Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 398 Small Merchants

Three days later, except for a few seriously injured people, everyone went to the customs building after simple treatment to wait for the result of the maritime court's handling of their property.

After this group of merchants experienced the inexplicable turmoil a few days ago, everyone had more or less scars on their faces and hands, and it seemed unnatural to gather again.

Chen Zhonghuan was more careful this time, and didn't say a single word, but told everyone that they could go and get back their cargo on the ship.

The basic idea of ​​the vest is that, for any cargo whose owner can be identified, 20% of the total amount of rescued cargo will be charged to each cargo owner as the rescue fee in accordance with the principle of salvage at sea.For goods that have been rescued but have been damaged by flooding, fire or other circumstances, and whose value has been damaged, the residual value shall be calculated.

Where the ownership of the goods cannot be confirmed or the owner of the goods is clear, but the owner or the person accompanying the goods has died or disappeared at sea, and the goods are entrusted to the owner for transportation, the maritime court shall temporarily detain them and wait for processing until someone proves that within the specified time limit I am the owner of the goods.If no one makes a claim upon expiration, it shall be confiscated by the maritime court.

For the temporarily detained goods, 20% of the maritime rescue fee will also be charged when the goods are returned to the owner. During the temporary detention period, the maritime court has the right to dispose of all or part of the goods by itself.If the owner of the goods can be confirmed, the payment shall be made according to the value of the goods when returning them - this is to facilitate the time-traveling group to use and seize the goods at any time.

Ships rescued from a shipwreck are also charged a salvage fee based on 20% of their remaining value.In addition, the ship must pay for repairs and wear and tear incurred during the salvage process.At the same time, the shipowner has to pay for the board, lodging and medical expenses of the sailors on board the shipwreck during their stay in Bopu.If the owner of the ship fails to go through the formalities within the time limit, the ship will be confiscated.

As for this time limit, according to the traffic conditions in this time and space, the waistcoat is set as one year.

During the temporary detention of the goods, the Bopu Maritime Court only undertakes the most basic storage obligation, and does not undertake the obligation to preserve the value of the goods.The basic storage fee will be charged during the hold period of the goods.

Rescued persons will not be charged any rescue fees.However, the food, accommodation and medical expenses of the rescued persons staying in Bopu shall be borne by themselves.It must be paid in full when leaving the shop, otherwise the court will impose mandatory detention on it until it pays in full.If the fee cannot be paid off, it can be compensated by labor.

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These various clauses are broken down in detail, and some of them are not under the jurisdiction of the maritime court at all in modern time and space, but the starting point of the waistcoat is to bring all kinds of discretionary power at sea into the maritime court, so they list everything in detail.

However, these clauses caused an uproar in the executive committee, and many people still accepted the return of the goods of the small merchants—to buy people's hearts!However, there is a big objection to the large cargo and ships being handed over: it was the naval soldiers who took their lives from the pirates, not to mention that the crossing group also spent a lot of ammunition and fuel in the battle.The cost of this kind of big ship is about 2000 taels of silver, and 20% is 400 taels of silver.It can't match the consumption of a battle of the navy.Judging from the current situation in the Qiongzhou Strait, all those involved in disaster relief will most likely have to fight pirates.

"If you want to establish order and law in the Qiongzhou Strait, you can't use this mercenary idea to do things!" Said the vest, "Everything must be calculated with money. We didn't come to this time and space to earn countless silver, but To be the rule-makers of this world."

Although in the short term, this behavior of the Crossing Group on the Qiongzhou Strait is a loss, but the long-term impact is huge.By formulating rules and maintaining order, gradually establish the authority of the crossing group at sea in the minds of navigators along the coast of China.This is the goal of the Admiralty Court.

