Qiming 1158

Chapter 1632 Lending Singapore
This woman is indeed beautiful and has an extremely good figure. She deserves to be the woman served by the king.

However, Wang Kun felt that his wife was not inferior to this woman in terms of appearance, and as a member of Fuxing, he strictly demanded himself, never breaking the rules, and did not dare to break the rules.

Regarding this woman's dedicated service, Wang Kun always kept his word, just looked at King Zhanba and demanded that Zhanba agree to his conditions.

It is not enough to set up an agency. It must allow Daming merchants to land at any port and conduct business, and the ban on Daming merchants must be lifted, and they must not continue to interfere with the normal exchanges between Daming merchants and local Han people.

These requirements are not always there, and they have been increasing according to the actual situation over the years. The ruling class of Sanfoqi also felt very embarrassed when faced with the entry of the commercial forces of the Ming Dynasty and the infiltration of Hongwu's political theory.

First, they were afraid of Ming's powerful military and did not dare to offend Ming, second, they could not do without Ming's luxury goods and other practical goods, and third, they didn't want their country to repeat the same mistakes of the Champaign, so they were extremely entangled.

Now this fragile balance that was finally achieved has also been cancelled by Wang Kun, and Zhanba is really tangled.

However, under Wang Kun's strong request, and under the threat of his request to leave Sanfoqi and never return, Zhanba was forced to agree to all his requests and let go of all the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. limit.

In this way, Wang Kun nodded with satisfaction, turned the offensive, and agreed to set up an agency in Sanfoqi.

There is no doubt that this great diplomatic victory has greatly inspired the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's hidden front. Since then, they have had a more relaxed environment. many things.

At the same time, Wang Kun made a suggestion to the King of Champa, who had finally persuaded him to settle down.

There is an island near the sea in the southern part of Puluozhong. It is the only way for the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty to reach Sanfoqi and go to other areas through Sanfoqi. There are sparsely populated and desolate places. care there.

If so, Daming made a proposal to the Kingdom of Sanfoqi, that is to lease this island and give it to Daming for use. Daming hopes to build this island into a prosperous port, where Daming is destined to double the number of merchant ships and merchants. Provide a place to rest.

Zhanba was a little stunned at the time. He didn't know what Daming meant. He had never encountered the matter of renting territory.

He knew that in the Puluozhong area, on another island, it was not on the main island of Sanfoqi, but during the expansion campaign that year, it became the sphere of influence of Sanfoqi.

The royal family is not interested in any poverty alleviation and construction activities there, but taxation and offerings are indispensable, and they may be required to work hard during wars.

Besides, the royal family doesn't have much thought about the poor aborigines who can only watch monkeys bark.

Zhanba didn't know how Daming took a fancy to that place and didn't want to agree, but he was worried that Wang Kun would turn his face like before, so he had no choice but to ask Wang Kun's true intentions.

"This kind of thing has never happened before. I don't know what purpose Daming has?"

Wang Kun just shook his head.

"A good piece of land, your country doesn't want to use it, so why don't you lease it to Daming for use? If you want to come to the local area, the tax that can be provided to His Royal Highness will not be much, and it is difficult to collect it, but Daming will come directly to Palembang to pay. Pay the rental fee."

"Give money?"

Zhanba's eyes lit up: "Dare to ask the angel, how exactly did he give the Fa?"

When it comes to money, Zhanba has a different attitude.

The so-called world is not the king's land. If the Ming Dynasty wants to take it by force, it will naturally be aggression, but if you give money, the situation will be different.

If you give money, it is a pure transaction. There is only success or failure, and there is no other possibility. Although Zhanba's views on the country are not so relaxed, if you give money, it is not impossible to discuss.

And the Ming Kingdom is not talking about buying, but... renting.

It's kind of interesting.

Wang Kun smiled.

"There are two ways of giving, one is to give cash, and the other is to deduct from the purchase price of the goods ordered by the Three Buddhas Qiguo from Daming. I don't know which method Your Highness prefers?"

Zhanba was silent for a while, then thought seriously.

Leaning less, he came to a conclusion.

He likes money.

Really get the money in hand.

"If it is cash, how should I give it?"

"Da Ming is willing to sign an agreement with the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom to discuss the specific amount and pay according to the annual fee. You can choose gold, silver, silk satin, or copper coins. Daming can satisfy all three payment methods. It's a price issue for a year."

Wang Kun said slowly: "Da Ming doesn't just want to lease for one or two years, but for a long-term lease, starting with ten or twenty years. If you agree, we can discuss the specific price."

Zhanba pondered for a while, asked the area of ​​the land that Daming wanted to lease, then thought for a while, and tentatively quoted a price.

Wang Kun felt that the price was a bit high, so he wanted to lower the price, so he quoted a relatively low price.

Zhanba felt that this territory was won by my ancestors who fought in the South and the North. It cost countless money and contained the will of the ancestors. You said that if you rent it, you can rent it away?

No, you have to pay more.

The two of you went back and forth with me for a while, and finally settled on a relatively reasonable price, and agreed to pay with Daming copper coins.

When this issue was almost discussed, Zhanba suddenly thought of an important point.

"If that place is leased to Daming, will Daming use it to garrison troops?"

"I'm afraid that is unavoidable. Your Royal Highness must have heard of the incident that the Daming merchant fleet was attacked by bandits in your country's waters?"

When Wang Kun said this, Zhanba was also a little bit aggrieved. He knew exactly who the pirates in his own sea area were. Except for a few spontaneous thieves, most of them were actually a little bit of background. The people of the Ming Dynasty suffered a great loss.

With this as a precedent, he really has no reason to ask Wang Kun not to garrison the army.

However, the Ming Kingdom openly stationed troops in the territory of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. If this matter spreads out, it may cause some controversy within the ruling group. If it is only for commercial purposes, the voice of opposition may be much smaller.

"If Daming openly stationed troops, it may cause some criticism..."

Zhanba whispered: "Can this matter be discussed again?"

Wang Kun shook his head.

"Since His Royal Highness wants to do this business, he should be sincere in handling the problem, isn't it?"

Zhanba was quite helpless, and after thinking about it, he had a new idea.

"Can we arrange for the army to protect the safety of Ming merchants?"

"Then who will pay for the cost of your country's military garrison? Will it be paid by your Royal Highness, or by the Great Ming?"

"Naturally... from the Daming side?"

"Then why didn't Daming use his own army? Wouldn't it be better to give his own army the same expenditure?"

Wang Kun spread his hands and kicked the ball back to Zhanba's feet. Zhanba was very confused about this.

(End of this chapter)