This is not to say that Qin Lang is a defensive move against his old lover, but that Luzon and Linyi are two countries after all, and even if Linyi is his son Qin Ren succeeded to the throne in the future, this fact will not be changed.

Luzon takes precedence, which is inevitable.

Of course, there are actually quite a lot of benefits. Take the Qin family's slave sugarcane plantation in Luzon as an example. A sugarcane plantation and sugar factory with a thousand Kunlun slaves can produce 160,000 kilograms of sugar a year. The slaves purchased can usually be repaid in one and a half years.

It is precisely this huge profit that although the Qin family has been continuously introducing policies to restrict the sugarcane plantations in Luzon, the number of sugarcane plantations has continued to increase. The enfeoffed knights tried their best to buy slaves from outside, which has also made the slave trade in Luzon remain high.

Today, Luzon has only more than one million Han people, but there are more than four million slaves. In addition to the natives who conquered the Luzon islands, there are also large numbers of them purchased from outside. Luzon has become the largest slave buyer in the Tang Dynasty in recent years.

Therefore, Luzon was tough on the indigenous people. If the indigenous people dared to resist, they might be surrounded and suppressed. From the officials stationed to local garrisons, and even the knights of the enfeoffment, they were all willing to cause trouble for the indigenous people, because this would not only rob the indigenous people of their territory, but also sell them as slaves to make money.

Queen Fan Lin snuggled in Qin Lang's arms, feeling that although her lover was in her early fifties, she was still so strong. She listened intoxicatedly to the heart that was beating strongly in her chest.

He was still so strong, just like when he was feeding red-billed gulls on the shore of Zhalu Lake.

But I am already old.

There were inevitably wrinkles on my face and my skin began to relax. I felt a little regretful when I thought about this.

Qin Lang gently stroked her back, but was still thinking about these economic matters in his mind. Qin Lang has always attached importance to the economy because he felt that money is actually the basis, whether in later generations or in this era.

A tall building is rising from the ground, and it is hard to move without money, both for the country and for a commoner.

Luzon is now almost a country, and there are too many places to use money, especially in a country that has almost become a blank. Which one does not need money to build cities, build roads, build ports, immigrate, and raise soldiers?

The country is small and the people are facing the super giant Tang Dynasty, so Qin Lang is under greater pressure.

It is actually not reliable to have an alliance with the Nanyang countries, relying solely on father-in-law or in-laws. stakeholders are needed between countries.

Let Nanyang become an economic community, connect through trade and unity of interests, so that we can advance and retreat together.

As I thought about it, I suddenly heard a soft cry in my arms.

The queen actually fell asleep in his arms.

Looking down at the queen, she found that her hair was stained with a few white frost.

It was indeed very difficult for Qin Lang to be in charge of Linyi State alone and raised four children. He never married for life.

Unable to worry about her, Qin Lang kept holding her like this.

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The next day, the alliance will continue to discuss.

After a day of discussion, some substantial progress was achieved.

Yesterday, the countries placed orders to build ships with the Qin family. Today, they reached a preliminary tariff agreement for the ten countries, agreeing to unify tariffs and give preferential countries treatment. At the same time, many ports were designated in the ten countries as free ports for duty-free. The merchant ships and cargo of the ten countries were in these ports without tariffs.

The specific condition is that the example of the Qin family in free ports such as Japan and Linyi were basically taken directly.

Some directly define the entire port as a free port, while others define part of a port as a free trade zone. For example, San Francisco in Luzon and Palembang in Sriver's departure, all of which define a free trade zone in the port area.

Qin Lang took advantage of the good atmosphere and proposed to unify weights and measures in these free port areas and implement a common system. He suggested adopting the current calendar, weights and measures of the Tang Dynasty, and even said that the Qin family was willing to establish money houses, bank bill numbers and issue currency in these port areas.

The gold, silver and coins of the Tang Dynasty were also very popular in Nanyang in recent years. Although the imperial court prohibited currency from going overseas, each company also had countermeasures, such as establishing private minting factories in Linyi and other places, processing and minting raw materials obtained from overseas into currency, and then passing them overseas.

Because coining is profitable in itself, everyone is willing to do this. The coins of the Tang Dynasty are more exquisite and are indeed of course of high value, so merchants are willing to accept circulation.

Qin Lang also proposed that countries would allow Luzon to establish Confucian schools there, named Confucius Institute to teach Han culture and Confucianism.

In Southeast Asia, many countries actually believe in Shiva or Mahayana Buddhism. Of course, like Linyi, Confucianism and Taoism have also been popular in recent years, and Japan has also introduced Mahayana Buddhism through the Tang Dynasty.

In Luzon, under Qin Lang's insistence, it has always implemented the same religious management system as the Central Plains court. It strictly reviews and manages various religions and sects, and has special yamen management. If you want to preach, you must first obtain qualifications.

