"Establish diplomatic ties? I wonder what price our Nanqing Nation will have to pay?"
Dugu Sheng asked.
Xu Huang said bluntly: "From now on, all you have to do is express your wish to become a vassal state of the Great Qin."
"Pay a certain amount of tribute every year, and develop economic cooperation with our country."
"I, the Great Qin, can guarantee that your Nanqing Kingdom will last forever!"
Tribute?
Hearing this, Dugu Sheng was a little unhappy, but he still continued to ask patiently:
"I wonder how much tribute we need to pay every year?"
Xu Huang glanced around and felt that the palace was extremely magnificent. Even the floor tiles were paved with gold. He couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
This small country of Nanqing is actually so rich?
So, he gritted his teeth and said a number.
"How about paying three million taels of gold to the Great Qin every year?"
Upon hearing this number, Dugu Sheng stood up and asked, "How much?!"
Seeing this, Xu Huang thought he had shocked the other party, so he quickly changed his words:
"If that doesn't work, one million..."
The words haven't been finished yet.
Dugu Sheng was extremely excited. He grabbed Xu Huang's wrist and asked anxiously:
"For only three million taels of gold, your Qin State can protect our Nanqing State?"
"If my Nanqing Kingdom is in trouble, will your Qin Kingdom send troops?"
Xu Huang nodded and said uncertainly, "Is...right?"
Dugu Sheng's face lit up with joy. "When will we sign the treaty between the two countries? How about today?"
Seeing him like this, Xu Huang was a little at a loss.
What kind of situation is this?
Could it be that I am even less?
Xu Huang had little experience in matters such as establishing diplomatic relations between two countries, and could be said to have no experience at all.
Therefore, under Dugu Sheng's attentive gaze, Xu Huang signed the contract between the two countries on the same day.
Then, within less than half an hour, Dugu Sheng brought 10 million taels of gold and said to Xu Huang with a smile:
"I will pay three years' tribute first. The extra one million taels of gold will be used to pave the ground for your emperor."
The so-called tribute is actually protection money.
Such arrogant words made Xu Huang, who came from a big country, feel a little dazed.
Between the two countries, who has money?
Afterwards, Xu Huang learned everything and wanted to slap himself a few times.
Although the territory of Nanqing Kingdom is small.
But there are so many gold mines!
In this country, silver is more valuable than gold.
And gold...
Otherwise it will become a common item on the street.
In the Qin Dynasty, one tael of gold was worth ten taels of silver.
In this country, one tael of silver is worth more than ten taels of gold.
If I had known that the Nanqing Kingdom was so abundant in gold, I would have taken the opportunity to ask for more.
However, the idea of making money gradually emerged in Xu Huang's mind.
The silver in the Great Qin Kingdom can be circulated here and exchanged for gold with the people of the Southern Qing Kingdom.
By the time the Qin Dynasty has enough gold reserves, it will not have to go to other countries to exchange for silver or various resources.
In this way, as Your Majesty said, the rest of the countries can be driven to the point of inflation!
But on second thought, Xu Huang felt that this was not very realistic.
After all, even though Nanqing Kingdom has a lot of gold.
But, in the end, it's just that the country is small.
If their area and population were as large as that of the Qin State, relying solely on the gold mines on one island would obviously not be enough.
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