In the next few days, nothing happened in the court. Although not many officials were punished because of Li's case, the influence of the Zhou Li faction was greatly reduced, which also made many officials feel anxious and had no intention of doing anything. In this situation
Next, an insignificant member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, believed that the post station should be allowed to be used by civilians. He wrote a lot of things and the memorial did not stir up any waves in the court. Only a few officials expressed their objections, but after approval, Yunxi
So no one spoke up about this trivial matter.
In this stagnant situation, the news that Yunxi summoned the envoy from Castile again did not attract anyone's attention.
"His Majesty the Ming Emperor, Alonso de Quijano, the envoy from the Kingdom of Castile in the far west, sends you the most sincere greetings on behalf of the king of our country." Quijano first said after seeing Yunxi
After saying these words, he hesitated slightly and knelt down on one knee to salute Yunxi.
"No need to pay tribute." Jihano said this greeting in Mongolian. Yunxi could understand it without a translator. He smiled slightly and said.
Klavyo, who acted as translator, hurriedly translated these words to Quijano, who thanked him again in Mongolian before standing up.
"I heard that news about your country of Castile came back from the northwest a few days ago?" Yunxi didn't talk nonsense and got down to business.
"His Majesty the Ming Emperor, news has indeed reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Central Asia. The news is that after receiving the information I sent, the board of directors of the Black Sea-Caspian Sea Trading Company decided to suspend the Volga-Don Canal after discussion.
For construction, first build a track.”
"I have to thank Your Majesty for your generosity. It was you who generously allowed me to use the communication tools that are only allowed to be used by the government in Ming Dynasty, so that the information could be sent to the trading company in such a short period of time." Jijano added.
road.
"That's nothing." Yunxi said calmly: "Opening trade will be beneficial to both the Ming Dynasty and Castile, and I naturally know it."
"I'm glad you think so." After listening to Claviyo's translation, Quijano murmured in a low voice. He had already been instilled by Claviyo with the knowledge that many rulers of Eastern countries did not like business. When he heard Yun Xi's words,
He said that he felt very surprised and could not help but murmur in a low voice.
"If your merchants from the Kingdom of Castile are willing to go further, you can allow them to come to Yiwu, but no matter how far they are, they cannot go without permission. Of course, those who come from the sea to Bao'an City and Bosi
Shanghai Shipping Department is not among them."
"However, doing business in the Ming Dynasty is different from doing business elsewhere. I know that those who dare to travel thousands of miles or even leave their hometown to do business are not responsible people. It is common for them to kill people and steal goods. If they are not in the Ming Dynasty, how can they do it?
I won’t care about it, but within the Ming Dynasty, if these businessmen are restless and commit crimes with weapons, the local officials of the Ming Dynasty will never sit idly by and ignore it." Yunxi said. In this era, those who travel far to do business, no matter on land
On the sea, both have strong military force, and their members are often more fierce. It is not a story to kill someone with a sword when they disagree. Most of the businessmen in Dongfang and Tianfang know that the government of the Central Plains has relatively lenient control, and they were severely beaten by the Ming Navy.
After a pause, he didn't dare to make trouble in the Ship Bureau; the European businessmen probably didn't know that he had spoken out first, and then they would not be punished without instruction.
"Your Majesty, if someone does not abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty government can deal with them in accordance with the law; if someone is arrested, they should be beaten to death." Quijano did not look unhappy at all. In fact, Quijano
On the contrary, I very much agree with Yunxi's decision. Many employees of the Black Sea-Caspian Sea Trading Company are from Venice and Genoa, and these two places have formed an extremely mature business system. The division of labor among employees is very clear, and they dare not disobey the company at all.
If they do, they will not do irrational things within the territory of the Ming Dynasty; on the contrary, those private caravans that are not within the company are not so mature, and the leader does not have strong binding force on his subordinates, and it is easy to violate the taboos of the Ming Dynasty. If these people are all because
Those who violated Ming Dynasty's taboos would have their heads chopped off and hung on wooden poles. All businesses would be monopolized by trading companies. Quijano would wake up laughing in his dreams.
Yunxi said a few more words, and then said: "I asked you to come here today for one more thing."
"Please give me your orders, His Majesty the Emperor."
"The commercial organization you are in, I don't care if it is a pany (company), a corporation (enterprise, legal person), or anything else, you can come to the Ming Dynasty's open city to do business, but every time you come to the Ming Dynasty's
The shipping department must carry at least 600 European books. It doesn’t matter what kind of books they are, but they must be your European books, they cannot be repeated, and the text must be in Castilian or Italian. The local shipping department will follow the instructions
Fair price acquisition. If not, I will not allow the company to do business." Yunxi mentioned the main purpose of summoning him today.
In fact, since there was no vocabulary that could accurately correspond to trading company in the language of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Claviyo struggled with how to translate this word, and even thought of simply asking Quijano not to mention this word in Tong Yunxi's words.
, only regards himself as the representative of the State of Castile.
But Quijano disagreed. It was important to seek benefits for the country, but it was even more important to seek benefits for oneself. He also wanted to negotiate and let the Ming Dynasty Shipping Department give preferential conditions to the Black Sea-Caspian Sea Trading Company, even if he knew that such a topic would not
I will talk to His Majesty the Emperor, but let His Majesty the Emperor have an impression, so that he will not be confused when receiving reports from the Shipping Department in the future. Of course, Claviyo knows that his idea is unreliable, and he made it out of complete ignorance of the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.
Judgment, but could not persuade him to give up his ideas, so he had to use very complicated vocabulary to translate the word.
So Yunxi didn't actually know what the 'Black Sea-Caspian Sea Trading Company' that Jijano was talking about, but based on the context, he thought it was a commercial organization, so he simply said it in English.
"Six hundred European books?" Quijano found it difficult to understand this condition, and he also had a doubt: "Your Majesty, there are only so many European books. Each time there are 600 books, sooner or later there will be no new books to sell.
The Shipping Department of the Ming Dynasty."
"Don't worry, I also roughly know how many books there are in Europe. When these books come to Ming Dynasty, I will naturally cancel this condition. Another point is that the more weird the views, or even the books that are regarded as blasphemous, the better.
I like it." Yunxi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send a letter to the directors of the company. The directors will definitely agree to this condition." Although this condition is strange, it is not an unattainable condition, and Quijano immediately agreed. (To be continued)