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Chapter 29 Delivering the Ship

Chen Mu said that he would let Tang Huan wait, but he really asked him to wait. He specially sent someone to call Tang Huan who was drinking in the tavern into the municipal yamen but did not see him, so he arranged it next door.

Whether it is negotiation or peace talks, Chen Mu has been invincible from the beginning.

He has a formidable military power, holding almost all the spices, silk fabrics, and porcelain origins in the most East Asia, and found two buyers for himself, Portugal and Spain.

During the Ming and Spanish War, the price of spices from Lisbon to Madrid rose by 30%, better than Venice's monopoly of the Ottoman Levante trade.

Even if Spain's King Philip was the uncle of King Sebastian of Portugal, the peace talks between Ming and Spain were not good news for Portugal.

In the past two years, Portugal and Ming have taken a certain initiative in trade. Even if both Indian governors think they have suffered a great loss, they should have greater advantages in Macau, and completely free trade is not subject to the government's jurisdiction.

Instead of doing what they did, if Huang Cheng wants iron, they will transport iron; if Huang Cheng wants wood, they will transport wood; if Huang Cheng wants grain, they will try their best to get grain; if Huang Cheng wants cotton, they will plant cotton in Goa!

The situation is even worse now, Chen Mu found another coolie named Spain.

Even coolies compete!

"The Lion Kingdom and Aceh are stationed by us, and Johor allows us to enter."

Chen Mu flipped the map brought by the Portuguese. The Lion Kingdom was the pearl of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka. Zheng He visited several times, Johor is on the Malay Peninsula and Aceh is in Sumatra. This means that his garrison can completely guard the Strait of Malacca.

There is no doubt that these are three important places. With the Ming Dynasty's development of the sea and the Ming-Spanish War entering peace talks, the Portuguese Indian Governor was willing to give in a little in the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean to avoid angering Chen Crazy.

However, the treaty was not entirely beneficial to him. The Portuguese also had the right to enter Malacca to dock or live with the Lion Kingdom. And the most important point is that Malacca tax has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty's garrison, and when the Ming ship passes through Malacca, taxes must be paid to the Portuguese checkpoints.

The same is true for the Lion Kingdom, which has to deliver 10,000 taels of silver or equivalent goods to Goa every year.

Chen Mu frowned. He had always been the only one who paid taxes to him. Where was the reason for him to pay taxes to others? He asked: "The Lion Kingdom, Aceh, and Johor have all been destroyed by you?"

As he said, his eyes turned to the Jinyiwei who was following him. Wang Tianrui, a hundred household of Jinyiwei who was born in Wanquandusi, retrieved the information that he was ordered to go to Malacca to investigate when the late emperor was ordered to investigate, and asked Chen Mu to take a look.

Aceh has a king and Johor has a king, but Portugal is still influential in these two countries. The Lion Kingdom is absolutely nonsense. The Portuguese thought about attacking the port, but never succeeded.

Make a fortune!

"As far as I know, the Lion Kingdom, Aceh and Johor are all good. You just get the customs defense and establish a commercial station. If I am not concerned about your ideas, I don't need a treaty to garrison the troops. I can seize the customs defense by sending a fleet."

Chen Mu raised his hand and pointed the table and said, "The Spaniards next door know better than you!"

"General, Ming's fleet will never go out of Malacca in the past. My Governor is already very sincere in his willingness to jointly garrison troops. Even if the general's troops are huge, he should not bully us like this."

Obviously, it was the Portuguese turn to argue, and the messenger said: "These taxes are more like rent, how can those lands be given to the general for nothing? This is a transaction."

"This is not a matter of money!"

Chen Mu drew several circles on the map and said, "The Lion Kingdom, Aceh, Johor, these are three countries, countries that are not controlled by Portugal. They have their own kings. It's like I'm putting a treaty in front of you now. As long as I give me one million taels of silver, I'll give you the Madrid of Spain to you. Will you want it?"

"It is unfair that my army will not allow you to enter Goa, but your fleet can dock in places where I control trade. I will pay taxes to you."

The Indian Governor General Envoy wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Chen Mu. He said, "In this way, I will give you two agreements to see which one you can choose."

"First, within two years, the Lion Kingdom, Aceh, and Johor were defeated, and then the transfer was made to the Ming Dynasty. The local tax and the Strait tax belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but within fifty years, I will give you three thousand taels of silver every year and allow the Portuguese to dock and trade in ports."

"Secondly, the Portuguese evacuated from the Lion Kingdom, Aceh and Johor within half a year. The local area is protected by the suzerain state. Portuguese ships need to pay tariffs through the Strait of Malacca, and it is agreed that Goa and Haojing are special trade ports."

"No matter which one is chosen, the treaty is also signed. The Portuguese have only trade power in Haojing and no right of residence, but I will not drive them away from the merchants. Those who have official guides can continue to live."

Chen Mu spread his hands and said, "If you choose the first one, then Chen is looking forward to how brave your soldiers are."

"If the second one is chosen, the Ming Dynasty will deliver to Portugal a 30,000 taels of cotton, satin, spices and porcelain at a time, to Lisbon as a gift from the Governor of India to the King of Portugal."

He said, looking around and waved to the Indian Governor's envoy, who had somehow followed him to the windowsill and said a word like he was talking to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

"In addition to the treaty, perhaps this winter, the gods will give you a blessed ship carrying 5,000 taels of cargo. The new Indian governor may get three of the same ships. Our gods are sometimes very powerful." Chen Mu raised his eyebrows, patted the messenger's back and walked back to the table, saying, "It's okay to believe it."

The messenger was a little confused, and he was holding something in front of him with his hands open, but his face was dull for a while. Is this a bribe?

A lucky ship with five thousand taels of cargo?

Three are lucky ships with 15,000 taels of cargo?

And should we also give the King of Lisbon a blessed ship of 30,000 taels of goods to the Governor?

This 30,000 taels are nothing, but if you pay it to someone, it would be a huge sum of money, and the messenger was a little confused by the smash.

As an officer, he has a salary of about twenty taels of silver to purchase power every year, and working in a trade hub makes his salary higher than in fact. Even so, five thousand taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty goods are equivalent to his salary for a hundred years!

When he returned to the negotiations, the messenger could no longer maintain his normal thoughts. He licked his dry lips and asked Chen Mu: "General, general, cargo ship, can he sail directly to Lisbon?"

"yes!"

Chen Mu smiled when he heard him mention the word "cargo ship" and pointed to the next door, saying, "I am planning to discuss with the King of Spain to rent a piece of land, like a mirror, if it succeeds, and send it to Lisbon?"
Chapter completed!
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