Chapter 1344 Binding
This is not to say that Qin Lang is on the defensive against his old lover, but that Luzon and Linyi are two countries after all. Even if Linyi is succeeded by his son Qin Ren in the future, this fact will not change.
Luzon priority is inevitable.
Of course, there are still many benefits. Take the slave sugarcane plantation of the Qin family in Luzon as an example. A sugarcane plantation and sugar factory with 1,000 Kunlun slaves can produce 160,000 catties of sugar a year. Can pay back.
It is this huge profit, so although the Qin family has continuously introduced policies to restrict the sugarcane plantations in Luzon, the number of sugarcane plantations is still increasing. The slave trade in Luzon has always been high.
Now there are only over one million Han people in Luzon, but there are more than four million slaves. In addition to the indigenous people who conquered the Luzon Islands, there are also a large number of slaves purchased from outside. Luzon has become the largest slave buyer in the Tang Dynasty in recent years. .
It is also because of this that Luzon has a tough attitude towards the natives. If the natives dare to resist, they may be encircled and conquered. From the stationed officials, to the local garrisons, and even the knights who enfeoffed various places, they are all willing to find The troubles of the natives, because this can not only grab the land of the natives, but also sell them as slaves to make money.
Queen Fan Lin nestled in Qin Lang's arms, feeling her lover's chest that was still so strong even though he was in his early fifties, and she listened intoxicated to the powerful beating heart in his chest.
He is still so strong, just like when he was feeding the red-billed gulls by the Zalu Lake.
It's me, already old.
Inevitably, there are wrinkles on the face and the skin begins to relax. Thinking of this, I feel a little regretful.
Qin Lang caressed her back, but he was still thinking about these economic matters in his mind. Qin Lang has always attached importance to economics, because he feels that no matter in later generations or in this era, money is actually the foundation.
Thousands of feet of high-rise buildings rise on the ground, and it is difficult to move an inch without money, whether it is for the country or for an ordinary person.
Luzon is almost a country now, and there are too many places where money is used, especially for a country that was built almost for nothing. Which one does not need money for building cities, building roads, building ports, emigrating, and raising soldiers?
The country is small and the people are few, and facing the super giant Datang, Qin Lang's pressure is even greater.
It is not very reliable to rely solely on the relationship between the father-in-law or in-laws to form alliances with countries in Southeast Asia. Between countries, there is a need for more interest-related relationships.
Let Nanyang become an economic community, connected through trade, and have the same interests, so that they can advance and retreat together.
Thinking about it, I suddenly heard a soft cry in my arms.
The queen actually fell asleep in his arms.
Looking down at the queen, she found that her blue hair had already been stained with a few traces of hoarfrost.
It is indeed very difficult for one person to rule Lin Yiguo and raise four children, and never marry. Qin Lang knows that he owes her.
Not wanting to disturb her, Qin Lang kept hugging her like this.
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The next day the meeting and discussion continued.
After a day of deliberations, some substantive progress was reached.
Yesterday, the countries placed an order with the Qin family to build ships, and today they reached a preliminary ten-country tariff agreement, agreeing to unify tariffs and give preferential treatment to all countries. At the same time, many ports were designated in the ten countries as free ports for tax exemption. , Merchant ships and goods from the ten countries are not subject to customs duties in these ports.
The specific conditions are the examples of the Qin family in free ports such as Waguo and Linyi, which are basically directly taken over.
Some directly designate the entire port as a free port, while others designate part of a port as a free trade zone, such as San Francisco in Luzon and Palembang in Sri Lanka, all of which designate a free zone in the port area. trade zone.
Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Qin Lang proposed to unify weights and measures in these free port areas and implement a common system. He suggested adopting Datang's current calendar, weights and measures, etc., and even expressed that the Qin family is willing to establish bank notes in these port areas. Number, issue currency.
Datang’s gold and silver coins are also very popular in Nanyang these years. Although the imperial court banned the currency from going to sea, each family also has countermeasures, such as setting up private foundries in Linyi and other places to process raw materials obtained from overseas It is minted into currency and then circulated overseas.
Because minting coins is profitable in itself, of course everyone is willing to do so, and these coins of Datang are more exquisite, and they are indeed of high value, so merchants are willing to accept them for circulation.
Qin Lang also proposed that countries allow Luzon to establish a Confucian school in the free port zone, named Confucius Institute, to teach Han culture and Confucianism.
In Southeast Asia, many countries actually believe in Shivaism or Mahayana Buddhism. Of course, like Linyi, Confucianism and Taoism have also been popular in recent years, and Wa Kingdom also introduced Mahayana Buddhism through the Tang Dynasty.
After being audited, you can buy land to build a temple in a designated place, recruit congregants, and you also need to pass the assessment before you can get a degree certificate. This degree certificate is still very expensive, and the number of ordained people is strictly limited.
Very strict.
