The Foreign Intelligence Service was responsible for the forgery of the transfer procedures for these land deeds. Among the scribes retained by the various state and county yamen, there were a number of masters in forging documents and forging land deeds. After they were forged, they were sent to Guangdong, and Lin Baiguang's staff arranged for several people to fake them.
The "original landowners" went to each county government office one by one to go through the formal transfer procedures. The local officials generally knew what was going on, and most of them turned a blind eye. Anyway, these lands were already ownerless, and they wanted to swallow up this courageous person.
, it’s not a mistake to be the master of Qingtian, why not transfer it to Australians and still receive some tax and personal benefits.
Although some people have proposed to let local agents become "landlords" and then come forward to collect rent. However, the Foreign Intelligence Service believes that it is not easy to arrange these local agents and it is not appropriate to let them make a high-profile appearance prematurely. In addition, this matter is bound to cause a certain amount of publicity.
If civil conflicts cause certain adverse effects, it is better to use a protective mask that can be discarded at any time.
The emergence of the Wansheng Hao destroyed many local farmers' dreams of owning land - for almost a year from the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary to now, these fields have been treated as ownerless land and have been planted with grain, and the autumn harvest is about to begin.
The sudden appearance of "landlords" caught the temporary "owners" of these lands by surprise.
The absence of a land deed means that there is no ownership of the land, and it also means that there is no formal tenancy relationship. It is "illegal" for farmers to open up wasteland and cultivate the land. The landlord can drive them away without politeness and monopolize the harvest.
All your hard work and investment are in vain - even if you file a lawsuit with the government, it will be useless.
However, this sudden appearance of "renting a hotel" is not too ugly after all - after all, the land still needs to be cultivated, and Tiandihui does not have the energy to take care of Guangdong for the time being; and the reputation of Australians cannot be ruined.
Therefore, their request was very simple. Both parties signed a supplementary tenancy contract and shared the land in half. The land tax was borne by the landlord.
Such conditions cannot be said to be superior, but compared to farmers who might have worked in vain for a year, it is not a bad result. I reluctantly accepted it.
But overall, whether it is the collection of reasonable burdens or the collection of rents from ten thousand/sheng rent warehouses, the food that can be obtained is quite limited.
In the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, in order to win over people's hearts, the reasonable burden of extortion was relatively light. Except for a few towns that resisted fiercely, many of them were symbolic. Even those towns that were imposed a larger burden.
Due to the idea of "not harming the poor", the amount is still low.
"... We have calculated that these two incomes can collect a total of about 20,000 taels, and there are also cash crops and cash that can be converted into about 20,000 taels." Guo Yi said, "We haven't collected them all yet, but the figures are
There won’t be much difference.”
"Not enough." Skade commented.
"Of course it's not enough, so does the Planning Institute have an accurate idea about purchasing grain?"
There is plenty of grain on the market. The figures provided by Lin Baiguang: If the purchase is open, it will be no problem to get 300,000 to 400,000 shi of grain. Of course, the ultimate problem is to have money.
Even if you purchase 200,000 shi, you will still need 150,000 taels of silver according to the current market price. As the acquisition proceeds, the price of rice will continue to rise. Despite the supplement of summer grain and the upcoming price reduction of autumn grain, the overall price
There will still be an increase. The final average purchase price may reach one tael per stone.
It was obviously impossible for the Finance Director-General to come up with such a large sum of money. So at first the Planning Institute was hesitant about purchasing grain in cash - hoping that the Dutch would ship cheaper grain from Southeast Asia. But the Netherlands
Before the end of summer, ships are generally not sent to the coastal areas of China because of the impact of typhoons.
As for the business groups sent to Southeast Asia, they are entirely exploratory in nature. They purchase a large amount of grain. They need a complete local business network in the place of production. No one is sure whether there is such a business network that can be cooperated with in Southeast Asia - although Big Book
The historical data researchers at the museum insisted that it was a good idea.
If we have to wait until after the end of the summer for Operation Engine to start, the time will appear to be quite hasty. The joint logistics headquarters in Hong Kong before Operation Engine sent us a forecast of the food supply situation for the next 12 months, pointing out that the current food reserves in Hong Kong are still at a
Warning line level.
"So Ade has made up his mind this time, and he still wants to purchase grain locally." Skade said, "The plan is to have 100,000 dan of ready-made grain."
The instruction given by the Planning Institute to the Grain Guangdong Working Group is "small quantity and multiple batches" to avoid purchasing too much grain in large quantities at one time to avoid causing market prices to rise too quickly.
"Where's the payment? Where to go from?" Guo Yi is very concerned about this. All the companies under Guangzhou Station and Guangzhou Station itself have accounts in Delong. The figures in the accounts are not small - but most of the money costs a lot of money.
It's time to pay it out. It's not easy to get one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Skade said: "Get a loan from Delong."
