Three days later except for a few seriously injured people. [Read the latest chapter] After simple treatment, the others went to the customs building to wait for the outcome of the Maritime Court's handling of their property.
After this group of merchants experienced the inexplicable commotion a few days ago, everyone still had some scars on their faces and hands, and it seemed unnatural to reunite again.
Chen Zhonghuan was more careful this time and did not say a single unnecessary word. He just informed everyone that they could go and collect their goods on the ship.
The basic idea of the vest is that for any cargo whose owner can be confirmed, each cargo owner will be charged 20% of the total volume of the rescued cargo as a rescue fee in accordance with the principles of maritime rescue. Goods that are rescued but damaged by flooding, fire or other circumstances and whose value is damaged shall be calculated based on the residual value.
If 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 were entrusted to the ship owner for transportation, the maritime court will temporarily detain the goods for processing until someone can prove it within the prescribed period. You are the owner of the goods. If no one makes a request upon expiration, it shall be confiscated by the Maritime Court.
Temporarily detained goods will also be charged a 20% maritime rescue fee when they are returned to the owner. During the period of temporary detention, the maritime court has the right to dispose of all or part of the goods themselves. If the owner of the goods can be confirmed, payment will be made according to the value when returning the goods - this is to facilitate the Cross-Trade Group to seize the goods at any time.
Ships rescued from shipwrecks will also be charged a salvage fee based on 20% of their remaining value. In addition, the vessel must pay for repairs and wear and tear incurred during the salvage process. At the same time, the shipowner also has to pay for the board, lodging and medical expenses of the sailors on the shipwrecked ship during their stay in Bopu. The ship owner fails to come to handle the formalities within the time limit. Ships confiscated.
As for this period, based on the traffic conditions of this time and space, the vest is set to be one year.
During the period of temporary detention of the goods, the Bopu Maritime Court only assumes the most basic custody obligations and does not assume the obligation to preserve the value of the goods. Basic storage fees will be charged for the goods during the temporary detention period.
The rescued persons will not be charged any rescue fees. However, the rescued persons will be responsible for their own food, accommodation and medical expenses while they are stranded in Bopu. Payment must be made when leaving the casino, otherwise the court will impose mandatory detention until the fee is paid. If the expenses cannot be paid in full, labor can be used to compensate.
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These various clauses are broken down in detail. Some of them are not under the jurisdiction of the maritime courts in modern time and space. However, the purpose of the vest is to bring all kinds of maritime discretion into the maritime courts, so they are listed one by one in detail.
However, these terms caused an uproar in the Executive Committee. Many people could still accept the return of the goods to the small merchants - can they win people's hearts? However, there is a big objection to handing over bulk cargo and ships: this is how navy soldiers took their lives from pirates, not to mention that the crossing group also spent a lot of ammunition and fuel in the battle. The cost of building such a large ship is about two thousand taels of silver, and 20% is only four hundred taels of silver. It is simply not worth the consumption of a naval battle. Judging from the current situation in the Qiongzhou Strait, anyone involved in rescue operations will most likely have to fight pirates.
"If we want to establish order and law in the Qiongzhou Strait, we can't do things with this kind of profit-seeking mentality!" Ma Jia said, "Everything must be calculated with money. We are not here to make countless money in this time and space, but We are here to be the rule makers of this world.”
Although in the short term, this behavior of the Crossing Group in the Qiongzhou Strait is a loss, the long-term impact is huge. By formulating rules and maintaining order, the authority of the crossing group on the sea was gradually established in the minds of navigators along China's coast. This is the goal of the admiralty courts.
After three hours of continuous debate, thanks to Ma Jia’s efforts and the ambiguous attitude of the main leaders of the executive committee, Ma Jia’s plan was finally passed in a vote. The navy was indifferent to the return of the cargo, but the five-masted large ship's cooked duck flying was a huge blow to them. Chen Haiyang has gone to the ship several times to observe and consider how to make improvements. Especially Mond, who was lying in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He was so angry that he wanted to open the vest's head. The members of the Planning Commission also treated him coldly. As for Ma Qianzhu, he said nothing. Just glanced at the vest a few times.
