After Lucien completed the formalities, he took the "green card" and joined several French businessmen, who were also full of shock. + Top Novel, www.Manila is already on such a scale here in the marina alone. The famous ports in Europe that have been built for decades or hundreds of years are simply heaven and earth compared to here.

They hired a few natives in vests at the docks and went to the docks with their luggage.

Manila's downtown area is very neatly planned, the streets are clean and tidy, and the whole city is full of oriental characteristics. For the convenience of merchants from all over the world, the plaques of the street shop pù, the wooden street signs, and the signs scattered all over the place are engraved with the words of many countries.

Lucien found a hotel in good condition and at a very affordable price, with a private bathroom, 24-hour hot water, and a free breakfast.

The price of Manila is very outrageous, but the accommodation is very cheap, and even many small businessmen from Daming and Southeast Asia will go to the inn to live in Tongpu, not only the price is very low, but also provide free hot water bathing.

Of course, the high-end hotel is sky-high, but it is said that the facilities inside are very luxurious, and you can enjoy the service of the nobility.

Lucien rested for one night, and the next day just after breakfast, the Chinese youth in Manila Port, who was in charge of handling business for him, found him according to his registration and accommodation records, and sent him all kinds of customs procedures, all of which were completed in just one day, and the efficiency was not ordinarily fast.

And each charge has a breakdown, including the cost of stevedores, the storage fee of the warehouse, the transportation cost of the goods, and the cost of customs declaration and inspection. There is also a detailed reference text for the tax on the entry of each commodity.

But when Lucien saw the final amount of the service fee, he immediately felt an incomparably painful pain in his heart. Although Manila does not charge an inbound tax like other ports, it is one of the charges alone. The entry tax is much higher than that of other ports. Fortunately, before coming, the Englishman had told him in advance that he was mentally prepared.

Seeing Lucien's expression, the Chinese young man smiled and said, "Sir, if you have a problem with your funds, the service fee of our service company will be charged after your transaction. Of course. Your goods will be temporarily held by our service company. We will also charge a small storage fee. ”

Lu Xien hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I'll give you the service fee now, I'm sorry for you." ”

What are you kidding, the Far Eastern Company obviously opened a black shop, and let them keep the goods, and maybe how much storage fees he will be charged. He hurriedly took out the silver coins and paid off all the service fees.

After all, Lucien was from an aristocratic background, and although he was only a rural nobleman, his vision was naturally much higher than that of ordinary businessmen. Let's be honest. He is very satisfied with the service of Far East in the Port of Manila, although the service fee charged is very high, but after careful calculation, if from unloading to transportation, plus warehousing or something, not only is it hard, but in the end it will cost a fee, but it is far lower than the service fee of the Port of Manila.

In addition, there is a possibility of accidents such as loss or damage of goods. But businessmen from all over the world come to Manila without having to worry about these things, let alone the safety of their goods. Just get to Manila. As soon as the ship docks, the cargo of merchants from various countries is already under the management of the Manila Port Service Company, and there will be absolutely no mistakes.

It is said that many shipowners from the New World did not have any goods at all, and they carried a whole shipload of silver coins, but when they arrived in Manila, they did not have to worry about losing the silver coins. In the event of an accident, the Port of Manila Service Company will compensate in full.

Anyway, as long as the merchant shipowner in Manila enters the port, he can have as much peace of mind as he wants. It's just that the cost is too expensive for Nima. And you have to accept the service of the Port of Manila, which is especially the overlord clause.

All transactions between merchants, because the goods of merchants from various countries are managed by the Port of Manila Service Company, so the transactions are also monitored by the Port of Manila Tax Department, so that the transactions are also monitored. The phenomenon of tax evasion by merchants from various countries has been eliminated.

Businessmen who have been to Manila will advise newcomers not to evade taxes. Once the tax evasion is discovered by the Manila tax department, he will be fined several times the amount of the transaction, and the serious case will be tried by the Manila Commercial Court, and the outcome will be very miserable.

However, the Far East's taxation of merchants from the Ming Dynasty and Chinese merchants from Southeast Asian countries was preferential to a certain extent. The tax paid by Chinese merchants was only half that of merchants from other countries, and the fees for various services were also preferential.

After sending off the Chinese youth, Lucien and a few French merchants left the hotel and went to the business district, where the merchants traded, and they brought with them a large number of skins purchased from the New World, and the merchants who came to Manila would go to the trade hall to trade. All kinds of in-demand goods in the Far East also have special counters there.

Lucien left the port area and went straight to a huge square. This is the Heroes' Square, which was completed just two years ago, and in the center of the square stands the Monument to the Battle of Manila, where the names of all the Chinese soldiers and pirates who died defending Manila are inscribed on the monument to receive the mourning of future generations.

