Three days later, except for a few seriously injured people. The others went to the Customs House after a brief treatment to await the outcome of the Maritime Court's disposition of their property.

After the inexplicable commotion of this group of merchants a few days ago, everyone still had some scars on their faces and hands, and it seemed unnatural to reunite in the capital.

Chen Zhonghuan was more careful this time, and didn't say a superfluous word, just took care that everyone could go and get back his goods on the ship.

The basic treatment idea of the vest is that if the owner of the cargo can be confirmed, 20% of the total amount of the salvaged goods will be charged to each cargo owner as the rescue fee in accordance with the principle of shipwreck rescue. Goods that have been salvaged but have been damaged by flooding, fire or other circumstances, and whose value has been damaged, shall be calculated according to the residual value.

If the ownership of the goods cannot be confirmed or the owner of the goods is clear, but the owner of the goods or the accompanying goods has died or disappeared at sea, and the goods are entrusted to the shipowner for transportation, the maritime court shall temporarily detain and wait for processing until someone can prove that he is the owner of the goods within the prescribed time limit. If no one makes a request within the time limit, it shall be confiscated by the maritime court.

When the goods are returned to the owner, 20% of the shipwreck salvage fee will also be charged, and the maritime court has the right to dispose of all or part of the goods during the period of temporary detention. If the owner of the goods can be identified, the price of the goods shall be paid according to their value upon return - this article is intended to facilitate the use of the seized goods at any time by the crossing group.

Ships rescued from shipwrecks are also charged a salvage fee of 20% of their residual value. In addition to this, the vessel must pay for repairs and wear and tear incurred during the salvage process. At the same time, the shipowner also had to pay for the shipwreck's sailors' accommodation and medical expenses during their stay at Bopu. The owner of the ship fails to go through the formalities within the time limit. Confiscation of ships.

As for this period, according to the traffic conditions of this plane, the vest is set at one year.

During the period of temporary detention of the goods, the Bopu Maritime Court only undertakes the most basic duty of custody and does not assume the obligation to maintain the value of the goods. A basic storage fee is charged for the goods during the hold period.

The rescued person is not charged any rescue fee. However, the rescued people are responsible for their own food, accommodation and medical expenses during their stay in Bopu. Payment must be made when leaving the shop, otherwise the court will place him in compulsory detention until he has paid his fees. If the expenses cannot be paid in full, they can be compensated by labor.

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These various clauses are broken down in great detail, and some of them do not fall under the jurisdiction of the maritime courts at all in modern time and space, but the starting point of the vest is to bring all kinds of discretionary powers at sea into the maritime courts, so everything is listed in detail.

But these clauses caused an uproar in the Executive Committee, and many people were still acceptable to the return of the goods to the petty merchants - to buy people's hearts! But there is a big objection to the fact that large quantities of cargo and ships should also be handed over: how can this be the death of naval soldiers from pirates, not to mention the fact that the crossing group also spent a lot of ammunition and fuel in battle. The cost of such a large ship is about 2,000 taels of silver, and 20% is 400 taels of silver. It is simply not worth the attrition of a battle in the navy. Judging from the current situation in the Qiongzhou Strait, everything that involves rescue will have to fight with pirates.

"If we want to establish order and law in the Qiongzhou Strait, we can't use this kind of mercenary thinking to do things!" Ma Jia said, "Everything has to be calculated with money." We didn't come to this plane to make countless silver, but to be the rule-makers of this shijie. ”

Although in the short term, this behavior of the crossing group on the Qiongzhou Strait is a loss, but the long-term impact is huge. By formulating rules and maintaining order, the authority of the crossing group on the sea was gradually established in the minds of the navigators along the Chinese coast. That is the goal of the Admiralty Court.

After three hours of continuous debate, under the efforts of Ma Jia and the ambiguous attitude of the main leaders of the Executive Committee, Ma Jia's plan was finally passed in the voting. The Navy didn't care about the return of the cargo, but the flight of the boiled duck of the five-masted sea-ship hit them too hard. Chen Haiyang has been to the ship several times to observe and consider how to carry out the transformation. Especially Meng De, who was lying in the hospital recuperating from his injuries. He was so angry that he said that he wanted to open the head of the vest. A cadre of the Planning Commission also raised eyebrows and sneered at him. As for Ma Qianzhu, he didn't say anything. Just glanced at the vest a few times.

