What caught Zhang Sanxu’s attention the most was the canned food launched some time ago.
When supermarkets began to sell this kind of canned food, Zhang Sanxu also took advantage of the excitement to buy some.
After eating it, I have to say that the taste of this thing is definitely not as good as the freshly cooked dishes in restaurants, and the price is not cheap.
For the same portion, eating it in a roadside restaurant is definitely much cheaper than this canned food.
But Zhang Sanxu still saw the huge business opportunities brewing in it with his usual shrewd vision.
Before he became the governor's master, his family was a moderately large maritime businessman, but later his family's financial situation deteriorated.
But he knew how valuable this thing would be when sold to maritime merchants.
Well, in fact, canned food was put into production a few months ago. I have talked about this before.
But the cannery's main production capacity initially went into the inventory of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
No way, this thing is much better than rice balls, fried noodles and so on.
When Sun Xuebin saw this thing, he decided at that time that the Ministry of Military Affairs would give priority to purchasing it.
In fact, if the Xinghai Kingdom's army goes to war, it will consume a lot of canned food.
It is precisely because of this that until recently, the Ministry of Commercial Affairs opened up a little bit and gave priority to supplying to some maritime merchants with relatively close relationships.
Well, to be precise, it was the maritime merchants who had supported the Star Sea Kingdom in the past. Those guys who were just helpless when there was a war, naturally could not be classified as the first priority.
After Zhang Sanxu made some inquiries, he found the Commercial Affairs Department.
Fortunately, as an envoy of a friendly country, Zhang Sanxu still has some privileges in this regard.
Chen Liuxiang personally approved the note for him, and he could buy two hundred items of canned food every month, either for his own use or for export.
But if you export, you must pay taxes and fees like other maritime merchants.
I have to say that these two hundred pieces of canned food every month are not necessarily Zhang Sanxu’s most profitable business, but they are definitely the most popular.
There was no need for him to come forward for two hundred pieces of canned food. He had to go to the trading hall of the terminal with the bill of lading and register the information. Soon, the maritime merchants who were entrenched in the trading hall to check the business information would bid on their own.
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The highest bidder wins!
There is no need to pay export trader tax, and you will make money steadily.
Therefore, during this period, Zhang Sanxu was more like a merchant than an envoy of a country.
Therefore, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xinghai Kingdom summoned him, he was a little confused.
Fortunately, the request made by the elder Tang Xingqiang was not an embarrassment, it was just to recruit refugees to go to sea for reclamation.
In Zhang Sanxu's opinion, this is a trivial matter.
Well, if this matter were done during the founding of the country or the prosperous dynasty, it would be a serious crime of selling people.
But now, the entire Nanming area is full of refugees. The local governments are extremely worried about the refugees. They have sent officers and soldiers to set up checkpoints at various places and do not allow refugees to cross the border. They are afraid that if they are not careful, the refugees will gather to rebel or something.
Therefore, if someone is willing to take over these refugees at this time, the local governments will probably have to send them certificates of commendation.
What's more, when making the immigration request, Elder Tang Xingqiang also said that if the Zhaowu regime is willing to support the Xinghai Kingdom's immigration request, then in the next arms trade, the Xinghai State's state-owned banks can provide preferential loans to help the Zhaowu regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty transition to
Overcome the immediate difficulties and sign a trade agreement for ten more Napoleon cannons on the basis of the previous ten Napoleon cannons.
Hearing this, unless Zhang Sanxu was a hard-core official, his answer must be yes.
Of course, just because he agreed was not the end, he still needed to report to the Zhaowu court and obtain Emperor Zhaowu's consent.
A few days later, Emperor Zhaowu received this news that he didn't know whether it should be considered good or bad.
"I am ashamed of my ancestors."
After thinking about it for less than half an hour, Emperor Zhaowu sighed softly and asked his personal eunuch to invite more than a dozen ministers to the imperial study.
Regarding the refugee recruitment plan proposed by Xinghai Kingdom, as well as the so-called bank loans, the purchase of additional artillery, and a series of agreements.
The opinions of ministers are somewhat different.
Naturally, the Minister of War and the Governor of Guangdong expressed their agreement in unison.
The Minister of War is because the battle report of the frontline victory has been transmitted to the Ministry of War. After knowing that the Xinghai Kun thieves' firearms are indeed sharp, as long as he can buy more Xinghai firearms, let alone recruit refugees, even if he kidnaps people first, he will probably
Agreed.
Needless to say, Mr. Liu, the governor of Guangdong, has been marked as a member of the Kun Thief faction in the court, so he can only go all the way.
For example, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment were relatively weak and kept silent. Anyway, whenever Emperor Zhaowu asked, they agreed with everyone's opinions and so on. They were completely useless.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites were the most excited opponents.
The Ministry of Accounts was out of money, and because they didn't understand what bank loans were, they always felt like they were struggling to make ends meet, so they objected.
As for the Ministry of Rites, it is a retirement home for a group of old-fashioned people. Whenever Emperor Zhaowu summons them, they will talk about their ancestral family laws and shut up about etiquette and morals. If you ask them for a solution, they will definitely not be able to tell you.
Fortunately, Emperor Zhaowu knew exactly what he should do, and calling the ministers over for discussion was just to cover up his face.
After all, he is still the leader of a country. Although his territory is relatively small now, he cannot just nod his head and agree to the request of Xinghai Kingdom. In that case, it would be too much of a loss of status.
Finally, under Emperor Zhaowu's suggestion, except for the Minister of Rites who insisted on his own opinion, all the other ministers agreed.
As Zhang Sanxu hurried back to Xinghai City and brought back the good news, Xinghai Kingdom immediately dispatched an immigration working group.
The immigration working group was led by Feikeshi, a veteran who was transferred from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. There were fifty naturalized people working under him. In addition, the Ministry of Military Affairs also transferred an infantry battalion to accompany it as a security force.
No way, the previous instructor team was fine. They were in the barracks. The two veteran officers were also retired from the special forces before the time travel. Even if it was an accident, if nothing else, it would be no problem to find a place to hide and wait for rescue.
But the immigration working group dispatched this time is different.
The elder Feikeshi was just a clerk in a certain neighborhood committee before time travel. He could neither shoot a gun, nor ride a horse, nor fight. In addition, the fifty naturalized people who were transferred out were also among the naturalized people with a relatively high level of education.
Can be considered an elite.
If something goes wrong with this group of people, the elders and heads of various departments in Xinghai Kingdom will probably feel pain for a long time.
Under such circumstances, adequate armed protection is necessary.