At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 461, Triangular Trade

The Kshatriya nobles have always bullied the weak and feared the strong. At the beginning, Hu Hai and his men killed too few people, and the Han people did not harm anyone. They thought that the Han people were weak and could be bullied, otherwise why would they not burn, kill, and loot when they captured a city, but instead helped them maintain order.

It was obvious that the invading Han people were too weak, so they had to please the Indians. The naval battle of Tamosuludi City was an accident. The strength of the Han people was not as strong as they imagined. In addition, they did not see how many Han people were in the city, so they thought of driving away Hu Hai and his men.

However, Zhang Yongyi was very tough and successively wiped out more than a dozen Kshatriya nobles, defeated thousands of their private soldiers, broke into more than a dozen manors, and captured thousands of people. He was invincible. Moreover, he used all the captured Kshatriya nobles to build roads and water conservancy facilities, which was an act of turning the table.

But when the Indian nobles in the city of Tamosulu saw the miserable plight of their companions, they immediately became obedient. They found that the guns and cannons of the Han masters were too powerful, and they dared not resist anymore.

At the same time, they were complaining in their hearts that the Han masters did not play by the rules, and how could they, the rulers of India, not levy heavy taxes, burn, kill and loot? As a result, they misjudged the strength of the Han masters.

As for Zhang Yong's military actions, Hu Hai didn't care at all. He just wanted to ensure the stability of Tamasuti City. Instead, he was in contact with the Indian Vaisya merchants during this period. Tamasuti City was a seaport city and also a commercial city. There were many big merchants here. They were extremely scared about the invasion of the Han people at the beginning. After all, they were the ones who would be hurt when the war broke out. As a result, they found that after the Han people maintained order in Tamasuti City, the ruffians, nobles and powerful people in the city were killed by the Han people, and the city was actually much better than it was before.

Then Hu Hai laid out all the silk, tea, porcelain and sugar on his ship and said he wanted to trade with them. The merchants were dumbfounded. Here with the new city lord, the best silk was only 3000 coins per piece, and the tea that could refresh the mind was only coins per pound. The exquisite porcelain and rock sugar that was as sweet as honey and as icy as snow were only ten thousand coins per pound.

Seeing these goods, all the merchants in Tianzhu went crazy. The new city owner generally sold the goods at only 30% of the price in Tianzhu, which means that they only need to transport these goods to other cities and resell them to get three times the profit. This profit is enough for the merchants in Tianzhu to do business at the risk of being hanged.

So they took out their treasured gems, ivory, spices, gold and silver and went on a shopping spree in the city lord's mansion. After purchasing these goods, they went to other cities and other countries in India. Soon a group of Seres came to the city of Tamasid, and the news of selling silk spread throughout southern India.

The lord of the city of Tammosui also became the target of ridicule from the entire India. The Seres originally wanted to sell their goods, but the lord was too greedy and wanted to annex the Seres fleet. If you succeeded, everyone would say you were a hero, but you failed and were killed by the Seres. As a result, you even lost your own city and became a real loser. Naturally, you became the object of ridicule.

Of course, many countries in South India were very worried about the invasion of India by the Seres, because from the news they had received, the Seres had a weapon that could fire thunder. The army of the lord of Tammosudi was defeated by the Seres army that mastered this weapon. They only knew that this weapon was like a cylinder, made a sound like thunder, and could break anything. Even the city could not withstand the attack of this weapon. If the Seres attacked them, they would not know how to resist at all.

India was not isolated from news. They also knew about the Seres civilization, and knew that it was a wealthy civilization that mainly produced silk and was also an extremely powerful civilization. It was said that the powerful Kushan Empire that destroyed the Maurya Empire was driven to India by the Seres. In the past two years, they even sent envoys to pay tribute to Seres and submit to the emperor of Seres.

At that time, this news caused a huge sensation in the entire Indian land. The Kushans were already the most powerful overlord country in India, but they were no match for the Seres. They were so scared that they fled thousands of miles away and had to submit to them.

