Chapter 208 International drug lord
He is tall, has deep facial features, and does not have very fair skin, but looks very healthy. Sima Ji looked at this row of carefully selected beauties, especially his eyes, and he was indeed a point-of-score man. Looking back at the traffickers who were not familiar with the place, he asked, "All of them are Persians?"
"Yes, Your Highness! Many of them are noble families. The Persian Empire is unstable. Your Highness also knows that men cannot survive during the war, let alone these accessories!" Tiraga told the situation of the Persian Empire with a slight frown. Obviously, he had complaints about the mountains in front of the Kushan Empire. Seeing the unstable within Persia, he laughed reservedly in his heart.
"If you hide it a little, is it so ridiculous?" Sima Ji had to remind his collaborators that the smile was too obvious. The villain's success was similar to the current Tilagas. Unfortunately, his collaborator didn't know that the Persian Empire was about to open a golden world, and on the contrary, the Kushan Empire did not usher in Zhongsheng.
Sima Ji's attention was not entirely on these beauties, but he successfully welcomed a group of glass craftsmen. This was the case with Tangshan Iron Mine, and he couldn't wait on the left and right. When he really came, he came one after another. Now Sima Ji felt like he was rubbing it with milk force for a thousand times. After the last trembling, he felt bored.
It seems that the sage model exists in all kinds of things, not just about men and women's love.
"Your Highness, are you dissatisfied with these beauties?" Seeing Sima Ji without any excitement, Tiraga thought to himself if his aesthetic views were different. The peerless beauties in his eyes were as beautiful as the other person's eyes?
"I'm very satisfied!" Sima Ji saw such a row of pleasing Persian beauties, but he was going to expand Jicheng with satisfaction. King Yan was considering whether to add a Persian course to start cultural exchanges.
The need for expansion of Jicheng is not the urgent need for living space for the people of Jicheng, but the increasing population of the Yanwang Mansion. Sima Ji felt that the people outside the mansion should be driven out, so he remembered the plan to expand the royal mansion. As for the increase in the population of the Yanwang Mansion, it is currently reflected in the increase of female relatives.
When asked the maid Xiaowan to bring down fifty Persian beauties, the King of Yan deeply felt that it was not easy to support his family. It was a bit like the greater his ability and the greater his responsibilities. "There are two batches of Liuli craftsmen, and I can't use them for the time being. If necessary, I will tell you, anyway, you are familiar with this business."
"By the way, how about the five stones sold out?" Sima Ji talked about it and returned to the main problem. If he had a high argument and put it into the top line, this was the issue of international trade deficit. The points of concern to the King of Yan were exactly the same as those of the commander of the American imperial ruler. At present, Rome was the first victim and the second victim of the role distribution on the Silk Road. The one who made a big profit was the West Asian country in the middle.
If there are conditions for later generations, the next step of Jin Dynasty should be to find a way to contact Rome and let the West Asian countries in the middle open the market. Unfortunately, there is no such thing. Then take care of yourself and reduce the losses of the Jin Dynasty.
Sima Ji didn't have to have a Five Stones War. The Jin Dynasty was not Britain, and no external wealth could keep up with the population growth rate after the Jin Dynasty stabilized. Therefore, even if he went out to rob, the people of the Jin Dynasty would not gain much. He, the King of Yan, would have gained a lot. He just hoped that you would not take advantage of me, and I would not take advantage of you.
Can silk be replaced with cloth to reverse the current situation? This is basically impossible, because India still exists. China's flagship product is silk, and the general textile industry can completely replace China's status. India's textile industry was still defeated by Britain in the industrial revolution.
If the cloth from the Jin Dynasty was used to reward the missions that came to pay tribute, people would be very happy. If someone bought it? Others would not buy it, which civilization could not weave it? This is not a unique skill!
In addition to expanding the breeding of silkworms, the King of Yan had high hopes for Wushi Powder. In this era without modern science, it is estimated that the other party would not find anything. Eating Wushi Powder would cause death prematurely, and the average life expectancy would not increase much if it was not eaten.
Speaking of this, Tiraga suddenly became excited, and said that except for the difficulty at the beginning, it was not necessary to sell and send it out half-sold, and the overall trend was good.
The excitement of the third brother's merchant and the King of Yan was extremely happy, and he said with great self-supporting words, "This is a good thing that only gentry can use. Do you think this is something that ordinary people can enjoy? At least it is only the Brahmins you know!" I am afraid that the other party would not understand, Sima Ji also focused on explaining the status of the main audience group.
