He made a lot of money in Japan, but Li Qinzai is now short of money.
After he decided to give all the remaining wealth in the family to the family members of Paoze who died in the war, the Li family was basically empty.
Li Qinzai was not so holy as to go bankrupt for others, leaving his mother-in-law and children to starve and freeze, so Li Qinzai now urgently needs to make money to support his family.
When I came to my father-in-law's house today, Li Qinzai had an inspiration halfway through.
Qingzhou is very close to Dengzhou, and Dengzhou seaport is the gateway between Tang Dynasty and Japan, so there is a lot of room for making money.
Nowadays, Li Qinzai's status in the Japanese country is almost equal to that of the Supreme Emperor. Whoever becomes the leader of the Japanese country has to look at his face.
Although the Japanese nation was mobilized to send 40,000 young men to the Haidong Peninsula, its potential was far from being tapped.
Are women valuable? Are the remaining young ones worth anything? The entire Japanese island has a population of one million. Leaving aside the elderly and children, at least half are women and young adults. These people are spending their money in vain.
When Xue Ne was doing business in the Japanese country, many Japanese women even asked to be sold to the Tang Dynasty as slaves and maids in order to find a way to survive. However, Xue Ne's business was still too conservative.
Of course, the young men of the Japanese country can also be sold. The Tang Dynasty now has a vast territory, but it has a small population and lacks labor force. If these young men of the Japanese country are sold to the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't they be ready-made labor force?
The landowners and gentry in various states and counties in the Tang Dynasty must be very interested in this business.
You don't have to be nice to people from foreign countries, make sure they don't starve to death, and then let them work hard.
Moreover, after all the young people in the Japanese country were drained, it would also be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Japanese island.
The populations of the Tang and Japanese countries gradually merged with each other, coupled with the brainwashing of the Central Plains culture, the gradual unification of writing and customs, and the cliff-like decline of the population base. In ten or twenty years, the Japanese country will be able to lose its country name and officially become the Tang Dynasty of two or three states.
It is easy to occupy a piece of land, but the difficult thing is to digest the land and make it truly yours.
This process is very long, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, or even half a century.
The Japanese Kingdom in the previous life occupied Ryukyu Kingdom and incorporated it into its territory. There was also a US military base on it, but did it really conquer Ryukyu Kingdom? More than half a century later, the Ryukyu people still have no sense of belonging to the Japanese country and are fighting for independence every year.
Massacre, cultural brainwashing, population transfer and dilution, and erasure of the writing, customs and language of the original country. Only by using various methods, coupled with the long years of subtle influence, can it be possible to truly digest this land.
This was not only the case with Japan, but also with Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla.
Li Zhi still has a long way to go.
The Cui family was having a banquet, and the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves. Cui Linqian was obviously a little drunk.
Until the end of the banquet, several elders of the Cui family were still sitting upright. Whether drinking wine or eating vegetables, they all drank slowly and slowly without showing any signs of losing their composure.
For them, observing the etiquette of their ancestors is more important than personal desires.
Li Qinzai observed him calmly, feeling strange in his heart, could such a person really be happy living in the world?
After the banquet ended, Cui Linqian personally arranged a private room in the backyard for Li Qinzai and Cui Jie.
The wing room was Cui Jie's boudoir when she was not married. It was very clean, with a light scent of incense. The bed and bedding were all new. There were some books on the desks in the room, and there were several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. The signature was Cui Jie's handwriting.
The calligraphy and painting were slightly immature, and they were obviously made when she was young. Seeing Li Qinzai looking at her boudoir, Cui Jie was a little shy, so she hurriedly took down the calligraphy and painting on the wall, rolled them up and stuffed them under the bed.
"Why don't you accept it? Let me, as husband, admire your wife's calligraphy. I can't tell that my wife was still a talented woman when she was young." Li Qinzai said with a smile.
Cui Jie blushed and said: "My husband must not have read the graffiti I made in my inexperienced years. I felt proud when I wrote them, so I had the nerve to hang them up. Now I look at them, but they are extremely ridiculous."
Li Qinzai shook his head in disapproval: "What's so funny about this? Look at the words I wrote. It's like a ghost drawing a talisman, but I still wrote it openly and dared to write a memorial to the emperor."
"As long as you are thick-skinned, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Madam, be brave."
Cui Jie rolled her eyes at him: "I'm not one ten thousandth as thick-skinned as my husband. I'm afraid I'm not that brave. I hope you'll be more considerate."
Li Qinzai sighed. He didn't expect that chatting between husband and wife could lead to death. Where is Qin Se and Ming as promised?
My father-in-law is drunk, so it is not a good time to discuss business.
Li Qinzai rested in Cui Jie's boudoir for two hours and woke up when it was almost dark.
The dinner party was still full of distinguished guests, and it was still a feast of fish and meat, fine wine and beautiful women.
After the guests and hosts had dispersed, Li Qinzai called Xue Na and found Cui Linqian. The three of them walked in the huge back garden of Cui's house, discussing business while walking.
"Selling people?" Cui Linqian frowned and looked at the two of them with sinister eyes.
Li Qinzai said hurriedly: "It's not about selling people. To be precise, it's about helping the Japanese population find employment, improving the happiness of their people, and using their wisdom and sweat in exchange for food..."
Cui Linqian nodded: "Yes, it's selling people."
Li Qinzai: “…………”
We are all decent people, can't we use a euphemism?
Cui Linqian stroked his beard and smiled: "Don't fool me, do you think I don't know anything? The Cui family's singing and dancing Hu Ji, as well as dozens of Kunlun slaves, were all bought from the market."
"But my business is done openly and above all. If you sell people, you are selling people. You don't have any shameless reasons."
Li Qinzai sighed, his father-in-law was getting harder and harder to get along with...
Xue Na, who was pushing a wheelchair behind him, puffed up his chest and said, "Yes, we are just selling people, selling Japanese people. We are making honest money. What is there to be ashamed of?"
Cui Linqian turned to look at Xue Ne, then looked at Li Qinzai and said with a smile: "Mr. Xue's words are more shameless than yours, but I like his upright temper. Let's talk about it. What kind of charter? Although the seller is a Japanese, it hurts after all. Tianhe, if you ruin the reputation of the Cui family, I won’t agree to it.”
Li Qinzai thought for a while and said: "I am responsible for handling the official affairs of the Japanese country. Well, in the Japanese country, the son-in-law still has this power. Please be careful, my dear brother, you can ask the Xue family to send people to collect the young and strong Japanese people in the Japanese country." and women, gather one or two thousand people and send out the ship."
"As for the father-in-law, they can set up a station in Dengzhou. After the father-in-law is sent to Dengzhou, the Cui family will be responsible for selling the labor. With the reputation of the Cui family in Qingzhou, they must be quite familiar with the landlords and gentry in Hedong and Hebei Road. They are very familiar with Qingzhou. Strong laborers shouldn’t refuse, right?”
Cui Linqian hesitated for a moment and sighed: "To be honest, this business has a bit of a bad reputation. I really can't make up my mind..."
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "My father-in-law, stop pretending. It's not time to distribute the benefits. Pretending too early is a waste of expression..."
"Can nobleness and reputation be exchanged for money? There are so many wastelands in Hedong and Hebei, and tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 young and strong laborers have invested here to open up wasteland and cultivate land. I don't believe you are not tempted."
(End of chapter)