At the arbitration tribunal of the Admiralty Court in the customs building, Ma Jia delivered the legal documents to these people one by one and explained the legal provisions. Although they didn't figure it out, they understood that most of the goods could be returned to them.

Seeing this group of merchants holding the verdict as carefully as if they were holding silver, Ma Jia couldn't help but sigh that he and his colleagues in the law club had spent a lot of effort on this to make up sentences, those exquisite wordings - they couldn't understand them, and they felt a little like a pearl in secret.

None of these people expected to be able to recover the cargo they were carrying on the ship - it would have been a good fortune to come out alive and go home safely, but now the Australians not only agreed to let them go home, but even returned the goods after paying 20% of the salvage fee. They have expressed their willingness to accept this ruling.

The group received the verdict and went to the dock to pick up their goods. It's just that the 20 bailout fee of the value of the goods is not easy to settle. Although there are two reports of "FOB Price List of Major Export Commodities in Guangzhou" and "Main Commodity Market in Guangzhou" sent by Guangzhou Station every week, it is easy to check the market of various commodities in Guangzhou, but these goods have no market in Lingao and cannot be realized at all. Ma Jia discussed with the Planning Commission, the Finance Commission, and the Foreign Investment Commission, and decided to use the in-kind offset. As for which goods to use for offset, it is up to the Planning Commission to designate.

In addition to offsetting the relief expenses, all the goods that the Planning Commission is interested in are also requisitioned at the market prices in Guangzhou. Although the merchants failed to earn the excess profits of trafficking to the city, the freight to return to Guangzhou and Qiongshan was saved, and the trouble of bringing goods was saved, and even the losses could be made up if they could make a little more money. Therefore, everyone was very enthusiastic and sold their goods to the people of the Planning Commission.

The Planning Commission is most interested in those things that are useful for production and daily life, and only selects all kinds of metal utensils, tung oil, medicinal materials, cloth, and so on as the materials to offset them. As for the most popular silk and porcelain in the maritime trade, these things are not interested at all. Seeing that they only need cold goods, they have no interest in fine softness, and they can't help but wonder one by one.

On behalf of the Planning Commission, Sun Xiao received the in-kind "relief fees" paid by the registered merchants on the spot, and could not help sighing in his heart: I was really unwilling to let go of so many good things in my hand. Ma Qianzhu was calm - he originally planned to return the goods of these small accounts to them in full, but now the vest is so tossed that one-fifth of it has been deducted. He was obsessed with the cargo of the Haijia, which accounted for two-thirds of the cargo carried by the five-masted ship, and the big ship, which could be requisitioned first, but still had to pay for the goods after the other party came.

However, the steward of the ship of the Hai family has already died, and the surviving person is only a crew member, not a cargo owner. According to the so-called "Maritime Law" of Ma Jia, the Hai family had to come in person to retrieve the goods and ships -- Ma Qianzhu hoped that the other party would be frightened and would not dare to come to the high ground at all, and all the time would be returned to them free of charge.

In addition to the Planning Commission, various ministries and commissions also sent people to the scene to inspect the goods and see if there was anything needed by their own departments. If you like it, fill in the form immediately and the on-site audit will be purchased by the Planning Commission. There was a commotion in front of the warehouse, like a free market.

"Your jujubes are good, sell us all the rest, and you can save the freight and ship it back." It was Wuyunhua, the wife of Liu San of the Ministry of Health, who spoke. Wuyunhua was born in sports, and she was born in the field training competition, and she is tall and tall. Originally, her husband, who was sneaky in tracking her whereabouts, got on the boat, and after staying in this time and space, she had nowhere to go for a while, and her temper was not something she could cope with as a secretarial administrator, so she had to go to the cafeteria to help cook.

