Kai Fu Han

Chapter 473 Request
"I got it. The alliance leader made a big deal in Shijian Country. He almost bought most of Nahe County." Zong Chengmao answered: "Congratulations to the alliance leader for successfully completing the deal."

"You're welcome. Thanks to Lai Mao as the intermediary and the credibility of your clan as a guarantee, Guardian Shi Jianguo can trust me. I haven't thanked the clan leader yet." Liu Xinqi thanked Zong Chengmao.

"That's right. Our clan has received a lot of care from you in the past two years. I'm lucky enough to be able to see Alliance Leader Liu today. It's just the right time to express my gratitude." Zong Chengmao returned the gift.

This is a little false.

According to Liu Xinwei's statistics, after the Xinghan League came to Japan, the Zong family did benefit at the beginning. However, with the development of the Xinghan League and the construction of Yuma Nangang, the Zong family's benefits have gradually shrunk.

Most of the trade that was originally transshipped from Tuima Island or carried out by the Zong family itself is now done by the Xinghan League itself, resulting in the scale of the Zong family's sea trade becoming smaller and smaller.

If it weren't for the underwriting of the Xinghan League's industrial products, and the purchase of grain for the Xinghan League in various parts of the country to make up for part of the loss of sea trade, the Zong family must have felt suffocated now.

Liu Xinqi already somewhat understood what Zong Chengmao meant by coming here this time.

"Can Leader Liu tell me something about the Xinghan Alliance's intention to launch a war against Japan?"

Sure enough, Zong Chengmao came to investigate the news and wanted to find a way out for the future of the Zong family.

"Have you ever heard of land annexation, head of the clan?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"I understand that land is concentrated in the hands of a few people." Zong Chengmao replied, waiting for Liu Xinqi's follow-up words.

"Since the head of the clan knows about land annexation, he must also know the dangers of land annexation." Liu Xinqi looked serious and continued: "The land of Jingdong where our Xinghan League is located has many people and little land. More than [-]% of the adults have no land to cultivate. .”

"How many people are there in this [-]% group?" Zong Chengmao interjected.

"Two million people." Liu Xinqi replied, noticing that Zong Chengmao's face had become very troubled, but he did not ask, but continued what he just said: "So many people have no land to farm, which is the source of the conflict. There are two solutions.”

"One is to consume these people."

Liu Xinqi said it very euphemistically, but everyone present understands that "consumption" is to find a way to make these people perish.

“The second is to give these people something to do, something they can do to support their families.”

At this time, Zong Chengmao had collected his emotions and listened carefully to Liu Xinqi's words.

"The first and most direct way is to launch a war. War will not only cause a large number of casualties, but will also occupy more land to settle the population."

Zong Chengmao's emotions were confused again: "This... is too harmful to Tianhe."

"Yes, so I didn't choose this method." Liu Xinqi nodded in agreement: "I built many factories, let these people enter the factory to produce goods, sell them to surrounding countries, and then buy back the food to support these workers. However, This was not enough. There were too many people without land to farm, so I came to Japan again, bought fields, moved some people over to farm, and made a living by myself."

Having said that, Liu Xinqi finally answered Zong Chengmao's question: "What do you mean?" There was too much water in these answers. In fact, there were not that many idle people in the Xinghan League.Although the total population of Xinghan League now exceeds 1000 and [-] million people, under the current productivity conditions, the cultivated land owned by Xinghan League is enough for all the people.

The reason Liu Xinqi lied was to guide Zong Chengmao and guide him to make the decision he wanted.

"Leader Liu is really well-intentioned. The people of the Xinghan League are blessed to have a leader like you." Zong Chengmao praised.

"Thank you."

The topic came to an end, and both of them picked up their tea bowls and took a sip of tea to relieve their thirst.

"Is this the reason why the head of the clan came here to ask this question?" Liu Xinqi was the first to speak on the second round of topics.

"I have another unkind request. I hope Alliance Leader Liu can agree to it." Zong Laimao put down the tea bowl in his hand, sat on the chair and cupped his hands.

"Tell me about it. If you can do it, you will definitely be able to do it." Liu Xinqi replied.

Whether it can be done or not, the final right of interpretation belongs to Xinghan League.

"Since the Xinghan Alliance's fleet intervened in the trade from the mainland to Japan and Goryeo, the scale of our clan's sea trade has shrunk severely. It is now less than [-]% of what it was two years ago." Zong Laimao said: "Can the alliance leader agree to let our clan The ships of the Xinghan League joined the fleet of the Xinghan League for cross-sea trade, and they had the right to purchase the goods of the Xinghan League on the mainland and transport them to Japan for sale."

Xinghan League's foreign trade and export business are all in the hands of its own people. Products with high profits are personally handled by Xinghan League's fleet. Small profits will be handed over to businessmen of Xinghan League. Only some profits are very meager. The export business of Zhao and Jin will only allow the Han maritime merchants from Zhao and Jin to enter.

It was impossible for Korean merchants and Japanese merchants to purchase local goods from the Xinghan League. They would either return with empty ships or engage in entrepot trade from Han maritime merchants, with very little profit.

In addition to this, there is another most important point: you will encounter pirates when trading overseas.

After so many years of raids, no pirates dared to provoke the Xinghan League's fleet, and most of the pirates on the sea north of the Yangtze River estuary have been wiped out, so the Xinghan League's fleet has not been robbed by pirates. loss.But the Japanese maritime merchants were different. They not only had to face some small pirates who had slipped through the net, but also faced the "Xinghan League pirates".

This was Liu Xinqi's idea, based on the later British "Private Licence".

There are now more than twenty "Xinghan League pirates" on the East China Sea. This kind of official plundering not only makes it impossible for foreign maritime merchants to compete with Han maritime merchants, but also greatly weakens the strength of foreign maritime merchants.You can also maintain the combat effectiveness of the Xinghan Alliance naval forces through rotation.

Only actual combat is the best way to train.

The Zong family's sea trade fleet was hit by these two aspects, and the scale of sea trade shrank by [-]% in just two years.The remaining [-]% ​​was left to them because the Xinghan League needed the Zong family to purchase food from various states of Japan.

"This..., forgive me, it is really difficult to do. The Xinghan League's fleet is now extremely saturated, and nearly half of the ships have no business. That's why I was able to mobilize so many ships this time to move the population." Liu Xinqi shook his head. Rejection: “Otherwise, how could a ship owner do such a thankless task?”

Since ancient times, transporting people has been the least profitable business, especially the transport tasks hosted by the government.

(End of this chapter)