In fact, there are still many seaports in Ziqing.
The Ziqing mentioned here refers to the large Ziqing town before the Yuanhe Dynasty cut off the feudal dynasty, and the five prefectures of Qing, Lai, Deng, Mi and Hai where the seaports are mainly concentrated.
As far as Mizhou is concerned, it is mainly the trade route to the south and Silla.
To be precise, there are two places for ships to berth and set sail. One is Pimapu near Dazhu Mountain, which is located at the junction of Zhucheng and Jimo counties.
This port not only leads to Haeju in the south, but also has routes to Silla. There is even a Silla village in the area, where many Silla people live.
Another port in Mizhou is Laoshan (today's Laoshan), which is also a place for ships to berth, repair and trade. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the alchemist Jiang Fu used immortal immortality to confuse the world, but failed, so he asked Laoshan to collect medicine and fled.
——Probably escaped by boat.
During the Five Dynasties, in the name of paying tribute to the Central Plains, the Qian clan of Zhejiang and Zhejiang engaged in smuggling trade at the ports of Qingzhou and Mizhou, making huge profits. At that time, the trading port had gradually moved to Banqiao Town (in Jiao County).
All in all, it is actually a series of ports in Jiaozhou Bay. This natural port is very rare in northern China.
Haizhou is actually Lianyungang in later generations, and it is also a great port in the north. But in terms of its status at this time, it is still not as good as Mizhou.
There are two most important ports in Dengzhou. One is Penglai Town, one mile north of Dengzhou City, which is connected to Silla in the north and is the main trading port on the Bohai Sea.
The second is Chishanpu, a hundred miles southeast of Wendeng County. It goes out to the sea from Moye Island in the southeast of Pudong. It can reach Silla in three days if there is good wind.
Chishanpo and Moye Island are located in today's Rongcheng. They are important entry and exit ports for Silla official missions and private business groups.
"At this time, Chishanpu is far more prosperous than Penglai Town?" Shao Shude didn't know much about Dengzhou Sea Trade and was a little surprised when he first heard about it.
"Back to Your Highness, Chishanpu is crowded with people, commerce is flourishing, ships are being built, and goods are traded. It is far better than Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is even better than Dengzhou." The identity of the speaker is very interesting, his name is Wang Shilu, Wang Shifan's younger brother.
He was bored in Chang'an, so after seeking his brother's acquiescence, he came to Luoyang and begged to work for the King of Xia. It happened that Shao Shude also wanted an adviser who was familiar with Ziqing, so he agreed and compiled him
After entering Yin'anzhi, we came to Dengzhou together.
What Wang Shilu said really challenged Shao Shude's inherent impression.
The prosperity of Dengzhou Port in the Ming Dynasty was so dazzling. Unexpectedly, the most prosperous maritime trade business at this time was Qingzhou and Chishanpu, not Dengzhou City.
"Where is Chishan Puqiang?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Highness, when envoys from the imperial court enter Silla, most of them sail from this port, and when people from Silla enter, most of them land here." Wang Shilu said: "The southern coast of Denglai Province, as well as the coastal areas of Miju and Haeju,
There are many people in Silla, and the local people are also good at sailing. In this area of the four states bordering the sea, if there is the largest number of people in Silla, it is Chishanpo. There is a temple in the port called Hohwawon, commonly known as Sillawon.
Built by Zhang Baogao, the temple has fields and harvests hundreds of dendrobium trees every year, exclusively for Silla monks. There are more than thirty monks in the temple, and hundreds of people gather during the Dharma assembly."
By the way, this Zhang Baogao is also a strange person. During the Yuanhe period of Xianzong, he and Zheng Nian, a fellow countryman, were familiar with martial arts. It is said that they were invincible in all over the Silla. However, due to their humble background, they did not get the opportunity, so the two came by boat.
Datang, joined the Wuning Army and became a warrior of the Tang Dynasty.
