Chapter 736: Prosperity
Because of the power of the Time Stone, the time flow rate in this world is different from that of the outside world, and its time flow rate has an exaggerated ratio compared to the outside world. It has almost reached a ratio of one to one hundred, that is, one year in the main world, and one hundred years here. In the hundreds of years that Yiningville presided over, he did not let the world develop on its own, but guided it. In addition, the area of the world itself has been greatly enlarged, so that in this vast, almost infinite sea area, there are more than a dozen pieces of land of various sizes, the population is very sparse, and there are no people for thousands of miles. You can change the vocabulary Known as thousands of miles of uninhabited...
Although exaggerated, it is actually a change.
In Europe, Asia, Africa and other places, while the land area is increasing, the only result is that the population is sprinkled on this huge land, and it is diluted again. As a result, the states in the German region of Europe have become more chaotic. They are busy immigrating and grabbing as much land as possible. At the same time, the big European countries, especially France, also seized the time to occupy the German region, which naturally triggered a new round of war. The land of the Tang people also grew during the upheaval. The land of nearly one million square kilometers made the Tang people's population of nearly ten million seem extremely scarce at the beginning. As the Tang people continued to migrate outward, settled and developed in various places, hundreds of years passed, and part of the land of the Tang people was developed. Areas that were originally backward began to become prosperous. And the population of the Tang people has grown from nearly ten million hundreds of years ago to eighteen million!
The national strength of the Tang Dynasty was further enhanced on the basis of its solid foundation due to the increase in population. Although they can't be said to be invincible in the world now, in the Europa region, there is really no country that can match the Tang people in a one-on-one contest. The economic circle around the Mediterranean Sea has also become more and more prosperous, and because the Tang people opened the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean economic circle has become more prosperous. The various islands distributed in the Red Sea were brought under the rule of the Tang people, and the Socotra Island in the Horn of Africa had already become extremely prosperous due to the passage of hundreds of years! This is a prosperous island that is not inferior to that of the Tang people.
The people of Tang Dynasty migrated nearly 100,000 people here one after another, and sent 20,000 troops and navy to guard the place firmly. A permanent port and wharf have been built, and there are many buildings and facilities in the port area, all of which are made of bricks and stones, with elegant and beautiful styles. It even built a huge military fortress and base for defense and consolidation. In the military port, dozens of warships are moored, patrolling and fighting against pirates every day. Yes, pirates!
Because of the opening of the Suez Canal, not only the Mediterranean trade around the Tang people became more and more prosperous, but also because of the trade flow between the East and the West, the overseas trade has grown stronger. The ancient profession of piracy was originally an "ancient tradition" in Europe, and the Tang people held the dominant position in the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean trade zone. Merchants from all countries and nationalities drove boats to bring goods from all over the world. The arrival of the shipment added fuel to the already prosperous overseas trade.
Silk, tea and porcelain from the ancient East, carpets and female slaves from Persia, ironware, gemstones and spices from the Spice Islands from India, plus ivory, leather and other commodities, as well as some book commodities, arrived one after another. The west. They first moored at Socotra Island, paid taxes, and then held the navigation certificate issued by the Tang people, so that they could travel unimpeded in the Red Sea. Every day, these taxes alone dazzle the people of Tang Dynasty. They have a steady stream of financial support. In addition to continuously developing their own infrastructure and industry and commerce in accordance with the "ancestral system", they also import high-quality various products from all over the world. Use wood, build more warships and firmly hold on to your own interests.
At the moment when overseas trade is going smoothly, only a large and elite navy can maintain this important task. Therefore, the navy of the Tang people is extremely powerful. Not only dominating the Mediterranean, but also throughout Europe and the world,
It is also the number one naval power. As for piracy and smuggling, the Tang Dynasty's navy conducts investigations in various sea areas all day long, combats piracy and smuggling, and safeguards its own interests. At the same time, in line with the principle that what is rare is the most expensive, the Tang people restricted the supply of some luxury goods. Mainly for Europe, but also for the East.
However, these things are available in the native land of the Tang people, and the treatment of the Tang people in their own country has long been ahead of all countries. He no longer needs to squeeze and exploit the people of his own country, because the prosperous overseas trade and the monopolized Eastern trade make the amount of gold and silver that he inflows every day exaggerated. Therefore, the arrogant Tang royal family and the government also looked down on the poor money that was squeezed and exploited by the people of the country.
Prosperous overseas trade has caused Tang people to go overseas one after another. Even though the voyage is very risky, human beings still cannot resist this temptation in the face of huge amounts of money. Because in the Tang Dynasty, there are many examples where people who go out on long voyages often earn huge amounts of money during a round trip. After they returned to their hometown, they bought land, built luxurious manors, and raised foreign servants. At the same time, they carried out long-distance trade again, purchased goods again and again to continuously expand their own merchant fleet, and made frightening profits from round-trip round trips.
Because of the examples of these people in the past, it led to long-distance voyages to sea trade, and there is a very market in the native land of the Tang Dynasty. And the prosperous trade, under the control of the Tang government, revitalized the country's economy and created a virtuous circle. At the same time, it promotes the development of industry and commerce, assists agriculture, and the whole society shows an amazing vitality.
As for Fatimid Egypt, their entire land was also occupied by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty! In the past hundred years, the Tang people organized an army of about 100,000 to conquer Fatima Egypt, and now it has become the Egyptian province of the Tang people! In the following hundreds of years, the population of the Tang people migrated into the land of Egypt wantonly, and what they did was a tone that would be completely occupied and never go away.
The fall of Egypt also made Suez completely a canal for the Tang people. This waterway flowing with gold, the wealth earned all day long is amazing!
However, the European countries, the countries that originally joined the Suez Canal for investment, although because of the prosperous Suez Canal, received a lot of money every year. At the beginning, the countries were indeed amazed and delighted, but they were comparing the Tang people's huge profits, and they only shared the soup, but they gradually became dissatisfied.
However, they were not sure of defeating the Tang people, and they did not dare to start a war rashly! Because although the overseas trade is extremely prosperous, the Tang government has never been slack in building its own country's industrial, commercial and military power. On the contrary, they launch a large number of warships and deliver them to the navy every year. And the number of their merchant ships is exaggerated to nearly 40,000! It is bigger than the sea coachman in parallel time and space! Although, the pirate forces revived and gradually prospered, ambushing and robbing in various sea areas all day long. However, compared to the scale of dozens or hundreds of merchant ships when they were sent back to the voyage, the number of robbers robbed by the pirates was also very low. Even so, every success can bring huge benefits to the pirates, which further stimulates the development of the pirate industry.