When Director Feng walked out of the Baekje Embassy, he had a few more gold leaves in his waist, and the smile on his face was even more overflowing.

The accompanying few Honglu Temple officials were also ruddy, and the chief Feng received gold leaves and silver collars, and they also had some gains.

Of course, in addition to the one that each person put in his pocket, the Baekje people are still very good at doing things, and they have prepared a gift for Honglu Temple, and the money in their pockets is more reassuring.

"Feng Chief, you said that these feudal envoys are also quite moisturizing, come to our Daqin, and bring hundreds of boxes of local goods, as a result, as soon as the West Market changes hands, it becomes all kinds of good things, and it can be brought back to Baekje, and you can earn several times the profit when you make a move, no wonder I heard that these feudal people are vying for envoys."

Another small official said a little strangely, "Why do you want Baekje to pay tribute to so many boys and girls, so many vassal countries, hundreds of this family, dozens of them, then won't our palace be full of Huyi palace attendants?" Isn't that good? ”

Master Feng stroked his beard a little proudly, "What do you know, this is a great power strategy, I also heard what the people above said, it's like asking Baekje to sacrifice 500 boys and girls, plus 10,000 ploughing cattle and 8,000 horses, do you think our court really lacks this thing?" There is no shortage, but why do you have to ask them for it, and also point out that you want these, which is very meaningful. ”

"What's that saying?" Several officials came over and asked curiously.

"Let me tell you this, what are the Baekje tributes and the goods they brought with their envoys?"

"Mink, ginseng, deer antlers, lacquer, hemp, paper, gold, silver, and rice are all native to Baekje."

"That's right, local products, but what is our Great Qin giving back? Think about it? ”

"It seems to be gold and silver utensils, porcelain, silk, tea, wine, scriptures, etc., oh yes, and two boats."

"Do you see something?"

A few officials pondered carefully, and they really figured out something.

Whether the Baekje people pay tribute to beauties, rice, or mink ginseng, they are basically self-produced specialties, while Daqin, what they give back is all processed products, or more specifically, they are all luxury-based things, not people's livelihood items.

Gold and silver utensils were all for the nobles to enjoy, as well as porcelain, silk, tea and wine, which were not things that ordinary people could use, even if it was a boat, it was also expensive.

It can even be considered from another angle, the Baekje people paid tribute to Daqin gold and silver, and Daqin processed the gold and silver into gold and silver jewelry utensils, and then sold them back to the Baekje people, making a lot of money in the middle.

Not to mention, the rice, lacquer, paper and hemp that the Baekje people paid tribute to were all livelihood items, and gold and silver could also mint currency, which was a very useful thing for Daqin.

It seems that the tributary trade between the Baekje people and Daqin can make a lot of money, but the key problem is that they make money is the Baekje king and nobles, and the people don't get any benefit, and the money they earn is only to buy back a boatload of Daqin luxury goods in the end.

This is like in history, the Spaniards discovered the New World, dug up countless gold and silver from the New World and shipped it back to China, but Spain did not actually become more powerful, but only slipped more and more into decline, the reason is that they only got gold and silver, and then after these gold and silver arrived, they only belonged to the aristocratic officials, they took the money, enjoyed it to the fullest, not to develop their own industry and agriculture, etc., but just blindly went to Europe to buy and buy, but only brought back the rising prices, and the people suffered greatly.

In the end, Britain, France and other countries buried themselves in making money from the Spaniards, and then their own industrial system was cultivated little by little, with a mature industrial system and mature industrial workers, while in Spain, the people could only bear extremely high prices, and the nobles and merchants were drunk and died, so in the end Spain was killed by the British.

Making money is a good thing, but it depends on where it ends up.

Luo Cheng traded with Baekje, and he did not lose money, and the main output was high value-added goods, whether it was ships, gold and silverware, or porcelain, wine, etc., and even high-end swords and armor deliberately sold to the Baekje nobles, etc., these are collectible-level precious things, and for the entire Baekje army, there will be no change, just the nobles show off, but the money that Daqin makes from it is not a little bit or two.

Moreover, Luo Cheng made money, and in turn, he asked Baekje to pay tribute to boys and girls, asking them to pay tribute to ploughing cattle and horses, as well as rice, hemp, lacquer, and other things.

Ploughing cattle and horses have always been valuable production materials, and the Baekje people obtained luxury goods such as gold and silver wares and silk for tea and wine for armor from the Central Plains and the Qin people, and the deep-seated purpose of this was to weaken Baekje's true national strength a little bit.

After all, national strength is not equivalent to money.

"Alright, let's go to the Silla Embassy." Director Feng said with a smile, there are now more than 100 vassal embassies in Luoyang City, and he finally managed to win the opportunity of a few embassies, which is an opportunity to make a big progress.

"I just don't know if the Silla people are as generous as the Baekje people." Several officials also laughed.

Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Royal Weaving Bureau, in the name of the royal family, naturally belongs to the royal private property, to be precise, this is the private property of the emperor.

The Royal Weaving Bureau brought together a large number of the best silk weavers, and their silk brocade was perfect, and more than half of these workers were originally slaves from various countries, and after a long period of training, they all became excellent professional workers.

There are also half of the workers, are hired workers, mostly Luoyang and the surrounding people, basically are female workers, mainly young girls, their families are less concerned, recruited and hired in, each of them has signed a contract of at least three years, food and accommodation are all in the workshop of the Weaving Bureau, only a long holiday is given every year during the New Year, usually a day off in October, the salary is not bad.

Therefore, although the working hours are long and hard, the salary is paid once a month, and it is still very satisfying to be able to bring back a lot of money when I go home every year.

The emperor came to inspect today, and a eunuch in charge of management introduced it to the emperor.

"This time the kingdom came to the court, the silk fabrics of our Royal Weaving Bureau were extremely popular, many Hu people have placed a deposit reservation, the spot has long been gone, and now our orders have been scheduled until the end of the year. The slave maid felt that the scale of the weaving bureau should be expanded, and weaving bureaus should also be opened in the rest of the five capitals to recruit more female workers, so as to ensure production. ”

The emperor listened very satisfied, this is the advantage of scale, the cost is lower, and at the same time the technology can also be more advantageous, "This matter will be left to you, the female workers are paid according to the price, but the salary must also be reasonable, you can't let the female workers work hard, but in the end they can't get much money, how much labor and sweat they pay, they have to get how much hard-earned money, especially can not be deducted, let alone find a reason to fine, of course, you have to ensure everyone's rest." Even female slave laborers must be given appropriate incentives, and they must be paid piece-rate, although it is lower than that of hired women, but they must also be given it, and at the same time, they can be told that when they get this money, they can save it, and then they can redeem themselves. ”

"But after the redemption, we have to leave, these are all skilled female workers that we have cultivated with great difficulty."

"Even if they redeem their freedom, I believe that not many people will want to leave, after all, there is no better opportunity out there than here. Of course, when they are free, they can pay the same wages as hired women! ”

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