Chastity Layman

  Chapter 654 An Lushan

  The Japanese who were expelled from the Duke of Wei's mansion returned to the Sifang Pavilion with trepidation. When they heard that they had offended the Duke of Wei, even the small officials in the Sifang Pavilion of Honglu Temple immediately changed their faces towards these Japanese.

  Leng Kang cold tea and cold face.

  Although this Duke of Wei does not say that he is in power, he is indeed a holy family member, and last year he returned to the court with the merit of destroying Tuyuhun, which made everyone in Chang'an deeply admire him.

  The great Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, the descendants of the honored relatives in Chang'an city, and the nobles and young men of Wuling outside the city all liked to call themselves chivalrous men, and they most admired people like Qin Lang who could fight.

In the past, Qin Lang's red was only the emperor's close minister, the son of the commander-in-chief Qin Qiong, and the status of the emperor's son-in-law, but now, Qin Lang is no longer just a close minister of the emperor, and no one will call Qin Lang a lucky minister anymore. . This Wen Neng An Bang, Wu Neng Ding Guo, Chang'an people have already called Qin Lang Huo Huo Qi of the Tang Dynasty.

   How many Japanese would dare to offend such a famous and powerful prime minister, inspector Sikong, prince and grand master? Not to mention a few Japanese envoys, even the Japanese king is not worthy to be side by side with the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, let alone a popular prime minister like Qin Lang.

  For a while, in the Sifang Pavilion, the Japanese embassy group was in a gloomy mood, and all of them sighed.

   Soon, another group of missions ushered in the Sifang Pavilion, but it was the Ten Kingdoms of Naga.

Su Wo smashed a table angrily, and the door was pushed open. A small official in a brown round-neck robe, black leather boots, and soft-footed headband came in. His eyes swept over After a few glances, he said in a strange way, "Unexpectedly, the Japanese envoy is not tall, but his strength is not small. Our cases are specially ordered and high-quality items. They are broken just like this, but they have to be compensated according to the price."

  Su Wo's face turned pale with anger, but in the end he didn't want to get entangled with this little official, so he took a piece of broken silver and gave it to the official.

   "It's about one or two, but the color is not very good, and it's worth about a thousand dollars, which is not enough."

   "A thousand dollars is not enough to pay for your wooden table?"

   "Not enough!"

  The little official rolled his eyes, "I told you that this is a special order for Honglu Temple. It is not easy to make up one, and it will take a lot of trouble."

  Suwo Cangmalu had no choice but to hand over another piece of broken silver weighing about one or two taels, and the little official left satisfied. Before leaving, he reminded that if the item was damaged, he would be compensated according to the price.

   "Too much deceit!"

  Monobu Lianzi said with a gloomy face, "The Ten Kingdoms of Naga, which were originally the land of my Yamato Renna, have been invaded by Silla and Baekje, and now they are awarded a title by the Tang Dynasty. What does this mean?"

   "Isn't the meaning obvious? That doesn't take us seriously."

   "Does Datang want us to spit out the territory we swallowed, so that they can't restore the country?"

  Su Wo Cangma shook his head, "It's impossible, it just disgusts us."

Whether it was the Bianhan back then, Renna later, or the Galo Alliance that was separated later, in fact, the land in the middle of the southern part of the peninsula has long been unable to escape being annexed by the surrounding Baekje, Silla, and Wa countries. Divide the trend.

   In fact, there are no Renna, Jialuo, etc., because the kingdoms of Renna have been annexed by Silla one after another. Although there are still royal families resisting, the fact is that the country has been destroyed. And Garo still exists in name, but in fact it has become a vassal of Baekje, and the Wa Kingdom keeps saying that Ren is theirs, and Garo is also theirs, but now the fact is that they only maintain five on the peninsula. The stronghold may be driven out of the peninsula by the Silla people at any time.

   This is the truth.

  But Datang ignored these facts. At this time, the ten countries including Jialuo were listed as vassals, and they were declared as Datang's protectorate countries. This is disgusting.

   It's not just Wa country that is disgusting, but also Silla and Baekje.

   "What do people in Tang Dynasty think?"

  Monobu Lianzi was a little puzzled. This time Yamato took the initiative to congratulate Emperor Tang and proposed an alliance. This should be a good thing.

   is making Inugami Mita sigh, "The new news I heard is that Silla has turned against Goguryeo. Now, under the initiative of Datang, Silla and Baekje have re-aligned to fight against Goguryeo."

  Hearing this news, Mrs. Su and others were greatly surprised.

Silla originally formed an alliance with Goguryeo, and it was precisely because of this alliance that Silla was able to go all out to conquer Imna in the south and fight against the Japanese kingdom. Get what you need.

   Therefore, Wa came to Datang to form an alliance, thinking that Datang had no reason to reject this alliance. After all, Silla was an ally of Goguryeo, so it was Datang's enemy.

   But now, the cunning of the Silla people has taken the Japanese by surprise.

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  In the Sifang Pavilion, the ten kingdoms of Gaya, such as Jialuo, were not eligible to live in, because more than half of the so-called ten kingdoms have actually perished long ago, and the so-called kings are actually only in exile in the Tang Dynasty. They originally rented in Pingkangfang or Huaihuafang, but unexpectedly they got the canonization of Datang and were invited to the Sifang Pavilion.