After three hours of continuous debate, under the efforts of Majia and the ambiguous attitude of the main leaders of the Executive Committee, Majia's plan was finally passed in the vote.The navy didn't care about returning the goods, but the fact that the boiled duck of the five-masted ship flew was a blow to them.Chen Haiyang has been to the ship several times to observe and consider how to carry out the transformation.Especially Mond, who was recuperating in the hospital, was so angry that he wanted to open the head of the vest.The members of the planning committee also looked at him coldly.As for Ma Qianju, he didn't say anything.Just glanced at the vest.

At the arbitral tribunal of the maritime court in the customs building, the vest delivered the legal documents to these people one by one, and explained the legal provisions.Although everyone didn't understand it very well, they understood that most of the goods could be returned to them.

Seeing this group of merchants holding the verdict as carefully as silver, Ma Jia couldn't help but lament that he and his colleagues in the law club spent a lot of thought on choosing words and making sentences, and those exquisite wordings-they couldn't see it. I understand, it feels like a bright pearl is cast in the dark.

None of these people expected to be able to take back the goods they carried on the ship-it would be a blessing if they survived and went home safely. Now the Australians not only promised to let them go home, but also paid 20% of the rescue. Even the goods are willing to return after the fee, everyone is overjoyed.They expressed their willingness to accept the ruling.

A group of people received the verdict and went to the warehouse at the dock to pick up their respective goods.It is only 20% of the value of the goods, but it is not easy to settle the salvage fee.Although there are two reports sent by Guangzhou Station every week, "Guangzhou Main Export Commodities FOB Price List" and "Guangzhou Main Commodity Price List", you can easily check the prices of various commodities in Guangzhou, but these goods are not available in Lingao. In the market, it can't be realized at all.Vest discussed with the Planning Commission, Finance and Finance Commission, and Foreign Business Commission, and decided to use real objects as offsets.As for which goods to use as offsets, it is up to the Planning Commission to specify.

In addition to offsetting the rescue fee, all goods that the Planning Commission is interested in are also purchased at the market price in Guangzhou.Although the merchants failed to earn the excess profits from shipping to Bar City, they saved the freight back to Guangzhou and Qiongshan, saving the trouble of bringing the goods, and even making up for the losses if they made a little more money.So everyone was very enthusiastic and sold their goods to the planning committee.

The planning committee is most interested in those things that are useful for production and life. They only choose various metal utensils, tung oil, medicinal materials, cloth, etc. as countervailing objects. As for the most popular silk and porcelain in the sea trade, they are not interested at all. .Seeing that they only want cold goods and have no interest in soft goods, all the merchants couldn't help being surprised.

On behalf of the Planning Commission, Sun Xiao received and registered the in-kind "rescue fees" paid by various merchants on the spot, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I am really unwilling to let go of so many good things.Ma Qianju was calm - originally he planned to return the goods from these small accounts to them in full, but now he has deducted one-fifth of the vest after such a toss.What he is worried about is the Hai family's cargo, which accounts for two-thirds of the five-masted ship's cargo capacity, and the big ship—although it can be requisitioned first, it still has to pay the value of the goods when the other party arrives .

However, the person in charge of the Hai family's ship has died, and the survivors are only crew members, not cargo owners.According to the so-called "Maritime Law" of the waistcoat, the sea family has to come in person to retrieve the goods and ships-Ma Qianju very much hoped that the other party would be so frightened that they would not dare to come to Gao, and all would be returned for free after the time passed. They are gone.

In addition to the planning committee, all ministries and commissions also sent people to the scene to check the goods to see if there was anything their department needed.If you like it, fill in the form immediately and review it on site to be purchased by the planning committee.The front of the warehouse suddenly became noisy like a free market.

"Your jujubes are good, sell the rest to us, and you can save the freight and send them back." It was Wu Yunhua, wife of Liu San from the Ministry of Health, who spoke.Wu Yunhua was born in physical education, and also in field training. She is tall and big.Originally, her sneaky husband was following her whereabouts to get on the boat. After arriving in this time and space, she had nowhere to go for a while, and she couldn't handle secretarial administration, so she had to go to the cafeteria to help with the kitchen.

