But the problem is that when the Tang Dynasty began to deal with the Goguryeo kingdoms, how could Cheng Sanlang not focus on this natural port, which is famous all over the world in later generations.

Therefore, Hantang Commercial Bank is willing to build a large port and wharf in Jiaozhou Bay, and Jiaozhou officials are naturally happy to see the result.

After all, if Jiaozhou becomes prosperous and prosperous because of Hong Kong, these officials are also credited.

And just before winter, more than 1.5 million shi of grain and hundreds of thousands of white stacks of cloth had already been stored in the warehouse of Jiaozhou Port.

In addition to this place, more than one million stones of grain and hundreds of thousands of white cloths are also stockpiled on Tamna Island.

As for why, huh, huh, of course it is business. When using economic means to assassinate Goguryeo, food was the best weapon.

In the future, there will still be a large amount of food that will be trafficked from Cochin to this side.

In order to be able to obtain many local unique materials from the hands of the barbarians here.

Food and cloth, in this era, are the best economic weapons, according to the previous agreement between the Han and Tang merchants and the countries on Fusang Island.

It is necessary to provide nearly 2 million shi of grain to the eleven countries of Fusang Island every year. Fortunately, for the Han and Tang dynasties that control the grain-producing area of ​​Jiaozhi and have an excellent relationship with the officials of Linyi Kingdom.

If you want to destroy the grain prices of the countries around the Tang Dynasty, you only need one year of preparation, and the Han and Tang Dynasties can even use nearly ten million shi of grain to fight a price war.

There is no way, mastering the famous rice producing areas of later generations, and knowing the three-crop rice cultivation technology, the grain output is so arrogant.

Fortunately, Cheng Sanlang knew very well that the grain output must not be increased too much, otherwise, it is definitely not a joke that cheap grain will hurt farmers.

Why do many countries and governments in later generations continue to subsidize agriculture in order to ensure and maintain the enthusiasm for agriculture.

Food security can only be felt at ease when it is in your hands. What's more, the Chinese nation, where food is the most important thing for the people, pays more attention to food security.

This is also the reason why Cheng Sanlang asked the Han and Tang dynasties to control the size of the fields as much as possible and plant more cash crops before he developed overseas markets.

However, with the successive bumper crops of various cash crops in the land of Cochin, it also attracted a large number of Lingnan people to migrate there.

Today, the population of the Cochin Governor's Mansion has quadrupled compared to when the Han and Tang merchants first arrived here.

The agglomeration of a large number of people not only brought prosperity to the land economy, but also led to the rapid development of the local commodity economy.

Coupled with the rich local mineral resources, the local smelters, shipyards, and sugar factories built by the Hantang Commercial Bank have absorbed nearly 70,000 to 80,000 laborers.

Cheng Chubi believes that it is because of the developed sea transportation and the doubled tax revenue in the land of Cochin.

In the past, the Cochin Governor's Mansion not only could not provide any taxes to the imperial court, but even required certain subsidies from the imperial court to maintain it.

The economic benefits created today have even made many states in Lingnan Road jealous. It has faintly become an important place of wealth in Lingnan Road, second only to Guangzhou.

Let the Cochin Governor's Mansion, which was like a tasteless place in the eyes of the imperial court in the past, become an inseparable part of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

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In particular, the new sea-going ships produced by the Han-Tang Commercial Shipyard have now become the most popular means of sea transportation among Datang sea merchants.

Not only is the ship strong and highly resistant to sinking, but it also sails fast and has a large carrying capacity, but the price is really a bit unattractive.

If it is only engaged in offshore trade, then whether it is Quanzhou, Fuzhou, or the sea-going ships of Guangzhou Shipyard, it can fully meet the needs of maritime merchants.

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However, if you want to conduct ocean-going trade, you have to choose sea-going ships produced by Han and Tang merchants with more guaranteed quality.

Since the ocean-going merchants of the Han and Tang Dynasties were attacked in the Strait of Malacca, according to the national policy of Datang to discover new islands.

The Han and Tang Dynasty merchants spent a lot of money and used the rich special products of the Tang Dynasty. After a long period of support, they finally exchanged for the nearby Langyaxiu Kingdom, Jietu Kingdom and other Malacca countries.

The acknowledgment of Datang's ownership of Puluozhong, a small but very important island, was also written into the letter of credence.

Such a big and small territory, and what's more, it is facing a big country like Zhongtianzhu, which is so famous among the Tianzhu countries, that it was easily wiped out by the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the countries of Malacca are not willing to provoke this Han and Tang business firm with a strong background. As for the island, if you want it, you have to go.

Of course, Cheng Sanlang and Li Ke's gang of Han and Tang merchants' backstage operations are indispensable here, such as the various small actions at Honglu Temple.

Puluo Zhongdao, in fact, is Temasek in the mouth of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, and Singapore in the future.

It's just that after it fell into the hands of Datang, under Cheng Sanlang's strong request, the name of the island became Tangren Island with a very Chinese style.

In the words of Cheng Sanlang, this island is a little far away from Datang, in order to remind the people staying there all the time that they have Datang in their hearts.

Don't forget your ancestors, let alone your blood, remember that you were born as a Datang man and died as a Datang ghost.

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In addition, on Tangren Island, in addition to the nearly ten thousand craftsmen, traders, and port workers who have been engaged in construction and business operations here for a long time.

There are also more than 3,000 well-trained guards of Han and Tang commercial firms stationed here. There is only one city with a radius of several miles. It is more like a fortress than a city.

The city wall made entirely of concrete and masonry was two feet five feet high. Although its thickness was not as thick as the giant cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, it was still strong enough to withstand the bombardment of the heavy equipment of this era.

In addition, there is a navy consisting of five three-masted warships cruising here, ah no... it is the **** fleet of the Hantang Commercial Bank.

It can be said that ~lightnovelpub.net~ in just a few years, the Hantang Commercial Bank has already managed this place like a golden soup, and it is not that there were no pirate gangs who thought they were awesome before, and they wanted to come here to make a fortune.

As a result, more than 3,000 pirate corpses and many warships were thrown away, and they fled in a hurry.

The guards of the Han and Tang Dynasty merchants stationed here imitated the methods of the barbarian demonstrations, and set up more than 3,000 wooden stakes along the coastline of Tangren Island.

Since that time, no pirates have dared to set foot on Tangren Island again. Even if they came, they would come here as merchants honestly for supplies or trade.

And as the business of the Han-Tang Commercial Bank grew bigger and further away, correspondingly, the influence of the Tang Empire radiating to the surrounding areas naturally became stronger and stronger.

But at this moment, a group of expeditions from the Tang Dynasty who traveled thousands of miles to the vast ocean are struggling to trek forward in the Yinshang Continent.

Not far from where they were going, it was a tribe of Yin and Shang adherents who lived scattered on an open plain.