Chapter 533: Xin Tribe's Han Concession (Please vote and subscribe)
It's impossible to get a thousand students. Niu Wei shook his head secretly. It's not a question of whether they can afford it, but there's no need to get so many. Besides, the distance between the two tribes is too far. If they get so many people, how much food and grass supplies they need on the road is simply an astronomical figure.
In theory, it's not that the Xin Tribe can't afford these cattle and horses, because they don't need to provide them themselves. The Xin Tribe only needs to transport a batch of white salt from Zhudao to the grassland to exchange for a large number of cattle and horses. For the Xin Tribe near the sea, white salt is simply inexhaustible, it just takes time to dry.
Luo Chong certainly knows this truth. As for why he made such a condition, it's mainly because the Han Tribe is now focused on developing the tribe and has no time for grassland trade. This is why he didn't let You Fu go again this year.
It's not because there are no people, but because there is no goods. The most in-demand commodities in grassland trade are white salt, iron pots, and cloth.
However, the Han tribe only has one salt mine, but the population has been too large in the past two years. This year, so many counties have been newly established. One salt mine has to provide nearly 100,000 people with salt every day.
It's not that the salt mine reserves are insufficient, but the productivity is limited. After all, salt mines cannot be eaten directly after being mined. They have to go through multiple processes such as dissolution, filtration, re-evaporation and crystallization, so the output is limited. There is no problem with internal supply now, but there is not much excess inventory for foreign trade.
There is also a demand for iron. The output was relatively abundant in the past. With the increase in population, the internal demand for iron pots, farm tools, weapons, vehicles and ships has increased significantly. The Han tribe currently has no spare capacity to export ironware. It can only meet internal demand first. If it wants to expand steel production, it can only wait until the new steel county is built and then build a steel plant.
As for cloth, the same is true. With the increase in population, the people's demand for clothes and shoes has increased dramatically. In addition, the emergence of sails now requires a large amount of cloth, so the external supply can only be suspended.
Of course, saving alone is not enough, and it is also necessary to open up sources. In addition to supervising the printing of books and the opening of schools, the most important thing for Luo Chong to do when he returns this time is to find ways to expand the production capacity of various materials.
It is because of these reasons that Luo Chong thought of changing a way to let the Xin tribe provide white salt to the grassland in exchange for a large number of cattle and horses and then send them to the Han tribe. In addition to tuition fees, other commodities are also paid with cattle and horses, so as to obtain a steady stream of livestock and continue to transfuse blood for the development of the Han tribe.
As for worrying that the Xin tribe will become bigger in the future, the impact on the grassland will increase, and finally interfere with the Han tribe, that is impossible, because as long as Luo Chong's plan succeeds, then the Xin tribe and the nomadic people will not benefit, they can only continue to transfuse blood for the Han tribe, and it will not take long for Luo Chong to control the entire Xin tribe, and what to do at that time is not up to Luo Chong.
First of all, if the Xin tribe wants to obtain technical and material assistance from the Han tribe, it can only exchange cattle and horses, so they have to use more manpower on salt drying and cargo transportation, and the technology cannot be applied immediately after it is passed to the Xin tribe, which also requires a period of absorption.
In order to obtain metal support and white salt aid from the Xin tribe, the nomadic tribes on the grasslands could only sell their hard-earned cattle and horses to the Xin tribe, which was actually a disguised way of selling them to the Han tribe. The biggest asset of the nomadic tribes was that they had a lot of cattle and horses. In this way, a large number of cattle and horses were transported to the Han tribe, and their own strength was weakened.
"Han leader, let's send a hundred people here first. If there are too many, it will be inconvenient because of the long distance. But why does the Han leader only accept young people under the age of 16?" Niu Wei asked Luo Chong with the help of the translator.
"Why only children under the age of 16? I will tell you that these children are ignorant, simple, and easy to be brainwashed?"
This is what Luo Chong thought in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. When these young children learn the culture of the Han tribe and compare it with the Xin tribe where they were born, it is really uncertain which side they will lean towards.
