Chapter 1557 Ambitious

In the South China Sea Trade Alliance, the dominant country is naturally Haihan, which has the largest trade volume. And a considerable proportion of the trade content between various countries and Haihan is re-export trade through ports under Haihan's control. The real trade objects

In fact, it is the Ming Dynasty. Especially Western countries like the Netherlands and Portugal, most of the goods they can provide can be produced by Haihan themselves. They can only obtain comparison by selling these goods to the Ming Dynasty through Haihan's trade channels.

Huge profits. And the various porcelain, textiles, tea and other commodities produced by the Ming Dynasty can only be purchased in these countries through the trade center established by Haihan.

In the past, Haihan's control over the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty was only concentrated in parts of the southeastern coast, and his control over maritime trade channels was not enough to control other countries. However, now Haihan has basically completed control of the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas from south to north.

Especially in the most prosperous areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, almost all maritime trade was under the direct control of Haihan, and the Ming Dynasty officials had already recognized the status quo by building transportation and commerce. At this time, Haihan had to set some conditions in exchange for South China Sea trade.

Obedience from alliance member states is much easier than before.

Haihan's comprehensive control over the Ming Dynasty's maritime import and export trade can be said to be a very powerful trade method, because it affects not only the Ming Dynasty, but also many countries in Southeast Asia and even the West. The new plan that Schneider is currently proposing

, is to require the countries of the South China Sea Trade Alliance to unify trade standards as soon as possible, and most of the content of this standard comes from the recent trade agreement between the Ming Dynasty and Haihan.

To be precise, many industry standards and related regulations in this trade agreement were actually formulated by Haihan. This is one of the reasons why Shi Diwen met intensively with local industry leaders in Zhejiang some time ago. Schneider believes that these

The trade standards negotiated with Ming Dynasty can also be used to change the current situation of the South China Sea Trade Alliance. After all, many orders from Southeast Asia are actually handled by Haihan and transferred to Ming Dynasty for completion. If Ming, Haihan, and Nanhai can be

By unifying the trade standards of the trade alliance, trade barriers can be effectively eliminated, and Haihan can guide these trading partner countries to accept the new rules of the game.

Schneider believes that the weight of Haihan and the Ming Dynasty should be enough to influence the decision-making of these countries, especially the two Western countries of the Netherlands and Portugal. They basically have a rigid need for some of the high-end commodities produced by the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot use force or other means.

To break Haihan's monopoly on Ming Dynasty maritime trade, the only way left was to accept Haihan's arrangement.

So Schneider quickly summoned Thomas, the Portuguese envoy to Sanya, and Su Keyi, the Dutch envoy to Sanya, to explain to them the current situation and Haihan's new concept of international trade in the Far East.

For these two countries, Haihan is really a country that they love, hate and fear. The trade process with Haihan is actually very pleasant. The business reputation and settlement speed of Haihan people are almost impeccable.

It is much more comfortable than other countries they deal with in the Far East. But at the same time, Haihan is also their strongest competitor in the Far East. All commercial routes in the waters north of the Indochina Peninsula are under the control of Haihan, and trade with the Ming Dynasty must also be

Through Haihan, if possible, they would prefer to use their best method to remove this stumbling block.

But they have made this attempt many times, but it always only results in failure, and every failure will make them realize that the gap in military strength between the two sides is insurmountable. Later, they saw with their own eyes what Haihan was.

How could they defeat the arrogant Spanish fleet, and the resentment slowly turned into happiness. Yes, Haihan is not regarded as an opponent, but as a trading partner. This is probably considered a problem for Western colonial countries like them.

The greatest luck in the Far East.

Regarding the "trade standards" proposed by Schneider, they actually knew that this was a repeat of the same old tune. Haihan had already started to formulate international trade standards two or three years ago, and since then his ambitions have been revealed.

