"Your Highness, General Yuchi sent a group to go forward, but the enemy was too weak. No one in our army was injured, and no one on the other side was killed. The enemy was defeated. They also captured the enemy camp and captured them all!" Wei Ting reported, sizing it up secretly.
The reaction of Li Yuanxing.
According to common sense, such a report would cause some questioning from the listeners.
But Li Yuanxing had no reaction and just said: "I know!"
Don't care?
Wei Ting did not ask any more questions and said, "Your Highness, how about we set sail tomorrow morning."
"Okay, just tomorrow. Let's make arrangements. I won't be going to Haiya. I just need to carve out a boat to send people there. When building the port, it can't be done in a day or two. Let Tianyingge do more.
I know that General Cheng is a man of finesse and roughness, and he will build a very good fortress."
Hearing Li Yuanxing's instructions, Wei Ting bowed and said, "Your Highness is absolutely right."
"Tell the merchants to take a longer view. Let them carefully plan how much wealth a port can bring in this land of Baiyue. Too much goods will naturally become cheap, and too little will make them less. Regarding tariffs,
It will be managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Imperial Security Department will have to make an idea on how to build the telegraph machine here. Don’t ask the Prince of Qin’s palace for his ideas on everything.”
Wei Ting nodded.
It seems that His Highness the King of Qin wants to push out many things. It's not that the Qin Prince's Palace can't take care of it, but I'm afraid it doesn't want to take care of it anymore.
These days, Li Yuanxing has been studying and reading history books.
There was already a country in Nanyang at the beginning of the Christian era, a country in the true sense. Even if it was still chaotic, it was really a country. For Baiyue, Halong Bay was still a remote place, and it itself was a place where national boundaries were disputed. It accounted for
If you take it, you will take it. Haiya is Singapore in later generations. In the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was a poor place.
You can also occupy it at will.
But other places are different. They are areas controlled by the indigenous people.
"It's actually like this!" Li Yuanxing read a very interesting piece of history and laughed.
Qiuxiang, who was sorting information next to her, raised her head and said nothing. While His Highness King Qin was reading, he occasionally talked to himself, so it was best not to disturb him.
When Li Yuanxing chose this place as a port, he studied ancient and modern history.
As early as after the end of World War II, Singapore belonged to the Federation of Malaysia. Singapore and Malaysia jointly fought against the British conspiracy to continue colonizing Singapore. However, in 1963, the Federation of Malaysia expelled Singapore from Malaysia by unanimous vote.
federal.
Singapore then became an independent country.
There was only one reason. At that time, Singapore advocated the equality of all ethnic groups. Chinese, Malays, and Indians were all equal. It was this idea that caused Singapore to be kicked out of the Federation of Malay. There were too many Chinese, and the Malays were afraid of change.
the ethnic structure of the country.
In the following decades, Singapore became a country where 75% of the population is Chinese and English is the first language.
Malay is a country that uses Malay as the first official language and maintains the dominant Malay local culture.
At this time, the same thing happened in the Tang Dynasty at this time. In other words, the modern times of later generations repeated what happened in the Tang Dynasty.
There is a country called Srivijaya in the Malay Peninsula, which was established under the influence of Indian Buddhism.
The people of Sriwijaya drove the Chinese who did not want to be assimilated by them to the most remote places. Among them, Singapore in later generations and today's Haiya was one of the most remote places.
There are no products or food in Haiya, and even fresh water depends on digging ponds to collect rainwater.
The poorest and most miserable place.
Li Yuanxing put down the book in his hand, picked up a cigarette, and said to himself: "Should I go and see Lao Cheng? It's still hard there." But then he thought about it. Li Yuanxing shook his head again: "I can't go.
If there is too much movement, people will see that Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to it, and it will be difficult to manipulate it in the future."
"Forget it, it's hard for Lao Cheng." Li Yuanxing decided not to go.
The next day, the big ship set sail. The target was the location of Kuching in later generations, the Sarawak region of Malaysia.
"Wei Changshi, please send a telegram to Feng Ang before you go too far and tell him that there must be no mistakes in the supplies at Lao Cheng's place. We must do our best to supply the cement needed there. We must tell him.
, that place is the key to the Tang Dynasty dividing the entire Nanyang into the territory of the Tang Dynasty in a few years. If he doesn’t understand, let him go to Chang’an to consult the Emperor in person. This matter is important and cannot be neglected!"
"Yes!" Li Yuanxing breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, a ship coming back from Nanyang was stopped last night. It turned out that Gao Baiyang went back to Guangzhou to collect goods. By the way, he arranged to send the sealed accounts back to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and I immediately detained them."
"Have you seen it?" Li Yuanxing motioned Wei Ting to sit down and talk.
Wei Ting nodded: "I have seen it. The Surabaya Port that His Highness needs may take some time. I will first report all the expenses in the past six months."
Surabaya was not won, which made Li Yuanxing a little disappointed.
Wei Ting began to read: "The big island has a lease of one thousand acres of fertile land for a hundred years, and the fee is one hundred pieces of gold. The lease of one thousand acres of wasteland for one hundred years, the fee is sixty pieces of gold. The lease of the wasteland and rocky land is thirty pieces of gold for a hundred years. The total rent is
There are 700,000 acres of fields, 5 million acres of wasteland, and 30,000 acres of wasteland. It is used to open the joints, and various goods consume 8,000 guan!"
