Chapter 709 The good relationship between Jin and Cai
In the palace of King Zheng, Su Shu met his uncle Wang Bonuo's family who had come back in a hurry after a long journey.
He met two members of his uncle's family.
This is a huge family, with as many as forty-two cousins.
Many of his aunts have a heroic temperament.
If Su Shu didn't see the reason for this situation before he went to sea?
He saw in Europe that the Habsburg dynasty could barely maintain its rule through marriages.
Su Shu immediately realized that many of the wives his uncles married were family marriages.
Most of them are from the military generals' families of Zheng State.
Both uncles knew nothing about military matters.
If his uncle Wang Zhongce wanted to stabilize the situation in Zheng, he had to rely on the army to maintain order and attack the indigenous tribes within the territory.
He wanted to control the army and prevent it from becoming a vassal.
We must also allow the generals to receive adequate treatment so that they can work for King Zheng with peace of mind, freeing them from worries.
The ancient method of marriage is the best method.
Uncle Wang Bonuo warmly entertained Su Shu and introduced his cousin to Su Shu.
During his words, his uncle Wang Bonuo wanted Su Shu to bring his slightly older and outstanding cousin to the Great China Empire to broaden his horizons.
After their horizons are broadened, they can lead the family and create greater glory when they return.
Su Shu readily agreed to this matter, which was a piece of cake for him.
Queen Mother Wang Wenjun can also alleviate some of her longing after seeing her uncle's children.
Su Shu also understood why only his uncle Wang Bonuo requested this matter, and uncle Wang Zhongce didn't even mention it.
After all, my uncle Wang Zhongce is the prince of the vassals, so he sent his son to the Dahua Empire, and that was the proton.
With his uncle Wang Zhongce's mind, he would not do such misleading things.
Su Shu has been accompanying his cousins to visit Zheng State these days.
He was quickly informed that all the warships in the fleet had been repaired.
Su Shu knew that this brief reunion was over.
There is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever, and he will set out again.
Su Shu said goodbye to his two uncles, took his cousins who were similar in age to him, and boarded the battleship Taishan.
He asked people to make arrangements for his cousins.
Su Shu changed his clothes and was no longer the prince of the Great China Empire, but an ordinary staff officer of the navy.
The fleet passed Yingke Island, and ahead was the Jin waters.
This sea area was very calm at first, and the further north you go, the more merchant ships you can see.
Su Shu stood on the boat and looked into the distance. He could already see the busy caravans ahead, entering the Red Sea.
They were preparing to pass through the Suez Canal and head to Europe to do business.
Su Shu opened his mouth in surprise. This was the first time he saw such a dense fleet.
The fleet lined up end to end and formed a long queue on the sea.
Every ship is scrambling to enter the Red Sea.
Su Shu said in surprise: "European routes are so popular, and now entering the Red Sea, all these ships need to line up to enter."
Wang Bonuo's third son, Wang Jinsu, walked to Su Shu and said, "Cousin Su Shu, it's not that there are too many ships. The Red Sea cannot accommodate so many ships.
Instead, Jin and Cai joined forces to block the intersection of the Red Sea.
They have checked the names of prohibited goods and inspected passing ships.
If you don't pay a toll, officials from both countries will inspect you carefully.
They used this method to force merchants to pay tolls.
The way to collect tolls is still very confusing.
Some merchants were willing to pay the toll, but some merchants were unwilling and directly asked officials from both countries to inspect the goods on board in detail.
This resulted in the entrance to the Red Sea being blocked and a large number of merchant ships queuing up here."
When Su Shu heard what his cousin Wang Jinsu said, he immediately understood that the country of Fujian had earned a huge amount of tolls through the Suez Canal.
Jin State and Cai State guarded both sides of the Red Sea. They saw a large number of merchant ships entering the Red Sea, but they did not pay them a penny.
The two countries are using this method to exert pressure and force Fujian to share profits with them.
Su Shu believed that this method was difficult to work, and the situation of Fujian in Europe was not good either.
A large amount of military expenditures are consumed every year to deal with wars with the Ottoman Turkish Empire and European countries.
Fujian will never take out the money it received.
The country of Fujian was able to persist in the war for such a long time without domestic collapse.
The large amount of tolls collected by the Suez Canal is the most critical confidence for Fujian.
Only when the country is financially wealthy can the country of Fujian purchase large amounts of supplies and arms and provide pensions to wounded and wounded soldiers.
What's more, in the eyes of the people of Fujian, the Suez Canal was dug through their hard work.
Why should Jin and Cai share the benefits brought by the Suez Canal?
These two countries have access to a large number of merchant ships brought by the Suez Canal.
Every year you receive millions of taels of silver coins for serving merchant ships, why are you still not satisfied?