  Everyone was very excited and triumphant in the museum.

  A Sogdian Hu with a high nose, deep eyes and curly hair walked into the Sifang Pavilion and knocked on the gate of the Japanese Mission.

   "Let me introduce myself, my surname is An, and my name is Lushan."

  The tall but fat Sogdian Hu is dressed in silk, with gemstone rings on all ten fingers, and a smile on his face.

  Su Wo Cang Malu sized him up a few times, "What's the matter?"

"I am a Sogdian businessman, and my ancestors are Prince Anxi, but I was born in Wuwei. I have been in Chang'an for many years. I have served as a soldier under General You Xiaowei and Duke Liang, but now I am the manager of the Four Seas Company." Fatty He smiled and said, "I know the needs of the envoys, and I can help you."

"you?"

  Su Wo Cangma expressed doubts. He had never heard the name of the person in front of him, and he didn't know who the Duke of Liang was, and he didn't know the name of the Four Seas Merchant, but a Sogdian merchant dared to say that he could help him, and he didn't believe it.

  Fatty An handed over a name sticker with bronzing characters on it.

  Sihai Company, An Lushan, and nothing else.

   "It's not surprising that the Japanese envoys came to Chang'an for the first time and didn't know the Four Seas Company, but you only need to know who the owner behind the Four Seas Company is, and you will believe it."

   "Who is your boss?"

   "There are many owners of the Four Seas Company, but you only need to know two of them. The biggest owner is Shifeng Governor of Wu'an Prefecture, and the other is the owner of Guardian Bank."

  The Japanese envoys looked at each other, but they didn't understand what the fat man meant.

   "No wonder you can't get things done, you don't even know that the Shifeng Governor of Wu'an Prefecture is Wei Guogong, and you don't know that the Guardian Bank is the property of the East Palace?"

  Su Wo Cang Malu was surprised, "Are you in charge of Mr. Qin's family?"

   "Correct, I am not the steward of Qin Xianggong's family, but the steward of Sihai Company, and Qin Xianggong is the big owner of Sihai Company."

  Su Wo Cang Malu didn't bother with these things, "You said you can help me, how can you help?"

   Fatty An laughed and said, "Would the Japanese envoys not invite me in? Does the Japanese have a habit of standing at the door to talk about things?"

  The Japanese quickly welcomed the fat man into the door. They wanted to pour tea, but there was no hot water. They went to call the officials to pour tea, but no one answered. Fatty An beckoned, and his followers went out.

A moment later, a Chengguan with a seventh-grade green robe came in to say hello in the Sifang Pavilion, and he was very polite to Fatty An. Hearty fruit plate.

   "Several envoys came to Chang'an, how do you feel about Chang'an?"

   "Chang'an is very big and brilliant!" Su Wo Cangma said.

   "Do you want to buy something back when you see everything?"

  Su Wo Cangma didn't want to talk about it, but the fat man told him that if the two sides could cooperate, he would be willing to help the Japanese envoy.

"cooperate?"

   "Let me introduce again, we are a four-sea firm specializing in maritime trade. We intend to develop trade with the country of Japan, open up routes to Japan, and establish a business station in Japan."

The Four Seas Company is a newly established maritime trading firm. Its main trading partners are the countries in the East China Sea, that is, running the East China Sea route. Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Dongying, Mohe, and Khitan are all trading partners. The main targets are Goguryeo and Wa. Wait for the four countries in Haidong.

This firm was led by the Qin family and had more than 70 partners. The Qin family was the largest shareholder. The family of the relatives joined the occupation.

  Although there are many partners, the structure of this firm still adopts the management system of professional managers. Business decisions are still made in accordance with the shares, and there is a management team for daily operations.

  The Qin family owns more than half of the shares, so they have the highest and final decision-making power of the firm. Fatty An is the general manager of the firm and is responsible for the normal operation of the firm.

With such a strong background of strength, the Four Seas Commercial Bank has a big goal. It sets up commercial stations in Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Dengzhou, Youzhou, Jiaozhou, Hangzhou, etc., orders merchant ships, recruits mercenaries, and even issues its own gold and silver coins, silver notes and Exchange business.

  Sihai Commercial Bank is even the first company in Datang to issue shares, raise funds, distribute dividends, and with the support of the East Palace, Sihai Commercial Bank can even establish overseas colonies.

Relying on more than 70 powerful shareholder families and a large amount of funds obtained through subsequent public recruitment, the Four Seas Trading Company ordered merchant ships from major shipyards, recruited captains and sailors to manage affairs, purchased goods, and recruited mercenaries. There are more than a dozen giant merchant ships.

  As a Sogdian, An Lushan was born with the gift of doing business, and he once served as a soldier under the Liang State Public Security Xinggui, to be precise, he was An Xinggui's adopted son. During the Xuanwumen Incident, he met Qin Lang, and later joined Qin Lang's Zhenfu Division, and finally went to the East Palace, and now, he has become the chief steward of the Four Seas Trading Company. He has multiple labels on him, and also represents many forces.

  He is good at dancing, has strong communication skills, is talented in business, and has a fierce vigor. Qin Lang once said that he is a tiger with a smiling face, and in the end it was Qin Lang who appointed him to be the chief steward.

   "As long as we reach a cooperation, I, Fatty An, will take care of you!" An Lushan said with a smile, patting his chest.

  (end of this chapter)