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Brandon took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, 10 million ducats is really beyond the reach of the Bank of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, after all, we have provided loans to many countries. “

"Really? So how much can you offer? It is said that you have a lot of large silver mines in South America. Xiao Ming looked at Brandon.

"Indeed, it seems that His Majesty knows us very well." Brandon was a little surprised, and he said: "Five million ducats, we can only provide so much now, after all, it is too dangerous to transport this equivalent batch of gold and silver from the mainland of the Netherlands." ”

Xiao Ming was silent for a while, this is equivalent to half of it, which is basically equivalent to 300,000 taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver.

After a pause, he continued: "But even then we can't provide so much real money and silver, according to my estimate, we can come up with a million taels of silver, thirty thousand taels of gold, and the rest can only be replaced by saltpeter, iron ore, rubber, sulfur and other materials. “

"Let's do it!" Xiao Ming agreed that the most important thing for him now is to obtain funds to speed up domestic construction, and if the Netherlands can continue to provide him with funds, then the industrial and commercial development of Dayu will be faster.

Brandon breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and he said, "So Your Majesty is willing to provide escort for the Dutch caravan?" ”

"Of course, but this route is not from Malacca to Holland, but from here to here!" As he spoke, Xiao Ming walked to the world map and drew on the drawings from Ryukyu to Australia, and then from Europe to South America, which is one of the eight major maritime routes in contemporary times.

He chose this route not because he was afraid of the British fleet, but because he wanted to understand this route from Australia to South America through escort, so as to prepare for the future occupation of Australia and enter South and North America, and at the same time, it could also train the ability of the navy of the Great Chongqing State to fight in the ocean.

Brandon was dumbfounded, and it was only then that he noticed the huge world map in the Imperial Study, and to his surprise, it marked the geographical locations of the world in great detail.

"God, this is the greatest map I've ever seen." Brandon said.

Xiao Ming waved his hand in front of Brandon to bring him back to his senses, and he said: "There are eight routes on this map, the British control the first one, this route they control relatively weakly, if you agree, I will send a fleet to escort you to a safe area, after all, you can only provide half of the loan, and I can only choose the easy one." “

Brandon spread his hands helplessly, he didn't seem to have any other choice, after all, this was indeed a route back, he said, "Okay, now it can only be like this." ”

"You also have to pay for the escort fee, after all, I have to repay your interest, business is business, and everyone can't suffer." Xiao Ming added a point.

Brandon had already thought of this, "This is natural, but in addition to escorting, we have also come to deepen your country's commercial exchanges, and we hope to be able to purchase more goods from Dayu country, such as steam engines, bearings, sugar, cotton cloth, silk, and even firearms." “

"I have to say that you Dutch people have a very poisonous vision, and this is the treasure of the Great Chongqing Kingdom." Xiao Ming was a little surprised, "And you also seem to understand the power of the firearms of the Great Yu Kingdom." “

Brandon told the truth, "Many people know about the war between the Great Yu Kingdom and the northern nomads, and of course they also know some magical weapons on the battlefield, and if Your Majesty is willing to sell them, we are happy to buy them." ”

Nodding slightly, he said: "Of course you can, you can discuss this matter with Li Kaiyuan, he will tell you what you can sell and what you can't sell, but in any case, if you want to purchase these things, you have to prepare enough money." “

"Yes, Your Majesty." Brandon breathed a sigh of relief, he was very happy, this time it seemed that the country of Chongqing had been more open in the previous two years, and he was more willing to participate in overseas trade.

He was both happy and worried about this phenomenon, happy that the Netherlands had such a strong partner in Asia, and worried that the sphere of influence of the Great Chongqing State was beginning to expand overseas.

After deciding on the loan, Brandon discussed some details of cooperation with Xiao Ming and left.

Seeing Brandon leaving, Qian Dafu said with emotion: "Your Majesty, this Netherlands is really rich, and he took out so much gold and silver casually. ”

"That's not much, Brandon is very cunning, he is worried that we will default, so he only provided these loans, even if we don't pay them back then, they won't lose much." Xiao Ming analyzed, "But it doesn't matter, the real place to make money this time is the trade with Dutch merchants, and this time he brought a lot of big businessmen over." “

"Does the emperor really plan to sell the captive muskets and steam engines to the Dutch?" Qian Dafu was a little worried.

"If you sell a captive musket and the army of the Great Chongqing State can be equipped with a breech-loading rifle, why not do it, not to mention that the captive musket may have already fallen into the hands of the Europeans, and a few years later, I am afraid they will not be unusual, as for the first generation of reciprocating steam engines, of course, they have to be sold, and only after selling the money can they study more advanced steam engines."

Xiao Ming looked excited, generally speaking, he was in favor of selling these products, because at this point in time, Europe's industrial capacity was already able to make these things, and it didn't make much sense to rot in his hands when the time came.

Of course, he will never trade some core technologies, such as industrial machine tools, breech gun technology, steam locomotives, etc., and it has always been his principle to maintain the generation difference.

Here, Brandon breathed a sigh of relief when he left the palace.

The merchants, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately gathered around him and asked him about the results of the visit.

"Thank God, the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom has shown amazing mercy this time, and the shipping route and trade have been successful." Brandon laughed.

The other businessmen suddenly became excited, and yesterday they were wandering around in Qingzhou and thinking about what they were going to purchase, but it was not enough for them.

Because they believe that there are other commodities waiting for them to dig in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

One businessman said, "Councillor Bradden, we should continue to play in Qingzhou for a few more days so that we can confirm what else we need to buy." ”

Brandon nodded, he also wanted to try what it was like to ride a steam locomotive, and he mentioned it before leaving, and the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom promised to let him go a little bit when the steam locomotive was in trial operation.

For him, this is a great temptation, and he is ready to record this trip to Dayu to let the members of the Dutch parliament know more about Dayu.