Han Du pointed at the map, "Now the Ming Dynasty has three governor's offices: Luzon, Jiugang, and Java. But you don't have to worry, the Ming Dynasty will soon set up governors in Anping, Champa, Shuizhenla, Manlajia and other places. Mansion. Then your merchant ships can go all the way south along the seaside, directly to the Old Port or Java."
As he spoke, his fingers slid down the map and he clicked twice on the locations of Old Port and Java.
Fu Yong and others became more and more excited following the movement of Han Du's fingers. Unknowingly, Ming Dynasty had completely opened up the sea route to Nanyang. This is a golden sea route. As long as Han Du can honor what he said, let alone the 10% commercial tax, they can accept even an additional 10%.
"If the Marquis can fulfill his promise, this sea trade tax..." Fu Yong looked back at the others.
Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "We've made it!"
"Okay!" Han Du clapped his hands happily and quickly pulled a few people to sit down.
When several people saw that Han Du was so enthusiastic as a marquis, they immediately said they didn't dare. However, after they sat down at Han Du's urging, their faces suddenly felt flushed and proud.
Let me ask, how many merchants in the world can sit at the same table as the Marquis of Chuan?
"Come, I will tell you in detail how to pay this sea trade tax."
Seeing Fu Yong and others looking at him, Han Du said: "Sea trade tax is divided into two parts. One is when you take the goods to sea, you have to pay 10% of the tax, and the other is when you bring the goods to the sea. After the goods come back, they also pay 10% tax.”
Everyone nodded to show their understanding, this was just as they expected. Originally, the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was collected at every checkpoint. It was very fair that Shibosi only collected it twice, once for one trip and one trip.
"Since everyone has no objections, it's settled." Han Du smiled, "In addition, I suggest that when you go to sea, it is best to calculate the total price of the goods in advance and pay the tax in silver or treasure notes. . In this way, you can make more money. After all, a hundred guan of goods will be worth more than a thousand guan when it arrives in Nanyang. And when you come back, you can use the goods to pay taxes, which will also make it easier for you to clear customs quickly. , what do you think?"
Fu Yong and others thought for a moment, then raised their hands and said, "The Marquis has thought carefully, and the common people have no objections."
"Since there is no objection, let's pay the tax this time. I will waive the customs tax for you at my discretion. You only need to pay the customs tax when you enter the customs."
This was something that had been discussed a long time ago, and Fu Yong and others naturally had no objections.
Next, it’s time to pay taxes.
Although Fu Yong and others went out to sea this time through selling money to collect money, in fact, after buying the ship, there was not much money left for them to buy goods. Each person only bought more than 10,000 tons of goods. . The seven people combined do not have one hundred thousand strings.
But after they sold the goods in the old port, they got hundreds of thousands of coins backhand. The money was then turned into hundreds of thousands of catties of various spices and shipped back to the Ming Dynasty.
Han Du drew one out of ten, and in an instant, the shipping company obtained tens of thousands of kilograms of spices.
Fu Yong and others paid their taxes and went out with peace of mind. The door was already surrounded by merchants of all sizes from the capital.
Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of spices entering Beijing were naturally hidden from the eyes of merchants. Spices have many uses. They can be used to make incense and medicine. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no need to worry about lack of sales. Therefore, after learning that so many spices were brought to Beijing, merchants began to inquire about the origin of the spices. After learning that the spices would only be released after the Shipping Department paid taxes, these merchants swarmed and blocked the door of the Shipping Department.
For merchants, spices are a guaranteed profit-making business, so they are naturally eager.
And Fu Yong was smart enough to leave all the spices in Shibosi without taking any of them away. With such a large amount, it is impossible for Fu Yong and others to sell it bit by bit by themselves. We can only use these merchants to hand over large quantities to them and let these merchants sell them. In this way, although Fu Yong and others will gain less profit, they will also reduce a lot of risks and be able to withdraw funds quickly.
As soon as Fu Yong walked out of the door, someone waved to him.
"Dong Fu's family, this way, this way!"
"Hey, Mr. Huang, I've been admiring you for a long time." Fu Yong saw the person coming and quickly pushed through the crowd to greet him. "It's my sin to alert you to come here."
Huang Yuanwai was also a wealthy businessman in the capital. Fu Yong thought he had only seen him a few times from a distance and had no chance to talk to him. This time, they didn't expect that Huang Yuanwai would come to wait for them outside the port department in person.
When Huang Yuanwai saw several other people being blocked at the door by people behind him, he didn't wait any longer and said to Fu Yong, "Let's go, I'll prepare some wine at the seafood restaurant. Let's talk at the seafood restaurant. Mr. Fu, can you give me a favor?"
"Huang Yuan is so kind, how dare I refuse?"
"Please!" Huang Yuanwai waved his hand.
"please."
Fu Yong asked Huang Yuanwai to walk in front and follow him.
The two came to the seafood restaurant and walked straight into the private room, leaving their entourage outside.
"Dong Fu, please."
"Executive member Huang, please."
After the two were polite, they sat down opposite each other.
"Dong Fu's family has been working hard at sea. Come and try the signature dish of this seafood restaurant. It still tastes different from before."
"I'm dissatisfied with Mr. Huang. I want to take this bite, but I almost think of my illness. So, are you rude?"
"You're welcome, please."
Fu Yong nodded in agreement, took a chopstick and put it into his mouth. A satisfied hum came from his nasal cavity. After swallowing, he sighed: "Okay, it still tastes familiar."
"Here, have another piece, no need to be polite to me."
Faced with Huang Yuanwai's enthusiasm, Fu Yong waved his hand to stop it, and said with a smile: "Having a bite can be regarded as an answer to my thoughts for so many days. Huang Yuanwai, let's get down to business first."
"Okay, let's get down to business first." Huang Yuanwai put down the chopsticks he had just picked up. After pondering for a while, he raised his eyes and looked at Fu Yong and said, "I think the Fu Dong family knows the purpose of my visit."
Fu Yong nodded. He naturally knew that Huang Yuanwai was blocking the door in person and inviting him to dinner. The purpose is naturally the spices in his hand.
"In that case, I'll tell you the truth. I want to eat all the spices that Master Fu has in his hands."
After hearing this, Mr. Fu shook his hand and put Mr. Huang's hand under his sleeve.
"Agarwood has this number. Cardamom has this number..."
After reporting all the spice quantities to Yuan Wai, Fu Yongcai smiled and said, "I reported the quantity to Yuan Wai, but I don't know what price Yuan Wai can offer?"
