The Dutch left the governor's office angrily, and Chen Kai did whatever he was supposed to do, handling official duties as usual to ensure that the situation in Guangdong continued to develop in the direction he expected.

The afternoon meeting of the Advisory Board was as usual. Chen Kai did not have any proposals to discuss or vote on, but the matters discussed by the Advisory Board today required him to respond on such an official occasion.

What needs to be discussed is the ban on sailing, not whether it will be implemented. On this point, whether from the system or the current reality, they have no right to interfere - Zheng Chenggong is

The Ming Dynasty's King of Fujian, the Ming court granted him full power to control the restoration and suppression of the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong and the three provinces of South Zhili, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. The Guangdong Provincial Council was only a provincial-level unit; and the ban on navigation was issued by the Zheng family

The leader of the group signed it, and they have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Zheng Group.

On the day Chen Kai received the ban on sailing, he convened a special meeting of the Advisory Bureau and announced the order prohibiting Guangdong merchant ships from sailing to Manila. Naturally, the entire Advisory Bureau unanimously supported this. It was not just Chen Kainai who was behind them.

He is the number two figure in the Zheng Group. More importantly, from a basic point of view, many Chinese in Nanyang are from Guangdong. They have very frequent business contacts with Guangdong. In terms of nostalgia and pure interests, they have no regard for Zheng.

The group is willing to stand up for the Nanyang Chinese and is happy to see the results.

The ban on sailing was unanimously supported. The congressmen present expressed that after the meeting, they would immediately write letters to their alternate members, friends, and relatives in their hometowns, calling on them to respond to the ban on Manila and give the Spaniards a good look.

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However, the impact of the ban still exists, especially since many maritime merchants who go to Manila all year round are from Guangdong. With the ban on shipping, their usual supply of goods and sales will be cut off. Among them, many maritime merchants affected by this

The merchants have various relationships with the Guangdong Commercial Alliance, and the Guangdong Commercial Alliance's weight within the Council makes this matter unavoidable for discussion here.

"Those who made requests like us are all good businessmen who pay taxes and royalties in accordance with government regulations. This time they also firmly support the decrees of Mr. Guo Xingye and Mr. Fujun. They were affected this time and did not intend to cause trouble.

The government, but they don’t know how long the ban on sailing will be in effect, so I hope the government can give corresponding consideration.”

The so-called consideration, Chen Kai understood clearly, was obviously because he hoped to get tax exemptions. Of course, in addition to normal taxes, this also involves the matter of rates - the rates are paid in one lump sum for one year, and will be paid in the coming year.

It is strictly prohibited to use the old cards to offset the new rates. In other words, during this ban on sailing, the rates they paid for sea trade were in vain, which could range from thousands to a few taels.

One hundred taels of silver, not counting this year's profits and the time and money spent on opening joints in order to achieve profits. Even a wealthy family that has been engaged in sea trade for many years is not willing to bear such losses in vain.

A congressman from the Guangdong Business Alliance made this proposal to Chen Kai respectfully. If he was closer, you could still see that there was some white hair sweat on his forehead, but it was because he wanted to express his gratitude to Chen Kai.

He was nervous about the proposal, and whether the nervousness would have any negative impact on himself.

Many people present admired his courage, but like him, he still had to think about it. In this regard, Chen Kai, who was sitting in the front and accepting the inquiry, listened to his words solemnly and spoke very seriously.

He nodded and immediately asked if there were any other congressmen who had relevant inquiries. After waiting for a limited number of two people to agree and the latecomers to explain their respective situations clearly, he answered calmly.

"The ban on sailing is an action taken by Mr. Guo Xingye to ensure the trading rights and interests of Ming merchants in Nanyang. Since it is to ensure the trading rights and interests, it will definitely take care of those good merchants who pay taxes and royalties normally, because

They abide by the laws and regulations, and naturally they must be protected by the government. This is a principle that I and I have always firmly believed in and adhered to."

The loud voice clarified the ban on navigation, and the meeting room of the Advisory Council immediately burst into applause. When the applause subsided slightly, Chen Keke continued: "How long will the ban on navigation be implemented? Mr. Guo Xing and I still have to wait.

It’s not certain, maybe one day, maybe forever, it’s all possible. As for the impact on good merchants, I have already discussed it with Mr. Guo Xing, that is, all goods originally shipped to Manila will be shipped to Fujian.

Fair purchase.

"But one thing is that the trading company or ship owner needs to provide proof of payment of taxes and rates in previous years. To put it bluntly, the government is only responsible to good merchants. Those who do not pay taxes and rates will not suffer any losses.

Protection will be provided. In addition, corresponding penalties will be imposed."

