509 50 times the tax
At night, hundreds of fires were lit on this small island, roasting lamb, and drinking the Ming Dynasty wine. The crew members, civil servants, medical officials, and especially merchants of the Ming Dynasty were dancing around the fire with the locals. It was not a problem to be able to communicate with language, but as long as you smile, you would be satisfied and barter.
The white crane bit a cigar and sat on a shipwreck, grilled fish, and looked at the sea at night.
A businessman came to toast, Bai Minghe took it and drank it, and then said, "If you make a fortune, don't evade taxes!"
"I dare not, our business is willing to pay ten times the heavy tax for this trip, which is based on the goods registered on board?" Bai Minghe was shocked, "What, pay ten times the tax. These merchants must have been crazy, have they discovered some treasures?"
A huge night pearl that was enough to make the crown of Emperor Ming Dynasty pale, natural pearls and black pearls were taken out of the merchant's arms. "Sir, this one is not included. Please accept it and give it to Xiaomin on behalf of Xiaomin. This is Xiaomin's filial piety. Please accept it."
"Fifty times the tax." Bai Minghe calmly took the huge black pearl, which was enough to be called a top treasure, on his face.
But who would have thought that the merchant smiled with a smile: "Sir, don't say it's fifty times, you can speak a hundred times. We ordinary people will never dare to have any doubts, and we will not pay less taxes. We just want our parents to pay the final say. What else will be left next? Don't let us exchange the goods in advance."
"I understand, you are a lobbyist!"
"Sir, you are joking." The businessman was not afraid and still smiled.
Baiminghe simply drew an African map on the beach: "I told General Lan that there are many gold mines here, and all the masters of the Ming Dynasty combined can't compare to a fraction of the money here. But if you want to make a fortune, the gold mine is a small profit." Baiminghe said that the gold mine is a small profit, and the representative of the businessman was so scared that he almost sat on the beach.
Digging gold mines is still a small profit.
"Don't just think about exchanging some goods. Use your goods to sign certain agreements with here. Then bring us from the Ming Dynasty, from the Little Luzon, and from the Goryeo. We keep developing the medicinal materials here, and all the trees are treasures. If you know the ebony coffin of Lord Jin Lian, you will definitely find it here. Top African ebony that is several times better than that. Of course, these are just a kind of trade."
"Sir, please speak frankly, I can't stand it anymore."
"There is a tree here called a palm tree. This tree has many uses, only one kind of oil. Oil can be eaten or used. From about one hundred acres of trees, 80 shi of oil can produce 80 shi of oil. 80 shi of oil, pure oil. It is 80 kilograms per acre. It is ten times that of soybeans and four times that of rapeseed. Is this thing useful?"
No need to explain, precious goods are just a transaction, and biological goods are long-term.
What will never change is the needs of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Among them, the tradition of the Ming Dynasty is still still eating, and this oil will never be enough to eat. Originally, the common people ate boiled vegetables. An important reason why the stir-fried vegetables cannot develop is that there is too little oil. It is too little to dare to eat it.
"If you negotiate an agreement, you will directly process it into oil here and put it in barrels and transport it back to the Ming Dynasty. One million barrels a year is not a problem. In other words, if you only need oil, your output value will be hundreds of millions of taels of silver."
"Sir. If it is really one million barrels, the profit will be hundreds of millions of taels." The businessman added.
Bai Minghe smiled and stopped arguing about this data, and it was not worth arguing about anything? Because when there is too much oil, the oil price will drop.
The white-named He pointed north: "Don't just think about the Ming Dynasty. We have to sell it to Europe and earn their money back. We know why I will not let you bring silver this time. It's not because the silver occupies a space, but the price of gold in Europe, fifteen taels of silver and one tael of gold, and we will calculate the rest by ourselves."
With a tax of fifty times, the white-famous crane sells ideas, trade routes, and business opportunities.
value!
The goods brought by these merchants were also sky-high. It is worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but Bai Minghe and others paid more than 5 billion taels of silver. Of course, it is impossible to pay them immediately. Bai Minghe's goal is huge, so the merchant representative can see it.
Bai Minghe said again: "This official will monopolize the sea-trade trade of the tea industry. Except for the merchants registered in the Ming Dynasty, who dares to go into the sea, and the ships will be sunk and captured by people. In severe cases, even their wharf will not exist. On this sea, there are only the registered merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and the family, which is not low for one million taels of route fees and separate taxes."
"Hiss!" The businessman representative took a deep breath, a terrifying idea.
And this profit is so great that it is unpredictable.
"In one month, let you see various industries that are truly worth investing in. Remember, each company pays 50 times the tax based on the value of the goods you went to overseas. If the company thinks it has lost, it will come to our official. The official guarantees a 70 times profit, and you will get it in the next five years."
"Sir Xie." The businessman representative knocked on the sand.
The Ming Dynasty no longer needs to kneel down, and this kneeling is convinced. The white-famous crane is worthy of the name of the God of Wealth in the world.
