Chapter 216： Western merchant

The next day, Wu Changqing got up at the urging of Sun Yunxuan.

Sun Yunxuan didn't want to become a character like Daji, and Daji did not end well. If Wu Changqing's business was delayed, Chen Yuyan's wife would have reason to clean up her.

After the meal, Wu Changqing looked at the memorial.

Many things need to be decided by him, and many things need to be reported to him.

[Nanzhili’s tax and silver totaled 1.32 million taels in the first three months...]

This is the report submitted by the tax office, reporting the tax situation in the first three months of their administration. 1.32 million taels, which is pretty good.

You know, when Chongzhen was in power, the national tax revenue was only about 14 million taels a year, an average of 3.5 million taels per quarter. And this is the national data.

The area of ​​Nanzhili is less than 1% of the whole country.

When Chongzhen was in power, Nanzhili received about 300,000 taels of tax and silver in one quarter, which was almost five times that of Wu Changqing.

Among them, it is mainly due to the rapid development of industry and commerce, and agriculture is almost the same, and there is not much change. Only after the hybrid rice is officially put into production can there be a leap in agricultural taxation.

Nanjing, Dongshi, here is a wholesale market for bulk goods.

Today's East Market is quite prosperous, with people coming and going, and countless horse-drawn carriages.

After hearing the news, businessmen from all over came to Nanjing, preparing to buy some unique novelties unique to Nanjing and go back to sell them.

There are merchants from the north, merchants from Hunan and Sichuan, and merchants from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong to the south. Even, occasionally I can see some Westerners with blond hair and blue eyes.

Some courageous foreigners did not want to be made by the middlemen in Songjiang, so they came to Nanjing in person and wanted to buy directly from the prostitution.

However, only a small number of Westerners would do this, because they are not familiar with the place where they are born, and Westerners do business here, and 100% will be scammed. Moreover, after being pitted, they also cried out of nowhere, and the yamen might not take care of them.

Now it is not the Manchu of later generations. Huaxia people are not afraid of foreigners at all, and even some look down on these foreigners, thinking that they are the kingdom of heaven.

"Albert, I said long ago that we can buy the goods directly in Songjiang. You have to come to Nanjing. Now that's OK, our capital has been deceived."

Two Westerners were walking on the streets of Nanjing. One of the bearded men was complaining to the other young guy.

When the people who came and went to see them, they couldn't help pointing, and both of them were treated as if they hadn't heard.

"William, stop complaining, it's not a lot of money. At least, we learned a lesson, haven't we? And, it's worth spending a little money to visit the world's largest and most prosperous city."

"Have you forgotten how many new things we have seen here and how much insight we have gained? Let's just talk about the concrete floor under our feet. If we don't come to Nanjing, how can we see such a beautiful, clean and tidy street? Like heaven."

Albert sighed. Compared with cities in Western Europe, Nanjing is really like heaven.

Nowadays, cities in Western Europe are generally small, extremely crowded, and have poor sanitary conditions.

Pouring excrement and urine on the street is a basic habit of urban residents.

Most ordinary residents do not take a bath on weekdays. They all believe that this layer of dirt on the body can help them resist disease, and they will die if washed away.

The smell on their bodies needs to be concealed by perfume.

In Western Europe, the perfume industry is quite developed, not worse than Nanjing today.

In addition to good hygiene, everything in Nanjing seems to be in order. In the most prosperous West and East cities, there are even soldiers specializing in directing traffic.

They are responsible for coordinating the passage of carriages and pedestrians, greatly increasing the speed of passage. Obviously it is a very densely populated place, but there has been no congestion.

This is also due to the traffic laws established by Wu Changqing. Anyone who fails to comply will be fined if caught, and the fine is not small.

Slowly, in order to avoid being fined, many businessmen became more honest and walked in accordance with the traffic rules.

"The wisdom of the Easterners is really terrible. I still can't figure out why their boats can go against the water without sails or paddles. If we know this kind of thing, give our boats Now, can we open up many new routes to avoid pirates?"

William also sighed. When he saw the steamboat on the Yangtze River, he just sat down on the ground and yelled the devil, the devil.

Except for the devil, he couldn't figure out what force was pushing the ship forward.

In addition to the steamship, there are many things in Nanjing that opened their eyes to them.

It's like that kind of magical match, which can be ignited with a single stroke. This kind of thing is so convenient. When they are sailing at sea, getting fire has always been a big problem.

With this kind of match, a lot of trouble can be avoided, and a lot of space for loading fire materials can be saved, so that more goods can be loaded.

"It is said that something called a steam engine is driving, and I don't know what that steam engine looks like and where it can be sold."

Compared to other products that can make a lot of money, Albert prefers steam engines.

As an ocean-going businessman, he certainly understands the meaning of a machine that can propel ships forward, which is simply a treasure that can change the world.

With the steam engine, they no longer have to worry about encountering a windless zone.

Unfortunately, Wu Changqing knows this better than them.

Therefore, steam engines are currently not sold privately to the outside world, and they are all in a strict secrecy stage.

In addition to supplying the navy, the steam engines manufactured include rice mills and salt factories. These factories are all businesses that have in-depth cooperation with Wu Changqing, and they are all trusted people.

Albert wanted to buy a steam engine, obviously wishful thinking.

"Even if we know it, it's useless. We don't have much money. We should go back to Songjiang first and ship a batch of goods back to China to earn a vote. Once we have enough capital, we can find a way to buy this kind of machine."

William said helplessly. Fortunately, they didn't bring all the belongings with them when they came to Nanjing, and there were still a lot of goods that could be sold in Songjiang.

Otherwise, their long voyage would be about to drift in the water.

Although ocean trade has ten times, ten times or even dozens of times the profit, but the risk is also huge, there are always various inexplicable reasons that will make people go bankrupt.

"No, I want to meet the highest official of this city. It is best to get his asylum, so that we can come to Nanjing to do business with confidence in the future."

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