Chapter 1258 Market Competition

Roger had already planned on whether to retaliate against Johor and the British. The two families were eager to encourage Haihan to send troops at the moment, and their respective goals had long been obvious. Only Roger's words could calm their senseless behavior.

The argument started. So both of them stopped and turned to look at Roger, wanting to hear what his plan was.

"Our country has always been very cautious about war and will not start a war easily. No matter who the opponent is, we will first consider the purpose of the war. The war with the United Kingdom and Johor is to prevent them from invading Star Island. Judging from the current results,

It seems that we have successfully achieved the goal we wanted. Continuing to fight will not bring any actual benefits to our country, and it is far from enough to pay for the military expenditures to be paid for it. So..."

Roger paused for a moment, looked at the faces of the two people, and then continued: "... It is not cost-effective for our country to continue the war. We are prepared to reconcile with the other party. Of course, the premise is that they must admit their

failure, and compensate our country for its losses during the war.”

The two envoys were naturally disappointed after hearing this. The reason they came to Xingdao was not to hear that the war would end with peace talks. If Haihan did not continue to fight, they would have no reason to send troops to intervene.

Their respective plans will also come to nothing.

But before they could raise objections, Roger announced something unacceptable to them: "In addition, after the peace talks with the British East India Company are concluded, our country may allow British merchant ships to dock at Haihan Port for trade, and accept

Our country’s asylum. As a trading partner, I have the responsibility to inform you of this decision in advance, and I hope your country can provide understanding and support.”

"NO!" Ricardo and Philip immediately expressed their attitude to Roger in unison. For them, this was no longer a level of disappointment, but they must try their best to prevent what happened. The British's open entry meant that

From now on, they will have one more strong competitor, and this opponent may also be protected by Haihan, making them even more wary of using force to solve the problem. This is simply bad news.

"Your country must be aware of the harm that this irresponsible approach will bring! The British are not good men and women. This can be seen from their despicable behavior of undeclared war. Please do not be

Seduced by their sweet words, we must not let them in!" Philip, who was busy with this matter and made two special trips to Xingdao, immediately expressed his opposition. If Haihan colluded with the British in this matter,

Then most of the work he has done before will be in vain.

This time the Portuguese is also very rare to stand on the same front as their old rival: "The entry of the British will cause direct damage to our country's interests. As a traditional partner of Haihan, I hope to reconsider this decision.

Don’t hurt the long-standing friendship between the two countries because of your impulse!”

"The matter is not as serious as you think." Roger had already expected that the attitude of these two families would be very fierce. He was not panicked by their protests and explained unhurriedly: "Even if we reach an agreement with the British,

After the peace agreement is reached, strict restrictions will be placed on the entry of British ships for a long period of time to ensure that they do not disturb the existing tranquility of the region."

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, the British are not qualified trading partners!" Ricardo emphasized again: "Their colonial business projects are mainly tobacco and cotton, but we can also provide these commodities to your country in sufficient quantities.

!”

"But with one more supplier, the quality of the goods will be better guaranteed, right?" Roger immediately responded to Ricardo's question: "And as far as I know, the British wool industry is very developed.

, the industrial center of the Europa continent should be in the UK."

The center of the wool industry in Europe has changed several times in history. In the 13th century, it was Flanders in Belgium, but this place itself did not produce wool. It only imported raw materials from Britain and Spain for production. By the 14th century, wool

The industrial center of the industry was transferred to Florence, Italy. However, due to the serious polarization between rich and poor and class struggle during the rapid expansion of production, the public security situation became turbulent. By the 15th century, the industrial center was transferred to Florence, Italy.

U.K.

Unlike Flanders and Florence, the British wool industry quickly moved to the countryside, and took advantage of the water conservancy advantages that the former did not have, introducing waterwheels into the processing process to replace manpower, thus greatly reducing production costs and improving production efficiency.

It has been greatly improved. From the 15th century until three hundred years later, the British wool industry has always been in a leading position in Europe.

After Haihan's colonies and controlled areas gradually extended northward, Haihan's demand for cotton and wool textiles also increased year by year. Due to the influence of successive years of turmoil in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the wool products Haihan could purchase from the Ming Dynasty were extremely limited, and

The price is indeed high. However, under Haihan's rule, there was no suitable area to raise large quantities of sheep or goats, and its own production capacity could not keep up with the growth of demand, so the contradiction between supply and demand could only be solved through imports.

Both Portugal and the Netherlands can provide a certain amount of wool product resources, but they are not the countries of origin. The wool products sold to Haihan are also bought from the UK and then resold to Haihan to earn the price difference. This business model

Of course, there is nothing wrong with it, especially the Dutch, who are known as sea coachmen. They are engaged in the business of buying and selling, and they often make money from Haihan in this kind of transaction.

Although the reason why Heihan planned to let Britain enter was not just wool products, it was indeed one of the reasons for this decision. Heihan did not want the trade between the East and the West to be monopolized by Portugal and the Netherlands, so he wanted

Expand the scope of trade objects to reduce the costs and risks of imported goods.

There are not many European countries entering the Far East. Spain was originally on the candidate list. The relationship between Haihan and Spain has never been reconciled. Although the war did not continue to break out later, this Liangzi will not change with the passage of time.

As for the automatic solution, Haihan was busy expanding the shipping route and had no intention of crossing the border to seek bad luck for the Spaniards. But both sides knew in their hearts that there was no room for two tigers in one mountain, and sooner or later there would still be a showdown.

France, another European maritime power, expanded far less rapidly in the Far East than these competitors. Historically, the French only formally established the French East India Company in 1664, but its business nature was very different from that of other countries.

