Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 501 Maritime Silk Road
"The widow's intention is to form a caravan of [-] people."

Sitting on the majesty's platform, Qingji said earnestly, "There are one thousand real merchants and scholars, and four thousand elite soldiers, coachmen, and handymen in charge of guards and escorts."

"Merchants and scholars can be recruited from the people and selected. The coachmen and handymen must be the elite soldiers of our country of Wu. We must ensure that the goods are not lost and the safety of the caravan."

"..."

Qingji obviously had thought it through carefully, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a thoughtful plan.

Because from the state of Wu to the Achaemenid Empire, and even further to the west, it is tens of thousands of miles away, and many situations may be encountered.

For example, bandits and bandits block roads and rob, and even some foreign countries and small countries do not allow passage, and they may even have the idea of ​​killing people and stealing goods.

Therefore, it is necessary to prevent problems before they happen.

This is the country of Wu, and also China's first trade with the West. Qingji attaches great importance to it and cannot afford to lose it.

"A caravan of five thousand people?"

Dazai Jiran was dumbfounded and said: "My lord, are the caravans too many people? The number of horses and carriages required must not be a small number..."

"Dazai, you and Prime Minister Zuo are in charge at this time."

Qingji waved his hand and said: "Everyone who joins this caravan must go through a period of training, so that they can avoid danger and risk their lives!"

"If there is a death or injury, the family members should also be heavily compensated and treated as a martyr."

"promise!"

Ji Ran and Wen Zhong agreed immediately.

At this time, Zhisu Neishi Fan Li frowned and came out and said, "Your Majesty, I thought it would be fine for our huge caravan from the Wu Kingdom to pass through the border of the Chu Kingdom. to avoid misunderstandings."

A caravan of [-] people can be said to be a huge army.

And they are all well-armed elite soldiers.

How can Qin State not be afraid of Wu State's sudden attack?
"Where is Confucius?"

"Chen is here!"

Da Xing Ling Kong Qiu was called by Qing Ji's name, and he stood up quickly.

"You are in charge of going to the state of Qin as an envoy to inform Qin Jun and his widow of the intention of forming this caravan. You must let the Qin people clear the way to avoid misunderstandings."

"promise!"

Confucius immediately agreed.

At this time, Wu State and Qin State are allies, presumably Qin people will not be embarrassed.

As we all know, when a caravan from one country goes to another country to do business, it is necessary to charge a certain level of tariffs in order to be able to flow unimpeded.

Now Qin people may not charge tariffs in order to make friends with Wu.

However, Qingji should at least say hello!
Maybe one day, the Silk Road will really be launched by Qingji, and Qin will benefit in the end.

Who let the Qin State occupy the geographical advantage, just stuck at the starting point of the Silk Road?

However, Qingji didn't mind Qin Guo taking advantage of it.

Because of how much advantage you have now, you may have to spit it out later.

Among other things, if the Persian army marches eastward, Qin must be the first to bear the brunt...

Sun Wu seemed to be aware of this, and immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think that since the Achaemenid Empire is so powerful, the caravans of our country of Wu will go to the west again."

"Why didn't your majesty send an envoy to make friends with the Persians?"

Sun Wu's thoughts coincided with Qing Ji's.

Qingji chuckled and said, "The widow has decided to let Judy lead the team. She is proficient in Persian and can communicate with Persians to a certain extent."

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Sun Wu praised.

"in addition……"

Qingji looked around again, and said slowly: "I plan to open up another trade route and trade directly with Westerners."

"Whether it's from the Qin people or the Persians, if there is a conflict, our country of Wu's trade route to the west will inevitably be interrupted."

"So, the widow is going to open up a sea trade route."

Not bad!

The idea of ​​Qingji is to open up another maritime silk road.

The Maritime Silk Road is a sea channel for transportation, trade and cultural exchanges between ancient China and foreign countries, also known as the "Maritime Ceramics Road" and "Sea Spice Road".

The Silk Road was not opened until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The sea trade route, that is, the Maritime Silk Road, is different.

The Maritime Silk Road sprouted in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, developed in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and transformed into the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the oldest sea route Qingji knows.

China's Maritime Silk Road is divided into two routes, the East China Sea route and the South China Sea route, with the South China Sea as the center.

In this era, the Baiyue people in Lingnan had opened up a trading circle with ceramics as the link in the South China Sea and even the South Pacific coast and its islands.

This is the South China Sea route.

The East China Sea route was driven by Qi State.

The East China Sea route is also called the "Oriental Maritime Silk Road".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Qi opened up a golden passage on the Jiaodong Peninsula that "follows the coastal waters" and leads directly to the Liaodong Peninsula, the Bangzi Peninsula, the Japanese Pirate Islands, and Southeast Asia...

Therefore, the era in which Qingji lives is the pioneering period of the Maritime Silk Road!

All the ministers agreed with Qingji's idea of ​​opening up the Maritime Silk Road.

After all, there is precedent for this.

For example, the people of Qi are in the north, doing business with the small country of Fanbang.

People from the state of Wu may not be able to do business in the south with the small countries of Fanbang in Nanyang.

However, Qingji's ambitions are even greater.

"My opinion is that this sea trade route starts from Panyu (Guangzhou) and trades with Nanyang. This is the south. The east starts from Yanling (Changzhou) and trades with Dongyang."

As soon as this remark came out, the officials once again whispered to each other and started whispering.

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong!"

Wen Zhong quickly stood up and said: "This foreign trade, especially ocean trade, is extremely risky and requires a large number of manpower and ships."

"Yanling is nothing more than that. It has a good foundation. Going to the sea is not a problem, but this Panyu..."

After a pause, Wen Zhong smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Although Panyu has been merged into our Wu Kingdom a few years ago, it can be considered rich among the six Lingnan counties, but relatively speaking, it is still poor and white. "

"If we want to open a port in Panyu and go to sea, I am afraid that the country will need to invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses!"

Hearing this, Qingji just shook his head and said, "You can only gain if you give up. This time, I use Panyu as the starting point of the South China Sea trade route, and I am preparing to drive the economy of the six Lingnan counties and carry out large-scale development."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhong and Ji Ran looked at each other, and only then did they understand Qing Ji's good intentions.

The country of Wu's voyages to the sea and foreign trade will undoubtedly drive the economy of various places in the country of Wu.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the economy at the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.

Yanling, as the native place of Wu, is very rich in itself, which is the icing on the cake.

Panyu is different.

It has not been a few years since the six counties in Lingnan were merged into the territory of Wu State, and they are still in a poor and white state.

Naturally, Qingji can't treat one more favorably than another.

(End of this chapter)