Big. But for countries like Portugal and the Netherlands, agreeing with Haihan's standards actually denies the possibility of becoming a controller in this region in the future. So even though Haihan has made many requests on this issue

, Portugal and the Netherlands have always adopted delaying tactics. They promised well in words, but in every possible way they shied away from the implementation and would not implement it in accordance with the standards led by Haihan.

Portugal and the Netherlands have a much clearer understanding of the international situation than the Ming Dynasty. Unless all countries in the region can join forces to deal with Haihan, and do not hesitate to launch a large-scale war that may last for several years, Haihan will become the dominant player in the Far East.

It is basically irrepressible. But the possibility of forming such a military alliance is probably less than that of Haihan disappearing from this world, so no one will be stupid enough to actually try to organize such an alliance to deal with Haihan.

The only more feasible strategy is to slow down Haihan's expansion and development, and try to prevent the gap in strength between the two parties from further widening. To prevent Haihan from unifying international trade standards under its established framework through non-cooperation, it will be convenient.

This is the main method currently available to Portugal and the Netherlands.

This trick can be said to be quite simple and practical. Both Portugal and the Netherlands will express their approval and support for Haihan's proposal, but they will cause obstacles in the implementation, either overtly or covertly, so that Haihan's method cannot be implemented properly. Even if Haihan is here

Even though we know clearly that this is because they are not cooperating, it is difficult to impose sanctions on them. After all, we are still partners on the surface, and it is not worth it to tear our faces for these dirty things behind the scenes.

But the premise for the feasibility of this operation is that Haihan has no decisive means to restrain the two countries. No matter how much everyone curses in their hearts, they still have to continue doing business happily on the surface. But now this balance has been changed by Ming and Haihan.

Destroyed by the construction of transportation and commerce, the former smuggling trade will now be legalized, and Haihan has almost unilaterally taken control of the initiative. Schneider has made it clear to them that in the future, all trade between Portugal and the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty must comply with the maritime regulations.

The trade agreements signed between the Han and Daming dynasties were carried out according to the regulations, which means that the trade standards set by Hai and Han that they have been delaying for the past two years may not be able to circumvent this time.

Thomas and Su Keyi did not doubt the authenticity of the news that Haihan and Daming built a transportation business. They believed that the Haihan people would not joke about such a big matter, and the Haihan people never disdained to use fraudulent means in trade. But they also

Because of this, they immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Schneider directly summoned them to announce the matter. It was no longer to discuss an implementation process timetable with them as before, but to inform them of the result.

"You two, we have known each other for a long time, so there is no need to say some polite words to spy on each other. Let's get straight to the point. From now on, the trade exchanges between Portugal, the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty must fully comply with this

The trade agreement formulated by the Ming Dynasty is a common requirement between our country and Ming Dynasty." Schneider said very firmly: "If you two want to ask whether there is room for bargaining or an implementation timetable, my answer is...no."

"Completely leaving no room for maneuver?" Thomas asked with a shrug. Although after hearing Schneider's tone, he no longer had any hope, he still asked subconsciously.

"This is for the common benefit of everyone. I guarantee that all countries participating in the trade will benefit from it, and the sooner it is implemented, the greater the benefits will be." Schneider's attitude is still very firm, and at the same time he does not forget to use some preferential conditions to appease the person sitting opposite him.

Negotiating opponent. Of course, with Haihan already having the clear upper hand, he will not give any specific preferential policies. If the other party is still unwilling to submit, then subsequent trade punishment measures are no joke.

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"Isn't your country worried that this rough approach will offend its trading partners?" Su Keyi took another approach to question Schneider's decision.

"I believe that our country's true partners will naturally understand and cooperate with our work. I have already said that this will not harm the interests of participating countries, but will only provide more convenience." Schneider is so experienced that he will not be fooled at all.

Su Keyi tried to push him away with words, but continued to use words to manipulate the other party - if he still doesn't cooperate, then he is not a "real partner", and don't say that he doesn't take care of your feelings when the time comes.