Then, after being reviewed, you can only purchase land at the designated location to build a temple and recruit religious believers. You also need to pass the assessment before you can get a certificate of tribute. This certificate of tribute is very expensive, and the number of people who are ordained is strictly limited, and even the dissemination and preaching are many restrictions.

Very strict.

In Luzon, only one religion and one monastery are allowed in a state of Luzon, and it strictly stipulates that tax exemption is not allowed.

A few years ago, because of the great food, the Persian Sassanthes were destroyed by the Great Food, many Persians fled to the Western Regions or came to the Central Plains through the Maritime Silk Road. Many people entered Luzon because Qin Lang had a concubine who was a Persian noble woman, and many Persian merchants also did business in Luzon.

After a large number of Persians came to Luzon, they wanted to establish Zoroastrian temples of their beliefs, and some even wanted to build Christian or Jewish temples.

But Qin Lang still has the same attitude towards this. There are many rules and regulations and must be in line with them. Even if some people were monks in the church in Persia, when they arrived here, no matter whether they had a name or not, they had to register and evaluate them again before they could be awarded a certificate of quota after passing, and there was a quota limit.

In addition, you have to pay a very high fee for the commission, and you have to buy land at a high price to build a temple.

If you don't have money, no talks.

Even if Persians believe in religion, they have to pay an additional tithe to Luzon. If they do not believe in various religions, they can be exempted from this additional eleven tax.

Under Luzon's tough policy, although some Persians were once dissatisfied with it and even left, the vast majority of Persians who came eventually accepted the system here and lived a new life.

Many people even eventually converted to Confucianism.

Qin Lang actively promoted Confucian education in Luzon. Although many people felt that Confucianism was becoming weaker and weaker, Qin Lang believed that Confucianism was a world-wide sect compared to other Buddhism and Taoism, and there were many ancient great sages. Therefore, as long as the theories of ancient sages were respected, it would still have a good positive guiding role.

Not only in Luzon, he even opened Confucian schools and built Confucian temples in concessions, colonies, shopping malls and other places overseas in Luzon in recent years.

Now, I don’t forget to promote Confucius Temple and Confucius School in the countries of the Nanyang Alliance.

The queen was the first to respond to this point. In fact, Lin Yi has been very respectful of Confucianism over the years, and even his traditional belief in Brahmanism has gradually changed.

Hundreds of years ago, the countries on the Indochina Peninsula were influenced by Brahmanism spread from India, and almost all the upper classes were transformed into India. Later, some countries also converted to Hinduism or Mahayana Buddhism.

Most of the countries on the Nanyang islands also believe in Brahman or Mahayana Buddhism.

This situation is mainly caused by maritime trade. In comparison, the civilization in India was undoubtedly more advanced than the countries in the South China Sea in the early days, so religion spread through trade and gained faith. Just like after the rise of the Western Arab Republic, with the arrival of Arab merchants, the Crescent Moon Church also spread, driving the crescent Moonization of Southeast Asian countries.

Linyi was originally a territorial territory of the Han Dynasty, but later rebelled and became independent for hundreds of years. Now it is undergoing a process of re-sinification.

This is not a cultural invasion, but an inevitable change brought about by the economic connection of the region.

Qin Lang hopes that while establishing the Maritime Alliance, it can lead them to move towards the Han cultural circle and become a member of the Han cultural circle. Just like in history, the Chinese Confucian cultural circle is truly assimilated by North Korea, Japan and Yue, with a profound influence. A new ball should be added in the later period.

But in this era, influence has just begun to expand externally.

In the Nanyang region, the influence is not enough, so Qin Lang hopes to take this opportunity to open up this road.

First, we will establish the Confucian Temple and Confucius School in the Freeport District, and take it step by step.

With the leadership of the Tang Dynasty and Luzon in economic and trade, there is great potential to promote the sinicization of the Nanyang region.

The kings of various countries did not hesitate about this, and it would have no effect anyway. It has to be said that because of the east-west trade, the countries in Southeast Asia are relatively open and tolerant of religion. They come from the east and west, and do not interfere with whatever you believe in.

In comparison, the Tang Dynasty today is a bit exclusive and has strong rejection of Buddhism and Taoism. As for the new moon, the Zoroastrianism and other schools are extremely suppressed.

Some mutated small sects are even directly classified as cults and cannot be spread.

Several kings were willing to support Qin Lang.

The young Shandi of the Kingdom of Shaliantra also patted his chest and said loudly that after returning, he would set up the best location in the port area to welcome the great scholars sent by the King of Qi, and even said that he would personally send a boat to Luzon to welcome the statue of Confucius.

Speaking of later, he also looked at King Zhenla to propose something as if he was demonstrating. He was willing to set a piece of land in the northeast of the Sunta Strait, two thousand miles away from Lion Port, that is, the northwest corner of Java, and rented it to Luzon to build a port.
Chapter completed!