Ma Jia served the legal documents to these people one by one at the Maritime Court Arbitration Tribunal in the Customs Building, and explained some of the legal provisions. Although everyone didn't quite understand it, they understood that most of the goods could be returned to them.
Seeing this group of merchants who were holding the verdict documents as carefully as they were holding silver, Ma Jia couldn't help but sigh that he and his colleagues in the Law Club had spent a lot of time on this, and those exquisite wordings - they couldn't even see it. You know, it feels like a pearl casting a shadow on you.
None of these people originally expected to get back the cargo they carried on the ship - they would be lucky if they could survive and return home safely. Now the Australians not only agree to let them go home, but also pay 20% of the rescue fee. Even the goods were returned after paying for them, and everyone was overjoyed. They all expressed their willingness to accept this ruling.
Everyone received the ruling and went to the warehouse at the dock to pick up their own goods. It's just that the 2o rescue fee of the value of the goods is not easy to settle. Although two reports, "Guangzhou's Main Export Commodities FOB Price List" and "Guangzhou's Main Commodity Quotations" are sent to Guangzhou Station every week, and you can easily check the prices of various commodities in Guangzhou, these goods are not available in Lingao The market price cannot be realized at all. Majia discussed with the Planning Committee, Finance Committee, and Foreign Business Committee and decided to use in-kind offsets. It is up to the Planning Commission to decide which goods should be used as offsets.
In addition to offsetting the rescue fee, all goods that the Planning Commission was interested in were purchased at Guangzhou's market prices. Although the merchants did not make much profit from trafficking to the bar city, they saved the freight back to Guangzhou and Qiongshan, eliminating the trouble of carrying goods. If they can make a little more, they can even make up for the losses. Therefore, everyone was very enthusiastic and promoted their goods to the planning committee people.
The Planning Commission was most interested in things that were useful in production and life, and only selected various metal utensils, tung oil, medicinal materials, cloth and the like as supplies. As for silk and porcelain, the most popular items in maritime trade, I am not interested at all. When all the merchants saw that they only wanted cold goods and had no interest in fine goods, they couldn't help but be surprised.
On behalf of the Planning Committee, Sun Xiao was on site to receive and register the in-kind "rescue fees" paid by various merchants. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It was really unwilling to let go of so many good things. Ma Qianzhu was calm - originally he planned to return the goods of these small accounts to them in full, but now Ma Jia has made such a fuss and deducted one-fifth. 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 now, the other party will still have to pay for the value of the goods after it comes. .
However, the steward of the Haijia ship has died, and those who are still alive are only crew members, not cargo owners. According to Ma Jia's so-called "Maritime Law", the Haijia family has to come in person to retrieve the goods and ships - Ma Qianzhu really hopes that the other party will be scared out of their wits and dare not come to Gao at all, and all will be returned free of charge as soon as the time has passed. They are.
In addition to the Planning Commission, various ministries and commissions also sent people to the site to check the goods to see if there was anything their department needed. If you like it, fill in the form immediately and have it reviewed on-site and purchased by the Planning Committee. The place in front of the warehouse suddenly became noisy like a free market.
"Your red dates are pretty good. Sell the rest to us and save you the cost of shipping them back." It was Wu Yunhua, the wife of Liu San from the Ministry of Health, who spoke. Wu Yunhua has a background in physical education and field training. She is tall and strong. Originally, it was her husband who was following her whereabouts that allowed her to get on the ship. After arriving in this time and space, she had nowhere to go for a while, and her temper was not good enough to do secretarial administration, so she had to go to the canteen to help cook.
