"Is the Japanese Empire a threat to the Tang dynasty?" Li Longji was even more certain. Li Yi didn't seem to have a good impression of the Japanese Empire.
Li Yi shook his head. "Not at the moment. They can't beat us."
Li Yi was sure that the Japanese Empire was scared by the Tang dynasty in the Battle of Baijiangkou.
After that, the Tang dynasty developed rapidly, and the Japanese Empire began to study hard.
"The Japanese Empire is a nation that is good at learning. They won't attack the Tang dynasty if they can't build a fleet that can defeat it."
Li Yi mentioned the war more than 50 years ago. The Japanese Empire used mortise and tenon construction on ships, while the Tang dynasty used mortise and tenon with iron nails.
The Tang dynasty's ships were tall, big, and sturdy.
The Japanese Empire's small ships didn't work well with the wolf pack strategy, and the Tang dynasty's generals at that time were also very powerful.
If it weren't for the strong enemies outside and the chaos inside, the direction of history would've been different.
"So, Brother Yi wants to profit from this trade?" Li Longji was relieved.
"The Japanese Empire is short of natural resources, but they have a lot of copper and silver mines. They also have iron mines, but the Tang dynasty doesn't lack iron. Besides, Japan has gold mines. "
Li Yi remembered something else. Japan was short of resources, but they had everything they needed.
"Is the smelting technology good?" Li Longji wanted to know more about the Japanese Empire from Li Yi.
"There's no coal. The Japanese Empire has very few coal mines, and they haven't been found yet. The smelting temperature is not high enough, so they need to be forged."
Li Yi gave a shortcoming of Japan.
The furnace temperature was not high enough, so they could only use the method of burning and hammering to make good weapons.
It was similar to the Tang dynasty. Even if they had the method of frying steel, the production was still not enough.
No one used the method of frying steel to make farm tools. Frying steel had only one use, and that was to make weapons.
"Can we sell them coal?" Li Longji knew that there was a lot of coal in the Tang dynasty and he could sell it for money.
After asking the question, he vetoed it. "No, with coal, they can make better weapons."
"We have to strengthen the coastal patrol. We can't let them take away the species of our Tang dynasty, such as the new seeds of indica rice and medicinal herbs."
Li Yi raised a request from another aspect. He actually didn't care about the export of coal.
How much could a small boat like the Japanese Empire possibly hold? The key was that he didn't point out the coal mines in the coastal areas of the Tang dynasty.
Who will pay for the transportation from the land to the seaside? The people of the Tang dynasty had jobs to do.
Thinking of this, Li Yi suggested, "Third Brother, we can sell coal to the Japanese Empire, and the Japanese Empire will pay the people of the Tang dynasty for their labor."
Li Longji was stunned. "I don't think the Japanese Empire will agree. It will cost a lot to transport a cart of coal to the Japanese Empire."
He understood. How much would it cost to transport a cart of coal to Luoyang, let alone the Japanese Empire?
The Japanese Empire would have to exchange a carload of copper for a carload of coal. Even if the coal was replaced with coke, how much ore could they refine?
"Sigh! We can't earn money from the Japanese Empire. They're poor. "Li Longji was full of regret.
Li Yi wanted to laugh. It was as if the Tang dynasty was rich.
"Third Brother, it's actually not difficult to earn money from the Japanese Empire. The people of the Japanese Empire are poor, and the slaves don't have much property. The Japanese Empire's court is rich."
Li Yi narrowed his eyes. He was thinking about how to get benefits from the Japanese Empire.
They had sent 557 envoys. It was a huge lineup. If he didn't help the Japanese Empire develop its economy, he would be letting the Japanese Empire down.
Li Longji was familiar with Li Yi's current state, the rhythm before he wanted to trick someone.
"How do we earn money?" he asked.
"Sell them good farm tools and kitchen knives. Buy their copper and silver ingots. We don't want ore. If it's ore, the price will be even lower. "
Li Yi began to consider trading technology for resources. The Japanese Empire's own smelting technology wasn't good enough.
It was now the Nara era. It was not until the Asuka era that the Japanese improved their smelting technology.
It was during that time that Japanese knives were established. After a few more generations of development, they became a system.
"Do we use kitchen knives and farm tools to exchange for low-quality ore? Or simply smelted copper and silver? "
Li Longji believed that as long as there was enough of a price difference, business could be done.
Li Yi shook his head. "We're not exchanging. We're selling to them. They're selling to us. They sell to us, and we give them money. They can use the money to buy other Tang Dynasty items. "
Li Yi emphasized that the process was not bartering. They needed a currency.
Without Li Longji asking, Li Yi continued, "I originally wanted to help the Japanese Empire print money. If they sell things to us, they can also use the exchange coupons to spend back in China …"
Li Yi told Li Longji that the exchange coupons and the Tang Dynasty's banknotes could become international currencies.
If they used the Tang Dynasty's banknotes to buy other people's things, they couldn't use their own banknotes to spend in the Tang Dynasty.
Others only had one channel, which was to sell things to the Tang Dynasty and obtain the Tang Dynasty's currency. Only then could they buy the Tang Dynasty's products.
Otherwise, merchants would go out and use the Tang Dynasty's currency to buy things, and the other party would use it to buy things from the Tang Dynasty.
Li Longji listened with a look of anticipation.
With the Great Tang Seal's money, no matter where he went, others would accept it.
If he printed more money, wouldn't it be …
"Brother Yi, can we print more money?" Li Longji asked Li Yi's opinion on financial issues.
"Yes, take it out and spend it. Some places use the Tang Dynasty's currency as their own. That money actually doesn't need to be used in the Tang Dynasty to pay for the same amount of goods."
"Yes, they took the internal circulation, fell into the water, and accidentally burned it. It has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty."
Li Longji thought of other people breaking the money and wearing it out after a long time.
Li Yi nodded, "In addition, we also have to collect their customs duties and taxes at the coastal border. Use this method to stabilize the value of the overissued money."
Li Yi copied it skillfully. Back then, the countries on Earth did this as well.
In order to get the other party's money, his country was simply selling blood.
A pair of leather shoes produced by them could be sold for hundreds of yuan in China.
If it was outside, they would give the leather shoes to others for a few minutes. This way, they could get foreign exchange.
The lost money would be subsidized by the state.
Now that the Tang Dynasty was the strongest in the world, the Tang Dynasty's currency must become an international currency. Others would have to pay taxes if they sold things cheaply.
After that, they could also carry out anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations on other countries' products and make a lot of money.
Li Longji didn't know the various follow-up measures, but he felt that what he heard now was enough.
"Starting from the Japanese Empire?" He rubbed his hands together, looking very excited.
"Bohai Sea, Khitan, Xi Tribe." Li Yi pointed to the northeast.
"That's fine too." Li Longji pointed to the southwest.
Having received useful information, Li Longji happily ate a meal, packed two servings, and left happily.
He wanted to implement it and let the officials of the Tang Dynasty make arrangements according to this good method.
Li Yi went to the workshop to see the production of the litmus test paper, and then sold it to Bi Goo. Bi Goo distributed it to the prefectures and counties.
"You must pay attention to safety. Every step of the operation must be stable. When you find that you can't concentrate, take the initiative to step back."
Li Yi first called for everyone to stop working and held a small meeting to emphasize safety.
There was sulfuric acid and caustic soda, which were relatively pure.
"Dongzhu, sulfuric acid is also useful in war, right?" A craftsman pointed to the beaker of sulfuric acid and asked.
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