Su Shu looked at cousin Wang Jinsu and asked, "Cousin Jinsu, you know the situation in the surrounding countries very well.
Just give me an introduction, I am about to go to these three countries, don't make a joke."
When Wang Jinsu saw Su Shu asking him questions, he happily replied: "Dad is often exposed to these things, and I have also heard and heard some things.
Jin Wang Li Fengming was not good at managing the army just like Uncle Wang.
We have quite a lot of mines in Zhengguo, and we mainly develop the mining industry, while simultaneously developing some agriculture and simple industries.
The Jin State was located on fertile land on both sides of the Nile River, and they mainly focused on agriculture.
When there was a famine in Europe, merchants came to Jin to purchase food.
Wu Jie, King of Cai, came here a few years later. Cai Guo was just developing and its strength was the weakest.
A large part of Cai's land is desert, and there is a great shortage of food.
Next door to him is the Jin State, which produces a lot of grain.
Both countries feel the pressure from Fujian, and there are complementarities between them.
The two countries have gradually moved closer and have reached a substantial alliance.
I heard that the two countries are going one step further and the royal families are starting to marry each other.
A single country would not dare to block the entrance to the Red Sea.
The two countries have reached a substantial alliance to share risks.
They also have the confidence to compete with Fujian."
Su Shu could also judge the situation between Jin and Cai from what Wang Jinsu's cousin told him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Everyone can see the outcome of the war between Fujian and the Ottoman Empire, and Fujian clearly has the upper hand.
The Min Kingdom snatched the territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Eastern Europe, but countries such as the Holy Roman Empire did not agree.
The Fujian Kingdom clashed with the Holy Roman Empire again.
A vassal state can resist the attack of two powerful countries.
When Jin Wang Li Fengming and Cai Wang Wu Jie saw this situation, they might not even be able to sleep well at night.
The State of Cai is relatively stable, and most of its land is desert.
The Fujian Kingdom itself did not want to stay in the desert and continued to expand its power to the north.
Their coveting of Cai Guo is not strong.
But Jin did not have such good luck.
Egypt, the original land of Fujian, was in a large desert, and only a very narrow area on both sides of the Nile River could grow food.
Fujian needs to spend a lot of gold and silver to buy food from the outside world every year.
Eastern Europe they captured from the Ottoman Empire.
This area is mainly composed of mountains and hills, and there is no continuous great plain area.
Some corn, sweet potatoes and other food crops can be grown here.
Crops such as wheat can also be grown on small plains.
However, the output of grain is generally very limited and cannot compare with that of the Great Plains.
The state of Fujian is now just caught in the war and has no time to deal with the state of Jin.
Maybe they were out of consideration for brotherhood, or worried about the intervention of the Great China Empire.
A few generations later, the relationship between the two royal families weakened, and the attention of the Great China Empire shifted.
The state of Fujian will definitely take action against the state of Jin and seize a large amount of fertile land.
Food can be used as a weapon to bring down a country.
Our ancestor Guan Zhong used this method to deal with the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Jin Wang Li Fengming served as an important adviser to his father Su He.
He planned the important battles for the founding of the country.
Jin King Li Fengming may not know much about the construction of the army. After all, he has never really led an army.
But his strategic vision will not be underestimated by anyone.
Jin Wang Li Fengming could definitely see the problems that Su Shu could easily see, and he could even see further.
With the intervention of the royal families of the two countries, Jin and Cai quickly moved closer.
Su Shu watched the battleship Taishan gradually approach the entrance of the Red Sea.
The large cargo ships that were just a few small black dots in their telescopes now finally revealed their huge hulls.
Su Shu originally thought that the entrance to the Red Sea would always be blocked.
When the fleet arrived here, a large number of merchant ships had already passed.
Some merchant ships took the initiative to approach the fleet and came to pay their respects to the battleship Taishan.
Su Shu asked the soldiers on the ship to ask loudly about the situation just now, and then he learned the whole story.
What cousin Wang Jinsu said happened some time ago.
At that time, the two countries of Fujian and Jin and Cai were very unhappy, and the navies of the three countries had to fight on the Red Sea.
Wu Jie, the king of Cai, issued harsh words. If the Min Kingdom dared to go to war, he would place mines in the Red Sea so that no ship could pass through.
The two parties were in a stalemate. They were both afraid of the other party, and no one dared to fire first.
The two forces were in a stalemate, and the Chamber of Commerce was preparing to go to Europe for trade, but they couldn't hold on.
Many commodity prices are related to the season.
If they wait any longer, the goods on board will be thrown into their hands.
Several large chambers of commerce came forward to agree on toll quotas with Jin and Cai.
