Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 548 Lottery Lottery
After confirming the land on the west coast of the Boni Kingdom, Fan Ning immediately rushed back to Brunei, the capital of the Boni Kingdom, and formally signed a land transfer agreement with the King of the Boni Kingdom, allowing the Song Dynasty to acquire about [-] square kilometers along the western coast of the Boni Kingdom. soil of.

Three days later, Fan Ning returned to Luzon Mansion. At this time, Luzon Mansion was like a big construction site, and construction was in full swing everywhere. The road from the county seat to the harbor terminal had been built, and a wide and straight avenue led directly from the seaport to the county seat.

The city wall of Xinyan County has taken shape, and the number of tents in the city has been reduced to more than [-]. On the endless plain along the river to the west of the county town, there are ravines and ravines. Three huge waterwheels appeared beside the river. With the help of the water flow, Day and night, the river water is pumped into the ravine.

There are people plowing the fields and growing vegetables everywhere in the wilderness. All kinds of vegetables have quietly sprouted, and everywhere is full of vitality and a scene of prosperity.

Luzon Mansion is simply the second Kunzhou, with the experience of Kunzhou, sufficient labor and financial resources, people who are full of expectations for a new life, officials who are dedicated to doing things, and a well-trained army with high morale , The construction of Luzon Mansion is of course progressing rapidly.

Zhang Nan came to the pier to welcome Fan Ning's return. Seeing Fan Ning disembark in good spirits, Zhang Nan smiled and said, "It seems that your trip to Nanyang went well!"

Fan Ning shook his head and said: "The land I want, the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom, is determined not to give it to us, but the Boni Kingdom is very generous, and sold us a rich port land with a thousand bolts of silk, which can only be considered complete." my backup plan."

"Then the next step is to build a new port?"

"That's right, this time I plan to bring [-] Japanese laborers to build the docks, warehouses and a small county town first."

"What about the people?"

Zhang Nan asked worriedly: "Is the envoy planning to move part of the way from here?"

"It's not necessary. Xingang is a military city and a shopping mall. In the future, only a large number of merchants will exist. I don't plan to move too many people there, at most a few hundred households. Just pick some of the immigrants from Quanzhou and Fuzhou."

"Understood, I don't know when the envoy will ask the Japanese laborers to come over?"

"The sooner the better, it's best to leave early tomorrow morning."

Fan Ning really hopes to build Xingang as soon as possible, establish a commercial base in Nanyang, and cooperate with the internal industrial development of Song Dynasty.

Early the next morning, [-] paddle boats carrying [-] soldiers and [-] large ships carrying [-] Japanese laborers left Luzon Bay for the newly purchased Xingang.

A few days later, Fan Ning returned to Xingang, but unexpectedly found that there were many ships moored in the harbor, including Akihito's boat.

When Fan Ning landed, nearly a hundred merchants from the Song Dynasty, led by Ming Ren, came to meet him.

Fan Ning was really surprised by the keen sense of smell of these businessmen, and asked with a smile: "How do you know that I bought this land?"

Mingren said triumphantly: "We heard that you and Sanfoqi did not reach a land purchase agreement, so we guessed that you would definitely buy land in Boni, so we all came to Boni to inquire, so we knew this place!"

Fan Ning smiled happily: "It seems that everyone is looking forward to this new port!"

Everyone chattered: "We have been discriminated against by Sanfoqi for decades, and we are waiting for this day. We are allowed to build a transit warehouse in Nanyang, so that we can sit in Nanyang and trade with Western merchant ships.

Fan Ning nodded and said: "This new port is completely the port of the Song Dynasty, which belongs to Quanzhou. The Quanzhou Shipping Department will establish an official office here, and there will be [-] Song navy troops and hundreds of warships stationed all year round. Regardless of everyone's interests safety and security will be fully guaranteed.”

"Excuse me, my lord, can we buy land here to build warehouses and shops?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Of course you can buy it. The condition is that you have to build it immediately after buying it, and you are not allowed to hoard land. It's just that I haven't considered the construction of the wharf and the military city yet."

Ming Ren hurried forward and handed a roll of drawings to Fan Ning, "This is our unified opinion, how to build docks, shops and warehouses, everyone has drawn a picture, please use it for reference."

Their efficiency is very high, and they actually thought about it for themselves. However, these businessmen have rich experience and know what they need. It is not impossible to build the port according to their ideas. It is really thoughtful, the warehouse is very close to the unloading area, and the commercial banks and shops are placed at the back. The advantage of this is that it greatly saves the handling intensity and facilitates storage and exit.

