"If you have a little lack of qualifications, let him serve as a deputy."

Wu Haogu thought about it and said, "Let Wu Sihai go to the official position!"

Wu Sihai is from the Wu family in Haizhou. Strictly speaking, it is not the direct line of Wu Haogu, while Shi Bailang is the direct line. He was a native of Cangzhou and his mother was from the Wudi Chai family, so he became a student of the Ph.D. in the Yuntai Academy of Jiehe. After graduating from the doctoral degree, he entered the Knights College. After graduating from the Knights College, he entered the Warship Department of the Naval School. He is currently a professor at the Haizhou Naval Academy and a serious naval subject.

However, because the foundation of the Naval Academy is too weak, his professional level is not high. His ability is mainly in land warfare.

"In addition," Wu Haogu turned his eyes to Su Shi, "Brother Zhongnan, please go to Japan."

"Xuan Shuai wants to hire more Japanese thugs?"

"Yes!" Wu Hao Gu's Ancient Road, "Double the more money, you need as much as you want! But you must keep a close eye on it carefully, and the ability to cut people cannot be bad."

Since there is a war, the more cannon fodder, the better. Compared with the Song Dynasty, Japanese samurai are much cheaper, and hiring Japanese people can avoid the surveillance of the Song Dynasty court, which is much more convenient...

"Okay, please leave as soon as possible."

Takeogu nodded: "Just tell Fan Zhiwen of Hakata Academy to do the job of hiring a thug. You can find an opportunity to go to Heian Kyoto again. Let's talk to the Shirakawa Court Emperor about the joint mining in Sado Island... The samurai gathered in Kitakyushu now should be very troublesome, right? If you want to fight, you have to have money!"

Of course, the King of Baiheyuan is going to fight against Goryeo!

The king of Goryeo changed people two years ago and I don’t know if it made the Song people and the Jurchens popular? Anyway, Yin Guan sent troops to occupy Tsushima Island in Japan, and Yinqi Island died of illness that year. Afterwards, Goryeo Ruizong, who took over, turned his attention from the Japanese country in the south to the Jurchens in the north!

So at the beginning of last year, Yin Guan was recalled to continue training in the martial arts class. It should be almost done until now. Recently, there has been news that Goryeo Middle School will attack the birth of a girl again.

Of course, Wu Haogu didn't want the little elite soldiers that Goryeo had finally trained to give the Jurchens experience points, so he wanted to incite the Baiheyuan Emperor to regain Tsushima and Yinqi Island.

At the same time, Wu Haogu also wanted to use the opportunity of the White House Prince to raise money to fight the war to obtain the development rights of Sado Island Kingsoft.

Oh, it is not about plundering the gold from Japan, but about using the gold mining technology of the Song Dynasty to help Japan develop the gold from Sado Island.

It is harder for Japanese people to deal with than Zhenla, Sanfoqi, and Java. Moreover, gold looks more precious than rice, so it is not possible to force it.

But this is not a problem for Wu Haogu. As long as the Japanese can hunt out gold, the gold will flow to the Song Dynasty by itself. This is determined by the maritime hegemony of the Song Dynasty, and it is not something that a certain emperor can change.

After being in charge of Jiehe Market for many years, Wu Haogu already had a very good understanding of the marine trade rules of this era.

Because the pricing power of marine trade belongs to the maritime merchants who control marine trade and countries that have the right to tolls on the road, such as the previous Arab maritime merchants, the Sanfoqi Kingdom and the Dashi Kingdom. Therefore, for the three world's large markets and factories, overseas trade is unfair, so there is no way to obtain a surplus from marine trade.

In the long years of the past, the Song Dynasty, India and Europe were all the deficits in maritime trade. Only Sanfoqi, Dashiguo and Arab maritime business groups were able to obtain the surplus.

Because maritime trade is often ten times more profitable, I don’t know how much tax it will be drawn along the way. Most of the income is earned by the intermediate links, and the onshore trading parties of maritime trade will inevitably suffer a deficit.

Therefore, gold and silver would not flow to the Song Dynasty, Europe and India during the medieval maritime trade.

In history, only when silver itself became a commodity would it flow into China in large quantities because the discovery of super-large silver mines in the Americas allowed the Spanish colonists to squander the silver they had. The Ming and Qing dynasties implemented a closed-door country, which made the domestic market less open to the outside world, and this made it possible to accumulate silver through trade.

However, in the Song Dynasty, silver and gold were relatively scarce. The Song Dynasty's foreign trade was relatively open, so it was not surprising that it had a long-term deficit, and even banned the export of copper coins to alleviate the money shortage.

This situation was completely changed after Ji Yi captured the Three Buddhas Straits. Now the East-West trade is jointly controlled by the Song Dynasty and the Dashi.

