Chapter 1369: go north

Chapter 1369: go north

  Chapter 1369 Northbound

  Many times it is caused by disorderly competition in the market.

   Of course, it is impossible for the middleman not to make a difference in the price, and it is impossible for the government of the transit country not to collect taxes, but the upstream spice producing areas cannot be exploited by others.

   You can’t just act as a source of raw materials, you have to control the processing of spices in your own hands, increase the value, and at the same time control the trade pricing power in your hands.

  In the past, Nanyang belonged to a piece of loose sand. Spices were valuable in other places, but in Nanyang they were wild and worthless, and no one could integrate this market.

   Now Qin Lang stood up and said that he would do this, and he also painted a very good prospect.

  All countries are very excited.

  The key is that Qin Lang led the establishment of the South China Sea Alliance before, and then dragged everyone to Piaoyue to grab a fortune. The countries did not contribute much, but made a lot of money.

  Besides, with the establishment of the alliance, countries exchange what they need, which has already gained a lot of benefits.

So in Lion Harbor, at the second meeting of the South China Sea Alliance, a South China Sea Spice Trade Agreement was formulated. In the future, merchants outside the alliance are not allowed to come to Nanyang to directly purchase spice raw materials, and they are only allowed to purchase processed spices in the free trade ports within the alliance. For spices, the price is also guided by the alliance.

  The members of the alliance can get some preferential terms when they sell their spices abroad.

  This spice trade agreement does not even include Datang, because Datang is not a member of the Nanyang Alliance, and it will also not be able to directly purchase spice raw materials from the place of origin in the future. In the future, it can only place orders with various spice trading firms.

  A trade agreement is reached and announced.

  The prices of various spices rose accordingly.

For example, cloves and nutmeg, two spices that are only produced in a few small islands in the Maluku Islands in the South Sea, are also very popular in the West. Less than a clove and a nutmeg.

  When Qin Lang was still thinking about the spice trade in Pyu, he had already sent people back to Luzon to send orders, sent troops to occupy the Maluku Islands, and then sealed off the islands, preventing people from entering or leaving the islands that produce cloves and nutmeg.

  After picking all the cloves and nutmeg, they must first be processed on the island to ensure that these spices will no longer have the ability to grow after they are shipped out.

Although cloves and nutmeg are picky about the growing environment, so only a few volcanic islands in Nanyang can grow them, but it is still possible to cultivate them if you want to cultivate them, so Qin Lang asked people to block them to avoid people outside after the price of the source rose. Cultivate planting.

Before the agreement came out, Qin Lang not only sent people to occupy the Maluku Islands, but also sent people to buy all kinds of spices in various countries in Southeast Asia. He could eat as much as he could, and after purchasing, they would all be transported back to the Qin family's major trading ports for stockpiling. sale.

   Now that the trade agreement comes out, everyone realizes that there are no more spices on the market.

The Qin family immediately established spice trading firms and spice processing workshops in Shigang, Yegang, etc., because the spot cloves and nutmeg are basically completely controlled by the Qin family, and the production area is also controlled by the Qin family, so the price of cloves in the market The madness did not stop, and it rose hundreds of times.

  For a while, it became the most expensive of all spices, more expensive than the cinnamon of Sinhala in the lion country, and the pepper of Gantuli, and it was hard to find one.

  Cloves are called the Queen of Spices by merchants. Rare things are more expensive, but everyone chases them.

   Nutmeg is also known as the spice princess.

  Although the other countries did not have the same plans as Qin Lang did, they acted immediately as soon as the agreement was signed.

  Spices are temporarily priced but not in the market, and they are rising steadily.

  The market guidance price of the Spice Alliance is naturally rising. A large number of merchants from Tianzhu, Datang, and even Persia, Arabia, Egypt, etc. found that they could not buy spices.

  Not only are the raw materials unavailable, but even if you go to the designated trade shops in various ports, they are already out of stock.

  The Union of Commercial Materials has also formulated a unified tax rate for spices, and the taxation of each link has formulated a unified tax rate for the alliance, and the Nanyang spice trade is integrated.

  Merchants from various countries can no longer find cheap spices. Their ships are parked in Nanyang and harbors, but they have no spices to load. The money used to buy a boatload of spices can now be bought at most one-tenth, or even out of stock, and the price is still rising.

   Even the spice ports have unified the tax on the spice trade, which has increased a lot.

Faced with the ever-increasing spices, in fact, spice merchants from all over the world are still willing to bite their teeth and buy them, because in the past, when they transported a shipment of spices back home, they were lucky enough to sell them at a hundred times the price. The cost of shipping and hiring sailors, guards, etc., and the risk of sinking in a storm, but after all, the profits are very attractive and worth the risk.

  As long as the spices are shipped back, they will not lose money. Now that the price of spices has risen, they can completely increase the price when they sell the spices.

But now they are willing to buy at a high price, and there is no market for the price. The spice trading houses in various ports are only willing to ship a small amount. Even now, many of them are rough-processed or refined-processed spices. The raw materials of that spice are no longer available. arrive.

While they were still hesitating, some ocean-going merchants from the Nanyang Alliance countries had already set sail, carrying a lot of silk, sugar, porcelain, and rare and precious spices on board, either sailing to the West or north to the Central Plains .

