Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 488 The Taboo of Willow

Feng An sat watching from the sidelines, with food and wine in front of him.

Liu Mu was exhausted, Feng An poured a glass of wine for Liu Mu: "According to my opinion, brother, all the fan merchants in the entire Lingnan must be captured, and there must be a master messenger among them."

"I can't catch them all. In the future, I will rely on them to lead the way, take our caravan around Malacca, and then go west for tens of thousands of miles..." Liu Mu stopped here, and if he didn't go around Africa for tens of thousands of miles In the case of the mainland, they still have to go through the territory of the Persian merchants when they reach the Mediterranean Sea.

Seeing Liu Mu's silence, Feng An didn't ask any more questions, but just sat aside and poured himself a drink.

Liu Mu didn't like these Persian merchants very much. According to historical records, during the Anshi Rebellion, there were 20 merchants from various ethnic groups in Persia in Guangzhou City. These people took advantage of the chaos and robbed the treasury of Guangzhou City.

Sinbad in the Persian story is a pirate who did all kinds of evil.

Thinking of this, Liu Mu slammed the cup on the ground heavily.

Feng Ang smiled: "What did you think of, I see that you are angry. Tell me, whoever makes you unhappy, old brother will help you vent your anger."

"I'll tell you two stories, old brother."

"kindness!"

"The first story is about a child who fell into the water and was washed to the country of giants by the sea. He learned knowledge and martial arts in the country of giants, then killed all the giants and took away the treasures of the country of giants, and returned as a hero. hometown."

The willow wood tells a true story that Wajima taught children about 1000 years later.

After listening to the story told by Liu Mu in detail, Feng An held the wine glass tightly without saying a word.

"Let's talk about the second story, called Sinbad."

"Two good friends who grew up together. One was young and reckless, and became a pirate. The other will inherit the throne and has a treasure that is helpful to all people. Sinbad..."

(Don’t waste the number of words here, those who are interested can watch the original version, don’t watch the beautified version of the later film and television adaptation)
Feng An's face was gloomy and terrifying. In his opinion, these two so-called heroes should be shaved by thousands of swords.

"These two stories, one is from Wa Island. It is used by them to educate children. My brother in Giant Country thought it was there."

"Hahaha!" Feng Ang laughed loudly.

Don't look at Feng An in Lingnan, but he doesn't pay attention to Feng An, who is just a mere Japanese island.

"The other one should be the prototype of Persian merchants. They are pirates. I was thinking just now, apart from us, I really can't find a country in this world where education and people are kind."

Feng An asked in surprise, "Can't you find it?"

"I really can't find it. I just thought about what I know, and it can be said that in this world... it seems that there are only a few savages who are just guarding their own territory. The rest have city-states, and I really can't find them."

Feng Ang laughed even louder: "That's good, let's teach them to be human and understand principles, benevolence, righteousness, reason, and faith."

"Good."

Feng An ordered to the guards behind him: "Go, please be polite and invite all the fan merchants from Guangzhou City." Feng An said the words very seriously.Then he continued: "Let them collect the corpse by themselves, and take a look at it, to see the end of my Tang Dynasty's secrets, and continue the trial. The behind-the-scenes messengers and the participants' families are slaves."

"Order."

Liu Mu's fingers tapped lightly on the table. Liu Mu didn't think that the overseas trade could be done immediately. Without several years of preparation, this overseas trade was basically dying.

The Persians want to sneak into the workshops to figure out what, not because they are curious about the craftsmanship of these workshops.

Thinking of this, Liu Mu said to Feng An: "Those affiliated workshops, let them be careful."

"It makes sense." After listening to Liu Mu's suggestion, Feng An ordered his subordinates to find the big shopkeepers of the cooperative workshops, and let them see the fate of these thieves who hanged by the sea.

Seeing Liu Mu in a daze again, Feng An turned his head and asked, "What are you still thinking about?"

"The Champas, I heard that their civil strife has stopped. After changing the royal family, it is still called Lin Yiguo." Liu Mu asked Feng An.

Feng An shook his head: "I don't care about these things, and I don't like the Cham people either. They invaded our land in the north when my grandma was. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, if Liu Fang, the great general of the Sui Dynasty, hadn't attacked their capital, they would have Definitely going up north. That's why I don't like them."

"Since you don't like it, then kill them. I was thinking about doing some business with them after hearing that their civil strife has stopped."

Feng An asked back, "Then what goods are you going to sell to them?"

"Porcelain, silk, and cloth, of course." Liu Mu knew that these three things plus the tea industry were definitely the key products of ancient China's foreign trade.

Feng Ang asked again: "So, how much porcelain and silk can our ship bring from the north?"

"There are more than 100 ships a year, adding up to tens of thousands of stones of silk and porcelain." Liu Mu is confident in this figure.

Feng Ang laughed: "Let's talk about it when I have enough silk from Lingnan, and every family can use porcelain cups and bowls."

Willow smiled awkwardly.

Feng An was right. At the moment, even domestic demand cannot be taken care of. The whole country of Datang will have a crazy purchase of various materials. On the ruins, rebuild the flourishing age.

And in this process, Datang's domestic demand is amazing.

Liu Mu changed the subject: "In two years, I will support you in building a real steel workshop."

"Thank you, but there is no need to rush. I need to go to Chang'an next year, and then send my two sons to Chang'an to study government affairs. It will not be too late to build a steel workshop." Feng An thought very clearly that steel is the first strategic materials.

He didn't dare to build this thing, so the current situation is already clear, Datang is about to change the emperor.

Therefore, Feng An planned to send his two sons to Chang'an as hostages after meeting the new emperor in Chang'an and getting permission, before he dared to build a steel workshop.

"Alright." Liu Mu approved of Feng An's choice.

Suddenly Feng Ang patted his thigh lightly: "By the way, in ancient times, someone paid tribute to an elephant in the Han Dynasty. How about I send someone to get a few and send them to Chang'an?"

"It's very good. I think His Highness King Qin will like it." Liu Mu added: "Don't send it to Chang'an in your name or in the name of Xigang Company. What do you think?"

"Very good, let's do it like this." Feng Ang smiled cheerfully.

In the next few days, Lingnan severely cracked down on anyone who might spy on the technology of the workshop several times. I don’t know how many people were imprisoned. Dozens of Persian businessmen died, and hundreds of people died. became a slave.

This time Liu Mu did not soften his heart, and his skills were absolutely not allowed to flow out, which was Liu Mu's taboo.

From Guangzhou to Hangzhou, Hangzhou to Laizhou, Hangzhou to Chang'an.The three-line trade is slowly taking shape, and it is predicted that there will be more than 120 ships of goods coming and going between the three lines a year.

(End of this chapter)