Chapter 112: Currency Wars (I)

Under the reconciliation of Shi Bufan, these Turkic nobles also had no idea of continuing to fight with Datang, because they knew that if they continued to fight, not only would it be impossible to trade with Datang, but their dairy products would not be able to trade effectively with Datang. Now this group of Turks has a different mentality from the past, and these Turks used to have to drink the Central Plains Dynasty to fight and rob all kinds of survival materials because of their lack of supplies. In the trade between the Central Plains and the grassland, the nomads on the grassland side were often at an absolute disadvantage. The economic dependence of the Central Plains on the grassland is not high, but the grassland is absolutely expensive for the material resources of the Central Plains.

The so-called economic base determines the superstructure, and the contradiction between the nomadic and the agrarian people is often a great economic factor. The two sides are unable to reach an effective channel for a peaceful settlement, and war is bound to break out. Shi Bufan suggested to the Turks that they adopted this method of dairy trade, so that they had a long-term and stable economic source, and they were naturally unwilling to risk going to war with the Tang Dynasty. The risk of war is not only unfavorable to the farming people of the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, but also for the herdsmen of the grassland, they are not willing to start a war if they can do it. Not to mention this kind of dairy product, they have to dump a lot of fresh milk every year. This fresh milk is like the grain of the Central Plains, which can be produced stably, and the quantity is not small. The only difference is that grain can be stored for a long time, but fresh milk cannot. In this way, the nomads could not sell fresh milk to the farming people, but the farming people could sell the grain.

Shi Bufan came up with this cheese, and even the various flavors of cheese making methods were handed over to them. That means that they have a means of obtaining economic resources in the long term, and there is no need to risk life and death to fight to obtain food and various supplies. At a time when the costs of violence are much higher than the expected benefits, many people are willing to sit down and talk about ways to resolve peacefully.

"Next, I think we in the Tang Dynasty can have some discussions with the Turkic tribes. When the time comes, we can adopt the form of trade quotas. The Turkic ministries trade with our Datang alone, and our Datang will give each ministry some quotas, so that each ministry will have a certain quota to trade with our Datang every quarter. This quota can be decided by both parties. When the time comes, you can negotiate with us separately about the specific quota of each tribe. Shi Bufan said.

When the other Turkic nobles heard this, they immediately looked at the "compatriots" around them, looking wary, as if they were worried that they would rob them of their quota.

But Tang Jian saw the situation of this Turkic and immediately knew that the Turks had been completely crippled by Shi Bufan. Don't look at Shi Bufan, he just gave this Turk a chance to sell dairy products, but it was this sale of dairy products, that was a sweet poison! Originally, when the Turks were unable to sell dairy products, if they wanted to obtain food, they had to go out to the Tang Dynasty together to rob or force the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute. But now that there is this opportunity to sell dairy products, Shi Bufan has set a certain quota ratio, so that in order to fight for this so-called "quota", the tribes will desperately curry favor with Datang, and then hope to get more quotas.

Obtaining this "quota" means that the tribe also has more food and materials, and has more opportunities to sell, which can be exchanged for more materials for the benefit of the herdsmen of their tribe. But if you get a quota, it means that you are stealing money from other tribes. The so-called cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, and other tribes have been robbed of their quotas, and when they can't fight the Tang Dynasty alone, they will inevitably have to deal with those who rob them of their quotas. However, those tribes that have obtained quotas, in order to maintain their "quotas", will definitely be a lackey of Datang, and then go to fight other tribes.

Therefore, Tang Jian, an old and cunning bureaucrat, must know that these Turks have been crippled by Shi Bufan. It won't be long before most of the Turks will be disintegrated by Shi Bufan. This direct use of economic means to divide them has actually done something that cannot be done by military means.

