Chapter 760: Decide on a Plan over Wine

Facing Tang Ji's question, Luo Chong was still very cautious. This question was not easy to answer. If he answered it wrong, it might cause a strong reaction from the other party, and it might even lead to another war.

He wandered around the sand table for two circles before he spoke seriously.

"If the Tang tribe is really willing to promote the Han tribe's currency, then the Han law must be followed. This is the basis for currency stability. Otherwise, I can't do anything.

Otherwise, even if the currency is promoted, prices will not be controlled. By then, you may live a worse life than now. It is possible that you can't buy a bowl of rice with a lot of money. So if it is promoted, it will definitely require the strong support of the Tang leader and the clan leaders.

As for the promotion method, my idea is this. We can first make the Tang tribe formal, divide it according to the county system of the Han tribe, and then you can arrange people to manage it. We will set up a market in each county managed by both of us, and a bank in each county managed unilaterally by our Han tribe. The bank is a place to store, exchange, and issue currency."

At this point, Luo Chong paused, and seeing that they did not ask questions or object immediately, he continued.

"In addition, in order to speed up the promotion of currency and maintain the stability of prices, starting from the promotion of currency, the Tang tribe must take back the right to trade grain. All grain can only be sold to the tribe, that is, your management department. All tribesmen are prohibited from trading grain privately, and violators will be severely punished.

In this regard, our Han tribe's way is to set up an official controlled grain station in each county. The grain station has its own warehouse. Whether the people sell or buy grain, they can only go to the grain station to trade with the official. There

are many advantages to doing this. It can prevent some individuals from hoarding grain and maliciously raising prices. Moreover, the grain reserves are in the hands of the government. If there is a natural disaster, such as strong winds here, all the grain this season will fall down, and the production will be reduced or the harvest will be lost. The tribe can use the grain reserves to sell to the people at a fair price, so as not to cause famine.

With food in hand, there is no panic in the heart, that's what it means."

As soon as Luo Chong said this, everyone in the Tang tribe widened their eyes. They didn't expect that a currency promotion could involve so much knowledge of tribal management, and they knew that the management method of the Han tribe was very advanced. Apart from anything else, the fact that it can respond to emergencies in disaster years is already excellent.

Because the example Luo Chong just gave had really happened in the Tang tribe before. The Tang tribe is a coastal area, and typhoons often occur. Food is affected by hurricanes, and it is common for production to be reduced or even completely lost. Once such a natural disaster occurs, it is actually difficult to do anything if the government does not have food reserves.

In previous years, when such things happened, Tang Ji was generally responsible for unified dispatch, and the tribe leaders of each tribe were responsible for management, organizing the people to hunt, collect wild fruits, or go fishing by the river to survive the crisis.

Once they were managed according to Luo Chong's method, they would not be out of food when they encountered natural disasters.

"What does the Han leader mean? The people can sell their excess food to the tribal grain station and exchange it for coins? In this case, are these reserved grains from our Tang tribe or the Han tribe, because the currency is provided by you." Tang Ji quickly discovered the loophole and asked directly.

"Uh"

Luo Chong was speechless for a moment. He also came up with an idea at the last minute. He did not consider this point and directly said the Han tribe's set, forgetting that the current Tang tribe was not suitable for such a method.

"Well, what I just said is the method of the Han tribe. For the situation of the Tang tribe, we can make special arrangements."

Luo Chong explained first, then pondered for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and then snapped his fingers and continued.

"I got it, we can do this. Didn't we provide some sorghum, cotton and corn seeds to the Tang tribe before? Sweet sorghum is used to make sugar and brew wine, which you don't know anyway. After the harvest, you can sell it all to our Han tribe in exchange for currency. You can take as much as you can. As for cotton, if you can't use it all or don't know how to weave cloth, you can also sell it to us for money.

At that time, you can use this money to buy the excess food in the hands of the tribe members, so that the money can circulate to every family, and you can also receive enough food, and the food is also yours."

Tang Ji and the tribe leaders nodded. They all knew about this matter and knew that the seeds of this crop were provided by the Han tribe. They had no objection to the method mentioned by Luo Chong.