Specifically: the acquisition funds were borrowed from Delong Guangzhou Branch in the name of Dachang. Dachang used the purchased grain as collateral to borrow 100,000 taels of silver from Delong Guangzhou Branch for a period of six months.
Now that Delong's branch in Guangzhou has been officially operational, it is a matter of course to use the deposits it has absorbed for turnover - if it relies solely on the allocation from the Finance Directorate, it will be difficult to maintain it with the current extremely tight money. This
At that time, Delong's credit role was reflected.
This is equivalent to borrowing money from the wealthy households in Guangdong to buy grain. However, this is different from ordinary credit. The grain purchased is actually consumed by the Senate itself: Dachang is actually just a name, and Dachang cannot be traded through grain.
It will use its own profits to repay the principal and interest. As the ultimate debtor, the Planning Institute will use Lingao's industrial products or re-export trade products to repay the loan.
This arrangement is based on the premise that Lingao's sales of industrial manufactured products can meet this additional demand. This means that in the next six months, Lingao will provide additional industrial products worth one hundred thousand taels, while Guangzhou Station will provide
An additional one hundred thousand taels of silver were sold. Therefore, Guo Yi was very worried about the future repayment issue: Although Delong and Dachang are related from left to right, the deposits taken by Delong were actually obtained from Guangzhou. Once
If there is any problem in the production and sales links, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction.
Guo Yi knew very well that the Planning Institute could not place its hopes on the manpower it had brought back - the population of more than 100,000 people would not be able to produce any output value at once, and could at most be used for unskilled manual labor such as road construction. They
The calculation is nothing more than the spoils obtained from Shandong and Jeju. Especially the spoils from Dengzhou. It is said that the salary of Dengzhou consumes 800,000 taels every year. Over the years, military pay, public and private expenses, and merchant trafficking have all increased.
The public and private wealth accumulated in the local area is not a small number. Kong Youde plundered a lot of loot when he crossed Denglai. As for Jeju Island, it should be able to squeeze out some oil and water - there are many local cattle and horses, which is also a very good wealth.
.
Two large Guangdong ships flying the morning star flag and looking a little weird are sailing on the sea. They are weird because the mast of this ship is equipped with a gaff sail that is not found on Chinese sailing ships - this kind of sail is used in Chinese sailing ships.
It did not exist on European ships at that time, and it did not appear until the 18th century. Adding this system to the traditional Chinese-style hard sail was the latest improvement of the Senate Shipyard.
These two Guangzhou ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons are all made of ironwood and are very strong. They were originally pirate ships owned by Zhu Cai. After defecting to Lingao, the original owner wanted to keep the ship, so they were incorporated as an investment.
Fleets of Southeast Asian companies.
Said to be the Southeast Asia Company's merchant fleet, in fact most of the time it is under the command of the navy and serves as a transport ship in the offshore. There are only a handful of times when it is engaged in ocean trade - for the sake of safety, reputation and funds, the Southeast Asia Company was established by the Senate.
Voyages to the Philippines, the Moluccas, Siam and other places were only conducted once a year. Their main purpose was not so much to conduct trade as to maintain trade networks and explore commercial information.
Since they are merchant ships, Lingao Shipyard's modification of the ships owned by the Southeast Asia Company is relatively simple. The most important improvement is the installation of the steering wheel system. There is not much change in the structure, and it does not install too many artillery and weapons. It only installs
Two 68-pound carronade guns were purchased for self-defense. Although this was a merchant ship of the company, according to the relevant laws of the Senate, the sailors of all maritime ships were under the jurisdiction of the navy and could be recruited to join the war at any time.
On the stern of one of the larger ships, a veteran in casual clothes stood next to the helmsman. He was talking to a European next to him. Standing next to John Quark was Ping Qiusheng - a graduate of the medical field.
, a veteran with first-level construction engineer qualifications in municipal and mechanical and electrical majors and a practicing accountant. He has been working in the Planning Institute since the d day, using his understanding of East Asian history to carry out a series of planning. This is the first time he has truly come out.
.
Elder Taira has always wanted to explore Japan - this was something he proposed on his own initiative: he can speak Japanese and has done research on Japanese history and culture. Sometimes he half-truthfully claims to be a descendant of the Taira family. However, Japan is not the main focus of the Planning Institute now.
The target. However, the staff inspection team in Southeast Asia asked him to go there. But he didn’t want to go to Southeast Asia: it was too hot. But he had no choice. There was no more suitable candidate than him for this inspection. First of all, he wanted to understand the role of Southeast Asia in the 17th century.
At the beginning of the century, he also knew medical skills, could draw, and had done market work. He was the best candidate for security in the south, surveying, or market expansion. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome
Please register as a member to read the latest chapter list. Your support is my biggest motivation.)