"Because young people learn faster, and after learning, they have more time to contribute to the Xin tribe. If you get a group of old men here, not only will they learn slowly, but they will die of old age on the way back. You will spend so much tuition, won't it be a big loss?" Luo Chong explained nonsense.
Niu Wei also suddenly realized after listening to the translation, and said in his heart that it made sense. Why didn't he think of it? It seems that the Han leader is still smart.
"Oh, and since you are willing to come to school, you will definitely need pens, ink, paper and inkstone when you go back. I am willing to teach you the manufacturing technology of these things, as well as the printing technology, so that you can continue to study when you go back and teach the knowledge of the Han tribe to more tribesmen.
Don't be too happy too soon. These technologies are very important things. I can teach them to your Xin tribe, but you also need to exchange them with conditions." Luo Chong dug a big hole for Niu Wei again.
Luo Chong made such a decision after careful consideration, because it would be difficult to spread the culture of the Han tribe quickly in the Xin tribe without papermaking and printing as a carrier of communication.
Why in the Spring and Autumn Period, only the children of the princes and generals could learn culture and characters? It was because bamboo slips and wooden tablets were too expensive, and the weight made it very inconvenient to spread, so the characters were in the hands of a few people.
Niu Wei immediately pricked up his ears when he heard that there was still technology to learn. Of course, he could accept Luo Chong's conditions. If Luo Chong didn't want anything and just gave them the technology for free, that would be really weird. On the contrary, the higher the price offered by the Han tribe, the more relieved he would be.
"Please tell me, Han leader, as long as we can do it, we will definitely find a way to solve it."
Niu Wei didn't say everything. He had the potential to engage in diplomacy. What is something that can be done? Of course, it is something they think is beneficial. As long as it is harmful to the Xin tribe, they will say that it cannot be done. It is full of diplomatic routines.
Luo Chong did not directly state the conditions of the Han tribe, but asked Niu Wei a few questions first.
"You have been in the Han tribe for two months. I didn't let anyone beat you, did I?"
"Uh, no, the Han leader treated us very well." Niu Wei was a little confused, not knowing what Luo Chong meant by this.
"Then did I allocate special accommodation for you and arrange jobs for you so that you can make money and eat in the Han tribe."
"That's not wrong." Niu Wei continued to be confused.
"Well, that's what I mean. I can give you the manufacturing technology of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but these things are not so easy to make, so your tuition will be more expensive.
Therefore, if I teach you directly, you will not be able to learn it without a few years, so I plan to send a delegation to the Xin tribe like you did. There will be craftsmen who are proficient in these technologies in this delegation. They can provide technical guidance at that time, and your people will be craftsmen. These things can be made in a short time, but
But I would like your Xin tribe to allocate a piece of land for the delegation to live in. This land should be larger, have a place to live, and be close to a water source and have arable land so that they can grow their own food. This way, you won't have to bother providing food.
We also need to build several workshops, because the craftsmen of the mission need a place to teach the manufacturing technology of these things. If it is close to the workshop, it will be more convenient and they don't have to run around everywhere.
There is also a school. We can also help build a school there, and use your students who have returned from studying abroad as teachers. With the help of the Han tribe mission, your people can quickly learn advanced knowledge.
Well, this place should also be close to the sea, because our Han tribe also agrees to trade with your Xin tribe, so your Xin tribe must also allow our Han tribe merchants to sell things there, so we need to build a wharf for shipping goods.
By the way, we also need to open a bank here, because when trading with you, we need to use our Han tribe's currency.
Of course, you don't have to worry that we will stay. I can sign an agreement with your Xin tribe to rent the place you have allocated to the mission for 20 years, and the rent is the technology we teach. How about it. However,
after signing this agreement, you must also protect our mission from being threatened. After all, when you were in the Han tribe, I didn't let anyone beat you.
Moreover, you cannot interfere with what our people do in this area, because I have not promised to give you some technologies, which need to be kept secret for the time being.
Finally, if your tribesmen attack our delegation, our people are qualified to resist, and you cannot pursue them afterwards.