Their martial arts skills are indeed not just for boasting, they are also second to none in Xuzhou, and they gradually accumulated merit and were promoted to the rank of Pian Pi General.
Later, Zhang Baogao heard that there were people selling Silla maidservants in Denglai Prefecture of Ziqing Town and engaging in human trade. The number was very large. So he left his job and returned to China. He used his identity as a general of the Wuning Army to write to the King of Aizhuang of Silla and got a
An army of more than 10,000 people was dedicated to combating human trafficking in the coastal areas. In addition, the Tang Dynasty also issued a ban on Silla maidservants, so this evil trade slowly disappeared.
Of course, Zhang Baogao's end was not good.
His background was too low. If he didn't gild the Xuzhou Wuning Army before returning to China, he would probably have no chance at all. In the end, he was killed under the hostility of the Silla nobles - he was an extremely corrupt man who was on the verge of destruction.
dynasty.
"There are dozens of Silla monks alone, so how many Silla people are there?" Shao Shude asked: "The population in Wendeng County's household registration is very small..."
"Back to Your Highness, it is difficult to count the number of Silla people, and they have not been included in the yellow household register." Wang Shilu said: "The King of Silla specially sent a sales envoy to stay in Chishanpo, with more than 10,000 disciples. The shogunate is also in Chishanpo.
There is a permanent Xinluo office, and a police officer is stationed there to manage the affairs of Xinluo households in Wendeng County, mainly to collect taxes. The last time General Qibi attacked Dengzhou, the Xinluo people also recruited more than a thousand men to plan
I came to rescue Dengzhou, but halfway through I heard news of the defeat, so I ran back again."
Shao Shude laughed and said: "People living in Silla, please make a clear plan as soon as possible. Let that salesman come to see me. By the way, is there a ship repair place in Chishanpo?"
"Of course there are." Wang Shilu said: "The craftsmen are mainly Silla people, and there are also Japanese."
Damn it! Shao Shude feels that he is a country bumpkin from the northwest ravines, and he doesn’t know much about the outside world. As for Li Tangbin, the governor of Ziqing, he has been fighting abroad all year round, so he probably doesn’t know much about the local area. He is basically a governor.
Become autonomous.
"There are Cheonmon-won and Chishan-won close to Silla-won. Some monks have been to Japan, and Japanese monks also come to this temple. In the fourth year of its founding (839), a Japanese envoy transported 70 hu of dendrobium rice to pay tribute, and it was also here.
We landed ashore, but there were not as many Japanese as there were in Silla." Wang Shilu said.
"Oh? Why?" Shao Shude asked.
"Because Silla has a large population, even if Japanese merchants want to sell goods, it depends on whether the Silla people agree. Generally speaking, Japanese goods are mostly resold by the Silla people." Wang Shilu replied: "Japan, Silla
They are all small countries, but small countries also have strengths and weaknesses. At present, it seems that Japan is not as good as Silla."
Shao Shude nodded.
Wang Shilu didn't know the actual situation in Japan and Silla. He only judged based on the strength of the Silla people in Dengzhou, which was naturally biased.
"Silla, how much are the annual sales of Japanese goods?" Shao Shude asked.
"I don't know." Wang Shilu said awkwardly: "The Silla Office pays 20,000 yuan every year. This has always been the case."
If we really need to collect tariffs, it will definitely be more than that. Twenty thousand yuan is a fixed amount, which must be seriously distorted.
Shao Shude used to think that the Ziqing warriors were "spineless", "not tough enough" and a little too obedient. Now he feels that if Ziqing warriors are as domineering as Weibo warriors, Chishanpu's sea trade business will probably not be able to continue, and Silla
The merchant's goods have long been robbed.
This is fine, since we will always have to do business with outsiders in the future, so it won't work if we scare everyone away.
"I want to set up a new government office in Chishanpu, called the Customs, which will be responsible for tax collection." Shao Shude said.
The word customs is not difficult to understand. The land passes have the function of collecting taxes, and of course there are also sea passes.