The merchant ship paid an extra sum of money and successfully passed through the Red Sea.
When these businessmen came to the battleship Taishan, they wanted to admire the largest warship in the Great China Empire.
Businessmen all know that the existence of warships like the Tarzan battleship is their strongest backing.
The businessmen also have another purpose, which is to come to complain.
In this way, they complained to the Royal Navy of Dahua.
They are all businessmen of the Great China Empire. They were bullied here and indirectly requested the Imperial Navy to seek justice.
The reason for the congestion in the Red Sea today is that the Crown Prince of Jin married Princess Cai.
Three days later, Prince Cai will marry Princess Jin.
The huge wedding team crossed the Red Sea, which caused the congestion in the Red Sea just now.
Now the wedding fleet has arrived in Jin, and normal navigation in the Red Sea has resumed.
Su Shu did not expect that the marriage between Jin and Cai would be so close.
The princes of the two countries married each other's princess and strengthened the relationship between the two parties through marriage.
Su and Shu did not worry about the marriage between the two countries for generations, and the two countries directly became one country.
When the Imperial University College of Agriculture conducted pig breeding experiments, they found that after breeding two closely related pigs, the probability of giving birth to deformed pigs increased significantly.
Imperial University scholars conducted rigorous experiments and found that this phenomenon occurs not only in pigs, but also in dogs, cattle, sheep, horses and other animals.
This attracted the attention of a scholar, who believed that there is not much difference between humans and pigs, and that problems that occur in pigs must also occur in humans.
After detailed investigation, this scholar spent several years visiting tens of thousands of families who were closely related to each other.
He found that when close relatives marry, the probability of their offspring being deformed or stupid is far higher than that of normal people.
This achievement won the Dragon Soaring Award that year. With the empire's vigorous publicity, people all knew that close relatives could not marry. Marriage between families could only be done once for each branch.
Between Jin and Cai, as long as the main line of the royal family does not die and the branch line comes to power, they will not marry.
After all, the purpose of marriage is to bring the two countries closer. If they give birth to stupid children, it will actually make the two countries drift apart.
The Imperial Royal Navy fleet entered the Red Sea, and they soon came into contact with the navies of Jin and Cai to maintain order.
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan learned that Jin Wang Li Fengming and Cai Wang Wu Jie were both attending the wedding in Friendship Harbor.
The fleet immediately headed to Friendship Port to participate in this grand ceremony.
The name Friendship Harbor was specially changed for this marriage.
Su Shu came to Friendship Port, where there were red silks everywhere, and fireworks were set off from time to time in the port.
They learned that Su Shu and others had arrived, but Jin Wang Li Fengming and Cai Wang Wu Jie did not come to the port.
The arrival of distinguished guests from the Great China Empire cannot be allowed to affect the marriage between the two countries.
They also cannot send out the groom who is preparing for the wedding.
Wu Zhengxi, the crown prince of Cai Kingdom, had nothing to do and was the junior with the highest status.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wearing a bright red dress, he brought the juniors from both countries to the port to personally welcome the arrival of Su Shu.
After Su Shu changed his clothes, he stepped off the warship, came to Wu Zhengxi, and blessed: "Congratulations to the Crown Prince of Jin for marrying Brother Wu's sister.
This time I won’t overwhelm the guests and focus on the wedding.
After the ceremony, we are discussing business."
Wu Zhengxi cupped his hands and said: "Thank you to the eldest prince for your understanding, the wedding will start soon.
Please follow me to the wedding venue and participate in the most solemn wedding between the two countries."
Su Shu and his party, under the protection of guards, followed Wu Zhengxi, the Crown Prince of Wu, to the wedding venue.
Festive fireworks continued to explode in the sky, and the joy of celebration resounded.
The Crown Prince of Jin and Princess Cai completed their marriage ceremony with everyone's blessing.
King Li Fengming of Jin stood up, drank down the wine in his hand, and said happily: "The two countries of Jin and Cai will have good relations from generation to generation, and the two countries will create glory together.
The two countries communicate with each other and jointly deal with today's complex situation.
We must let the excellence of Jin and Cai be passed down through history.
Everyone at the scene testified to us.”
King Cai Wu Jie stood up happily and said sonorously: "From today on, the two countries are firm allies.
Any country that dares to attack the Jin State will declare war on our Cai State.
The king will immediately send troops to support you.
Cai Guo was attacked, I think the King of Jin will do the same."
The two countries had only a verbal alliance before, and they cooperated with each other tacitly.
The monarchs of the two countries took this opportunity today to announce the formal alliance between the two countries.
The meaning of this is completely different.
Su Shu could feel that he was witnessing history, and the vassal states had since entered an era of vertical and horizontal integration.