The company's activities are supervised by the chief executive appointed by the king, and the company's directors are all court favorites and dignitaries. These positions are not held by businessmen. Even the company's operating funds are mostly funded by the royal family, and businessmen subscribe.

The shareholding ratio of the company was extremely limited. This kind of royal company was subject to many restrictions in its operations and was far less competitive than its peers. By the middle of the 18th century, its trade volume with India was only half of that of the British East India Company, and it fell into decline thereafter.

It disappeared during the French Revolution in 1789.

So the only choice left for Haihan was the United Kingdom. Since the United Kingdom had not officially established a stronghold, the Executive Committee originally planned to wait for a suitable opportunity before establishing diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. However, it did not expect that the British would actually establish diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom themselves.

The suicide attack came to Haihan's doorstep, giving Haihan a huge leverage. Since he had the opportunity to take the absolute initiative in diplomatic negotiations, Haihan naturally wanted to make full use of this opportunity.

The opposition of Portugal and the Netherlands was expected by Heihan. After all, after Britain entered this region, the interests of these two countries would be affected the most. But the Executive Committee and Roger had already expected these two countries.

Their opposition can only remain verbal, because they can neither fight against Haihan with force, nor can they completely break away from the trading system established and dominated by Haihan in this area. If they want to fall out with Haihan, then what is the result?

The losses will also be far greater than the impact caused by Britain's entry.

It is precisely because of this that Roger generously took them to see the results of the battle, and then informed Haihan of his basic attitude towards handling the matter. It just so happened that they could use their arrival to impose greater pressure on the British officer Hogg.

pressure to force the other side to accept the "peace agreement" proposed by Roger.

Regarding Roger's response, Ricardo was a little unexpected. He did not expect that this Haihan officer also knew about the European wool industry. It would be too redundant to defend this at this time, so he could only change the topic.

Said: "The various goods we provide to Haihan are of the best grade in the European market. Of course, the prices cannot be compared with ordinary goods, but please do not question the trade relationship between us because of this. Besides, our country has never

Many of the goods imported by the Ming Kingdom and Annan Kingdom are purchased through Haihan's trading firm, and this does not hinder our cooperation."

Although Ricardo's beautiful words are right, both sides are actually very clear that the reason why Portugal wants to purchase through Haihan is simply that they cannot bypass the mountain of Haihan. Haihan is in the foreign trade system of Ming Dynasty and Annan.

Some very large influences, which can be said to be not monopolies but better than monopolies, can completely determine the local trade qualifications of extraterritorial countries like Portugal. Even if Portugal knows that this trading method will cause Haihan to eat the price difference, in order to maintain trade relations

Stable, we can only accept this arrangement. Fortunately, the profits from Eastern goods shipped to Europe are quite generous. This purchase cost can be directly passed on to the final buyer, and the impact on Portugal, the middleman, is relatively limited.

But Haihan's situation is different now. The emergence of the British will undoubtedly provide a new supply channel. If the two countries finally reach the agreement advocated by Roger, some goods produced in the UK will be sold at a lower price.

The transaction price was sent to Haihan. Although the shipping industry of Portugal and the Netherlands is developed, after all, there is no advantage in the price of this part of the commodity, and the relevant profits will have to be handed over to others.

Roger continued: "I know you two are very wary of the British entry, but for us Haihan, this is just the introduction of a trading partner. There is no military alliance, no exclusive trade agreement, no such thing as you."

The only thing that has changed is that you may have an additional trade competitor in this region from now on. Moreover, this cooperation is only an idea at the moment, and specific negotiations may take a long time.

Only then will there be results, I don’t think you two need to be too nervous.”

Roger's words of comfort did not have much effect, and Ricardo and Philip could not relax because of his words. But they also understood that it was extremely difficult to persuade Roger to give up this plan at the moment, and they could only

They wanted to find another way to solve the problem. They wanted to attack Tan Juren immediately, but they heard Tan Juren say lightly, "This matter is mainly based on Roger's opinion." This was really impossible to think about.

Tan Juren had communicated with Roger beforehand and knew about the plan he had discussed with the Executive Committee. In fact, Tan Juren did not agree with the negotiation of peace with the United Kingdom. He believed that the existing measures did not really have an effect on the British boldness.

The role of punishment, and the so-called compensation and ransom, may also be gradually cut off by the other party in future bilateral negotiations. Although the establishment of trade relations may really bring some benefits to Haihan, Tan Juren is simply

The country felt dissatisfied, and even preferred the opinions of the Portuguese and Dutch envoys, and continued to pursue the invaders. Even if they could not temporarily wipe out the British strongholds on the Indian Peninsula, at least they must make clear their attitude of continuing to carry out military strikes against them.

However, Roger believed that his view was not objective enough and analyzed the reasons. He believed that Tan Juren's subconscious still regarded Britain as the initiator of the war in the time and space before the time travel, and he had a hatred for it beyond reason. But in today's world

In time and space, Haihan has just come into contact with the opponent. Although the two sides have a record of fighting, Haihan not only did not suffer a loss, but also took the initiative through the war. We should make full use of this favorable situation to gain more benefits.

, instead of blindly fighting and killing. When the fight with the British cannot be concluded, the ones applauding must be Portugal and the Netherlands, who are afraid of the world being in chaos.

Although Tan Juren agreed with Roger's analysis, he still felt that he could not overcome this ideological hurdle. In the end, Roger had to give him a highly targeted dose of strong medicine: "I know you want to retaliate against the British.

But think about it, we have dealt a heavy blow to them through war, and then we are forcing them to pay reparations and sign unequal treaties. Isn’t this just retaliation in reverse according to the historical process as you know it?”

Tan Juren thought that although this was unreasonable, he felt much better psychologically and finally accepted Roger's arrangement.
Chapter completed!