Chapter 515: The Merchant of the Wa Kingdom
The day after the sacrifice of the prisoners, a person came to the Horse Mansion, which surprised Zhao Yin.
"Why did General Li come over today?"
After Zhao Yin saw the visitor, he was a little puzzled.
Li Junxian is now in charge of collecting the movements in Chang'an City, although he does not have many soldiers and horses, but he must not be underestimated, after all, everyone has their own little secrets, in case they are shaken out by this kid, it will not be very good!
Since he came to find himself, it is probably not a trivial matter!
"The lower official has something to report!"
Although Li Junxian is visiting for the first time, he is also respectful.
"Sit down and talk!"
Zhao Yin stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.
"Recently, Xia Guan collected a piece of information, but there is no conclusive evidence, and he can't report it to His Majesty, thinking that it is a matter of diplomacy, so he came to find the horse master!"
Li Junxian gave up his hand.
When he got the news, he couldn't make up his mind, and after thinking about it, he thought of Zhao Yin.
Because in the entire court, he is the only one who does not distinguish factions, wholeheartedly assists the emperor, and is resourceful, he will definitely be able to get an idea!
Moreover, if this matter really makes a big deal in the future, he can be regarded as having reported it, and it has nothing to do with him!
"It's about diplomacy?"
Zhao Yin was even more puzzled.
I haven't heard of any country sending envoys recently.
"The subordinates found out that there was a wave of Japanese people who sneaked into Chang'an City, although they came in in the name of buying weapons and tea, but the subordinates saw that their behavior was not normal, so they came to report!"
Li Junxian nodded.
On the second day of Zhao Yin's wedding, Li Er handed over all diplomatic matters to him, so as long as it was about diplomacy, it should be within his jurisdiction.
Moreover, now no one in the entire Tang Dynasty doesn't know that the horse is the pillar, and it is right to report to him!
"Send someone to continue to monitor them, if they do anything out of the ordinary, they don't need to report it, just arrest them!"
Zhao Yin thought for a while and gave the order.
I just sent a wave of Japanese people before, and it has only been less than a year, and they actually sent people to fight again, which is really too slow to destroy the country!
"Yes!"
With the order of the master of the horse, Li Junxian seemed to have a backbone, and he no longer bothered the horse, and directly surrendered.
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"Datang's shipyard is right in front, and I heard that a ship that can go to the sea has been developed there!"
A widow dressed as a merchant pointed to the shipyard in the distance and said to his companions.
But they didn't come at the right time, and all the steamships that had just been built were taken away by Wu Changxu.
And the unfinished frames and parts are also in the shipyard, and they don't see what the ocean-going ship looks like!
"These days, I heard that Datang has developed a sailboat, not only without oars, but also against the wind, it seems that the sea can no longer be our protector, alas, ......!"
Another widow also sighed deeply.
"Yes, the current Datang is too powerful, they have now destroyed the surrounding countries, if they really develop an ocean-going ship, isn't the next target us?"
"That's right, we're preparing!"
Other Wa people also began to discuss.
Once they faced the powerful Datang, they only felt impressed, but they were not worried, after all, they had the protection of the sea, but now the Datang with an ocean-going ship made them frightened, and frightened, and even couldn't sleep all night!
"Even if Datang can build an ocean-going ship, it may not be able to attack us!"
One of the businessmen waved his hand, not quite in agreement with their statement.
"Maybe not before, but now that they've wiped out the surrounding countries, it's hard to guarantee that they won't reach across the ocean!"
"So what do we do?"
"Burn the shipyard, as long as the shipyard is burned, they won't be able to build ships!"
A Japanese man had a bright eye and came up with an idea.
"No, this method is too stupid, this shipyard is heavily defended, and there are all officers and soldiers on the three floors inside and outside, and even if we really succeed, it's useless, Datang has now mastered the method of shipbuilding, if we burn this shipyard, they will build other shipyards!"
A leader-like man stood with his hands in his hands, reprimanding the Japanese who had just made a suggestion.
"What then?"
The Japanese were a little anxious.
"Datang still allows us to trade, which proves that we are still safe now, so we will take this opportunity to buy more weapons and pass the news back!"
The leader thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with any better ideas.
"Yes!"
Others neatly will head a little.
After everyone left, Li Junxian took a few others and got out of the woods next to him.
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"Master Pony, those merchants went to the shipyard!"
Last time, Zhao Yin asked him to closely monitor the movements of these people, and he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried back and forth as soon as there was news.
"Hehe, these people really have impure purposes, they specialize in probing military secrets......!"
Zhao Yin pinched his bare chin and sneered a few times, "It seems that the strength of Datang has made them feel threatened!" ”
"Do you want to arrest them and prevent them from sending the news back?"
Li Junxian asked.
"Not yet, after all, he's here to send us money!"
Zhao Yin smiled neatly.
"Send money?"
Li Junxian was a little puzzled, tilting his head and asking.
"That's right, didn't they say they were going to buy weapons in large quantities? Then sell it to them, they can't afford to return anyway! ”
Zhao Yin walked to the world map hanging on the wall of the main hall and poked hard at the location of the Japanese Kingdom.
"But what if one day, they come and attack us with the weapons we have sold?"
Li Junxian was still a little worried.
"That kind of cold weapon is backward, only those people who are dirty buns will spend a lot of money to buy it!"
Zhao Yin sneered.
He went to the general a few days ago to send the blueprints, just to let them *** support, with this kind of hot weapons, who still uses those cold weapons?
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"Admiral, if we fill all the ships, we'll be rich!"
By now, the navy has been on the island for ten days.
Since Cheng Chumo exchanged some worthless iron tools for the position of the spices, he immediately sent someone to find Wu Changxu and brought all the bags prepared in advance.
After Wu Changxu brought people here, he was also shocked by the scene in front of him.
The mountains are full of spices, which is equivalent to copper coins growing on trees!
However, when I first arrived, I was very surprised, and the picking was also very energetic, and after picking for a few days, everyone was already numb, and they were not so happy with the spices that were all over the mountain!
The island is so large that more than 2,000 of them can't pick it all.
And since there are spices here, it means that there are spices not only on this island, but also on other surrounding islands.
Therefore, Cheng Chumo found those natives again, and asked them to exchange some linen cloth and salt for their labor, and let them help pick spices together.
Naturally, the natives were glad to do so!
"Don't these natives have brains? Just guarding the sea, he doesn't even boil salt by himself, he only picks up ready-made! ”
Cheng couldn't help but complain.
For Datang, staying by the sea is equivalent to guarding the salt field, salt is endless, and it is very cost-effective to exchange these things for the labor of those natives!