Wu Yunhua got to know a lot of the natives in the cafeteria, and she learned Cantonese in this time and space. She also spoke a little Lingao dialect, so she became a non-staff member of the Foreign Commercial Committee. She was often called on to be a translator when procurement and negotiations were needed. . However, the Foreign Trade Commission refused to include Wu Yunhua in the department's establishment - this woman has a straightforward personality but a big temper. Most people say they can’t bear it. Although Wu Yunhua threatened Liu San several times and asked him to help him move to a "more respectable" 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, "Let's put these five hundred kilograms into a pile and give them a price."
The goods this vendor carries are all kinds of dried fruits, among which the red dates are of particularly good quality, with thin skin, thick flesh, and bright red color. It is the real Shaanxi Lingbao red date. Cao Shunhua, who is in charge of the cafeteria, fell in love with it at first sight and put it on the demand list.
"If the elders want it, just take it and don't worry about the price. If you are considerate of the younger ones, just give them thirty taels as a package." This vendor is very good at talking and speaks very pleasantly.
"What are you talking about? Our time traveling group has always been upright. We pay as much as we deserve, and there are those who take advantage of others! How much is it?"
The peddler looked very embarrassed: "You should be filial to the elders for saving your life. The masters are so considerate of the little ones. Five hundred kilograms will be counted as thirty-five taels. Five taels." It’s a small amount of freight on the road this time.”
"Just thirty-five taels. I can't let you suffer. It's not easy for you."
"Then thank you, sir. The elders really pity the old and cherish the poor, and they will surely be princes and princes in the future." The hawker smiled brightly and sent cart after cart of flattering words.
Wu Yunhua wrote him a payment note in a hurry. Sun Xiao who was standing aside quickly stopped her:
"The price is wrong."
"What, the payment is 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 remembered the market price two weeks ago: every hundred pounds of high-quality red dates cost two and a half cents of silver. This is still the retail price on the market.
"If it's too much. The little one is very self-sufficient. Twenty-five taels is the going price, and the little one will get it for the same price." Seeing that something was not going well, the hawker hurriedly took advantage of the situation.
"The price in Guangzhou is only twenty-five taels per hundred kilograms. Where did you get the twenty-five taels of red dates?"
The five hundred kilograms of red dates here only cost twelve and a half taels even according to the market price. The vendor said that thirty taels was already a bargain. Even in Bar City, they couldn't sell for this price. Later, he added another six taels. The lion even opened his mouth.
The hawker was speechless. He didn't expect that the Australian in this corner knew the market situation in Guangzhou so clearly - the price of two to five yuan was exactly the market retail price when he purchased the goods a month ago. His face suddenly changed.
Wuyunhua suddenly became so angry that she rushed forward and kicked. The little gold dealer who had expected to make a fortune from this "short-haired woman" was kicked so hard that he was thrown on his back and couldn't get up for a while. The dark clouds and flowers are still full of meaning, and I want to be full of old punches when I jump over. He was quickly grabbed by the surrounding staff.
With Wu Yunhua's physique, he would have to beat this skinny little guy until he was half dead. Although the hawker was a bit deceitful, beating people just because of this would be akin to dominating the market, and his reputation would be ruined if word spread.
Sun Xiao was stunned. This was the first time he saw such a tough woman. He quickly stepped forward: "Don't take action. This is a commercial dispute, not a conflict between ourselves and the enemy..."
"If you dare to lie to me, I'll beat you till you pee and pee so much that your mother won't even recognize you!" Wu Yunhua yelled.
"You go to the house first to calm down, sit for a while, sit for a while." A group of people dragged Wuyunhua away.
I originally thought that this incident would affect the atmosphere, but I didn't expect that other people would completely turn a blind eye to this person being beaten, and some even had a smile on their lips. No one sympathizes with people who are trying to get benefits by playing clever tricks. The kicked hawker groaned on the ground for a long time and no one came to help him. Finally he reluctantly got up and limped to Sun Xiao. He bowed and bowed, begging Sun Xiao to buy his dates. Come down - the cost of transporting it back is not a small amount. Seeing how pitiful he was, Sun Xiao bought it according to the market price of twenty-two-five cents.