They dared not imagine how strong the Seris in the legend was. They were afraid that only the kingdoms of gods in the myths could be compared with the Seris. Now that the Seris had really invaded India, many kings and nobles were wondering whether they should send envoys to surrender to the Seris in Tammosudi. Surrendering to the strong was not only not shameful, but was a fine tradition of the Indians. However, they learned that there were less than 3,000 Seris who came to India, and they felt that they could still struggle for a while.

Compared with the struggles of the Indian nobles, the Indian merchants acted very quickly. However, when they learned that the Seres had large quantities of luxury goods such as silk, tea, porcelain, and sugar, they took all their belongings and rushed directly to the city of Tamasid, hoping to catch up with this wave of wealth.

As a result, with the purchases from merchants from various countries in India, the 12 ships of goods in Hu Hai's hands were quickly sold out.

On January 6, the 19th year of the Great Han calendar, in Tianzhu, at the port of Tammosulti City.

Hu Hai had sold all his goods, and his ship was also filled with Indian luxury goods such as gold, silver, jewelry, gems, spices, etc. Of course, these luxury goods could not fill Hu Hai's fleet, not even one-tenth of it, so he also took away all the thousands of rebellious Indian nobles.

First, they wanted to reduce the hidden dangers in the city of Tamasuludi. After all, these were Indian nobles who were rebelling against them. Leaving these people there would be a huge hidden danger. Of course, killing them all would be too wasteful. Now Nanyang lacks a large number of laborers. An apprentice from the Han Dynasty can earn three times the salary when he goes to Nanyang, and a master craftsman can earn 10 times the salary. This shows the extent of the lack of technical talents in Nanyang. And these Kshatriya nobles are better than the savages in Nanyang. They can be regarded as technical and management talents. If the effect is good this time, then when they return to the Han Dynasty in the future, they will not have to worry about not having enough goods.

After more than ten years of maritime trade, the Han Dynasty's merchants have discovered that the more ports they can trade in, the higher the profit of maritime trade. If they only buy spices, the profit may not even double. But if they sell the Han Dynasty's goods to the Spice Islands, the profit of two-way trade can be doubled. According to this formula, if they conduct triangular trade, the profit can reach 10 to 8 times. It's a pity that the third corner of the triangular trade imagined by the Han Dynasty's merchants never appeared.

Now that India has been discovered, the triangular trade envisioned by the Han Dynasty's maritime merchants finally has a third corner. Hu Hai only needs to sell these Indians to the princes in Southeast Asia, which is another profit. He can then buy spices, sandalwood and other local specialties from the princes in Southeast Asia, which is another profit for the Han Dynasty. In this way, he can make nearly 10 times the profit from one trip to the sea.

Secondly, he was attracted by the female resources of India. Since the discovery of the Spice Islands, the development of Nanyang by the Han Dynasty has lasted for more than ten years. During these ten years, the population from the Han Dynasty to the Nanyang region exceeded 200 million, but the proportion of women and children among them did not exceed 20. The gender issue has become the biggest problem for many vassal states. Many people who came to Nanyang to work would return to the Han Dynasty when they made enough money and marry a wife to live with. Of course, many of them also chose to marry Nanyang natives. It can even be said that without them, Nanyang would be even more difficult to retain people.

But for the princes of Nanyang, this is something that is difficult to tolerate. Their vassal states are vast and sparsely populated, and the cost of immigration is huge. As a result, these young and strong laborers make money and go back. How can this be tolerated? But they really cannot restrict these people from staying or leaving. Finding a wife has become a huge social problem in Nanyang.

Hu Hai stayed in India for three months and found that the facial features of Indian women and children were more in line with the Han people's perception of appearance, especially the women and children of the Kshatriya nobles, who could be considered beauties in Chang'an City. If these Indian people were transported to Southeast Asia, it could be said that they would kill three birds with one stone: they would make a profit and solve Southeast Asia's huge social problems.

The fleet was ready to set off. Hu Hai said to Zhang Yong, "Tanmo Sudi City is now handed over to you. I will report your achievements to Prince Yi and the court. You must guard this place well."