The imperial court had a city envoy in Guangzhou, which was also served by the Qing Navy's military envoy. The city envoy had three responsibilities: first, to collect taxes; second, to purchase in-demand goods and monopolize sales; third, to manage the tributes contributed by foreign merchants.
These three responsibilities all have "money prospects".
The tax collection was mainly based on the tax rate. There was no clear tax rate. According to the records of Arab merchants in the Tang Dynasty, it was usually 30%, which is 30%, which was much higher than the 10% tax rate in the middle and early Song Dynasty.
The income from the second job is also quite high. The demand for foreign goods, especially spices, is very high, but on behalf of the imperial court, the merchant envoys negotiate prices with foreign businessmen, buy them in advance, and then wholesale them to large and small businesses.
Merchants resell and profit from it. In other words, for some high-value special commodities, only the merchants have the exclusive right to sell them, and others can only act as second-tier dealers.
As for gifts from foreign merchants, they mainly belong to the emperor. The Arabs are very adaptable because they also have this rule there.
"The customs only collects one kind of tax, which is the customs duty. It charges 20 per cent to attract more merchants to come and do business." Shao Shude said: "Chishanpu was the first to set up a customs. What kind of thing is the yamen of Silla?
It seems that there is no need to exist. It should be abolished. Those who can be used will be merged into the customs and Wendeng County, and those who are no longer used will be sent home."
After Wang Shilu heard this, he felt no disturbance in his heart. It had nothing to do with him anymore, so just abolish it.
"Have the residents of Xinluo been taxed in the past?" Shao Shude looked at Wang Shilu and asked.
"No." Wang Shilu replied.
Shao Shude nodded.
This is not as good as Guangzhou and other places. They follow the two tax laws, count the properties of Arab merchants living in the Tang Dynasty, and strictly tax them.
"Are there any bandits along the coast in Denlaymi and other places?"
"Go back to Your Highness, there are less now, but there used to be a lot."
"Why?"
"It is still a matter of banning the purchase of Silla maids." Wang Shilu replied: "The first ban on the purchase of Silla maids was in the first year of Changqing. In the first month of the third year of Changqing, after the Silla envoys came, the second ban on the purchase was naturally
Gone."
In March of the first year of Changqing's reign, Xue Ping, the military envoy of the Pinglu Army, reported that there were pirates who were plundering Liangkou of Silla and were in charge of the border of Denglai Prefecture and the roads around the sea, and sold them into slaves.
After Mu Zong heard this, he ordered a ban on trading. So the ministers, ministers, and even the local tyrants dismissed the Silla maids one after another. These people's life was very difficult. "They live without a home, and they mostly live in villages and villages near the sea. They wish to return without a way."
Fortunately, the people of the Tang Dynasty were kind to them and sympathized with them, and provided some humanitarian aid to prevent them from starving to death.
After Emperor Mu Zong learned of this situation, he issued an edict: "All roads are adjacent to the sea and counties. Whenever there is a ship, he will be given a commission and will not be restricted by the counties and counties."
That is to say, these Silla maids were allowed to return to their home countries on trading ships.
By banning buyers on one end and cracking down on the "supply sources" on the other, the Silla maid trade, which was flourishing for a while, gradually disappeared.
And with the end of this slave trade, pirates could no longer survive, and became increasingly rare. They went to Japan to rob families and homes. If they came to the Tang Dynasty, they would probably not have much to eat. The warriors in the feudal towns could beat them to tears.
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"It's okay if there are no pirates." Shao Shude smiled bitterly.
If there were too many pirates, wouldn't it be necessary to build a navy to maintain order? To be honest, he didn't want to spend the money for the time being and would wait two years before talking.
But it will still have to be established sooner or later.
I heard that there are pirates in the Guangzhou area in the south, but not in Dengzhou and Michigan. This is purely because the trade volume is not large enough. It is difficult to save some money.
