Before Chen Jian met with the representatives of the Netherlands, the representatives of the board of directors of Nanyang Company also arrived in the capital.

They need to seek the help of some people and need the support of political forces, but at the same time they stick to the bottom line of the company's distribution according to capital and not be plundered by unlimited power, so some big families in the capital who are in transition or white-glove merchants who are closely related to the big families have become the people that Nanyang Company desperately wants to contact.

Even though Chen Jian withdrew from the shares, at such a juncture, the representative of the board of directors of Nanyang Company still approached Chen Jian, hoping that Chen Jian would consider the interests of Nanyang Company.

Some of the families that had already been linked to Nanyang also came forward to ask Chen Jian for help.

Although many families were powerful in the capital, they were a little weak in negotiating with the Dutch. The best people in Dutch were either the first to follow Chen Jian to the sea, or the young people sent to the Netherlands by the Mexican party, and these families could not do what they wanted in the capital because of their understanding of Europe, contact and trust in each other.

Now that the situation is still unclear, the best way to go into battle shirtless with open fire is to "raze and raze" and obtain the greatest benefits at the lowest cost.

Nanyang Company hoped that Chen Jian could obtain many advantageous conditions through negotiations or with the help of various forces as in Europe, such as the Nanyang Company, the biggest beneficiary of the legal trade rights of the Spanish colonies, followed by the domestic factories and workshops.

The profits that the Nanyang Company envied for some families in the capital were not only factors such as the slave trade, export trade, and the increase in the price of sugar, but also the price revolution in the important European region at this time.

With the discovery of the "New World" in Europe, a large amount of silver flowed into Europe, and for decades, prices in Europe began to rise, according to the silver standard, the increase was gratifying.

The previous fog left the republic in a peculiarly closed system, and prices were calculated on the silver standard, which was lower than the average level in Europe.

As a result, the labor costs and raw material costs of Minjun are calculated in silver, which is far lower than the level in Europe, especially the Netherlands.

Even if there is no technological advantage, all export goods have a huge advantage. Originally, it may have caused some impact, but with the continuous progress of technology and the development of capitalist management methods in Minjun and other places, the total national labor wealth is also increasing, and the time is not long, and the impact of prices in China is not large.

Although world trade has begun, it is not so closely linked. As a result, the Nanyang Company, which had a monopoly on foreign sales, relied on the order of the price revolution to earn silver that made many people blush.

Nanyang understood the huge profits involved, and therefore did not want the Dutch to get a piece of the pie, or at least not to give them the right to trade and transport.

As for the future demands for legal trade with Spain, it was a long-term plan of the Nanyang Company, and even a demand for which it could pay a sufficient price. But the basis of this appeal is - monopoly, not the Dutch, the British have a chance.

Therefore, Nanyang Company knew very well that in order to gain these trade rights alone, it wanted to weaken Spain, but it could not let Spain finish off and need to fight against the "pirate" countries that were eyeing each other.

In other words, they needed a Spanish government to help them administer the colonies, because the company's accountants calculated that the direct jurisdiction was too large to be as good as normal trade in terms of rate of return.

Of course, it would be best if it could incite the independence of the Spanish colonies and support the local second-class people to form a comprador government to increase plantation control in Spanish South America, and to exchange the price of protection by force for tariff agreements.

Nanyang Company thought that it could not do these things with its current strength, so it had to ask Chen Jian.

Taking advantage of the contradictions between Spain and the Netherlands and Britain and the bankruptcy of the French and Spanish royal families that signed the Nantes amnesty, the signing of that treaty made Nanyang Company extremely convinced of Chen Jian's hand.

Although Chen Jian's withdrawal from the board of directors allowed some directors of the board of directors to expand their shareholdings, they were still very saddened by Chen Jian's departure, at least at this time, Nanyang Company could not find a "plenipotentiary governor" with sufficient weight.

The only young man with some signs of success went to the capital to join the newly established Indian company after returning to Minjun, and that young man could not support the position of full governor of the company from the perspective of fame and strength, and still needed to be experienced.

But time is running out, and Nanyang Company is very sure of Chen Jian's judgment that there is about to be a big chaos in Europe, and this opportunity is really not to be missed.

Another great desert city is on the side close to Europe, about 30 degrees north latitude, very close to Spain.

Nanyang Company was very reluctant to cause the Great Wilderness City to be attacked by Spain because of its actions, not because of its respect for the Great Wilderness City's acceptance of Chinese immigrants, but because once it did so, it would make the Mexican Party extremely dissatisfied, and they did not want to provoke and make the Mexican Party an enemy of themselves.

