[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu":3,"chapter-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu-great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-529":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Ten Years Signing In in Tubo, I Return Leading a Million-Strong Army",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2019759,3024,"Chapter 529","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-529",529,"\u003Cp>\"Prince Kronos, how much of an improvement in farming efficiency can a few tools really provide?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's set aside the matter of farm tools for now; let us all discuss how our four nations should conduct trade with the Great Qin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Li Er was in a bad spot, he was, after all, a man of the Central Plains and was very familiar with the strategies commonly used there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these two sentences, he deliberately downplayed the high-quality ironware, wanting to gloss over the matter and remind Kronos to focus on greater interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kronos thought that made sense too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't just be satisfied with getting some high-quality ironware; there were more profitable businesses to be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, whatever business you discuss, you can include us, Byzantium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our geographical location is superior, with access in all directions; we can do any kind of business!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words infuriated the other three allied nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, all the benefits of this meeting were to be taken by you, Byzantium?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the benefit, your Byzantium has to have a share?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu, however, knew that if one spoke of commercial prosperity, Byzantium was likely the greatest after the Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byzantium was also the nation most interested in doing business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Qin Mu was interested in was how this four-nation alliance actually wanted to negotiate business with the Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you want to do business with the Great Qin? You might as well propose a framework first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er had not forgotten his mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Tang was truly a bit afraid of the Great Qin now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, at Qin Mu's request, the Great Tang had consistently kept its borders open to the Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The consequence of opening the borders was that the Great Qin's cheap goods had surged in Wu Li Ke a tide, more and more of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This caused the Great Tang's domestic industries to suffer a comprehensive blow, leaving them unable to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the things the Great Tang truly wanted—the most advanced, the best things—the Great Qin prohibited from being imported into the Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to block the Great Qin and stop them from making money was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only feasible way was to strive for the Great Qin to allow some of the good things through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty of the Great Qin, I hope we can establish a high-end commodity market in the border regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, I also hope that the Great Qin side can purchase more of the goods produced within our countries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoys of the other three nations also knew that the Great Qin had many novel and good things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They echoed Li Er's suggestion in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu did not express opposition, but merely smiled slightly, his smile appearing very mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that is possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er could hardly believe his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually agreed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally prepared himself mentally, intending to haggle thoroughly with the Great Qin, and would have been satisfied if he could eventually secure a slightly favorable result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn't expected Qin Mu to agree right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This instead left Li Er at a loss for a moment, feeling a bit flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoys of the other three nations were also very excited; this was a huge diplomatic victory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu did not let them be happy for too long, speaking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since it is a mutual market, there must be free trade, and no tariffs are allowed to be added!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reaction of each of the four envoys upon hearing this was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoy from Kievan Rus didn't even know what a tariff was and even whispered to others to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Byzantium was well-versed in this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in Byzantium's foreign trade, it was usually Byzantium that demanded no tariffs be added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that it had suddenly become the Great Qin making the demand, Kronos was a bit unaccustomed to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Prophet Moke Mo of the Arab Empire knew what a tariff was, he did not realize what use it actually had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Li Er had suffered countless losses at Qin Mu's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he heard this demand, his face immediately twisted into a bitter expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not collecting tariffs meant that the price of Great Qin's goods sold to the Great Tang would be even lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, it was a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their domestic industries of the same kind would be completely crushed, with no room for a comeback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could compete with the Great Qin on costs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But conversely, the goods their four nations imported into the Great Qin would also sell more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison, they hadn't gained any advantage and had instead suffered a small loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kronos's habitual thinking led him to believe this was favorable to Byzantium, and he was the first to raise his hand in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a deal, no tariffs for anyone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We in Byzantium love this kind of cooperation the most!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Moke Mo saw that such a shrewd merchant as Byzantium had agreed to this condition, he followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kievan Rus envoy had nothing to say and just went with the flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er and Fang Fang Xuanling exchanged a look and sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both understood what the other was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't dealt with the Great Qin enough and hadn't suffered a major loss yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would know the Great Qin's power later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Great Tang, if they could obtain the Great Qin's high-end goods, they could endure a small loss. In the end, they also agreed to the conditions proposed by Qin Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu saw that all four nations had agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After cooperating more with the Great Qin in the future, you will know that following the Great Qin means having meat to eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoys of the four nations all accompanied him with smiles, celebrating the conclusion of such a mode of cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu's true purpose was even more than what Li Er had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With different national strengths, the purchasing power of currency is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, all four nations were poorer than the Great Qin, and their currency's purchasing power was lower than the Great Qin's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the protection of tariffs, it was actually an unequal exchange of goods; the more the Great Qin sold in the exchange, the more it would bleed the four nations dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they could import grain and some strategic materials from the four nations in large quantities at low prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the four nations' industries were destroyed, they would only be able to rely on farming and mining to trade with the Great Qin in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, they would be reduced to vassals of the Great Qin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking full advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>",1129,"2026-06-15T19:07:32.733Z","2026-06-15T19:16:48.062Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f2e4b35fc65e8f65e5f0e29699dee443fd7e21053e9e0882db00080a56160e74","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-530","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-528",605,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-cover.jpg"]