Lu Ming

Chapter 121 Foreign Workers
In the eyes of the Ming officials at that time, Dayuan was just an overseas wild island, not like Penghu, where the government had established an inspection department.

The Dutch are well aware of the attitude of Ming officials towards high officials.However, the Dutch immediately suppressed the Japanese, who were coveting the big officials, by distorting the opinions of the officials of the Ming Dynasty through the propaganda that "the big officials are the territory bestowed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the East India Company". By the way, I fooled the Fujian immigrants in Dayuan.

In other words, the Dutch first forcibly handed over the big officials to the Ming emperor, and then through the order of the emperor's authorization, they straightened out the logical relationship and determined the legal basis for their occupation of the big officials.

In real history, the Dutch used such a false propaganda method to determine their ownership of the big members.

However, in the plane of the traveler, the Dutchman suddenly discovered today that he was caught in the theory invented by himself.

If it is admitted from the very beginning that Dayuan is a piece of unowned land, then Mr. Nuiz can at least come up with an international practice of "first come, first served" like Van der Hagen at the beginning, and then use the business hall as evidence, from the time traveler Squeeze out some territory transfer fee here - this logic is valid.

However, just because after the Dutch discussion, Nuiz learned the lesson of van der Hagen, so he took out the rotten stalk of "the emperor confers" this time, and planned to get something out of the crossing crowd.

Then he was slapped in the face by a simple land deed document issued by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty that, according to the Dutch propaganda, must have existed.

Looking at the mocking eyes of several "Kunlun people" across the negotiating table, Nuyiz knew that his trick of declaring sovereignty over a territory without any written evidence had been seen through by the other party; these people were obviously well-educated and familiar with the law The descendants of the aristocrats and the custom are thoroughly civilized people, not those aborigines who are still recording history with ropes.

"I hate all the nobles in exile!" After realizing that entanglement would make him look more like a clown, Mr. Nuiz could only mutter in a low voice to relieve his depression—since he returned to the senior officials three days ago, there was no One thing is going well, these pagans have designed every link, like a cat in a cage, God, this feeling is too bad.

After the failure of the most confident and messy project, the subsequent commercial project negotiations became calm instead.Everyone is a businessman, and it seems very professional when it comes to goods and money, and there are not so many ideological topics to play.

The red-haired team didn't make too many requests in this regard. They have no cash or goods for trade, so they don't have much say.Fortunately, what the other party promised before, the conditions for filling the warehouse with goods from the Ming Dynasty have not changed. For Nuyz and the others, this is already the optimal solution.

Those who try to catch big fish for a long time, the prices they offer for short-sought goods are not too high; taking into account the loan interest, the price of raw silk is basically the same as that of the Japanese.This is in line with the trade requirements of the coachmen who spread goods all over the world, so after slightly adjusting the variety and quantity of goods, the Dutch ended this small negotiation item with satisfaction.

Cai Feiming got up first at this time, and invited the Dutchman to have a cup of relaxing tea with a smile.To tell the truth, if he was not the only one who could speak Dutch, he would have handed over such unchallenging work to his deputy: knowing the bottom line of the other party's negotiation is really unfulfilling.

The Dutch would never have thought that the plate of beautiful wrought iron flowers on the table in the guest room, and the black stamen stigma inserted in the middle, are actually a wireless microphone—fidelity noise reduction, delicate sound quality, Feng Timo same style.

After drinking a cup of relaxing tea and returning to the negotiating table, the Dutch received a list of needs from Cai Feiming: the first thing on the list was the word "foreign labor" written in Dutch.

Nuiz thought for a while, then whispered a few words to Vander Hagen who was sitting next to him, and then asked cautiously, "Slave?"

"Cough" Cai Feiming coughed a few times, organized his words, and then said with a straight face: "If you insist on expressing it in this way, as a friendly partner, we will not force you to do so based on the principle of mutual respect. side to change the idiomatic expressions."

Nuyz's expression was a little dull. After being in a daze for a minute, he slowly opened his mouth and said with a constipated expression: "I now firmly believe that you are the descendants of ancient nobles in this ancient land in the East, dear Cai. Because only Only such nobles will apply powder on their face when they go out, and they will not forget to apply powder anytime and anywhere, just like those nobles in the Netherlands."

"We thank you for your appreciation." Cai Feiming could only keep a straight face at this time, pretending that he did not understand Nuyzi's irony.

"Oh oh oh, well, let's see the conditions." After finally fighting back against the hypocritical yellow-skinned nobles, Mr. Nuiz was in a good mood at the moment. He clicked on the list with his finger, and then asked: "Slave, well, do these foreign workers have to be adult males? Or can they be both male and female?"

"We only need strong adult males, regardless of skin color and race. Of course, the nationality cannot be from the Ming Dynasty."

"What, regardless of skin color and race?"

Ever since he saw the price of "foreign labor" on the list, Mr. Nuiz, who had always seemed lazy, saw stars flashing in front of his eyes at this moment, as if there was a rushing river of gold passing in front of him.

Nuyz, who worked as a private clerk in Amsterdam, is very clear about the slave trade: by robbing the Portuguese colonies and strongholds in West Africa, the Dutch have established a series of fortresses in West Africa over the years.

Every year, a trading ship departs from Amsterdam, using the goods on board to exchange a large number of slaves from the Dutch Guinea Company and the West India Company, and then transport all the slaves to America.

The boarding price of a black slave in the prime of life is 390 Dutch guilders, which is approximately equal to 100 taels of silver, while the CIF price to America is 2000 Dutch guilders, which is equivalent to 500 taels of silver, and the profit is 600%.This is still the price of "goods" in the early 17th century. What Nuiz doesn't know is that in another 100 years, the above figure will double, and the final profit will reach more than 800%.

Of course, the high cost will also be shared among the above high profits.Under normal circumstances, as long as one of the three slave ships can successfully cross the ocean to reach Virginia, and if no more than two-thirds of the slaves on board die, the slave trader will have a huge profit.

In the list given by the Travelers, the purchase price of each "foreign worker" is indicated, which is very low at first glance: 250 taels of silver per person.

(End of this chapter)