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Chapter 718 The Attacking Chinese Merchant

After the Kyushu Army took down the three strongholds of the Westerners in the Spice Islands, the Nanyang Fleet and the Zhili Fleet were still patrolling in Nanyang to prevent the Westerners from counterattacking.

Now on the whole of Nanyang, the ships of the Kyushu Army and Chinese merchants are basically sailing.As soon as the Huaxia merchants learned that the Kyushu Army had conquered these places, they followed behind to seize the market.For them, this is the best opportunity to seize the Nanyang market, and they support this war to a certain extent in order to profit from it.There are no unprovoked wars in this world, and Chu Yun cannot start a war on his own. Instead, he tied merchants and overseas Chinese to warships to conquer Nanyang, so that he could conquer Nanyang at a relatively small cost.

Wang Changyuan, a businessman from Wuhu, was one of the first businessmen to follow Chu Yun. He won Chu Yun's trust and gained huge benefits from the trade.After capturing Manila this time, he brought a group of members of the Far East Trading Company to visit Mr. Lin, who is well-known among Manila businessmen.

"Mr. Lin, we want to select a group of honest and honest people from Manila businessmen to join our Far East Trading Company and do things according to the company's norms." Wang Changyuan explained his intention.

"I have heard about the Far East Trading Company in the past few years, but I don't know much about it. Is it the same as the East India Company?" The members of the Far East Trading Company came to Nanyang Trading before the Kyushu Army arrived in Nanyang However, these members basically traded with Chinese businessmen in Manila in their own names, so Mr. Lin didn't know much about the Far East Trading Company.

"It's not the same thing. The East India Company has its own fleet, but the Far East Trading Company does not. The company exists to uniformly formulate regulations and taxes. Another point is very meaningful, that is the integrity system. All Far East Trading Companies Members have files in the company, and if there is a breach of contract, they will be blacklisted. Moreover, the transactions between members of the Far East Trading Company can be liquidated through Kyushu Bank, which is much more convenient." Wang Changyuan said to Mr. Lin and his side Manila Chinese businessmen said.

Next to Mr. Lin was a businessman with scars on his face and dark skin. He said to Wang Changyuan: "It was my impulse to destroy the Kyushu Army's plan to cooperate with outsiders. If the Kyushu Army doesn't dislike it, please allow me to join the Far East Trading Company. "

Wang Changyuan looked at that person, and roughly thought of who he was: "Could this be the treasurer Wang who led the Manila martyrs to resist the Spanish colonial soldiers?"

"I'm ashamed... At the beginning, I hurt a lot of people." Shopkeeper Wang couldn't help but feel a little gloomy when he mentioned this matter.

"Later, when our Kyushu Army blocked the port of Manila, if you hadn't led the aborigines of Luzon to surround Manila, they would have been able to persist for a longer time. At least the merits and demerits will be offset, and no one will blame you."

"The reason why you are invited to join the Far East Trading Company this time is of course not that it is not beneficial to you. It is just for you to abide by the terms of the Far East Trading Company. We want to work with you to develop resources and build plantations on Luzon Island." Wang Changyuan said.

Many Chinese businessmen in Manila suddenly realized that, thinking about it carefully, the most profitable trade on Luzon Island was monopolized by the Spaniards.Now that the Spaniards who are usually high above have become prisoners of the Kyushu Army, there is a blank space in Luzon Island.

"Are you saying that we can develop iron ore, silver mines, etc.? Does the Far East Trading Company still have such great power?" said Lin Lao, who had been in the mall for a long time.

"Although the metal mine is indeed managed by the Far East Trading Company, it is a government-run monopoly. We private businessmen can open spice plantations, rubber plantations, sugar plantations, and farms and fisheries. The benefits of this It is also extremely rich. Especially after the spice plantations of the Westerners are controlled by the Kyushu Army, if we take down these spice plantations and re-produce the spices and sell them to the Westerners, the profit can reach [-] to [-]%. You say we can How much money do you earn?" Wang Changyuan said.

"You are right. Although we have no shortage of spices in China, Westerners are eager for this kind of thing. We can definitely kill them." Elder Lin and a group of Chinese businessmen in Manila said.

Wang Changyuan showed a satisfied smile: "This is the main purpose of my coming to Nanyang. The internal members of our Far East Trading Company will jointly set prices. I also want to go to Malay Peninsula, Java Island and other places to cooperate with local Chinese businessmen to unify the Western Ocean. They are the rich people at the price of spices sold by people. Compared with these aborigines on Luzon Island, they have no silver taels, but they can serve as cheap labor for our plantations."

Speaking of this, Wang Changyuan seems to have thought of something: "Yes, there is still a row of Western captives in the Kyushu Army. It is said that after the indigenous kingdom of the Spice Islands is pacified, they will become free labor. I don't know if we can sell them at a low price. They bought it as labor in our spice plantations. Don't they want spices? Let them work in the spice plantations."

Mr. Lin, shopkeeper Wang and others heard what Wang Changyuan said, and looked at each other in blank dismay. The Kyushu Army is too cruel, turning Westerners into free labor, which is similar to what the Spanish colonial soldiers did to the natives of Luzon Island.

But thinking that the colonial rulers who usually stand over them and domineering have become the objects they can order at will, it is even a little exciting to think about it.

"Okay, let's do it!" Mr. Lin, Shopkeeper Wang and other Manila businessmen all agreed. Businessmen are after profits, so there is no reason to monopolize the spice trade in the Spice Islands with the Far East Trading Company!
With the Far East Trading Company, a huge Chinese business group monopolizing the spice trade, the local indigenous businessmen can only engage in relatively low-end production, collection, and collection activities downstream, while the distribution rights are in the hands of the Chinese businessmen, and the tariff power is with the Kyushu Army. , formed a huge industrial chain, and the Westerners were expelled. If they want to buy spices this time, they have to buy from the Far East Trading Company, and they must accept the tax rate specified by the Kyushu Army and the price specified by the Far East Trading Company.

After Wang Changyuan visited the Chinese businessmen in Manila, he went to the Malay Peninsula, Java Island, East Timor and other places to unite with the local Chinese businessmen and re-establish the economic order in Nanyang.

In fact, there is another matter that Wang Changyuan secretly carried out under the hint of Chu Yun, which is to stabilize the prices in the Nanyang region.After Nanyang has experienced the baptism of war, it will take some time to recover, and these big businessmen can be brought in to carry out macro-control.

(End of this chapter)