"The envoy of the Zhenla Kingdom pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty~!"

"The envoy of Funan Kingdom meets His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty~!"

"The envoy of the Bi Kingdom greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty~!"

As Li Xiaogong's words fell, a group of people of different colors and clothes came down from the boat, they performed various etiquettes, and said respectfully to Li Ergong.

Some people speak in their own language, and some people speak directly in very stiff Chinese, Li Xiaogong saw this, and hurriedly assigned a middle-aged scribe next to him to help translate.

After Li Er heard this, Long Yan was happy, as an emperor, there was nothing bad about great achievements, but the focus of each emperor was different.

"Haha~! Good~! Where is Cui Aiqing~? ”

Cui Shanfu came out of the crowd from among the civil and military officials, and arched his hand: "The old minister is here!" ”

"Bring the envoys of all countries to the Honglu Temple to entertain the good students, and there must be no mistakes! Three days later, I summoned the nations at the Great Imperial Meeting! ”

In the Tang Dynasty, Honglu Temple is one of the nine temples, in charge of the four Yi tribute, feasts, giving, sending and welcoming things, and the country's fierce ceremony, the ancestral temple of the capital, the Taoist account in addition to the prohibitions, where the four Yi monarchs, the price of the court, distinguish its position, treat it with courtesy, grant the hall and award its speech, give, banquet style, precept has the pre-office of the department, under the jurisdiction of the translator of the translator of the twenty, each proficient in different foreign languages.

In general, Honglu Temple is equivalent to the modern Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the addition of a translation bureau. Cui Shanfu is the Honglu Temple Qing at this time.

An institution corresponding to the Honglu Temple is called the Pawn Bureau, but the functions of the two are substantially different, the Honglu Temple hosts foreign guests, while the Pawn Office mainly deals with ethnic affairs.

"The minister obeys the order~!"

Cui Shanfu was silent on his face, but he was secretly complaining in his heart, because this time there were envoys from thirty-two countries, the number is so large, it can be regarded as a rare time in a hundred years, so many envoys from different countries, it is difficult to communicate alone, not to mention others, the pressure on Cui Shangfu is full all of a sudden.

After the envoys from various countries left the dock with Cui Shanfu and went to Chang'an, Li Er looked at the endless boats on the river, turned around and ordered:

"Xiao Aiqing, Yan Aiqing, the two of you are here to coordinate the freight, the grain and goods on the imperial court official ship are directly transported to the household department, and the goods on the civilian merchant ship, you order people to count the income of each family, and after they pay the commercial tax, let them start unloading! Be careful not to prevent some people from secretly withholding! ”

When the fleet went south, the imperial court once said that all merchant ships accompanying the army to the south must pay half of the commercial tax according to the commercial income, which can be understood as a protection fee, but compared with the luxurious lineup of 20,000 elite sailors dispatched by the imperial court, this protection fee is really cheap.

"The old minister's decree~!"

Xiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Yan Lide, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, listened, and when Li Er called the name, they hurriedly stepped forward and bowed in response.

Li Er nodded, and when he saw that everything was done here, he immediately said to Zhongqing: "Return to the dynasty~!" ”

Since the eunuch passed on Li Er's order one by one, the civil and military officials who came with him agreed loudly, Li Er was about to return to the palace with Li Xiaogong and the court officials, suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Li Zexuan, who was secretly playing soy sauce on the side, "You also go back to the palace with me~!" ”

Li Zexuan looked inexplicable, not knowing why the "Lady of Luck" suddenly fell on his head, making him unable to resist.

"Yes, Your Majesty~!"

Since he can't resist, let's enjoy it, and it just so happens that he also wants to hear what the whole country has gained this time, mobilizing the people and going south to trade.

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"King Hejian, how about you to tell the Aiqing about the harvest of this trip?"

After Li Er returned to the Taiji Hall with all the ministers, he sat upright, looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty~!"

Li Xiaogong had already prepared, he answered, and then took out a booklet and began to read slowly:

"This time, the imperial court raised a total of 500 official ships, the minister used more than 3,000 pieces of silk and porcelain, a total of 880,000 stone grain, jataman, Suhe, rest, tulip, tuo, Luo, cloves, agarwood, sandalwood, musk, black agarwood, white brain incense, angelica, Duhuo, jataman, Sanqi and other spices a total of 170,000 catties, 70 pairs of ivory, thousands of tiger skins, and countless specialties of the Nanyang countries~! In addition, there are 50,000 catties of brass and 300,000 taels of silver~! ”

Quiet, as Li Xiaogong read it out one by one, the court suddenly fell into an eerie silence!

880,000 stone of grain, although this amount is a bit large and a little beyond everyone's estimates, it can be attributed to the fact that the small countries of Nanyang are rich in grain, and they have not seen the gorgeous silk and porcelain of the Central Plains, but what the hell is that 20,000 catties of spices~? Do you think this thing is a weed or a turnip or a cabbage? Oh, at this time, the radish is not called a radish, it is called Fei (see "The Book of Songs, Shao Feng, Gu Feng" has "Cai Fei Caifei, no lower body"), and the cabbage is not called cabbage, it is called Siad.

But spices have always been a very cherished existence in Datang, and they are generally sold according to two, depending on the type, ranging from dozens of dollars to several taels of prices, how have you ever heard that someone can have tens of thousands of catties of spices~? Li Xiaogong's 170,000 catties of spices are really too scary!

But this is not Li Xiaogong's lie, because some spices are really overflowing like weeds in some island countries in the South China Sea, growing everywhere, and the 20,000 sailors he brought with him have been farmers who have "mowed grass" many times.

As for 50,000 catties of brass and 300,000 taels of silver, this is even more terrifying~! Now all the mined silver in the entire Tang Dynasty may only add up to two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, and Li Xiaogong actually brought back 300,000 taels at once, and what is even more surprising is that he also brought back 50,000 catties of brass, many courtiers began to look at Li Xiaogong with strange eyes, and they wanted to ask: "Big brother, did you loot a country~?" ”

It's nothing more than that the courtiers are not surprised, but the gap between the pay and the harvest is too big, according to what Li Xiaogong said, he only used more than 3,000 pieces of silk and porcelain to change things, but what about the things he brought back~? Just 880,000 stone of grain, according to the current grain price, can be worth more than 30,000 guan, counting 170,000 catties of spices, 300,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 catties of brass...... Oops, Edi Niang! Many ministers summed it up in their hearts, and it turned out that it was a little difficult to breathe!

Windfall! This is more than ten times the huge profit! It's a hundredfold profit! What else in the world can be more profitable than this~?

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(End of chapter)