Wanli 1592

Chapter 1292 Daqin Refuses to Contact the Spaniards
In addition to a vote of vassal states, there are also businessmen from Genoa and France in the European continent at this moment in the Great Qin Kingdom.

They came to the Ministry of Finance to obtain a business license to do business within the territory of Daqin and to register for tax payment.

Xiao Ruxun has very detailed arrangements and regulations for Daqin businessmen going out to do business and foreign businessmen doing business in Daqin. The amount of tax the business needs to pay.

Among them, there are very detailed and detailed regulations for foreign businessmen to do business in Daqin. It is stipulated that they must first arrive in Beijing to report information to the Ministry of Finance before doing business with the five.

They need to leave their nationality, name, appearance, painting and business content in the Ministry of Finance. The officials of the Ministry of Finance will tell them the rules of doing business in Daqin and the proportion of taxes, and tell them how to pay taxes and how to pay taxes. Untimely punitive measures, etc.

Because currently Daqin only allows businessmen from Genoa and France to do business in Daqin, the only European merchants who came to Beijing to report were businessmen from Genoa and France.

But these people look similar, Daqin officials privately said that they all look the same, it is really difficult to tell which is French, which is Genoese, or other Europeans.

They can't tell the nationality, so it's hard to say whether there are people from other countries who use the nationality of these two countries.

This matter did not come to a conclusion until a long time later when Daqin officials had closer contacts with Europa. They themselves proved that at this time, a considerable number of businessmen from England, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries bought off businessmen from France and Genoa. Help them pretend their nationality and come to Daqin to do business.

No way, for quite a long time after Chen Longzheng arrived in Europe, Daqin officials only recognized businessmen from Genoa and France, and only allowed them to do business in Daqin.

Daqin merchants only stationed, invested and did business in Genoa and France, and only the officials and folks of these two countries could communicate with Daqin normally.

Others, especially the Spanish, because Xiao Ruxun had fought with the Spaniards, and there were many Portuguese in Xiao Ruxun's gun factory who made cannons for the Great Qin, and their country was annexed by Spain, so they didn't like Spain very well, and desperately Speak ill of Spain.

All kinds of factors superimposed, so that Daqin officials are very repulsive to Spain. They have repeatedly told people in France and Genoa that Daqin refuses to associate with Spaniards, and does not want to encounter anything that has anything to do with Spain.

This was a big shock to Spain, and the merchants and nobles in Spain had great resentment towards the Spanish royal family because of this incident.

Because they wanted to do business with Daqin, but Daqin didn’t recognize them and especially rejected them. At that time, businessmen from all over Europe were popular to bribe French and Genoese people to help them forge their nationalities and enter Daqin to do business. If people from other countries need one or two For silver, the Spaniards need three taels of silver.

The three-fold price gap caused great resentment among the Spaniards, but the huge profits of doing business with Daqin made them really jealous, so they had to endure their unhappiness and buy off the Genoese and the French.

The Genoese are okay, and the French sometimes even offer five times or seven times the price. If there is a conflict of belief between the two sides, after all, France and Spain have been enemies for many years.

These things are not within the scope of Daqin’s consideration. Essentially, the more these European businessmen come, the more money Daqin makes. Not to mention that Daqin has a large number of government-run factories dedicated to these businesses, and there are also many private workshops that undertake government-run business. They also earn a lot of money from the excess orders that the factory can't handle.

People from the Daqin Ministry of Finance have traveled to Europe with caravans many times, and know how profitable Daqin’s products are in Europe, so they not only make money through European merchants, but also make money by organizing caravans themselves, which is not a little bit.

Less than two years after the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Xiao's Huangzhuang Merchant Fleet set off for Europe five times. The fleet that left in March of the first year of Longwu came back for three months, and it took only one month to go back in April.

It took more than a year for this fleet full of in-demand items such as porcelain, silk, tea, and iron pots to earn five times the profit difference in Europa. It was Xiao Ruxun’s Royal Merchant Fleet, all of which were related products produced by Huangzhuang. Huangzhuang invested in the establishment of a fleet and was responsible for its own profits and losses, earning a lot of money.

Where did Xiao Ruxun get the confidence to be responsible for the royal family's expenses?It is these crazy money-making merchant fleets, they can earn half a year's expenses for the entire palace with a round trip.

Xiao Ruxun is not stingy when dealing with his officials. He often invites them to dinner, gives them benefits, etc. This is the confidence brought to Xiao Ruxun by the crazy money-making merchant fleet.

Moreover, the merchant fleet brought some mechanical gadgets from Europe, such as handmade clocks and exquisitely crafted small pistols. These gadgets were also given by Xiao Ruxun as gifts to officials, generals, and the royal family.

Now every official in Daqin has a mechanical clock to tell the time, and almost all the generals have a small pistol, not for killing, but for appearance and prestige.

These skilled craftsmen were ordered by Xiao Ruxun to use money from the Merchant Fleet to hire Daqin to work for Daqin, and then send people to learn relevant mechanical knowledge from them, improve them and integrate them into Daqin's local characteristics, and create handmade products that are in line with Daqin. They are very popular in Daqin. .

Such a large amount of income basically meets Xiao Ruxun's daily expenses, so the national tax revenue can basically be used for national construction. Such construction has given Daqin abundant funds and vitality for infrastructure construction, so , The construction of Daqin is very gratifying.

Great roads, education construction and major repairs are all very expensive things, but Daqin can mobilize quite reliable forces for construction and repairs, and improve some important local facilities. Inseparable from the relationship.

The Europa merchants who provide funds for such repairs are also highly valued by Xiao Ruxun.

Originally, Xiao Ruxun wanted to take this opportunity to invite high-level executives from Genoa and France to come to Daqin to meet and exchange ideas, but later found that time was too tight, and three months was not enough time for them to come here, so he had to give up this idea.

But which businessman who can go overseas to do business these days has no status in his own country?
With a little questioning, the relatives of this lord and that official can be found out, so these Europa businessmen with special identities were also invited by Xiao Ruxun to participate in the military parade together.

(End of this chapter)