Of course, you don't have to be afraid that we will attack the Xin tribe. Our soldiers will only stay in the area you have allocated to us to protect the safety there. As long as your tribesmen don't break in casually, our soldiers will not take action casually. Even if they do, they will never leave that place. This can be written in the terms.
You don't have to doubt anything. It is certain that we will station soldiers there, because there are our workshops, confidential technologies, banks and commercial banks, and a large number of material warehouses. We need our own team to protect our rights and interests from being violated. "
Luo Chong spoke slowly and expressed his idea of setting up a 'concession' in the Xin tribe.
This is a bold idea, and it is not impossible to succeed. You have to know that the Han tribe paid for technology. Isn't advanced technology worth the price? Although most of it is for making pens, inkstones, paper and inkstones and printing,
once this goal is achieved, it will lay a solid foundation for the Han tribe on the territory of the Xin tribe, which will play a great role in the reconnaissance, infiltration, and strategic layout of the Xin tribe.
"This"
Niu Wei was confused. He really didn't expect Luo Chong to make such a request, and it was the first time he heard of renting a piece of land and stipulating the term of use.
Moreover, Luo Chong blocked all possible reasons for rebuttal, so that Niu Wei couldn't even say the word of refuting.
You want to say that you won't arrange a place for the Han tribe's delegation, but the Han tribe did arrange a camp for them. Although it was just a place to live, it was indeed a private space. No ordinary tribesman from the Han tribe had ever gone to that camp to disturb them. In this way, Niu Wei couldn't refuse.
Moreover, the shipping terminal, warehouse, business, bank, school proposed by Luo Chong , workshops, these are all real facilities, all built by the Han tribe, but they only rented them for 20 years, so when they left after 20 years, these things can't be demolished.
In this way, from a long-term perspective, it seems that the Xin tribe still got a great deal, which is very cost-effective.
You have to know that these things that Luo Chong said cannot be built all at once, and it will take at least ten years to build them all. But they left after only a few years, and the things they left behind are almost all brand new.
Especially the dock, the Xin tribe has no idea how to build it, and they don't have a big ship, but if the Han If the tribe can really develop shipping between Zhudao and the mainland, won't they be able to pick up the ready-made goods?
Although the Han tribe still keeps some of the technology secret from them, such a large delegation will stay there for 20 years. Doesn't the Xin tribe have plenty of opportunities to infiltrate the inside, or simply bribe some senior officials in the delegation to obtain some technology?
After all, the Han tribe is so far away from Zhudao, and Luo Chong will not go there in person. He can only send one person to manage it. Even if the Xin tribe bribes this senior official and steals some of the Han tribe's technology, Luo Chong cannot report it if no one reports it. I know.
Thinking about it, Niu Wei became more and more excited. This is a way to make Xin Tribe advanced in science and technology in a short time. In 20 years, Xin Tribe can be raised to the same level as Han Tribe. Maybe in his lifetime, he can see the day when Xin Tribe is as powerful as Han Tribe.
However, there is still a big problem with this matter, that is, how many people and how many garrisons should Han Tribe send over, and whether the commander-in-chief of Xin Tribe will agree. These are all problems. After all, Niu Wei is just an elder in charge of foreign trade. Such a big matter is not something he can make a decision on his own. After thinking about it, he said to Luo Chong.
"Han leader, it's not that I don't agree to this matter, but I am not qualified to make this decision. This matter must be reported to our leader before we can give an answer. What do you think?"
"Well, I can understand that our Han tribe is not in a hurry. After all, it is you who need technology, not Han tribe.
Let's do this. Anyway, you have to go back soon. First select a group of young students to come, and find a way to raise tuition fees.
I will first send a delegation of 100 people to accompany you, and the envoys will personally negotiate with your leader. If he agrees, then let the delegation stay and allocate a piece of land to us. I will then send subsequent personnel and materials in batches.
If your leader disagrees, let the delegation return to the Han tribe with your first batch of students. There should be no problem with this arrangement. "
(End of this chapter)
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