Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　All the officials present, including Li Er, had eyes full of greed.

　　If it can be exchanged for hundreds of thousands of catties of silver, it can be worth the tax of Datang for a year.

　　"Well, all members of the chamber of commerce can bring their own goods to trade freely with the Japanese tomorrow. But let me tell you first, the chamber of commerce will charge 20% of the profit dividend... every time they go to sea, That's all." Lu Xiu said.

　　"Of course I remember." Cheng Yaojin replied.

　　If they can earn dozens of times the profit, 20% is nothing at all. Compared with the money they earn, it is not worth mentioning at all.

　　As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, everyone is excited. After all, who would have thought that in such a remote rural area, there would be such rich silver mineral resources.

　　The most important thing is that those Japanese people did not regard them as treasures.

　　Last time, they earned an average of several hundred per person from spices in Linyi, and silver was much more valuable than spices.

　　And Baowen, the head of the Zheng family, felt that he had missed a good opportunity to make a fortune.

　　In the past, their Zheng family presided over the fleet to go out to sea, but they did not do business with the Japanese, but went directly north to Baekje and Silla.

　　Who would have thought that the Japanese country opposite Yangzhou would have such rich silver mines.

　　Fortunately, the eldest son and the Cui family won a place in the chamber of commerce, and they can also get a share of the pie tomorrow.

　　"Ladies and gentlemen, the valuable goods in the Japanese country are cloth, porcelain and paper! Especially the cloth, you can bring more. The winter in the Japanese country is very cold, and many people don't have a warm clothes. They don't need high-quality silk and satin, anyway, the Japanese people I don't know how to appreciate it. Everyone can prepare more linen or inferior silk, not only can the cost be reduced, but it must be enough for them." Qian Yong laughed.

　　"There is not much in Chang'an City, and the cloth is absolutely enough."

　　In the Tang Dynasty, cloth was a kind of currency.The common people are men who farm and women weave. The women of every household will weave and sell them. A few hundred dollars can buy a piece of cloth. .

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　　At the moment, Li Er and the others all ran back in an instant.

　　"Husband, do we want to buy a few trucks of goods to sell? If there are more than ten times the profit, we should be able to easily earn thousands of dollars."

　　Yuyao, who was in charge of the bank, had just finished counting the bank with Qinghe the day before yesterday. Because the land was sold on the island, he made a profit of more than [-], so Luzhuang's bank was now full of coins.

　　If you add valuable gold and silver jewelry, property and other assets, the total value is probably more than [-].

　　But who would think that there is little money, and can earn dozens of times the profit, Yuyao is also very moved.

　　"Madam, we just need to wait for the dividends."

　　Being able to exchange cloth for silver ore is indeed a lucrative business25.But after getting it back, the ore needs to be smelted and purified. Lu Xiu did not intend to participate in it because it was troublesome.

　　Secondly, the value of the silver mine was not very high, so it couldn't actually attract Lu Xiu.If it was gold, perhaps Lu Xiu would be a different matter.

　　The value of gold is more than ten times that of silver, and because of past lives, I like to collect gold very much.

　　…………

　　The next day, more than [-] catties of goods were moved from Chang'an City to the Japanese country.

　　Among them, 60% are cloth, and the remaining 40% are porcelain and paper, which are special products of the Tang Dynasty, and some of each kind of goods are brought.

　　In fact, [-] jin is less, and it is easy to make a hundred thousand jin with Li Er's ability.

　　But Lu Xiu gave them a day. If the quantity of goods was too large, they would never be able to sell them all.

　　And once the goods appear in large quantities, the price of silver ore will rise, and the Japanese will even wait for the price to sell.

　　The weight of more than [-] pounds is not much or not, just right.

　　When Cheng Yaojin and the others sent people to contact the Japanese, saying that they exchanged a fine cloth for [-] catties of silver ore, the Japanese on the shore went crazy.

