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"Your Highness, I have figured it out in the past few days!" Sun Kewang happily reported to Zhang Shunhui.

"Each large ship is taxed at 2000 taels, and the actual amount of silver collected is 6000 taels; each piece of silk is taxed at 250 taels of silver, with a total of 6 taels of silver; raw silk is taxed at 600 taels of silver per catty, with a total of 14 taels of silver. ; For other tea, porcelain, lacquerware, sugar, medicinal materials, books, Songjiang cloth, fuel and other goods, a total of 850 taels of silver was collected, totaling [-] taels."

"I also hoarded raw silk, tea, and porcelain for reselling, and made a profit of 9000 taels. The raw silk, tea, porcelain, silk, etc. that are going to be shipped to Japan for sale are worth more than [-] taels, and the estimated profit is [-] to [-] taels."

"Oh? It's only 20 taels in total, isn't that a little bit?" Zhang Shun frowned upon hearing this.

Didn't Zheng Zhilong say that trade with Japan makes an annual profit of more than 100 million!

I worked so hard this time to collect and make a profit of 20 taels?
"That's not enough?" Sun Kewang was dumbfounded when he heard the words, "His Royal Highness, you should know that Zhejiang's annual tax is less than 110 million, of which seven floors are shipped, and the remaining three floors are reserved. The actual transportation to the capital is only 80 taels. "

"As for the 80, we still can't pay the full amount. By the way, the Zhejiang summer tax is only more than 15 taels, and the autumn water is 99 taels. Your Highness only pays for this one, but it is better than the full amount of the summer tax!"

As soon as Sun Kewang finished speaking, Zheng Zhilong quickly answered, "If Your Highness thinks it's too little, I have a shipping fee of 10 taels, and I volunteer all of it to His Highness!"

"That's not necessary!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun smiled and shook his head after hearing this, "The boat fare should have fallen into your pocket."

"Now that you are dedicated to serving the public and surrendering to the imperial court, this king already owes you too much, how can you ask for anything else?"

"Well, I heard that your eldest son, Zheng Sen, is thirteen or fourteen years old and quite clever. How about spending a few years with me as compensation for you!"

"Ah? The guilty minister thanked His Highness now!" Zheng Zhilong was taken aback when he heard that, and then he was overjoyed.

It turns out that Zheng Zhilong has earned a lot these years, but the actual amount that fell into his own pocket is not too much.

One is to manage the top and bottom officials, the other is to recruit and train soldiers, and the third is to build warships and forge cannons. Which one is not a gold swallowing beast?

Since then, although Zheng's annual income is more than two million taels of silver, in fact, there are not many things related to him personally.

After taking refuge in Zhang Shun, one of the military salaries was paid by the imperial court, two of the warships and artillery were built by the imperial court, and the third of them now embraced Zhang Shun's thigh by themselves, and the up and down management was much less.

In this way, although the income has been reduced a lot, he himself has made a lot of profits.

According to this time, there are 28 ships in total, [-] of which are completely owned by Zheng Zhilong.

Not only did he earn freight, but he also carried more than [-] taels of raw silk, tea and other goods.

When these goods arrive in Japan, the net profit is three to five times, and they earn three to five million cash back as soon as they turn around.

And when they return from Japan in September and October, and bring some silver, sulfur, copper, dendrobium, Japanese knives and other goods, they can earn back more than [-] yuan.

Although this time it was only half of the previous profit, the half actually belonged to him.

Such a one out and one in, but it made a profit.

Of course, apart from Zheng Zhilong's own profit, the remaining profit of about 50 taels was shared by Zhang Shun and other big households in Jiangnan this time.

"Actually, besides Ningbo, in the past, we ministers would also send ships from Fujian for trade." Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a moment, then spoke again.

"In addition, countries such as Hongmaofan and Ezebania will also go to Japan for trade, and the profits will probably be in the millions."

"Among them, our country's trade with Nanyang and Luzon, the profits also range from 80 to [-] yuan."

"Oh? Hmm!" Zhang Shun nodded upon hearing this, and couldn't help thinking again.

