Lavag Harbour

Today, the crowds of people are surging in Lavag Harbour, and the gongs and drums are beating on both sides of the wharf, which is very lively.

A ship hanging from the Dutch East India Company slowly sailed into the port.

Under the order of Governor Cambhouse, a Dutch East India Company merchant ship traveled from Batavia to Lavag City.

In addition to traveling to Luzon with full load of cargo, this East India merchant ship also assumed the responsibility of communicating with the Ming court.

The merchant ship owner Paulo stepped onto the dock amid the sound of cannons.

What surprised him was that not only were there wise people in the welcome crowd, he even saw many Western faces, and even the banner of the English East India Company.

"I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty was so friendly to our Netherlands merchants. I was so flattered." Surprisingly, Captain Paulo actually knew some Chinese, although a little stiff.

"The Ming court welcomes any businessman who is willing to get along with the Ming people." Wuda smiled and said in Duomo.

"This time, under the order of Governor Cambhouse, we went to Rawag to establish a shopping mall. The 20 shopping malls who accompanied us were already on the dock." Paulo pointed to the Dutchman who was still on the dock behind him and spoke.

"Please rest assured, the mall is located in the most prosperous commercial area in Lavague City, close to the English Store." Uda said.

Since returning from Batavia from the sea, the Ming court has chosen a site to build a Dutch merchant house in Lavag City next to the English Commercial Hall.

It is obvious that the English people are extremely nervous about this. This time, many merchants in the English store also came to the dock to watch.

"O God, our store has only been established for a year. Unexpectedly, the Dutch in Batavia City also came." An English businessman smiled bitterly.

"I have told you that the Han people in Luzon are favored by God. You don't believe it, and they stubbornly think that the Spanish in Manila will make a comeback. Look now, even the Dutch in Batavia are coming." Anderson looked at the English merchants present with disgust.

"I told you all, don't sell goods so expensively, don't waste the Ming Dynasty's favor for our East India Company. Now you see, the Dutch are coming, and I'm afraid these Dutch people will share part of our profits on Luzon again." Anderson said helplessly.

I have to say that Anderson is increasingly impressed by these Ming court officials.

The Dutch merchants actually built a Dutch merchant next to the British merchant. In this way, the British merchants who were originally doing monopoly business had to consider the feelings of the Dutch merchants next to them.

Over the past year, Florence has almost monopolized the wool, spice and sugar business on the Luzon market.

If you can fight the bright sea and the far sea, you will be defeated.

Due to the rapid development of Lavague City, a large number of people poured in, coupled with the arrival of Chinese and foreign merchants from all over the Southeast Asian market, the high-end woolen market has achieved great development.

The East India Company earned a lot of silver, and wiped out the decadence of the past in Luzon.

With a huge merchant fleet, a large amount of sugar, spices, and fruits were transported to Luzon.

It greatly enriched the material needs of the people.

But it also brought a heavy blow to the long-distance ocean trade.

After all, whether it is the merchant fleet or the crew, sailors, including the raw material market, are far inferior to the East India Company.

Cheap Indian low caste laborers on the South Asian subcontinent brought huge cheap labor to East India companies.

With vast land and tropical climate, a large amount of tea, sugar and spices are grown and processed.

A huge merchant fleet and experienced HNA sailors, the crew delivered a large amount of agricultural products to Luzon.

The East India Company proved its dominance in Southeast Asia with facts.

Luzon gave great benefits to East Indian merchants, which also allowed more East Indian merchants who were devastated by the War of the Wolmore Empire to see business opportunities and came to Luzon by boat.

These merchants brought not only money, but also a large number of agricultural products and industrial products, which led to the prosperity of Lavague City.

Of course, the merchants of the East India Company also fulfilled their original promises and brought huge taxes to the Ming court.

And the merchants in the four seas did not get depressed because of the suppression of these East India companies.

Minghaisu Home Textiles defeated the Indian cotton cloth of English merchants with local cotton cloth, and firmly controlled the clothes of Luzon people.

Shanhai used carriages to open up avenues leading to Lavague.

Every day and night, a large number of carriages and carts are loaded with cargo and set off from Lavag City to Mingcheng, Tulaugga and other inland cities.

Uda accompanied Paulo all the way to the just-built Dutch shopping mall.

The rest of the matter will naturally be left to the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

The last trade-related negotiations were all handed over to the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. The Sihai Chamber of Commerce did not disappoint the Ming court's trust. Every trade between British merchants in Luzon has corresponding taxes.

This time, Wuda simply said nothing and looked at the businessmen in front of him to talk.

When it comes to these Western merchants, the most miserable ones are these merchants from all over the world.

Therefore, these red-haired ghosts naturally did not have the same favor as they had treated English merchants as before, and they did not give in to the relevant taxes and argued.

Wuda looked around with interest,

Although today, English merchants still firmly control the high-end market of wool spices and sugar.

But with the arrival of these Dutch merchants, the arrogance of the English merchants on Luzon will also be severely hit.

After all, the Dutch in Batavia also controls a large number of plantations and has a large amount of cheap labor.

Merchant fleets were spread across the South China Sea, and their power was no worse than that of the English.

The sugar and spice market, which were originally monopolized by the English, would also be broken by the arrival of Dutch merchants.

As Ming officials expected, the price of wool, spices, sugar, etc. that flow into the Luzon market within a few days will also be reduced a lot.

This benefited not only from the Ming court, but also from the people of Luzon.

Late at night, everyone left the mall.

It was already the first time when Uda returned to the Governor's Mansion.

"Governor General, you..." When Uda returned to the Governor General's Mansion, he saw the lights in the official hall.

Liu Yu was silent in front of the sea map on the desk.

"Oh, Uda is back." Liu Yu smiled just after seeing Uda.

"How about it, those Dutch people are okay to deal with it." Liu Yu asked.

"Reply to the Governor, the merchants from all over the world are all responsible, and these Dutch merchants are not as aggressive as the Englishmen." Uda smiled.
Chapter completed!