"Your Majesty wants to do business with Mongolia? What about the Song Dynasty?" Although Wen Nan was very disappointed with the Southern Song court, he did not want to see the Jinhe Empire have a good relationship with the Mongolian Empire.

"There is no real hatred between countries. As the emperor of a country, I must first consider the interests of my own country. If I think about other countries first, do you think of other countries as citizens of the Jinhe Empire? In fact, doing business is also a kind of war. Although it does not have real fighting, its destructive power is no worse than war."

"We have made the Mongol Empire lose its claws to win this naval battle, but its body is still there. It will grow claws in a few years, and it will be even harder to deal with it at that time. How to erode its body, using war is a way, but I have a more economical way. Doing business with them is my way. Compared to war, I am more skilled in doing business." Hong Tao did not explain to Wen Nan how to do business with the Mongol Empire because he has not thought about it now. Getting the Mongol Empire to promise to open the port is the first step. Only with this step can we continue to move forward, otherwise everything will be useless.

"Your Majesty is going to dig a hole for the Mongol Empire?" Wen Nan probably understood Hong Tao's intention. He had never understood the economy very much, especially the business that Hong Tao did. According to his understanding, not both parties make money in business, how can they be used as weapons? But Hong Tao does have unique insights in this regard, and there are many successful examples, and they will never be able to accept it.

"A big pit is bigger than building big ships and casting cannons! As long as they open this hole, no one can block it except war. The problem is that as long as there is a war, they will always be the passive side of being beaten. Seeing that the port that had just flourished was urbanized into ruins, the Mongolian nobles who invested a lot of money would agree? Not to mention the Khan of Heaven, even if the Jade Emperor comes, they will not be able to handle this. This is human nature, allowing the Mongolian nobles to live a beautiful life of luxury and food, which is my biggest task in the next ten years."

"Actually, I am a very fraternal person. I like everyone in the world and always want them to live a good life. War is just one of the means, just like parents educating their children. Just reasoning sometimes doesn't work. It's still necessary to slap them a few times. But the purpose of my slap them is not to die, but to make them live better. Do you think this is the case?" Hong Tao became more and more aware of it, and he also summarized a set of high-sounding reasons for himself to cover up the faces of his invaders and colonists. These words are placed in later generations. Junior high school students can swear his face every minute, but in the thirteenth century, it is indeed very confusing.

"...Your Majesty, Nan has a piece of advice, I don't know whether to speak or not..." Wen Nan was not confused by Hong Tao's words. These things have been listening to them since the day he knew Hong Tao. Even if he couldn't think of somewhere to refute Hong Tao's theory, he could still distinguish them.

In recent years, Southeast Asian countries have been so-called commercial development by the Jinhe Empire and have circulated goods. The quality of life and life of local residents has indeed improved compared to before. The living standards of key areas such as the Port of Malacca, Penang, Kalamba, and Cape Town have steadily increased year by year. It is no exaggeration to describe it as a safe and prosperous life. These changes were all borrowed by Hong Tao, and he was able to make a move. No one could erase them.

In addition to overseas ports, the Qiongzhou, Guangzhou and Quanzhou Ports in the Song Dynasty have made great progress due to the existence of the Strait Company. Every year, the fleet goes to sea and returns for two months, these three cities have become large markets, with cars and horses carrying goods everywhere.

Merchants from all over the country gathered here, either selling the goods in their hands to ships that went out to sea, or buying fresh goods from the returned ships. Then they were trafficked back to the mainland to sell and earn the difference. The farthest merchants all came from Sichuan, and their coverage basically covered the entire Southern Song Dynasty.

Not only did the mainland merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty rush to be second-department dealers, but also Dayue, Goryeo and Japanese merchants took sea boats to specialize in these three port cities to purchase the goods they needed in China. Although the purchase price from here is higher, it is much more cost-effective than driving a sea boat to the port of Malacca. Not only is it safe and secure, the journey back and forth was shortened by half. Taking advantage of this time difference, a trip to Guangzhou is more profitable than buying a handful of goods from the port of Malacca.

Even a military town like Zhenzhou Port, which is so poor that it is not shitty, has transformed into an emerging seaport city since its establishment as Zhenzhou Shipyard. However, Zhenzhou Port is not a trading port but a manufacturing industry. Every year, a large amount of materials are transported from here. After the craftsmen in the shipyard are busy, they turn into expensive sea ships and drive away.

