Capital Datang

"Two hundred silver coins, take this batch away!" In the bustling teahouse, a bearded businessman said to the people next to him. The people next to him also looked like businessmen, but they looked better than him. It looks much neater, it should be a local merchant in Jincheng.After the businessman finished speaking, he picked up the tea bowl on the table and drank it down.

"Shopkeeper Hu, two hundred silver coins is too expensive. There were so many goods last time, but you only wanted 180 silver coins. Why is it suddenly increased by twenty silver coins?" the merchant said a little dissatisfied.The so-called merchants are those who own shops in the local area, and are usually only responsible for the terminal sales of goods, unlike merchants who carry goods around and sell them.

"How can this be yiyàng? Last time I brought Dengzhou cloth, but this time it was Hebei cloth with a high quality. Not to mention, the freight alone is quite expensive, plus the texture of the cloth It’s better than Dengzhou cloth, I only add [-] silver coins for the face of regular customers, if you don’t want it, then I’ll sell it to someone else!” The bearded businessman was impatient, and said His tone was also quite aggressive, but anyone who knew him well knew that this person always spoke like this, so the businessman next to him was not angry either.

In addition, this merchant also knows that Jincheng is the distribution center for goods from China, South Korea and North Korea. The cloth brought by the bearded man is indeed the best Hebei cloth. Although there are many textile factories in China and North Korea, they produce They are made of "wool" textiles, which are okay to wear in winter, but they are mostly made of cotton cloth at other times, so there is no need to worry about sales.

Thinking of this, the businessman immediately smiled and said: "Okay, two hundred is two hundred, but I don't have any cash. According to the old rules, I will prepare woolen and blankets for you with two hundred silver coins. Then you You can make a fortune by transporting it back!" Capital Datang 528

The bearded man laughed and patted the regular customer next to him on the shoulder.Then the two got up to deliver the goods. After all, that bearded man wouldn't stay in Jincheng for too long. For a merchant like him, time is equal to money.

Seeing the two businessmen negotiate a deal in the blink of an eye, Li Zhi on the table next to him lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at the other people in the teahouse.The name of this teahouse is Guangjin Teahouse, which means 'Caiyuan Guangjin'. Although the name sounds very vulgar, it is very suitable for the positioning of this place.Because this teahouse is located in the business district of Jincheng, it is mainly for businessmen to discuss business. For example, the merchants in the hall are talking about some small business that is not important. If you don’t want people to hear it, you can go upstairs. private room.

After Li Zhi visited the factory and school yesterday, he summed up the gains and losses of the day at night, but apart from seeing the necessity and effect of promoting Sinicization, he always felt that he seemed to have overlooked something, and he suddenly remembered it at the end.It turns out that I forgot one of the most important prerequisites, which is to control the local economy.

The reason why Lu Hong took Li Zhi to visit the two factories was not only to let Li Zhi see the results of Sinicization, but also another meaning.That is to tell Li Zhi through these two iconic factories that the economies of China and North Korea are now completely in the hands of the Han people and the government, and most of the factories are run by the Han people.Moreover, China and North Korea only produce grain, textiles and processed food, but all other necessities of life need to be imported from overseas.And this is also in the hands of the government and the Han people, which can be said to have left the Han people.Almost everyone in China and North Korea can't survive.

This prerequisite is also in place, so when the government is promoting Sinicization, the three Koreans will cooperate in this way.And after Li Zhi figured this out, he asked Lu Hong to take him to this teahouse where businessmen from all over the world gathered to observe as soon as he got up this morning. There are some Sanhan merchants trading in the hall, and their trading partners are often Han Chinese.

Lu Hong next to him couldn't help smiling when he saw Li Zhi observing so meticulously. The other party's ability to comprehend this by himself was enough to show that His Highness's arrangements were not in vain.

The two stayed in the teahouse for a whole morning before returning to their residence, and Li Zhi recorded what he had gained in the teahouse again, especially in terms of economic control. In North Korea, the salt we usually eat needs to be imported from Dengzhou, and other things as small as a sewing needle and as large as the furniture in the house need to be imported. This shows that the local economy has been severely deformed and must rely on foreign sources. Supplementary to the economy in order to survive.

In the next few days, Li Zhi visited North Korea again and found that it was similar to Jincheng. All the people in Sanhan took pride in speaking Chinese and wearing Hanfu, and tried their best to improve their status.It is also worth mentioning that Li You did not show up until Li Zhi and the others left Jincheng.