Zhang Yong said: "I will not let the emperor and the young master down, and I will defend this Indian stronghold for the Han Dynasty."

Hu Hai said: "I have left a boat for you. If you really can't hold on, take the soldiers and leave on the boat. The green mountains left behind are useless."

There were too few Han people in the city of Tamosulu, only 1000 people, 500 of whom were sailors. Although they had a certain combat effectiveness, they were obviously not comparable to the elite of South Korea. There were also 2000 Indian troops. After killing some Indian Kshatriyas, Zhang Yong divided their land and recruited another 1000 Indians as soldiers.

However, Hu Hai had no idea how strong the Indian army was. If they turned against him, Zhang Yong and his thousands of men would have to face hundreds of thousands of Indians.

Zhang Yong said disdainfully: "Only after arriving in Tianzhu did I understand why the Great Yuezhi people, who had become helpless, became the overlords of Tianzhu. The Tianzhu nobles were too cowardly. I have thousands of elite soldiers who are enough to suppress the Tianzhu people in the city of Tammo Sudi."

This is not Zhang Yong's arrogance, but he really looks down on the Indians. When he attacked the Kshatriya manor, the casualties were less than the number of hands. You must know that the Indians are not the savages of Southeast Asia. From their agricultural technology, the level of city construction, and even the degree of civilization, it can be said that they are only one level lower than the Han Dynasty, but they are also far beyond the Nanyang savages. They have no shortage of bows and arrows, swords and guns, and a lot of iron armor and leather armor. In terms of weapons and equipment, it can be compared with the Han Dynasty in the Warring States Period.

Although they have such a high level of civilization, their military strength is shockingly weak. As long as he pushes up the artillery, many Indian soldiers dare not even shoot arrows. Those who surrender at the sight of the enemy are considered to be relatively brave Indian soldiers. How can Zhang Yong look down on such military strength? Especially since he knows the history of India, he finds that although this civilization is also prosperous, their military strength is weaker than his legs. Although the population is tens of millions, it has been invaded and ruled by foreign races for thousands of years. Such a weak country and civilization can actually last for thousands of years. Zhang Yong is also eye-opening.

Hu Hai whispered to Zhang Yong: "Remember to support Jiumolu and let him fight against the Buddhists. Only when the two sides fight, can we gain a firm foothold in Tianzhu."

Jiuma Luo and his followers are all supporters of Zhang Yong and his group, and the relationship between the two sides is complementary.

Although Brahmanism is the original religion of India and its history is even longer than that of Buddhism, Buddhism was named the state religion of the Maurya Dynasty by King Ashoka. The Maurya Dynasty promoted the discovery of Buddhism with the power of a country. Therefore, during this period, Buddhism flourished throughout India and suppressed the development of other religions in India. Those Buddhist monks lived a life like retired emperors in India and did not have the pioneering spirit of later generations. They stayed in the comfort zone of India.

Historically, it was not until the fall of the Maurya Empire that the subsequent Gupta Empire began to promote Buddhism, but it also introduced Brahmanism to compete with Buddhism (based on the appearance of Buddhism in our history, I am afraid that they occupied too many resources in India, and even the Indian Kshatriya nobles could not stand it, so they pushed Brahmanism to fight against Buddhism). Brahmanism gradually began to suppress Buddhism, and at this time Buddhists had to go north to the Western Regions and south to Nanzhong to spread their teachings.

Of course, India is still in the most prosperous period of Buddhism. There are Buddhist temples of all sizes everywhere in India. The temples in the city of Tamosulu still take a cold-eyed and indifferent attitude towards the Seres like Hu Hai. They are in the middle of the situation and understand the strength of these Seres better. It is just a fleet with only a few thousand people. They will leave sooner or later. This is what the local monks think.

But these Seres were too good at fighting. If they did not leave on their own initiative, the monks would not dare to act rashly. So they did not take the initiative, did not refuse, and did not cooperate. Naturally, Hu Hai would push Jiumalu to fight them. If they were to fight among themselves, they would naturally have no time to deal with the Han people.

