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The new salt law of the imperial court is indeed a bit harsh, but under this new salt law, in fact, the salt chamber of commerce is very profitable, more profitable than in the past. Especially this nest list is difficult to obtain, of course, for people like Li Chao, nest orders are definitely not a problem. He just didn't expect that he offered to give Li Chao a salt field, and Li Chao would be reluctant to ask for it.

"Then what does Li Xiang want?"

"I want two things."

Li Chao took the map, and there was a large map painted on the sheepskin, on which there were not only the Central Plains, but also the Four Yi.

He pointed to an island off the coast of Koto.

"This island, I'm going to buy it and grow sugar cane!"

Dai Zhou looked down and saw that it was across the sea in Quanzhou, Jiangnan East Province.

"That's?"

"Ryuqiu Island, occupied by a group of mountain yi, I plan to buy it and grow sugar cane on it." Li Chao said lightly, as if it was really just a small island that no one cared about.

Dai Xuan looked at the small islands on the map and felt that something was not right. Liuqiu Island, it doesn't seem to be owned by the Tang Dynasty. That's obviously from the Ryuqiu country, I remember that there seems to be a tribe of Shanyi people on it. During the Sui Dynasty, there were also generals who led their troops across the sea and defeated the local chieftains.

Li Chao wants to buy this island?

And to plant sugar cane on it?

But Dai Xuan didn't know how big the island was, let alone how much sugar cane could be grown on the island, and he didn't even know how far the island was from Quanzhou, and the map was too rudimentary.

"There seems to be a tribe of Shanyi people on this island?"

Li Chao smiled, "So I hope that the imperial court can grant me the Li Ji Trading Company the right to form an armed escort fleet, and authorize us to encircle and suppress these Shanyi and seize the right to seize Liuqiu Island." ”

Dai Zhou asked, "How far is this island from Quanzhou?" ”

"In the Sui period, Chen Ling led the army to cross the sea to conquer, and the sea voyage arrived after more than a month." Li Chao did not say it directly, but said another fact.

"The voyage has arrived for more than a month, that is, it is far away, and it should be similar to Silla and Dongying." Dai Xuan said. For many Tang people, they really have no impression of those islands and countries in the East China Sea. I don't even know where it is in the east.

"If we can take down this island, we want to buy it and use it to grow sugar cane."

Dai Xuan is now very sensitive to money, and when he heard that Li Chao wanted to buy this island, he became interested at the moment. Anyway, this island is not Datang's, and if you sell someone else's island for money, no matter how much you sell, Dai Zhou thinks it's profitable.

"How much are you going to pay for?"

Li Chao became more and more happy when he saw Dai Guan's appearance.

"How much does the court plan to sell?"

"You bid first."

"If the imperial court gives me permanent possession, and this island will be permanently owned by the Li family in the future, then I am willing to pay a million yuan for this island."

One million, Dai Zhou was shocked.

In his eyes, this should just be a wild island in the East China Sea, far away and not big, but now Li Chao is willing to pay a million.

Surprised, he felt that the island was very valuable.

"This island is permanently owned by the Li family, isn't this right?"

Li Chao pretended to hesitate for a long time, "I also have a plan, that is, the Li family and Qi Guogong Hu Guogong and several other companies will partner to develop this island, we can set up a commercial bank, it will be called Baodao Commercial Bank, this island is the industry of the commercial bank, how about it?" ”

It is owned by a business house with multiple family partnerships, and it is indeed not so sensitive compared to the Li family's exclusiveness.

"A million guan, a little less."

"A deserted island, a million runs, but a lot." Li Chao pretended to grit his teeth, "I'll make my own opinion, add a little more, 1.5 million yuan, no more." ”

Dai Xuan carefully observed Li Chao and felt that he should be able to add more.

"Three million!"

"One million six hundred thousand."

"Two million eight million!"

"One million eight million!"

"Two million!"

"Okay, deal!" He stretched out his hand.

Dai Xuan was stunned, and two million was actually sold.

He regretted that the offer was too low, but when he thought about it, it was almost like he had picked it up for nothing, and it seemed that he should be happy.

took someone else's Shanyi family's island and sold it for 2 million yuan for nothing.

"Congratulations to Zhao Guogong, although I don't know much about this island, but since Zhao Guogong can take out two million yuan to buy it, Zhao Guogong will definitely not suffer a loss in this transaction."

Li Chao said with a smile, "We still need the authorization of the imperial court to let our Baodao Commercial Bank form an armed escort, so that we can clear the mountain on the island and seize this island for the subsequent development and cultivation of sugar cane." ”

Dai Xuan did not expose Li Chao's reason for planting sugarcane, two million yuan, how much sugarcane had to be planted to earn it back.

"There's no problem with that."

Anyway, outside Datang, it's just to deal with some Shanyi on the East China Sea Island, and he has a fart relationship with Datang, and he makes two million for nothing.

"Zhao Guogong, since you like to grow sugarcane so much, why don't you spend some more money and buy Dongying Island, and the imperial court will definitely sell it to you cheaper." He joked.

Li Chao was stunned, and really wanted to come down.

But think about it, Dongying is still too far away, and they don't have the strength to run so far at the moment.

But Li Chao was still very happy to get that permission from the imperial court.