Wu Yunhua got to know a lot of indigenous people in the cafeteria, she learned a bit of Cantonese in this time and space, and she can also speak Lingao dialect, so she became a non-staff member of the Foreign Business Committee, and she was often called as an interpreter when purchasing and negotiating. .However, the Foreign Business Committee just refused to include Wu Yunhua in the establishment of its department - this woman has a straightforward personality, but has a strong temper, and most people say that she can't stand it.Although Wu Yunhua threatened Liu San several times, asking him to help change to a "decent" place, Liu San just pretended to be deaf and dumb—he knew his wife too well.

At this time, Wu Yunhua said to a small vendor, "Pack up these five hundred catties, let's give you a price."

The goods brought by this hawker are dried fruits of various colors, and the red dates among them are of particularly high quality, with thin skin and thick flesh, and bright red color.It is the red dates from the real Shaanxi Lingbao.Cao Shunhua, who was in charge of the cafeteria, immediately fell in love with her and was included in the demand list.

"If the chiefs want it, just take it, and don't dare to worry about the price. If you are considerate to the younger ones, you can reward the younger ones with 30 taels as a package." This vendor is very good at talking, and his words are very pleasant.

"What is this? Our time travel group has always been upright, and we have to pay as much as we want, and there are people who take advantage of others! How much is it?"

The peddler made a very embarrassed look: "The little one has been saved by the chiefs, even if it is all filial piety, it should be done. The masters are so considerate of the little ones, five hundred catties is a total of 35 taels, and five taels is considered a petty tael." The freight on this journey."

"Just 35 taels. I can't let you suffer. It's not easy for you."

"Then thank you chief. The chiefs really care about the old and the poor, and they must belong to the princes in the future." The peddler smiled and flattered him by car by car.

Wu Yunhua frantically wrote him a receipt, and Sun Xiao, who was at the side, quickly stopped her:

"The price is wrong."

"Why, less?"

Sun Xiao couldn't laugh or cry: "It's too much."

Although red dates were not included in this week's commodity market, Sun Xiao still remembers the market price two weeks ago: every hundred catties of high-quality red dates cost two taels of five silver.This is still the retail price in the market.

"If it's too much, the small ones are especially cheap, 25 taels. This is the going price, and the small ones are also sold at this price."

"The price in Guangzhou is only two taels or five cents per hundred catties. Where did you get the red dates you bought for 25 taels?"

The 12 catties of red dates here are only 30 taels even if the market price is based on the market price. The small vendor said that [-] taels is already a bargain. The lion opened his mouth wide.

The peddler was speechless. He didn't expect that the Australians in a corner would know the market in Guangzhou so clearly—the price of two taels and five yuan was exactly the retail price in the market when he purchased the goods a month ago.All of a sudden his face changed.

Wu Yunhua was so angry that she flew up and kicked. This little profiteer who was hoping to get a lot of money from this "short-haired woman" was kicked upside down, sprawled in all directions, and couldn't get up for a while.Wu Yunhua's intentions are still unfinished, and she wants to be full with old punches when she jumps over.He was quickly pulled back by the surrounding staff.

With Wu Yunhua's physique, hitting this skinny little guy would definitely kill him half to death.Although the peddler was a bit deceitful, but beating people just because of this would be suspected of deceiving and dominating the market, and the reputation was bad.

Sun Xiao was dumbfounded, this was the first time he had seen such a tough woman.Quickly stepped forward: "Don't do anything, this is a commercial dispute, not a conflict between the enemy and us..."

"Dare to lie to my old lady, see if I don't beat you until your shit piss, so that your old lady won't recognize you!" Wu Yunhua roared.

"Go to the house to calm down first, sit for a while, sit for a while." A group of people dragged Wu Yunhua away.

I originally thought that this matter would affect the atmosphere, but I didn't expect that other people would turn a blind eye to this person being beaten, and some people still showed a "deserved" smile at the corner of their mouths.No one sympathizes with people who are playing clever tricks for profit.The kicked peddler groaned on the ground for a long time, but no one came to help him. Finally, he managed to get up and limped to look for Sun Xiao. He bowed and bowed, begging Sun Xiao to buy his dates. Down - the cost of shipping back is not a small amount.Seeing that he was pitiful, Sun Xiao bought it at the price of two to five.

