The Strait of Malacca is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and the narrowest part is only 40 kilometers. It is the throat connecting the Indian Ocean and the South Ocean. This strait originally belonged to the kingdom of Fushaojia, and Fushaojia has become a trade country with this. The population of Malacca City is

At one time, it reached as many as 100,000 people.

Portugal, which has a foothold in Goa City, India, soon discovered that this was the gateway to the South China Sea. In the sixth year of Yu Zhengde, it opened the door to the Ming Dynasty and established the "Goa-Malacca-Ming-Japan"

golden route.

Now that Portugal has chosen to open Malacca to the Ming Dynasty, this undoubtedly shows a certain sincerity.

"You have made a good plan. If our Ming Dynasty establishes business dealings with Malacca, it will already recognize your status!" Lin Qingran said with contempt as he gently pulled the tea.

"Do you still want to take back Malacca? Are you thinking about fighting each other?" Galenel's face changed immediately and he responded coldly.

He also knew the super status of the Ming Dynasty, and was the sect leader of Manshu. The former Prince of Malacca, Prince Bintang, sent an envoy Muhammad to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming court asked them to return to Malacca.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty court did not send troops to Malacca to expel them except for reprimanding and expelling their missions, but has not yet recognized their status.

Now they have established good trade relations with the Ming Dynasty, and hope that the Ming Dynasty can recognize that they have legally owned Malacca, rather than fighting each other one day.

"If you really want to meet you, do you think I will keep watching you occupy Malacca? Will you have this negotiation with you?" Lin Qingran snorted lightly, and responded coldly.

The geographical location of Malacca is indeed very important. It is the only way for the Ming Dynasty to lead to the Indian Ocean and the only way for the Ming Dynasty to connect to the West, but it is not necessary to seize it.

Nowadays, Lin Weiran does not want to pull his steps too much. With the adventure of the Ming Dynasty involved in the whirlpool of hegemony, it would be better to cooperate with Portugal and concentrate on managing Nanyang and make a fortune in silence.

As long as the Portuguese adhere to the rules and allow the Ming Dynasty to make huge profits. Not to mention taking the initiative to give up a Malacca, even if he helps to legalize Portugal's royal power to the court, this is not impossible.

In Lin Junran's heart, there was not much Confucianism bound. He would not always be hindered by Portugal's bad behavior of seizing the country. The interests of the country and the people were above everything else.

What's more, he is now only the deputy envoy of the Guangdong submission of the sea route, not the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. Many things cannot be implemented according to his governing policy. Even if he regained Malacca from Portugal, this is not necessarily a good thing, but

It may have destroyed the good trade between the Ming Dynasty and the West.

That's right, he would not advocate seizing Malacca, at least he would never do so now.

After listening to Lin Shiran's stern words, Galenel secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his tone was still cold and asked: "What do you want?"

"Our Ming merchant ships can establish commercial transactions with Malacca. I personally recognize your status. But as a condition of exchange, I need Ming merchant ships to obtain the best taxes, only pay 10% of the tariff!" Lin Qingran spat lightly and slapped the tea and put it in a slight manner.

He said the idea.

Galenel was a little surprised by this condition, but his brows frowned slightly, but he could not easily agree to this matter. Malacca has now become their colony, and the largest source of income there is this tariff commission of up to 30%.

Finally, his eyes fell on the priest Carlo. The short and fat Carlo pondered for a while before he said to Lin Xuran: "Mr. Lin, we can agree to your conditions, but you have to allow us to enter Guangzhou City to preach!"

This is the case with negotiations. No one can sacrifice in vain without any demands. They are pursuing the maximization of interests. For Catholics, missionary preaching is undoubtedly above everything else, and it is early for the super city with a population of one million.

I've been coveting for a long time.

Lin Qingran frowned slightly and took a sip of tea seriously. There were needles around him. He let these missionaries enter Guangzhou City to promote it. There were undoubtedly pros and cons. The best result was naturally rejection.

Just when everyone thought they were going to be yellow, they heard Lin Weiran nodding unexpectedly and said, "Yes!"

As soon as these words came, the missionaries, including Carlo, showed bright smiles, which was undoubtedly a brilliant achievement of their Jesus in the East.

Why!

Galenel sighed inwardly. The missionary church seemed to have achieved great results, but it was also gradually trapped in the mud of the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that in the subsequent negotiations, we will still have to be firmly under the devil of the Ming Dynasty.

exploitation.

The two sides soon signed a friendly trade relationship, and Haojing will be fully opened to the Kingdom of Portugal, and the Ming merchant ships obtained the most favorable tariff treatment in Malacca, which is considered to have entered the honeymoon period.

"I heard that you discovered two large silver mines in the New World. I wonder if this is the case?" After signing the contract, Lin Weiran came to Galenell and asked.

Galenel immediately became alert, as if worried that Lin Xunran would snatch the silver mine from them, and immediately said coldly with a stern face: "What do you have to do with you!"

"It doesn't matter much. I just have a batch of good spices in my hand, but I wonder if you are interested?" Lin Weiran was not annoyed and said with a smile.

When Galenell heard this, he disagreed and said: "If it is really a good spice, I can buy them all!"

"This batch of spices is quite a lot, I'm afraid you can't eat them!" Lin Qingran said with a smile, and then said to Yang Chunlai, who had been standing beside him without saying a word: "Mr. Yang, please take Mr. Galenel over and take a look!

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Yang Chunlai responded respectfully to Lin Xuran, then raised his hand to Galenelle and signaled: "Please!"

Galenel looked at Lin Weiran in confusion. He had already had a great understanding of the spices in the Ming Dynasty. They could not produce too many good spices. With his ability, how could he not eat them?

Just looking at Lin Weiran's confident appearance, he finally left with Yang Chunlai, intending to see what was going on.

Lin Weiran watched the two of them leave, but his eyes surged with expectation.

If precious metals weigh the wealth of the world, the real wealth is not in the Ming Dynasty. It is in the distant New World, on the other side of the ocean, where there are a large amount of gold and silver mines.

Adventurous Spain and Portugal have arrived in the New World one after another and have now entered the mining process. A large amount of silver was discovered by them, causing them to go from a barren small country to a powerful country with rich silver.

Lin Weiran launched commercial cooperation with Portugal, with the biggest purpose of establishing a trade in spices and commodities with them, so as to obtain the silver in their hands.

The Ming Dynasty was not a silver producer, but silver became the official currency. This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. Under the premise of tight silver coins, it is very easy to cause poor trade.
Chapter completed!