"Iwamikoku? Have you ever heard of silver being mined there? ”

Li Kuan is also not sure if the Iwami Province mentioned by Kujo is the location of the legendary Iwami Silver Mountain, but if there is silver production there now, then there is a good chance that it will be true.

"Iwami Province is a very small land domain, and if there is any silver, the ministers have to inquire about it, but it is certain that even if there is silver there now, it will not be very large."

Kujo guessed that Li Kuan inquired about Iwamikoku, probably because he had heard someone say that silver was produced there.

"It's okay, you inquire about the situation in Iwami Province clearly, try to be as detailed as possible, and pass it to me through the East China Sea Fishing Semicolon in Nambatsu when the time comes."

Li Kuan is now planning to build Nambami into an important stronghold of his in the Wa Kingdom, and the name he plays naturally cannot be the Chu Palace, otherwise the Wa Imperial Court will not be able to step down.

At this time, the East China Sea fishery is a very suitable pretext.

Anyway, whether it is a salt drying workshop, a shipbuilding workshop, or a salted fish workshop in the Chu Wangfu, they all belong to the East China Sea fishery.

The East China Sea fishery will be the East India Company of Datang.

"The subordinate understands. In addition, the subordinate has an uninvited invitation? ”

"Just say it! As long as this king can do it, it's no problem. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, things are actually very simple. The little girl Xingxiang and Inu Zi Haozhi, the subordinates hope that they can often follow the prince, serve tea and pour water for the prince, and do their best for the ministers. ”

"Kujo, there is no need for this between you and me."

Li Kuan naturally knew what Kujo meant by this.

Xingxiang's words, needless to say, everyone thought she was Li Kuan's person; The key is Hiroyuki, Kujo sent his son to Li Kuan, which is actually equivalent to letting him be a proton.

In fact, Li Kuan can understand Jiujo's thoughts, but he just feels that he really doesn't need to control him like this.

To put it mildly, if Kujou dared to betray Li Kuan, he would have countless ways to clean him up.

Besides, if Jiujo betrayed Li Kuan, he didn't have to wait for Li Kuan to make a move, and the Japanese people themselves estimated that they would tear him alive first.

"Lord Wang, this is a piece of the minister's heart. As the eldest son of the Kujo family, Hiroyuki has studied Sinology since he was a child, and he also knows the languages of Silla and Baekje, so he stays with the prince, and if the prince wants to know about the situation in the Wa Kingdom, he can also ask directly. ”

"Hiroyuki still knows Silla?"

"Yes, although the Silla government is proud to speak Chinese, just like the Wa Kingdom, there are still many people who can't read Chinese characters and can't speak Chinese."

"Well, in that case, the king agreed. Don't worry, follow this king, and I won't do him any wrong. ”

……

At the Nara City Gate, whether it was voluntary or involuntary, Emperor Shu Ming and a group of Japanese nobles such as Soga Ezo came to bid farewell to Li Kuan and his party.

After a polite exchange with them, Li Kuan rode nine prepared Wakoku horses to Nambatsu.

"Lord, the horses of this country are too short, I feel like riding a donkey."

Cheng Chumo felt that his heel was a little careless, and he was about to touch the stone on the ground, and he was speechless.

"It's good to have a horse for you to ride, but you still want to walk back?"

Although the horses are short, their endurance is not bad, and Li Kuan thinks it is good to make a batch for the East China Sea fishery in Nambatsu.

This time, it took a lot of effort for Shinichi Kujo to get a hundred horses, and it is said that this was the result of asking several nobles in Nara Castle to help.

Even so, only Li Kuan and other seven or eight people could ride horses, and the rest of the horses were used to carry gold and silver.

Cheng Chumo: "Next time, I have to transport a few horses from Dengzhou, which is too unaccustomed." ”

Wang Xuance interjected on the side: "To transport horses by sea, it is estimated that it takes several horses to survive. If the space in the cabin for horses is used to store porcelain, it is estimated that it can be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of silver in the Wa Kingdom. ”

Listening to Wang Xuance's calculations, Cheng Chu's silent egg hurts, tens of thousands of taels of horses, if he rides it, will Grandpa beat himself and can't get out of bed?

Li Kuan: "You don't have to think about it in the past two years. But when the clippers are built on a large scale, you will have no problem transporting a few horses over. ”

"Brother Cheng, why don't you forget it, the price of transporting horses is too high."

Fang Yiai, a guy who has never seen much silver since he was a child, is reluctant.

Li Kuan: "That's not how the account is calculated, Xuan Ce is scaring you." Whether it is porcelain or mirrors, the demand of the Wa Kingdom is a certain number, if there are more one-time transportation, or the number of transportation is more, the number of buyers will naturally be less, and the price will fall. Therefore, how many items do we have to sell to the country every year is a complicated issue, and we need to pay more attention to confirm it before looking at it. ”

"So my lord, do you mean that in a few years, if there are more ships, in fact, it can be used to transport horses and salt, and other things that are not so valuable?"

Cheng Chumo's eyes lit up, and he felt that his desire to ride a horse in the Wa Kingdom was finally hopeful.

"Of course, the rice produced in Japan is still good, and I think I can consider transporting some rice on the return trip in the future."

Trade needs to be exchanged, and the question of what to transport from the Tang Dynasty to the Wa Kingdom is very simple.

But what to transport back from the Wa country, this has to be weighed carefully.

It is naturally best to be able to transport a boatload of gold and silver back, but the ideal is often very full, but the reality is very skinny.

"Lord, this time we want to leave a group of people in Nambatsu, and you are going to occupy an island outside Wakayama, and when you pass through Seoul, you will also set up a branch of the East China Sea fishery there, so there will be no shortage of manpower at all."

Seeing that the schedule for leaving the Wa Kingdom was getting closer and closer, Wang Xuance was also worried about how to allocate manpower.

"You can take a break from Wakayama, and wait for Seoul to build a stronghold in Nambatsu first, leaving a hundred guards there."

There are priorities, although there is Santaro on Nambatsu's side, but this guy is a businessman with limited influence, so he still has to put a certain amount of escort force there, otherwise he will regret it if he has an accident.

"Lord Wang, if you want me to say, next time we will directly take a thousand men and horses to build a military fort near the Nambatsu pier and see who dares to attack our idea."

Fang Yiai has always done things without going through his brain, and Li Kuan is used to it.

Treat it as if you didn't hear it!

"This time I went back to Dengzhou, this king has to go back to Chang'an, and you will go back with me. As for whether you can come out again in the future, it depends on your own ability. ”

Overseas trade involves such a big benefit, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to the national policy and fortune of the Tang Dynasty, and while many families have not noticed this piece, Li Kuan feels that it is necessary to have a good chat with Li Shimin.

Fang Yiai: "No, prince, I won't go back." I went to Dengzhou and sneaked out with my aunt behind my back, if I went back, how could she let me go to sea again. ”

Cheng Chumo: "My second brother's wedding date is this winter, why don't you participate in his marriage?" ”

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