"Han leader, I know the brown sugar of the Han tribe, but what is that wine, is it also edible?" Tang Ji asked curiously.

When You Fu first came to the Tang tribe, he once gave Tang Ji some brown sugar as a gift, so she knew about sugar, but it was the first time she heard of wine, so she was a little curious.

But this time, before Luo Chong could explain, Tang Yao took the initiative to answer.

"Empress Ji, I know this. The brown sugar of the Han tribe is as sweet as honey, and it can warm the body when women eat it during menstruation and after childbirth. This is something in the book on food therapy and health care.

Wine is a kind of spicy water made from sorghum rice. It can make people dizzy after drinking it. Drinking a little is also good. I remember it is used to prevent cold. In winter, if the weather is cold, drinking some wine can make people warm up and accelerate blood flow.

In addition, high-purity wine can also be used to clean external injuries. After lighting it with fire, it can be rubbed on the body to treat bruises and sprains."

Tang Yao has always remembered this kind of food with medical functions very clearly, and the taste of these two foods is very unique, making people unable to forget it even if they want to. The impression is too deep.

"Wine can also be lit with fire?!" Tang Ji was a little surprised when she heard it. Isn't this the same as oil? I didn't expect that the humble sorghum could be made into so many good things.

"Well, it must be very pure. The Han tribe calls that thing alcohol, and alcohol is made by mixing alcohol with water." Tang Yao nodded her head and said seriously.

Tang Ji nodded to show that she understood, and then said again.

"Han leader, if we agree to the Han tribe to promote currency, can the Han tribe also tell us how to make sugar and alcohol, and also weave cloth? I think if we only sell sorghum and cotton to the Han tribe, it must be worthless. If we want to buy these finished products from the Han tribe at that time, it will definitely be more expensive."

"Isn't this nonsense? How can industrial raw materials be priced the same as finished products?" Luo Chong complained in his heart.

But this is all the profit of the Han tribe. You have to know that these workshops, or factories, are not just as simple as increasing the value of agricultural products. The key is that they can also provide many jobs for the people. One factory can drive a large number of people to get rich. Luo Chong is unwilling to give this part of things to the Tang tribe.

But after thinking about it, the Tang tribe will sooner or later be part of his tribe, so there is no need to be too serious and stingy. Moreover, the Han tribe is about to upgrade the technology of these basic industries. Many existing technologies will be outdated and eliminated. So it is not impossible to consider giving part of the existing technology to the Tang tribe.

Luo Chong's hands are on the edge of the sand table, and his fingers are rhythmically tapping the edge of the wooden plate, as if he is considering the pros and cons. Tang Ji doesn't urge him, just watching him and waiting.

After a while, Luo Chong said, "If the Tang tribe agrees to promote the Han tribe's currency, then I can give you some of these technologies, sugar making, spinning and weaving, these two technologies can be provided to you, but not wine, this is too difficult and more delicate, even our Han tribe is still in the exploratory stage, the technology is not mature yet, in order to avoid wasting raw materials, so this cannot be given to you for the time being."

Winemaking, how much does a set of distillation equipment cost, all made of copper, that's all money, and alcohol is also an important industrial raw material, it can be put together with dilute sulfuric acid to distill ether, that is, medical anesthetics, in addition, this thing is also a reaction catalyst for colloid double-base propellants, it is very useful in Luo Chong's hands, how can we let the Tang tribe drink it all, this must be controlled in his own hands.

In addition, although the sugar making technology provided by Luo Chong looks very advanced, it is actually still a local method, sugar is only brown sugar, and after the Han tribe upgrades its technology, it will soon be able to make white sugar and rock sugar, and then there will still be no worries about sales, brown sugar will be given.

In terms of textiles, they can only weave white grey cloth, while the Han tribe can control the printing and dyeing technology in their own hands. At that time, the Han tribe will still sell colored cloth. You can't have all the people in the Tang tribe wear white cloth.

Luo Chong made his own plans, but for Tang Ji, these were already very generous.

When it came to this, Tang Ji looked at the clan leaders around her again and asked them for their opinions. However, most of the clan leaders were quite satisfied with this. The benefits given by the Han tribe were enough, and they did not infringe on their rights. Everything seemed to be very satisfactory. Even if there were a few clan leaders who did not agree with this cooperation, they could not stop the general trend in the end.

