Chapter 1250: Master Qin's arrogance

Chapter 1250: Master Qin's arrogance

  Chapter 1250 Mr. Qin's arrogance

  Wealth is gathered in the hands of the royal family, clan nobles, and local tyrants, but these people are actually far behind the nobles and tycoons of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Especially in the past, the royal family and aristocrats of the Wa Kingdom liked to build large tombs for thick burials, so the previous Wa Kingdom was also called the ancient tomb era, because the tombs of the Wa Kingdom were very large, even larger than the imperial tombs of the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Central Plains. Both are much bigger.

Up to the king of Japan, down to the nobles and powerfuls, they all like to spend huge amounts of money and manpower to dig and repair tombs. Anyway, in the past, every time the agricultural slack season came, those nobles and powerfuls would recruit their own tribesmen and let them repair graves every day. That is ten or twenty years.

   When the owner of the tomb is buried after death, not only many exquisite utensils must be buried with him, but many cattle, horses, and slaves must also be killed for burial.

  This custom has greatly consumed the wealth of the Wa Kingdom.

So don't look at the heavenly kings and nobles of the Japanese kingdom who seem to be high-ranking, but they are usually very frugal, and they feel quite satisfied after eating rice dumplings. A piece of venison is considered an extra meal.

  Now Dahua reforms, it is forbidden to build such large tombs, and it is also forbidden to bury cattle, horses, and slaves. It is also forbidden to bury gold, silver, copper, iron, silk and other good things.

  The tribesmen were divided into band fields, and they only had to do 20 days of free labor for the government every year, but they no longer repaired graves, but mainly repaired water conservancy facilities.

  We devote more time to agricultural production, first of all we must have enough to eat.

  The Japanese farming industry is actually very average in terms of technology and scale, especially after the Ministry of Civil Affairs was abolished and the Bantian system was implemented. In fact, the entire Japanese society is developing towards a single farming industry. In the era of the Ministry of Civilization in the past, there were generally departments responsible for breeding, but after changing to the Bantian System with households as the unit, they all became a single grower.

  The reduction of the supply side will inevitably lead to a large increase in demand. If the imperial court does not impose restrictions, then the common people will switch to breeding, etc., which will undoubtedly disrupt their deployment.

   So they ended up banning it.

  As for Buddhism, it is only part of the reason.

   "Waguo prohibits alcohol and kills slaughter, so our wine is not easy to sell?"

   "Our wine was very popular here before, but now that the new ban comes out, it may be affected. We hope that the young master can also have a good talk with the prince of the Japanese king, hoping to lift some restrictions and keep some quotas."

Qin Jun also understands that a complete prohibition on alcohol is definitely not possible. After all, alcohol is originally consumed by nobles and powerful people. The wine of the Qin family was shipped from outside and did not consume the grain of the Japanese country, so it should be possible to talk about it. of.

  A very simple dinner.

  Qin Jun knew that it wasn't the Japanese who were contemptuous, so he wasn't unhappy.

   After the meal, serve tea and snacks.

   Talk about things while drinking tea.

   "I walked around Bodo Bay today and found that there are many businessmen from our Tang Dynasty buying land and properties in the west, and now it has formed a square..."

  Qin Jun didn't beat around the bush, and directly proposed the plan to rent the entire land, saying that he would follow the example of Datang's Tang concession in Linyi.

   "I have seen that piece of land. It is said that it is about 30,000 mu. I plan to rent it all, and also rent the two mountains behind it. Let's count as an integer of 50,000 mu."

  Prince Katsuragi froze for a moment, then shook his head.

Qin Jun said, "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to refuse, why don't you listen to the rent we are willing to give before you think about it? The rent of the best official land in my Tang Dynasty is less than six dollars per mu. Your land has beaches and mountains. Most of it is wasteland, and 50,000 mu of land has at least 30,000 mu of uncultivable land. However, we are willing to rent the entire land with the river as the boundary on the east and the mountains as the west. And I am willing to rent for many years at a time, as for the rent, you can pay for food, or money, or even Tang goods you want."

  When Qin Jun mentioned the rent, even Nakatomi couldn't help taking a deep breath.

  50,000 mu of land, even if the harvest is six buckets per mu, this is 30,000 shi of grain, which is a year's rent.

And now the large piece of land, although it is in Hakata Bay, is still about twenty miles away from Dazaifu. At this time, there is a large field of land outside Dazaifu city. The Tang people either bought or rented hundreds of acres of land to live together.

   Most of the land is wasteland, let alone the mountains.

  There is neither mine nor prey, just a barren mountain, and Qin Jun is willing to pay the rent at six buckets per mu per year, 20,000 mu of barren hills, which is 12,000 stone grain.

  Although the country of Wa began to grow rice early, the rice yield is actually not high, and it may not be possible to maintain a stone per mu.

What's more, the Japanese state implemented the Bantian system at this time, which stipulated that citizens who had reached the age of six were granted land, two sections per man (about 11.9 acres at the time), two-thirds of men's women, and one-third of men's and women's private slaves. One of them is granted to the head of the household, who will use the land for life and recover it after death.

  The grantors received two bunches of rice for each section of the field, which was about 3% of the output at that time as rent, which was used for local finance. Adult men also need to use silk or silk, cotton, or cloth as a tune, and serve ten days a year. As a mediocre, cloth can be used instead.

   Harmony and Yong are used for the central government's finances, and it is also stipulated that the miscellaneous Yao is less than 60 days.

  In general, the land rent of the Wa Kingdom at this time was only about 30 tax one, plus the transfer of labor.

  If the yield per mu is calculated as one stone, then the actual rent per mu is only about three liters, and Qin Lang is willing to pay six buckets of rent, which is equivalent to giving twenty times.

