Chapter 561: Deal with the Dutch

"Yes, Your Highness."
Pang Yukun looked solemnly.
As the head of the cabinet, he is in charge of the government affairs of the country, and where to find money for the treasury is his first task.
If something needs money now, Xiao Ming will look for him the first thing. Because of this, he always keeps in mind the time of the restoration of the agricultural income. Moreover, Xiao Ming's mention of this official is not aimless.
As a matter of fact, the taxation of the country is quite chaotic, and the collection of agricultural taxes by the government of the country three years ago is also quite chaotic, and some bold officials overcharged it, which aroused the anger of the people.
This time he restored the agricultural wealth, he was the same as Xiao Ming worried that he would take the opportunity to practice favoritism. After all, the agricultural wealth was handed over to the local government, and based on his experience in the officialdom for so many years, there will definitely be officials "wasting." Make a fuss about one thing.
This loss has always been extremely popular in Dayu. To put it simply, a bucket is used for weighing when the people hand in the grain. It is inevitable that some grain will be sprinkled on the ground during the weighing process. These grain government offices are not allowed to be picked up by the people. What goes back is then called loss.
What's more, some officials will give a kick at the door and let the grain in the bucket fall to the ground. In this way, the people need to make up for the insufficient catties, which is equivalent to the people paying more grain.
And these "losses" have become the officials' own pockets.
Xiao Ming's mentioning of this incident now also reminded him that the ills in the officialdom of the Great Yu State cannot be repeated in the officialdom of the closed country, otherwise, what is the difference between the corrupt officialdom of the Great Yu State.
After accepting this, Pang Yukun was about to go back. At this time, Li Kaiyuan, led by his servant, arrived at the government office.
Seeing Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan said: "Pang Shoufu, the next official is looking for you. Can the raw silk, porcelain, and tea sent from Pengzhou be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce? The next official will do a business with the Dutch immediately. These goods."
"I can leave it to you, but you have to replace it with silver and charge it into the treasury." The muscles on Pang Yukun's face trembled, an expression of unbearable expression.
"Hahaha, Pang Changshi feels at ease, that's for sure, no matter how much money you earn, won't the next official hand it over to Elder Ge?" Li Kaiyuan said with a grin.
Pang Yukun shook his head. This Li Kaiyuan has always been glib, he said: "I will arrange this when I go back now."
Li Kaiyuan arched his hands upon hearing this.
Pang Yukun turned and left. At this time, Li Kaiyuan turned to Xiao Ming and said, "His Royal Highness, the Dutch merchant ship has arrived at the port of Dengzhou. The envoy sent by the Dutch told the officer that this transaction will only be made of silver, and the officer could not make up his mind. I came to inquire your Highness here."
"You go and tell the Dutchman that we only need half of the silver and let him exchange the remaining half for goods."
For Xiao Ming, the actual goods are now more practical than silver, but with the prosperity of fief commerce, the hard currency of silver cannot be less, so under the weight, he will go half.
"Then what goods does your Highness need?" Li Kaiyuan asked.
"Saltpeter, sulfur, iron ore, and the remaining silver should be replaced with these." Xiao Ming said, now this is the strategic material he needs most.
Li Kaiyuan nodded and continued to say to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, in addition to this, the next official is going to send a merchant ship to Chu area to sell the goods from Qingzhou to Chu area. This time, in addition to the usual goods, white goods are added. Sugar and pendulum clock."
"Oh? Should the pendulum clock be sold too?" Xiao Ming asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, now the watch workshop has produced a hundred pendulum clocks. Merchants in Chu are very fond of these goods and ask us to transport them to Chu. All the money will be paid."
Xiao Ming asked, "How much did you sell each pendulum clock?"
With a sigh, Li Kaiyuan said: "If you were under the authority before, you would definitely be able to buy fifty thousand taels. It's just like today's disputes, this pendulum clock will sell this silver even if it's skillful. Now Xiaguan only sold thirty thousand taels. One."
"It's already pretty good. If that's the case, you should walk more, so you can make more money." Xiao Ming said.
Li Kaiyuan nodded, "Yes, Your Highness, this time there are buyers for 100 units. This Chudi accounted for half of the quantity, and the rest was bought by the locals in Qingzhou."
"When are there so many wealthy people in Qingzhou?" Xiao Ming wondered.
"His Royal Highness, this is not surprising. For one thing, most of the powerful and powerful in Chang'an fled to Qingzhou, and for the second time, merchants from all over the country have settled in Qingzhou these days. Naturally, there are more people with some free money in their hands." Li Kaiyuan laughed. He said: "It's just that this Wei's restaurant is now full of customers, and the number of businessmen joining the Chamber of Commerce is several times more than before."
The situation described by Li Kaiyuan made Xiao Ming very satisfied. Now that the Great Yu country is in chaos, merchants are looking for a stable place to stay. There is no doubt that Qingzhou is their most desired place now.
It is precisely for this reason that merchants gathered in large numbers for a time, and because of Qingzhou's comfortable living environment and prosperous trade, some powerful and powerful people are also keen to come here.
And the arrival of these people naturally brought a lot of wealth, but now that these wealth are in the hands of these people, he has to find a way to make these people consume a lot in Qingzhou.
Thinking of this, there were countless modern methods of making money in Xiao Ming's mind. In fact, these people's settlement in Qingzhou and the contemporary emigration of wealthy people are the same.
In modern times, every country likes the rich to settle in their own country, because this means the arrival of wealth, and now he naturally cannot waste this opportunity.
"Well, it's so good. In that case, the Chamber of Commerce must recruit members as soon as possible during this time, and also make more luxury goods to sell to them." Xiao Ming grinned.
"His Royal Highness~EbookFREE.me~ This is the strong point of the junior officials." Li Kaiyuan said with joy.
The two chatted for a while, before Li Kaiyuan left.
The main thing Li Kaiyuan came to visit this time was trading with the Dutch. The following things are just a passing mention. After all, the maritime trade with the Dutch is the focus.
And just as he thought, the main goods the Dutch want now are raw silk, porcelain and tea. These three are in short supply in Qingzhou, but Wei Di is rich in production.
Thinking of this, his determination to take Wei Di was strengthened again. As long as Wei Di was taken, the financial sources of the country would be stabilized, which would provide him with a solid foundation for seizing the north.
King Zhao is now in the same mind to win the land of Shu, and he wants to have a stable food supply.
In recent years, the north has become more and more bitter, and there is less and less food. Although they don't understand what the Little Ice Age is, they know the actual food output.
In Xiao Ming's view, Zhao Wang's decision to do something at this time must have felt this.