Failure to pay taxes will result in a ban or jail time. Failure to pay rates will result in the confiscation of the ship, the seizure of the ship, helmsman and sailors. If you disobey the ban on sailing, the criminal's family will be imprisoned and the criminal will be killed without mercy. However, compared with

Chen Kai's guarantee is completely different from the cold punishment, even if a certificate is required to make the difference.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Fujun and Mr. Guo. The merchants I asked you to come here to inquire about are all paying taxes and rates normally. They even brought relevant certificates and documents when they came to ask me. They will definitely not

Let Mr. Fujun and Mr. Guo Xing be disappointed."

Chen Kai clarified the government's attitude, and soon the member of Parliament who was the first to ask also made an assurance at the first opportunity. The government has always been only responsible for collecting taxes, and merchants will not care if they suffer losses, even if it is

Because the same is true for government orders. In this case, if Chen Kai had not stated at the beginning of establishing the Advisory Bureau that he wanted them to speak on behalf of the people and complained about "Huabiao", his few friends would not have come to ask for help.

Him, and he wouldn't have mustered up the courage to ask.

This time, it can be said to be a victory. After the consultation meeting, Chen Kai took the lead to leave the consultation bureau and returned to the governor's office. After accepting the applause of many members, the councilor also hurried to the consultation meeting.

There is a restaurant not far from the meeting hall - here is where they made an appointment in advance to notify the results as soon as possible.

"Fortunately, Mr. Fujun has made a guarantee. As long as you can provide proof of payment of taxes and royalties, the Guangdong Governor's Yamen will issue a certificate, and you can go to Fuzhou with the certificate and goods to conduct transactions."

"What's the purchase price?"

Tears of gratitude, this is the least of it. These friends praised him very much, but soon asked about this matter, which was what they were most concerned about.

Fortunately, Chen Kai asked clearly about this in advance, and he also made it clear when he asked in the Advisory Bureau: "The price of shipping from Guangdong to Fuzhou will definitely not be as high as that of shipping to Manila, but it will be appropriate."

There is still room for raising the purchase price. Mr. Fujun has said that he and Mr. Guoxing will not let good merchants suffer losses."

Utilitarian speaking, the existence of these merchants who pay taxes and royalties normally allows the Zheng Group to support more armies, just like the Chinese community in Nanyang. Zheng Chenggong wants to fight a trade war with the Spaniards, and his purpose is also to

Maintain the commercial interests of the Chinese in Nanyang, while ensuring that the Zheng Group can receive more royalties and sea trade profits.

Those smugglers who refused to pay taxes and licenses would naturally be severely punished. However, Chen Kai believed that these people should be treated equally, and Zheng Chenggong also believed that compensation should be made. As a result, Zheng Tai was responsible for removing them from the

Transforming a pure rate payer into a supplier of goods is nothing more than spending more money than usual acquisitions and reducing profits a little.

I can still make money, but it's just less than expected. This is a comfort, because originally I couldn't make a penny and had to lose money in vain. Fortunately, I asked for help, otherwise it would definitely be a failure of the people.

Officials don't investigate.

"Please rest assured, as long as I am in the Advisory Bureau, I will definitely speak for everyone." After accepting everyone's thanks calmly, he then mentioned another matter, but it was not from the Advisory Bureau: "

There is some news that our Guangdong Commercial Alliance will make new moves. Once the payment is recovered, you can consider participating in it. You will definitely make a profit without losing any money."

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Returning to the governor's yamen, Chen Kai couldn't help but laugh out loud, and looked at Kuang Lu, who had just arrived at the official room, inexplicably.

Over at Tiandihui, Chen Kai has always been in charge, and Kuang Lu is mainly responsible for the publicity work. This time, she came here to discuss the publicity affairs with Chen Kai, but she saw this scene when she entered the door.

"Are you actually laughing at those red hairs?"

Kuang Lu has not received news about the affairs of the Advisory Bureau, or if he had come half an hour later, members of the Tiandihui of the Advisory Bureau would have passed the news to him, and there would be no misconception at the moment.

However, it doesn’t matter whether the guess is wrong or not. Chen Kai heard Kuang Lu mention this and had plans to talk to her. Immediately, the conversation continued on this topic: "Red hair is fishing in troubled waters. After all,

The existence of the Zheng family has greatly affected its interests. In other words, the Zheng family does have a cooperative relationship with them, but they still exist more as competitors."

The Zheng Group has great power and influence in the China Sea, especially since Zheng Zhilong established his monopoly, and Zheng Chenggong reunified the Zheng Group, especially since the establishment of the Shanhai Five Merchants, the number of Chinese goods that the Dutch could obtain became apparent.

There has been a significant reduction. Taking raw silk as an example, the Zheng Group's monopoly position makes it impossible for the Dutch to get much raw silk to ship to Japan. They can only purchase raw silk from Annan and Bangladesh and transfer it there. Regardless of the quality, price

, or in terms of cost, this is very unfriendly to the Dutch.

By the time Chen Kai established the Guangdong-Hai Commercial Alliance, Guangdong's output of raw silk, silk, cotton, tinware, porcelain, etc. was rising rapidly. The Dutch obviously hoped that the Zheng Group would be separated so that Guangdong could become their source of goods.

