Chapter 336： Free trade agreement

The Wu Jun progressed very smoothly, and the soldiers of the Green Camp hardly resisted, throwing down their weapons and surrendering.

Before Wu Jun's various propaganda, it played a certain role.

When encountering a small number of Eight Banners soldiers, they killed them all the way.

Originally, the combat power was not as good as Wu Jun, but now the number is small, and he has been attacked.

Those Eight Banners soldiers also fled all the way, and no unit can resist tenaciously. Defeated like a mountain, facing the trend of a landslide, most people want to escape to save their lives, not to turn the tide.

The only one that still retains combat effectiveness is the army next to Tadam.

However, with the passage of time, panic in this army has also risen sharply.

The city was attacked by night. At this time, I didn't want to run away, and I had to fight the enemy to death. This is not seeking death.

Tadamu doesn't want to live anymore, doesn't mean other people don't want to live.

If the hearts of the people are scattered, the team will not be able to lead.

Especially in this big night, it is much easier to escape from the large army quietly during the chaos than during the day.

Suddenly, another soldier on the edge slipped away quietly.

There were not many people around Tadamu.

"The sky will kill me, and the sky will kill me."

Tadamu snarled up to the sky, then raised his sword to slay himself. He would rather commit suicide than fall into Wu Jun's hands.

Following Tadamu's suicide, the Qing army immediately lost control, fleeing, and descending. Soon, the last resistance force also announced the collapse.

The next step is to clean up the fire and rescue people.

Until dawn, these trivial matters were not finished, but they were irrelevant.

Of the nearly 4,000 prisoners, more than 3,800 were eventually rescued, and only more than 100 died in the chaos.

This is already the best result for Lu Guangzu.

No major losses were caused, and he also let out a long sigh of relief, with a little more smile on his face.

In this battle, Wu Jun killed more than 600 people.

The 20,000 troops of the Qing army were wiped out in ashes. Nearly 2,000 of them died in the battle, and all the rest surrendered.

Fighting this way, Wu Jun captured tens of thousands of prisoners in total.

Some of these have been adapted, and some diehards have been imprisoned. It is very likely that they will be arranged to dig coal in the coal mine and do coolies.

Moreover, it is still the kind without salary.

The place south of the Huai River was basically calm, and everyone wrote a detailed report and sent it to Nanjing.

In Nanjing, Wu Changqing took the time to meet with Dutch businessmen Hurd and Albert.

"Honorable Duke."

Hurd and Albert gave a salute, and now Wu Changqing's power is not the same as before.

Therefore, they also maintained the necessary respect.

"Mr. Hurd speaks Chinese well. With this huge advantage, other Western European businessmen may not be able to compete with you in the future."

Wu Changqing exchanged greetings.

For those Western European businessmen, learning Chinese is definitely a great advantage, at least there is no need to worry about being deceived.

"Thank you, Lord Duke, for your compliment. Whether you can compete with other businessmen, you still have to rely on Lord Duke. If every time the people under your Lord seize our merchant ships privately, our business cannot be done."

Hurd complained bitterly.

"Oh, you said that, don’t worry about it, this kind of thing will never happen again. Because my army will soon take down Hangzhou and Ningbo and other places. At that time, Mr. Hurd thought Go to which port you go to."

Wu Changqing's words made Hurd scold his mother.

He is not entangled with the question of which port to go to at all, but entangled with fair and free trade.

If Songjiang’s business was not strictly controlled by Wu Changqing and he could not make enough profits, why should he go to Ningbo.

After Wu Changqing captured Ningbo, he would definitely do Songjiang's work there. They still couldn't make a lot of money.

"Governor Wu, in fact, we feel that the trading methods in Songjiang are outdated and not suitable for the current market conditions. I think there should be more freedom in business. Therefore, we want to trade directly with other merchants instead of with The government conducts transactions."

Hurd said his true thoughts, and the government intervened in it, and they wanted to make a lot of less money.

When doing business with the government, many of their business wisdom cannot be used.

Doing business becomes a freight forwarder, earning only freight.

"Oh, then you probably don't know. The previous imperial court prohibited overseas merchants from coming to China for business. I paid a huge price and risk to open up overseas trade. Can't I take a bit of fortune from it?"

Wu Changqing said with a smile.

"You can't say that. Later, the imperial court in the south also lifted the ban. Moreover, you can draw a certain amount of tax from trade, but you can't fully control and control all trade."

Hurd continued to argue with reason.

His words are not wrong. Commercial trade will eventually return to free trade.

Wu Changqing knows this point better than him.

Therefore, for Hurd's request, he actually does not have much reason to refuse.

What's more, he actually has another trick to continue to squeeze those overseas businessmen.

Wu Changqing is not Chongzhen. He has very strong control over the merchant group. Therefore, he can secretly ask Songjiang merchants to unite and not allow anyone to lower prices privately.

In this way, overseas businessmen still can't make high profits, they can only make some good money.

Of course, the middle degree needs to be mastered very well. If the pressure is too low, causing Hurd and the others to make no money, it is not cost-effective, they will definitely not come again in the future.

In the long run, this is not good for Songjiang's development.

Wu Changqing needs to turn his trade in China into a chicken rib, which is tasteless and a pity to discard. Those merchants in Western Europe can't stop it, can't make a fortune if they come, and can't bear it if they don't come.

"Mr. Hurd, don't be excited. I have always encouraged business and trade. Therefore, I can understand and agree with your request.

I hope you and your partners can promote the spirit of free trade on our side in Western Europe, so that more businessmen can join this trade. You should probably have heard of our Dahua's production capacity, so don't worry about the lack of high-quality products. "

Wu Changqing smiled.

His words surprised both Hurd and Albert a little. They originally thought that this matter would be difficult to deal with, and they would have to wrestle with Wu Changqing for several days.

Unexpectedly, Wu Changqing would be so refreshing.

Of course they couldn't imagine that Wu Changqing's opponents could have such a strong control power, because in Western Europe, that is impossible.

In Western Europe, these merchants have great powers. Kings need to treat each other with courtesy, let alone control them. It is impossible.

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