Chapter 1144 Two Systems

"In this case, there will be no obstacles to our exchanges with Persia. Google search reading"

Newman initially agreed to use Songyuan for transactions, and Guan Tong smiled.

Next, Guan Tong asked the Tianzhu attendant to prepare two cups of coffee and cigars produced in Luzon for the two.

As the five southeastern countries and the southern countries restored order from the war, the production of each country was gradually restored.

In the trade with Dasong, they could only use a large amount of raw materials and local specialty products in exchange for Dasong's industrial products.

In addition to Dasong's official cigarette workshops, many private cigarette workshops have also appeared in Luzon. Dasong also imports tobacco directly from Luzon and prepares cigarette factories.

Yaga has coffee trees brought by Western colonists from the Black Continent, and they provide coffee beans to Dasong.

At present, these objects are slowly entering the daily life of Dasong people.

So it is not surprising that he used these to entertain Newman. .

The two chatted while enjoying the sea view not far away. Guan Tong asked, "It is said that a kind of black kerosene will emerge from your land?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that the general knows our Persian country very well." Newman laughed, "This thing will catch fire at a touch. We will use it to make fire pots when we fight."

After a pause, he continued, "But this also brings troubles to our Persian country, which makes our land unsuitable for farming."

"Hahaha... You are wrong. We call these black things oil. They are not only not a burden, but also a kind of wealth. At present, we in Dasong are in great need of oil. If you collect this oil and sell it to us, you can exchange it for Songyuan like gold."

Newman also laughed and shook his head, "General Guan Tong, this must be a joke. What else can that thing be used for except burning fire? Even if it is used for burning fire, the smoke is particularly large, not as good as firewood."

"This is not a joke, I am serious. This matter was specially instructed by our emperor. If you are willing to sell it, our merchant ship will arrive in your Persian immediately, and then we can negotiate a reasonable price." Guan Tong said.

Newman believed Guan Tong's serious expression.

However, he was not very concerned about the oil trade, because even the Westerners who would dig a rat hole had never thought of this black oil.

Therefore, he did not think that this thing was valuable.

Since Dasong needed it, they could just treat it as a small trade that was dispensable.

So he said, "Okay, I will arrange this matter when I return to Persia."

"Great." Guan Tong breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the price of oil, he was not worried at all, because Dasong was the only buyer now.

In this kind of unique business, the buyer has the final say, and they will keep the price of oil at a very low level.

Of course, they were not worried that Persia would take the opportunity to raise the price.

Because there are more than one country with oil reserves near the Gulf of China.

After staying in Calcutta for another three days, Newman returned to Persia.

Guan Tong also ordered a steamship to send the preliminary agreement to Yancheng.

After eight days of sailing, the agreement arrived on Zhao Xu's desk.

Zhao Xu read the agreement, but did not circle it directly. Instead, he called all nine cabinet ministers to the imperial study to review the agreement together.

"Generally speaking, there is no problem, except for one thing. In the future, will the trade standards between Persia and Dasong be based on the standards of the Eastern Land countries? Or will they create another set of standards?" Ma Yuan put on his reading glasses and read the contract carefully.

A few years ago, he felt that he could not see things clearly close up.

For this reason, he once wanted to resign and go home to retire.

But he did not expect that a glasses factory was built in Yancheng, and there was a thing called reading glasses.

After that, his eye problem was solved.

"What Ma Ge Lao said is that the relationship between our Eastern Land countries is special. It belongs to the tribute system, and there is also this foundation in history. The Eastern Land countries are not very exclusive, but are willing to be protected by Dasong."

"But the Central Land countries are different. If the Central Land countries are asked to abide by the same rules as the Eastern Land countries, I am afraid they will think that they will also become a vassal of Dasong." Liu Fu said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this.

After the battle of Tianzhu, he was thinking about this matter.

As Liu Fu said, he successfully restored the tribute system of Dasong in the East because there was a historical foundation.

Dasong has always been the Celestial Empire to the East.

Moreover, the Dasong people have been emigrating for thousands of years, and many southern countries currently have Dasong survivors.

After Dasong drove the Westerners away, these Dasong survivors became more active, and even directly jumped into the aristocracy because of Dasong.

They also influenced the politics of the Southeast and Southern countries and were friendly to Dasong.

In addition to Dasong's cultural transformation of these countries, it can be said that although these countries are not Dasong's territory, they are better than Dasong's territory.

But the Central Plains is obviously different, and the gap is relatively deeper.

He believes that he must not intervene in this region with huge profits like the Westerners, otherwise he can only get a long-term security war in return.

As for trade, as Ma Yuan and Liu Fu said, the trade rules of the East cannot be applied.

The Eastern countries have made many concessions to Dasong in trade, and Dasong naturally favors the Eastern countries in the transfer of steam technology.

Even if Dasong exports steam technology to Persia, it will be limited and will not be equal to the East Tu countries.

Otherwise, other East Tu countries will certainly be dissatisfied.

Therefore, he plans to establish a global system outside the East Tu trade system.

This trade system will not only target Persia in the future, but also any country that establishes trade relations with Dasong.

As long as you join this trade system, you can enjoy the convenience of the trade system.

In terms of relations, countries and Dasong will also be more equal.

Of course, if Persia is willing to give up some key interests like the East Tu countries, he does not mind letting Persia integrate into the East Tu trade system.

Thinking of this, he said, "In this case, let's start from scratch and build another trade system from now on. Countries joining the trade system can enjoy higher tariffs than East Tu countries, but lower than normal tariffs. As for what tariffs are charged for what goods, your cabinet will ask the Commerce Department to formulate it."