"Now he is the son of Uta Dharma Emperor." Huikong replied.

After saying that, he explained again that it turned out that the emperor became a monk and gave way to his son, so he was called "Dharma Emperor".

Shao Shude nodded gently. He was not very interested in the destruction between the Japanese royal family. He just wanted to make money, so he asked: "In the past, Japanese merchants depended on Silla's relay. Now Silla's country is in chaos and trade is greatly reduced.

Do you have any ideas in Japan?”

"Your Majesty, Zen people only know how to worship Buddha and do not engage in business." Huikong replied: "However, in your country, there will be a ship that will travel to our country every two years, carrying a lot of goods."

"Only one ship in two years?" Shao Shude said in surprise.

"The storm is dangerous." Huikong shook his head and sighed, proclaiming the Buddha's name.

His meaning was very clear. Just once in a few years, it was actually a gambling life. The monks from Tang came to Japan and sent officials such as Tang envoys to return to Japan on Tang merchant ships, but the shipwreck rate was terrible. There are many records in Japan.

It's shocking to see.

If there is a choice, Japanese merchants would rather pass through Silla than fly directly. This is actually the norm of Sino-Japanese trade in most of the Tang Dynasty. There are not only Japanese merchant ships that fly directly to the Tang Dynasty, but there are relatively few.

The big end of Sino-Japanese trade profits made the second-deao dealer Silla people earned, and Japan and the Tang Dynasty did not eat much.

Of course, as a whole, in the late Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, due to factors such as the Silla pirates ravaging Japan and Silla splitting, Japan began to change its attitude towards Silla. Tang merchants gradually rose and ate up some of the Silla merchants' share.

.These Tang merchants mainly came from the territory of Qianli, Mingzhou.

With the high rate of shipwrecks, Mingzhou merchants still went to Japan one after another, and there were also merchant ships traveling to Mingzhou in Japan, which shows how high its profits are.

"What is exported in Mingzhou?" Shao Shude asked.

"Yue Ling, celadon, Buddha statues, medicinal materials, spices, books." Huikong said.

In fact, it should be more than that, but Huikong only knows these categories. Of course, it is actually similar. These are indeed the main export commodities and account for the majority.

"What are you bringing back from Japan?"

"There are mainly sand gold and copper, and there are also swords, fans, dry sea goods, etc., less."

Shao Shude and Song Le looked at each other and asked again: "Japan produces gold and copper?"

"There are some mines, but they do not use the method of smelting China, and their output is not good. They can only sell sand and gold to Mingzhou merchants at a low price." Huikong replied.

This monk is very good at it, and he still says he is not good at business! Shao Shude was a little surprised and said, "Why not fly directly to Daxia? I also have white porcelain under my rule. Qinghe silk is a famous product in the world, far better than Yue Ling. The master may return to his country to report it.

, Let your country's merchants come to Haizhou directly. How much goods are needed?"

He remembered that Japan had always been rich in gold, silver and copper. But before the early 14th century, because the trade volume with China was limited and many were in the form of barter, the demand for gold and silver was not large, so it did not stimulate Japanese gold.

Silver expansion.

Later, as the trade volume increased day by day, and China's demand for Japan's goods decreased and exports increased sharply, Japan had to use gold and silver to make up for the trade deficit, which stimulated its domestic silver mining. After the demand rose, silver mining technology also

With the development of Omori Yinshan (Ishimi Yinshan), silver production has increased year by year, becoming one of the main sources of silver in the Ming Dynasty.

Another major source of silver in the Ming Dynasty was the Manila sailing trade in Mexico, namely Spain.

But this trade is not large. The Manila sailing fleet once a year, set off from Acapulco on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, crossed the Pacific Ocean, arrived at the Krabi Shipyard in Manila to repair and maintain the ships, and then headed north. After the trade was completed, then

Return to Mexico from Kuroshio route.

The Manila sailing fleet generally has only 1-2 ships, once every two years, and has stopped in the middle.

Shao Shude felt that the amount of silver imported from the Ming Dynasty might not be as high as that of Japan. After all, the silver in the two major governors of Mexico and Peru was mainly through the Flotta fleet (home port Seville) and the Gaya Anes ship.

The team (home port Cadiz) was sent back to Spain - these two fleets were extremely large in size, each with more than ten ships at a time, usually more than 30 ships, and the tonnage of a single ship is far greater than that of the Manila fleet.

, and it is transported every year.

Japan actually made outstanding contributions to the monetary reform of the Ming Dynasty, which was beyond the reach of the Spanish.

"Your Majesty, the Zen man wants to practice in Mount Wutai, but he doesn't want to return to his country." Master Huikong looked embarrassed.

"Isn't it the same wherever you practice?" Shao Shude smiled.

"If you practice hard on Mount Wutai and die in China, you can become a Chinese person in your next life, and you will be able to live in Mount Wutai forever." said Master Huikong.

Shao Shude was silent. This monk had a deep obsession. He heard that there were many Indians in the "Hall of Fame" in Mount Wutai. They came one by one and refused to leave. They wanted to meet Manjushri Bodhisattva. Mother, if you have a business mind, this cliff is a

A pilgrimage tourist destination.

"I heard that Master Hui'e returned to his country with a Buddha statue on Mount Wutai. I can give you two Buddha statues in Mount Wutai, and a hundred volumes of scriptures translated by a monk. You will take them back to your country, how about?" Shao Shude gave the conditions and asked.

Huikong thought silently for a while and it seemed to be pretty good. He could come back after he went back. So he replied: "The Zen man is obeying the order of His Majesty the Emperor."

Shao Shude was overjoyed and immediately called Lu Siye and ordered him to send the order to Hangzhou, asking Qian Liu to select Mingzhou merchants who had been to Japan and twenty sailors went to Haizhou to obey the orders.

This time, he planned to ask the Ping Navy to send a ship to carry cargo and Master Huikong back to Japan.

He didn't care whether Japan would resume sending Tang envoys or Xia envoys. He preferred that the trade between the two countries could reach a new level, the more the better.

Without enough precious metals, it is difficult and even impossible to develop larger handicrafts or simple machinery industries.

The simplest example is commodity prices.

In the former Tang Dynasty, if the grain harvest was good, the price of millet would even drop to two cents or three cents. Historical books thought it was peaceful and prosperous. But in Shao Shude's view, this was a serious deflation.

There are few metal currencies in circulation. If someone casts Buddha statues and makes bronze ware in large quantities, causing a shortage of money on the market and adds a bumper grain harvest, this ridiculous price will appear.

Many tombs from the Northern Dynasties unearthed in later generations were found in many Eastern Roman gold coins to be buried with the tomb owners, which shows how intimidated precious metals were at that time.

Shao Shude has been implementing accountant currency in the market for 20 years, and now the grain price in Luoyang is basically maintained at 20 to 30 qian. Within the range of 30 to 40 qian per dou, the shortage of money among the people has been greatly alleviated.

But that's not enough.

Without a price revolution, an industrial revolution could not have occurred. In the case of a mess of the monetary system, it is only a fantasy to still want to develop industry.
Chapter completed!