New Shun 1730

From the beginning to the end, Liu Yu did not mention a word about "India".

The most mentioned issue about colonization was the huge islands in the Southern Ocean.

However, in Fazakle's mind, words about India kept pouring out while he was thinking. When considering new growth points under the company's internal and external difficulties, he naturally thought of India, which Liu Yu did not mention at all.

In the context of his subconscious belief in the difference between Liu Yu's "official" and "business" thinking, he pinned the company's future on India.

The East India Company had no interest in the huge islands in the Southern Ocean.

It was precisely because Liu Yu tirelessly explained the difference between Dashun and Britain, and the difference between the government and the company, that Fazakle easily believed some of the things that Liu Yu hinted, instigated, and lured in his words.

Indeed, the company had no interest in the huge islands in the Southern Ocean, or the only "new continent" on the earth.

The company was to make a profit.

That broken place was unprofitable, so what was the use of it?

The Virginia Company, in North America, almost went bankrupt and dissolved several times.

In the end, it was tobacco that saved the Virginia Company. Tobacco cultivation could be sold to Europe and make a profit. The company survived and the population of the Virginia colony increased.

And what use would the company have for the new continent in the Southern Ocean?

Even if the land there was fertile, it would not be profitable to grow tobacco due to the equatorial doldrums, the long distance, and the lack of any civilization to trade with. Not to mention that it seemed that the place was only suitable for growing wheat, cotton and raising sheep.

Before the ginseng trade, the whole of Canada was not as valuable as Haiti.

Similarly, before the tobacco trade, the most fertile land in North America was not as valuable as Macau, not to mention Java, Sulawesi, Banda, and Ambon.

However, for Dashun, it was a priceless treasure.

There was no large population, no native civilization, but a climate with four distinct seasons and lush land with water and grass.

Dashun made so much money every year. Since he had no hobby of collecting gold and silver, where was the most worthwhile thing to spend it on?

The government is not a company.

The purpose of the government spending money cannot be profit.

This makes it easy to understand why Dashun used the opium issue to ask for things like navigation clocks and long-wool sheep.

The logic is very clear.

It is very smooth.

After Liu Yu explained the difference between the government and the company, some inferences were logical.

In addition to this logical reasoning, Liu Yu kept talking about Dashun’s land issues, the land rent issues in the East and the West, and the different land production methods in the East and the West, which constantly hinted to Fazaklai: In fact, collecting taxes is the most profitable.

If the government is considered a company.

Then, the annual salt tax, land tax, and head tax are gross income.

Military expenses, frontier defense, water control, disaster relief, relief, and official salaries are expenditures.

Gross income minus expenditures is profit.

However, the government is not a company, and the company is not the government.

Therefore, companies have higher profits than the government.

Because it can save the cost of frontier defense - in Fazaklai's view, if the British East India Company colonized Dashun, all the frontier regions could be thrown away, leaving only the richest provinces.

It can save the cost of flood control and disaster relief.

It can save the cost of relief.

In this way, if Dashun is a company, its annual profit, if it is fully maximized, can reach tens of millions of taels of silver.

Moreover, this profit is almost unaffected by the market and prices.

If the tax is levied on four officials and six civilians in Japan, that is, a tax rate of 40%.

Then, 100,000 acres of land can collect about 40,000 taels of silver as profit. This is a very high profit, just the land of a few villages.

Especially after Liu Yu talked to him about the land tax policy and tax farming system during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, this idea became clearer.

From the above, it can be rationally inferred that this profit growth point requires the following characteristics.

First, it cannot be a place like North America a hundred years ago, where there is a vast land and few people, and it is impossible to collect taxes.

On the contrary, it must be a place with a sufficient population, a mature tax system, and fertile land and abundant products, so that land taxes can be collected enough.

Second, it cannot be a complete, powerful, centralized country like Dashun that can easily raise 30 million taels of silver to build water conservancy projects.

On the contrary, it must be a country where the centralization of power has collapsed, the combat effectiveness is very poor, and the local areas are scattered and unable to concentrate power.

Third, it cannot be a nation like China, which revolts at every turn. For example, the Chinese sailors rioted and killed the Spanish governor of Luzon, the Java Sugar Factory uprising not long ago, and the current court's road to founding the country was a group of rebellious people.

On the contrary, this ethnic group must be docile and will not resist violently.

To use an old Chinese saying, this is called "following the map to find the horse."

In this kind of follow-the-map thinking, the name of a certain geographical concept seemed to beckon to Fazaklay in his head and said, "Yes! It's me!"

Not only is it me, but it is also a place that makes the British East India Company worthy of its name.

Otherwise, like the Swedish East India Company, how can it be considered an Indian company? It is clearly a Chinese company.

This feeling of destiny made Fazaklai more confident in his judgment.

Later, Liu Yu's "coercion and inducement" made Fazaklai more convinced that he had figured out what was going on with the "opium incident".

At least, he felt that he had figured it out.

After Liu Yu said that the excessive trade surplus between China and Britain was Britain's own problem, he took the opportunity to propose a special trade order.