　　In their opinion, silver ore is just some good-looking ores, and it is unbelievable for them that it can be exchanged for cloth that can only be used by nobles.

　　Exquisite fabrics, made into clothes, not only look good on the body, but also can withstand the cold in winter. Naturally, they are deeply loved by the Japanese.

　　In an instant, the news spread, and thousands of Japanese people within dozens of miles, both old and young, women and children, were all mobilized to dig or pick up silver ore in the abundant silver mines in exchange for goods.

　　It took a day to collect a full [-] catties of silver mines from the mountain.

　　Looking at the mountains of silver ore, Li Erman was very excited, especially since he accounted for 30% of it.

　　If it was converted into silver, after deducting 20% ​​of Lu Xiu's share, the remaining [-] to [-] catties.

　　After earning the money, Li Er has already planned to use it to rebuild the Daming Palace.After all, it's their own private money, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng can't have any opinions.

　　"Haha, I've made a fortune. I figured it out, I should be able to get five thousand catties of silver ore." Two trucks of more than three hundred catties of cloth can be exchanged for several thousand catties of silver, and Cheng Yaojin felt that he was dreaming.

　　"Master Cheng, five thousand catties of silver ore can be smelted into more than one thousand catties of silver." Yuan Tiangang, who was familiar with alchemy, helped analyze it.

　　If one ounce of silver is worth one or two copper coins, one pound of silver is equivalent to ten coins.

　　Thousands of dollars of money may not be a lot for Cheng Yaojin.But you must know that it was only earned in one day, and the total cost was less than two hundred.

　　The rest of the civil and military officials, with the least share, can also be divided into five hundred catties of silver ore.Everyone made a lot of money and smiled.

　　From the spices that Lin Yi got last time, plus today's silver ore, they basically earned back the cost of buying land on the island.

　　"Son-in-law, there is a rich silver mine here. If I can occupy it, won't my treasury be safe?" Li Er said excitedly.

　　"Hehe, it's okay if you want to occupy it, but the Japanese country is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. It needs to arrange a large number of people to mine, and it needs to install thousands of people for armed protection. The price will undoubtedly be high." Lu Xiu shook his head.

　　Now the conditional immigration of Datang is difficult to complete, mainly because the population is not large, only less than tens of millions.There are still a lot of places in the country of Datang that have not been developed.

　　In particular, the eastern Turkic grasslands that were just occupied by the Tang Dynasty were several million kilometers long.

　　"So you can trade with them first. If the time is ripe, it will be possible to occupy the entire Japanese country and become the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Well, I think it should be soon."

　　Why did the West do not occupy and colonize during the period of the great voyage.

　　Unless it is to copy a door fruit, let someone open a door from Tang Chang'an to the Japanese country.

　　"Hey, Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. Next year, with Brother Lu taking him out to sea, it shouldn't be difficult for His Majesty to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year." Cheng Yaojin said.

　　"What Zhijie said is very true, because I am too greedy and in a hurry." Li Er said.

　　Hundreds of thousands is not a lot, but Datang's annual tax revenue is only a few million. .

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　　More than ten kilometers away from the Shimane area where the Iwami silver mine is located, more than a dozen small sailboats are drifting on the sea.

　　There are obvious differences with the ships of the Tang Dynasty. In comparison, the sailboats are very simple, and it is estimated that they cannot withstand the impact of waves!

　　At the forefront of that humble fleet was a ship that was completely different from other ships. Not only was it several times larger in size, but it also looked relatively sturdy.

　　On the deck, a short figure stood there, estimated to be less than [-] meters tall. He was Suwa Gil, a branch of the Suwa family in the Japanese country. He had always been in charge of the hundreds of miles of waters in the Shanyin region of the Japanese country.

　　"Master Jill, according to the report from Shimane's spies, there is a huge building ship from the Tang Dynasty, which is parked in Shimane Port." A bald retainer next to him reported.