After some eye contact and whispered discussions, the Tang tribe finally made a decision.

"Han leader, we agree with the plan to send troops. In addition, we also hope to promote the currency of the Han tribe. The specific implementation will be based on the conditions you just mentioned."

Luo Chong was of course happy to see this happen. If the currency can be promoted in the Tang tribe, then even if they don't want to join the Han tribe in the future, they will actually be just a part of the Han tribe.

Under my economic control, can you still run away?

After the two sides reached a cooperation intention, the next step was to discuss the details, but there was nothing to discuss about this. In addition, contracts and treaties did not exist. The Tang tribe did not have its own system of writing, and they did not know the writing of the Han tribe. There was no point in writing a treaty. The main thing was to summarize the details so that the Han tribe would not forget them.

Luo Chong asked Dashu to write down all the terms of cooperation, and then let him keep them. Anyway, the cooperation with the Tang tribe would be handed over to him in charge, and Luo Chong could not manage these things personally.

After all the cooperation matters were agreed upon, everyone returned to Takuhai County for a banquet and tasted seafood and various specialties of the Han tribe.

If you come to the seaside and don't eat seafood once, it would be too unfair to your identity as a leader. You should be corrupt when you should be corrupt, Luo Chong thought to himself.

This banquet was very rich and exquisite, with delicacies from the mountains and the sea, and there was no shortage of beef and mutton. Whether it was seafood soup or barbecue decorated with chili and cumin, they all won the praise of the guests.

At the same time, it was the first time for these guests to see crystal clear glassware, as well as the sugar and liquor mentioned at the discussion meeting. They were extremely envious of the wealth and prosperity of the Han tribe.

At the banquet, Luo Chong personally promised to prepare a bottle of liquor in a glass bottle and a box of brown sugar for each of them. It was not much, but it was considered a gift.

At the same time, Tang Ji also met Luo Chong's wife and children for the first time. This banquet was originally arranged by Xiaodie and Zhan Ying. There was no saying in the Han tribe that women could not be seated. After all, the leader of the Tang tribe was a woman, and you couldn't stop people from sitting at the table.

The two children were still young and couldn't eat much, but they kept eating and playing around the table. It

was the first time Tang Ji saw these two little guys, and she didn't have any gifts to give, so she asked the people of the Han tribe to go to the Tang tribe to get some ground thorn fruits for everyone to enjoy. In fact, it was a pineapple fruit. Luo Chong couldn't tell whether it was a pineapple or a pineapple. This thing should not be artificially cultivated, but a wild variety.

Zhan Ying was very interested in this, so she asked Luo Chong how to eat it. Wild pineapples are quite sour and not suitable for children, so Luo Chong taught her to make a candied pineapple dish and served it to everyone as a dessert after the meal.

Luo Chong had taught her how to make syrup a long time ago. Since the Han tribe had white sugar, Luo Chong had been thinking about how to eat it. When he was in Hanyang County, he also made similar food with other fruits, so Zhan Ying was very familiar with it.

During the sumptuous banquet, Luo Chong also arranged the follow-up matters of the cooperation. He told Shouya and Jiaoshi to find a secluded and uninhabited place in Chaoyang County as a military camp after they returned, and then raise troops. Xue Tu would send instructors and officers to them, and the Han tribe would equip them with all the weapons and equipment before the action.

Since the troops of the Tang tribe were closer, they had to be recruited faster. Luo Chong also discussed with them that during the recruitment process, the clan leaders would first read out the rules and treatment of the Han tribe, and then the clan leaders would select the soldiers. Xue Tu would then send some military officers to take charge of the physical examinations and registration to facilitate future management.

The rest was a detailed discussion with Da Shu on the development of Takumi County.

The coastal area of ​​Takumi County was where Luo Chong was going to build his capital. Both industry and agriculture had to be well developed. In addition, with the cooperation with the Tang tribe, it would not be a simple matter to arrange all the factories and markets, as well as banks, grain stations and other public facilities.

(End of this chapter)