After more than 300 years, in the British Museum in London, a booklet named the "Black Report" was collected. Although most of the contents of this booklet were Open to the public, but among the top ten collections of the Great British Museum on the Millennium of the Millennium, it still ranks fourth.
The introduction of the collectible is what it says: this is a historical cultural relic that witnessed the first time that the two major sea empires of the East and West East and West Eastern Eastern in the late 17th century. Since then, the most powerful country in the East and the most powerful country in the West have since Beginning with a column of exchanges, this kind of communication has also promoted the continuous strength of these two countries, thereby guiding the civilization and progress of human beings. But all the origin of this comes from this "Black report ".
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"The place I arrived in Hangzhou is the city of the sky in the Journey of Marco Polo, but if it is not the materials collected in the Philippines, I will definitely think that I am dreaming. This is just in the port of the port. See. But whether it is scale, order, or density, it is undoubtedly the best port city I have ever seen, and there is no one, because whether it is Liverpool, Manchester Chemical, Anterstedin, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid Or Lisbon is not as half as half here. However, the Dutch's business hall is not built here, but another city.
At least more than 50 sailing ships stopped at this pier I stopped here, at least half of which are merchant ships from Europe, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. There are also constant boats mooring in.
This pier has very good facilities, and a huge stone building's trestle bridge is directly connected to the sea. It is estimated that the length will exceed 1,000 feet. It is about thirty to forty feet, and the basic part of the flooding into the sea has at least double the surface width. It is not only a cargo ship with a thousand tons, but also can be stopped by the trestle bridge. And using a large number of cranes. "
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"However, although there are a lot of ships where they are mooring here, they are extremely orderly. They have obvious distinction between the goods, the parpreey, and the freight position. The logo, and provide a warehouse to the businessman. The staff on the shore are also very professional. The division commanders, sailors, lifeguards, medical staff, service staff, transporter, etc. Although the flow of people is very large, it seems to be organized and orderly, and there is no mess.
According to the staff here, there are three docks in this scale in this area, and there are two other are currently under construction.
In the port, all houses are made of stones or bricks, and most of the houses are on the second floor, which are very neat, and the streets are flat and wide. The vehicles are driving around and will not stop each other. At the intersection of the cross road, there are specialized people to direct traffic. Everything respects strict order. Therefore, although there are many vehicles, they are not crowded. "
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"In addition, there are still a certain number of soldiers guarding at the pier. I have observed their soldiers very carefully. From the appearance, this is completely different from the Asian troops I know. They are more like a European army. Their. There are very few armor, which is probably only equivalent to a vest, and the helmet is just a semi -circular. Leaber, but a red pentagram in the hat, I think this should be some of their signs.
However, almost all of the weapons they use are rifles, and there is a short sword about one foot long in the barrel. I have to say that although this improvement is very small, it is very heavy on the battlefield because it makes the rifle soldiers at the same time at the same time. With the ability of the gunmen, we can protect ourselves. We should learn.
Jughaus said that the army's army was basically like this. The rifles they used were all hair guns, and they were farther than the scandal guns in Europe. I am deeply doubtful about Hans' statement, but if the general's army really uses this kind of shot gun that can insert a short sword, then the combat effectiveness should not be despised. "
"The last point is that their customs's tax system. Customs staff will provide a booklet to the businessmen who enter and exit, indicating that the tax rate sheet of tax stores and import and export products here. In violation of the decision to make a penalty later. And in the most conspicuous position of the dock, the tax rate sheet of import and export goods in the month will be hung, which is the same as the booklet. "
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"The customs tax here is divided into two parts. The berth tax and tariffs of the ship's berth and commodities. The ship's berth tax is charged for foreign ships. It also includes ships in other parts of China. It is charged according to the area of the ship's deck. The settlement of the tariff is very detailed. There are different import and export tax rates for about 200 products. The tax rates such as copper ore, iron ore, sulfur, and nitrate cloth are extremely low. Food and log are even duty -free.
There are also some special imported products that can reduce some berth taxes. Horse is one of them, but they designate as long as the Andalusca or Arabia. Under the age of age, you can reduce 20 % of the berth tax. And this horse is not worried about the road of selling here, because the government will acquire all at a very good price. If we establish a trade relationship with them, we may consider it.
The collection of taxes is to require the use of silver with a purity of 90 % of the purity, and it is calculated by weight. If the color is not enough, the price is calculated. There are standard silver samples in the customs. You can also use gold here, but the gold must be calculated as silver in the customs first. The current discount ratio is one to 20. "
"It is worth mentioning that although the customs work involves a large amount of calculations, the staff here is very efficient, because they have a tool to help calculations. With several small straight columns, each small pillar is stringing several small balls, pulling the small ball in a certain way, you can make an algorithm such as an addition, subtraction, multiplication, and other algorithms. , But far more convenient than the use of the arithmetic board. No matter how complicated the calculation formula, the results can be calculated quickly. In fact, they calculate the speed quickly. I can’t see it. "
After stopping the pen, Black stretched a lazy waist, and finally finished writing all the survivors today. To be honest, the scene seen today has indeed brought him a lot of surprises. The contact, but after making him feel like this, but after thinking about it, Black picked up the pen again and continued to write later:
"Today, the responsibility for receiving us is the Father Adam often mentioned by Hans. This is more than 50 veterans of more than 50 years. It has been more than 20 years since he has come to China. Officials, the relationship between Dan and Shang Shang is close, and the other is the official under the general of the general. His responsibility is to manage the staff of the entire customs and other countries. From this power, he must be one A very important official. It can also speak very fluent in Spanish. But the attitude is very kind. It feels like an official with major power, but more like a businessman.
They took us from the customs and sent it to Hangzhou, but when they entered the city, it was very late, so we could not see the city's scenes. We were arranged in the church of Father Adam to rest. The church was very supported by the generals of the Shang Dynasty when the church was built, but the general did not believe in the Lord, but according to Father Adam, one of his wives was a devout Lord, and General Shang Junfa would often be often The wife who accompanied him came to the church to participate in the week. This is indeed a strange phenomenon.
But Father Adam told me another thing made me feel very surprised. It was not all parts of China like Hangzhou, and not all Chinese officials treated the Europeans with a good attitude. Previously, officials who often encountered Catholicism, European people, including all people outside China, rejected officials. They would ask Chinese emperors to expel all Europeans in China and close their own borders and sea because of any abroad. In the past, China did not do this in the past.
I think that for all European countries, it is a huge disaster. In fact, before the merchant General, no country has established a business hall in China.
Judging from the news I collected in the Philippines, most of these situations that Father Adam said should be real, and if everything I see during the day is after the general of the businessman in Hangzhou as the governor, and it was established. Our results, we have to re -evaluate the general general. However, tomorrow, we will be received by the business general. May Meeting tomorrow. ""