Judging from the three months, the effect of Hu Hai's divide and rule was extremely obvious. With Hu Hai's support, Jiuma Luo had 30,000 more believers in three months. With the support of these believers, he built a huge Brahman temple. In addition, more and more believers around him were willing to believe in Jiuma Luo, which aroused the fear and attention of other temples.

Which sect can resist giving away land for preaching? Countless Buddhist monks are dissatisfied with Kumarajiva's behavior. It is he who has raised the cost of preaching. This is not just dragging everyone into involution, it is simply the devil coming to the world.

In the past three months, the monks of Tamasid City have debated with Jiumaro twice. However, Jiumaro, who returned from studying in Korea, absorbed the thoughts of various schools of thought in the Han Dynasty, as well as the later thoughts brought by Xu Fan. Now Jiumaro is like Zhang Wuji who has learned the Nine Yang Magic Art and the Great Shift of the Universe. His strength has greatly increased. He won both debates and left his opponents speechless. This has made his prestige even higher. Although they wanted to use off-field means, Jiumaro was protected by the Seres. Many of their means could not be used, so they could only find a way to defeat Jiumaro through debates in an open and aboveboard manner.

Now these monks have no time to pay attention to Hu Hai and his people. Instead, they are trying to suppress the heretic Jiuma Luo. In just three months, they have developed 30,000 believers. If Brahmanism continues to grow, these Buddhists will have food to eat in the future.

Zhang Yong said: "I understand."

Then Hu Hai said to Jiuma Luo with a smile: "Master Zhu has no rivals in the debates in India, and Brahmanism is flourishing."

Jiuma Luo said, "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty and Prince Yi's father are both wise men of the time. Prince Hu Hai, please bring me the articles of the two wise men."

Kumaru is now outnumbered and in dire need of support. Among the books he has read in Korea, he believes that the books written by the Emperor of Han and Prince Yi's father have the highest ideas.

Hu Hai smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely bring you the emperor and Prime Minister Zhang's articles when I come down."

Then Hu Hai boarded his main ship, and 11 warships carrying India's gold, silver, gems and thousands of Kshatriya nobles left India and headed towards the defense line of Korea.

The journey back went smoothly, and this time the fleet had a clear goal, so a month later, their fleet returned to the Xinzheng wharf again.

Zhang Buyi went to the dock to greet Hu Hai and others, but found that his own general Zhang Yong was not in the fleet.

Hu Hai immediately said: "This trip to India has yielded a lot of results."

Then he briefly described what they had done in Tianzhu.

Zhang Buyi said excitedly: "You guys have done a good job. If a small foreign country dares to attack our fleet, their country should be destroyed. I really want to go to India with you to fight."

Zhang Buzhi's generation was full of martial virtues. When he heard that Hu Hai and his group had such a wonderful life and even destroyed a small country, he felt very regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have led the team to India.

"Ahem!" Zhang Zhong coughed and said, "Sir, this is not a place for conversation. We should first invite Master Zhao to the palace to discuss the affairs of Tianzhu."

Hu Hai immediately said: "This time I also hosted more than 1500 Indian nobles, among whom more than a thousand were Indian women and children."

At this time, the Indian nobles on the fleet came out of the cabins one by one. Although they looked listless, it could be seen that they were people living a good life.

Especially the appearance of women and children from India made the Korean men on the dock quiet down. The noble women of India were very consistent with the aesthetics of the Han people, not to mention that in the South Central region, the women they could get in touch with were those dark savages, while these Kshatriya nobles had white skin, full of exotic colors, and in line with their aesthetics. Many people couldn't walk when they saw this road.

Zhang Zhong shouted, "Someone, keep an eye on these Indians and take them to the quarantine area for washing. No one else is allowed to approach the quarantine area. Anyone sneaking around in the quarantine area will be given ten lashes and three days of forced labor."

"Yes!" As Zhang Zhong gave the order, a team of soldiers isolated the dock. Doctors in white took the Indians to the quarantine area. The Koreans could only watch these Indian beauties leave with drool.

(End of this chapter)