But Fan Ning is an economic envoy after all, and he needs to consider more things than businessmen, such as military docks, food and other material supply warehouses, and he also hopes to deepen cooperation with the Boni Kingdom. The most realistic thing is the dock labor. Fan Ning does not intend to Let Japanese labor do it, it is best to hire workers from Boni country, and he also hopes that Boni country merchants will also station in Xingang. Boni merchants will bring their own special products, the most famous here are ambergris and agarwood.

Fan Ning nodded and said to everyone: "If you are not in a hurry, you can wait for two more days. After two days, I will make a plan for the harbor and sell the land. It happens that there are Japanese laborers and house builders here. You can Ask artisans and Japanese laborers to build warehouses and shops."

Although many people are eager to return home, but no one will leave at this time, and the land will start selling in two days, and they will go back by themselves. At least a month, the day lily will be cold.

The [-] laborers had no time to rest, and soon entered the state. Now that the construction of warehouses and shops has not been carried out, and the location of the military city has not been determined, the laborers began to cut wood and burn bricks.

Fan Ning stayed in Xingang for three days, and more than a dozen officials and businessmen followed him to busy with the harbor planning. With everyone's joint efforts, the planning map of the harbor was finally drawn up. The wharf was divided into two parts: the military wharf and the commercial wharf. The military warship wharf In the north, it occupies [-]% of the pier and is a relatively independent pier.

The vast area to the south is the commercial wharf, which can berth for ten Wanshi ships to unload at the same time, and the outer bay can temporarily moor hundreds of Wanshi ships.

The commercial port is divided into three districts and one city, which are warehouse district, trade district, commercial district and Xingang City. The roads are spacious and extend in all directions. The small town behind is the government office and residential quarters.

All the plots have been plastered and the port area is outlined.

On the pier, more than a hundred businessmen were arguing together. Although there were hundreds of plots to choose from, everyone wanted to get the best plot, that is, the first row of pavements.

There are four rows of plots in the trade zone, with 61 plots in the first row, and the middle one is the Office of the Maritime Bureau. Every merchant ship must be registered when it arrives.

There is also a tax office in Luoyu's seaport at the end of the capital city of the Srivijaya Kingdom. Each merchant has to pay a commercial tax of [-]% according to the value of the goods, which is [-]%, and then leave the port with the tax bill. The tax has to be paid twice, and the tax rate actually becomes [-]%, which is quite high.

However, Xingang in the Song Dynasty implemented tax exemption. Regardless of the goods entering or leaving, there is no need to pay taxes here, but you must obey the management and register the type of goods truthfully. However, when overseas goods enter the Song Dynasty, you have to pay a [-]% commercial tax. The state and other ports pay taxes, but Xingang does not need it. This gives overseas businessmen the illusion that trade in Xingang is completely tax-free.

But the wool always comes from the sheep. Of course, the middlemen who sit on the ground will add the three per cent tax during the bargaining. However, compared with the high middleman's interest charged by the Sanfoqi merchants, the middlemen in the Song Dynasty still seem kind and fair.

"Everyone stop arguing!"

An official came over and said loudly: "The envoy has decided to use lottery to determine the ownership of each block. Let's gather at the tent!"

A huge tent was set up on the land of the Shibo Division. This is the temporary government office of the port area. Several officials arranged the venue. sign.

For a moment, more than a hundred businessmen gathered together, Fan Ning waved his hand, and everyone fell silent.

Fan Ning then said slowly: "Before drawing lots, I want to say two things first. The first thing, I hope everyone will sit down and negotiate later to establish the Dasong Xingang Chamber of Commerce. This is mainly to prevent Western businessmen from taking advantage of it." The competition between merchants in Song Dynasty to lower prices and at the same time mediate conflicts between merchants is the organization of merchants themselves to safeguard their own interests."

This proposal has been unanimously approved by everyone. Establishing a chamber of commerce is an important means for merchants to protect their own rights and interests. This has long been a consensus, but the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom does not allow them to establish a chamber of commerce. After all, they are still afraid of merchants uniting.

Fan Ning and others calmed down and continued: "The second thing is about this draw. I need to explain to everyone that there are six privileged draws, four of which are for Da Song and two for Boni Kingdom. I believe Everyone is more interested in the four privileged signatures for the Song Dynasty. Let me announce to you that one is the military privileged signature, the other is the imperial business privileged signature, and the other two privileged signatures are rewards for the establishment of Xingang this time. The two major Quanzhou commercial firms that made great contributions provided twenty merchant ships with [-] stone oars for free. One is Fan’s Commercial Firm and the other is Li’s Commercial Firm. Lot."

There is nothing to say about this privilege, and everyone is convinced.

Fan Ning glanced at the crowd, and then announced: "Everyone can draw lots on the stage according to the number drawn when entering the door, in the order of numbers."

(End of this chapter)