When Chief Feng walked out of the Baekje Embassy, ​​several gold leaves were filled with their waists, and the smile on his face became even more radiant.

The few minor officials of the Honglu Temple who accompanied him were all rosy. The chief officer took over Jin Ye Yinying, and they all gained something.

Of course, besides the one that each person puts in his pocket, Baekje people are still very good at doing things, and have also prepared a gift for Honglu Temple. Now the money in his pocket is more at ease.

"The chief minister, you said that these vassal envoys are quite nourishing. Come to our Daqin and carry hundreds of boxes of local goods. As a result, when the western market is sold, it becomes all kinds of good things. If you bring it back to Baekje, you can make several times the profit. No wonder you hear that these vassal envoys are fighting for envoys."

Another minor official said strangely, "Why do you want Baekje to pay tribute to so many boys and girls? There are so many vassal states, hundreds of families and dozens of families. Then, will our palace be filled with Hu Yi eunuchs and palace servants in the future? Isn't that good?"

Feng Zhushi held his beard with a little smugness, "What do you know? Do you understand the strategy of a great country? I also heard from the people above, just like Baekje is going to offer five hundred boys and girls, plus tens of thousands of oxen and eight thousand horses. Do you think our court really lacks this thing? It's not short of it, but why do you still ask them for it? It also points out that these are very meaningful."

"What's the point?" several sting officials came over and asked curiously.

"Let me tell you, what are the goods brought by the Baekje tribute and the envoys?"

"Mink, ginseng, deer antler, lacquer, hemp, paper, gold, silver, and rice are all native products of Baekje."

"That's right, local products, but what did our Qin Dynasty give back? Think about it?"

"It seems to be gold and silver utensils, porcelain, silk, tea, wine, scriptures and other things. Oh, by the way, there are two more boats."

"Have you seen something?"

After careful consideration, several officials really figured out something.

Whether it is the Baekje people tribute beauty, rice, or mink ginseng, they are basically self-produced specialties. As for Daqin, the gifts they give are all processed products, or in further detail, they are all luxury goods, not folk artifacts.

Gold and silver utensils are all for the nobles to enjoy, and porcelain, silk, tea and wine are not something that ordinary people can use. Even if it is a ship, it is expensive.

It can even be considered from another perspective. The Baekje people paid tribute to Daqin gold and silver, and Daqin processed the gold and silver into gold and silver jewelry and then sold them back to the Baekje people, making a lot of money in the middle.

Not to mention, the rice, paint, paper, and hemp that the people of Baekje paid tribute were all people's livelihood products, and gold and silver could also mint currency. This was a very useful thing for Daqin.

It seems that the people of Baekje and Daqin can make a lot of money, but the key problem is that the ones they make are the kings and nobles of Baekje, and the people will not get any benefits at all. The money they make is the ones they buy back a ship of luxury goods from Daqin.

This is like in history, the Spaniards discovered the New World and dug countless gold and silver from the New World to transport them back to China. However, Spain was not actually stronger because it was because they only got gold and silver. After they got the gold and silver, they only belonged to the noble officials. They took this money and enjoyed it to the fullest. They just went to Europe to buy and buy. What they brought back was only the rising prices, and the people suffered a lot.

The end result was that Britain, France and other countries were busy making money from the Spanish, and then their own industrial system was cultivated bit by bit. With a mature industrial system and mature industrial workers, Spain, the people could only bear extremely high prices, and the nobles and merchants were drunk and dreaming, so Spain was finally fucked by the British.

Making money is a good thing, but it depends on where the money ends up.

Luo Cheng traded with Baekje without losing money. The main products they exported were high-value-added goods, whether it was ships, gold and silver, porcelain, wine, etc., or even deliberately sold high-end swords and armor to Baekje nobles. These are precious things at the collection level. There will be no change for the entire Baekje army. It was just used by the nobles to show off, but the money Daqin made from it was not a little bit.

Furthermore, Luo Cheng made money, and in turn asked Baekje to pay tribute to boys and girls, to tribute to calves and horses, and to pay tribute to rice, hemp, lacquer and other items.

Cows and horses have always been precious production materials. Baekje people received luxury goods such as gold, silver and silk and tea and wine from the Qin people. The deep purpose here is to slightly weaken Baekje's true national strength.

After all, national strength is not worth money.

"Okay, let's go to the Silla Embassy." Chief Feng laughed and said, "There are more than 100 embassies in Luoyang City now. He finally won the opportunity to get several embassies, which is an opportunity to make a big difference.

"I just don't know if the Silla people are as generous as Baekje people." Several minor officials also said with a smile.

Escort Provincial Department.

The Royal Weaving Bureau, under the name of the royal family, naturally belongs to the royal private industry. To be precise, this is an industry belonging to the emperor's private industry.

The Royal Weaving Bureau gathered a large number of the best silk weaving workers. The silk brocade they produced was perfect. More than half of these workers were originally slaves from various countries. After a long period of training, they all became excellent professional workers.

Half of the workers are employed, mostly people in Luoyang and surrounding areas. They are basically female workers, mainly young girls. Their families are less concerned and are recruited and hired. Each of them signs a contract for at least three years, and they are all in the weaving bureau workshop. They only have a long holiday every year during the Chinese New Year. They usually take a day off for one ten-day period, and their wages are not bad.

Therefore, although the working hours are long and hard, the wages are paid every month, and it is still very satisfying to bring back a lot of money when you go home every year.

The emperor came to inspect today, and a eunuch in charge of management introduced him to the emperor.

"This time all countries come to the court. The silk fabrics of our Royal Weaving Bureau are very popular. Many Hu people have placed deposits and booked, and the spot stock has long been gone. Now our orders are scheduled to the end of the year. I think that the scale of the Weaving Bureau should be expanded, and weaving branches should be opened in the other five capitals to recruit more female workers, so as to ensure output."

The emperor was very satisfied with the advantage of scale, with lower costs, and more technical advantages. "This matter is left to you. The female workers are paid according to the price, but the wages must be reasonable. The female workers cannot be busy and not get much money in the end. The amount of labor and sweat they have to pay will be given a lot of hard-earned money, especially if they cannot deduct it, and they cannot find reasons to fine it. Of course, they must also ensure that everyone's rest. Even female slave workers must be given appropriate incentives and they must also pay for piecework. Although it is lower than hiring female workers, they must also give it to them. At the same time, they can tell them that after they get the money, they can save it and redeem themselves."

"But I'm leaving after redeeming. These are all skilled female workers we have finally trained."

"Even if they redeem their freedom, I believe that not many people are willing to leave. After all, there will be no better chance outside than here. Of course, after getting freedom, they can get the same wages as hiring a female worker!"
Chapter completed!