In the Tang Dynasty, the commercial war has begun.
Not only on the stock market, but also in Chang'an City, every store also knows what advertising is. Activities such as discounts and promotions, VIP courtesy, etc. were not brought by Li Yuanxing, but were invented by Datang's stores themselves.
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The disputes were not only domestic, but also the external disputes of the Tang Dynasty. The first feudal war also began.
The first people to really get the fiefdom were not the Tang Dynasty's aristocratic families, nor the Tang Dynasty generals, but a group of bandits. That is, people like Wang Ba.
Naha City was called Liuqiu in the former Sui Dynasty. Qiu means dragon.
The cabinet master said that he wanted to occupy Naha, and that this place could be used as a fiefdom for Wang Ba’s army, and it could be permanently stationed!
In other words, the king occupied Naha and handed it over to military control. Then he could change it to another land, and the location would be any one of the three islands in the Philippines, Samar, Misa or Duma.
For these two fiefdoms, all Wang Ba's more than one hundred soldiers, all the literacy, and all the military staff were concentrated in Izumo City. Things like cigarettes are not suitable for people like Wang Ba who wear their heads on their belts.
In fact, it has risen to a level that is more precious than wine.
Inside the house, the smoke was so thick that I couldn't even open my eyes.
"Open the window." Wang Ba quickly rolled up the map: "You bunch of bastards, you haven't found a way all night long!"
The smoke in the house has dispersed somewhat.
"There is little room for toothpicks here and there. We brothers will have to take care of our families in the future. When there is no war, we will not even have a nest when we go back. We are surrounded by the sea on all sides. If there is a storm or something, I am afraid that we brothers will all become fishes."
A staff officer put forward his own idea, that is, there is nothing to develop in this place.
Someone else said: "This place will become a trading port within five years!"
"Don't want this place!" Wang Ba made a quick decision after hearing about the trade port.
"Why?" Many people didn't understand why Wang Ba suddenly made up his mind.
"Don't forget Gaochang!" Wang Ba is not a pure martial artist, he understands politics: "Those people in Gaochang have blocked the trade throat of the Tang Dynasty. It is a Tang Dynasty person who wants to destroy Gaochang. Gaochang is actually the enemy of all merchants. Catch them
This matter is in the hands of the imperial court and there is still a discussion. If you dare to declare yourself king, you will die!"
The idea of establishing yourself as a king is a bit scary.
Immediately, some people ran to close the windows, while others opened the doors and looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping.
"Afraid of a ball, that's what our old man Wang actually said. It seems to be a fiefdom. This one is hundreds or thousands of miles away. And the one closest to Chang'an is also tens of thousands of miles away. This is more than the territory of a country during the Warring States Period.
Much more. The difference is that the Tang Dynasty is not as soft-hearted as the Zhou Dynasty, so the Emperor Tiangao still dares to say this, but whoever dares to say a word of disobedience to the Tang Dynasty will have to wait for how long he wants to live.
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These people were originally thieves who occupied the mountains and became kings.
Hearing Wang Ba's words, the suppressed ambition in his heart suddenly burst out.
"Although it is a bit remote here, it is because of its remoteness that no one cares about it. There are thousands of indigenous people on any of these islands, and they are all good places for growing sugar cane and rubber trees. Even if
The rice cultivation is better than what we grow in Chang'an, so it is a good place no matter what."
All the bandits were moved.
"We don't dare to use the combat power on this island casually. How about we mobilize five hundred Japanese soldiers!"
"Okay, I will take one hundred people from my headquarters, plus five hundred Japanese troops, and we will kill all the people on the island in ten days!"
Bang, bang. Two big slaps on the faces of these two people.
After Wang Ba finished the beating, he shook his head again and slapped the one who said he was the murderer two more times.
"Two bastards, you killed someone. What do brothers eat and drink? What kind of farming do you do? You still know how to fish. Think about it, His Highness King Qin took Jeju Island with only a few ships of food. We also
Okay. Come on, load the ship for me. Pick out five hundred three-character scriptures and take them with you!"
"Bangzi, why do you need the Three-Character Sutra?" Someone was puzzled.
"A bunch of pigs, you guys, including me, can't recognize as many words as a civil servant in Chang'an. If we are killed in the future, you won't be surprised!"
Who dares to destroy them?
I don’t think I’m afraid of this topic, but I’m afraid when I think about it.
The known Niu Jinda tribe was sealed to a place less than two thousand miles away from them. Those guys are no worse than them in terms of ruthlessness. You can’t tell in ten years, but in a few decades, if it is really as guessed by the world
In that way, these small fiefdoms would be like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and they would really kill each other.
After Wang Ba casually pointed out a few people who were going with him, he arranged the defense strategy for the Japanese island and went out to pick out the goods himself.
A staff officer said to the people who followed Wang Ba: "Don't kill people indiscriminately. If you kill one person, our brothers will lose one soldier or several soldiers in the future. If it is possible to teach these people how to read according to the idea,
Know the etiquette. I am afraid that in the future these people will be our Tang people and our brothers’ subordinates.”
