Hu Tuzhou, like Yuliang Zhou, is a sandbar in the middle of the river, with a radius of no more than 100 miles. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just located near the mouth of the Yangtze River, near Yangzhou Hailing in the north of the Yangtze River, separated by a cross river. In the past, it was barren and remote, but later it became a field for local tycoons, and many granges were slowly built.

But later, a generous buyer, led by Yangzhou officials, visited the original owner one by one, and bought the grange on the sandbar on very favorable terms.

In fact, many landowners do not want to sell, although the conditions are superior, but they are not short of money. The sandbar was not big, but the sandbar was fertile. The landlords planted beans, that is, broad beans, here, hence the name Hudouzhou. However, this buyer has all hands and eyes, and the history of Yangzhou's assassination is respectful to this person who looks like an obvious housekeeper.

Soon, in the end, all the fields on the continent were sold. If you don't sell it, you can't do it, Thorn Shi invited these people to the Yamen for tea, and then the housekeeper directly showed everyone his identity, he is the housekeeper of Prime Minister Li Chao, and the people who want to buy Hu Douzhou are Li Xiangguo and His Royal Highness the Prince.

Who can say anything?

Fortunately, although the other party brought out these two big Buddhas, the generous conditions promised before were fulfilled, and everyone had nothing to complain about.

Now, just one year has passed, and Hudouzhou, which was originally full of broad beans, has become a prosperous and lively place.

Wharves, ship repair yards, cargo warehouses, and other coastal areas are salt pans and salt warehouses.

On the island, there is also a large number of houses, where inns, restaurants, tea shops, green buildings, gambling houses and other lively places are concentrated.

What was once a peaceful sandbar is now an important trading port for maritime trade.

Hudouzhou is an important trading station of Sihai Company, and the goods from many rivers such as Changhan, Hanshui, canal, Huai River, etc., are finally collected here and then loaded onto ships.

Sihai company is only a foreign trade company, but the company sells a large number of goods, from overseas to bring back a large number of goods, countless workshops, merchants, etc., have become the company's suppliers, a large number of businessmen gathered here, this place is more and more lively.

Hu Tuzhou, like Yuliang Zhou, became two small but extremely important places in the Zhenguan New Dynasty. Yuliangzhou is the political center of Datang today, and Hudouzhou has also become one of the most important trading stations of the Four Seas Trading Company, and has become a dazzling pearl on the mouth of the Yangtze River in the East.

Even Li Shimin knew that in the heart of the river between Yangzhou and Suchang, there was a Hudou Prefecture, on which the wealth and goods were piled up, the gold and silver were innumerable, and the merchants sweated like rain.

He also knew that this Hu Douzhou was the industry of Sihai Company, and Sihai Company was the industry of the prince and Li Chao, and there were many participants in this company, even Empress Changsun, Changsun Wuji, and even Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc.

Fortunately, the company's accounts are very open and transparent, and even at the beginning, the imperial court was invited to set up an office on it.

There are officials in the household department who collect taxes there, and the taxes collected are up to one million guan a year, so much that Li Shimin can't refuse.

"Three million?"

However, now when Prince Chengqian handed Li Shimin the three million Li Ji Qian Zhuang passbook, Li Shimin was still greatly shocked.

Three million yuan, not three million dollars. Three million dollars is enough for three thousand, let alone three million. Datang's previous year's income from commercial taxes and other revenues was not so much.

Even now, the tax revenue outside the regular tax is only more than 10 million yuan a year, which is still thanks to Li Chao's blessing. Now that the crown prince handed him three million guan at once, how could Li Shimin not be surprised.

"Erchen sold the shares of Sihai Qianzhuang and will specialize in handling government affairs in the future." The young prince said.

Li Shimin didn't pay attention to the point of what the prince said, but stared at the money.

"Half of the shares of Sihai Company were sold for three million yuan?"

"Yes, because Erchen was in a hurry to make a move, the teacher helped me sell it. The teacher said that if I was not in a hurry to cash out and sell slowly, I could sell at least 500,000 more. ”

Li Shimin inhaled when he listened, and he was distressed.

500,000 yuan, he doesn't have so much money in his little coffers. But what shocked him even more was that half of the shares were actually worth 3 million, so doesn't that mean that one percent of the shares of Sihai Company can be worth 6 million, and the entire firm can be worth 60 million?

60 million, what is the concept, how much does this have to be?

This company, which has only been established for a year, is already so valuable and rich that it rivals the country? Li Shimin had an impulse to order the confiscation of this company.

60 million yuan, because of the disaster relief, the imperial court had no money, and in the end, Li went beyond the method and issued bonds, a total of six issues, each issue of five million, a total of only 30 million.

It's a lot of money to raise.

But now, a company that has only been established for one year is worth 60 million.

Li Shimin was very confused, what happened to this world.

"By the way, didn't you get Sihai Company with Li Chao, why are you only half a shareholder? How many shares does Li Chao have in it? Li Shimin suddenly thought.

The company is so valuable, why is the son's shares so small?

"The teacher has one percent of the shares in his hand, but his shares are the majority shares, and one percent of the shares have thirty percent of the voting rights."

Li Shimin was a little incomprehensible, he understood every word of this, but how to connect them made people confused.

"Is the shares in Li Chao's hands worth six million, or are they worth eighteen million?"

"This can't be simply discussed, it really has to be calculated, in fact, Sihai Company has been controlled by the teacher, and Sihai Company is not simply 10 million or 20 million yuan so valuable, he has a higher value."

Li Shimin sighed.

He suddenly didn't want to speak.

He is the Son of Heaven, but he still worries about money all day long, but Li Chao is rich and rivals the country.

