Qin Qiong thought for a moment and said, "I will answer this matter for Liu Mu." He will definitely return to Chang'an once before the Mid-Autumn Festival at the latest, and then he will hold a banquet in my mansion. ”

Xian Yu Houde" thanks. ”

What is this willow doing?

At the new pier in Quanzhou, Liu Mu, who had just returned from Luzon Island, stood alone on the seaside and watched the scenery.

The old foxes with the surname Seven didn't care about resting at all, and they were all waiting outside the two newly built workshops in Quanzhou, where there was a big dyeing workshop and a workshop for deep processing of spices.

Hemp is good, but how it is colored is quite important for high-grade linen.

In the afternoon, two officials, Yiwen and Wuwu, came to the beach and asked where Liumu was.

These two, the military attache is Wei Chi Baolin, young and energetic, full of energy. After coming to Quanzhou, he moved the Quanzhou wharf three hundred miles inland, whether it was a mountain bandit or a water bandit, even an ordinary thief let him clear it once.

In Yu Chi Baolin's own words, the Quanzhou wharf is a cornucopia, and the surrounding idle and irrelevant bandits should come over to atone for their sins. Anyone who dares to influence this cornucopia will be punished by heaven.

Wei Chi Baolin, now the right deputy envoy of Quanzhou transfer, is the military attache of the fifth grade.

The other is dressed in the uniform of a civil official.

When the face is in the face.

He is the younger brother of Yan Shigu, a famous scholar of the Tang Dynasty, and one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace. In the early years of Zhenguan's advice, he was a very upright official.

But his body has been cold and sick since he was a child, and he is a modern rheumatism.

Living in Quanzhou has made him much more comfortable, and he has not had another illness since he came to Quanzhou.

At this time, Yan Xiangshi was the left deputy envoy of Quanzhou transfer.

The envoy has not been arranged, because Li Shimin has not thought of a suitable candidate, so he would rather be empty than arrange a random person.

Liu Mu recommended Wang Jue, but Li Shimin thought that Wang Jue's talent was wasted in Quanzhou.

Wang Qi can be a talent who can become a port-level envoy.

The two came to Liu Mu close, and Yan Xiangshi stepped forward half a step: "Mr. Liu." ”

After Liu Mu returned the salute, Yu Chi Baolin gave a salute on the side.

Yan Xiangshi is regarded as the elder of Liumu, so he calls Liumu's official position, and Yu Chi Baolin is a junior, and he is a junior.

"It's a good place here, I've seen the map, it's a place with four bays and sixteen ports."

Yan Shixiang said on the side: "The total ship is hard, and I just got off the ship in Quanzhou to observe on the spot. I have seen this area, and it is now planned as eight ports, and it is indeed as the general ship said, four bays. ”

Quanzhou, a few decades later, was an important port on the Maritime Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, Quanzhou was once known as the world's largest port.

Of course, during the Song Dynasty, the north was lost, and the southward migration of commerce was also one of the factors, but it also represented the great potential of the port of Quanzhou, especially because Quanzhou is densely watered and many inland counties can be connected to Quanzhou waterways.

Liu Mu turned around, bowed slightly, and then said to Yan Xiangshi: "Zuo Envoy, have you ever been to the Guangzhou Wharf?" ”

"I've been there, I wonder if the general manager has any suggestions?"

"In the planning of Guangzhou Port, there are three important points, the wharf berth is one of them, the rotation and warehouse is the second, and the third is a huge open market."

When Liu Mu said this, Yan Shi understood.

"Mr. Bo, when it comes to this market, I think there is still room for improvement in Quanzhou. I have been in Chang'an for several years, and the Jinghe Wharf is a good example. This is not for the general manager to listen to and like, but the truth. ”

"How do you feel about Jinghe Wharf?"

Yan Shixiang said: "Eat, drink, play, have fun, live, travel, and money." and stores that don't sell goods. ”

Yanagi laughed: "That's true. ”

"This is indispensable for eating and drinking, and I found some Persians living in the Tang Dynasty in the new market in Quanzhou, as well as some other islands. According to their customs, they plan to build some shops for eating, drinking, and lodging, and it will surely make people happy to see some things from their hometown thousands of miles away. ”

Liu Mu nodded silently, this is reasonable.

What Yan Xiangshi said was actually a slightly derogatory remark. This is the arrogance of Datang people, and it is also a manifestation of Datang people's self-confidence.

At the moment, for the officials of Datang, the only one who does not belong to Daoyi is Oscar Badi.

If the Eastern Roman Emperor established diplomatic relations with the Tang Dynasty with etiquette and practiced the etiquette of friendly states, then the merchants of the Eastern Roman Empire were divided into the island of Yisi in the Tang Dynasty.

Then, the Egyptian merchants of its territory can also improve some status.

The Persians are not friendly, except for finding ways to make money, the Tang people do not feel the friendliness of the Persians. And Persia is also a big country, Datang has been established for more than ten years, and Persian merchants have traveled back and forth between Datang and Persia many times in the past ten years, but Datang has not received even a small note from the Persian official.

This made the Datang Rite Department very dissatisfied.

One of the main reasons why Oscar Buddy was so popular with the Ministry of Rites was that he carried a copy of his credentials with him.

Even if there are only a few friendly words in this national letter, the Ministry of Rites also thinks that this is respect for my Datang.

The two discussed the planning of Quanzhou for a while, and Liu Mu didn't plan to say more, because Yan Shixiang already had a quite reasonable planning plan in his heart, and Liu Mu didn't think that he was better than others.

After talking about business, Liu Mu asked Yu Chi Baolin: "Baolin, you are still used to it here." ”

"From horseback riding to boating, I can gradually get used to it."

"That's good."

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he was about to go back with the two of them, and Yu Chi Baolin said: "Yesterday evening, two Persian ships came to the dock, and this Persian ship is a little different from the past. ”

"Oh, what's the difference?"

Yu Chi Baolin replied: "In the past, most of the goods on Persian ships were beautiful feathers, precious skins, medicinal herbs, and jewelry. This time, there was only a small amount of jewelry, and the rest were all people. ”

"People?" Yanagi was taken aback.

The heart said, Is there a large-scale slave trade in this era?

"Check it out." Liu Mu's expression changed slightly, and he was shocked.

Yu Chi Baolin immediately sent someone to lead the way, and the group went to the dock.

On the dock, all the slaves from the Persian merchant ships have been sent to a large warehouse rented temporarily, and it is not known whether the Persian merchants will accept this trade.

The Persians survived by war, booty, slavery.

To paraphrase a modern phrase, this is the slave inflation of Persia, and it is a serious inflation.

The price of slaves has fallen by more than ninety percent.

Therefore, the Persian merchants saw that there were many nobles in the Tang Dynasty who had dark-skinned slave laborers in their families, as well as Silla's maidservants, etc., so the Persian merchants began to play this idea, wanting to see if the slaves could have a business in the Tang Dynasty.

It's not a number of slaves, but tens of thousands, a hundred thousand, a million slaves.