Xinshun 1730

Chapter 744 Batavia New Deal ([-])

Lian Fuguang, who had already retreated to the door, paused involuntarily when he heard the good news about the spice trade.

But it was not easy for him to ask any more questions at this time, he adjusted his body, and slowly retreated outside the door.

As soon as they left the governor's mansion, those Lei Zhenlans complained to Lian Fuguang.

"Brother Lian, we took the risk of losing our heads and seized Batavia. In the end, the imperial court still wanted to move us away. If we had known this..."

Lian Fuguang sneered and said: "If I had known this, what should I do? I took my servants to help the Dutch defend the city, and when the city was broken, they were all hung on the mast? This is the end of the matter, what are you complaining about? The team that entered the city you also See, is it possible that we can't attack without it?"

When these people started the incident, they thought that Lian Fuguang had great powers and must have something to do with the court, so they had secretly communicated the song.

Looking at it now, bullshit, looking at Lian Fuguang for the former prince and marquis is like looking at a dog.

It's not surprising that they think so, mainly because they were all born in Batavia, and the highest official in Batavia is the governor.Under this kind of inertial thinking, just like the Eastern Enlightenment stories fabricated by Westerners, the emperor's style is like a manor knight, or at most a baron, wandering around, visiting the sufferings of the people, and can travel all over the country in a month or two ...

These people also often come into contact with the governor on weekdays, and think that the governor is at least a prince, don't they often see him?He felt that Lian Fuguang's relationship in the court, not to mention the prince, could at least cling to a minister?I never thought that now it seems that it is not the same thing at all.

Bribery or something, it's not easy to feel the pulse now.If there is no one who does not love money, how can an official not like money?

However, the conversation just now directly brought up the old matter of Guo Jie and Wei Qing, and these people were even more confused about the meaning of it, so they didn't dare to pay bribes and be accused of colluding with military businessmen.

There are thousands of dissatisfaction and unwillingness in my heart at this time, so I can only bear it.If each of them said that there was no resentment in their hearts, it must be a lie.

When the Dutch ruled, they were a class of people.He has a high status and is respected. He has a lot of money to hire lawyers and make friends.

Now that the imperial court came, not only did their status drop sharply, but they even moved away, leaving their base.

If the imperial court allowed them to continue to pay taxes, continue to be Kapitan, and continue to use the Dutch rule, they would definitely support the imperial court from the bottom of their hearts, look forward to the imperial court, and shout long live the emperor.Unfortunately, the court is not like this.

The resentment filled with each other was not the state of mind that worried about being killed after the city was broken.

Lian Fuguang sighed, and said: "Everyone should hurry back with me and prepare the land deeds. I will also attach the poll tax statistics and the population list of the city when the Dutch registered as householders. Don't complain here. No, complaining won't change anything."

"Besides, the meaning of Whale Hou seems to be an opportunity for us to continue to make a fortune? If the spice trade can be done, won't it be much better than before?"

"Before the Dutch ate meat, how could it be our turn to drink soup? At most, it would be meat dregs hanging on the ground, attracting worms and producing maggots, we would pick up those maggots and eat them. Even meat dregs would not be our turn to eat meat and drink soup."

"If you can really raise shares and buy shares, wouldn't it be hundreds of times stronger than it is now?"

Lei Zhenlan, surnamed Chen, snorted and said with a smile: "There is such a good thing, it's our turn? Now that Nanyang has been laid down, we just wait to collect the money, so why give us such an opportunity?"

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In the room, Li Yan was also a little puzzled by this, and almost asked the same question.

"Jinghou, now that Nanyang has fallen, it's just a matter of reaping the benefits. Is there still a stock offering? It's a stock offering, so why use these people's stinky money?"

"Smelly money? Hahaha, Your Highness is planning to regard money as a thing?" Liu Yu laughed and joked, Li Yan hurriedly said: "No, no, no, you don't know how expensive you are if you are not in charge of the family. Of course, you know that money is good if you are in charge of the navy. Stuff. I think these people are not good enough. I just feel a little disgusted when I see them. Jinghou is also very lenient. If you want me to say, just ransack the house, exile, and guard the border."

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "Everyone's money is money. Once the money flows and becomes capital, its original money is meaningless. It doesn't matter if it is dirty or smelly, as long as the money goes where it should go. .”

"Whether their money comes from opium or human trafficking. It doesn't matter. Let the past go."

"Furthermore, Your Highness thinks that Nanyang can just sit and collect money? It's too early... Have you calculated how much Nanyang invested in a year?"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't dare to count the money. Every time I count money in the navy, I'm terrified. But, it seems that Nanyang doesn't need much money, right?"

Liu Yu was serious and denied it.

"Your Highness is poor. The garrison needs money, the warship needs money, and the merchant ship needs money. Building warehouses requires money, running water funds require money for receiving goods, repairing fortresses requires money, fortress maintenance requires money, suppressing resistance requires money, controlling monopoly requires money, Preventing smuggling requires money, and changing land policies requires money... This is really not as simple as sitting on the ground and collecting money, and it is definitely not affordable by ordinary people."