　　Thinking of the huge ship owned by Datang, Jill's eyes suddenly filled with greed.That was a towering ship of the Tang Dynasty, and its performance was not comparable to the tattered little sailboats under them.

　　If he can get one or two ships, he Suwo Gil, wouldn't he be able to dominate the waters of Japan.

　　It is even possible to use their building ships to bring their own men and drive them to Datang to loot.

　　Moreover, the wealthy Tang merchants will be full of goods from the Tang Dynasty on their ships, and their value is immeasurable.

　　"Hehe, tell me to go down, all the people are ready, and I will ambush in the port later, wait for them to leave the port, and immediately attack them' ~." Gil said.

　　"Yes, Lord Jill."

　　All the retainers cheered. For them, there is nothing more worth looking forward to than robbery.

　　They often went to sea from Fukuoka in the Japanese kingdom and landed in Silla, two hundred kilometers away from their Japanese kingdom, to sack.

　　But Silla is too poor to snatch any valuable goods. The most valuable are Silla women, who can sell them for a good price in Japan.

　　As for the fleet that sacked Datang, you don't have to think about how much rewards they will get if they succeed.

　　"Haha, if all goes well, maybe I can find two women to serve in Fukuoka tonight."

　　"What I want most is the cloth of the Tang Dynasty. The clothes worn on the body like Lord Jill are really beautiful."

　　"Porcelain is also good, and cloth is also good. Datang is much richer than Silla, and their goods are extremely exquisite. Lord Gil, let's act quickly, hehe, how wonderful it would be to get a female slave from Datang ."

　　"Hey, it is said that the spies saw a few beautiful Tang women on the boat, dressed up very beautifully. I really want to see how beautiful they are."

　　Jill's eyes pointed, if he could taste the taste of a Tang woman, his life would not be in vain.

　　Including dozens of Jill's subordinates, they were also screaming with excitement.

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　　"Boss Qian, there is a situation ahead, and the exit seems to be blocked." After moving all the silver ore back, Lu Xiu was about to lead Li Er and the others away.But the sailor's report made Lu Xiu stop.

　　"Blocked?" Qian Yongqian stood on the bow and looked forward. In his eyes, he saw dozens of small sailboats scattered at the exit of the port.The next moment, galloping towards them.

　　"No, they are Japanese pirates!!"

　　"Japanese? Hehe, are they trying to rob us?"

　　Li Er jokingly said that the others also looked contemptuous and did not take them seriously at all.

　　In Li Er's heart, the Japanese country is just a small country.

　　But the danger of the Japanese country is beyond Li Er's imagination.

　　Not only was China plagued by Japanese pirates during the Ming Dynasty, but as early as the Tang Dynasty, there was actually a large-scale naval battle between the Tang and the Japanese, and the Tang defeated the Japanese with fewer victories.

　　663年8月27日至8月28日的白江口，唐朝、新罗联军与倭国、百济联军在白江口展开了一次大规模的水上水师对决！

　　The Japanese army's fleet of more than [-] ships, led by its commanders Abe Hirafu, Lu Yuanjun and others, united with the Baekje army on the land, a total of more than [-] troops, and charged aggressively towards the mouth of the Xiongjin River. .Unexpectedly, they were defeated by Liu Rengui's army of [-] (Manuo's) people in the Tang Dynasty.

　　Moreover, the strength of the duel was very different. There were more than 1000 Japanese warships and one Tang warship. In the end, the Tang army won a great victory.

　　"¨〃 That's right, those Japanese people are definitely interested in our ship and goods." Qian Yong said solemnly.

　　"Son-in-law, we must not be careless. The Japanese have hundreds of subordinates. Although they are not elite soldiers, pirates are also fierce at sea." Zheng Baowen, who was familiar with pirates, said hurriedly.

　　"Hmph, it looks like they are really prepared." Lu Xiu said lightly, watching the fleet of ships galloping from the opposite side. .

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