Wuyunhua had more contact with the indigenous people in the canteen, learned a mouthful of Cantonese in time and space, and could speak a little Lingao dialect, so she became a non-staff member of the Foreign Business Commission, and often called her to be a translator when she needed to engage in procurement and negotiations. However, the Foreign Trade Commission just refused to include Wuyunhua in the establishment of its department -- this woman was straightforward, but she had a great temper. Ordinary people can't bear it. Although Wuyunhua threatened Liu San several times and asked him to help him change to a "decent" place, Liu San just pretended to be deaf and dumb - he knew his wife too well.

At this time, Wuyunhua and a small trader said, "Make a pile of these five hundred catties, and give a price." ”

The hawker brought a variety of dried fruits, among which the red dates were of particularly good quality, with thin skin and thick flesh, and bright red colors. It is the real red date of Shaanxi Lingbao. Cao Shunhua, who was in charge of the canteen, fell in love at a glance and was included in the demand list.

"If the chiefs want it, they just take it, and they don't dare to care about the price. If you are sympathetic to the little ones, you will reward the small ones with thirty taels to make a plate and wrap them. "This vendor is very good at talking, and he speaks very beautifully.

"What are these words? We have always been upright across the group, how much money is how much, and there are people who take advantage of people! How much exactly? ”

The peddler made a very embarrassed appearance: "The little ones are blessed with the life-saving grace of the chiefs, even if they are all filial piety." The old man is so considerate of the small, five hundred catties is a total of thirty-five taels, and five taels is a small freight on the road. ”

"It's thirty-five taels. I can't let you suffer. It's not easy for you. ”

"Then Chief Xiexie. The chiefs really pity the old and pity the poor, and they will inevitably be the princes of Wandai in the future. The hawker smiled, flattering and sending car by car.

The dark clouds and dragons and phoenixes danced to write a receipt note for him, and Sun Xiao, who was on the side, hurriedly stopped her:

"The price is wrong."

"What, give less?"

Sun Xiao couldn't cry and laughed: "It's too much." ”

Although jujube was not included in this week's commodity market, Sun Xiao still remembered the market two weeks ago: every 100 catties of high-grade jujube is two taels and five dollars of silver. This is still the retail price in the market.

"If it's too much. The small one is extra self-denying, twenty-five taels, this is the market price, and the small one is also the price. "When the hawker saw that it was not good, he quickly saw the wind and steered it.

"The price in Guangzhou is only two or five dollars per 100 catties on the market. Where did you get the red dates that came in for twenty-five taels? ”

The five hundred catties of red dates here, even according to the market price, are only twelve taels and five yuan, and this small trader's opening is thirty taels, which is already black to the house - even if it arrives in the city, it can't be sold in this market, and then adding six taels is even more lion's mouth.

The peddler immediately opened his mouth, he did not expect that this remote Australian would know so clearly about the market situation in Guangzhou - the price of two taels and five cents was the market retail price when he bought the goods a month ago. All of a sudden, his face changed.

The dark cloud flower was suddenly so angry that she rushed to the crown, and when she rushed up, she flew up with a kick. This little jian, who was expecting to make a big profit on this "short-haired woman", was kicked on his back and turned to the sky, and he couldn't get up for a while. The dark clouds are still unfinished, and they have to be full of old fists when they jump over. was quickly pulled by the surrounding staff.

With the physique of the dark cloud flower, beating this skinny little guy has to be beaten half to death. Although the hawker is a bit of a fraudster, he is inevitably suspected of bullying and dominating the market because of this beating, and his reputation is bad.

Sun Xiao was dumbfounded, it was the first time she had seen such a sturdy woman. Hurry forward: "Don't do it, this is a commercial dispute, not a conflict between friend and foe......"

"Dare to lie to the old lady, see if I don't beat you to and pee, so that your old lady won't recognize you!" The dark cloud flower roared.

"You go to the house first to dissipate your breath, sit for a while, sit for a while." A group of people dragged the dark cloud flower away.

I thought that this incident would affect the atmosphere, but I didn't expect that other people were completely blind to this person's beating, and some people still had a "should" smile on the corner of their mouth. I saw that the people who played clever tricks to reap the benefits had no sympathy anywhere. The kicked peddler groaned on the ground for a long time, and without a companion to help him, Zuihou barely got up, limped to Sun Xiao, bowed and behaved, and begged Sun Xiao to buy his dates - the cost of transporting them back was not a small amount. Sun Xiao saw that he was pitiful, so he bought it according to the market price of two or five yuan.