The merchant walked away, and Wang Cheng leaned over. The white-known crane handed the huge black pearl to Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng took it with a smile. The subordinates knew that they used two pieces of fine white hemp, five wooden combs, and some valuable gadgets to exchange for it. This was more than a hundred times the profit.
"Tell them that exchange is exchange, leave some gifts before leaving, don't be too dark!"
Wang Cheng touched the pearl in his hand and replied: "Sir, I understand." After that, he left with the pearl. They would not be jealous of the things the merchants exchanged. The soldiers would have a reward from the soldiers, and part of the heavy taxes of the merchants was a reward for the soldiers.
Wang Cheng took the pearl and handed it to Huaiyu, saying that it was the merchant who wanted to offer it to long live.
Long live the one, Huaiyu is not afraid, so she detained it directly. Even if she wants to offer it, she will save it for a year before talking about it. Maybe there will be something more magical soon and it can be replaced as a tribute. Huaiyu knows that it will take at least a few months or even half a year along the way.
"There are countless treasures!" Qinghe checked the account book, and she naturally brought private goods. However, her private goods were of high level and she did not arrange merchants, but asked the soldiers to take care of them. A reward was definitely indispensable. It was okay to do some small business in private, and Qinghe also sent someone to trade some.
There are also a few pieces of ambergris, as well as big pearls and other things.
The real valuable goods have not been taken yet, and these things are safer. They are all installed on several frigates of the Sagala Dragon King, and it is safer to put them here. There are really civil servants who have something to say. This is also the business of Huamei's Sagala fleet, and they pay taxes according to the law, and they will not lose their word.
One island, one port.
Next, in the later generations of the Port of Dar es, Tanzania, artillery was placed at the port. This place was occupied by the Persians. Persia no longer had its own country. Their kingdom was occupied by the Turkic noble Timur. Now it is the Timur Empire, which is in opposition to the Ottoman Empire and is completely rude to the existence of the Ming Dynasty.
The artillery was placed in the port, and the white-famous crane only gave him one incense stick, either surrendering or dying.
Submission means becoming a member of the Ming Dynasty, vowing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and becoming one of the administrators of the Ming Dynasty here. Of course, the chief officials here must be officials of the Ming Dynasty. All Persians became Persians in the Ming Dynasty, and could move to the Ming Dynasty or settle here.
In a word, Bai Minghe wants this port.
More importantly, Baiminghe needed this important port on the east coast of Africa. For the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, Baiminghe could not choose mercy. His mercy would bring disaster to his soldiers.
However, the Persians could protect their property by choosing to surrender. However, for the African locals, Baiminghe had already begun to prepare to integrate into the Ming Dynasty and become a member of the Ming Dynasty. They would teach them words, teach them the habits of the Ming Dynasty, and turn this place into a territory of Buddhism and Taoism.
The Persians surrendered, with only a thousand people. It was okay to bully the locals, but they couldn't deal with the Ming Empire.
Continue to go south and stop again on an important island.
On Madagascar, Indonesian immigrants and Arab immigrants were already here. They intermarried with the locals and slowly began to establish countries. In the 14th century AD, an organization similar to that of the state had been established here, which could also be called the Great Chiefs Alliance. It is a national organization higher than that of the Little Luzon.
It will take more than two hundred years to truly appear in the country.
The fleet was already slowing down, and according to the observation of the Forward Fleet, it was less than half a day before the sea route.
"Sir, haven't the order issued yet?" Wang Cheng urged.
Bai Minghe pressed his forehead with one hand: "I'm thinking about whether to fight or talk. We are not enemies here, and fighting is contrary to our conscience. Just like Little Luzon, we can slowly assimilate. I'm a little confused about whether to fight or talk, and I don't want the fleet to become a robber!"
Bai Minghe said it very seriously. At present, there is no problem with the fleet's food and freshwater.
People with identities in the entire fleet know that Bai Minghe is hesitating. The reason for hesitation is whether to choose to fight or talk here.
Lan Hai signaled to send a telegram to Bai Minghe, and he wanted to ask about the details of the island.
But before the telegram from Blue Ocean was sent out, the telegram from Pioneer Liu Mingxuan was sent: "Sir, the vanilla, the vanilla ship docked, they saw the endless herbs, tens of thousands of hectares of herbs. The wild grass here is vanilla, and as many wild grasses as there are, there are as many herbs as there are!"
The telegram was transferred to Baiminghe, who was helpless because he knew that the inner bay where the fleet was walking, that is, the west of the island.
There are only grasslands that are unobstructed here, and there are as many herbs as there are, and there are countless species. On this small island, the export volume of herbs is the world's first in the future and is firmly ranked first. It accounts for two-thirds of the world's total export volume.
"Power generation, there is a natural vanilla pasture here..." Bai Minghe stopped, Wang Cheng was looking at him.
Chapter completed!