According to the information provided by Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Shun estimates that the total annual sea trade in this era is about 3000 million taels, of which Japan only accounts for one-third of it, while Southeast Asia and Luzon share the other two-thirds.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong's profits in Japan are higher than those in the other two places is that most of the profits in Luzon are exclusively enjoyed by the Spanish colonists, while the profits in Southeast Asia are exclusively enjoyed by the Dutch colonists.

Zheng Zhilong is just relying on the advantages of China's mainland to earn some soup.

If the imperial court can manage this area perfectly, the annual income of three to five million taels will not be a dream at all.

In fact, Zhang Shun did not know that, according to the research of later generations, although the Ming and Qing Dynasties were closed to the outside world for most of the time, the direct and indirect inflow of silver from Japan reached 500 million taels every year.

And from the Spanish colonists in the Philippines, the annual inflow of silver is as much as 300 million taels.

If North Korea, Southeast Asia and other places are included, the annual income can reach 700 million to [-] million yuan, which shows the huge advantage of China's maritime trade in this era.

However, due to the poor management level of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, not only was it unable to take advantage of this advantage to reap huge profits, even the most basic tariffs could not be levied.

It is a pity that I missed the entire era of great navigation because of this.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun smiled again: "So, we have two competitors!"

"Do you think we should send another fleet to completely squeeze these two companies out of trade with Japan?"

"I'm afraid this won't work, right?" Sun Kewang and Zheng Zhilong looked at each other when they heard the words, and then said hesitantly.

"The sea conditions in the East China Sea are like this. When our ship turns back this time, I'm afraid we will have to wait until next year!"

Of course, Zhang Shun already knew about the situation from Ningbo to Japan, basically in summer and autumn every year, but obviously he had other ideas.

"Your words are narrow-minded!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing, "This time we have 28 merchant ships in our hands, didn't we also send [-] ships?"

"Since our own ship can't come back for the time being, why not use the chicken to lay eggs and call other ships to go?"

"At that time, the imperial court will provide protection, maritime merchants will provide ships, and merchants will provide goods, just like today!"

As soon as Zhang Shun said this, Sun Kewang and Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up again.

It turns out that although Japan in this era was not a big country, it had a large population, and its demand for Chinese products was not small.

For example, raw silk, sugar, and tea are all in short supply and best-selling commodities.

In this era, the annual trade volume of 28 ships cannot meet Japan's needs at all.

Inferred according to history, in fact, the real demand is about [-] ships.

In other words, the trade volume between the two sides can actually expand tenfold.

Of course, Zhang Shun did not know this data, but this did not prevent him from speculating that the Japanese market was not saturated based on the profitability of the trade, so he proposed to send another fleet.

"Okay, that's good!" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help clapping his hands and laughed when he heard the words, "I'll order people to spread out to see what other sea merchants are ready to go to sea!"

"If they are sensible, everything is fine; if they are ignorant and they are robbed, it's bad luck for them!"

Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard Zheng Zhilong's words, and then understood what he meant.

It turns out that the "business war" in this era is the same as the era of great navigation played by Zhang Shun in his previous life.

If you want to squeeze other people's shares, one is dumping, the other is plundering, and the other is suppression.

Among them, dumping is Zhang Shun's method, sending more ships and selling more goods until the market is saturated, and others will be squeezed out.

And plundering is openly or covertly supporting pirates to plunder the opponent's merchant ships in order to crack down on the opponent's trade.

The so-called suppression is to rely on strong military power to threaten the other party to open trade and restrict other traders from coming to trade, so as to ensure that one's own share exceeds that of the opponent.

Zhang Shun didn't think of this at first, but when Zheng Zhilong reminded him, he immediately realized it.

"Let's do this!" Zhang Shun is so smart, when he heard this, he rolled his eyes immediately and said with a smile, "Starting tomorrow, Zheng's navy will be in operation, and our navy will also launch anti-smuggling activities. "

"Isn't it a good season to go to sea now? I want to see which ship dares to smuggle out to sea without my permission!"