In other words, the Song Dynasty had the right to block the road toll of the Sanfoqi Strait and the pricing power east of the Sanfoqi Strait. The Dashi Kingdom had the right to block the road toll of the Arabian Peninsula and the Sinai Peninsula and the pricing power west of the Sanfoqi Strait.

In this case, the Hailu Maritime Marketing Division (including all parties involved in the Nanxin Island Merchants and the Sanfoqi Maritime Marketing Division) can accumulate a surplus for the Song Dynasty through the Sanfoqi tax collection and trade adjustment policies.

Therefore, as long as Japan founded its country and participated in this trading system controlled by the Hailu Maritime Control Department, their gold would sooner or later flow to the Song Dynasty.

This is the rules of the game for medieval maritime trade!

In order to seize the right toll at sea and the right to price the price at sea, the Song Dynasty, Europe and the Tianfang Sect world, and some of the Indian Sans will inevitably be involved in a war.

This will be the first global war in human history!

...

"My Lady Mo, how should I translate this 'Ripabrekka'?"

"For the country of public or the country of the people... the whole sentence should mean the most noble country of Venice."

"It sounds a bit like the Republic of Jiehe Market..."

"No, no, not a republic. I remember that Nu and Princess Anna discussed it, and she said that this 'Ripabrekka' originated from the Latin word 'Ripabrekka', which means that the world is for the people."

"The world is the kingdom of the public..."

On a sailing yacht to the most honorable Republic of Venice, Ji Yi was discussing the issue of the name of Venice with the Mom lady who had learned some Latin and Greek.

Although Mo Niangzi proposed something like "the people's country" and "the world is the public", Ji Yi thought of the republic!

Because in his opinion, the political system of Venice is really similar to Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial City. Venice is more like Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial City after full development. In the past, Venice seemed to be a vassal of the Roman Empire, but later he took advantage of the weakening of the empire... It was really a rebellious!

Although the Republic of Venice is a great rebellious country, Ji Yi decided to go to Venice with Anna Cominina to meet with Odrafor Ferillo, the governor of the Republic of Venice, in order to convince the Venetian ruler to agree to support Anna's plan for the United States of Sinai.

During the nearly month of stay in Constantinople, Ji Yi not only frequently met with Roman emperor Alexius I, Patriarch Nicholas, Princess Anna and Caesar Brinius and others, but also spent a lot of time to learn about the situation of the countries in the Mediterranean region.

It turned out that there were several political systems in the Mediterranean Peninsula called Italy, which were very similar to those in the Jewelei River Market. Venice, Almafi, Pisa and Genoa, which were four small countries developed by autonomous markets. Although the country is small and small, they all have strong navy and amazing financial resources. They are the small maritime overlords in the Mediterranean region!

If Anna Komunina wants to get the United States of Sinai, it must win the support of these four small countries. As long as they are willing to borrow money and ships, Komunina will have a way to retake the Sinai Peninsula from the Tianfangists.

In addition, Ji Yi also learned that there was once a canal on the Sinai Peninsula that could connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea together.

If this canal is repaired, the navy of the four Mediterranean strongmen can enter the Red Sea... This has to be guarded against!

"Remember, do you think we Manichaeists can also build a country of people?"

Moli suddenly made a suggestion that scared Ji Yi very much.

"Man, the country of the people? Where is it?" Ji Yi asked hurriedly.

"I don't know." Moli said, "After coming to the West, I know how great the world is! With such a big world, is there no place for us Manichaeists to live in? Can't we find a blessed land like the island of Nanxin, where Manichaeists can live in peace?"

"Of course there are..." Ji Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "There will be! Go back and collect some maps and see where you can occupy it. Oh, you can help!"

What he meant was that there was a place to invade... This place must be on the East-West trade line, and must become a trade transit station. It would be better to have any specialties, which are relatively wealthy.

Mori nodded, "I heard that our believers in Europe can say to the Pope in Rome and stop persecuting them?"

Of course, the city of Rome is also going to go. Just after Ji Yi completed his visit to Venice and Almafi (near Naples), he would visit the city of Rome. He met the ambassador of Pope Pascha II when he was in Constantinople, and received an invitation from the Pope during the meeting.

The Pope hoped to send missionaries to the Song Dynasty and to understand the spread of Christianity in the East.

Ji Yi hoped to ask the Pope for more ancient Greek and Roman philosophical books. In addition, he also wanted to gain a reciprocal status for Confucianism. Now that Christianity wants to spread in China, Confucianism should also gain corresponding power in Europe... Otherwise, the religions (schools) of both sides should not be spread in the other side's territory.

"My Madam," Ji Yi also knew that the issue of Manichaeism is more sensitive than Confucianism. "Now there is no public Manichaeism in Europa, so let's not mention this. This time, let's find a way to find a place to make the territory of Manichaeism in the Indian Ocean!"
Chapter completed!