The Port of Araucan in October is warmer than Xingnan Port. "Apart from the still raging west wind, everything is fine here, there is no heavy snow all over the sky, and there is no sand and dust covering the sky. The trees are shaded here - well, only on the coast or on both sides of the river, and it is thriving here - this is the truth. From the continuous ships entering and leaving the port here, it can be seen that the population is prosperous here - in addition to the large number of Araucan people, there are also residents of the East Coast, with more than one thousand people, and the small Araucan Port has thousands of people.

On the land bought by the East Coast people, the Nantie Company built a two-story brick house as the company's office place here. There is also a stone material warehouse next to the brick house to store various goods transported from China, and also serves as a company vault. At this time, Mo Ming was sitting in the office in the middle of the second floor, receiving a long-lost guest.

"This is really a gift from God, President Mo. I met the famous Baron El Salvador Angel Bravo in Santiago. He agreed to your company's request for bilateral trade and invited you to stay in Valparaiso for a while at the right time, and discuss some details." Manuel Ignacio Rodriguez sat opposite Mo Ming and talked happily.

This old guy is the head of the Rodriguez family, a native white elite in La Plata, and has trade ties with the East Coast people for more than ten years. Although the trade was interrupted for three years due to the war, as soon as the war ended, his son Alvaro once again joined the East Coast people on behalf of the family: they first purchased 200,000 yuan of 10-year bonds of Nantie Company in Qingdao's financial market, and then applied for the acquisition of 2% of Nantie Company's equity (worth 200,000 yuan).

The direct investment of 400,000 yuan to repair the relationship between the two parties is a big deal. Moreover, under the leadership of the Rodriguez family, some other native white families who fled far away from Chile and Peru during the war also invested tentatively in the Southern Railway Company. This contribution was quite considerable. Therefore, Mo Ming, the president of Southern Railway Company, has always had a good impression of the commercial family of La Plata. This time, Southern Railway Company intends to start private bilateral trade with Chile, Charcas and other places, and Mo Ming is preparing to give their family a share of the pie, which is a reward.

"I heard that during the war, some of the manors on both sides of the Maurin River were looted by the Araucan guerrillas, and the losses were quite large. Moreover, he himself was a devout Catholic and had a deep prejudice against us East Coast people... So, is there really no problem here?" Mo Ming pondered for a while, then asked Manuel.

"Business is business." Manuel smiled disapprovingly and said, "The peninsula people in the Old Continent hated the damn Dutch. The war between the two sides lasted for more than half a century. Countless people, including a large number of noble children, were buried in the battlefield. Countless nobles or merchants' ships suffered heavy losses because they were looted by the Dutch... However, all of this does not hinder the trade between the two sides. Business is business. It has nothing to do with politics. As you know, during the long war with the Dutch, a considerable part of the finances of the kingdom was maintained by borrowing loans from Dutch bankers. Now, one-third to half of the silver shipped back from the New Continent are transported to the Netherlands to pay the debt interest. So, there is no problem here."

Mo Ming smiled when he heard this, and then gently clenched his head, as if he recognized Manuel's explanation. The trade between the Southern Railway Company and the Spanish American colonies could only be shameless private trade, because the policies of the Kingdom of Spain do not allow (the restriction policy of the West Indian Academy of Trade). But if the participants are all real-powerful figures in the colonies, then the problem is not very big. When everyone is tied to the same chain of interests, the Spanish vested interests, mainly native white people, will help cover up the local area.

The Nan Railway Company once made a prediction on the trade prospects between the two sides, and concluded that the market was very broad and the "money prospect" was very bright. Peru's tropical trees, bird droppings, cinchona bark and sugar, Chile's wool, leather and animal fat, and Charkas' lead, tin and sulfur are all commodities needed on the east coast. Of course, the most produced commodity in the Peru Governor's District - precious metals, is urgently needed by people on the east coast. What are the export commodities on the east coast? The answer is many!