One state in Luzon only allows one religion to have one monastery, and it strictly stipulates that it cannot be exempted from taxes, etc.
A few years ago, Persian Sasanian was conquered by the Great Food. Many Persians fled to the Western Regions, or came to the Central Plains through the Maritime Silk Road. Many people entered Luzon, because Qin Lang had a concubine who was a Persian noble woman. At the same time, many Persian merchants also started doing business in Luzon.
After a large number of Persians came to Luzon, they wanted to build their own Zoroastrian temples, and some even wanted to build capital Christian or Jewish temples.
But Qin Lang still has the same attitude towards this. There are so many rules and regulations that must be complied with. Even if some people were monks of the church when they were in Persia, when they come here, no matter whether they were famous or not before, they have to re-register for the assessment. , and the degree can only be awarded after passing, and there is a quota limit.
In addition, they have to pay a high amount of tuition fee, and they have to buy land at a high price to build a temple.
No money, no talk.
Even if the Persians believe in religion, they have to pay an extra tithe to Luzon. If they don’t believe in various religions, they can be exempted from this extra tithe.
Under such a tough policy in Luzon, although some Persians were dissatisfied and even left for a time, the vast majority of Persians who came here finally accepted the system here and lived a new life.
Even many people eventually converted to Confucianism.
Qin Lang actively promoted Confucianism education in Lu Song Dynasty. Although many people felt that Confucianism was becoming weaker and weaker, Qin Lang believed that Confucianism was a world-oriented sect compared to other Buddhism and Taoism, and the ancient great sages also There are many, so as long as you respect the theories of the ancient sages, then there is still a good positive guiding effect.
He is not only like this in Luzon, but has even opened Confucian schools and Confucian temples in Luzon's overseas concessions, colonies, and business houses in recent years.
Now, don’t forget to promote Confucian Temples and Confucian schools in the countries of the Nanyang Alliance.
Regarding this point, the queen was the first to respond. In fact, Lin Yi has been advocating Confucianism in recent years, and even his traditional belief in Brahmanism has gradually changed.
Hundreds of years ago, the countries in the Indochina Peninsula were influenced by the Brahmanism spread from Tianzhu, and almost all the upper classes were transformed into Tianzhu. Later, some countries also converted to Hinduism or Mahayana Buddhism.
Most of the countries on the Nanyang Islands also believe in Brahman or Mahayana Buddhism.
This situation was mainly brought about by maritime trade. In comparison, the civilization of Tianzhu was undoubtedly more advanced than that of the Southeast Asian countries in the early days, so religion spread with trade and gained faith. Just like after the rise of Western Arabia, with the arrival of Arab sea merchants, they also passed on the crescent religion, which led to the crescentization of Southeast Asian countries.
Linyi was originally a territory of the Han Dynasty, but later rebelled and became self-reliant. It has been hundreds of years, and now it is undergoing the process of re-Sinicization.
This is not a cultural invasion, but an inevitable change brought about by the economic connection of the region.
Qin Lang hopes that the establishment of the Maritime Alliance will lead them to move towards the Han cultural circle and become a member of the Han cultural circle. Just like in history, the Confucian cultural circle in China has truly assimilated Korea, Japan, and Yue. The impact is profound, and a dribble should be added in the later stage.
But in this era, influence has just begun to expand outward.
In the Nanyang region, the influence is not enough, Qin Lang hopes to take this opportunity to open this way.
First establish a Confucian Temple Confucian School in the Freeport Zone, step by step.
With the leading positions of Tang and Luzon in economics and trade, there is great potential to promote the Sinicization of the Nanyang region.
Regarding this point, the kings of various countries have no hesitation. Anyway, it has no effect. I have to say that because of the east-west trade, the Southeast Asian countries are relatively open and inclusive about religion. Whatever you believe in, don't interfere.
Compared, today's Tang Dynasty is a bit exclusive. It is very repulsive to Buddhism and Taoism. As for the new moon and the jacket religion, it is extremely suppressed.
Some variant sects are even directly classified as cults, and they are not allowed to spread.
Several kings were very willing to support Qin Lang.
The young Shandi of the Xialiantra Kingdom patted his chest and said loudly that after returning, he would mark out the best area in the port area to welcome the great Confucianism sent by King Qi, and even said that he would personally send a ship to Luzon Go meet the statue of Confucius.
Speaking of which, he also took the initiative to propose a matter while watching the demonstration of the King of Chenla. He is willing to set aside a piece of land in the northeast of the Sunda Strait, which is two thousand miles away from Lion Harbor, that is, in the northwest corner of Java, and lease it to Luzon built a port.
Qin Lang looked at the place he pointed out, and couldn't help being secretly surprised, because the place the son-in-law pointed to was the area around Jakarta, the largest city in Java in later generations, which was called Batavia after the Dutch colonists occupied it. , became their colonial center in Southeast Asia.
(end of this chapter)