"I understand. Your Highness means to sell it to the aristocratic group. The villain also has an idea that can be sold with silk. The entire Persia and the Qin Dynasty in the extreme west likes silk. As long as it is tied to silk, these five stone scattered pieces will definitely be sold!" Tiraga said his thoughts with a slight frown.
"A good idea, but you can add something. Now the spirits have become popular throughout the Jin Dynasty. I will tell you that spirits and Wushi Powder are more suitable!" Sima Ji looked at Tiraga with appreciation. These third brothers are also a talent. Not to mention other things, this shameless spirit is far beyond the average level of the Chinese. Otherwise, why would there be so many directors of the third brothers in the future?
Silk, strong wine and five stones, after this combination of bonding and combination, Sima Ji already felt that the future was beautiful, and as for how Rome solved the problem of gold outflow, they wanted to recruit them themselves.
However, if we really want to completely reverse this problem, it is not possible to solve it by several fist products. Looking back on history, Sima Ji really feels that when it comes to controlling trade routes, all major dynasties are very ordinary, and they are waiting for each other to come to the door. The more prominent ones are the Song and Yuan dynasties, but even in the Song and Yuan dynasties, the most famous people at sea are Arabs and Indians.
"If I hadn't handled anything, I really wanted to go out and see it with my own eyes!" Sima Ji was moved, and then this acre of three-point land was extremely boring. He planned to do something every day until he died, which would be a waste of time.
When Tiraga saw Sima Ji's expression, he shook his head slightly and said, "Your Highness is different from ordinary Jin Dynasty people. Many ministers do not care about the outside world at all, and they also have a contemptuous attitude towards the Hu merchants who came to the Great Jin Dynasty, and do not care about what our country is like. Even your merchants rarely go to other countries, and the number of other countries that come to the Great Jin Dynasty cannot be compared."
This is true. There were tens of thousands of Hu merchants in the Jin Dynasty, and have tens of thousands of Shanxi merchants been to other countries?
"When you care or not, you will encounter it sooner or later!" Sima Ji shook his head slightly, and there was no need to use the Age of Discovery to give an example.
Didn’t the Tang Dynasty and Arabs fight a war in Talas, Central Asia? But it was just a small conflict, that was the Anxi Protectorate and the Governor General Khorasan led their respective troops to fight a small battle, but it was just an encounter. The Battle of Talas had no significant impact on the relationship between the Tang and Arabs. It only brought debate themes to countless netizens in later generations. Even the history of the two countries was pitiful to the few records of this battle, and they were in an unimportant position in their respective history.
The Tang Dynasty recorded 200,000 Arab troops, and the Arab records 100,000 Tang troops. All of them were boastful. The Middle Eastern countries have been the main attacks of the West since ancient times, and they would not invest 200,000 troops in the unimportant East. If they had the ability to use 200,000 troops in the secondary direction, the Byzantine Empire would have long been destroyed.
However, after this battle, the fate of the two great empires showed different trends. After the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion occurred. Everyone knows this. The commander of the Battle of Talas was actually the Arab version of Shi Siming. As early as four years before the Battle of Talas, the Arab version of An Lushan had already raised an army to cause the Arab Empire to fall into civil strife.
The year before the Battle of Talas was the year when Arab An Lushan and Arab Lilongki fought a decisive battle. Later, Arab Shisming was executed by Arab An Lushan, and the great event in black was established, and the Arab Empire entered its heyday.
"It's still the same rule, you can go to Youzhou to get silk, five stones, strong liquor and lacquerware now, and pay for one hand and deliver the goods!" Sima Ji wrote a letter directly to ask Tiraga to go to Youzhou to pick up the goods. He has always set this price. This price was set as early as when Tiraga was desperate.
As for whether Tiraga wanted to find another source of goods and replace Sima Ji. He didn't know this, but don't think that only Shi Chong, who came from a poor family, would attack. The King of Yan could also turn Tiraga from a collaborator to a dead body without a dead body. At least in the Jin Dynasty, he would definitely not have any trouble dealing with a Hu Shang.
"Is Your Highness going to stay in Luoyang recently? Why don't the villain send these beauties to Youzhou Prefecture?" Tiraga said with understanding when he heard that Sima Ji was temporarily living in Luoyang.
"Okay, I'll find some guards to go with you!" Sima Ji nodded, and did not forget to instill the third brother's ecstasy soup, "The product of Wushisan is the top priority. You know, I am very optimistic about your ability! The nobles of many countries need you to conquer them one by one!"
"The main thing is that your highness will help the villain!" Tiraga said gratefully, "The villain must let the five stones spread in various countries!"
Even Sima Ji was a little moved when the scholar died for his confidant. He softly said, "If you have nothing to do, eat less. If you eat too much, you will sell less!"
Chapter completed!