Textiles, agricultural tools, hardware tools, dyed leather goods, soaps, greases, building materials and even fine salts, as well as a small amount of production materials, such as canvas, anchor chains, weapons (of course, this is up to be discussed) and even fishing boats, are all what they need. Thanks to the Spanish Kingdom's suppression policy on the colonies over the years (only a small amount of industry exists in Mexico), the industry in the Peru Governor's District was almost blank, and the daily supplies required by millions of residents in the region almost all require annual treasure fleets to transport from the local area. There have been records that in order to build manors, some wealthy people in Peru even need to import bricks from the old continent, in order to build manors, which is incredible!

Of course, the daily needs of millions of people are extremely large, and it is not something that dozens of treasure ships can be transported a year. This has led to the prosperous smuggling trade in Peru. French ships, Dutch ships, British ships, Portuguese ships, and even Nordic countries such as Sweden and Denmark are all in the Peruvian Governor's Governor's District, which is full of loopholes like sieves, conducting an astonishing smuggling trade activity. This situation was fine in the 17th century, and it had just begun. By the 18th century, Spain's two treasure fleets transported to the Americas every year only one-tenth of the amount of goods consumed there. As for the other nine-tenth, it was naturally filled by smuggling trade, and the British merchants were naturally the ones who smuggled the most.

Nan Railway Company is now in financial difficulties and urgently needs a large amount of funds to build two large seaport terminals, the Port of Araucan and Xingnan Port. The local area just gave Nan Railway Company the right to monopolize the trading rights of commodities on the east coast of South Patagonia, which created the foundation for Nan Railway Company to carry out re-export trade in the Pacific Ocean. Anyway, this market seems to be similar to the blank, and it is not a waste or a waste.

What's more, smuggling a large amount of East Coast goods into the vast Peru Governor's District can not only kill the possible national industry (although unlikely) in the region, but also squeeze out the goods from other countries that are smuggling. What's the joke? The New World market is East Coast people, French, British, Dutch, Portuguese and even distant Nordic people have smuggled goods. What's the point!

Mo Ming believes that the low manufacturing costs of East Coast goods and the cheaper logistics and transportation costs will definitely drive smuggled goods from other countries out of the Peru market - of course, it is limited to the goods that can be produced by the East Coast. As for those labor-intensive goods, East Coast itself will ask others to import them - the benefits of this to the East Coast domestic manufacturing industry are self-evident, and the South Railway Company can also take a ride from it and obtain a large amount of re-export trade profits to obtain the ability to continue to build infrastructure in the South Patagonia region. Otherwise, with only national subsidies and capital market financing, it will take only enough funds until the year of the Monkey and Horse Market. You must know that this year, 2-3 immigration ships in the Far East will tentatively move from Jinshan Port to Araucan Port along the northern edge of the west wind belt. All immigrants have arrived, but the planned railway has not yet moved. Isn't that nonsense!

However, there is no lack of hidden dangers to smuggle East Coast goods into the Peru Governor's Governor's District. For example, the goods transported by the Spanish Treasures fleet, foreign smuggled goods, etc. Among them, the Genoese suffered a considerable loss (St. George's Trading Company undertakes a considerable amount of import and export trade in the Americas and has a large warehouse in the Port of Cadiz), and the Dutch West India Company, as a large smuggling company, also requires the local trade departments in the East Coast to coordinate with their interests. Of course, this is not Mo Ming's business. He only focuses on the interests of the Southern Railway Company. As for the trade disputes that may be caused by this, it is the government's business. The emotions of the Genoese and the Dutch still have to be comforted by them.

Thinking of this, Mo Ming stood up, walked a few steps in the room, and then said to Manuel: "I will write a letter now, and you will help me bring to Baron Bravo. It is a very complicated matter to build a smuggling network. It involves all kinds of interests. There are too many people who need to settle it. We must do the preparations in the early stage carefully. This way, after you leave, I will organize a negotiation team within a week. They will follow my will to negotiate with you. I will not have to come forward. They can represent me. Of course, after everything is agreed, I may go to Valparaiso, but it is not possible yet."

"I understand." Manuel also stood up and looked at Mo Ming and said, "Barl Bravo will not refuse, nor will he refuse. There are too many real-power figures who have suffered heavy losses in the three-year war. They are now in urgent need of making a profit, and smuggling trade with you is the fastest way to take effect. Perhaps this does not match their inner emotional tendencies, but everyone is adults. In the face of real interests, I believe they will make rational choices."
Chapter completed!