   At this time, Qin Lang received an urgent letter from Qin Jun forwarded from Luzon at Shigang Wharf.

  It is already November at this time.

  Qin Lang stood on the pier and was speechless for a long time after reading this shocking letter.

  He didn't expect such a big change in Beijing.

  The emperor actually had a stroke, and then the eunuchs who were supported by the emperor wanted to learn from the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty to support the emperor and control the government.

  Qin Jun, Cheng Chumo, and Niu Jianwu were able to react so quickly, which was beyond his expectations.

  Qin Lang hasn't returned to the Central Plains for a long time, but he has been keeping a close eye on the Luoyang court. The emperor has been cutting off the Qin family's wings and allies in recent years, but it can't be done in three or two days.

  The timing is special.

  Qin Jun is very decisive.

   Not long ago, the Su family’s mutiny was defeated, but Qin Jun still dared to act resolutely. This kid has indeed matured.

Looking at the time, this matter has been going on for a month, and I don’t know what it has changed now, but according to what Qin Jun said in the letter, they have completely controlled the central government, so there should be no more problems up.

  Qin Jun invited him to Luoyang, which is also the intention of the new prince, and the intention of the prince of the Manchu Dynasty.

  But Qin Lang just shook his head.

  Now that the major event has been accomplished, there is no need for him to go to Luoyang. He doesn't care about Shang Shuling, Shang Fu or something.

  Thinking about Li Yin, Qin Lang just let out a long sigh, not yet fifty, a few years younger than the holy ancestor Li Shimin, and ended up falling down with a glass of deer fur blood wine, hey.

I don't know whether to be lucky or to sigh for him. This guy likes to make trouble too much. If this continues, Qin Lang doesn't know how long he can bear it. The current result can be said to be surprising, but it is also very good .

Prince Li Xian was born of his younger sister, and he married his own daughter, and Qin Jun led his troops to support him. support.

  Even if he is firmly established in the world, as long as he is not an emperor like Li Yin, there is no reason to turn against the Qin family.

  Besides, Qin Lang felt that ten years was enough, and he didn't plan to enter Beijing. After a few years, when the court was stable, he could persuade Qin Jun to withdraw from the center.

  As long as the Qin family has no undue ambitions and does not control the government, then Li Xian has no reason to be unfavorable to the Qin family in the future. After all, isn't Li Yin's current fate a lesson from the past?

   Keep that boundary well, the Qin family will not cross the boundary, and the emperor will not be too messy.

After all, Li Xian is still a good person, his character is not as strong as Li Yin, even a little soft, but as the fourth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, a king like Li Xian may be the best choice. Like Li Yin, he is ambitious, stubborn and strong, which is not a good thing, let alone the blessing of the country.

   I just don’t know if Li Jun will be obedient when the time comes, and he is willing to retreat bravely.

  In his thirties, he made such a contribution to support the establishment of this policy, and now he is the secretary of the school, the scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the patent, etc., I am afraid that the young people will not be able to grasp it for a while.

  Thinking of this, Qin Lang began to hesitate again, should he go to Luoyang?

   It's just that he was a little embarrassed after all.

He had already planned at the beginning that he would not set foot in the Central Plains lightly. The original decision was to avoid arousing the emperor's unnecessary suspicion and avoid intensification of conflicts. It showed that Qin Lang had no intention of interfering in court politics, let alone threatening the emperor. Nanhai Pension.

   Now the emperor is paralyzed, and may even die for more than a month.

   At this time, there is no obstacle for him to enter Beijing again.

   Summoned attendants.

   "Get ready and return by boat tomorrow morning."

   "Going back to San Francisco tomorrow?"

  Qin Lang thought for a while, "If we don't go the way we came here, we'll first go through Saigon to supply supplies, and then go to Shunhua, Linyi Qin Concession."

  He intends to wait until he understands the latest situation and then go to Linyi first to see if he decides to go north to Wu'an or return to Luzon.

  The attendant didn't ask the reason, but turned around and made arrangements.

  Standing on the pier, let the sea breeze blow.

  It’s November, but Shigang doesn’t feel the slightest feeling of winter. There is no snowflakes, no cold wind, only the scorching sun like midsummer and the salty sea breeze.

   After the wind blew for a long time, Qin Lang's mind finally calmed down.

  He went to the Queen.

   "I'm returning early tomorrow morning, via Saigon Port in Chenla to Hue Port in Linyi Qin Concession, will you go together?"

   "Why did you leave suddenly, what happened?"

   "Well, there have been some changes in the Luoyang court. The holy emperor who was so angry with the sky and the air was paralyzed in bed, and then Qin Juncheng was silent and they led the army to support Qin Wang Li Xian as the prince."

  Qin Lang spoke very calmly.

  The queen's scalp was numb when she heard it. This is a mutiny.

   "Are you okay?" she asked.

   "Well, it should be okay. The emperor is now paralyzed in bed, unable to move or speak. King Qin has been crowned as the prince and has already supervised the country and regent."

   "Then are you going back to Luoyang?"

"we'll see."

   "I'll go back with you." The queen said without hesitation.

  (end of this chapter)