After delaying in Qingdao Port for several days, on October 18, Qiang Quansheng returned to the capital Dongfang Port... And the next day, Lopez, the president of the Bank of La Plata, and Xiligu, Genoa's full-minded business representative to the East Coast, visited together. Qiang Quansheng, who did not want to interfere with this matter, simply introduced them to Xu Xin, a member of the Central Committee and the chief official of diplomatic and trade affairs.

Xu Xin was not surprised at all by the visit of the Genoese. In fact, he felt that the Genoese were too tolerant and came to him too late, because the obvious fact was that the Genoese merchants were gradually marginalized in the Peru Governor's Governor's District and their interests were violated to a certain extent. They were now here to negotiate with the East Coast people. Obviously, this patience was quite good.

Of course, Xu Xin had already made plans for how to deal with the Genoese, because this was the unanimous agreement between the Executive Committee and the Genoese, but it was decided by him and the Genoese at this moment. In fact, it was very simple, and the meaning was similar to what Qiang Quansheng said before and Genoa, that is, to encourage the Genoese to deepen investment in the East Coast, while digesting excess capital, they also obtained projects that could obtain long-term benefits. In addition, it also helped the East Coast Republic deepen its land development level. As the saying goes, three goals in one fell swoop, and absolutely win-win and mutual benefit.

You should know that since Genoa Capital withdraws from the Spanish credit market in 1627, they have already held huge amounts of funds and don’t know what to do. After all, the competition is so fierce these days that almost every country and every city has been divided up. If you want to find a vent for your huge amount of excess capital, you must find another way - now the East Coast Republic of China, which is constantly having opportunities, is obviously such a value depression.

Perhaps the only thing the Genoese need to worry about is that their ocean-going navigation capabilities are insufficient. But if you think about it carefully, this problem is actually not big. On the one hand, they can hire merchant ships from other countries. On the other hand, the Genoese have very good navigation skills, after all, they were once pioneers of navigation.

As early as the 13th century, the Genoese had already controlled trade in the Western Mediterranean and regularly traded between Bruges, London, Morocco and Italy, accumulating their first pot of gold. In 1291, the Vivaldi brothers sailed to the Gulf of Guinea for the first time in order to find sugar, gold and dragon blood (resin).

The Genoese were also the first people to arrive in the Azores. As early as 1351, a Genoese nautical chart marked the four small islands of the Azores, 7 in 1370 and 8 in 1385. This shows that they had sailed here many times before the Portuguese; in 1339, the Genoese arrived in the Canary Islands and drew maps, Lanzarot named one of the islands after its own name. This was the first time that Europeans arrived here.

Later, the sales of sugar in Madeira was basically the Genoese merchants who were active in Bruges and Lisbon were mostly Genoese. Later, Columbus, who sailed for Spain for the New World, was Genoese. Even the funds for his voyage were provided to Queen Isabella by Genoese bankers, and Capote, who was looking for a northwest route for Britain, was also Genoa born. In short, in the 14th and 16th centuries, Genoa's maritime technology was always in the lead in Europe, but later due to the battle with Venice and the many invasions of the local enemy, the country's maritime miracle was announced to be terminated. After that, the sailors of the Iberian Peninsula took over the Genoese flag and began to explore the ocean.

After the new trade route was opened by the Portuguese, Mediterranean trade suddenly plummeted, and Genoa's industrial economy was greatly depressed, which led to the country's capital turning increasingly to the credit field, and eventually completely "de-industrialized" and becoming a remarkable usury country. After that, lending to the Spanish king and re-export trade to operate specialties in the New World became the economic pillar of the Genoese, and it continued until 1627.

Genoa in history may have been mediocre and then sinking, just like her hundreds of years old enemy Venice. But in this time and space, the Genoa seemed to have found a new economic growth point, which is to invest in the East Coast. They are now like Japan in the 1980s, with the checks in their hands being too thick, but they are guilty of being a treasure and the disaster is not far away.

Such a country has strong capital and nautical technology. It has poor connections in Europe, but it is on the verge of decline and is suitable for all-round cooperation with the Eastern Coast Republic.

