Chapter 1059 - Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Bram is here again.
Li Zicheng still met with Bram, neither of them mentioned the recent battle, Li Zicheng still didn't know about the casualties of the Dutch, but there was no need to know, Bram came so quickly, it already said everything!
The talks on the issue of compensation for war losses have been inconclusive.
Li Zicheng offered to give up the war compensation and each side to bear its own losses in the war.
As Li Zicheng expected, Bram gave up his claim to Taiwan, as well as his demand to recover the captured warship.
In other words, Bram's first three demands for the return of Formosa and the warships and compensation for the losses of the East India Company were not fulfilled, and the only reason was that he did not want to become an enemy of China......
Of course, Li Zicheng also made concessions: Huaxia gave up its demand for war reparations; The employees of the East India Company captured in Taiwan were released, but only for Dutch nationals, and the local Han and indigenous people in Taiwan were not included in the list of return.
Li Zicheng also promised Bram that Huaxia and the East India Company would get along amicably and carry out normal maritime trade.
The only question is how to trade!
Li Zicheng naturally does not care about the price of goods, Huaxia has already established Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd., and will monopolize the trade with the Dutch East India Company in the future, and the price of goods will be negotiated by the two companies.
Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd. seems to have certain advantages, in addition to the Dutch East India Company, there is also the Portuguese Sino-Portuguese Trading Company of Grobao, and the Dutch East India Company, there is only one object of trade: Huaxia's Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd.!
Because of sovereignty issues, Huaxia did not allow the warships of the East India Company to enter the waters of Huaxia, and unless the principle of reciprocity was implemented, Huaxia's fleet could also enter the waters of the Netherlands on its own.
But the Netherlands is tens of thousands of miles away, and whether the Chinese fleet will go to the Netherlands for a while and a half, Bram regards the Batavia headquarters as Dutch land, but Li Zicheng does not admit it.
This article has been put on hold for the time being.
As for the place of trade between the two sides, the final location was Quanzhou City, but Huaxia would also open Anhua City, which was originally the city of Geranza, to the East India Company.
All goods that have paid tariffs in Quanzhou will not be levied repeatedly in Anhua City, but goods traded in Anhua City must pay tariffs, that is, goods traded in China only need to pay tariffs once.
If the goods need to be landed in Anhua, they need to pay storage fees, which do not belong to the customs duty.
In fact, the export tariff of China is only a tax on the goods of China that go abroad, mainly the goods of Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd., and the goods of Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd. are delivered to the East India Company after normal tax payment, and the East India Company does not need to pay taxes again, if Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd. does not pay taxes, the goods are illegal, and once the East India Company accepts it, it must also bear the responsibility of tax evasion; In addition, the East India Company was required to pay customs duties when selling goods from abroad to Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd.
Huaxia would protect the East India Company's cargo, but would not be liable, that is, Huaxia's fleet would protect any legitimate merchant ship in the waters, but Huaxia would not be liable for compensation in the event that a cargo ship was intercepted.
In order to protect the goods of the East Indies, Bram strongly demanded that the warships of the East Indies enter the waters of China, and Li Zicheng felt justified, in the waters of China, the fleet of Huaxia did not guarantee the absolute safety of the goods of the East Indias, and did not allow the East to be allowed
Wouldn't the Indian company's fleet entering the waters to escort the sea leave an opportunity for the pirates?
After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng finally agreed to Bram's request, but the escort could not be an official warship, but only an armed transport ship, and Huaxia needed to be informed in advance.
Bram thought that everything was over, but Li Zicheng put forward one last request: the northern waters of China are not allowed to sail Dutch warships for the time being, and the trade between Japan and North Korea # Xian can only transit through China.
How dare Nuram agree, in the current trade of the East India Company, because of the Ming Dynasty (Huaxia) imposed a sea ban, Japan's trade accounted for nearly forty percent, Formosa accounted for two and a half percent, Huaxia recovered Formosa, the East India Company has suffered heavy losses, if it loses Japan's trade again, Dimon will never agree, even if it is another war.
Li Zicheng did not do it for Japan's trade, but completely blockaded Japan, which was closed off from the rest of the world, in Northeast Asia.
He asked Bram two questions: Once the Chinese sea ban was lifted, would Japan's trade still be particularly important compared to the goods from China? The Japanese goods, after being sold by the Chinese Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd., were finally sold to the East India Company, and the Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd. only earned part of the price difference and transportation costs, and before the goods were delivered to the East India Company, it was necessary to bear the risk, and the main profits, did they still belong to the East India Company?
Bram imagined the same, so he gave up his original request, but he returned to Dimon and Dimon made the final decision.
When signing the contract, Li Zicheng asked for the separation of political and economic treaties, that is, Huaxia and the East India Company were to sign two peace treaties: one was about the status of Taiwan (Formosa), which was called the "Treaty between Huaxia and the Dutch East India Company on the Return of Taiwan (Formosa)", referred to as the "Sino-Dutch Treaty of Taiwan"; The other was an economic treaty, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between China and the Dutch East India Company.