"This is different from the trade with Japan. For trade with Japan, sixty-seven million taels of stock is enough. Because the Japanese help us strictly investigate smuggling, and there is no need to control each archipelago, as long as the goods are received and delivered everywhere. Just go."

"Managing Nanyang, if the imperial court does nothing and completely imitates the British-Dutch model, it will definitely not be enough without a share capital of 3000 to [-] million taels."

Two to thirty million taels is almost Dashun's treasury income for one year.Rao Li Yan had "experienced the world" in the navy, but he was still shocked when he heard this number.

"That much money?"

"Hahahaha, Your Highness, Your Highness, you still haven't learned how to settle accounts. I just want to ask you, you said the Western Regions, how much money has the court spent so far? Since the Rakshasa was fought, it was for the Junggar tribe in the Western Regions; Change; counting the logistics of transporting food and supplies during the expedition; counting the compensation for the fallen soldiers; counting the immigration; counting the annual rewards; building a city in the Western Regions; building a bastion; It’s two silver. It’s just that it’s not taken out at one time, and a lot of it is not considered money, so it’s not so scary.”

After doing some calculations for Li Yan, Liu Yu got up and said, "It's just right, Your Highness will walk with me to the Hekou Wharf to see the Dutch warehouse, so that I can intuitively feel how much it costs to run a colony. money."

Li Yan stood up in response, and the two of them did not hold a guard of honor. They each took a few personal entourages and left the Governor's Mansion, bypassing the chaotic crowd outside, and came to the warehouse next to the pier.

As the "capital" and the general transit port of the Dutch East India Company, Batavia has the largest warehouse and warehouse of the East India Company in Asia.

The climate here is humid, and warehouse storage is also a technical job.The warehouses built by Dutch architects occupy a very large area.

At this time, the above has been sealed, and there are soldiers guarding it outside.

Because of the time when Dashun started the war, the cargo ship had just left Batavia, and there were not many goods from Southeast Asia or East Asia, such as spices, sugar, tin, copper ingots, porcelain, silk, rhubarb, etc. piled up in the warehouse.

However, there are a lot of wool, ironware, gunpowder, nails, wine and other goods that are going to be sold in Southeast Asia or Dashun this year.

Taking the list and doing some calculations, the inventory alone has nearly 300 million taels of silver.

This is the situation after the collapse of the Persian market and the domination of the Japanese market by Dashun.

Of course, the 300 million taels of silver is only the gross price. After deducting the cost and transportation, it is just a porridge, which is definitely not enough for the 18.00% company's bottom line dividend.

Looking at this warehouse, which is comparable in size to the logistics warehouse of Weihaiwei Naval Base, Li Yan has a slightly more intuitive understanding of the principal required for this kind of trade.

On the Dutch forts and forts that surrendered in the distance, the bricks and stones built and the cannons placed were also a considerable expenditure.

"Your Highness has a little calculation in his heart. He wants to control the long coast from Ceylon to the Moluccas, prevent smuggling, and even expand his rule. The forts left by the Dutch need to garrison troops; at least three more About ten frigates are used to fight smuggling, focusing on the Portuguese and British."

"For these investments alone, 8000 troops are needed, plus sailors from the fleet, merchant ships, etc.; company employees, accountants, warehouse managers; consignees; goods sellers in warehouses and shops... If you do the math, you will need about [-] employees. .”

"Just pay according to the salary of a soldier. Rice is cheaper, and guns and gunpowder are also discounted into the monthly salary. Isn't it too much?"

"Employees alone cost more than 120 million taels a year."

"You have to pay 120 million taels of silver every year just to pay the salary. How much do you think the total assets need? In addition to those real estate such as cargo ships and warehouses... The Dutch East India Company can easily owe 7000 million Dutch silver guilders How much does the total assets need to be able to bear the debt of 7000 million Dutch guilders?"

"This is really not money that a family can scrape together."

"After I settled the account for His Majesty, His Majesty also felt that it would not be enough to eat alone. Therefore, private shares are still needed to join."

"Otherwise, if the money from the national treasury is spent in the country, wouldn't that be the same thing as Ming Chengzu's voyage to the West?"

"The key point is that during the time of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, spices could be sold domestically. Now, spices have long been saturated in China, and the Dutch have also tried to sell us pepper, etc., but they didn't sell well, so that's it. We still have to Sell ​​things to Europe."

Li Yan didn't know Liu Yu's plan to raise Dutch financial capital as an agent. He heard the words: "Since that's the case, there are British people in Bengkulu. We also cooperate with the Swedes. Countries such as Denmark and France are in this country. There are also trading houses in North Korea, or the East India Company.”

"It seems that this year's spices are not worried about selling. The Dutch are gone, and they are sold to the British, Swedes, and Danes, isn't it the same?"

This is exactly what Liu Yu is most worried about.

Hearing what Li Yan said, Liu Yu hurriedly said: "No way! I'd rather burn it, and throw it into the sea after collecting it, than sell it to the Swedes and the British this year."

(End of this chapter)