Li Qi spent a day recuperating in Baifu. Due to long-term consumption of ginseng, abalone, Ganoderma lucidum and other precious tonics, he soon became full of energy again. In the morning, he came to his western suburbs manor early and waited until
Visit of distinguished guests.
Not long after he arrived, servants from outside came to inform him that Iga Momokawa and Fujiyoshi Miki from Japan were asking for a meeting.
So fast? Li Qi laughed a few times and ordered his servants to invite the two distinguished guests in.
After a while, six or seven people including Fujiyoshi Miki, Iga Momokawa and others walked in.
"It's incredible to have a friend come from afar!" Li Qi laughed, stood up to greet him, and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. You two are really getting older and younger. It can be called reverse growth. To be honest, I just said
I thought it was your son coming."
Facing Li Qi's "enthusiastic confession", Teng Ji and Iga were extremely embarrassed. In the past year, their hair had turned white, and they were clearly several years older. However, Li Qi kept his eyes open.
I'm talking nonsense. I don't know which pot to use. I really don't know if it's a compliment or a criticism.
Iga Baichuan lowered his head and said seriously: "The economic commander has given me an award."
After all, Fujiyoshi Miki often came to the Song Dynasty, and he was not a warrior, so he was not so particular. With a wave of his hand, he saw a few servants walking forward carrying several large wooden boxes, and hehe said: "I heard that the economic minister recently gave birth to a son, Xiaoxiao
A small gift is not a sign of respect."
You have come up with such a perfect excuse, I won't accept it if you don't exist. Li Qi said politely: "You two are so polite. I am already very happy that you can come. Why bring these vulgar things again? Really, haha, I
I don’t even know what to say.”
Even so, he immediately asked his servants to collect it.
Li Qi was about to ask them to sit down when he suddenly saw a warrior standing next to Tengji Sanmu with an inverted eyebrow, a fat head and big ears, a muscular back and a muscular body. He was about thirty years old. If he were a follower, he would not be able to compete with him.
Tengji Miki stood side by side and asked curiously: "Who is this?"
Tengji Miki said hurriedly: "I almost forgot, this is the samurai of our Japanese Taira family, Taira Takero."
Heiwuro immediately lowered his head and said: "Heiwuro has met Mr. Economist." Although his Chinese is a bit awkward, it is not so that people have to think for a while to understand it.
Today's Japan is still in a relatively low position with regard to the Song Dynasty. No matter how high an official you are in your own country, when you come to the Song Dynasty and see officials from the Song Dynasty, you must bow first.
Although this man doesn't look very good, he is quite polite, not bad, not bad. Li Qi chuckled: "Good boy--oh. It turns out he is a warrior of the Ping clan. I have admired him for a long time."
This Pingwulang seemed to have little contact with the people of the Song Dynasty and did not understand what polite words were. He asked extremely seriously: "Do you know about our Ping family warriors, Mr. Jiezang?"
Are you kidding me? I only recognize Wu Tenglan. Li Qi's face froze, but he quickly reacted and said: "Of course I know. I have always admired your samurai spirit, and you Fusang the most
There is no more famous warrior than you, the warriors of the Ping clan, who are as thunderous as the thunder in your ears. How could you not know the truth? Brother Wu Dalang is disrespecting you, the warriors of the Ping clan, by asking this."
Anyone who is familiar with Li Qi knows that this kind of words came from his mouth. Just ignore it, but Hiratakero doesn't understand the market. Because Japan still has nobles controlling everything, samurai are always inferior. They never expected to come here.
I was overjoyed to be able to meet someone with the same philosophy in a foreign country. I said excitedly: "Yes. The economics master is absolutely right. Also, my name is Hiratakero. I don't dare to claim to be great. The economics master is right."
Just call me Wu Lang."
"Yeah?"
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Maybe I heard it wrong. Wu Dalang---oh no, you three, please sit down, please sit down."
Li Qi suddenly saw that Heiwuro was still sitting in front of Iga Mokawa. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He had a re-evaluation of Heiwuro in his heart. He immediately ordered someone to pour tea and asked with a smile: "By the way, Mr. Iga,
I wonder if you are satisfied with the weapons of our Song Dynasty?"
Iga Baichuan gave a thumbs up and said: "Satisfied, really satisfied. Your country's weapons are truly second to none and well-deserved, especially those bows and crossbows, they are so ingenious."
"It seems that Yiga's Chinese has improved a lot!" Li Qi laughed and said: "As long as you are satisfied, to be honest, it was the first time for us in the Song Dynasty to do this business, so it was unavoidable that we were a little uneasy, and there must be some.
What shortcomings are there? I know Mr. Iga is just talking politely."
At this point, he changed the subject and said: "But now, after a year of preparation, we have perfected the process of weapons sales. In addition, we have developed some new weapons. I believe that several
There must be interest."
You didn't even say a few polite words, but you got involved in business. You are truly an economic ambassador! Fujiyoshi Miki and Iga looked at each other with embarrassed expressions on their faces.
