Chapter 1143: Equivalent Exchange

The wind from the sea swept slowly past the General's Mansion.

Guan Tong and Newman sat opposite each other, and from the side, they could overlook the azure sea surface not far away.

It must be said that the British are very good at choosing locations.

Guan Tong was also very satisfied with the current General's Mansion.

Newman seemed to be in a better mood discussing the upcoming cooperation with Guan Tong in such a beautiful place.

He continued from his previous sentence, saying, "Our Persia is unwilling to submit to the Tusman Empire, but given the strength of our Persia, we cannot shake off the influence of the Tusman Empire. Therefore, my father hopes to obtain firearms and artillery from Da Song. If Da Song can support us directly with military factories, just as they support the Tusman Empire like the Western Lands countries, we would welcome it more than anything."

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong nodded.

He naturally understood that the reason other countries in Zhongtu were easily conquered by the Tusman Empire was that they lost to the Tusman Empire in terms of firearms and artillery.

If they could obtain firearms and artillery equivalent to those of the Tusman Empire, other countries in Zhongtu would no longer fear the Tusman.

Then, the hegemony of the Tusman Empire in Zhongtu would collapse at an unprecedented speed, and there would not even be a need for the Da Song army to take action personally.

For Da Song, this was also very cost-effective.

This point had naturally been considered by their Emperor, Zhao Xu.

Therefore, there was such a clause in the negotiation terms given to him.

So he said, "Undoubtedly, this is absolutely beneficial to your Persia. Then what benefits can you provide to our Da Song?"

Newman had been prepared when he came.

Moreover, he understood one thing: although this Da Song general spoke of mutual benefit and win-win results, facing a great Eastern power that could defeat the Western Lands Allied Forces, it was impossible for them, Persia, to stand on equal footing with them.

The best situation they hoped for was to have normal dealings with Da Song and receive support, provided that Da Song did not invade Persia.

Even if they lost some benefits because of this, it was worth it.

He said, "First,

we will pay money to purchase these firearms and artillery, and even entire steam factories. Secondly, we will provide any support for your Da Song forces to enter Zhongtu, and we will also give Da Song the most favorable treatment in trade."

Before heading to Tianzhu, their Persia had already gained some understanding of Da Song through Persian merchants trading with Da Song.

Overall, they believed that Da Song was not as aggressive as the Westerners, who liked to enslave a country and turn it into their own colony.

After defeating the enemies of Dongtu countries, Da Song preferred to incorporate the opposing country into the trade system they had established.

And the conquered countries maintained relative independence.

Da Song only supervised and protected these countries through the armies of the Protectorate, and basically did not interfere with their internal governance.

In other words, as long as they were not enemies with Da Song, Da Song would not easily invade a country.

And this was exactly what their Persia hoped for; even if they suffered some losses in trade because of this, it was worth it.

"Hahaha, those are indeed very tempting conditions." Guan Tong laughed upon hearing this.

This was exactly the result he wanted.

After the Battle of Tianzhu, the strategy formulated by Emperor Zhao Xu and the Cabinet was to invest more in development and avoid spending too much money on war.

That is to say, for a period of time in the future, the Da Song army would avoid direct participation in wars.

They would take more of a path of supporting regional countries to dismantle regional hegemony and reconstruct regional order.

In this way, they could not only earn a large amount of wealth by selling firearms, artillery, and even steam industry technology to regional countries, but also achieve their strategic goals.

Thinking of this, he continued, "This is also our preliminary requirement. If so, after refining the details, our cooperation can begin. We can even establish a training base in Tianzhu to help you train generals and soldiers."

"Really?" Newman showed a look of surprise.

Just now his heart was very uneasy, fearing that this Da Song general would think the conditions he proposed were too excessive.

"Of course, we people of Da Song are the most faithful to our promises," Guan Tong said sternly.

"Thank you, thank you. Then we can discuss the details now." Newman was a bit impatient, fearing that Guan Tong would go back on his word.

Over these years, they had been heavily oppressed by the Tusman, and every year they had to pay a huge amount of tribute to the Tusman.

Regarding this, they had long been impatient.

"Very well," Guan Tong answered crisply.

According to the plan, they would discuss the preliminary contract terms, which would then be sent to Yancheng for review by the Cabinet and approval by Emperor Zhao Xu.

Once passed, the terms with Persia would take effect.

Next, the two discussed for a long time before finally reaching a preliminary contract.

The contract included the types and prices of firearms and artillery provided by Da Song, and the price for training the army.

It also included terms regarding Da Song's export of the steam industry.

Currently, Da Song was already exporting complete sets of steam industry equipment to its vassal states.

However, they were not exporting the technology directly, but rather the finished products.

That is to say, they would sell complete steam engines, but would not teach them the technology to manufacture steam engines.

In the future, the maintenance and replacement of their steam equipment would require support from Da Song's technical workers.

The reason they did this was that, according to calculations by the Commerce Department, Da Song could obtain the greatest benefits in the short term this way.

Even if these countries mastered these technologies through development in the future, they would have already earned what they should have earned.

Precisely because the profits were huge, they were now happy to export steam industry products that were one generation behind.

So for Persia, they were doing the same.

In addition to firearms, artillery, and the steam industry, the two also discussed trade issues.

In this regard, Guan Tong proposed that trade between the two countries must be settled in Song Yuan.

That is to say, if Persia wanted to buy things from Da Song, they must use Song Yuan.

"But our Persia does not have Song Yuan?" Newman was clearly a bit confused by this condition from Guan Tong.

It was not that they did not want to use Song Yuan, but that they did not have any.

"We have naturally thought of this problem. You can transport your country's gold and silver to the Great Song Royal Bank to exchange for Song Yuan, or use physical goods for exchange," Guan Tong said slowly.

Song Yuan concerns the monetary system established by Great Song.

They not only treat Persia this way, but in the future, they will treat any other country that has trade relations with Great Song the same way.

And the reason they can do this is because Great Song possesses industrial products that other countries do not have.

Even the Xitu Guo will only be able to comply with this in the future.

"Hmm, this is not impossible," Newman frowned.

In truth, he does not like this clause; after all, gold and silver are hard currency, and if they are exchanged for Great Song's currency, should Great Song refuse to honor it, these Song Yuan would become waste paper.

It is just that, for now, he can only take the risk and gamble on Great Song's credibility.

Of course, they will not gamble all of their wealth at once.

They will first use a small portion of their wealth to test the waters.

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