The emperor smiled and put the matter aside.

Then he felt at ease to play with the glass wall offered by Zhang Yue.

No one doesn't like babies.

Especially valuable babies.

Playing with this thing makes this Majesty feel good.

"Then the country of Fengbin is really rich!" The emperor sighed: "But it is too far from Han..."

If he was closer, even if he was just across the Pamir Mountains, he would instigate the Wusun people to come and fight for the autumn wind.

Just like a few years ago, His Majesty instigated the Wusun people to bully Kangju once.

Zhang Yue listened, worried that he could not find a topic to intervene in the matter, so he hurriedly said, "What is your Majesty saying..."

"I heard that the Han family purchases a large number of silk, tea, and other products from the West every year, including wall glass, fire cloth, beads, and silk cloth. Among them, Tai is semi-produced from silk cloth. For this reason, the Han family's business travelers exchange a large amount of silk, tea and other products with silk cloth every year..."

"I have found that in recent years, the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty has increased significantly. If only the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty is counted, the Han Dynasty will flow a lot of gold to the Han Dynasty every year..."

At present, the Han Dynasty had an absolute advantage and took the initiative in the trade of the Silk Road.

Because the Han Dynasty can avoid the specialties and treasures of the Western Regions, but the distant countries cannot do without the silk, tea and rhubarb of the Han Dynasty!

Especially tea and rhubarb, on the current earth, only the Han Dynasty is produced!

There is no branch in this one!

Monopoly means having 100% voice.

Especially for other kingdoms that mainly eat meat and dairy products, without Chinese rhubarb and tea, their quality of life will be reduced by several levels, and perhaps it will cause many big shots to suffer.

As for silk, the most important trade commodity on the Silk Road, it is the core of connecting the entire trade route.

A piece of silk can double the price when you leave Yumen Pass and arrive in the Western Regions.

If you cross the Pamir Mountains, the price can double again.

Crossing the Xishui River and entering Daxia can double again.

If you travel through Eurasia and enter Rome, the price will be dozens or even hundreds of times that of the place of origin.

The Romans are now going crazy about silk.

But few people noticed this situation, let alone formulate strategies for this situation.

Fortunately, as a time traveler, Zhang Yue knew very well how much benefits could he bring to dominate the trade.

A good foreign trade policy can gain huge wealth far beyond the past.

But the emperor didn't care much when he heard this.

The Han Dynasty benefited a lot on the Silk Road.

Every year, we can obtain a large amount of gold from outside the region through trade on the Silk Road.

Therefore, he didn't take the issue of trade between Yubin and Han into consideration.

Even in the minds of many ministers, this issue is no big deal.

Our Han family has a great land and abundant resources. There is nothing to do with the barbarians.

When Zhang Yue saw this situation, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Qibin relies on trade with Han to make money every day, but Han is almost nothing to gain. Even if he gets it, it is just some useless things..."

"It's useless for the country and the people, such as glass walls, fire cloth, and pearls, and only to waste wealth!"

Hearing this, the emperor finally reacted and asked, "Do you want to ban trade in the Western Regions?"

Over the years, there have been voices in the court that want to ban trade with the Western Regions.

Although the sound is not loud, it is always heard, especially those scholars and officials, who always want to use their naivety to the country.

"Otherwise!" Zhang Yue quickly cleared his relationship. The Silk Road was opened up by the Han army with their lives and blood, and it was maintained by the Han Dynasty with countless manpower and material resources. Even if it was not a time traveler, Zhang Yue should understand that encountering this problem would be equivalent to self-severance in the world.

"I just want to ask Your Majesty to set up officials in Yumen Pass and other Han Passes to impose taxes on all goods and merchants entering China from the Western Regions..." Zhang Yue said: "Especially, the wall glass, pearls, fire cloth and other items purchased by the Bian are subject to heavy taxes!"

"This kind of thing is not good for the country and the people. China only obtains it for luxury and comparison. Without heavy taxes, it is not enough to prohibit its rampant!"

This is also a fact!

Firewashing cloth is just asbestos. It is both toxic, harmful to health, and extremely expensive!

But many scholars, officials, nobles and wealthy families were attracted by it and competed to buy it.

A piece of fire-washing cloth, two long and two feet long, costs tens of gold or even hundreds of gold, which can support a cavalry of two hundred people.

As for pearls, they are just jade, and the so-called wall glass is just cat's eye stone.

These things poured into the Han Dynasty in large quantities, resulting in a significant reduction in the profits of the Han Dynasty on the Silk Road.

It's simply unacceptable.

If that lie, it would be fine if you are close to the Han, but you should only be considered as an investment to raise a younger brother, and maybe you can use it in the future.

The key is...

The Qibin people are not only not close to Han, but are the largest anti-Han kingdom on the Indian subcontinent!

This country has been promoting the threat of Han in the Indian subcontinent and other places for decades or even hundreds of years, and has tried its best to shape the hatred of people from all over the country towards the Han Dynasty.