They were confident that unlike the factory owners and landlords, there were only two areas where the Mexican Party was dissatisfied with Nanyang: the slave trade and the possible invasion of land rent.

Moreover, Nanyang basically does not do those things that are speculative transactions in China, and the gains outweigh the losses. The rate of return is not as good as building merchant ships.

As for the problem of the shrinkage of the country's industry that may be caused by foreign trade, there is no such possibility for Min County. The price of silver, technology, and new relations of production determined that for a few decades the industrial capitalists in Min County urgently needed "free trade with zero tariffs and natural rights" without any form of tariff protection, and they were even extremely dissatisfied with the ban on agricultural imports.

Before coming to the capital, the board of directors of Nanyang Company was granted the following limit: "If Chen Jian can help to achieve the company's monopoly trade with Europe and the Spanish colonies, the company can subscribe for a part of the 'low rate of return' infrastructure equity every year, and the board of directors can also invest a part of the silver in the county-owned factories in Min County to accommodate the displaced people in the name of the directors." ”

After Chen Jian hosted the representative of the Netherlands for the first time, the representative of Nanyang Company hurried to visit him.

After meeting Chen Jian, there were other members of the Mexican Party around during the meeting, and the representative of Nanyang Company also understood the rules of the Mexican Party and was not restrained, and after handing over the letter from the board of directors, he first used a paragraph to consider the problem from the perspective of the Mexican Party, hoping to impress Chen Jian.

"Mr. Chen, although you have resigned from the board of directors because of the slave trade, you must never forget that you led the establishment of the company, and your name will definitely be written in the history of the company. I am here today not to talk about any slave trade, but to prove from the perspective of your party that the request of the board of directors is in your party's interest. ”

"Once trade expands, the factory industry in Minjun will also develop dramatically, and your party's base will continue to expand, and this is in line with your party's definition of progress and national wealth."

"As for the slave trade, it is not good to say so, but I must say that it was the activities of your party that led to the flourishing of the slave trade. If the people could tolerate lower wages and longer labor contracts, how could the plantations choose slaves? You know, slaves are very expensive, at least you have to ensure the survival of the slave, because the life of the slave is part of the owner's property. ”

"So, the problem of Min County can be solved, as long as your party agrees to keep the minimum wage for freelance workers on the plantations low, allows the signing of ten-year labor contracts, improves the brutal relief instead of the county-owned factories, and abolishes the minimum death compensation, can't those plantations accommodate more Chinese?"

"Mr. Chen, this is my advice to your party. The company makes a living from trade, buying cheap and selling expensively. If the wages of the hired workers continue to improve, and there is no price advantage, the company can just leave, buy goods from elsewhere and sell them back to their home countries, and the factories in Mincheng will close down one after another, because they cannot be sold. Is this what your party wants to see? ”

After hearing this, Jian Chen laughed, shook his head for a long time and said: "The first two sentences are okay, and I personally won't express any opinions later." Now that free-hand workers on plantations are slightly cheaper than slaves, how cheap do you want them to be? As for foreign affairs, the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and I am only entertaining some friends in The Hague in my personal capacity. ”

The representative of the Nanyang Company also laughed and asked rhetorically: "If the company now takes out some money to donate to the county-owned factories to accommodate the unemployed, what is your party's attitude?" You know, some of the dividends of the company's directors come from the slave trade, will your party oppose accepting them because of this? Or even throw the money at your feet and say that you Mexicans will not accept such a dirty silver coin? ”

The man glanced at Jian Chen and was not angry, and said: "If your party accepts and thinks this is a good thing, then what is the difference between this and Mr. Chen not withdrawing shares and using dividends to support county-owned factories?" The money is just turned around in the hands of the directors, is it washed off the dirt and made clean? ”

Chen Jian took out a silver coin and threw it in the air, and said with a smile: "Capital is not dirty, dirty is only the way to make profits." For every penny of capital you put into the county factories, you have less capital to invest in the slave trade. It doesn't make sense to put the money there and don't move, and you can only decide the way to make a profit when you move it. ”

"Of course we support that. We were against the slave trade, so we didn't get involved; We were against the slave trade, so we supported the inflow of some of the capital that was about to be invested in the new slave trade into the county factories. No matter how you look at it, we're doing the right thing. ”

"From this point of view, not only do we not violate our philosophy, but we are moving step by step in the direction of realizing our own philosophy."