"Your Majesty wants to do business with Mongolia? What about the Great Song? Although Wennan was disappointed in the Southern Song court, he did not want to see the Jinhe Empire befriend the Mongol Empire.

"There is no real hatred between nations and nations. As the emperor of a country, I must first consider the interests of my own country, if I think about other countries first in everything, do you say that as a citizen of the Golden River Empire, will they be happy? In fact, doing business is also a kind of war, although it does not have real swords and guns, but the destructive power is no worse than war. ”

"Winning this naval battle has cost the Mongol Empire its claws, but its body is still there, and it won't be long before it grows claws, and then it will be even more difficult to deal with. How to erode its body, war is one way, but I have a more economical way. Doing business with them is my way, and I'm more skilled at doing business than war. Hong Tao didn't explain to Wen Nan how he was going to do business with the Mongol Empire, because he hadn't thought about it yet. Getting the Mongol Empire to agree to open the port is the first step, and with this step can we continue to proceed, otherwise everything will be in vain.

"Your Majesty is going to dig a hole for the Mongol Empire?" Wen Nan probably understood Hong Tao's intentions, he had never understood much about the economy, especially Hong Tao's business. According to his understanding, business is not profitable for both sides, so how can it be used as a weapon? But Hong Tao does have unique insights in this regard, and there are many successful examples, and he can't be convinced.

"The big pit, a pit bigger than building a big ship and casting a cannon! As long as they open this opening, no one will want to plug it up except for war. The problem is that as long as there is war. They will always be on the beaten side. He watched his newly thriving port city fall into ruins. Will the Mongol nobles, who have invested a lot of money and goods, agree? Not to mention Tian Khan, even if the Jade Emperor comes, he can't handle this matter. This is human nature, and letting the Mongolian nobles live a good life with fine clothes and food is my biggest task in the next ten years. ”

"Actually, I am a very loving person, I like everyone in the world, and I always want them to live a good life. War is just one of the means, like parents educating their children. Reasoning alone sometimes doesn't work, but a few slaps are still necessary. But my purpose in beating them is not to make them die, but to make them live better, don't you think so? The more Hong Tao spoke, the more he had experience, and he summed up a set of high-sounding reasons for himself to cover up his face as an aggressor and colonist. These words were placed in later generations, and junior high school students could spray him in the face every minute, but in the thirteenth century, it was indeed very confusing.

“…… Your Majesty, Nan has a word of advice. I don't know if I should talk about it or not......" Wen Nan was not confused by Hong Tao's words, these things have been since the day he met Hong Tao. I've been listening, even if I can't think of where to refute Hong Tao's theory, I can tell one from the other.

In recent years, all countries in Southeast Asia have been carried out by the so-called commercial development of the Golden River Empire, and with the goods in circulation, the quality of life of local residents has indeed improved compared with before. In key areas such as the Port of Malacca, the Port of Penang, the Port of Kalamba and the Port of Cape Town, the standard of living has been steadily increasing year by year, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as living and working in peace and contentment. These changes are all borrowed by Hong Tao, and they are his achievements that he can do and are sure of, and no one can erase them.

In addition to overseas ports, the ports of Qiongzhou, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou in the Great Song Dynasty have become even more prosperous due to the existence of the Strait Company. During the two months when the fleet goes to sea and returns every year, these three cities simply become large bazaars, full of cars and horses pulling and transporting goods.

Merchants from all over the world gathered here, either selling their goods to ships at sea, or buying fresh foreign goods from returning ships, and then selling them back to the interior to make a profit on the difference. The farthest merchants all came from Sichuan, covering basically the entire territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Not only did merchants from the interior of the Southern Song Dynasty rush to become second-tier dealers, but also merchants from Dayue, Goryeo, and Japan came to these three seaport cities on sea ships to purchase the goods they needed in China. Although the price of purchasing goods from here is higher, it is much more cost-effective than sailing to the port of Malacca on their own sea boats, not only is it safe and secure, but the distance back and forth is also shortened by more than half. Taking advantage of this time difference, one more trip to Guangzhou is more profitable than sailing to Malacca Port to buy first-hand goods.

Even Zhenzhou Port, a military town that is so poor that birds don't, has turned into a new harbor city since the Zhenzhou Shipyard was built. However, Zhenzhou Port is not a trading port but started by manufacturing, and a large number of materials are transported from here every year, and after the craftsmen in the shipyard are busy with their work, they are transformed into expensive ships and sail away.

Don't be too expensive, you can't buy it if you want to, it is said that the shipyard's orders have been lined up for three years, and the third phase of the expansion project will start soon. Thanks to the taxes paid by this private shipyard and the promotion of the city's handicraft industry, the military town's income has firmly ranked first on Hainan Island, leaving the port of Qiongzhou behind.