Fujiyoshi Miki said sarcastically: "The economic envoy seems to have a high opinion of us Japan. Our Japanese population is sparse and our military strength is not as good as yours. The weapons we bought last year are enough. There is no need to buy more this year."
Li Qi let out a sigh, with a slightly disappointed expression on his face. He thought to himself, you have come all the way here and left nothing for us in the Song Dynasty. That is really unreasonable. You don’t want to buy it, but I still want you to buy it. He nodded and said:
"I see. I thought you, like Gao Li, were also here for my shipyard in the Song Dynasty. I bet I made a mistake in my judgment. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The business is not there, but the favor is."
"Goryeo? Shipyard?"
Fujiyoshi Miki was shocked and asked curiously: "What does the economic commander mean by this? Does Goryeo want to buy ships from your country?"
"Don't you know?" Li Qi looked a little hesitant and said, "I don't know the details, but as far as I know, they do have this intention."
The more ambiguous Li Qi's words were, the more suspicious Iga Baichuan and the others became.
Fujiyoshi Miki probed: "The economic envoy is talking about the Fuzhou Shipyard?"
"Exactly."
Li Qi smiled, nodded, and suddenly asked: "I wonder if you three know anything about my new method in the Song Dynasty?"
Fujiyoshi Miki said hurriedly: "Of course, of course. We are very concerned about every reform in your country."
There is no hypocrisy in this statement. Their Japan is now using the currency of the Song Dynasty. How can they not pay attention to every move of the Song Dynasty? On the contrary, the Song Dynasty rarely pays attention to Japan, and it is clear that they look down on them.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Those three should also know that the Song Dynasty is planning to strengthen maritime trade."
Fujiyoshi Miki nodded and said with a smile: "Of course we know that we in Japan are also willing to have closer cooperation with your country. We Japanese people also hope that your caravan can go to our country."
"Really? You Fusang people are really hospitable." Li Qi chuckled a few times, and then said seriously: "In order to strengthen maritime trade, our Song Dynasty built shipyards. Maritime trade, maritime trade, there are no ships
How can we trade? The three of us say so."
Fujiyoshi Miki and others nodded.
Li Qi added: "So, the foundation of maritime trade lies in ships. A larger and safer ship is indispensable. If someone sails across the ocean in a small boat and travels thousands of miles, he comes to
We do business in the Song Dynasty. No matter how much we want to do business with them, it is impossible to arouse our interest with just a few small boats. For such people, I advise them to go home and farm. It is really
It's a waste of life. It can be seen that the quality of this ship will directly affect maritime trade."
After a pause, he continued: "I am not bragging, Li Qi. As we all know, if the shipbuilding technology produced by our Song Dynasty is second, no country dares to be first. This shipyard is not so much built for our Song Dynasty.
It is better to say that it was built for other countries. Trade, trade, this thing cannot be slapped, there must be coming and going. For example, when we in the Song Dynasty went to their Goryeo to do business, when we went there, there were more than a dozen large ships.
But when they came, they only had a few small and inconspicuous boats. This was too unbalanced and unfair to them. No matter how hard it was strengthened, it would just be the same."
After saying these words, these three Fuso brothers couldn't help but feel ashamed. In fact, they were right. Compared with the tall, handsome and high-end building ships of the Song Dynasty, their cargo ships were really unsightly.
A demo! It's not a good idea yet. When you agree, I will use you to fool Goryeo again. Haha, kill two birds with one stone! Li Qi glanced at them and said: "In short, this ship is the first ship for our Song Dynasty to go overseas."
Step. You also know that Goryeo has always had a good trade relationship with our Song Dynasty, so they are very interested in our Song Dynasty ships, not only cargo ships, they have also inquired about warships."
Warship? Fujiyoshi Miki said: "What does business have to do with warships?"
Li Qi pointed at him and said with a smile: "You don't understand this."
Fujiyoshi Miki said: "Please ask the economic envoy to give me some advice."
Li Qi smiled and said: "I don't know if there are robbers in Fusang. Anyway, I have them in the Song Dynasty, and they have been banned repeatedly. Why, it's because money obtained for nothing is too tempting, but there must be passers-by first, and then there are robbers.
, there is no doubt about it. On land, there are still officers and soldiers to deter them, and the bandits don't dare to be too rampant, but what about at sea? I don't know if there are pirates on the sea now, maybe there are, but there are definitely not many, this is just
Because maritime trade has not yet flourished, according to the goals of our new law in the Song Dynasty, maritime trade will definitely increase sharply in the next year, and the number of merchants passing by will definitely increase, and a trip by sea will definitely make a lot more money than a trip on the road. So
Big temptation will definitely arouse people's greed. It can be expected that pirates will also increase at the same time. No matter what it is, safety is always the first priority. I think whether it is the Song Dynasty, Goryeo, or you Fusang
, will find ways to protect the safety of merchants. Fortunately, our Song Dynasty has thought of this a long time ago, so we are developing a lightweight warship with the purpose of protecting the interests of our merchants."