Chapter 1159: Cigar
When the Japanese envoy finally succeeded in using silver to find out why they were receiving "special treatment", the negotiations between Great Qi and Spain had already ended. Both sides had signed a trade tax exemption treaty. Among them, Great Qi had 32 types of tax-exempt goods for Spain, while Spain had 16 types of tax-exempt goods for Great Qi.
Andre and Antonio were very satisfied with this result, as were Little Treasure and the others. It could be considered a happy ending for everyone.
What made Andre a little displeased was that Great Qi was still unwilling to allocate a separate region for their ships to dock and replenish their supplies. This was because Great Qi insisted that Spain also allocate a region to supply Great Qi’s fleet...
As every region in the empire was precious, Andre couldn’t make the decision. Antonio, who could make the decision, obviously didn’t agree, so this matter could only be put on hold.
Fortunately, Great Qi relented and said that when there were too many ships in the port, they would build another port at an appropriate time to specially provide berthing supplies for ships coming and going.
However, the truth was that Qi Haoran was extremely annoyed by Andre’s pestering. He said in a fit of pique, "If not, we can just randomly allocate an island at sea for them to dock and replenish their supplies."
The very petty Little Bear insisted, "Islands are also Great Qi’s land. We mustn’t give it to them."
Mu Yangling suggested, "We’ll only let them dock their ships there. We’ll manage the region and collect rent and so on. Then, we’ll allow the local people to sell things there for free. This way, the commoners would have another way out."
"That’s right. As long as there’s consumption, the local people won’t lose out." Little Treasure finally decided. "Considering the people along the coast live a hard life, it’d be good to give them another way out."
Thus, the matter was settled. However, this was only a minor matter because no matter how many ships the other party had, they would only occupy a small place. Thus, no one took it to heart.