"Understood, no killing." Several soldiers in charge nodded vigorously.
A few days later, the fleet of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City was still being prepared. The flagship docked at Huating was also personally supervised by Lao Lang, who was installing cannons on both sides, steel plates at key positions, and the rest area of King Qin.
Decoration. Naturally, there are people who care about the rest. Lao Lang only cares about King Qin.
But at this time, a six-ship fleet came out of Izumo, headed by a ship of 1,300 tons, and the rest were all 600-ton sea-going ships, heading for the Luzon Islands in later generations.
"Do you dare to occupy an extra piece!"
"If you want to die, you still want to drag your brothers to die together!" Wang Ba slapped him again.
The painting is as big as it is. The power of the Qin Palace is still at its peak in the Tang Dynasty. No one dares to easily resist the arrangements of the Qin Palace.
The distance from Izumo to Luzon in later generations is almost more than 3,000 kilometers. But Wang Ba and others are not familiar with the sea route, and it is their first time to run. They are measuring their position every day, recording the wind speed, and
The direction of the ocean current. Try to write down as many islands as possible, large and small, that you encounter on the sea.
It took nearly half a month to finally arrive in Luzon.
"Bangzi, if this road goes smoothly. We only use big ships and the machines are at full power, we will definitely be able to get there in four days and four nights. Even if it is a little slower, it will only take more than six days. The sea route here is almost 6800 miles.
, running 1,200 miles in one day is not much, if you can give us a few new large ships that can run more than 100 miles in an hour, it will be faster on this road!"
The sea route from Luzon to Izumo is three thousand kilometers.
Based on modern speed calculations, the Tang Dynasty steamship had a maximum speed of seventeen knots. As long as it didn't get lost, it could actually take three days and three nights to get from Izumo to Luzon.
We found a calm harbor and parked the boat, and several small boats were put down.
Wang Ba did not dare to let too many people follow him, so he only took twenty people with him, and the rest stayed on the boat.
As it happens, there is a tribe less than five miles away from where we disembarked.
Wang Ba has not read history books, but there is a staff officer beside him who knows a little bit about it. Several people did not dare to approach immediately, but just looked at it from a distance. The staff officer said: "Ba Zi, according to historical records, before our ancestors, Emperors Yan and Huang,
I'm afraid our life in the Central Plains will be like this."
"I've heard that some woman is the leader of the clan!" Wang Ba said.
"That one is earlier. When our ancestors become emperors and are unified, it will be the men who have the final say!"
Wang Ba thought for a while, picked out a few things he brought from the ship and put them in a bag, then asked the staff officer to follow him and walked towards the tribe.
In fact, that tribe is also looking at Wang Ba and others.
Compared with the Indochina Peninsula in South Asia, they have fewer opportunities to contact the outside world. Maybe no outsider will come near here for decades. Therefore, the hostility towards outsiders is not great, even if they are from hostile tribes, a single person
It won't be shot immediately if you get close.
Dozens of primitive wooden bows and wooden guns were pointed at Wang Ba.
An old man with a body covered with various bones and a white ghost painting on his face walked out of the tribe together with a strong middle-aged man.
"Ouch..."
Damn it, I can’t understand even half of the sentence. Wang Ba believes that even if His Highness the King of Qin comes here, he may not be able to communicate with these semi-savages. However, Wang Ba has learned the most powerful trick, which is to be polite when meeting others. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
He grabbed a handful of candy bars from his pocket, tore off the outer paper, put one in his mouth, and handed the rest over.
The old wizard came over, picked up a piece, and put it in his mouth.
He tasted it and then handed a piece to the strong middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was not very interested in sugar because he saw the equipment on Wang Ba's subordinates. He pointed at his bow, and then pointed at Wang Ba's men in the distance.
A bow. Isn't it just a bow? This thing is not a treasure, it is just a formal military bow.
Wang Ba laughed and signaled for one of his men to come over. He placed all his equipment on the ground. In front of the indigenous leader, he drew his bow and shot down a seabird flying three hundred meters high in the sky.
Before Wang Ba's men could move, several natives ran over and picked up the seabird.
The native leader was stunned. After taking the bow, he could not draw it.
Wang Ba knew that it was not a lack of strength, but a lack of skills, so he called his subordinates over and taught him step by step.
A Tang Heng Dao cut off the banana tree as thick as a bowl in one stroke, which shocked the natives even more.
Wang Ba was determined to show his force and asked his subordinates to tie together an armful of banana trees. He put the knife back into its sheath, held the scabbard with his left hand, pressed his right hand gently on the handle of the knife, and bowed his body slightly. Several times
After taking a breath, Wang Ba shouted: "Cut!" The sword came out, a flash of light and shadow flashed, and the sword was sheathed again.
At this moment, several large baskets of sea fish were piled in front of Wang Ba, and the natives wanted to exchange Wang Ba's knife. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)