The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 254 Who is afraid of whom? !
That roll of yellow paper was a request for mutual trade with Daming from Taiwan Helandong India Company three days ago.

In the past, their trade with Daming was handled by Zheng Zhilong. Not only were they extorted a lot of "handling fees", but the volume of trade and the types of goods traded also depended on Zheng's face.

Now that Zheng Zhilong has treasoned the country and surrendered to captives, fleeing far away in the north of the Yangtze River, the Helan people dream of being able to do business with Ming Dynasty freely, and even monopolize the maritime trade between Ming Dynasty, Europe and Japan.

The so-called document requesting trade and mutual trade on Zhu Linmei's desk is actually a self-righteous clause proposed by the Helan people, and it is only waiting for the signature and seal of the assistant king of Ming Dynasty.

Because Zheng Zhilong took away the main fleet of Ming Dynasty, the Helan people didn't pay attention to the Taizheng court at all.According to their consistent urgency, if the Taizheng Dynasty without a strong fleet fails to satisfy them, then their warships will start to attack and harass the Daming coast.

Zhu Linmei naturally knew what the Helan people wanted to do, so she kept ignoring them.

But at this time, when he saw the volume of documents, he immediately thought that these foreigners could be used to solve the grain and rice problem.

He couldn't find a source of food on Huaxia land, so he continued to look outside!

Taiwan's fertile land is itself a big granary.Further south, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia have a suitable climate and have been high-yield grain-producing areas since ancient times.

The profiteers in Ming Dynasty can control the grain market in Fujing, but they have no influence on the grain prices in Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries.

It's just that Daming's fleet has been dominated by Zheng Zhilong all year round, and he can't even form a decent caravan. Otherwise, if he took silk and porcelain to Southeast Asia, wouldn't the food be brought back one by one?
Right now, they can only rely on the fleet of these Europeans.

He immediately instructed Shi Lin: "Let the Ministry of Rites summon that Helan envoy to meet me, and act quickly."

"Yes!"

Shi Lin immediately drove away, and after more than half an hour, he brought Li Guangchun, the minister of rites, and Bertman, the special envoy of Landong India Company, back to the palace.

Nabotman waited for three days in the posthouse of the Ministry of Rites. At this time, he was summoned by the assistant king of the Ming Dynasty, and he thought that the other party was going to agree to their request and sign a trade and mutual market agreement.

So when he entered the main hall of the palace, he only bowed slightly and nodded, and then he called his assistant to take out the agreement that had been drawn up.

Seeing that Zhu Lin was drinking tea with her eyes down, Shi Lin immediately said in a low voice to Bertman and the people behind him: "His Royal Highness is on the knees!"

When the Helan man heard the words, he turned his head and looked around, and saw the majestic guards all around him holding their sword hilts, staring at him with "bad intentions".

He immediately remembered that it was rumored that the assistant king in front of him had repeatedly killed the northern barbarians on the battlefield. He beheaded tens of thousands of enemy troops. Immediately, he felt the chill rise from his heels to the top of his head. He quickly knelt down and saluted respectfully , "Meet His Royal Highness the Coordinating King."

"Well, get up." Zhu Linmi gave him a sideways glance, "I have brought you here because there is a good deal for the East India Company."

"Your Highness," Bertman is also a veteran negotiator after all, quickly calmed down, and said jealously, "I think we should sign a trade agreement first.

"Just like the document you saw a few days ago, the Dutch Far East Fleet will provide your empire with safe waterways, and no pirates will dare to attack you. And the East India Company will pay you a trade tax of 20 taels of silver every year .

"And you only need to agree to our free trade in Yuegang, and act as an agent for Ming's trade with Europa and Japan.

"Look, this is the best deal..."

"Really?" Zhu Linmei sneered, "20 taels? That's a lot. How much tax did you pay Zheng Zhilong before?"

Bertman was taken aback, and almost blurted out "a few million taels."

"Do you still want to monopolize Ming Dynasty's trade with Europe and Japan? The tone is not small. I am afraid that even the British will go crazy with the tens of millions of taels of trade revenue per year." Zhu Linmi immediately remembered that there is no such thing as Britain at this moment. It is called in Chinese, so I added a sentence, "England."

Bertman was taken aback again. At present, no one in Ming Dynasty knows where the UK is, let alone the fact that Britain and the Netherlands are fighting for hegemony at sea, but from what the Counselor King said, he seems to know the UK very well.

"Oh, you don't need to move out of England... Oh, come from England, they have no power in the Far East." Bertman said proudly, "Actually, I hope you understand that you can only sign this trade agreement. Ming no longer has a navy, You cannot protect your own trade fleet."

In fact, what he said was not completely unreasonable. This era belonged to the era of pirates. Without a powerful fleet escort, merchant ships were robbed almost as soon as they went out.

"I don't need you to worry about that." Zhu Linmi glanced at the yellow-haired thick paper roll, "Your agreement is just a joke. I have no plans to sign a trade agreement with Helan yet."

But Bertman stared at him threateningly, "Your Highness, you probably didn't hear clearly, you have already lost your navy! And Helan's huge fleet is in Dongfan."

Dongfan was the name of Taiwan in the Ming Dynasty.

"Threat me?" Zhu Linmi put down her teacup and said with a smile, "I don't have many warships in my hand. There are more than a dozen large ships in the Yangtze River. But if I join forces with the Ezebianians to attack the Dutch East India Company together The fleet, what do you think the odds are?
"Oh, by the way, the Frangbots must be happy to join the siege against you."

Bertman was stunned again, and Helan had spent a lot of effort to compete with Spain for the Far East.If Daming fully supported Spain, they would definitely fight Helan at all costs for the tens of millions of taels of sea trade.And Portugal and Spain come from the same source, so it is not surprising that they come to step in at this time.

"Let me just say it straight." Zhu Linming said indifferently, "You previously cooperated with Zheng Zhilong, a traitor of the Ming Dynasty, so I should suspend the business with you and hand over all the trade with Europe to Frangji."

"Here, you can't do this!" Bertman was in a hurry. If the trade with Ming was lost, the East India Company's losses would be incalculable. "We have long-term trade cooperation with Lan and Ming..."

"Now there is a deal that is beneficial to both of you and me." Zhu Linmi interrupted him, "If you can satisfy me, we will discuss the trade agreement."

Bertman said calmly, "What deal?"

"I need food, rice, beans, potatoes, and even sugar cane. Ten thousand shi will be delivered to Moonport within ten days. Another [-] shi will be shipped within half a month."

"25 shi of grain for [-] days? How is this possible?!"

"I believe you can do it." Zhu Linming took a sip of tea and said calmly, "I can pay with fairy stone powder or Longnan fine steel."

"Fairy Stone Powder?! Longnan Steel?!" Bertman's eyes lit up immediately.

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