Inside the Dutch trading house.The Dutchman was led by the East India Company, Fernando, the senior commercial officer of the Taiwan Council, who was very clear about Mousse's plan, and the Taiwan East India Company also agreed to Mousse's plan.The Dutch will rely on the advantages of the channel to suppress the price of Huaxing's silk fabrics, and finally gain pricing power.This is like some unscrupulous businessmen, in the ripening season of agricultural products, deliberately lower the price, and the common people have no way, they can't sell it, things will rot, and they can only sell to merchants at a low level, while merchants sell to those who need it at a higher price.Farmers cannot sell the products they need directly to those who need them, and if it is good for multiple middlemen to compete, they are afraid of forming a monopoly or colluding with multiple businessmen.In the process, neither the toiling people nor the last customers benefited from it, and the benefits were taken away by these hateful middlemen.Although the cloth produced is not an agricultural product and can be stored for a long time, it is not possible to support the purchase of raw materials that require silver, and the production of workshops also requires silver.If the goods cannot be sold for a long time, Huaxing Company's funds will dry up, and in order to pay for raw materials and wages for employees, it can only sell goods at low prices, and then the Dutch will be able to obtain pricing power when the goal is achieved.The same tactics have been used many times by the Dutch, as they have done in the South Seas, when buying spices in the South Seas, and will try to keep the price as low as possible to ensure that they can get the maximum profit.After listening to Fernando's words, everyone discussed for a while, and a businessman said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, it is said that Huaxing Company is going to hold an expo in Tamsui, Taiwan, and invited Spaniards and Portuguese, as well as Nanyang maritime merchants, obviously to let Spain and Portugal compete with the company.If you add the price of raw silk and cloth in Japan, the company will be very passive!
”When Fernando heard this, he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't expect that the Chinese were still more difficult.Nagasaki, in the Kaga Palace, Wang Jiaqin, Zhou Hezhi, Chen Yonghua and others are discussing."
Mr.
Wang, after the price of raw silk increased, the price of Japanese cloth doubled, and the Dutch did not purchase Japanese cloth."
Chen Yonghua reported.Wang Jiaqin nodded, "In this case, the price of raw silk will remain at one hundred and twenty taels!"
”The goal of Huaxing Company is only to increase the cost of the Japanese silk weaving industry, the price of raw silk is too high, and it is not a good thing for Huaxing Company to eat it by itself and no one to take over.If the Dutch eat Japanese cloth, Huaxing Company still has an opponent, but now that the Dutch do not accept the call, there is no need to make the price too high.The price of one hundred and twenty taels is enough to prompt the Japanese feudal clans to produce silk.Zhou Hezhi asked, "What is the situation of those Japanese workshops?"
”Chen Yonghua smiled: "The price of raw materials has risen, and the cloth cannot be sold, and many workshops have been shut down and bankrupt, or changed to raw silk workshops. ”Wang Jiaqin nodded, Huaxing company needs textile raw materials, and the company has no raw material supply, Japan gave up the silk weaving industry, relatively high technical content of weaving, jacquard, printing and dyeing and other industries, specializing in the production of raw materials, to become a raw material supply base, in line with the interests of Huaxing company."
In this case, it is possible to purchase the weaving workshops of the Japanese country, transport all the looms back to Taiwan, or destroy them."
Wang Jiaqin commanded in a deep voice.Chen Yonghua nodded, but at this time, a warrior of the Japanese Kingdom suddenly walked in and whispered in Chen Yonghua's ear.Seeing this, Wang Jiaqin couldn't help asking, "Chen Shangshang, what's the matter?"
”Chen Yonghua waved his hand for the samurai to retreat, and said in a deep voice: "Mr.
Wang, there is news that the Dutch have sent an envoy to Edo to meet the head of the Tokugawa family. ”Wang Jiaqin realized that something was wrong, and frowned: "What are the consequences of this?"
”Zhou Hezhi said in a deep voice: "In those days, the Japanese Kingdom originally had trade contacts with Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, but later the Dutch instigated the relationship between Spain, Portugal and the Japanese Kingdom in order to monopolize the trade with the Japanese State, pointing out that the two Yi supported the Catholic rebellion in the Japanese Kingdom and intended to overthrow the Edo Shogunate, so that the Shogunate finally broke off contact with Spain and Portugal.The Dutch should know what we are up to, and they are likely to do the same thing, sowing discord between us and the shogunate, and using it against us. ”Chen Yonghua bowed his head and said: "General Zhou's worries are reasonable, after all, we have disrupted the silk industry of the Wa Kingdom this time, and many workshop owners have gone bankrupt, if the shogunate knows about it, I am afraid it will not care." ”Wang Jiaqin frowned, "Just in case, let the merchants transport the purchased raw silk to Nagasaki Port as soon as possible, and then load it back to Taiwan."
In addition, if Chen Shang has anything to do with it, can you arrange for us to visit the top management of the shogunate. ”Chen Yonghua nodded and groaned, "I'll think of a way." ”At that moment, several people dispersed and went to prepare.In order to prevent the shogunate from taking action and the goods were seized, Ming Dynasty merchants in Japan got the news and hurriedly transferred the purchased goods to the port of Nagasaki, and then loaded them on ships and shipped away.At the end of October, on the edge of the Nagasaki dock, Wang Jiaqin and others watched the coolies and carried the goods onto the Fukufu.Chen Yonghua had some anxiety on his face, and from time to time he turned his head and ordered his subordinates to urge the coolies to hurry up, and then explained to Wang Jiaqin: "Sir, the daimyo in the Wa Kingdom were divided, and the orders of the shogunate were transmitted to the various domains, and the process was very slow to be carried out by the orders of the various domains.However, the port of Nagasaki was under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate, and the shogunate was in charge, and the shogunate ordered it to be executed immediately. ”Wang Jiaqin asked with a calm face: "Have the Dutch already said that the shogunate has been moved?"
”"If it's just the Dutch, then it's okay to say, the key is that many of the workshop owners are behind the daimyo and gate lords of the Wa Kingdom, we let them go bankrupt, and they are also dissatisfied with us, so the shogunate will most likely investigate us!"
Chen Yonghua said in a deep voice.Wang Jiaqin heard this, "Then let's speed up and go to sea as soon as possible!"
”After all, this is Japan, and Japan is not a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and the influence of the Ming Dynasty is not enough, so Wang Jiaqin is still more careful.As he was talking, a group of Japanese light-footed samurai with the Tokugawa family crest and flag on their backs and iron cannons in their hands came running.The first person was Kato Taka who had some intersections with everyone, he was wearing a samurai uniform and walked over with a sword in his waist, and after seeing a few people, he still nodded politely and bowed, "Wang Sang, Zhou Sang, the shogunate has an order, and your fleet cannot leave Nagasaki for the time being!"
”Wang Jiaqin, Zhou Hezhi and the others changed their expressions, and Zhou Hezhi hurriedly said: "Kato-kun, we are legal businessmen in Daming."
Why is this the shogunate?
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