Chapter 990 Cross-river Trade

Chapter 990 Cross-river Trade

Hearing Xu Ling's narration of what Chen Baxian said, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh secretly. Although from a political perspective, Chen Baxian's attack on Wang Sengbian cannot be said to be majestic and just. However, the Southern Dynasties had Chen Baxian during this period, which was undoubtedly the good fortune of the Southern Dynasty's scholars and people.

Although the general trend of history will eventually move towards unity, the existence or absence of the Nanchen regime is definitely two completely different experiences for the people of Jiangnan. Because during this period, both the Western Wei and the Northern Qi actually lacked the capacity and foundation to swallow up the entire Southern Dynasty in one go.

Needless to say about the Western Wei Dynasty, the Battle of Jiangling in history was an out-and-out humanitarian disaster. The various cruel methods are like a thief who lacks confidence. After breaking into the empty door, he will do his best to destroy, smash, loot and burn. There is no long-term digestion and management plan. This is already the case in Jiangling. If the invaders invade Jiangnan at the same time, the situation may not change much.

As for the Northern Qi Dynasty, it can only be said that its strategy is even more short-sighted and disorganized than that of the Western Wei Dynasty. Moreover, the next few years happened to be the climax of Gao Yang's various performance arts. If the Jiangnan area was brought under the rule of the Northern Qi during this period, good times would really be ahead.

Although the king's licentiousness may not directly affect the common people, the occurrence of such a large increase will inevitably bring about severe turmoil and adjustments in the power structure, which will feed back the universal consequences caused by various mismanagement and tyranny. It's hard to say whether the damage can be better than that of Hou Jing's period.

However, recognition is one thing. In order to truly deal with it, Li Tai must also give priority to the interests of the Western Wei Dynasty.

After weighing it in his mind, he added: "Our country is also experiencing turmoil and the national situation is unstable. The surrounding countries do not seek merit but seek no fault. Moreover, we had the Luoshui alliance with Qi before and we did not attack each other. Let’s rest and recuperate. Xu Hou’s plan now is tantamount to asking me to betray my former alliance!”

After Xu Ling heard this, his expression suddenly froze. During this time in the Southern Dynasty, they were only busy quelling the civil strife and had no time to look outside. Moreover, they did not have a stable channel to fully understand the information from the outside world. Therefore, they only knew a little bit about the dispute between East and West, but the details were very vague. It was completely unexpected that the feuding enemies who had been fighting each other for many years would actually end the war through peace talks.

"The thieves are like wolves! When Tang Gong was out of his country, he should know his nature well. It is not wise to seek peace with the enemy! Now that Prime Minister Chen is poor, he has come to ask for help. If he can get help to alleviate this crisis, he will be grateful and grateful for generations to come. For the vassal! Please Tang Gong think twice and help generously..."

When Xu Ling said this, he bowed to the ground again and said in a deep voice.

"Hurry up, Marquis Xu, and I know that thieves are unjust. I also deeply admire Chen Situ for being able to attack decisively without fear of force. But the current situation in our country is indeed inconvenient. If we help to defend, we will However, if we attack together, we are really weak.”

Li Tai raised his hand and asked the waiter to help Xu Ling up, and then said: "Now that I am in charge of national affairs, I realize that it is not easy to manage the country. Everyone has his own needs and uses. Therefore, he wants to be broad. The way to gather things is to enrich my treasury and supplement the country's needs. Chen Situ is now in charge of Jiangdong. I think Chen Situ still feels the meaning of his old affairs. I am also willing to make peace with each other after this battle. Liyang and Gushu trade with each other and there is no border defense, which is a great benefit!"

Although the Jiangnan area has barely been calmed down now, it has been war-torn for a long time and is in urgent need of recuperation. It is really difficult for Chen Baxian to come up with any bargaining chip that can seduce Li Tai. If you cede territory and ask for alliance, it will inevitably be worse than Wang Sengbian.

In fact, Li Tai does not object to assisting Chen Baxian in resisting the Northern Qi army. Not to mention that history has proven that Chen Baxian has the ability to turn the tide. As far as the present is concerned, if Northern Qi really wins this war, it will also make the Western Wei Dynasty as a whole strategic choices become passive. As for the League of Luoshui, isn't Luoshui a special place for farting?

But even if he wants to participate in the war, he still needs to have actual benefits in return. Chen Baxian obviously can't afford it at the moment, so he will use the future overdraft to establish a free trade port between each other, which can carry out border trade transactions. By the way, it will also leave an opening for Jiangfang downstream to open to the Western Wei Dynasty.

In the Jiangnan area, especially the core Sanwu area, once the war subsides, its vitality will recover quickly. The business atmosphere in the Jiangnan region is already stronger than that in the north. Once the vitality is restored, a large amount of demand will inevitably increase and the market vitality will be restored again.

