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The impact of the establishment of the southern route was enormous in both economic and cultural terms for the [[Daxia]]ns. The first contact with 'westerners' (Burgoignesc around [[Audonia]] were believed to be a subject people of the [[Audonia]]n Muslim sultanates) and the confirmation that were were further lands beyong the Polynesian sea was a great shock to the Qian court. The flow of trade goods greatly enrichened the Qian state, with the treasury benefiting from extra taxes and tariffs, including a tax on all precious metals, fees for providing naval protection to merchant ships, docking, warehouse use and clerical services. In addition there were cultural and technological exchanges, with several [[Sarpedon]]ian scholars taking up employment with the [[Daxia]]n court. The first Christian preachers arrived by boat in 1623, with one of them eventually founding what would become the [[Democratic Christian Church of Daxia and the East|Church of the East]]. These new developments were not universally met with welcome arms, a great many instances of violently xenophobic events are noted in Daxian historical records such as the [[Pogrom of the Caphirians]] in 1758 and [[Loa]] peddlers being thrown into the sea (on false charges of selling human meat) | The impact of the establishment of the southern route was enormous in both economic and cultural terms for the [[Daxia]]ns. The first contact with 'westerners' (Burgoignesc around [[Audonia]] were believed to be a subject people of the [[Audonia]]n Muslim sultanates) and the confirmation that were were further lands beyong the Polynesian sea was a great shock to the Qian court. The flow of trade goods greatly enrichened the Qian state, with the treasury benefiting from extra taxes and tariffs, including a tax on all precious metals, fees for providing naval protection to merchant ships, docking, warehouse use and clerical services. In addition there were cultural and technological exchanges, with several [[Sarpedon]]ian scholars taking up employment with the [[Daxia]]n court. The first Christian preachers arrived by boat in 1623, with one of them eventually founding what would become the [[Democratic Christian Church of Daxia and the East|Church of the East]]. These new developments were not universally met with welcome arms, a great many instances of violently xenophobic events are noted in Daxian historical records such as the [[Pogrom of the Caphirians]] in 1758 and [[Loa]] peddlers being thrown into the sea (on false charges of selling human meat) | ||
In time further contacts would expand beyond simple trade with merchants from the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and the court received embassies from nations such as the Imperium of [[Caphiria]], the bug kingdoms of [[Takatta Loa]] and the explorers from the seafaring nation of [[Kiravia]]. Trade contacts would be increasingly delegated to economic experts from the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] which would come to enjoy a monopoly on the transport of goods of the route. On behalf of [[Daxia]] the company would engage in attempts at entrenchment and expansion in the [[Polynesian Sea]] region during the [[Daxian | In time further contacts would expand beyond simple trade with merchants from the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and the court received embassies from nations such as the Imperium of [[Caphiria]], the bug kingdoms of [[Takatta Loa]] and the explorers from the seafaring nation of [[Kiravia]]. Trade contacts would be increasingly delegated to economic experts from the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] which would come to enjoy a monopoly on the transport of goods of the route. On behalf of [[Daxia]] the company would engage in attempts at entrenchment and expansion in the [[Polynesian Sea]] region during the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]], noteworthy events include at least one failed attempt by a group of privately armed filibusters to take over the [[Lotoa|Tolu Manatu]] queendom during the [[Tolu Manatu Incident|Tolu Manatu incident]], the [[Siege of Dun-Kurrengev]] and the building of an outpost further east in the [[Truk]] islands with an eye to expanding further into the [[Kindreds Sea]]. | ||
[[Daxia]]n trade volumes with the Imperium would eventually entirely eclipse its trade with other nations in [[Sarpedon]]. The demand of the [[Caphiria]]n upper classes for luxury items such as silk clothing, worked gold filigree jewelry and adornments and woven tapestries and carpets drove the expansion of the skilled artist guilds. The same happened with the slave market, slaves being in high demand for monumental construction projects in the Imperium, this need birthed the [[Southern slave trade]]. Hundreds of thousands of muslim and polynesian slaves found their way to [[Sarpedon]] in the bellies of Daxian ship holds. Powerful mercantile interests began gaining political power in the Qian court, securing record contributions to the expansion of the [[Harmonious Flotilla Invincible]] year in and year out to secure their interests in the eastern oceans; this powerful clique would start clashing with functionaries favoring using the proceeds in propping up the traditional Daxian sphere of influence in mainland [[Audonia]]. | [[Daxia]]n trade volumes with the Imperium would eventually entirely eclipse its trade with other nations in [[Sarpedon]]. The demand of the [[Caphiria]]n upper classes for luxury items such as silk clothing, worked gold filigree jewelry and adornments and woven tapestries and carpets drove the expansion of the skilled artist guilds. The same happened with the slave market, slaves being in high demand for monumental construction projects in the Imperium, this need birthed the [[Southern slave trade]]. Hundreds of thousands of muslim and polynesian slaves found their way to [[Sarpedon]] in the bellies of Daxian ship holds. Powerful mercantile interests began gaining political power in the Qian court, securing record contributions to the expansion of the [[Harmonious Flotilla Invincible]] year in and year out to secure their interests in the eastern oceans; this powerful clique would start clashing with functionaries favoring using the proceeds in propping up the traditional Daxian sphere of influence in mainland [[Audonia]]. | ||