The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 381
The Dutch would bring a lot of infantry in naval battles to pick up the boats and help them seize the ship, so they suffered a big loss after facing the battleships that were only better than artillery fire and refused to pick up the British.

The fleet of the Ming Dynasty Merchant Group came to the port of Manila and received a warm welcome. Even the Spanish governor personally came to the dock to welcome the Ming trade delegation. He happily accepted the invitation and brought his wife to the flagship to attend the reception. He has already fallen in love with Xifeng Liquor This time, Huang Sheng generously gave him forty boxes.

There were many oriental beauties in gorgeous silk at the reception. In the fast-paced Han music, the Han beauties danced enchantingly, the Han men were graceful, and the Han costumes with wide robes and sleeves were chic and elegant. The matadors were ashamed of themselves. The oriental country is fascinated leisurely.

The three missionaries who returned to Manila with the boat had followed the Huang family's fleet back and forth, and were impressed by the discipline and civilization of this army.

They are all people who have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean and have extraordinary knowledge. Of course, they will try their best to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries when they meet the governors of their own countries. They hope that the friendship between the two countries will last forever.

The Spaniards had already sold the Ming goods they got last year to Europe, and they had made considerable profits. This time, they had prepared the goods that Ming needed early, and upon hearing the news, many European businessmen came.

The new merchants look down on any country other than Europe at all. They don't even believe that there will be caravans in Asia that are comparable to the European fleet. In awe.

They found that the goods delivered by Daming this time were [-]% more than expected. They cheered one by one. The civilized people of Ming Dynasty laughed at them for being too stinky.

The subsequent trade between the two parties was carried out in a friendly atmosphere without any disputes. Both parties paid attention to credit and no fake or shoddy products, and everything went smoothly.

Huang Sheng used the porcelain, glassware, silk, tea, Songjiang cloth, Xifeng liquor, cosmetics, etc. he brought in exchange for 25 shi of rice, 150 shi of corn, 450 million jin of brass ingots, 5 million jin of cotton, Twenty thousand stones of sucrose, [-] taels of gold, as well as spices, sumac and so on.

The Spanish merchants found that there were still a lot of goods in Daming's fleet, and they came to Bian Zhiming and Ruan Dan who were in charge of delivery. They said that although they didn't have the goods in hand to exchange, they could buy them with silver.

Ruan Danke politely told them that it was not possible, no matter how high the price was, Daming could not violate the spirit of the contract, these goods had already signed an agreement with the Portuguese and the Dutch, and our fleet would deliver the goods to the port of Feifu soon.

After Ruan Dan explained it this way, no businessman came to bother him anymore, and they all believed that they must keep the contract to do business.

However, European merchants have all requested to supplement the agreement again. They will prepare more goods in Manila, and at the same time, they will also bring more goods to the Ming merchant ship next year.

This can be available, and the name of Bian means that other goods remain the same, as long as Manila increases the stocking of rice, cotton, brass ingots, and nickel.

The three missionaries reported the situation of going to Daming to develop believers, which was affirmed by the bishop of Manila. The archbishop in the Vatican also heard about the missionaries going to Daming. Not only did they receive financial support, but they also added more than a dozen people.

After bidding farewell to the port of Manila, the fleet went all the way westward to the port of Fafu. The Portuguese were extremely happy to see that the Deming fleet kept its promise and came. This time, they got the goods from Deming.

Ruan Dan, King of Jiaozhi County in Guangnan Kingdom, went to Hue to meet with Ruan Fuyuan, the ruler of the country, and handed him the imperial decree and the letter of credence canonized by the Ming Emperor.

Of course, there are also many gifts that have been dropped by the Huang family, all of which are porcelain and glassware, dozens of boxes of West Wind Liquor, gift boxes of soap, dozens of "Xie Fuchun" face powder, hair oil, and shampoo.

A wide variety of porcelain and gorgeous glazed wares are absolute luxury goods in Guangnan Kingdom. Soap and cosmetics have become the items of contention in the harem of the lord of the country, and Xifeng Liquor has become the lord's favorite.

Ruan Fuyuan was overwhelmed by such a generous gift from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and immediately carefully prepared more tributes for Ruan Dan to bring back. He found that paying tribute to Daming seems to only make money but not compensation, so of course he has to come and go frequently.

Hu Mingshan received 9 taels of silver, and he lived up to expectations. This year, he increased the cultivation of many rice fields. In the spring, he sold 15 shi of rice to Daming. This time, he also prepared the 50 shi requested by Huang Sheng.

Huang Sheng received Hu Mingshan and several of his partners. These people are also the spokespersons of the bureaucratic capital of Guangnan Kingdom. They all have official backgrounds and the Ruan royal family.

Huang Sheng's good words induced them to work harder to produce food, and he readily gave the full payment of 22 taels of silver, and the 5000% deposit of 9 taels was not deducted, and it was counted as the deposit for next year.

Hu Mingshan has never done such a large-scale business before, and he has always been anxious. Seeing that all the goods have been cleared and all the money has been returned feels unreal, and he thinks it is too easy.

How could such a powerful Daming not be picky?Huang Sheng left Hu Mingshan with several rice suppliers from Guangnan to participate in the dinner to thank all the merchants.

Guangnan officials' dealings with Westerners are similar to the Manchu Qing's diplomacy with foreigners, and they are all servile and servile.

They saw that everyone in Daming was talking with the blond foreigners on an equal footing, showing a sense of superiority from time to time.Those foreigners were all respectful and careful, and completely lost their momentum in front of them.

The partners of Guangnan Guo attended a reception, and they felt Daming's status in their shoes, and their attitude became more correct.

Huang Sheng left them to drink tea, continue to teach them, let these rice suppliers recruit some more big landlords, increase investment and increase the sown area, don't limit yourself to 60 million shi, no matter how much rice they get, Daming will buy it Let's go, and I won't give you a tael of silver.

In fact, Huang Sheng set a good price for the rice in Guangnan country. In the Ming Dynasty, it was because of natural disasters and man-made disasters that the price of grain soared.

Guangnan is a tropical region with abundant water and soil, and their food production cost is much lower than that in temperate regions. The grain price given by the Huang family will make these businessmen no less than [-]% of their profits.

Huang Sheng earnestly induced them, so that these businessmen will benefit from increasing investment in land reclamation, so as to increase the supply of grain exports.

Huang Sheng finally made a promise that if the Zheng family in the north was once again unfavorable to Guangnan, Da Ming had already become a trading partner with Guangnan, so of course he would not stay out of the matter, and he could consider sending troops to assist at that time.

Hu Mingshan didn't dare to take up the fight. The last time he asked Daming to send troops, he almost killed half of Guangnan's finances. Guangnan didn't dare to bother Mr. Huang until it was at a critical moment.

Huang Sheng also asked them if there were any hostile forces in neighboring countries that were more difficult, and said that he could lead troops to help them seize territory and expand the country's land area. As long as it is a place with many rice fields, he can consider helping.

Hu Mingshan and his partners were sweating on their foreheads, but they had some ideas. At this time, the Dai Viet Kingdom regarded Champa, Chenla, Siam and other ethnic groups as barbarians and was constantly conquering them.

If Daming's arrogant soldiers fuel the flames, Guangnan Kingdom can expand its territory westward for three hundred miles.

(End of this chapter)