These were all brought by Hong Tao, and no one could have imagined that a strait company and a route to Dashi would have such a great influence. It is not only the Great Song and Dashi that are affected, but also the countries around the entire route are beneficiaries. One airline and one company revitalize the economy of more than half of Asia. But Hong Tao saw that when he established the Strait Company, he made it clear to Wen Nan that the potential of this company and this route is incalculable, not only in the economy, but also in the political pattern of many countries.

"But it's okay to talk about it, it's not like you haven't scolded me, so you don't have to be so polite. As long as you don't scold in front of others, after all, I am the emperor, and I have to save some face for the country. Hong Tao put on a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and now he has the title of emperor, although he can't say anything, but sometimes it's still very useful to take it out to block the wind and rain, especially against people like Wen Nan.

"Please tell your majesty your true intentions, if you just say something nice, the minister can't understand your majesty's original intentions, I'm afraid things will go wrong." Wen Nan politely asked Hong Tao not to beautify himself, but to seek truth from facts.

“…… The Mongols are warlike, this is a skill they rely on to survive, and I can't do anything with them unless they are at sea. But they also have a weakness, or rather a big flaw, being not good at business and greedy! Isn't the ancients a cloud, with their own strengths to overcome the enemy's shortcomings, my strength is to do business to make money, and doing business with the Mongols, I can give full play to my advantages, and slowly and unconsciously exhaust their remaining national strength in this way. Hong Tao doesn't like this way of chatting very much, so he doesn't let himself be extended and boasted, just talking about serious things is boring.

"What if the top brass of the Mongol Empire disagrees?" Wen Nan and Hong Tao are the opposite, he is willing to be serious and talk about serious things in advance, don't mix them blindly.

"Disagree? It's up to them...... When the Mongol prince arrives at the coal mine in the upper reaches of the galaxy, you will take two or three of his cronies north and release one in Mizhou, one in Dengzhou, and another in Jinzhou. I want to see if the Mongolian nobles can kill their relatives in righteousness and give up their relatives for the sake of the national interest. We have more than 10,000 pure Mongol captives in our hands, even if each of them has an average of only ten people in their family, you calculate, how many people are there? Hearing Wen Nan's question, Hong Tao opened his mouth and was happy. On the issue of how to ponder the ugliness of people's hearts, he is also a leader in this era, because he has seen too much.

"Send them to the three ports separately, just because they are afraid that someone will secretly kill them! Your Majesty is really thoughtful......" This sounds like a boast of Hongtao, but with Wen Nan's expression and tone, it means something else.

"As long as you can get the Mongolian high-level to sit down with you and talk, the matter will be solved for the most part! The rest is up to you to convince them to open up the port for business. My suggestion is to lure them into money, and if they are told that they can collect more taxes from the open ports of commerce than farming, they have no reason to disagree. If it doesn't work, we will take a step back, as long as a port is a pilot, try it on a small scale first, let them taste a little sweetness, and then gradually increase the number of open ports. ”

How to open a closed market, Hong Tao has not studied, but he feels that it is not difficult, because there are many examples in history that can be referenced. At the beginning, the British first knocked on the door of the Qing Dynasty with strong ships and guns, and then with interests. China's reform and opening up is also a reason, first try to get a special zone, as soon as they see the interests, the government officials will immediately stand on the side of interests, all kinds of traitorous means emerge in an endless stream, than with a strong ship and a sharp artillery bombardment, it is more trouble-free and thorough!

"I'm afraid they won't see the benefits that Your Majesty said." Wen Nan still didn't feel very sure, and he didn't really want to be a human trafficker.

"Also, talking about long-term benefits with people who don't understand business is a bit of a meaning for playing the piano...... Otherwise, let's have a tax package system, as long as they open the port, the Golden River Empire will give them a fixed tax every year, regardless of whether there is a ship or not, and you can pay it first! This is a tangible benefit, right? Wen Nan's question didn't bother Hong Tao, he only thought about it for a moment, and came up with a perfect solution.

"It seems that Your Majesty is already holding Zhizhu...... Nan will talk according to His Majesty's wishes, on the one hand, the lives of tens of thousands of compatriots, and on the other hand, the money at their fingertips, I think they will not ignore it. Wen Nan shook his head as he spoke, not disagreeing with Hong Tao's diplomatic strategy, but feeling sorry for the Mongol Empire. None of the countries that let Hong Tao get involved in it can get out of the way, including the Great Song Dynasty.

(To be continued.) )