What Li Chao asked for was a concession that would allow the Treasure Island Trading House to form its own mercenaries and be able to colonize. This is not only for the Treasure Island to be able to colonize, but even for other islands in the South Seas in the future, and now the imperial court is not aware of the importance of this concession.

"What is Zhao Guogong's second request?"

Selling an island for nothing made two million, and Dai Xuan was very excited.

"The second requirement is that we are going to form a Southwest Trading Company."

Li Chao told him the plan he was going to salute the barbarians in the southwest before the soldiers, and this plan was actually to go to the southwest to hunt slaves.

Li Chao hoped that the imperial court would approve him to set up this trading company, and give them the privilege of capturing and trading slaves in the southwest.

"Well, it doesn't seem to be very kind."

"If the imperial court gives us this permission, I can give the imperial court a million guan, and in addition, for every slave captured and sold in the future, the imperial court will be given one percent of the income as a tax!"

Dai Xuan's eyes lit up.

It's a million again.

"Two million guan, give you a license, and pay 20% of the transaction price of each slave to the imperial court."

Two million a charter certificate is indeed very expensive.

But Li Chao feels that it is worth it, and now there is a shortage of slaves, if Li Chao has this qualification, he will unite some nobles to do this business together, and then he will attack the city in the southwest, catch slaves and sell them, and at the same time he can harvest a lot of booty.

A slave can be sold for dozens or hundreds of dollars, and if you sell 10,000 young and strong slaves, it will be worth back these two million. Moreover, this transaction will get bigger and bigger, and it will return to its original cost in a few years.

Besides, Li Chao is not just to make money from the slave trade, the most important thing for him is to find labor for his industry.

The two companies, one with the privilege of overseas colonization and the other with the privilege of catching slaves in the southwest, will have the privilege of forming their own mercenaries and catching slaves and trading slaves.

Four million is really expensive.

However, considering that the transaction partner is the imperial court, it is quite cost-effective, especially since this also requires the permanent ownership of a treasure island.

This island alone is far more than four million guan.

Dai Guan's appetite is also wide.

"Li Ji will lend another 6 million yuan to the imperial court, and the imperial court can use the mines as collateral, as long as Li Ji agrees to my request, then you can own Ryuqiu Island, and have the concession you want to organize mercenaries to catch slaves and trade slaves."

There are 10 million guan, and Dai Xuan believes that even if he is the emperor, there is no reason to oppose it.

Li Chao stretched out his hand.

"Happy working together!"

"When will the money be given to the imperial court?"

Li Chao smiled and said, "The court gave me the permission, and I will give the money immediately." ”

"So fast? Didn't you say that Li Ji had no money? ”

"Baodao Commercial Bank and Southwest Trading Commercial Bank are not owned by the Li family, and there are other shareholders, so I can find them to get together first."

Dai Xuan was very satisfied.

"I'll go back to Xiangyang now to report to Your Majesty."

"Zhao Guogong can go and raise money now, and I'll be back right away."

Ten million.

When Li Shimin listened to Dai Guan's report in the palace, he was a little unconvinced.

A Ryukyu Island was sold for two million? And then the license of a slave hunting firm was sold for another two million?

"I understand, although Li Chao has resigned, he is still worried about the court. He knew my current difficulties and knew that the court was short of money, so he found such a reason to borrow money from the court. Li Chao looked like I understood.

When Dai Xuan heard the emperor say this, he was also skeptical, could it be that the truth turned out to be this.

Hey, it's indeed a bit like it, after all, why does a Ryuqiu Island sell for two million, it's not Datang's. Li Chao wants to go to that kind of sugarcane, just go by himself. If you want to fight Shanyi, you can just fight it yourself, and you don't need to say a word to the court.

It turned out that Li Chao was sending money to the imperial court, but he was afraid that it would be too direct and bad, so he deliberately turned around and sent it.

This money is too level.

Well, in this way, the so-called Southwest Trading Company is actually just a disguise. Li Xiang is just borrowing money from the imperial court, otherwise, what kind of slave catching team can be worth two million.

"Although Li Chao is no longer in the court, he still has the court in his heart. 10 million yuan, it is estimated that Li Chao will have to find various relatives to raise money. can't make Li Chao too cold, in this way, if Liaonan on the Liaodong Peninsula is assigned to Li Chao, it will be regarded as the fiefdom of Li Chao's family who have not yet been awarded the title of the boys. ”

Li Shimin pointed to the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and with a stroke of his hand, he gave hundreds of miles to the Li family.

Dai Xuan was stunned for a while.

My Majesty, it seems that Liaonan is still occupied by the Goguryeo people, and everyone has occupied it for hundreds of years. Your Majesty, is your hand stretched too long?

Divide it to a few boys of the Li family, can they get it? Why don't you just give the Samhan Peninsula to the children of the Lee family, it's even bigger, thousands of miles.

Li Shimin seemed to be very satisfied with his decision, and he stroked his beard frequently.

"Dai Qing, you go and talk to Li Chao again, I gave this Liaonan to his family, should he lend another five million to the imperial court!"

Dai Xuan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, Your Majesty, you are really insatiable, and the old minister almost believed in your evil, thinking that you were really sympathetic to Li Chao's loyalty, it turned out that he just wanted to empty the gloves and white wolf, and do it again.