Luo Youdu actually knew that the development of maritime trade was not the result of leaving Congxiao alone.
This Maritime Silk Road is no better than the land route.
Although the land route is also steep, there is no technical content. All you need is a foot and a car.
But the maritime trade route is different, not to mention that the sea is full of dangers.
Trading goods on the vast sea requires overcoming various difficulties, such as ship craftsmanship, direction identification, route problems, etc. These all have to be solved step by step through long-term research and development.
The Maritime Silk Road can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
But at this time, "navigation" all depended on luck. When luck came, there was a lot of money, but when luck didn't come, people risked their lives to patrol the sea.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were decent shipping routes. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Guangzhou opened a direct trade route to the food country through Haiyidao. Tang people even immigrated overseas, and there were also 100,000 Hu merchants in Guangzhou. It can be seen that maritime trade was no longer a problem on the southeastern coast.
What a novel thing.
However, at this time, most of the Hu merchants came by sea, and there were very few merchants from the Central Plains who went to sea in large numbers.
Most of the merchants in the Central Plains sold their goods to Hu merchants, who then transported them to various places.
Therefore, the Central Plains imperial court specially circled a piece of land to build warehouses and leased them to Hu merchants, charging high fees.
Luo Youdu didn't know the reason. Perhaps the businessman's status was too low, or he was under the control of the imperial court.
Of course, there is another possibility. The navigation technology of the East was indeed inferior to that of the West during this period.
This is also due to the environment. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, the core of the Central Plains had always been in the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and the north.
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The core Western countries are all located along the coast. The Arabian Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, and Persian Gulf have favorable environmental and geographical conditions that promote the development of maritime commerce, and it is natural that navigation technology is advanced.
However, after Huang Chao captured Guangzhou and massacred 100,000 Hu merchants, the maritime trade routes were severely affected.
During the Five Dynasties, the Wang Min regime in Quanzhou also had the intention of opening up the sea.
Therefore, Liu Congxiao successfully opened the sea in Quanzhou and built a huge port, which was indeed a great achievement.
The credit can be given to him alone,
Compared with Zhang Qian who hollowed out the Western Region, this was obviously a bit much.
But all this has nothing to do with Luo Youdu's commercial promotion of Liu Congxiao. He wants to dig out the foundation of the Qingyuan Army.
As the emperor, Luo Youdu was not only interested in the commercial interests of Quanzhou, but also the layout of the entire Southeast Asia.
The purpose of foreign trade is not only to make money, but also to spread the influence of the Celestial Kingdom, so that the entire Southeast Asia will be affected by maritime trade and become a vassal of the Central Plains, just grow rice and sugar cane for China.
As for other daily necessities, you can buy them from Zhongyuan!
Luo Youdu said: "I most admire Liu Aiqing's courage to go to sea. Inviting Hu merchants to the Central Plains is indeed a way to make money. But in this way, the initiative is all in the hands of Hu merchants, which is too passive. I want my big ship in the Central Plains
Go south and spread the power of China from the sea."
After Luo Youdu blew it, Liu Congxiao immediately became distracted. He didn't even know he was so powerful?
"I'm sorry, Lao Chen, I am your Majesty's man now!"
After Liu Congxiao came to Beijing, Chen Rongan visited temple officials one after another and interacted with aristocratic families from all over the world. What was his intention? This was Sima Zhao's intention.
Liu Congxiao didn't want to take care of it at first, but Luo Youdu paid far more attention to maritime merchants than he thought. Moreover, he was not ignorant of maritime matters, but he knew everything about them.
Then I knew that the Chen family's wishful thinking was completely wrong.
Liu Congxiao said: "Your Majesty Qingquan has contacts with all the southern countries. Among them, Angkor and Champa have the best relations. They are rich in rice. The two states of Quan and Zhang have poor land and are very dependent on the food of the two countries."
Liu Congxiao was so praised by Luo Youdu, and he also wanted to benefit his descendants, so he told Luo Youdu in detail what he knew about the situation in Southeast Asia.
Luo Youdu listened very carefully.
The situation in Southeast Asia occasionally deviated from what he remembered, but there was not much difference.
I only asked a few more questions on Annan.
Luo Youdu was still very concerned about Annan, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved when he learned that Annan was now involved in the Twelve Envoys Rebellion.
Liu Congxiao said casually: "The situation in the south is roughly the same, and in the west. In Yizhou in the west, many people from the Central Plains fled the war and settled here. This place is located between the Japanese country and Haidong. I once intended to send troops to take it, but I didn't have enough strength.
In the end it was settled."
Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I also want to fight, just wait, it will be soon."
After talking in detail with Liu Congxiao for a while, Luo Youdu let him leave after learning about the situation in Quanzhou and the Chen family that controlled maritime trade.
Luo Youdu rested for a while and then summoned Cui Zhimeng, Zuo Yin of Goryeo.
"The foreign ministers pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven!"
Cui Zhimeng prostrated himself on the ground, performing a grand ceremony of kneeling.
Luo Youdu said: "Get up and speak!"
He did not let Cui Zhimeng sit down, but asked directly: "Why is your envoy so anxious to see me?"
Cui Zhimeng's eyes were red and he said: "Your Majesty, the Khitan has gathered troops on the northern border of our country, with great intention of invading our country. The foreign minister implores His Majesty, the Emperor of China, to respect the Central Plains as our Lord from generation to generation, and to send troops to help our country at any time..."
Luo Youdu looked surprised. He did not expect that the Khitan would defeat the Goryeo.
The Khitan had not settled its own civil strife, so how could it attack Goryeo?
In fact, all this was the death of King Wang Zhao of Goryeo himself.
Wang Zhao, the king of Goryeo, was a very capable king. He first stabilized the nobles in the Goryeo court by ruling by inaction, and then sought the canonization of the Great Zhou Dynasty to consolidate his position.
Then comprehensively deepen reforms and consolidate the royal power of Goryeo.
He attached great importance to the Chinese people's hope, enforced the law of slavery, and liberated the good men who were illegally kidnapped as slaves by the wealthy families. He also opened the imperial examination to promote poor families, diluted the power of the wealthy families politically, and at the same time carried out massacres with a butcher's knife...
Under Wang Zhao's governance, Goryeo's national power and royal power were greatly improved.
The Khitan was repeatedly defeated by the Central Plains, and its prestige with the four parties fell sharply. In addition, it was caught in civil strife. Wang Zhao wanted to use Da Guangxian to cause trouble.
This Daguangxian was the eldest son of Bohai King Danzhuan. Thirty years ago, the Khitan destroyed the Bohai Kingdom and Bohai King Danzhuan was captured. The Khitan established the Dongdan Kingdom in the Bohai territory, and the emperor's eldest son Yelubei was appointed king.
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Da Guangxian had been resisting within the Bohae Kingdom, and finally failed and fled to Goryeo, becoming a trump card in Goryeo's hands.
Wang Zhao deliberately took the opportunity to play this trump card and capture the homeland of Bohae for Goryeo to improve his military prestige.
But Wang Zhao obviously underestimated the Khitan. The Khitan never dared to let go of Yelu Dilie because he was worried that Gao Li would cause trouble behind his back.
The Khitan had already experienced the power of the Central Plains Navy, and had no doubt that the Central Plains Navy could directly raise hundreds of thousands of troops to fight across the sea like Su Dingfang did.
It happened that Wang Zhao was causing trouble in Haidong, and the Khitan was so angry that he immediately prepared to stabilize the rear.
Listen to the reason!
Luo Youdu looked at Cui Zhimeng and cursed unceremoniously: "Stupid, confused!"
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