Cao Cao suddenly appeared, which surprised Xu Wei. He didn't expect that Cao Cao, who was demoted to a desert island, could actually do something great. He was worthy of being the most famous Emperor Wu of Wei in history.
But this incident also reminded Xu Wei that Daqian's treasures must be guarded and not spread out easily. Historically, tea, silk and porcelain can be said to be the most important three treasures of the Celestial Dynasty, helping the Celestial Dynasty earn Thousands of years of gold and silver, the value of which can be said to be immeasurable, but the unfilial piety of later generations not only destroyed the wealth accumulated by the Celestial Empire for thousands of years in a few hundred years, but also allowed these three treasures to be stolen by people from other countries.
Thinking of this, Xu Wei asked Li Gang of the Navy Department to issue an order to Xihai City, asking them to strictly prohibit silkworms, tea trees and other materials from passing through the South China Sea.
Although he knew that with the deepening of exchanges between major civilizations, such strict defenses would be broken sooner or later, but it would be good to be a year later.
But for the countries in the South China Sea, it is difficult for Xu Wei to restrict them. In fact, they can be regarded as affiliated countries of Daqian. They are all within the same system. He should not be too partial, just like Cao Cao in Izumo The country had developed a silk industry, and Xu Wei could not let Cao Cao shovel down the mulberry trees.
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Of course, those who should blame themselves still need to be reprimanded. Xu Wei asked Niu Gui to lead people to blame Cao Cao and asked him to stop counterfeiting Daqian's silk.
The next day, Liu He came to Guo Jia's mansion.
He saw Guo Jia saying solemnly: "I was appointed by the imperial court to sternly warn Cao Cao, the leader of the Izumo Kingdom, that you are using inferior silk to counterfeit our fine Dagan silk and ruin the reputation of our Dagan silk. If you don't stop this, For your behavior, I will punish you from Izumo Country."
Guo Jia had already anticipated Liu He's arrival. Xu Lun's smashing of silk shops also caused quite a stir in Jidu, not to mention that these silk shops were all related to Guo Jia. So Guo Jia had long been thinking about it. There is a way to solve this problem.
"Don't worry, your Majesty, it was not my lord who pretended to be Daqian silk. It was the profiteers who wanted to make a profit, so they pretended to be Daqian's silk. I will definitely inform my lord and ask him to rebuke these profiteers! Such a thing will not happen again." !”
After the official business was over, Liu He also relaxed and said: "Back then, Cao Cao was not a good guy in Luoyang City. I didn't expect that after so many years, he still hasn't changed. You said you sell silk, just sell silk. What are you doing?" If you want to pass it off as something from other places, and this silk, can't it be made with more care? The quality is so poor, even if I were to weave silk, I wouldn't be able to weave it like this."
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said: "The island is full of savages. They don't know how to weave. If they hadn't accumulated more than a year of experience, they wouldn't be able to produce such inferior silk now."
"From now on, this kind of low-quality silk will be labeled as your sister Izumo's country. The imperial court has taken this issue seriously. If you copy silk from other places, your goods will not only be confiscated, but you will also have to pay several times the fine. I will tell you You said this is not a joke, you must make Meng De take it seriously."
Guo Jiadao: "Understood! Such inferior goods will not appear in Daqian's market in the future!"
Liu He chatted with him for a while and then left.
Seeing Liu He leaving, Guo Jia sighed helplessly and said: "It seems that these silks can only be sold to Liu Bei from Tianzhu. He wants to use silk for inner armor. He shouldn't care too much about the quality, and if it is delivered to his door, , maybe you can even earn some money on transportation costs!”
It's just that Guo Jia still thinks it's a pity. Who would want to go to Tianzhu thousands of miles away to make money when you can make money easily!
In the twelfth year of Daqian (AD 211), early March.
Spring began to warm and flowers bloomed in the north, and everything revived. Xu Wei, as the governor of Daqian, came to the Quanzhou County Pier, which caused a sensation in the entire wharf. At this time, a large number of giant sea ships stayed on the wharf. The reason why they stayed here was Just want to seize the high bounty set by Xu Wei.
Daqian is open and adventurous. The rapid economic development in recent years has also made the heroes of Daqian a bit money-worshipping. Facing Xu Wei's high bounty, he has hundreds of ships and plans to go to the unknown continent to find it. rubber tree.
Moreover, many heroes even braved the severe cold and set off on the road ahead of time, otherwise there would be even more ships at the dock.
Xu Wei summoned these first-generation adventurers and said: "As long as you find what I want, ten thousand taels of gold and a country, I will not hesitate to reward you!"
Then he pointed to the sea in the east and said: "If you want to get this wealth, want to become the master of a country, and want to make yourself famous in history, just go to the sea to find it!"
Xu Wei's words made these adventurers excited. They boarded their ships one after another, and then thought about the unknown sea in the east!
Xu Wei saw the ships driving out of the port and murmured to himself: "Go, all my treasures are there!"
At this time, Zhen Xing's ships also began to leave the port. Zhen An attached great importance to the life safety of his eldest son. He not only spent a lot of money to go to Daqianguo Shipyard to order an extremely sturdy ship with a displacement of 30,000 shi. , which is equivalent to a 1,000-ton sea-going ship, which can be said to be an extremely huge behemoth in this era.
There are hundreds of sailors on the ship. They all have more than ten years of sailing experience. They can be said to be the core talents of the Zhen family. The presence of such people on the ship will affect the Zhen family’s maritime trade income. From a safety perspective , Zhenxing is the tallest sea-going ship.
Not long after Zhen Xing and the others drove the ship away from Quanzhou County Pier, a sailless ship rushed past them at a speed as if the ship was flying on the sea. Zhen Xing was extremely surprised when he saw it. "The steam engine actually moved Have you boarded a ship?"
Steamships are not a new thing. As early as more than ten years ago, Xu Wei introduced steamship propellers. A large number of flat-bottomed boats in Daqian were equipped with propellers and ran in various rivers in Daqian, saving a lot of manpower.
So after the steam engine was developed, many people thought about putting the steam engine on the ship, so that there would be no need for human power to drive the propeller.
It’s just that most of the earliest steamships were flat-bottomed boats, and the boats were also very small. This was the first time Zhen Xing saw a steamship sailing to the sea like this!
Captain Zhen Quan smiled and said: "In the past two years, many sea-going ships have been equipped with steam engines, and quite a few fast ships have been built. These ships mainly transport some people and precious goods. These goods are most in short supply." It’s time, and what is needed is a fast ship like this.”
Zhen Xing was envious when he saw it and said: "I really want a sea-going ship like this. It can save a lot of speed."
According to their plan, it would take at least three years of sailing at sea to find the rubber tree that the Grand Consul mentioned and then return. If there was such a fast ship, the time could be saved by more than double.