Li Tai is now also considering the industrial adjustment and development in various regions of the Western Wei Dynasty. The very gratifying handicraft workshops that have been developed in Shannan Road, especially Mianbei, have no plans to move back to Guanzhong, or even these existing handicraft industries in Guanzhong. In addition to the important military industry and other product industries that are inconvenient to transport, other industries will also gradually move to various places.

Regarding Guanzhong, Li Tai's idea was to focus mainly on agriculture. Although the profit prospects of the handicraft industry are broader, the gathering of a large number of people engaged in the handicraft industry will undoubtedly increase the pressure on food supply.

As the political center and military center of the Western Wei Dynasty, Guanzhong was already responsible for a large number of out-of-work people. If the promotion of handicraft industry was used as a way to obtain profits, it would undoubtedly make Guanzhong's food supply more fragile. Today's Western Wei Dynasty is not as developed in water transportation as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and there is no Heluo area to escape from famines and grain. Once a famine or other food crisis occurs again, you will not be able to escape!

Today, the Heluo area is still on the front line of the east-west confrontation, and it is difficult to carry out stable production activities and commercial transactions. The Miobei area is undoubtedly more suitable for the title of Tianzhong at the moment. In particular, the Han River connects the Yangtze River, with convenient and developed water transportation and abundant water resources. In later generations, it became an important economic artery connecting inland areas.

Although today's southern region is not as complete as the development of later generations, the development of the middle reaches of the Southern Dynasties has been quite effective, but it has gradually become lonely with the transfer of the political center.

Li Tai started his business in Shannan, and of course he wants to continue to tap into the potential of Shannan. When dealing with the turmoil in the country before, all the rioters involved were exiled to Xiangzhou and other places. This was of course also to invest manpower in the continued development of the Huguang area.

As the handicraft industry in Shannan continues to develop, it will of course also need to continue to expand its battlefields abroad. Even the long-distance Silk Road needs to be promoted. Of course, a stable and considerable market like Jiangnan, which is connected by the Yangtze River, cannot be ignored. Since Chen Baxian cannot bring about considerable bargaining chips at the moment, he must first lock in the future purchasing power of the people in Jiangnan.

"Liyang? Liyang is still under the control of Thief Qi!"

Xu Ling was not as profound as Li Tai thought. After hearing this, he frowned and said subconsciously.

When Li Tai heard this, he smiled and said: "As long as Chen Situ is willing to agree to this matter, Liyang will soon no longer be owned by the East Thieves."

Of course Xu Ling heard this meaning. He raised his eyebrows at first, but soon showed a tangled look on his face. Liyang is not owned by Northern Qi, but it seems that it will not be returned to Nanliang. This Tang Gong intends to take it for himself, and he also wants to spare half of his daughter-in-law.

Such a change is no different than driving a tiger to devour a wolf or drinking poison to quench thirst. If you are not careful, the consequences will be greater. Although the Qi people were cruel and frequently attacked Kou Jiang, the problem was that the Wei people swallowed up their entire court in one bite!

Li Tai also knew that this matter could not be decided by an envoy from Xu Ling, so he smiled and said: "Since we need to work together, there is no need to worry about it. I will first dispatch divisions and brigades to coordinate defense and attack Liyang. As for Whether Chen Situ is willing to fulfill this agreement can be discussed later."

When Xu Ling heard this, he immediately looked ashamed, thinking that his mission to ask for help this time was empty-handed. However, Tang Gong decided to help when the state affairs were initially decided. Although he made some requests, he also stayed. There is a huge room for maneuver, but here he is still hesitant and secretly wary. He is somewhat judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Tang Gong is really kind and righteous, which is admirable! Although this matter cannot be decided by a mere envoy of Xu, he will definitely report Tang Gong's righteous deeds to Prime Minister Chen after he returns. If the Qi army refuses and Jiangdong wins, the trade and trade on both sides will be Sharing what is needed is also a good idea for both parties!”

Xu Ling bowed deeply to Li Tai again and spoke in a sincere tone.

Li Tai's defense naturally smiled at this, and then said: "Since Marquis Xu is here, there is no need to return home in a hurry. Although the situation in Jiangdong is dangerous, it will not be helpful for Xu Hou's scholar to return. Let's prepare a letter to report the matter first, and leave it here. There is also a lot of people here like Xu Houjiang to talk about old acquaintances with, to reminisce about the past and talk about farewell!"

After Xu Ling heard this, he couldn't help but show emotion on his face. Indeed, he had many relatives and old acquaintances who were now living in Guanzhong. If he could take this opportunity to visit him, it would be a kind of human comfort, so he went again Nod and thank you.

After finishing the conversation with Xu Ling, Li Tai led him out, and then looked at the desk and saw that there were no important things that needed to be dealt with immediately, and it was still some time before dark, so he paused and looked at the matter. Please prepare some gifts and solve personal problems.

Sorry, I haven't been sleeping well these past few days. I have been suffering from insomnia and have been feeling groggy. I write a little slowly and update a little late. I hope you can forgive me. . .