"General, I believe that besides Kyushu Island, we must pursue higher goals. First and foremost, we must control their imperial court. Throughout Fuso, there are many important cities where we can request the stationing of officials and troops to monitor the pirates throughout Fuso..."
When Lord Watanabe said this, Fujii Jiro was dumbfounded, and Li Jingren was also dumbfounded. You are really an excellent guy. You can even come up with such an idea.
If Li Xiang were here, he would definitely applaud this guy. He would also torture him severely and ask him whether he had traveled from the 21st century like Li Xiang. Otherwise, how could he know such an advanced method?
"Besides that, there's Fusang's foreign trade. We can also borrow the pirates' analogy and control a portion of their foreign trade. This way, we can control Fusang's entire economy. Fusang's economy is different from that of the Tang Dynasty and is relatively weak. As long as we control a few foreign trade ports, we can basically control all of them..."
After receiving encouragement from Li Jingren, Watanabe began to speak at length here. Fujii Jiro felt more and more that the gap between himself and Watanabe was not small at all.
Li Jingren was about to applaud. These terms had not been written in yet, but Watanabe had already thought about them in advance. If we were to negotiate according to these terms, perhaps we could really win without fighting. It would only take about two years.
It took Watanabe nearly half an hour to say out everything he was thinking. In fact, Watanabe had the intention of rebellion a long time ago, but he did not have the ability at first. He could only be a good local official in the Fuso court, and he did not dare to expose his ambition, otherwise he would be exterminated.
Now that Datang needs it, we might as well tell you our plan. We don’t have the chance to realize it anyway, so Datang still has enough opportunities.
After an incense stick of time, Watanabe finally met Li Xiang. He could be said to be the first person among all the Fuso people. Based on the plans he put forward, Li Xiang had to meet him once.
When kowtowed to Li Xiang, Watanabe was so moved that he almost cried. This was the third most important person in the Tang Dynasty, and he would be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future. He was much more noble than the emperor of Fusang. He was rich as the world, and even if he could only make a little money through his fingers, he would still be much richer than Fusang.
"Get up, get up."
Looking at Watanabe who was crying with snot running in front of him, Li Xiang really didn't know that he had such a relative in Fuso. The reason why he met this guy was because many of the terms proposed by this guy made Li Xiang feel strange, and he also wanted to see if this guy was a time traveler.
"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness..."
Watanabe no longer had the demeanor of a local official. He was now like a puppy in Li Xiang's house, who had been casually thrown a bone and was now wagging his tail to please his master...
"Did you come up with these terms yourself?"
When Li Xiang saw these terms, he immediately asked Li Jingren to bring Watanabe over. Many of the terms above were really quite creative.
Of course, this idea is only for today's era. If it were placed in the 21st century, even elementary school children would be able to understand it. For example, special areas could be opened in the capital of Fuso and other important cities for the people of the Tang Dynasty to live in.
Isn’t this the future embassy district and concession?
Li Xiang was reborn, determined to become a global colonizer and bring the entire world into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, this guy is indeed a good helper. Although he is a Japanese, as long as he can help us realize our wishes, can't we eat meat and let others lick the bones?
"It's just some of my humble opinions."
Watanabe said very modestly.
"There are many areas that need improvement. I've made some minor revisions. Do you have anything else to add?"
Li Xiang knew that in order to convince such a person, besides having sufficient military force, he also had to let him know that there are always people better than him.
When Watanabe picked up these clauses again, he saw that many parts of them had been improved. They were indeed much better than the requirements he had put forward. For example, in terms of controlling foreign trade, it was entirely possible to sign an agreement with Fuso and ask Fuso to pay compensation. Of course, Fuso could not come up with this amount of money, so we had to lend them part of it first, for example, let the Tang Dynasty borrow money privately, and then use Fuso's various taxes as guarantees to send officials to supervise it.
Of course, when Li Xiang was making the revisions, he was also thinking about generating income for his Zhidaobao. If the compensation to the Tang Dynasty was 10 million strings of cash, then Zhidaobao would be responsible for lending money to Fuso, but it would need to be repaid with various taxes from Fuso, and the interest rate was not low. In a few years, the money might double or triple, which meant that Fuso had been working for Zhidaobao during these years.
After reading the above terms, Lord Watanabe was shocked in his heart. His Highness was indeed generous. If he did as his Highness said, then Fuso would really have no future. After the compensation was paid, there would be various interests generated by this compensation. When would the interest on the donkey roll be paid off?
Moreover, by the time the Tang army and merchants had penetrated deeply into Fuso's market, the entire Fuso economy had been hijacked by the Tang. Under the dual pressure of military and economic pressure, all walks of life in Fuso had long lost their former sharpness. Even if someone wanted to resist, wouldn't there be people like Watanabe and Fujii Jiro? They were specifically responsible for dealing with those who wanted to resist.
"Your Highness truly impresses me. Even on such a small matter, you have done a better job than specialized personnel like us. Under your leadership, the Tang Dynasty will surely achieve greater success."
Everything Watanabe said is true, and some of his terms are not bad, but they always make people feel like robbery. However, Li Xiang's terms are much better. We lend you money and you pay it back, and we ask you to pay some interest. Isn't this a matter of course?
"Lord Li is the chief envoy of the negotiations, and you are the deputy envoy. This matter is left to the two of you."
Li Xiang put the matter to rest, and Watanabe won the competition.