Beneath the tall monument is a relief of a ruined city wall, which is filled with sculptures of the corpses of Spanish invaders and natives, and depicting Chinese soldiers and pirates with muskets bravely resisting the Spanish invaders.

The whole monument is located in the center of Heroes' Square, solemn and majestic, full of tragic momentum. In order to defend tens of thousands of Chinese compatriots in the royal city, Chinese soldiers and pirates braved the enemy's artillery fire with their flesh and blood on this collapsed city wall, resisting several times the enemy's attack, for which they also paid for the lives of nearly 10,000 Chinese soldiers and pirates, and finally persevered until the arrival of the main fleet in the Far East.

Every holiday, it will be filled with flowers, and countless Chinese in Manila will spontaneously come to mourn the Chinese warriors who sacrificed their lives to defend Manila.

There are many free guided tours in Heroes' Square, all of which are served by local Chinese young men and women. If they find a businessman coming to Manila for the first time, they will take the initiative to go up and give them a free guided tour. This fee is covered by the City of Manila and is intended for new businessmen from all over the world.

Lucien and the others also received the help of a young Chinese, who, under the guidance of the other party, toured the various landscapes of Heroes' Square and explained to them with affection. Leaving Heroes' Square, the Chinese young tour guide led them to the business district for a tour.

Heroes' Square to Intramuros is an extremely wide street, called Heroes' Avenue. The business district and recreation district line the Heroes' Avenue on both sides. As the name suggests, the business district is the commercial center of Manila, and the streets are lined with shops with a strong oriental style.

These shops have long been sold out, and although the rental prices of the shops are definitely sky-high, they are still hard to find. The East India Company of the Dutch, British, and Portuguese countries, the magnates of the New World, the Chinese merchants of Southeast Asian countries, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty all rented shops here. Even the princes of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese daimyos, the royal families of Southeast Asian countries, and the tribal chiefs have shops here.

Of course, the best location of the shop is in the hands of the Far Eastern Company. The Far Eastern Company also left shops for Song Shiping from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong from Fujian, and Liu Xiang from Guangdong, all of which were given to them free of charge. Not only that, but the Far East also gave them a high-end property in Manila.

Manila is now not only limited to commercial trade, because it is a place where Chinese people are in power, and it is also a gathering place for merchants and goods from all over the world, so Chinese businessmen and Chinese from Southeast Asia have moved here one after another, and even many foreign businessmen have bought houses here. In the coming years, Manila's population is expected to reach hundreds of thousands, many of whom are wealthy.

The main reason why people choose to settle in Manila is because of the development prospects of Manila. After the planning of the Far East Company, Manila's urban construction has taken on the shadow of a modern city. The city's land resources, spatial layout, roads and transportation, public facilities and municipal infrastructure are all very well-developed.

With the Aimville of Manila as the center, the layout of each urban district has been redesigned, and the major urban areas are filled with urban public spaces, such as streets, parks, squares, waterfronts, urban block features, and landmark buildings.

Moreover, it maintains the cultural characteristics of China and the local cultural characteristics of Manila, reasonably determines the development direction, scale and layout of the city, and the construction and development of the whole city, so as to achieve the comprehensive effect of advanced technology, reasonable economy, coordination of "flesh and blood" and beautiful environment, and create good conditions for the residence, labor, study, transportation, rest and various social activities of Manila citizens.

Therefore, in the future, the local consumer group in Manila will also have a lot of purchasing power, and the employment opportunities in Manila are very good, even the wages of new low-income immigrants in Manila are very high, which further promotes the economic development of Manila.

The merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, the princes and nobles, the royal families of Southeast Asian countries, the Chinese merchants of Nanyang, the big merchants of various countries, and the big shipowners, which is not a lot of wealth, let them take out hundreds of thousands of millions of taels of silver, just like a drizzle.

Manila is home to merchants from all over the world, and is also a distribution center for goods from various regions, where the daily transaction volume is astronomical, bringing opportunities for Manila's tertiary industry, coupled with the local consumer base, the city of Manila is growing rapidly, and it can be said that it is changing with each passing day.

Moreover, the controller here is a powerful Far East company, as long as you know the Far East, you know that Nanyang is the Far East's own bathtub, and the future development of Manila is absolutely limitless.

Based on the above considerations, investors from all over the world are very optimistic about the future of Manila, so they will lease or buy out the shops in Manila in Manila. Even if the shop is not profitable now, it is definitely a cash cow in the long run. (To be continued......)

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