Yin Feng looked around the crowd and saw that everyone was looking at him, and continued: "These Westerners are different from us Chinese businessmen. If they can't do business with us, they will use swords and guns to rob and rob. On this point, you
For those of you who have never been to Luzon, you may not feel it well."
Huang Cheng nodded and said: "These Western barbarians are indeed pirates sometimes!"
Yin Feng said: "So, if we Chinese businessmen want to make more money, and if we want these Westerners to do business in a decent manner, we must let them see our power. What our Huaxing Alliance has done these days is
Demonstrating for the Red Mao barbarians."
Some businessmen shook their heads and said, "How can we compare to the power of the Western barbarians? Unless the government can send troops to conquer, what can we humble people do?"
Yin Feng shook his head: "You were wrong. Didn't we just defeat them now?"
"That's just a fluke. If the red-haired barbarians keep sending troops to fight, what should you do?" Huang Cheng also shook his head.
Yin Feng thought proudly: Who else here knows more about Dutch history than me?
"There are only one million people in the country, and their businesses are spread all over the world. There are no more than a thousand Hongmao people in the Nanyang area around China. They need to deal with the Nanyang princes, the Macau Francois, and the Luzon relationship.
The Greeks; their hometown in Europe are still at war with neighboring countries, and the war has been going on for more than 50 years."
Although a group of big businessmen are engaged in foreign trade, their knowledge of the Hongmao Yi, except that they came from a certain place with the Folangji people, is almost zero. Therefore, most of them were confused when they heard what Yin Feng said.
Confused and doubtful.
"The biggest enemy of the Red Mao Yi is their former sovereign state, the Qianla people. In this way, our Chinese company actually has a common enemy with them!"
Yin Feng looked at the expressions of these people and knew that they were dubious. Yin Feng sneered secretly in his heart, how could he survive in the Age of Discovery if he did not understand the general trend of the world? In this era, the entire Chinese people in the Ming Dynasty could completely understand the red-haired
The details of the Yi and the French people, the Rats and other Westerners are almost rare. During the more than 100 years of Sino-Western cultural exchanges in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, more than a thousand Westerners came to China, and those who could really go to the West
Except for Li Jin and a few other Christians, the only Chinese people in the world who want to explore the details of the hometown of the red-haired Francois are probably the three Chinese businessmen who went to Mexico to investigate as recorded in "Great China Chronicles".
dissatisfied.
In the process of competing for the ocean with these Westerners, the Chinese have lost the point of knowing themselves and the enemy. Fortunately, there is still a time traveler, Yin Feng.
Yin Feng also thought that he should leave people with some suspense, so he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, shopkeepers and fellow villagers, right now, the red-haired general is waiting for my summons at the door. Wait a moment, and you will bear witness; we have already
You want to do business with them, but you also have to make them submissive."
Yin Feng sat on a chair and ordered his men to bring a large table; however, there was really no good furniture on the island, and the guards only borrowed a broken table from a fisherman's house.
There was no way, the first negotiation with the red-haired barbarians started in front of this broken table.
Wei Malang was furious as he waited at the door. He wanted to leave several times, but he didn't dare; his own fate and the fate of hundreds of his subordinates all depended on the mysterious figure he was about to meet. Li Jin, on the contrary, had already risked his life.
He just stood there with a livid face and said nothing.
Finally, the young man from before came out again and said carelessly: "The boss said that the red-haired general can go in!"
Baradas nodded and led the way into the temporary camp. It was still a very busy place. Many injured convoy brothers were being sent to the temporary greenhouse for treatment, and there were many people coming and going.
Transporting seized firearms and ammunition.
Wei Malang entered a simple wooden shed with mixed emotions. The ground here had been cleaned, and there was a pair of chairs in the middle. A tall Chinese man in his 30s sat behind, wearing Spanish-style plate armor.
There was a half-smile on his face. Behind him, there was actually a armed black guard named Magaro, and two young guards standing behind him, including Yan Siqi who had just sent the message.
Surrounding the young man, on the left are a group of armed men with proud expressions, wearing armors. They are Lin Xiao, Mai Xiaoliu and others, as well as Colonel Kutre. On the right are Han Ping and the newly arrived Hai Cheng and An Hai.
Representatives of the seven maritime merchant families.
In the corner of the shed, there is a Chinese man wearing a priest's black robe - You Wenhui.
There was a bench near the door. Wei Malang looked around and realized that the bench was reserved for him. He couldn't help but be very annoyed: a group of people faced him alone. The posture was like a trial in a court.
He shook his head and sneered. He was about to say something tough to save some face when suddenly the young man spoke in Portuguese: "Your Excellency General Valveik, the authorization given to you by the East India Company includes fighting against trade partners.
power?"
Wei Malang was born into an upper-class merchant family in the Netherlands and knew many European languages. He immediately reacted: "Are you the governor of the China Company?"
Yin Feng laughed and said: "I am Yin Feng, the president of the China United Company. I can decide the company's daily business, including cooperation or fighting with the Dutch East India Company. Aren't you here to seek trade routes? Why do you want to cooperate with the Dutch East India Company?
My company fights?"
Wei Malang suddenly felt blessed in his heart. He had been struggling in despair just now, but now he suddenly felt that God had given him new hope.
