The data is exaggerated.
In just half a year, it has tripled and is still rising.
In fact, the Song Dynasty did trade with Japan in the past, but the amount of transactions was limited. The Song Dynasty mainly bought copper, sulfur and other minerals from Japan.
As mentioned before, the Song Dynasty had a trick up its sleeve. They used Song Dynasty copper coins to buy copper ore from abroad, then made copper coins, then went back abroad to buy copper ore, and brought it back to make copper coins.
The biggest complainant about the exchange of copper mines for Song Dynasty copper coins was Japan.
As a result, the large influx of copper coins from the Song Dynasty caused prices in Japan to skyrocket, which made the Taira clan, who were in power during the Heian period at the time, very angry and they repeatedly rejected the Northern Song Dynasty's request for official trade.
Private trade was only allowed to take place at the port of Hakata-zu in Chikuzen Province, which was later the Hakata District port of Fukuoka City, Japan, seriously hindering the development of trade between the Northern Song Dynasty and Japan.
This situation did not begin to improve until the Southern Song Dynasty.
At the end of the Taira clan and the Kamakura shogunate, the Japanese gradually began to establish diplomatic relations with the Southern Song Dynasty and implemented a national policy to revitalize trade, thereby increasing the scale of trade. From that period on, trade between the Song Dynasty and Japan became more frequent.
Now the Song Dynasty was powerful and after defeating the Liao Dynasty, it stationed its troops in Tamra, which made Japan quite wary and forced it to start free trade.
It's just the beginning now.
Once the Song-Japan air route truly prospers, it would be normal for the trade volume to grow by dozens of times.
Zhao Jun was still very happy to see this.
Although the growth rate was extremely fast because there was relatively little trade with Japan in the past, the growth rate will drop significantly once things stabilize.
But in that case, a large amount of silver would have flowed into Japan, the money shortage would have been solved, and the prosperity of the commodity economy would have been further stimulated.
This is a great thing for the Song Dynasty.
After inspecting the Hangzhou Maritime Customs, Zhao Jun originally wanted to go to the Mingzhou Maritime Customs, but the weather was good today. Although it rained a little, the West Lake was even more beautiful after the rain, so he went out boating with his wife.
The bridge is half-smoke and half-rainy, shaded by trees, with green willows and pink peach blossoms on both sides. There is an ancient temple with pink walls and black tiles, curling smoke, and the scenery is extremely beautiful.
Zhao Jun and his wife ate boiled West Lake fish on the boat. When they were almost done, they planned to go back.
Soon the pleasure boat docked.
At this moment, a middle-aged man came up quickly.
But before he could get close, he was stopped by the guards. He hurriedly shouted, "Prince, your humble servant Liu Yong, the Salt Supervisor of Dinghai, presents a poem to you."
Is this the scene where Xia Song stops a horse and presents a poem?
Zhao Jun looked over and saw that the man was about fifty years old and wearing the official uniform of a seventh-rank official. He smiled, said something to Jiang Dalang, then got on the carriage and left.
Seeing this, Liu Yong couldn't help but feel disappointed, thinking that a big shot like the Dean would really not take him seriously.
So he could only laugh at himself, turned around and left.
But just as he turned the corner, someone caught up with him and told him to go to the inn where Zhiyuan was staying that night.
Upon hearing the news, Liu Yong was overjoyed. He hurried back to check the poems he was going to present again to see if there was anything that needed to be changed. He waited until the evening before paying a visit.
(End of this chapter)
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