Similarly, the contradiction between the Dutch and the Portuguese is also huge!

Not all countries can want to engage in open trade like the Chu Empire!

The Dutch, Portuguese, British and Spanish were still in their early stages of colonial management, aiming to monopolize the profits of trade itself.

Under such circumstances, even if the Chu Empire tried to allow them to open their ports under a fair trade model, the restrictions would still be relatively large.

Whether it is the Dutch, the Portuguese or the British, although their colonies in India are also open to the merchant ships of the Chu Empire, they are only limited to a few special ports, and after the goods are shipped, they cannot be exchanged with other

For the company to trade, it must trade with the local East India Companies of various countries.

Well, speaking of it, I have to mention the East India Company in various countries.

Today, there are four East India companies active in India and Southeast Asia, namely the British East India Company, the Portuguese East India Company, the Dutch East India Company, and the Danish East India Company.

As for the Spaniards, they did not engage in the East India Company. They directly engaged in official trade, and their treasure ships on the global route directly belonged to the Spanish officialdom.

Generally speaking, in fact, the trade between these countries and the Chu Empire was carried out by the East India Company or official forces.

Countries do not have a large number of private trading companies participating in it like the Chu Empire.

However, many small countries in Southeast Asia, and even countries in India, West Asia and other places, will have some private ships to trade with the Chu Empire.

This kind of trading environment is very different from that of later generations!

In particular, the competition between countries is full of gunpowder. Although it is not a direct confrontation, it is very common to scrape off the pirate flag and shoot it directly.

This also made it more dangerous for the ships of the Chu Empire to go to some remote, unprotected routes in the Southeast Asian region or to trade with India.

In the past, the only three powerful trading companies that had the ability to travel unimpeded were the three powerful trading companies, but now, Liu Jiaquan also wants to participate.

The premise is that there must be at least one large new sea-going ship!

Not only do you need to load more cargo, but you also need to carry more crew members and more artillery to protect yourself during the dangerous voyage and discourage the plundering attempts of real or fake pirates.

Currently, in the Chu Empire, only the two royal naval shipyards, Songjiang Naval Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard, and the newly-emerged Li Shipyard can provide such large new sea-going ships.

Liu Jiaquan does not think that the Luohua Shipyard that suddenly appeared can provide such ships.

But since the other party came to the door and said the word "new type of sea-going ship", Liu Jiaquan would not just leave without saying a word.

So he said: "What I want is a new sea-going ship that can carry at least a thousand tons of cargo. Can you build one?"

However, what the Liu family did not expect was that this middle-aged scribe said with an extremely certain tone: "We can!"

The Liu family listened, not surprised, but laughed: "If you can build such a new type of large-scale ship, how can you be here to keep customers!"

Then he said with a serious face: "If you can really build this kind of new sea-going ship, orders from the three major trading companies have already been piled on your desk. How could you come to me!"

The middle-aged scribe listened to his ridicule, but he didn't feel angry or ashamed at all. Instead, he said: "Because our shipyard has not been built yet, they will naturally not place an order in advance!"

When Liu Jiaquan heard this, he didn't want to say anything. He hadn't even built a shipyard yet, and then you came to sell him. What if you want nothing?

The middle-aged scribe immediately pulled out a document and said: "It's normal for everyone to have doubts, but our Luohua Shipyard really has the technical capabilities to build this kind of new thousand-ton ship!"

"Our Luohua Shipyard was built independently from the Songjiang Naval Shipyard. The core shipbuilding team has more than 30 people. Not to mention new sea-going ships, even large warships have been built!"

"In addition to the technical team, we are also recruiting a large number of ordinary workers, and we have also entrusted relationships to order a large amount of equipment. The shipyard is scheduled to be located at the mouth of the Liaohe River, where there is a large amount of cheap wood."

"All our preparations are in place, now we just need to start the order!"

Everyone in the Liu family was even more speechless when they heard this. Well, they really want nothing to show for it.

When you start an order, you can tell from the name that you want to make a deposit first, and then ask them to build the ship after they build the shipyard.

In the past few years, the industrial and commercial environment has exploded, and there are countless similar deception methods. Liu Jiaquan is not a three-year-old child, so naturally he will not believe it easily.

Not to mention the total price of a thousand-ton armed merchant ship, the upfront deposit alone costs tens of thousands!

There is no visible and tangible shipyard, and there is not enough guarantee. You only need tens of thousands of taels of silver as a deposit.

It’s tens of thousands taels. The total income of ordinary people in ten lifetimes is not that much!

After the middle-aged scribe talked a lot, he took out a document bag and handed it to Liu Jiaquan: "I know that your company is a powerful trading company. It is precisely because of this that I came here to find you, because you are the only one."

Only then can we have the strength and the large-scale ships that require thousands of tons!"

"This is our information, Brother Liu might as well take a look!"

"In addition, based on the current shipbuilding industry in the empire, our Luohua Shipyard is the second private shipyard capable of building new large-scale ships of 1,000 tons, and a third one will appear in a short period of time!"

"Because there are only so many top teams in the shipbuilding industry. The team at Lee's Shipyard was recruited from Lee's Shipyard, and our team came from Songjiang Naval Shipyard. In a short period of time, the outside world will not appear

The third team!"

Liu Jiaquan finished the document bag and did not read it on the spot. He just nodded slightly and said, "I will read it later!"

Then he said goodbye and left.

Regardless of whether he is a liar or a fanciful person, there is no need to be too harsh with his words. Liu Jiaquan himself will not lose a hair anyway.

And watching the Liu family leave, the middle-aged scribe also sighed a little!

Starting a business is really difficult!
Chapter completed!