  The Qin family is willing to pay 30,000 shi grains a year to rent this land, which is actually equivalent to the rent of a million mu of cropland.

   Nakatomi Kamazu almost wanted to take out his abacus to check carefully, but the number is really simple and easy to calculate.

  The eldest brother, the prince, also looked at Zhongchen Kamzu, and both of them were surprised by the heroic handwriting of the eldest son of the Qin family.

  The eldest brother prince is also called Prince Katsuragi because he won the fief of Katsuragi. Katsuragi was originally the base of the Soga clan, and later became the territory directly under the emperor. When Soga Mako was at the height of his power, he once asked his niece, Empress Tuigu, to reassign Katsuragi to the Soga clan.

  But was rejected by the queen, and later Suga Mazi forcibly occupied Katsuragi County.

  When Suga was in Eizo, he also built an ancestral temple in Katsuragi. He also carried out extensive construction work, forced the private tribesmen of various nobles, and built two large tombs for the Suga family, one for himself and one for his son.

Later, Emperor Zhongda, following the advice of Nakatomi Kamazu, married the daughter of the Soga family as his concubine, split up and wooed the Soga family, and finally succeeded in killing Soga in the court, and forced Soga Eizo to set himself on fire to get rid of Soga After the father and son of Ezo and Rulu, Brother Zhong also took back Katsuragi County and made it his own territory.

   Katsuragi is located near Nara.

  But the one-year land rent is not as much as Qin Jun gave.

"For a rent of 30,000 shi a year, you can ask for food, money or goods, and you will never be in arrears. We hope that the lease can be signed for a hundred years at a time, and the lease cannot be broken for any reason. Second, after signing the lease, we hope to set up the Tang Dynasty Concession , such as the case of the Tang Concession in Linyi..."

  Long time.

   After discussing softly with the prince, Nakatomi Kamazu asked, "If the lease contract is discounted, how will it be calculated?"

"Since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the price of grain has been stable. The price of grain in the two capitals has always been 20 yuan per bucket of rice, while the price of grain in Jingyang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guangyi, and other major commercial ports is generally between 12 and 30 yuan per bucket of rice. As for Jianghuai, Guangzhou For these important grain areas, each bucket is only about ten dollars."

Zhongchen Lianzu immediately said, "We all know that the Tang Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and the world is stable. The imperial court attaches great importance to grain, and has set up transshipment envoys. There are Changping warehouses in various places, and the price protection is implemented for grain. Raise the price of grain, protect farmers' income, and prevent grain merchants from lowering prices to suppress the common people. During the disaster year, Changping warehouses in various places released grain at a flat price to prevent the price of grain from rising. It's all very stable."

Qin Jun smiled, "That's right, the price of grain in our Tang Dynasty is actually higher. For example, the price of grain in Linyi, as long as the purchase price of the place of origin is in a good year, the discount is no more than three cents a bucket. Even some The place is even cheaper, as long as two dollars a bucket."

   "And we in Datang have Changping warehouses to protect grain prices, so that the lowest price of rice is no less than ten yuan, and the lowest price of millet is no less than seven yuan."

   "We know that the price of food in Wa is higher than that in Linyi, but as long as it is not a disaster year, it is only three to five dollars a bucket."

  Nakatomi Kamazu didn’t expect that the other party knew so much about the price of grain in the Wa country, but he still pointed out, “Dazaifu is the center of the West Kaido. There is a large amount of trade here, and the price of commodities is also high.”

"Hehe, so if you want to exchange money for the land rent, we are willing to convert it at the price of ten yuan per bucket of rice. If it is folded silk, the official exchange price of the Datang Transit Department is five hundred and fifty yuan for a piece of silk. Five stones and five buckets of grain."

   "Why is there such a big difference?" Nakatomi Kamazu asked.

Qin Jun smiled. In the early years of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, when grain was the cheapest, it was two or three cents a bucket, while the price of silk was a bucket of rice at that time. Of course, that was the price in an unstable period. After it stabilized, it was roughly around two yuan a bucket of silk. hundred dollars. However, as the Tang Dynasty became more and more stable, especially after the prosperity of the sea trade, the price of silk as a silk fabric began to rise, while the price of grain as an agricultural product did not fall again, but basically maintained a stable price for more than ten years.

  When this happens, firstly, the world will be peaceful, the grain output will increase greatly, and the grain reserves will be abundant, so the price will naturally be low and normalized.

Silk fabrics were used as currency in the early days. Although silk was only one of the more common silk fabrics, with the prosperity of trade, the price of silk fabrics in the Tang Dynasty also continued to rise, especially after the Tang Dynasty prohibited the direct export of raw silk. The prices of various silk fabrics continue to rise.

  From 200 yuan for a piece of silk to 550 yuan for a piece of silk today, it has basically stabilized.

  A piece of silk can be sold for two stones or more in Chang’an, Luoyang, and five and a half stones in a big city like Jingyang, Guangzhou, and even ten stones in grain areas such as Linyi.

To put it bluntly, silk has a stronger trade attribute. Food is not conducive to transportation and circulation. It is not a scarce commodity, but silk can be sold to all parts of the world, such as Persia, Rome, and Frankish countries. Those high-quality high-grade silk are sold like gold. expensive.

   To put it bluntly, it is actually cutting leeks.

  Food is scarce and valuable only in times of turmoil and famine.

  Pay grain, 30,000 shi of grain, folded money, 3,000 guan, if folded silk, there are only more than 5,000 bolts of silk.

Zhongchen Kamazu and Prince Katsuragi couldn't help but hesitate. They had the most grain, but they were not willing to let the Qin family transport grain from Luzon or Tang Dynasty, because this grain was not welcomed by Tang merchants during trade, and there was no further processing. Added value.

  (end of this chapter)