The time effect of these two treaties is not the same, the "War-Netherlands Treaty of Taiwan" is permanent, from the date of the signing of the treaty, the Netherlands officially recognized the return of Taiwan to China; However, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between China and the Dutch East India Company was not permanent.
Bram certainly hopes that this is a permanent treaty, but Li Zicheng is unwilling, who can see the future world?
The Netherlands is a mature country, and the East India Company has been engaged in overseas trade for decades and has rich international experience; China's strength is on the rise, and its international experience is insufficient, and if it fixes its interests with a treaty, it will limit its own development in the future unless the treaty is forcibly abolished.
However, the forcible abrogation of a treaty in force affects a country's international prestige......
Great powers have never been able to do what they want, and they need to have insight into the direction of future development.
Li Zicheng negotiated with Bram that the "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between China and the Dutch East India Company" would be valid for 10 years, and the statute of limitations could be extended by mutual agreement upon expiration.
Bram took two treaties with him and left Anhua by boat.
Li Zicheng held the Chinese version of the two treaties, but it was trendy.
This time I left the Beijing Division, originally to unify China, but I did not expect to easily take back the treasure island of Taiwan, Taiwan's land is not large, but its strategic position is very important, it can attack the South China Sea and the Pacific region, and retreat can defend the inland of China, it is really an important base of the South China Sea Fleet, and it is also a springboard for China to move towards the sea world.
There is also a "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between China and the Dutch East India Company" with the Dutch, strictly speaking, this is the first treaty between the Chinese state.
The agreement with Schroebel was actually a verbal agreement, not a written agreement.
This "Treaty of Amity and Commerce" could hasten the lifting of the maritime ban in China, and also gave birth to a large trading company, Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd.
Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd. can bring a steady stream of tax revenue to China, which is a good start, but definitely not the end......
There is another harvest, that is, the southeast coastal area will enter a period of stability, and he can free his hands to deal with the Manchu Tartars in the north, Austria, and another harvest, through Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd., monopolized the trade in the north, and the entire Northeast Asia was encircled and became the inland sea of China......
Li Zicheng was happy when he thought about it, and he didn't know if the history textbooks would let students memorize the historical significance of the "Treaty of Amity and Commerce......
He waited only two days in Anhua before Bram returned with the treaty signed by Dimen.
The two treaties, the Chinese version and the Dutch version, were signed by Li Zicheng and Dimen respectively, and the treaty officially came into force, and the war between China and the Dutch East India Company was automatically stopped, and the two sides became cooperative partners and began to implement the "Treaty of Amity and Commerce."
In the matter of trade, Li Zi traded to Jinkai Trading Co., Ltd., and when Zhou Kun and Zheng Zhilong returned to Anhua, he began to reorganize the South China Sea Fleet.
From this Taiwan campaign, Li Zicheng discovered that there is a big difference between the real navy and the marines.
The navy mainly fights on warships, including sail operators, helm soldiers, artillerymen, navigators, heralds, repair soldiers, etc., which belong to the technical arms and require long-term professional training. The soldiers of the land war do not need to master these skills of the navy, as long as they know the water and do not get seasick, they are generally transported by transport ships, and their battlefield is still on land, almost the army.
Li Zicheng divided the soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet into two types: the navy and the marine, and the navy was still the original establishment: two battalions, each battalion under four regiments, Tang Kejing served as the commander of the first battalion and the captain of the Long'an; Zheng Cai is the commander of the second battalion and the captain of the Jianchang.
The Marine Army was also reorganized into two battalions, with a total of more than 20,000 soldiers in eight regiments: the first battalion commander Jiang Pan, and the second battalion commander Wang Dazhi.
Zhou Kun is still the commander of the South China Sea Fleet and the captain of the "Chengdu"; Zheng Zhilong is the deputy commander and the captain of the Taiyuan.
The new South China Sea Fleet will have four major bases: Songjiang in the south of the Yangtze River, Xiamen in Fujian, Anhua in Taiwan, and Haojing in Guangdong, and there will be some temporary supply sites.
Of course, just four bases are not enough, it depends on the future development direction......
The South China Sea Fleet's warships and transport ships of all kinds should also be standardized, and at present, there are only two main warships of the "Chengdu class" and only five of the "Chongqing class." In a short period of time, only these two types of warships can be used.
However, the bigger the battleship, the better, and the small warship also has conveniences, and it is best to produce a small, convenient, and high-speed warship, which is the standard configuration of the South China Sea Fleet, which can be used in hand-to-hand combat and arson on the battlefield; There are also sentinel ships, although they cannot be stealth, but they must be fast and deliver information in time.
Even if it is a transport ship, it is not possible to requisition the ship's ship at will, but to set up a standard transport ship to carry a certain number of soldiers, and the speed should not be too slow......
Li Zicheng had planned the South China Sea Fleet almost completely, and only then did he leave Anhua on a transport ship, land in Xiamen, join the rest of his personal soldiers and Zhou Qingrou, and begin to return to Beijing.
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