On behalf of the Foreign Trade Committee, Xiong Buyou selected a few small businessmen to discuss the matter. The Planning Committee saw that the goods they were trafficking were all commodities that had great demand in the Future Travel Group: raw lacquer, tung oil, metal utensils... so they talked with them. Transactions require them to directly traffic these goods to high sales.
"We cannot always rely on procurement from Guangzhou Station." Ma Qianzhu once instructed at the Planning Committee meeting. "Guangzhou Station has too many things, and it is very dangerous to have a single supply channel. From now on, we must try to attract Small and medium-sized merchants from the coast came directly to Lingao to trade with us.
Xiong Buyou's persuasion work finally had a certain effect. The small businessman who was just nodding his head without saying a word finally spoke:
"I heard that people in Lingao use a kind of paper when buying and selling things," he said cautiously, "I can't help this..."
"Lingao Grain Circulation Vouchers are not mandatory," Xiong Buyou explained patiently, "When paying for goods, if you are willing to accept cash, we will give you cash. If you are willing, you can exchange it for goods. There is no force."
In order to strengthen his persuasion, he pointed at the small businessmen nearby who were bargaining with the people from the Planning Commission: "You have all seen it. When we purchase goods, we pay in silver."
"Chang——" another small businessman said, "When the goods are shipped here, do they have to be sold by the dental store?"
The tooth shop is the middleman. In the commercial society of the Ming Dynasty, those who received official dental posts had a strong local monopoly. The merchants worked hard to transport the goods to the local area and could not sell and purchase freely. Buying and selling are all subject to the teeth. Without going through the dental shop, you cannot buy or sell goods. The owner of the tooth shop relies on his official reputation to earn huge profits, and he is not enthusiastic about selling goods, which often makes it difficult for the merchants to sell their goods for a year or two. It is even more difficult to settle the payment. This was also a big business drawback at the time.
"No need." Xiong Buyou knew the disadvantages - when he was negotiating peace with the county government, he mentioned the matter of getting dental posts in Dongmen City, so he asked an old official in the county government to find out more. We know very well that the tooth tie system is harmful and unprofitable, and is worse than the monopoly enterprises of later generations.
"Laigao trade does not need to go through Ya people. No matter who you are selling the goods to, there is no need to hand it over to Ya people for sales. As for the things we buy ourselves, we will all pay in cash."
"Paying taxes."
Xiong Buyou thought it was interesting now. All the key questions were asked:
"Currently, when shipments arrive and sales are high, all we have to do is pay import duties."
Businessmen along the coast naturally understand the concept of tariffs. Xiong Buyou continued: "If you ship the goods we designate, you can also enjoy import duty-free treatment. If the goods are not within the designated range, you will pay taxes according to the customs rate."
The so-called designated goods are a catalog drawn up by the Planning Commission. They are thirty-one materials that are not produced locally in Lingao and are in great demand. They mainly include coal, metals, various grains, chemical raw materials, wood, oils, etc.
When these products are transported and sold to Lingao, not only do they not need to pay import duties, but all the products are purchased by the Planning Commission - buy as much as you want.
"Do I have to transport the goods you specified before I can import..."
"No. As long as you are willing to pay import duties, you can ship whatever you want to sell." Xiong Buyou said, "But we are not responsible for buying it."
All export tariffs are currently exempted, but the Planning Commission has formulated a list of prohibited exports, which mainly involves materials that are currently in short supply, such as copper, iron, and wood. Although items such as sewing needles, small hardware, and grain products can be exported, merchants must hold an export license signed by the Planning Commission before they can sell them.
Then, the businessmen asked many questions, and Xiong Buyou answered them one by one. His sincere attitude impressed everyone, and finally someone nodded and said: "In that case, I will ship a batch of tung oil over next month!~!