On behalf of the Foreign Business Committee, Xiong Buyou selected a few small businessmen to talk about the matter - the planning committee saw that the goods they were selling were all commodities that would be in great demand by the future crossing group: raw lacquer, tung oil, metal utensils... So they talked with them trade, asking them to directly sell these commodities to Lingao.

"We can't always rely on the procurement from Guangzhou Station." Ma Qianju once instructed at the planning committee meeting, "There are too many things in Guangzhou Station, and the single supply channel is very dangerous. From now on, we must try to attract Small and medium-sized merchants along the coast come directly to Lingao to trade with us.

Xiong Buyou's persuasion work finally had a certain effect. The small businessman who was just nodding and saying nothing before finally spoke:

"I heard that you buy and sell things in Lingao with a piece of paper," he said cautiously, "Well, this little one can't..."

"Lingao Grain Circulation Coupons are not mandatory," Xiong Buyou patiently explained, "When paying for the goods, we will give you cash if you are willing to accept it, and you can exchange it for goods if you are willing, and you are not forced."

In order to strengthen his persuasiveness, he pointed to the small merchants around who were negotiating with the planning committee: "You have all seen that we purchased goods and paid for them in silver."

"Boss—" another small businessman interjected, "Do you want to hand over the goods to the dentist for sale when the goods are delivered here?"

Dental firms are middlemen.In the commercial society of the Ming Dynasty, the dentists who received official dental stickers had a strong local monopoly.The merchants worked hard to transport the goods to the local area, but they were not free to sell and purchase.Every purchase and sale is subject to the dental practice.Without going through a dental store, you can't buy goods, and you can't sell them.The owner of the dental shop relies on the official toothbrush, not counting the huge profits, and is not enthusiastic about selling goods, often making troubles that the goods of the merchants cannot be sold for a year or two.Payment is even more difficult.This was also a big commercial disadvantage at the time.

"No need." Xiong Buyou knew the drawbacks in this - when he was negotiating peace with the county government, he mentioned the matter of Dongmen City's collar teeth, so he asked the old officials in the county government to find out.Knowing that the toothpaste system is harmful rather than beneficial, it is worse than the monopoly enterprises of later generations.

"Linggao trade does not need to go through a Yaman. No matter who you sell the goods to, you don't need to hand it over to the Yaman for distribution. As for our own purchases, we always pay in cash."

"Pay taxes."

Xiong Buyou thought it was interesting now.The key questions are:

"Currently, we only need to pay import duties when we ship goods to Lingao for sale."

Merchants along the coast naturally understand the concept of tariffs. Xiong Buyou continued: "If the goods we specify are shipped in, they can also enjoy import duty-free treatment. If they are not within the specified range, they will be taxed at the customs rate."

The so-called designated goods are a catalog drawn up by the Planning Commission. They are 31 kinds of materials that are not produced locally in Lingao and are in great demand. They mainly include coal, metal, various grains, chemical raw materials, wood, oil and so on.

Those who transport and sell these products to Lingao not only do not need to pay import duties, but also buy all the products by the package—buy as much as you want.

"Is it necessary to transport the goods you specify before importing..."

"No. As long as you are willing to pay import duties, you can ship anything to sell." Xiong Buyou said, "But we are not responsible for buying."

Export duties are all exempted at this stage, but the Planning Commission has formulated a list of prohibited exports, mainly involving materials that are currently scarce, such as copper, ironware, and wood.Things like sewing needles, small hardware, and grain products can be exported, but they must be sold by merchants with an export license issued by the Planning Commission.

Then, the merchants asked many more questions, and Xiong Buyou answered them one by one.His sincerity moved everyone, and finally someone nodded and said, "In this case, I will ship a batch of tung oil over next month."

(End of this chapter)