The Qin State has been having a bit of a difficult time recently, and the economic situation has gradually become worse with the outbreak of the civil war in the Great China Empire.
The civil war in the Dahua Empire cut off the trade route from Qin to the Tang Empire, directly preventing Qin's cotton and other crops from being exported to the Tang Empire, which directly affected Qin's income.
The orc slave trade that originally prospered through the defense of the Western Wall also began to decline with the civil war in the Great China Empire. What made Qin most desperate was that there were competitors in the slave trade.
In the past, most of the orc slaves that the Tang Empire needed went directly to the Qin State, which was considered a trade subsidy to the Qin State.
Now, with the civil war in the Great China Empire, it is no longer easy for the Qin State to trade orc slaves, so they can only watch their market share being taken away by the Shu State.
The Orc Empire has also fully reacted over time. They found that instead of risking their lives with the Qin State at the end of the desert and being captured by others, it would be more beneficial for them to directly start a population trade with the Shu State.
Because there is no need to fight, the price for Shu to purchase orc slaves is obviously lower, and because they "sell themselves" voluntarily, these orc slaves are easier to manage and more obedient.
With the cooperation of senior Orc officials, the entire Orc Empire and Shu Kingdom packaged the human trade into a new category: "labor export". This thing is high-end and classy, and the people of the Orc Empire are obviously more willing to accept it.
"People go to higher places."
Even in turn, the middlemen of Shu and the compradors of the orcs still have to charge a fee. After all, they are the ones who have given those orc civilians who can't even eat enough to eat a new choice.
The best, the most beautiful and strongest orcs, the smartest orc children, as well as some rich orcs, will be selected and sent to the Tang Empire. After all, the Tang Empire is not easy to deal with, slaves
The quality must be guaranteed.
The next best thing depends on the operation. Some people are willing to cooperate and pay, then they can go to the prosperous Tang Empire as slaves. Those who can't pay, the orc civilians who can make do, can stay.
Shu Kingdom, or go to Chu Kingdom to make a living.
The abilities of these orcs may not be that good, but compared to the original orc empire, which was a piece of yellow sand, the natural conditions of Shu and Chu are definitely better, so it is not a loss to stay in Shu or Chu.
As for the crooked melons and cracked dates, it is not that there is no place to deal with them. Some can be directly sold to the Great China Empire at a low price as slaves, and some can be processed at a low cost and sent overseas...
Don't think that you are at a disadvantage if you can't go to the Tang Empire. Because the Tang Empire itself has strict naturalization management regulations, the orcs are often unable to obtain nationality in the Tang Empire. They are always just outsiders here, so in the Datang Empire
The social status is not high.
But staying in Shu or Chu is different. They can work hard and find a suitable opportunity to stay permanently, which obviously has a slight advantage.
The difference is that the orcs in the Tang Empire have a pie painted by Tang Mo. This pie is a better place that the Tang Empire will choose in the future for the orcs who have made outstanding contributions in the Tang Empire to found their country.
Back to the Qin State, the Qin State discovered that the slave trade route from the Shu State to the Chu State to the Tang Empire was replacing the trade route from Qin Dahua to the Tang Empire. Things had become increasingly unstable.
Controlled.
Looking at the trade of agricultural products in turn, in addition to the trade goods exported to the Great China Empire, the trade products exported to other countries are all being exploited by the Shu Kingdom.
After passing through the Chu State, the younger brother of the Tang Empire, the prices were really unbearable. This kind of trade was fragile, and the Qin State had to find a way to save itself.
Economic suffering is a fait accompli, and the Qin State cannot change anything in a short period of time by relying on economic means. It can neither put pressure on the Great China Empire, nor can it control the geese of Shu and Chu, so the Qin State
, I had to start thinking about off-board moves.
In the past six months or so, the Qin State has been trying to lobby the Tang Empire, trying to persuade the Tang Empire to resolve the civil war in the Great China Empire as soon as possible.
They even proposed an ambitious-sounding plan: Qin and the Tang Empire would send troops from both sides to attack the Great China Empire and quell the civil war in the Great China Empire within one to two months.
It's just that this secret plan was rejected by the Tang Empire: the Great China Empire in front of us is almost the meat on the chopping board of the Tang Empire. What the hell is going on with you, the Qin State, coming to swallow a piece of it?
Of course, the Qin State did not intend to rob anything. They just hoped to quickly quell the civil war in the Great China Empire, or simply carve up the Great China Empire and border the Tang Empire. From then on, there would be no middlemen to make profit from the price difference.