Don’t think it’s expensive. You can’t even buy it. It is said that the shipyard’s order has been ranked three years later, and the third phase of expansion will soon begin. The taxes paid by this private shipyard, coupled with its driving force on the entire city’s handicraft industry, Junzhen’s income has firmly ranked first in Hainan Island, leaving Qiongzhou Port behind.

These were brought by Hong Tao. At that time, no one could have thought that a Shishi Company and a route to Dashi would have such a great influence. It was not only Dasong and Dashi, but also the countries around the entire route were beneficiaries. One route and a company revitalized most of the Asian economy. But Hong Tao saw that when he founded the Shishi Company, he clearly told Wen Nan that the potential of this company and this route was so great that it could not be calculated, not only reflected in the economy, but also affect the political structure of many countries.

"But it's okay. You haven't scolded me before, so don't be so polite. Just don't scold me in front of others. After all, I'm the emperor and I have to give some face to the country." Hong Tao showed off his character of not being afraid of boiling water. Now he has the title of emperor. Although he can't say anything, sometimes it's very useful to take it out to block the wind and rain, especially when dealing with people like Wen Nan.

"Please tell me your true intentions. If you just say something nice, I can't understand Your Majesty's original intention. I'm afraid that something will go wrong when doing things." Wen Nan politely asked Hong Tao not to beautify himself and be realistic.

"...The Mongolian Empire is warlike, and this is the skill they rely on for survival. Unless they are at sea, I can't do anything to them. But they also have a weakness, or a big flaw, they are not good at doing business and are greedy! Didn't the ancients say that they are good at defeating their enemy's weaknesses by using their strengths. My strength is to make money in business and do business with the Mongolians. I can give full play to their advantages and slowly and unknowingly use their only remaining national strength through this method." Hong Tao doesn't like this way of chatting very much, so he doesn't let himself extend it. He brags about it. It's so boring to just talk about serious things.

"What if the senior leaders of the Mongolian Empire disagree?" Wen Nan and Hong Tao were the opposite. He was willing to speak serious things in advance and not to interfere in it.

"Don't agree? You can't help them... When the Mongolian prince arrives at the coal mine in the upper reaches of the Galaxy, you will take two or three of his confidants north to release one in Mizhou, release one in Dengzhou, and release another in Jinzhou. I want to see if all the Mongolian nobles can destroy their relatives for the sake of national interests. We have more than 10,000 pure Mongolian prisoners in our hands, even if each of their family has only ten people on average, how many people are there?" When hearing Wen Nan's question, Hong Tao burst into laughter. When it comes to thinking about the ugliness of people's hearts, he is also the best in this era because he has seen too many of them.

"I sent it to three ports separately, because I was afraid that someone would secretly kill them to silence them! Your Majesty thought so thoughtful..." This sounded like praising Hong Tao, but with Wen Nan's expression and tone, it had another meaning.

"As long as the Mongolian senior executives can sit together with you and talk to you, the matter will be solved halfway! The rest depends on how you convince them to open ports to do business. My suggestion is to induce them to use profit. They are short of money. If they tell them that open ports to do business, they can charge more taxes than farming, and they have no reason to disagree. If it really doesn't work, we will take a step back. Just try it on a small scale first, so that they can taste some sweetness, and then gradually increase the number of open ports."

Hong Tao has never studied how to open a closed market, but he thinks it is not difficult, because there are many examples in history to refer to. At that time, the British first used strong ships and powerful guns, and then knocked on the doors of the Qing Dynasty with interests. China's reform and opening up is also the same principle. Let's try a special zone first. As soon as they see the interests, government officials immediately stood on the side of the interests. Various means of selling the country emerged one after another, which was easier and more thorough than using strong ships and powerful guns!

"I'm afraid they won't see the benefits that His Majesty said." Wen Nan still felt that he was not sure, and he didn't really want to be this human trafficker.

"Yes, talking about long-term interests with people who don't understand business is a bit of a sense of playing the piano in the year... Otherwise, let's have a tax system. As long as they open the port, the Jinhe Empire will give them a fixed tax amount every year, regardless of whether there are ships or ships or not, and they can pay first! This is a visible and tangible benefit, right?" The question raised by Wen Nan did not stump Hong Tao. He only thought for a moment and came up with a perfect solution.

"It seems that Your Majesty is already under the control of Zhizhu... Nan will talk according to His Majesty's wishes. On one hand, there are the lives of tens of thousands of compatriots and the money that is within reach. I think they will not ignore it." Wen Nan said while shook his head. He did not disagree with Hong Tao's diplomatic strategy, but was regretting the Mongolian Empire. No country that had touched Hong Tao could escape unscathed, including the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!