Li Zhi's next stop is Ezo Island. The situation there is similar to that of Sanhan, and Sinicization is being promoted in all aspects. These prairie people, regardless of gender, are working hard to learn Chinese, change their Chinese surnames, and strive to make themselves more familiar to the Han people. It is closer, but they did not give up their original nomadic life. This is because Li Yin needs them to maintain their sturdy nature, so that he can gather these prairie people at any time and become a force for his outward development. sword.

In fact, great changes have also taken place on Ezo Island, the most important of which is that Li Yin ordered people to build five cities on the island, which are located in the east, west, north, south, and the center of the island. Han officials are stationed in these five cities. , there are usually many Han merchants who come here to sell goods, so it soon became the five largest goods distribution center on Ezo Island.

In addition, in these five cities, many Chinese schools have been set up, not only teaching grassland children to learn Chinese, but even some adults can enter to learn.The ruling Luoyun Tribe has now moved into the city in the middle, and named the city Luoyun City. It is the political and economic center of the island, and it is also the largest city on the island.

Speaking of which, Ezo Island is quite boring. Although the five new cities look huge to the grassland people, in the eyes of Li Zhi and the others, they are just small towns with nothing to see at all. As for the large grasslands outside the city, In addition to cattle and sheep, there are horses. It is worth mentioning that Ezo Island is also a good place to raise horses. Li Yin's cavalry horses are all bred here.

Li Zhi and the others ate a few roasted mutton meals on Ezo Island, and then went to hunt bears in the mountains. Unfortunately, their arrow skills were not very good, and they were not as brave as tigers, so they finally relied on the help of the guards. Just hit a small bear.But even so, Sizi was very excited and clamored to make a pair of bearskin gloves for Sixth Brother. Unfortunately, she forgot that in a hot place like Taiwan, where would bearskin gloves be used?

After leaving Ezo Island, Li Zhi and the others went south to the Wa Kingdom, but Lu Hong did not arrange for Li Zhi and the others to stay here for too long. Someone will initiate a rebellion. Although the scale is not large, it is enough to cause headaches. Therefore, for the safety of Li Zhi and others, Lu Hong finally led the fleet all the way south, and did not stop until Nugang.

In fact, compared to a few years ago, there are very few "rebellions" in Japan now. This is mainly because of the promotion of Sinicization. If you want to promote Sinicization, you must have a stable social environment. Of course, you can also use Tough measures are implemented, but they must be prepared to pay a huge price, and Li Yin does not want to waste too much power in this small Japanese country, so he temporarily softened the high-handed rule of the Japanese country, and turned to some gentle means , Coupled with the economic aggression, this made the society of the Wa country very stable. Except for occasional conflicts in some remote places, other places have generally settled down.

The slave port that Li Zhi and the others arrived at is no longer the barren port that was a few years ago. The slave port is a natural and excellent port. It became the second largest port of the Wa Kingdom, second only to Shimonoseki Port on Chikushi Island.

At the beginning, Nugang was famous for slave trading, and even the name came from it. However, with the pacification of the Wa Kingdom, the slave hunting activities gradually disappeared in the Wa Kingdom, so the slave trade in Nugang also disappeared. However, the development here However, it was not affected, because the slaves were just located in the center of Honshu Island, which was the main traffic route connecting the north and the south. Goods from all over the place could be transported to the slave port, and then traded with Han merchants.

Speaking of which, although the country of Wa has scarce minerals and not much land, and the food produced each year is only enough for them to eat, there is a very important thing here, that is sulfur, which is a necessity for making gunpowder, and the country of Wa There are many volcanoes, and the sulfur is not only produced in a large amount, but also has a high purity. Therefore, the sulfur used by Li Yin to make gunpowder is all transported from Japan.

In addition, although sulfur is poisonous, you may die if you are not careful when collecting it. However, in order to have a full meal, some Japanese poor people still rush to the mine to collect sulfur. If there is an accident, those black-hearted mine owners will generally throw the corpse Entering the valley, there is a person who does not see the living or dead, and the Han officials sent by Li Zhi always turn a blind eye to this situation in order to have enough sulfur.Capital Datang 528

After Li Zhi and the others came to Nugang, they specially visited the nearby sulfur mines. As a result, they encountered some family members of dead miners making trouble, but were beaten away by the mine owner. Still nothing.

In addition, apart from being a commercial port, Slave Port is also a very important military port. The most powerful navy in Li Yin's hands was stationed here before, but later as Li Yin's center of gravity shifted to Nanyang, most of the navy now They have all moved to Nanyang.However, although the navy moved away, it left a very interesting place for Nugang. (to be continued...)