, and it continues to fall.
At the same time, the market for gold coin collection has also fallen to the point where it is equivalent to gold, and is no longer the price of antiques or collectibles.
Seeing how much gold coins and gold did Zhao Hongyu sell.
But these are not the main thing. The main thing is that the prices of the goods they purchased from the space-time trader began to increase significantly, but the prices of the goods sold began to fall.
Therefore, many things must be temporarily stopped now, otherwise the price system will eventually collapse completely.
This is why Zhao Hongyu and others implemented a commodity rationing system to trade with Europeans.
In order to keep the prices of some commodities from rising rapidly, Zhao Hongyu excluded some commodities from the export list, and sugar is one of them.
Nowadays, the price of pickled mustard alone has increased from 50 cents to 2 yuan, which shows how fast this growth rate is.
Such a problem had to draw Zhao Hongyu¡¯s attention and caution.
¡°It¡¯s normal for Sarah not to know about these extremely confidential things. Even for Emma, ??who has a high degree of trust, Zhao Hongyu didn't say anything to her.
"You guys are so cunning. This guy Megan has been fooled by you."
After Sarah understood everything behind this, she laughed and scolded Wang Shan.
Afterwards, Wang Shan prepared kraft paper and a goose quill ink pen, and Sara began to draft the document in Latin.
There, Wang Shan told Sara bit by bit about the rights and interests of the concession, as well as some matters.
While drafting the document, Sara would ask some questions from time to time.
¡°With your approach, Megan won¡¯t become big, right?¡±
Wang Shan smiled and replied: "Of course, we can't not be on guard against such a greedy guy. God knows what stupid things he will do in the face of huge interests, so if he relies on monopolizing trade If he fights against us, then we will sell sugar to others on a large scale as a means of attacking him."
Sarah nodded, she knew the horror of this method, and she also understood why her little man did this.
It¡¯s very simple. For Europe, a contract is sacred and highly effective. Therefore, after Zhao Hongyu and Megan signed the sugar trade agreement, they cannot easily tear it up.
During the trading period, Megan has a complete monopoly on the sugar trade.
Whenever one party breaks the agreement, his reputation will be ruined, and no one will trust him no matter what he does.
This is a very scary thing.
Therefore, in order to prevent possible things that might happen, Zhao Hongyu took precautions.
"I have no objection to Yu's approach. It is right to leave a way out for yourself." Sara said to Wang Shan.At the same time, she quickly collected the documents and wrote Latin documents with goose feathers dipped in ink. "But I don't understand, what is he going to build a concession for?"
Sarah is very confused about this issue. In her opinion, this is simply too much money and no place to spend it, which is a waste of money. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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