Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 985 Southeast Asia Company

The transfer procedures of these land deeds were forged by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and among the retained clerks of the state and county government offices, there were a number of masters who made fake documents and fake land deeds.After the forgery was sent to Guangdong, Lin Baiguang's staff arranged several people to pretend to be "original landlords" to go to the county government offices to go through the formal transfer procedures.The local government generally knew what was going on, and most of them turned a blind eye. Anyway, these lands are already unowned. Collect taxes and personal favors.

Although some people proposed to let the local agent become a "landlord", and then come forward to collect rent.However, the Foreign Intelligence Agency believes that it is not easy to arrange these local agents, and it is not appropriate to let them make a high-profile appearance prematurely.In addition, this matter will inevitably cause certain civil conflicts and cause some adverse effects. It is better to use a protective mask that can be discarded at any time.

The appearance of Wan/Sheng/ destroyed many local farmers’ dreams of owning land—it has been almost a year since the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, and these fields have been planted with grain as unclaimed land, and it seems that the autumn harvest is about to come. The sudden appearance of "landlords" caught the temporary "owners" of these lands by surprise.

Without title deeds, it means that there is no land ownership, and it also means that there is no formal tenancy relationship. It is "illegal" for farmers to open up wasteland and cultivate land on it. Landlords can drive them away unceremoniously and monopolize the harvest. All the hard work and investment is tantamount to wasting—it is useless even to sue the government.

However, the sudden appearance of the "rental store" is not too ugly-after all, the land still needs to be cultivated, and the Tiandihui has not yet had the energy to manage it here in Guangdong; and the reputation of the Australians cannot be stigmatized.So their request is very simple, the two parties sign a supplementary lease contract, and share in half.Land rent and tax are borne by the landlord.

Such conditions are not superior, but compared to farmers who might have worked in vain for a year, it is not a bad result.I reluctantly accepted it.

But on the whole, whether it is the collection of reasonable burden or the rent collection of Wan/Shengzuzhan, the food that can be obtained is quite limited.

Out of the consideration of buying people's hearts during the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, the reasonable burden of extortion was relatively light. Except for a few villages and towns with fierce resistance, many of them were symbolic.Even those villages and towns that are taxed with a larger burden still have a lower quota out of the idea of ​​"not harming the poor".

"...We have calculated that these two incomes can accumulatively collect about [-] shi, and there are also cash crops and cash that can be converted into about [-] taels." Guo Yi said, "Not yet collected, but the figures There won't be much difference."

"Not enough," Skade commented.

"Of course it's not enough, so does the Planning Institute have any idea about purchasing food?"

There is plenty of grain on the market, according to the figures provided by Lin Baiguang: If the purchase is open, it is no problem to get 40 million shi of grain.The bottom line, of course, is to have silver.

Even if you buy 20 shi, you will get 15 taels of silver according to the current market, and with the development of the acquisition, the price of rice will continue to rise.Despite the supplement of summer grain and the price reduction factors of the upcoming fall of autumn grain, the overall price will still rise.The final average purchase price may reach a tael per stone.

It is obviously impossible for the Chief Financial Officer to come up with such a large sum of money.So at the beginning, the Planning Institute was hesitant about whether to purchase grain in cash—hoping that the Dutch would bring cheaper grain from Southeast Asia.However, the Dutch generally do not send ships to the coastal areas of China due to the impact of typhoons before the end of summer.

As for the business group sent to Southeast Asia, it is entirely of an exploratory nature.To purchase a large amount of grain, it is necessary to have a sound local business network in the reproducing area.Whether there is such a cooperative business network in Southeast Asia, everyone has no idea-although the historical data researchers of the large library insisted that there is.

If you have to wait until after the end of summer and the start of the engine operation, the time seems to be quite hasty.The Joint Logistics Headquarters in Hong Kong sent a forecast of the food supply situation for the next 12 months, pointing out that the current food reserves in Hong Kong are still at the warning level.

"So Ade has made up his mind this time, and he still wants to buy grain locally." Skaide said, "The plan is to buy [-] shi of grain now."

The Planning Institute issued instructions to the grain Guangdong working group to "small batches and multiple batches" to avoid buying too much grain in large quantities at one time so as not to cause the market price to rise too quickly.

"What about the payment? Where does it come from?" Guo Yi is very concerned about this. The companies under Guangzhou Station and Guangzhou Station itself have accounts in Delong, and the accounts are not small-but most of the money is very expensive. It's not easy to get 10 taels of silver out of the payment.

Skelder said, "A loan from Deron."