In history, this country has killed Han envoys many times, and even Emperor Yuan and Emperor Cheng could not bear it.

The order was issued to prohibit the people of the Qibin from entering the controlled areas of the Han Dynasty and prohibit all trade with Qibin.

Even now, there are often Han merchants who are colluded with Kangju and Yuezhi in Central Asia by others.

The purpose of the priest is obviously to monopolize the transit trade of the Silk Road.

Especially, we need to monopolize trade in the Indian subcontinent.

In order to achieve this goal, they tried every means to join forces with Kangju, and even formed the anti-Han axis of the Central Asia-Indian subcontinent.

Zhang Yue's attitude towards Qibin and Kangju is naturally obvious.

If the Han army hadn't reached the limit now, he would have requested to fight at this moment and erase them from the earth!

To be honest, Zhang Yue actually couldn't figure out the brain circuit of the Binbinren.

To be honest, in the trade relationship between Han and Yubin, Yubin completely relies on and needs the Han Dynasty.

They needed to import silk, tea, rhubarb, pepper and other spices from the Han Dynasty, and then sell them to domestic nobles and wealthy merchants and other kingdoms in the Indian subcontinent.

They also sell a large amount of pearls, glass walls, fire cloths and squids to the Han Dynasty every year.

In trade, the surplus of the people in the stakes are large and the scale is large.

But it was such a kingdom that had gained special benefits from trade with Han, but it was the most extreme anti-Han force.

They are even more extreme than Kangju!

Although the people of Kangju also rebelled against the Han envoys, they did not dare to offend the Han envoys.

Only the Qibin people launched the anti-Han wave again and again, and murdered and imprisoned Han envoys and merchants again and again.

They relied on their far distance from the Han Dynasty, and the Han army could not do anything to them. They were fearless and became more arrogant.

Indeed, the Han Dynasty is now in a while and can't take care of the distant sage.

But, if you want to cook the hottest people, there is no way?

Not to mention the other side, the trade stick is a very effective means.

The emperor listened, but he was very interested.

He is interested in anything that can make money.

There is just a question. Will anyone object?

Especially the frontier army, will it be disgusted?

After all, the frontier soldiers and border traders are very close, and some caravans are actually the white gloves of a Han general!

So the emperor said, "If this is the case, the people in the world will probably criticize..."

He just set up a salt and iron official camp and lost at an average rate, which caused a lot of controversy.

If you collect commercial taxes in the border areas, won’t you make a fuss?

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I think that people in the world will only support this matter..." Zhang Yue raised his head and grinned, "First, my suggestion will only impose taxes on goods that are stuffed into the border..."

This is certain, who has increased taxes on exported goods since ancient times?

Tax refund subsidies are too late!

Zhang Yue wouldn't be so stupid as to do such things.

"The second thing is that the tax rates are different for different types of goods..."

"Commodities such as brown cloth, grain, crops, etc. are not only not recommended to increase taxes, but also recommend giving certain subsidies to encourage merchants to import!"

The so-called brown cloth is a wool fabric that is popular in the Western Regions and the northern desert. It is very thick and is the main source of warm cloth for the military and civilians of the Han border.

More importantly, the main exporter of brown cloth is Wusun, an ally of the Han family.

Encouraging and expanding the import of brown cloth is actually a blood transfusion to Wusun, making the Wusun people more dependent and close to the Han Dynasty.

As for food?

Now, the Han family's effect of farming in Juyan and other places has not yet been achieved.

Every year, a large amount of military rations are needed to be transported from the rear, which is very expensive.

If you can import it from the Western Regions nearby, even if the price is higher, the Chinese can accept it.

Not to mention that you only need to use silk, tea, and rhubarb to exchange for a large amount of food.

The only problem is that commodity transactions like grain are very likely to attract interference from the Huns, so the Han army may need to escort them.

And once this happens, war will break out in the Han and the Huns.

A food war!

However, this just meets the needs of the Han Dynasty.

The Han-Hungarian War has been in a stalemate since the Han army cannot capture the main force of the Huns every time.

Even if I caught it, I was far away from the supply line behind, and the battle was very difficult.

If the battlefield could be preset and the Huns had to start war in a place where the Han army was well prepared, then this would be the best news.

This is also the reason why Li Guangli tried his best to start the Battle of the Vehicle Division in a place that was beneficial to himself rather than the opposite, and his combat power was very high for the Han army!

When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up.

He didn't think too much, but he just thought that introducing food from the Western Regions was a good way out!

Just listened to Zhang Yue continuing: "Third, the treasury can also obtain a large amount of income..."

When the emperor heard this, he finally couldn't help but get up, looked at Zhang Yue, and asked, "What do you mean is to let this tax enter the national treasury?"

Zhang Yue paused his head and said, "I am ignorant, I think this is necessary!"
Chapter completed!