"Of course, I understand your concerns. You think that China has a strong ability to imitate, and you are worried that after shipping a few goods, China will imitate it itself, and you will not be profitable."

"In this regard, China is of course sincere."

"For example, you can spend enough money to buy patents and a few samples... you know."

As he said, Liu Yu smiled cunningly.

Fazaklai of course understood, meaning the comprador's kickbacks.

Liu Yu slowly stretched out three fingers and said, "Money is not a problem. I also know the situation in the UK. No matter why the law was amended, and no matter whether it is your credit or not. In short, 300,000 pounds, ten samples and patented technologies that have passed the test."

"It's your business how much money you spend to get it done. If we find a private person to do it, it's espionage and it's not easy to succeed."

"After all, you are a British company. How to spend 300,000 pounds and how much is left is your business."

"In view of the problem of your opium trafficking, after all, it is a hand-in-hand deal, not a direct deal by the company, so there is still some 'reason' to be made."

"Should you be expelled for this matter, or The court needs to make a decision, and the government of Li needs to make the final assessment. "

"This matter is quite troublesome. I estimate that it will take ten years, right?"

"I will first report the opium matter truthfully with exaggeration. I can't decide what the final result will be. "

"During this period, I will pay the company 10,000 pounds of funds every year. For a period of ten years. When the goods arrive, I will pay the remaining balance directly. You know, I have the ability to pay."

"In addition..."

Liu Yu took out a booklet from the table and handed it to Fazaklay. There were some special goods that Dashun hoped to buy, smuggle, or persuade the British Parliament to allow exports to Dashun from the East India Company.

The prices of various goods are very high.

These goods are profitable, and this super high price itself is precisely because of the technical protection of the British government.

If administrative control is really relaxed, a few sheep, a few horses, a few drawings, and a few clocks, even if the pendulum is made of gold and the clock case is also made of gold, how much money can they make?

After Fazakley took the booklet, or the list of technical products, Liu Yu made a ten with his fingers.

"Ten years. It takes ten years to fairly, impartially and impartially review the issue of opium responsibility. Of course, once the responsibility is clear, it is not impossible to have other opinions. It is a great virtue to admit mistakes and correct them."

"If the British East India Company can reach these deals within ten years, I think your company's reputation in the Celestial Empire and its image in front of His Majesty the Emperor will be improved. At that time, as long as you don't continue to engage in opium trade and don't engage in some contraband, you can continue to trade."

"Besides, I am still very optimistic about the British market. Maybe one day you will lift tariffs on tea and cotton cloth. . This is also of great benefit to the development of our handicraft industry. "

"You can convey my meaning clearly to the company's senior management. Of course, I will not miss your personal benefits... To put it bluntly, you have been busy in the company this year, and you are exhausted. How much money have you made? After that, the finance department will check and audit, and if things go wrong, they will go to the board of directors and the London court to sue you. "

"If you handle these few orders, even if you buy government bonds with all the money, you can earn more than your salary in the company in your next life by relying on the interest."

Fazaklay nodded happily, but he thought in his heart that the Chinese did not leave us much time.

Ten years...

Within ten years, if the company wants to continue to develop, it must understand that China trade can only be done temporarily, and it can only be guaranteed for ten years. No one can tell what it will be like in ten years.

The company must have a sense of crisis, and must convene a board of directors as soon as possible to change its thinking and open up new profit growth points.

It must be understood that some things that have lasted for a long time are not taken for granted and unchanging.

Times have changed.

If the company fails to grasp the opportunity of this decade, the Chinese will completely strangle the company's fate.

Maybe the Chinese will abandon the company after ten years, or maybe not.

But the company's fate cannot be pinned on the "maybe" of the Chinese. It must be in its own hands and get rid of its dependence on Chinese trade as soon as possible.

Only in this way can the company have the capital to bargain with Dashun. Otherwise, how can it bargain if it is strangled by others?

Of course, the tea tax issue also needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Solving the tea tax issue and increasing the amount of tea purchased can also prompt Dashun to be cautious, which is also a way to grasp its fate.

But in the end, it is better for the company not to have too close contact with China, at least to ensure that even if China really cuts off trade, the company will not collapse instantly like VOC.

"My Lord, I will convey your meaning to the company's board of directors as completely and clearly as possible. And I personally guarantee that the company will try its best to lobby for issues such as export control of technological products and tea tax."

"I am not qualified to see His Majesty, and I also hope that My Lord can make it clear in front of the emperor that the company has realized the mistake of lax supervision and promises not to make such mistakes again."

"As for issues such as human trafficking and missionary work, I can personally guarantee that the company is absolutely not involved. My Lord is very observant and naturally knows that our country has long been separated from the Roman Catholic Church and is definitely not as fanatical as the Catholic Church on the issue of missionary work. As for the issue of human trafficking, the company will not only not participate, but also guarantee that it will not buy Chinese people from any channel. So as not to cause... misunderstanding."

He said it was a misunderstanding, but what he actually meant was an excuse.

Fazakley thought, we still remember the incident in Ceylon, and we will never make the same mistake twice. Not only should we not give you an excuse, but we should also be careful about any increase in the number of people from your ethnic group in our colonies.