Unfortunately, efforts to carve up the Great China Empire or force the Great China Empire to quell the civil war have all failed. The civil war in the Great China Empire seems unlikely to end in the short term, and Qin’s economic environment will also have to endure long-term deterioration.
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Although the Tang Empire was willing to provide a loan of 100 million gold coins and an economic aid of 3 million gold coins to make up for Qin's losses, Qin still felt that its future was bleak.
Since there was no way out economically, Yingduo, the king of Qin, naturally placed all his hopes on Qin's strong military strength.
The Qin State may not have saved anything else in these years, but the combat effectiveness of the border troops near the Western Wall is as arrogant as the rest.
Defeating the Tang Empire might not be fun, but when it comes to attacking other countries, Qin's military is still confident.
What's more, over such a long period of time, Qin purchased a large number of Type 113 armored vehicles from the Tang Empire, received military assistance from hundreds of No. 4 tanks, had P-36 fighter jets in the sky, and purchased production rights from the Tang Empire.
DO-17 bomber.
When it comes to military strength, the Qin State, the little overlord of the northwest, is really genuine and absolutely powerful.
Since there was the capital to launch a war and the need to launch a war, the Qin State began to choose its goals.
In fact, there was no choice. The war against the Orc Empire was too slow. Even if tens of thousands of Orc prisoners were captured, the Qin State lacked channels to directly attack the Tang Empire.
Therefore, Qin Duo, the king of Qin, naturally turned his attention to his southern neighbor: Shu.
Who is working as a middleman to earn the price difference now? Shu! Who is trying to replace Qin’s position in the slave trade? Shu! Who has the weakest fighting power in the surrounding area and is the easiest to bully? Shu! Whose economic situation is better and there is oil and water to grab?
Fishing for Shu Kingdom!
Look! Look! He looks like he's been beaten, he still has money in his pocket, he's skinny and short... Who the hell is going to hit you if I don't?
So the envoys sent by the Chu State to participate in the Linshui Expo did not return to the country after the expo. Instead, they stayed and changed their identities into special envoys. They began to have frequent and covert contacts with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire.
Questions about Qin's invasion of Shu arose.
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There is no way, the Tang Empire has become the most powerful existence on the Western Continent. No matter what you do, if you don't get the permission of the Tang Empire, you can't do it.
This is a reflection of a country’s strength, and a visual display of a country’s international influence: without my nod, you can’t do anything within my sphere of influence!
The Qin State had no choice. They had to consider the attitude of the Tang Empire: the Shu State now monopolized the trade routes between Qin State, the Orc Empire and the Tang Empire. This was the reason for the Qin State to attack the Shu State. At the same time,
This was also the reason why the Tang Empire wanted to protect Shu.
Once Qin and Shu really go to war, it means that the Tang Empire's trade on the Western Continent has basically stopped. The losses caused by this are inestimable, so the Tang Empire must intervene.
Therefore, Qin must persuade the Tang Empire to tolerate Qin's war, and clearly guarantee the duration and scope of the war, and even the distribution of Tang's interests after the war.
This is politics, and this is the tragedy of a weak country: a strong country does not need to consider these things when declaring war, but a weak country needs the permission of a strong country whether it is to start a war or make other decisions.
To put it bluntly, if a strong country does not agree, a weak country may not be able to buy ammunition to defend its homeland. If a strong country does not agree, a weak country will not even dare to surrender - it will fight to the last man.
, for world peace...
Therefore, some countries can kneel because they do not have the capital to stand up. On the other hand, as long as a country can stand up, it cannot kneel down. If it kneels, it is not the so-called enduring humiliation and living in vain, but the destruction of the country and the genocide.
The most heart-wrenching question in the world is probably: What qualifications do you have to surrender? Do I allow you to surrender?
The Qin State did not intend to wipe out all the people this time. The main strategic goal of Qin King Yingduo was to sweep across the northern part of the Shu State and cut off the connection between the Shu State and the Great China Empire.
Does it sound like it has nothing to do with the Tang Empire? In fact, the translation of this sentence is: occupy the northern part of Shu and gain the border with Chu.
In this way, Qin's situation is completely different: it can re-construct the trade routes from Qin and Chu to the Tang Empire to ensure its own trade security.
In turn, the Qin State can also benefit from the logistics dividends from Shu's exports to the Dahua Empire, and Chu's exports to the Dahua Empire. Between one plus and one minus, Qin's side is equivalent to getting double the dividends.
hapiness.
So the question is, since there is such a good southward strategy and there are so many benefits, why did Qin State wait until now to react and start studying this seemingly reasonable expansion plan at this moment?
