Chapter 381: Win-Win
The emperors of all countries were tempted, and Yang Mu took advantage of the situation.
"I have decided that as long as it is a country that has diplomatic relations with my Dacang, without harming the interests of my Dacang and not threatening the safety of my Dacang, I am willing to share all kinds of weapons with it, that is to say, as long as it is a country that is recognized by my Dacang, it will be able to obtain many materials including weapons from my Dacang."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of some emperors lit up.
If the country's weapons and cement and other strategic materials can be sold as ordinary goods, then no matter which country, there will be a chance to get them.
In other words, it gives a chance to some militarily weak countries.
As long as you are willing to spend a lot of money to buy weapons and strategic materials from Cangguo, then why can't you be strong?
However, from another point of view, this is another difficult thing to ride.
If an enemy country buys weapons, can you not buy them yourself?
If the enemy country is friendly with the Cangguo, can you make enemies with it?
Obviously, the answer is no.
As a result, it will be like a competition, competing and chasing each other, falling into a cycle, once the army has become dependent on the weapons of the Cangguo, in order to maintain the combat ability of the army, it can only be a steady stream of buying the weapons of the Cangguo.
Among these countries, it should be Nguyen Quoc who suffers the most.
As we all know, the relationship between Nguyen and Cang has always been very close before this, including the most advanced weapons in Cangguo, such as the scimitar used by all the cavalry and the Pu knife used by the infantry, etc., which Cangguo sold very generously to Ruan.
In addition to Ruan, only Chu and Wei bought a batch a few years ago because of strategic needs.
The rest of the supplies, such as white paper and compressed biscuits, or books and umbrellas, were closely exchanged by private caravans, and both countries benefited from them.
In a sense, Nguyen Quoc is taking advantage of the situation.
Borrow the advanced technology of Cangguo to strengthen the strength of the country.
Yang Mu knows this very well.
Because, in the nineteenth century on the earth, Japan, which sought to expand abroad, did the same, in its military industry, in fact, it was very weak at the top of the edge, but it was through the continuous purchase of equipment from other countries, such as warships, artillery and aircraft, etc., that it rapidly expanded its own country, and then became the first military power in Asia.
Ruan Guo's approach is like this, he may not have it in his own country, but he can't bear to have money, compared to a huge country, in fact, it is not very difficult to buy some equipment every year, tighten his belt, grit his teeth and buy a batch of weapons, and he can also get by.
In this way, Ruan really equipped several ace armies, and achieved great achievements in the previous war of Jin, and became the country with the fewest casualties in the western battlefield of Jin.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the Ruan State has been enjoying this kind of treatment, it will be an ironclad thing to continue to develop like this and become the hegemon of the west and the north, and in the near future, even the Chu State will have to look up to it.
According to the idea put forward by Yang Mu, open up the trade with the countries, then the advantage of the Ruan State will no longer be there, and the rest of the countries will also be able to buy the equipment of the Cang Kingdom.
In particular, several countries around Ruan, when they realized the pressure exerted by Ruan's strong rise, they would definitely purchase weapons from Cangguo on a large scale to offset the pressure from Ruan.
In this way, Cangguo is equivalent to an arms dealer.
There are endless wars between countries, and the Cangguo can not only sit in the back and make a lot of war money, but also let the countries consume each other's national strength in this way and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
In this way, there will be a serious problem.
What's the problem?
Again, inflation and monetary efficacy.
Yang Mu didn't want to use his country's technology and weapons, and in the end he only got a pile of silver and metal.
For ordinary people, they may be obsessed with the enormous value it carries, but for the rulers of a country, it is just a pile of cold metal, just a tool to maintain the stable operation of society.
Not only that, weapons and all kinds of rare goods have too much influence on the countries, and he also wants to win the greatest interests for the Cangguo, that is, to build a monetary system and form a monetary group.
In other words, Cangguo wants to issue its own currency.
In the future, once there is a coalition of countries or any country to attack the Cangguo, then the Cangguo can destroy its domestic financial system through financial means and let it collapse from the rear.
This point, Yang Mu had heard too much in his previous life, whether it was World War II or later peacetime, how countries in a financially advantageous position bullied and plundered those small financially weak countries.
"Your Majesty Emperor Cang, where will you put my Ruan Kingdom in this way?"
The cold voice of the Empress Ruan Guo came, her face turned red, and she could see that there was a very huge anger hidden in her heart, and there was nowhere to vent at this time.
Yang Mu didn't see it, smiled faintly, and said: "Ruan Guo is my closest ally of Dacang, this can not be changed by anyone, at the national level, my Cangguo will still start a war and cooperate with Ruan Guo in the future, and the various terms and contracts signed before will also be fulfilled, but if the situation is initially decided today, how can you ignore this magnificent country because of the selfishness of a country?" ”
"Yes, please also ask the empress to focus on the overall situation." Emperor Cao took advantage of the situation to come out and support Yang Mu.
"My Lan country also supports it, if Cangguo can really have a set of ways for all countries to win, it would be great."
"Over the years, countries have been strife, the current situation is unclear, all countries need to be strong themselves, as the saying goes, to stop fighting with force, His Majesty the Emperor Cang is hoping that all countries will be stable, so he sells weapons to countries, deters each other, and asks the empress to understand."
The emperor of Wei came forward to support, because in a sense, this war of war against Jin Wei recovered some of the territory, and it can be regarded as recovering some strength, and then when it comes to the distribution of land, it will definitely have some differences with Ruan, and it will be unpleasant, it is better to come forward to support Cangguo and purchase some Cangguo's weapons as soon as possible, after all, he Wei is also adjacent to Ruan, and Cao, Lan and other countries are also facing the threat of Ruan.
Seeing Yang Mu's proposal, it attracted several countries to oppose him, and the Empress Ruan's face was very ugly, her heart was cold, and at the same time, a sense of powerlessness rose.
She knew she couldn't stop it.
So, Empress Ruan just snorted coldly, stopped talking, and quietly waited for Yang Mu's next words.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to achieve equality and ease of trade between all countries, it is necessary to negotiate a set of commercial and trade methods that can be agreed upon by all countries, that is, everyone signs a treaty together, and then the countries will strictly implement it according to the content of the treaty and accept supervision and jurisdiction."
"How to supervise and govern?"
This time, it was the emperor of the Jin State who interrupted loudly, not to mention the weapons or anything, but to say that the trade was related to the lifeblood of his Jin Kingdom.
"This is a good idea, I propose to set up an institution, like my Ministry of Commerce, responsible for supervising and governing the treaty, if there is any dispute between countries or between caravans, this agency will mediate and judge, and at the same time can also make penalties, countries must strictly comply with and perform, otherwise it will be regarded as withdrawal, and all countries should sanction together, cut off transactions with them, and no longer enjoy the preferential treatment in the treaty."
Sanction......
Another fresh word.
But as the name suggests, combined with the upper and lower contexts, everyone can also understand what it means.
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