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Chapter 313 What is collected is your tax
Several Dutchmen with blond hair and blue eyes, wide-brimmed hats, and different clothes were brought over by naval soldiers.

"Putmans, Governor of Yizhou, Netherlandish East India Company, has met His Excellency Chu Yun." The leader of the Netherlanders bowed slightly to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun saw that the man was about 40 years old, his face was full of vicissitudes, but his eyes were piercing, and he knew at a glance that he was not easy to deal with.If not, the East India Company of the Netherlands would not have sent him to govern the affairs of Yizhou. He managed the trade between the Netherlands, Ming and Japan, and had more than a dozen ships and thousands of people under his command.

"Putmans? I heard that you Dutchmen joined forces with Zheng Zhilong and sent warships to fight us in Penghu. Why do you have the nerve to come to see me now?" Chu Yun said.

When Putmans saw the young Chu Yun, his pupils shrank slightly: "Your Excellency Chu Yun is serious. Our East India Company sent troops to support Zheng Zhilong to protect the reasonable interests of our Dutch merchants in the Far East. And although we sent ships Participated in the battle of Penghu, but did not participate in the battle, our ships left Penghu as soon as the battle started, and that was without firing a single shell."

Don't dare to fire a single shell?Is it because we are afraid that we will retaliate later.Chu Yun sneered in his heart, but in order to save Putmans some face, it's better not to say anything.

"Since the East India Company has no intention of participating in our dispute with the Daming Pirates, what are you doing here, Mr. Putmans? Do you have anything to ask?" Chu Yun asked.

"The thing is like this. We originally traded with Daming, some of them dealt with Guangdong merchants, and the other part dealt with merchants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. The ships had to pass through Penghu, Xiamen Bay and other places. When Zheng Zhilong was in the past, we cooperated closely. Now that your Fuliao Army has replaced Zheng Zhilong, I think we need to sign an agreement to allow our merchant ships from the Netherlands to pass through these waters," Putmans said.

"Free trade is great, but what price are you willing to pay?" Chu Yun asked.

"Price? Free trade still needs a price? Isn't it open to each other and let the merchants of both sides negotiate the price, so that everyone can get what they want?" Putmans asked in surprise.

"Even free trade requires tariffs. Our Liao Army will be responsible for maintaining law and order along the southeast coast in the future, but we need a lot of military expenses to maintain such a huge fleet. If you don't pay taxes, you Dutch people Merchant ships should never enter the waters controlled by our Liao Army," Chu Yun said.

"Every time we trade with Ming businessmen, we don't need to pay taxes to the Ming court. Why do you Fu Liao army tax us?" Putmans said with a sullen face.

"The imperial court does not collect tariffs because the imperial court has no ability to control you, but our Liao army has to collect tariffs."

"You Fu Liao army is too arrogant, don't think that you can dominate this sea area with a large number of cannons! This is not just about the Ming pirates, but also us Dutch, British, Spaniards, Francois, etc. Robots and Frenchmen, if your Liao army decides to levy heavy tariffs, it will definitely cause public outrage. When the coalition forces of all countries attack Ming Dynasty together, your Liao army will be wiped out!" Putmans threatened road.

"The Allied Forces? Haha, come to the East if you have the ability, I will tell them to come and go. Since Mr. Putmans can't even accept our premise, it seems that there is no need for us to continue talking. Please Come back." Chu Yun said.

Putmans was a little dazed.I am here to negotiate, so why did Chu Yun propose to impose tariffs on the Dutch people?

"Please wait, sir, how is the tariff collected? If it is reasonable, I think we can continue to negotiate." Putmans asked.

"We will establish a trading port on Xiamen Island. All non-Daming ships must trade with Daming merchants on Xiamen Island, and customs duties will be levied according to the value and type of goods. Unacceptable ships are not allowed to enter the sea area north of Xiamen Island. Specifically Our officials on Xiamen Island will negotiate with you when the tariffs are due," Chu Yun said.

"Your Excellency is really too ruthless. To impose tariffs on our Dutch merchant ships for no reason, our merchants' interests will be reduced, and we will also risk various risks at sea. To be honest, I don't think this is a good thing." Putman S said.

"Then it's a good thing for you Dutch people to occupy Jakarta and Yizhou and enslave the local aborigines to mine silver mines and produce food?" Chu Yun retorted.

"Uh..." Putmans choked on Chu Yun's words, but he couldn't refute.

"It's changed, so let's do it for now. Our officials will arrive in Xiamen Island in two months. At that time, you can send people to Xiamen Island to negotiate and sign an agreement with our officials. Before that, according to a large ship of 3000 Two taels of silver, 1000 taels of silver will be collected by the boat," Chu Yun said.

"At that time, Zheng Zhilong was not so cruel to our East India Company." Putmans said, "The object of his expropriation was the merchants of Ming Dynasty, not us Dutch people!"

"I just want to favor the merchants of Daming, what's the matter? Do you like to come or not? You don't think that the trade in the sea area north of Guangdong will wait for the merchants of Ming to go to Nanyang to find you for trade. It's just that the merchants of Daming will take the opportunity to raise prices when the time comes. The cost of a big ship will increase by more than 3000 taels of silver." Chu Yun curled his lips, "See off the guests!"

Before Putmans had time to react, he was taken away by marine soldiers.It is estimated that Chu Yun has figured out that they cannot refuse.Because Xiamen Bay is the only way to go north and the sea of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Guangdong waters will be laid down sooner or later.If you want to turn against the Liao Army, you must use force to open the sea passage.

"A large ship has 3000 taels in the account. Sitting in this sea area is like a big landlord." After Chu Yun forcibly sent Putmans away, he thought of the continuous influx of silver in the future, and felt very happy.

This is just tolls. In the future, when a factory is opened on Xiamen Island, and the industrial products of the Liao Army are continuously dumped to the southeast coast, Southeast Asia, and the West through Xiamen Island, it is estimated that they can make a lot of money.

"Master, the governor of Yizhou from the Netherlands has come, why don't we detain him, and then attack Taiwan City and win it in one fell swoop?" Nelson asked inexplicably, "Even if their fleet won't because of If the governor is captured and collapses, at least it will shake the morale of the army and make it easier for us to conquer Taiwan City."

"There are no permanent enemies in this world, only permanent interests. In the future, we still need to earn their money. We don't need to do too much. After we sign an agreement with them, we will capture their city in the southern part of Yizhou. It was easy to negotiate."

(End of this chapter)