Specifically: the acquisition funds were borrowed from Delong Guangzhou Branch in the name of Dachang.Dachang used the purchased grain as collateral to borrow 10 taels of silver from Delong Guangzhou Branch for a period of six months.

Now that Delong's branch in Guangzhou has been officially in operation, it is a matter of course to use the deposits it absorbs for turnover-if it depends entirely on the appropriation from the Finance Director's Department, it will be difficult to maintain it with the current extremely tight money.At this time, Deron's credit role is reflected.

This is tantamount to borrowing money from rich households in Guangdong to buy food.However, this is different from ordinary credit.The purchased grain is actually consumed by the Senate itself: Dachang is actually just a name, and it is impossible for Dachang to repay the principal and interest by making profits through the grain trade itself.As the ultimate debtor, the Planning Institute will use Lingao's industrial products or entrepot trade products to repay the loan.

This arrangement is based on the premise that Lingao's sales of manufactured goods can meet this additional demand.It means that in the next six months, Lingao will provide an additional industrial product worth 10 taels, while Guangzhou Station will sell an additional 10 taels of silver.Therefore, Guo Yi is very worried about the future repayment issue: Although Delong and Dachang are in a left-handed relationship, the deposits absorbed by Delong are actually obtained from Guangzhou.Once there is a little problem in the production and sales links, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction.

Guo Yi knew very well that the Planning Institute could not pin its hopes on the manpower it brought back—the population of more than 80 people would not be able to change the output value at once, and could at most be used for road construction and other unskilled manual labor.Their abacus is nothing more than the spoils they got from Shandong and Jeju.Especially the trophies of Dengzhou.It is said that [-] taels of salary are consumed in Dengzhou every year.Over the years, military pay, public and private expenses, and businessmen's trafficking, the public and private wealth accumulated in the local area will not be a small number.Back then, Kong Youde plundered a lot of spoils when he traveled across Denglai.As for Jeju Island, it should be able to squeeze out some oil and water to some extent-there are many local cattle and horses, which is also a very good wealth.

Two large Guangzhou ships with the Qixing flag flying the Qixing flag and looking slightly weird are sailing on the sea.It is weird because the mast of this ship is equipped with a slanted sail that was not found on Chinese sailing ships-this kind of sail did not exist on European ships at that time, and it did not appear until the 18th century.The addition of this system to the traditional Chinese-style hard sail is the latest improvement of the Senate Shipyard.

These two Guangzhou ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons are all made of iron wood and are very strong.They were originally pirate ships owned by Zhucai veterans. After defecting to Lingao, because the original owner wanted to keep the ship, they were incorporated into the fleet of the Southeast Asian company as an investment.

It is said that the merchant fleet of the Southeast Asian company is actually mostly used as a transport ship under the command of the navy in the coastal waters, and there are only a handful of times when it is engaged in ocean-going trade. For safety, reputation and financial considerations, the Southeast Asian company established by the Senate Sailings to the Philippines, Moluccas, Siam, etc. are only done once a year.Its main purpose is not so much to conduct trade, but rather to maintain trade networks and seek business information.

Since it is a merchant ship, it is relatively simple for Lingao Shipyard to transform the ships of Southeast Asian companies. The main improvement is the installation of the steering wheel system. There is not much change in the structure, and there are not too many artillery and weapons installed.Only two 68-pound Caron guns were installed for self-defense.Although this is the company's merchant ship, according to the relevant laws of the Senate, the sailors of all ships at sea are under the jurisdiction of the navy and can be recruited to join the war at any time.

On the poop of one of the larger ships, at the helmsman stands a senator in civilian clothes.He was talking to a European next to him.Standing next to John Quark was Ping Qiusheng - a veteran who graduated from medical majors, has first-class construction engineer qualifications in municipal and electromechanical majors, and is a practicing accountant. After D-Day, he has been working in the Planning Institute, using his knowledge of East Asian history to carry out a series of planning. This is the first time he really came out of the mountain.

Elder Ping has always wanted to manage Japan—this is what he proposed on his own initiative: he can speak Japanese, has researched Japanese history and culture, and sometimes half-truthfully claims to be a descendant of the Heike family.But Japan is not currently the main target of the Planning Institute.Instead, the staff officers in Southeast Asia called for him to go.But he didn't want to go to Southeast Asia: it was too hot.But he has no choice. There is no more suitable person than him for this investigation. First, he came to understand the situation of Southeast Asia in the early [-]th century. Whether it is surveying or expanding the market is the best choice.

(End of this chapter)