It is the forbidden love of the Zheng Group. Unfortunately, Guangdong's renaissance is because of Chen Kai, and Chen Kai is still the one who calls the shots in Guangdong today.

"Is this the weakness of trade-based mercantilism that Jingcheng said?"

"Yes, without goods, how can there be trade?"

Kuang Lu mentioned this, but Chen Kai couldn't help but think of some materials he had read about Zheng Chenggong's eldest son.

According to Chinese historical materials and records of European colonists, after Zheng Chenggong's death, the Zheng Group split. Many generals of the Zheng Group were demoted due to Zheng Jing's mishandling of the Zheng Tai incident, including Zheng Tai's younger brother Zheng Mingjun and Zheng Mingjun.

His son Zheng Zuanxu brought 500 warships, tens of thousands of Ming troops, and the entire maritime trade system of the Zheng Group to the Qing court. What Zheng Jing inherited was only Taiwan and a small army.

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However, the situation he faced at that time was very difficult. The Qing government moved the border and banned the sea, and the Zheng Tai surviving family defected, leaving the Zheng Group without a source of goods and experiencing rapid degradation. However, the military threat of the Qing army was still

At the same time as they survived, the Dutch also fought back and occupied the northern part of Taiwan that was once controlled by the Spanish.

According to the evaluation of Zheng Jing by later generations, Zheng Jing should have basically finished his game at this time. But not only did he not finish his game, he first managed to force the Dutch back and control the northern part of Taiwan, and then bribed the Qing court.

Officials used official methods to re-establish sources of goods and sales, and then attracted the British to fight against their inherent enemy, the Dutch. Until the San Francisco Rebellion, he who had already done an excellent job in Taiwan's overcoming difficulties began to make mistakes.

, not only did the counterattack fail, but it accelerated the destruction of San Francisco.

Chen Kai knew both Zheng Mingjun and Zheng Zuanxu. When he and Zheng Xiyuan got married, they came to congratulate each other in person. Now, the two have long been the dominant figures in the Zheng Group's internal business system, and they are very skilled in business. This

The person responsible for protecting good merchants in Guangdong was Zheng Tai's son Zheng Zuanxu.

Chen Kai thought of these old things. To be precise, they were old things that had not happened yet and might not happen in the future. His first thought was the destruction of the Zheng Group - when the trade-based mercantilism had no source of goods, they

Nothing. Historically, the Zheng Group was defeated not so much by Shi Lang, but by the Qing court's move to move borders and ban seas. The reason why the Dutch fell from the altar was because they were like the British and the French.

When they evolved to industrial mercantilism, they were still stuck in trade mercantilism and failed to catch up with the east wind of the industrial revolution.

Industrial revolution, this term is still far away from now, because it still requires more technological accumulation, which cannot be achieved by opening and closing one's mouth. It takes time, and it also needs sufficient benefits, and Chen Kai believes that what he is doing now

exactly.

"I plan to use the royalties of one tael of silver to provide relevant technologies to people who are willing to engage in earthworm farming."

"One tael of silver?"

"Yes, otherwise no one would dare to use this technology, and the technology would be limited to the breeding farm outside Chaozhou City."

Kuang Lu watched Chen Kai from the fourth year of Yongli to today, especially the earthworm farming. He was the first to know about it at that time. He knew very well that with the support of Zheng Group, Chen Kai established

Guangdong Trading Company has made countless money for him over the years, and he doesn't care about money. And this patent fee is obviously not just about promotion.

"Jingcheng, is this to try to get craftsmen to develop more practical technologies?"

Being able to see this, Kuang Lu's intelligence has definitely been praised by Chen Kai. He is not a technology emperor, and has already done many things he can think of. Moreover, if he wants to continue on, what he needs is the ripening of interests.

Rather than really building an industrial system with one person's efforts.

Earthworms can raise chickens, chickens and eggs can provide more protein, and there is an industrial agricultural production model. These are what Chen Kai is happy to see. The only thing is that chickens and eggs are originally provided by the sideline industry of small farmers.

That is, farmers grow food and vegetables while raising chickens at home and harvesting eggs for sale. Originally it was limited to Chaozhou farms, and the impact would not be too great, but if the technology is promoted, the sideline business of the small farmer economy will inevitably

will be affected.

"This era has become different from the past, and we are not afraid of becoming more."

Letting go of his reverie, Chen Kai talked with Kuang Lu about the press release in Di Bao, and at the same time he also sent someone to find Wang Jiang and made an appointment to clarify the matter thoroughly.

Originally, Chen Kai was immersed in the road to the future. Unfortunately, Wang Jiang had agreed to discuss it in the afternoon the next day. Today has not yet passed. As an urgent message was delivered to the back house, Chen Kai couldn't help but frown.

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Chapter completed!