Schneider has extremely powerful conditions in his hands this time, and naturally he is not willing to give in at all. If these two countries still insist on their past attitudes, then Schneider will make a big move. He has already obtained the Executive Committee

The authorization can initiate trade sanctions when the situation warrants, that is, partially suspend the trade projects between these two countries and the Ming Dynasty, and the highest level is to completely block their trade with the Ming Dynasty until the conditions proposed by Haihan are met.

The special method of trade sanctions has actually been written into the agreement as early as the establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance, but no country has ever used this method in bilateral trade. Even Haihan has used this method.

Qualifications, but do not want to cause a lose-lose outcome. But now that the objective conditions needed for Haihan to control international trade have been fully formed, Haihan can use extremely simple means to control Portugal and the Netherlands, so Schneider will naturally not hesitate

Such extreme measures were adopted.

However, even in the current atmosphere, Schneider still did not take the initiative to mention the word "trade sanctions", but continued to use words to hint to the ministers of the two countries. Haihan did not rule out using some more extreme means to achieve the goal if necessary.

Purpose.

For the ministers of these two countries, the current situation is indeed quite embarrassing. Although Portugal and the Netherlands have ports in Macau, Guangdong and Danyuan, Taiwan, their trade with the Ming Dynasty has to be restricted by Haihan. Especially north of the Fujian Strait

In the sea area, Portuguese and Dutch merchant ships can only dock at the ports specified by Haihan. From now on, all trade contents must be registered with Haihan before being allowed to trade with Ming merchants. If Haihan wants to give

Whoever wears small shoes is really just a matter of words.

Thomas and Su Keyi looked at each other, and they could see obvious helplessness in each other's eyes. It seemed that ever since they came to Sanya, Minister Haihan, they had never gained an upper hand in various negotiations with Haihan, and this

It will probably be another frustrating experience in their careers.

It is quite uncomfortable to feel controlled by others, especially the Portuguese and Dutch maritime powers, which have almost achieved global colonization, but have to suffer in the Far East. Su Keyi himself is a descendant of Chinese who grew up in Batavia, and he is very fond of the Dutch.

I haven't really experienced how powerful it is, so that's fine. But Thomas is a real Portuguese, and he knows very well how terrible this kind of strength suppression is. Before that, only Spain could do this. But think about the Spaniards in the South China Sea.

Thomas suddenly felt that he had nothing to complain about. The threat of trade sanctions was much lighter than the military strike.

"Well, I think there should be full mutual trust between partners. I have always admired your country's business methods. I believe you will not let me down this time, right?" Thomas took the lead in expressing compromise.

.In fact, he did not have a choice. Schneider did not leave rejection as an option to them at all.

"Your decision is very wise." Schneider nodded slightly to Thomas. Although this was the result he expected, he was still somewhat proud of being able to defeat his opponent with just a verbal exchange.

Schneider then turned his eyes to Su Keyi, waiting for him to make a statement. Compared with the Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company was obviously more difficult to deal with, and the grudge with Haihan was deeper in the past, and now it is more competitive. Although Su Keyi is Chinese,

But his position was completely on the side of the Dutch, so Schneider did not expect him to make a rash decision that was not beneficial to the East India Company because of his closeness to Heyhan.

"What did Mr. Su say?" Seeing that Su Keyi had not spoken for a long time, Schneider couldn't help but urge him.

Thomas has already entered a state of watching the show. The competitive relationship between Portugal and the Netherlands is more direct. Even if his personal relationship with Su Keyi is okay, from his standpoint, of course he would like Haihan to fall out with the Netherlands and then terminate the Netherlands' involvement in Anglia.

All trade activities in the area north of the island were blocked, leaving this huge market for Portugal to operate. However, he would not deliberately use words to provoke conflict between the two families. Playing this clever trick in front of the extremely shrewd Schneider had great results.

It might just be counterproductive.

Su Keyi sighed and said helplessly: "I can agree to your country's conditions, but I also have conditions to raise."
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