Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 414 Nanzhao 'Aid' Plan

After a period of mental struggle, the king of Nanzhao finally chose to trust Qin Hao for the time being, because Nanzhao is now facing a dead end, even if a dead horse is a living horse doctor, he has to take a gamble.

"I don't know how Rong Guogong plans to help me unify Nanzhao, and what do I have to pay for Nanzhao?"

Qin Hao smiled and said: "Simple, your country is the strongest among the Nanzhao countries, and it is the most respectful to Tian Khan among the Nanzhao countries. You start the war directly on your side, we don't care who you fight, You can think about the reason yourself, my Tang Dynasty can directly send troops to help, as for the supply of military rations, weapons and equipment, it will all be borne by my Tang Dynasty, I think it will take three to five years at most, Nanzhao can decide."

The King of Nanzhao was taken aback. He thought that at most it was some material support, but he didn't want Qin Hao to directly propose to send troops. Could such a big matter be decided by a county magistrate?Besides, inviting the gods is easy and sending the gods away is difficult. If the Tang army really entered Nanzhao, what if they didn't leave.

"This... Datang is now preparing for Feng Chan, this..."

Pfft, Qin Hao was amused by this cute king.

"Brother, you don't think that little Nanzhao, I need the imperial conscripts to help me in the Tang Dynasty, the Guanzhong government soldiers will not move, they have eaten enough meat in the past two years, use the Jiangnan government soldiers to help you It’s almost the same, the main reason for us to help you unify is to curb the slave hunting team, don’t worry, Datang will never want your land in Nanzhao.”

"Then... what does Tang want?"

"What do you want? Of course I want friends! Why do we need so many slaves in the Tang Dynasty? To grow sugarcane, if you grow sugarcane yourself in Nanzhao after the reunification, and then sell the sugarcane to us, wouldn't it be all right? Don't worry, sugar cane will not take up your rice fields, and I, Datang, can also pass Champa rice to you to increase your grain production."

The King of Nanzhao thought about it for a long time, and said, "Duke Rong is taking me as a fool. Your sugar cane is planted in Lingnan, where the terrain is flat and easy to manage. There are also supporting facilities for sugar and wine making. , the most important thing is that the coast and the port are good, and most of the output can be sold directly from Quanzhou to the barbarian sea merchants or transported away by themselves. At present, the law on land reclamation is not high, and buying slaves is far more expensive than buying sugar from us. The profits are much higher. It is said that Rong Guogong, you are the god of wealth in the Tang Dynasty, and you have the means to turn stones into gold. It was distributed to the local government soldiers, hehe, help me fight the war, and then I plant sugar cane, who would like these government soldiers? Rong Guogong, you seem to be making fun of me."

Qin Hao laughed. The geographical conditions of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau were almost incomprehensible to the feudal society. It would be difficult to get money from it.

However, compared to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it can be stronger, so Qin Hao has been thinking about it for the past two days, and finally came up with a solution that is not a solution.

"So, apart from planting sugar cane, Tang Dynasty naturally needs other things to make compensation. There is one thing in Nanzhao that is actually good, but you have never paid attention to it."

"Oh? Then I have to ask Rong Guogong for advice, what is it?"

"Tree."

"Huh? Tree? What kind of treasure is this?"

There are mountains everywhere on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and there are naturally trees everywhere on the mountains. Moreover, the climate here is hot and it rains all day long. There is hardly any development here. In the 21st century, the red sandalwood and yellow flowers sold in Lunke are everywhere, and the quality is very high. Quite good. This is really the only natural resource that Nanzhao can afford. Later generations mainly sell flowers and smoke in this area, but the smoke is still not available in the Americas. As for the flowers, who the hell are the flowers? Money buys this.

However, the King of Nanzhao obviously didn't want to understand the relationship between the tree and the baby, so Qin Hao explained:
"The amount of construction in Datang is really too big now, and the wood needed every day has gone to sea, but you know, there are not many really high-quality good wood in Guanzhong, if you cut it down, Guanzhong will be bald, let me tell you The situation is that if the Tang Dynasty is building a ship, the main materials must be transported from Sichuan and Shu. Alas, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Moreover, as far as I know, the quality of the wood in Sichuan and Shu is actually not very good. The real ancient There are far less trees than Nanzhao. If you are willing to cooperate with my Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao will be my main source of wood in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Then we are friends. Friends, naturally there will be no one How about bullying you?"

The king of Nanzhao thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out why wood was worth money.
In fact, there is really no way to do this. Trees seem to be many, but once they are cut down on a large scale, they will be cut down in a short time. Once they are cut down, it will be difficult to plant them again.

It is actually quite difficult to get Datang to buy trees from Nanzhao. You must first popularize the concept of soil erosion and ban the cutting of trees in Guanzhong. Qin Hao has long wanted to do this, and this happens to be an opportunity. If it weren't for the fact that the Tang Dynasty cut down too many trees in Guanzhong, the Yellow River would not have become like the beeps of later generations.

Although it is troublesome to transport wood on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, although people will die, it is better than Sichuan and Shu, and the dead are not from the Tang Dynasty. It may be more troublesome to transport wood to Guanzhong, but it is more convenient to transport it to Jiangnan and Lingnan.

However, this kind of approach is actually quite embarrassing to the people of Nanzhao. Although their trees grow fast, they don’t have to worry too much about soil erosion, but old trees are always limited. Once they are all cut down, future generations will suffer. .

When he was in Liaodong, in order to find coke to make steel, he had almost cut down the Daxing'an Mountains, and now he is thinking about the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which is somewhat wicked.

But Qin Hao really has no choice, even if there are some mines in that place, he won't pay attention to the trees, but unfortunately there are no big mines there in his impression, oh, there are some rare earths, at least Qin Hao doesn't think he will be old in his lifetime Tang's technological development can reach the day when this thing can be used.

There may be some coal, but the amount of this stuff in Datang is not large, and Jinzhou is next to Guanzhong, and you can knock your face with cinders if you fall. Who the hell would buy coal from you.

Therefore, Qin Hao, who really had nothing to do, had no choice but to make a bad move. At least he hoped that this would save the fate of all the people in Nanzhao from being slaves. This is doing a good deed.

Of course, in order to facilitate the annexation of the Nanzhao regime in the future, the establishment of a concession and the opening of the Tang Federal Reserve are also necessary conditions. The specific location and details can be discussed later. First, this general policy must be finalized.

After getting the King of Nanzhao, Qin Hao took a simple plan and went to Li Shimin, which is not what he said.

(End of this chapter)