"Father, I heard from the teacher that the Turks are going to fight with us!"

Li Shimin frowned, "Li Chao really said that, what else did he say?" ”

"The teacher said that my uncle made a big mistake this time, and he did everything he could, but he made a mistake and regretted the whole game. The teacher said that Yu Sheshe would definitely go to Tong Ye Hu, and Tu Li would definitely have voted for Tong Ye Hu now. The uncle took the back cover, but brought the entire eastern and western Turkic regions under the command of the Commander Yehu. The good times are lost, and we are now facing a serious consequence, and we have to fight a big battle at a time when we don't want to fight, and we are not ready. ”

After Li Shimin listened, he groaned for a while, and then sighed.

The good news of the eldest grandson Wuji came today, and when he received the good news, he was really happy for a while at first, but at most he was happy for a quarter of an hour, and then he thought of the Turks, thought of the Turks, and the protection of the Tongye, and thought of a terrible situation that he didn't want to think about, but was already sure to be over.

The Tang Dynasty originally wanted to provoke and manipulate the Turkic civil strife and war behind the scenes, but in the end, he was careless, but he let Tongye protect the eastward and bring all the eastern Turkic tribes under his command.

Li Chao's overall view is still so accurate, he can't hide anything from him. It's a pity that Wuji really missed this time, Yi Nan and the Turkic Mobei Sanshe won the battle, but it turned out that Tong Ye Hu picked the peaches. Wuji's shot, and just forced Tuli to fall to Tong Yehu. Is this providential? ”

The young prince said disapprerovingly, "It's my uncle who wants to make meritorious contributions, and it's also my uncle's lack of ability to defend himself." At a critical moment, he made a wrong judgment. ”

"Mistake, a fatal mistake." Li Shimin has experienced a hundred battles and has already calculated the situation behind him. Tuli will definitely invest in the protection of the leaves, and the protection of the leaves will inevitably go south.

At the very least, the leaf protector will propose to take away the front and back cover areas.

And even if it is such a request, Li Shimin will not be able to agree to it at all.

If you don't agree, you have to fight.

"Prince, if you were to make a decision, what would you choose to do in the current situation?" Li Shimin suddenly asked the prince.

"There is only one battle!"

Hearing the prince's answer, Li Shimin was very relieved, but he was also very worried.

"But the catastrophe in the north has just passed, and our vitality is greatly damaged. At this time, our strength was not strong enough to fight a decisive battle against the newly unified Turks. Especially under the Yin Mountain, where there is a steppe, and now it is the time of high autumn and horse fat, the time and place are favorable, which is beneficial to the Turks. ”

As an emperor, you must have a clear understanding of the strength of your court, blind self-confidence, which is called conceit.

Tongye Hu can mobilize at least 400,000 cavalry, but it is difficult for Datang to quickly mobilize 400,000 government soldiers. Even if it is mobilized, the current situation cannot afford the logistical supply.

Besides, in a plain terrain like the Hetao, a decisive battle with hundreds of thousands of Turkic iron horsemen is something that only people with a brain in water can think of.

"Father, we can lure the enemy deeper, choose the battlefield in advance, and fight the Turks on the battlefield we have chosen."

"Lure the enemy deeper? Where do you go deeper? Li Shimin asked.

"It's better to lure them deeper into the Wall."

"Within the Great Wall." Li Shimin's brows furrowed even tighter, now that the northern border of the Tang Dynasty has been pushed to the Yinshan line, if you want to lure the Turks to the Great Wall, and choose the decisive battle within the Great Wall, this is quite a long distance. The most important thing is that the Great Wall is a barrier in the north, if you take the initiative to abandon the Great Wall and let hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry in, can you still control the situation, can you defeat the Turks and drive them back beyond the Great Wall?

But you must not be careless, self-defeating, and become a wolf into the room, then you will regret it.

"This idea, is it Li Chao's?"

Cheng Qian nodded generously, "Father, I think that now, only by asking the teacher to take charge can it be possible to turn the crisis into safety." As soon as the teacher heard the news of the victory in the Hetao, he immediately scolded his uncle, and his understanding of the situation in the north was unmatched. Moreover, the teacher is still a long-term victorious general, leading troops to fight, but he has never had a defeat, and he is the best at winning more with less, defeating the strong with the weak. ”

Li Shimin was not surprised that Cheng Qian recommended Li Chao to take charge, in fact, the first thing he thought of before was Li Chao.

Then I thought of Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and other generals.

"Actually, I want to go on a personal expedition!" Li Shimin said to his son.

"The sons are against it." Unexpectedly, Cheng Qian did not hesitate to oppose his idea.

"Do you think Li Chao's ability to lead troops to fight is stronger than mine?" Li Shimin was dissatisfied with his son's elbow turning out, and he was really a little angry. He joined the army at the age of sixteen, and Li Chao was still a novice at that time.

"Your Majesty is the emperor, the king of a country, not a general, and it should not be you who commands the army. It's like Erchen is the crown prince, so he is not suitable to participate in the operation of a trading house. The truth that the sons and ministers can understand, Your Majesty should not not understand. ”

was said by the prince, Li Shimin was a little faceless, and he felt very relieved, the prince is really getting more and more mature.

"Although you kid is suspected of eating inside and out, I think it's very good. Okay, I'll listen to you, and I won't go to the expedition in person. ”

Cheng Qian smiled, "Then Your Majesty promised to let the teacher take command and go on the expedition?" ”

"This is still for me to think about a thing or two, in fact, I really planned to take charge of the expedition in person, and then leave you in charge of the country, and let Li Chao assist the government."