Li Yuanxing touched his chin: "What kind of brocade?"
"I asked about second-class rainbow brocade. When I gave it as a gift, I used some first-class cloud brocade."
"It only took 8,000 guan to open the joint. Officials from these small Nanyang countries are really honest!" Li Yuanxing commented with a smile.
Wei Ting didn't know whether Li Yuanxing's words were a joke or irony, and he had no idea.
"Your Highness, on Sumen Island, the total leased area is less than one million acres. However, we have obtained the trading rights of a port, but there are also some minor troubles. The suzerain country of that small country, Srivijaya, seems to be doing some good things.
I believe that there is only one key to all this, and that is tariffs."
Li Yuanxing smiled: "How does Chang Shi think it should be handled?"
"Your Highness has never used force in Nanyang?" Wei Ting responded with a smile.
Li Yuanxing shook his head gently: "This fleet is going to fight in person. It's not good..." Li Yuanxing couldn't tell, but he couldn't give a reason. He just felt like a cannon hitting mosquitoes.
Wei Ting had a different idea: "Your Highness, the first-class powerful army is not there for people to see. Super battleships are not for the world to be surprised. Your Highness does not fight, and I can't say anything wrong. I just follow the rules again."
The king of the Tang Dynasty mobilizes troops. Whether it is Huating Port or Yuyang Port, the cost is huge. Feng An's task is to control the Indo-China Peninsula. If he is asked to send troops to the Southeast Asian islands, then his hands will be stretched out.
It’s too long. How do you think your Majesty’s analysis was done?”
Wei Ting even dared to say this in front of Feng An when he said that Feng An stretched his hands too far.
You must know that one of Feng An's fiefdoms is Australia. If he were allowed to occupy some advantageous places in Nanyang, Feng An himself would be afraid. You must know that there are also various aristocratic families.
When Wei Ting said this, Li Yuanxing felt a little embarrassed.
"Okay, you go and discuss it. Since those pillars of the Tang Dynasty who have resigned are on the ship, they can also come up with ideas and put forward their ideas. Just say that it was the king who said it. Since they are the people of the Tang Dynasty,
Those who have the ability will naturally do their best for the Tang Dynasty. I will consider it after we reach a conclusion."
"Yes!" Wei Ting's goal was achieved.
Let’s go to Kuching first. This is a reservation that will never be changed.
Whether to fight or not to fight, how to fight, to what extent, and where to fight, these naturally require planning.
Fight once, or fight twice. You can only fight twice at most, and if you fight any more, you will lose the grace of the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuanxing motioned to Wei Ting to keep the bill, and then asked Qiuxiang and other maids to start marking the locations on the map. Li Yuanxing wanted to see how much land Gao Baiyang had rented and where he rented it.
Wei Ting summoned all the distinguished people on the ship to the large conference room.
The conference rooms on the ship are not as big as the small conference room in Qinwangzhuang at most, but there is still no problem in seating thirty to fifty people.
Those who came to the conference room, in addition to dignitaries, generals, and family representatives, were also allowed to send three representatives from the businessmen.
"In this meeting, Your Highness believes that since we are overseas, you are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty. Since you are citizens of the Tang Dynasty, you must contribute to the Tang Dynasty. I will talk about two things first, and then talk about the content of the meeting."
Wei Ting spoke first, and everyone didn't sound nervous at all. It was just about giving money and effort.
"Let's talk about the first one first. The staff department of the Prince of Qin's Palace made a calculation. The annual trade volume of Nanyang is fifty times that of the Silk Road. At least, Nanyang cannot be ignored. However, His Highness sent someone to lease it
The three or two ports have encountered considerable resistance. Gao Baiyang, the Prince of Qin, was the one who did the work and successfully leased a port. However, the suzerain country of the small country, Srivijaya, put pressure on the port.
Gao Baiyang said that trade must be handled by Srivijaya merchants, and merchants in the Tang Dynasty cannot do business directly with Nanyang."
The relaxed smiles on everyone's faces disappeared.
They all guessed wrong. They didn't care about the money, people, effort and so on. But this meeting seemed to have risen to a military and state matter. They all put aside their contempt and asked Wei Ting to explain it in detail again.
Wei Ting finished speaking again, and Yu Chigong jumped to his feet at that time: "Who is this Srivijaya messing around with?"
Cui Junsu smiled and asked again in civilized language: "What is the origin of Srivijaya, and what is its relationship with the Tang Dynasty? What is his control over these small countries, and what is his influence on these islands in Southeast Asia? What is his combat power?
?How is the national strength?”
What Cui Junsu asked is the key.
Wei Ting naturally had information and asked a scribe to read it to everyone. Everyone also understood that the country founded by the Three Buddhas was originally called Gandhari. The name was changed in recent years. It was originally influenced by the Maurya Dynasty of India.
influence, so it is said to be a country that spreads Buddhism. As for its military power, it is not worth mentioning.
"Trying about his Srivijaya, I thought that I would just tie his kingdom and then sit down and talk!" Yuchi Gong yelled.
PS: After passing this chapter, I have to go to the hospital.
I would hide in a corner in the hospital and code.