The secret base of the Skynet Army operating in Bagan has been established with the official entry of the first batch of business brigade.
In order to establish a commercial agency and a secret organization of the Renaissance Society, Su Yonglin sent people in the name of a national mission. The mission was composed of formal diplomats, Renaissance Society political cadres, and Skynet Army spies disguised as business travelers who were familiar with the local situation. , everyone acts together.
This is the first time that Ming Dynasty sent official personnel to Bagan.
The King of Bagan, Nalophat Situ, inherited the legacy of his grandfather and father, and inherited a feudal dynasty with a relatively high degree of unity. The country's main religion is Buddhism, with Buddhist temples dotted throughout the country. Monks have a high status and temple property Very rich.
For a thoroughly secular country like the Ming Dynasty, it is actually not easy to deal with such countries, because apart from business relationships, it is not easy to find an entry point.
However, for countries close to Sichuan and Yunnan, Ming Dynasty enjoys an unexpected entry point for the inheritance of long history-Zhuge Liang.
According to the secret agent of the Tianwang Army doing business in Bagan, there is the Zhuge Wuhou Temple in the northern part of Bagan. The locals maintain sacrifices to Zhuge Liang and respect him quite a lot. For the Ming Dynasty, this may be a way to fight with the locals. A wonderful entry point into a good relationship.
When he learned the news at that time, Su Yonglin was deeply moved at the internal meeting of the executive committee.
Zhuge Liang has been dead for almost a thousand years, but the rich legacy he left thousands of years ago is still in use today. How can a person leave such a firm footprint in the long river of history that cannot be easily erased? How amazing is that?
Su Yonglin is not a person who likes personality worship, but he always feels that in the face of Zhuge Liang, he, a time-traveler who has a historical advantage, needs to be worshiped.
However, the exchanges between countries have always been different from the exchanges between people. People's exchanges can find common historical memories, but the exchanges between countries cannot.
Narapodi Situ seemed to welcome the arrival of the Ming envoys and personally received them with the most solemn etiquette, but the wariness and alienation in his eyes could not be concealed.
Song Xiangxi, the head of the envoy, Tian Guizi's most respected subordinate, and secretary-general of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Renaissance, knew why the king was wary of his arrival.
It is nothing more than a series of military operations by Xu Tong of the Eighth Corps at the border between Dali Province and the Kingdom of Bagan - Xu Tong is leading the army to encircle and suppress the remnants of the powerful and landlord class in Dali. They fled from central and eastern Dali to the border of the Kingdom of Bagan. area.
Song Xiangxi gave a very clear response to Emperor Naluobo's vigilance, saying that this was the military operation of the Ming Dynasty to suppress the rebels, and it would be limited to the territory of the Ming Dynasty and would not involve Bagan.
Napola Emperor Xidu did not comment on this, but this was indeed the main reason why he had doubts about the Ming Dynasty. If it was just a visit by an envoy, he would not be so wary.
Of course he knew about the wealth of the Ming Dynasty and the preciousness of its goods. Although he did not understand the Ming Dynasty, he knew about the tea, silk, porcelain, and pottery of the Ming Dynasty. These are super powerful products that are hard currencies in the international market. As a king, he could not Don't understand.
He also really wanted these commodities in larger quantities and at cheaper prices. If he could obtain such benefits through official contact with the Ming Dynasty, then he felt that other things could be discussed as long as they did not involve national sovereignty.
For example, those businessmen who knew something about the Ming Dynasty talked about vassal states and the like.
But Ming Dynasty does not seem to have such an idea. It is really just here to discuss business. It hopes to set up an official agency here and set up permanent envoys. If Bagan has any needs for goods, it only needs to contact the agency. Place an order and the agency will handle it all for them.
They just need to wait for the delivery at home.
The Ming Dynasty plans to strengthen maritime commercial transportation and deliver goods door-to-door. They no longer need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to purchase.
And in terms of price, it will be better than the original price. It all depends on the support of the agency and the degree of protection of the Ming Dynasty businessmen coming to Bagan to do business.
Napolao Dixi understood that the Ming Dynasty was coming to do door-to-door sales.
There is nothing strange about this, but Naboluo Dixi felt that these products were obviously very popular and could be sold without any need for promotion. Countless merchants were eager to get the opportunity to do business with Ming Dynasty. What happened to Ming Dynasty? Just thought of door-to-door delivery?
Song Xiangxi's explanation for this is simple.
Daming has innovated technology and increased product output. If we just wait for people to come to buy in the original way, it will cause the accumulation of products. Therefore, we need to take the initiative to sell Daming's products at a higher frequency and quantity.
Who doesn’t want to make more money?
Correspondingly, Daming will also lower the prices of its products, and you can also get discounts when buying in large quantities, a win-win situation for everyone.
Napolati Situ nodded, thought for a while, and reluctantly accepted this statement.
But he was still curious and wondered why the Ming Dynasty didn't discuss the matter of vassal states with him. As far as he knew, the Ming Dynasty should be accustomed to allowing small countries outside the region to become their vassal states and pay tribute. Why didn't Song Xiangxi talk about it?
Regarding this question, Song Xiangxi smiled and said that Ming Dynasty is no longer the same as in the past.
The Ming Dynasty does not pursue the existence of vassal states. The Ming Dynasty hopes to achieve friendly exchanges with many countries in the world. The Ming Dynasty no longer pursues things like status.
Napola Dixi was surprised by this, but since the other party said this, he did not need to go up the pole and beg others to become a vassal state. Now as long as the Ming army retreats from the border, he is willing to fight with the Ming Dynasty. A series of friendly exchanges.
Song Xiangxi was very happy and presented a national gift to Napola Emperor Situ in the name of the Ming Dynasty.
In the following days, Song Xiangxi had a relatively in-depth exchange with Napola Emperor Situ, and under the arrangement of Napola Emperor Situ, he experienced the mountains and rivers around the capital, as well as a series of magnificent Buddhist temple buildings.
Napola Di Situ was proud of his marvelous buildings, believing that these marvelous buildings represented the strength and prosperity of his country, and expressed his piety to the Buddhas, so that he would surely receive the blessings of the Buddhas.
Song Xiangxi has no interest in Buddhism or Taoism. He politely praises the magnificence and luxury of these temple buildings. He also highly praises the luxurious Buddha statues made of gold plating and pure gold. He seems to like it very much, but in fact he is quite disdainful. .
His eyes were focused on the ragged and skinny hard workers on the construction site of the temple complex that had not yet been completely completed.
They did not have enough clothes to cover their bodies, and they obviously did not get enough food to fill their stomachs. It was even less likely that they would get enough wages to live on, but they had to bear such huge and hard physical labor.
Men, women, the elderly, children, looking at the children who were only four or five years old at most but still being driven to carry building materials with the adults, he only felt uncomfortable in his heart.
This made him think about the poor people who were forced to work hard by China's feudal rulers in the past years, including his young self who once worked hard for the landlords' families.
Now, Su Yonglin has established the Ming Democratic Republic, ending the suffering of the Chinese people, and what he sees before him tells him that the suffering in this world is far from gone.
The world revolution should indeed be advanced.
With so much suffering weighing on us, how come there is no soil and fire for revolution in this land that worships Buddhism?