On behalf of the Foreign Business Committee, Xiong Buyou selected a few small businessmen to talk about the matter -- the Planning Commission saw that the goods they were trafficking were all commodities that would be in great demand in the future through the group: lacquer, tung oil, metal utensils, and ...... He talked to them about the deal, asking them to directly sell these goods to Lingao.

"We can't always rely on the procurement of the Guangzhou station." Ma Qianzhuo once instructed at the meeting of the Planning Commission, "There are too many things to do at the Guangzhou station, and it is very dangerous to have a single supply channel. From now on, we must try to attract small and medium-sized merchants from the coast to come directly to Lingao to trade with us.

Xiong Buyou's persuasion work finally had a certain effect, and the small businessman who was originally just nodding vigorously and not saying a word finally opened his mouth:

"The little ones are told that they use a kind of paper to buy and sell things in Lingao," he said cautiously, "this, the little ones can't ......."

"Lingao grain circulation coupons are not indispensable," Xiong Buyou patiently explained, "When you pay for the goods, we will give you cash if you are willing to accept the cash, and you can exchange it for the goods if you are willing to do it, and you will not be forced." ”

In order to strengthen his persuasive power, he pointed to the small businessmen around him who were bargaining with the people of the Planning Commission: "You have all seen it. We requisitioned goods, and we paid for all the money. ”

"Chief—" said another small merchant, "is it to be delivered here to be sold by the tooth shop?" ”

The tooth shop is the middleman. In the commercial society of the Ming Dynasty, the tooth people who received the official tooth stickers had a strong monopoly in the local area. Merchants work hard to get goods to the local area, and they are not free to sell and purchase. One buy and one sell, all of which are subject to the tooth shop. You can't buy or sell without going through a tooth shop. The owner of the tooth shop relies on the official tooth sticker, and does not count the large profits, and is not enthusiastic about the sale of goods, and often makes trouble that the goods of the merchants cannot be sold for a year or two. It is even more difficult to settle the payment. This was also a big business drawback at the time.

"No, you don't." Xiong Buyou knew the drawbacks in this - when he was negotiating peace with the county government, he mentioned the matter of receiving the tooth post in Dongmen City, so he asked the old officials in the county government to find out. He knew that the tooth stick system was harmful and unprofitable, and it was worse than the monopoly enterprises of later generations.

"Coming high trade doesn't need to go through the tooth people. No matter who you sell the goods to, you don't need to hand it over to the dental agency for sale. As for our own purchases, we will pay them in cash. ”

"Pay your taxes."

Xiong Buyou thought it was a little interesting now. The key questions are asked:

"At present, it is good to pay import duties as long as the goods are shipped to Lingao for sale."

The concept of tariffs is naturally understood by coastal merchants, Xiong Buyou continued: "If the goods specified by us are transported, they can also enjoy import duty-free treatment. If it is not within the specified range, the tax shall be paid at the customs rate. ”

The so-called designated goods are a catalogue drawn up by the Planning Commission, which are 31 kinds of materials that are not produced locally in Lingao and are in great demand, mainly including coal, metals, various grains, chemical raw materials, timber, oil, and so on.

Whenever these products are shipped and sold to Lingao, not only do they not need to pay import tariffs, but all of them will be purchased by the Planning Commission as much as they want.

"Do you have to ship the goods you specified before you can import them......?"

"It's not. As long as you are willing to pay import duties, you can ship whatever you want to sell. Xiong Buyou said, "But we are not responsible for the package purchase." ”

At this stage, all export tariffs are exempted, but the Planning Commission has drawn up a list of prohibited exports, mainly related to materials that are currently in short supply, such as copper, ironware, and timber. Although sewing needles, small hardware, and grain products can be exported, only merchants can sell them if they have an export license issued by the Planning Commission.

Then, the merchants asked many more questions, and Xiong Buyou answered them one by one. His sincere attitude touched everyone, and finally someone nodded and said, "In this case, I will transport a batch of tung oil next month."

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