At that time, Pei Ju only divided the Turks into two parts, "east and west", which had brought stability to the Sui Dynasty for decades. However, this Shi Bufan was stunned to use this economic means, the means of using this trade right and trade quota, it can be said that this Turk was once again shattered. In the future, the Turks will definitely fight for this so-called trade right and "quota", and they will definitely split into small "economies" internally.

After Shi Bufan said this, he already knew in his heart that the fate of the future Turks would definitely disintegrate.

"These Turks, first of all, they have problems with the state system and the whole, and the state system is first and foremost a confederation system, which is also very unstable and may split at any time. And it's strange that I'm beating them to death again financially so that they don't split. The economic base determines the superstructure, don't look at me I gave you a chance to sell dairy products, but this is equivalent to mastering your economic base. My Datang is a unified country, and it is a centralized country, the whole country is unified with government decrees and markets, and the imperial court can decide who to trade with with an order. So I'm actually an economy as a whole. ”

"But you Turks, first of all, you are divided internally, and the economy has been divided into a small piece of territory, and you can't compete with the economy of Datang alone. In addition, I inquired about the abundant products, tea, grain, steel, etc., which are all things that you desperately need, and our Datang government can completely control it and will not let these things flow out casually. You don't have much to sell, you're just a dairy product. I, the people of the Tang Dynasty, don't drink milk, don't eat cheese, and can't die. But you Turks, who do not eat food or drink tea, are enough for you to die. Don't look at me for giving you a chance to trade, but it's enough to blow away your courage and unity. When the time comes, I have the means, and you ******** to play! ”

Shi Bufan smiled in his heart, these Turks are completely finished, and Shi Bufan really doesn't have to be too complicated to deal with this kind of Turks. In fact, any military means are of little use. Why is it that the ancient nomads have always been resurrected, and no matter how much they are conquest, they cannot be completely eliminated? He agrees with the truth that the military is a continuation of politics, and politics is also the embodiment of the economy.

The love and killing between nomads and farming peoples is actually based on the difference between the two economic production models, which is the result of love and killing. The Han people in the Central Plains and the Kapok cannot simply be summed up by the so-called ethnic relations. It is also necessary to look at the problem from the economic system and the social production system, and want to solve these nomads, but the national argument cannot be completely solved. In the final analysis, the biggest difference between nomads and agrarian people is not in national consciousness, but in the mode of economic production.

Nomads survived by grazing, and it was almost impossible for them to have enough food and vegetables. Although they eat a lot of meat, it is impossible for people to eat only meat! Food will always be the mainstream of human beings, but nomads produce very little food, and there is simply not enough to eat. And all kinds of resources have to be obtained from the farming people.

However, the material needs of the farming people for the nomads are very small, and the demand for the nomads is almost zero, except for the war horses for military purposes. Therefore, the economic relations between the two sides are deformed, which creates an absolute disadvantage for the nomads in economic relations. However, they have the advantage of force, which makes them in a sense have to choose force to grab food and survival materials.

There may be some people in the individual who are lazy and like to rob violently, but not all of them in a nation are such people. Shi Bufan believes that whether it is a nomadic or an agrarian people, peace-loving people will always be the majority. If they were not forced by reality, the vast majority of people would not choose violence to solve problems.

On the surface, Shi Bufan saw that it was an opportunity for the Turks to trade dairy products, but there were many ways to do it. With the means of trading dairy products, the Turks would not think of violence to solve the problem of material needs, and they would probably prefer to trade dairy products in exchange for wealth.

However, the Turkic state and political system are all divided, and such a tribe is also an economy, and they have a lot more material needs for Datang, and they have absolute needs for Datang's materials. But Datang is indeed dispensable for their dairy products, and they won't die if they don't eat dairy products.

In fact, Shi Bufan only gave the Turks a "hope", which looked very good, but it was tantamount to restraining the "courage" of the Turks to use force to solve the problem. When a person is poor and has no hope, he will often become very bold, which is the truth that barefoot people are not afraid to wear shoes.

