Chapter 400 Capital Colonization
For the entire Tang Dynasty, among all the small countries that gave him tribute, Japan was the most bizarre.
Because other countries paid tribute to Tian Khan, they wanted to get Tian Khan's protection, and they were also really afraid that Tian Khan would beat them up. Only Japan was different. The navigation technology in history was not developed enough after all, and Japan and the Tang Dynasty were separated by the sea. Even on missions had a high chance of encountering the Shanghai crisis. The Tang Dynasty's binding force on them was basically zero.
But the Japanese tribute was the most active. Not only did they send Tang envoys every year, but they also invited a large number of Middle-earth monks to preach, and they looked at Tang, as if they were obedient as grandsons.
But I have to admire that in the seventh century, Japan achieved a great leap in its internal politics, economy and culture by learning from the Tang Dynasty. Some people even say that the real Japanese culture only started after learning from the Tang Dynasty. It suddenly changed from a weak, barren and war-torn country to the second in the whole of Asia.
The view that this country seems to have adhered to for thousands of years has been to learn from the world's boss and strive to be the world's second.
Qin Hao is not an angry young man. Although he doesn't like this nation at all in his heart and wants to kill them all, from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, Japan at this time was indeed an extremely rare friend, did it colonize civilized?
So after thinking about it, Qin Hao almost completely agreed to the request of Emperor Guigu, wanting to learn silver smelting? Yes, you pay for the money for building a metallurgical factory yourself, and the workers use all the workers and the Japanese don’t pay their wages.
Want to learn the technology of building sea ships? That's fine. Dashi consultants can send them there. Qin Hao simply verbally agreed to move the largest shipyard in the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou Shipyard, to send about 200 master craftsmen. However, you have to use your Japanese wood and your Japanese human resources to account for your shareholding.
In this way, the cost of building ships in Datang has dropped too much. The sea ship that originally required hundreds of thousands of guan each may be almost done with more than tens of thousands of guan.
As for whether the learned shipbuilding in Japan would pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty's maritime hegemony in East Asia, Qin Hao was not worried. The cost of sea ships was too high. Even if Japan tightened its belt to build it, how much could it be built? Besides, Qin Xiaohao is here. This child has played with ship models in his previous life. If he draws designs, he can develop the Garen ship, which is more than ten centuries ahead of him in three years.
Seeing Qin Hao so readily, Emperor Tuigu agreed to his request. The old lady smiled so much that she couldn't even see her eyes. It said that Japan would do her best to cooperate with any other conditions. Although it would be a little more difficult to help the Tang Dynasty shipbuilding economy in the short term, Emperor Tuigu believed that in the long run, Japan would definitely make a profit.
The big bull on the side said carefully: That...Brother, my wife also wanted me to ask you before I came, can Silla build a shipyard?
Qin Hao was so upset by the big bull. Japan and the Tang Dynasty were separated by the sea, so the two countries could be good friends. Silla has become a pet dog of the Tang Dynasty. Are you fucking me?
I couldn't help it for a moment, so Qin Hao threw a teacup over and broke it directly on the big bull's face, and blood flowed all over the table.
"roll!"
A Silla official brought by Daniu may be a little silly and shouted loudly: "Is this how Datang treats friendly countries?"
The big bull quickly slapped the ground and said, "Why are you talking to my elder brother?"
Qin Hao glared at Daniu very fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "After the talk, come to your house for a meal. We two brothers are so scared that Daniu is almost going to get under the table."
Qin Hao smiled at Emperor Tuigu and Yuan Gai Suwen with embarrassment and said, "I'm so embarrassed. I'm used to fighting before, so I couldn't help it for a while. Don't be surprised by me. Come on, let's continue to discuss."
After negotiation, a triangular route was demarcated between the Tang Dynasty, Silla and Japan, and sold it to Silla with various goods, then bought some daily necessities from Silla to Japan, and then exchanged silver from Japan to transport it back to the Tang Dynasty, perfect.
The money in this place was made available to the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, it was mainly Sun Er's group. In order to get Xue Wanche to support Qin Hao, several hard currency were set to be handed over to the Andong Protectorate.
Among them, Silla acted as a large-scale trade transit, but the benefits were not in the hands of the Silla court, all of which were completed in the Tang Concession. Silla had to help the Tang Dynasty collect things through official means.
In order to give Silla some compensation, Qin Hao promised that the spice trade could be monopolized by the Silla court. This was also a long time ago. Many people in later generations thought that only Europe lacked spices was a great voyage. In fact, this thing was a hard currency in any dynasty in ancient times, and the same was true for the Tang Dynasty.
Yuan Gaisuwen, on the other hand, had a line with the Tang Dynasty's concession. During the triangular trade, some merchants would divert the Shira concession to him and continuously transfer the resources needed by Silla to him. He would need to loot the Korean ginseng, gems, red jade, marten and other objects in the territory.
In less than a year, in order to help the Tang Dynasty plunder these things, Yuen Gaisuwen firmly labeled as a lackey, and did not receive the favor of the new court exempting taxes. The rebel army rekindled. Yuen Gaisuwen had to further plunder and make money in order to fight, and even ordered every household in Fuyu to raise marten. The marten is harder to serve as a meat than a human, so the resistance is even more intense and vicious cycle.
After about two days, this complex trade line was finally agreed. The Tang Dynasty made a big profit, but the Three Kingdoms could not be at a loss. It was indeed mutual communication. The rain and dew all benefited a lot.
At this point, Qin Hao finally saw the dagger.
"Three, if we have such a large trade volume, it is definitely not OK if we don't have a common currency to trade. My Tang Dynasty's universal coupon settlement is easy to carry, and we can also carry out storage business in my Tang Dynasty's money house. This will greatly improve the efficiency of our trade, right? Jincheng, Silla, already has a Datang bank, but if I ask me, a money house with such a large transaction volume is not enough. It's necessary to open more. In addition to the concession, there are ten or eight companies. The same is true for New Goryeo. All major cities must open, so it's okay."
The big bull nodded honestly, but Yuan Gaisuwen looked entangled.
Money house, general coupon, and this thing. Goguryeo's strong national strength back then was because of this thing. If this thing was agreed, the reputation of the traitor and lackey would not be cleared for a thousand years, but he would not agree? Haha, in a minute, his heart could be crushed by Qin Hao. He is now betrayal among the people of Fuyu, so how could he be separated from the Tang Dynasty?
Yuan Gai Suwen smiled bitterly. A few months ago, he led his troops to fight guerrilla warfare, which made generals like Xue Wanche very anxious. What a glory it was. He almost killed Qin Hao when he negotiated with Qin Hao, but what about now?
Haha, one step is wrong, every step is wrong. He once thought he could talk to Qin Hao equally, but now in less than half a year, he has been killed to death and can never look back.
Chapter completed!