Although the Dutch East India Company is the earliest joint-stock company, its management system is very strange. The management situation of the East India Company can be said to be very chaotic. The Dutch like "committees" in business and political life. A committee can
The work undertaken will never be completed by one person.
This is true in politics, and it is exactly the same in the business field. There is no single leader in the East India Company, and there is no general managerial position similar to the president or general manager of a modern joint stock company. Its management organization is divided into four "secret rooms."
Each secret room represents a certain number of shareholders. The largest shareholder is Amsterdam, which invested 3.7 million guilders. Followed by Zeeland, with 1.3 million guilders, Horn and Enkhuizen with 550,000 guilders and 250,000 guilders respectively.
Erft and Rotterdam are 450,000 dong and 175,000 dong respectively.
No other city had shares. Therefore, although the monopoly of the East India Company was approved by the federal provincial assembly, and the company was under the banner of the Union, all affairs were in the hands of the Provinces of Holland and Zeeland. Although the other provinces
Residents can individually own shares in a company, but they cannot exert any influence on the management of public affairs.
The members of each "secret room" only care about the commercial interests of their own city, and supervise and equip the merchant ships that their city is allowed to dispatch. The merchant ships that each secret room is allowed to dispatch are allocated according to its total share capital. Therefore, the internal performance of the Dutch East India Company
There was strong localism; a merchant ship sent from Delft or Horn had to return to Delft or Horn, and so on.
In fact, when planning to establish the China United Company, in view of the management problems of the Dutch East India Company, Yin Feng referred to the modern joint-stock enterprise system in another time and space. In the design of the rules and regulations of the China Company, he especially strengthened the role of the big owner and president.
Control and influence. At the same time, Yin Feng tightly holds the military power of the escort, which is the most powerful guarantee to consolidate his position in the China Company. Unlike the East India Company, the China Company has no jurisdiction over the national government, so it has no control over the armed forces.
It seems very important.
The East India Company was not only a trading company, but also a sovereign political institution. It owned an army and fleet in the name of the Federal Provincial Council and had the power to decide wars, make peace, and acquire territory. Therefore, some kind of central agency must be established to supervise the overall affairs of the company.
policy.
So the East India Company had a board of directors, with 20 representatives from Amsterdam, 12 from Zeeland, and 7 from each of the other two cities. However, the actual power of the company was in the hands of a group of governors, of which there were 17 in total, known as the "Ten
"Mr. Seven". In the committee composed of 17 governors, Amsterdam accounted for 8; Zeeland accounted for 4; the other two cities each accounted for 2; the 17th member was appointed by turns from the other 3 chambers except Amsterdam. In
With its 17-member committee and board of directors, Amsterdam controlled the company's management through its vast capital advantage, just as it controlled virtually every other area of the Republic.
"Mr. Seventeen" appointed the Governor-General of the East Indies and all other civil, military, and judicial officials; but these appointments were subject to the approval of the Provincial Assembly. However, the Provincial Assembly actually had no control over the Company's affairs except its selection.
Except for the governor, they never controlled the appointment of any officials in East India. As long as the company's stock interest remained at a level of 500 or more, they would not interfere with anything about the company.
But this trip to Penghu was proposed by the East India Company and authorized by the Provincial Council. Wei Malang's fleet actually did not belong to the East India Company, but was directly under the Provincial Council. It was only temporarily transferred to the East India.
The company has jurisdiction and command. If Wei Malang's expedition succeeds, he will receive a large reward, and his future in politics and the military will be bright.
If he fails, there will be no future for him, and his status in his family will not be worth mentioning.
Yin Feng had understood in advance that the East India Company's sole criterion for failure or success in this Penghu expedition was the company's profits.
As long as Wei Malang can bring back a large amount of Chinese goods to the Dutch East India Company and open up trade routes, the East India Company will make huge profits; then, no matter how many people die in this operation, it will be a great success.
Wei Malang was worthy of being a general of the Merchant Republic, and he immediately understood that there was still hope for his expedition. He no longer needed Li Jin to translate for him, and started negotiations with Yin Feng directly in Portuguese.
He moved a bench and sat in front of Yin Feng, discussing the issues with Yin Feng enthusiastically, sometimes spitting, sometimes slamming the table and shouting; Yin Feng dealt with it calmly, he had a lot of good cards in his hands, he could do it
Recreation slowly: He has long known the bottom line of the Dutch, and he knows that the Dutch have come all the way to Penghu to pursue Chinese goods; now, the Dutch are the first to take action, which is a bit lower in theory; and they are the loser,
I don't have the confidence to be tough.
The seven businessmen looked at each other in confusion. Only Huang Cheng was doing business in Macau and knew a little bit of Portuguese. But these two people spoke very fast and talked so much that Huang Cheng's hearing could not keep up. Li Jin was quite surprised;
He already knew from Yin Feng's words that the big boss of the Zhonghua Company was actually the owner of the "Xinxing" who fought against Japanese pirates in Dongpan.
Li Jin couldn't help but sigh that he had not been back to his hometown for only a few years, but a behemoth like the China Company appeared at the door of his hometown. Moreover, the person in charge was actually a young man, and he was so familiar with Western conditions and understood the internal situation of the Netherlands.
This is clearer than Li Jin, who has been to the mainland of the Netherlands.