Of course, the East Coast people are not interested in the money in Genoa. What they are really interested in is that the Genoese can use this money to recruit immigrants in Europe, recruit craftsmen, mercenaries, purchase supplies, and then sail overseas to do whatever they want. They are willing to do in the early stage. Don’t underestimate this ability. If the same money is in the East Coast, it will definitely not achieve such an effect. Only the deep-rooted Genoese in Europe can complete the above work easily and ease. The East Coast people have no connections and are still pagans, and they cannot do these things at all.

It is precisely this ability that makes the Genoese be valued by the upper class of the East Coast, and then out of comforting them, they plan to guide them to invest in overseas colonies on the East Coast to speed up the development progress there. Anyway, those places are under the control of the East Coast people, and the Genoese cannot make a big wave. They can only seize some economic benefits, but the developed land, manors, towns, ports, and population will certainly be accepted by the East Coast people in the future - the Genoese naturally understand this, but as long as you like and I will make money, I will make land, and everyone will get what they need, and there is no question of who will make money and who will lose.

"Mr. Lopez, Mr. Siligu, good morning." Xu Xin, who opened the window and let the fresh air penetrate in, looked at the two of them and smiled: "You two come to visit together, probably you already have an idea?"

Lopez and Siligu looked at each other, and then Siligu came forward and said: "We are a little interested in the development of your country in New China Island. We have also seen the preliminary investment plan that your country provides us, but we still have some doubts about this. We hope that the honorable minister can answer it for us."

"Of course, please say it." Xu Xin raised his hand and signaled them to speak.

"Your country points out that our government or businessmen can be allowed to operate all industries in New Huaxia Island. Does this mean we can invest in industries including coal mining, logging, sugar grafting, fishing and shipbuilding?" asked Siligu.

"We will not make promises randomly. Remember, Siligu, this is a promise to Genoa's friends, and others do not have such good things. For example, we have given you thirty years of operating the plantation. If it were the Spaniards, we would not give them three days." Xu Xin said without hesitation.

"So can we also open spice plantations such as pepper on it? And also allow us to ship the goods back to Europe for sale?" Siligu continued.

"Of course, as long as you pay taxes according to the rules, then I don't think anyone will stop you from doing such normal business behavior." Xu Xin said.

Siligu and Lopez looked at each other, and both sides could see a hint of satisfaction in each other's eyes. You should know that such a large tropical island is rare, and then Siligu continued to ask: "Does your country provide security protection? I heard that the natives there are very fierce, and the French are also pirate-born scum, and their character is very good."

"The land you have opened up is legally the land of our East Coast Republic of China, so we will of course promise to give you the necessary military protection to avoid the normal production order being unhindered. This is endorsed by our loyal and brave army and the powerful Second Navy Fleet, and you and your government can fully trust it. In addition, given that you are old friends of our East Coast people, we also solemnly promise that if your investment in New China fails, then our government will repurchase these failed projects. How about this? Is this the conditions strong enough?" Xu Xin said with a smile.

The people of the East Coast are already very sincere in their conditions, and the Genoese are generally satisfied. Some of the factories they jointly run with the people of the East Coast in Luoqia Port have been operating for many years and the returns are pretty good. Among them, Luoqia Textile Factory, which is mainly silk products, is the most famous. Its dividends may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of lira this year, which is absolutely not underestimated. In addition, the business of knitted lace factories, wineries, and cheese and ham production workshops is also sloppy, and it is more than the top and the bottom. Most of these companies that are likely to gradually go bankrupt in Genoa have gained new life after coming to the East Coast, which has greatly encouraged Genoa investors. In recent years, they have moved more than a thousand skilled workers from the old continent to the East Coast. It seems that they will continue to expand their investment scale in the future and continue to rush workers from Italy to the East Coast to contribute to the industrial development of the East Coast.

It is precisely because of these successful precedents that the Genoese are fully interested in investing in New Huaxia Island. If they believe that there is profitability, then they will undoubtedly organize their own ships and manpower, and then rush to this tropical island in the Indian Ocean to invest under the management of the East Coast Colonial Government. You must know that they are all wealthy and are not afraid of the huge investment in the early stage. As long as this project can ultimately bring them benefits - in fact, it is clear that they are eager to get projects with annual returns of 1.2%, so do they still care about the long investment cycle? Obviously not!
Chapter completed!