But when the Turks had this opportunity to trade in dairy products, they instantly evolved from a "barefoot" to a "shoe-wearing". Dairy products, which were originally worthless, turned out to be a commodity that could be exchanged for various supplies. Then of course, they will become cautious, and every time they decide to use force against the Central Plains, they will also hesitate. Once force is used against the Central Plains, then the Central Plains can also stop purchasing their dairy products, anyway, the Central Plains people will not die if they don't eat dairy products. But for the Turks, it was a fatal blow. If you don't use force, you can survive. But once they use force, even if they succeed, it will greatly damage the relationship between the two parties and affect the future transaction, and the future will be miserable.

"After the Turks are over, the northern nomads can also use this method to deal with them in the future. This completely dismantled those northern nomads is a feat for the ages! It really didn't matter, and the threat of the northern nomads that had affected me for more than a thousand years in the Central Plains was almost gone. In the future, the northern nomads will hardly be a threat to us. This is really an eternal feat, and it was really completed in the hands of Shi Bufan? Even if I don't lose this time, I have left my name in this eternal cause, then I have no regrets in this life! Tang Jian thought.

Tang Jian knew that he had made a lot of money this time. Shi Bufan used this economic means to directly play the ******** of the Turks, which was enough for them to throw a rat bogey weapon before using force, and they did not dare to make a move against the Central Plains. Perhaps, if you don't do it, you can still be strong, but once you use force, you will lose a lot no matter what. Therefore, in the future, the harm of nomads to the Central Plains will be minimized and will not become a huge harm. On the contrary, the Central Plains can be said to have controlled this nomadic people from an economic basis, and the nomads are not absolutely sure, so they will not choose to turn their faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that our copper coin trade is too heavy, and that it is often not conducive to the trade between the two sides. At that time, I am afraid that every time you go back with a large amount of copper coins, it will be very inconvenient. Instead, we settle in silver, and we use the equivalent value of silver at the market price at the time of the transaction to settle your dairy products and various horses. Then when you come to my Datang to buy tea, grain and other materials, you can also use silver to exchange it for copper coins at the same price at that time, and then we can trade, what do you think? Shi Bufan asked.

The Turks quickly agreed, because what Shi Bufan said also made sense. These cheeses can be made into one pound of cheese with an average of ten catties of fresh milk, so the unit price of such cheese must be very expensive, and it must be very heavy in exchange for copper coins. And the war horse is even more so, the war horse is also very expensive, if you use copper money to trade, then it must be very heavy, when the time comes to hand over the war horse to the Han people, maybe you have to take back the copper money that is many times heavier than the war horse, so it is too heavy, it is really not worth it.

It's good to use silver, silver is dense, and the relative value is higher, a small piece of silver is worth a lot of money, and it can be used as a lot of copper coins. They also recognized such a method, after all, the use of silver to settle the settlement was conducive to their Turkic people to carry, and avoid too heavy weight to carry.

Soon, Shi Bufan drafted an agreement on all aspects of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, respectively, the two sides reached a so-called friendly trade, and then the Turks withdrew their troops, and the two sides canceled various so-called tribute systems in the future. In this way, the two sides will trade with each other in the future and try to avoid war.

Those Turkic nobles all wanted to make dairy products from the fresh milk that had been dumped, and then come to the Central Plains to exchange for supplies and strengthen the tribe! They are also willing to retreat, because if they attack, the outcome is unknown, and taking a step back can bring a better life, so they are naturally willing.

Everyone has such an idea, Jieli and Tuli don't dare to go against the trend, so naturally they can only agree, because so many Turkic nobles have entered the palace, then he, the khan, is not good to object, after all, the khan's power is not as good as that of the emperor of the Central Plains, and he can say what he wants. However, no one knew that their Turks had fallen into the trap of the extraordinary trade.

"Next, you have a good taste, the taste of the currency war, the currency war that makes you miserable, is about to begin! If I don't peel a layer of skin from you, then my years of economics will be in vain. Shi Bufan thought.