"Gao Gong, the first is salt."

Yang Feng said as he walked with a wine glass in Gao Xianzhi's mansion.

They didn't drink long at the banquet in Yang Guozhong's mansion, and the Anxi Army Group is not the Yang family, in the past two years, as Yang Guozhong has become more and more powerful, he has begun to compete with Li Linfu for power, and the Anxi Army Group does not need to be involved, if it is too close to Yang Guozhong, it will cause Li Linfu to be disgusted, just go through the motions.

"This old man understands."

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

Monopolizing the salt industry can be said to be the best means of collecting money, and Yang Feng doesn't need to say that he knows this.

"You don't have to worry about the sale, there is no well salt at all in Annam, it can only be sea salt, and the last general can teach you the method of drying salt, where the climate is hot, it is easier to dry salt, you can set up a government-run salt farm on the coast, hire those natives to dry salt, and then patrol with naval warships, and there are other salt boilers who will be killed. But you can recruit our mainland traders to be responsible for selling salt, give them salt citations, how much salt is worth each salt citation, pay directly from you, and then go to the salt farm to pick up salt, and then you don't need to care about how they like to sell it, and you can even give them the power to organize salt to deal with smuggled salt sellers, of course, you still have to pay attention to the price, after all, they are too black to cause the natives to rebel and make trouble. ”

Yang Feng said.

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

This trick can not only raise the army with salt, but also attract immigrants, the best of both worlds.

"Second, sea freight.

Set up a firm, authorize it to monopolize the shipping of Annam, and later Annan Jiedu will make all the maritime trade in the jurisdiction of this firm responsible, even including the future military supplies can also be transported by it, the Fanbang merchant ships on the Haiyi Road must get the Guangzhou City Shipping Division, but Annam is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the merchant ships from Annan to the north of the country, of course, do not need to go to the city, do you understand? ”

Yang Feng said.

Gao Xianzhi smiled and nodded.

Of course, he understands that Yang Feng is actually teaching him smuggling, and the merchant ships from Fanbang must be paid taxes by the Guangzhou City Shipping Division, and Annan belongs to domestic trade, and has a Mao relationship with the Municipal Shipping Division, and the Annan Army gets a number of sea ships to do business by itself, bypassing the Guangzhou Municipal Shipping Division, and going to any port to quietly pick up and unload goods, as long as it is not too excessive, the imperial court will turn a blind eye. After all, as an envoy of Annanjiedu, he not only has to feed an army of 20,000 but also undertakes the task of building a city in the upper reaches of the Zhuyuan River, and also undertakes the task of opening up the territory to the outside world, all of which require money, either the court gives me money, or you have to acquiesce to me to find a way to make money by myself, including some illegal means.

"Third, the poll tax.

That is, to find those natives to collect taxes according to the head, since they are subjects of the Tang Dynasty, it is natural to pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty, and whoever dares not to pay will be killed. ”

Yang Feng said.

He is actually substituting the Tang Army into the role of a colonist, monopolizing trade, controlling sea transportation, and collecting poll taxes, all of which were done by European colonists in Southeast Asian colonies, he is nothing more than teaching Gao Xianzhi to copy everything, but these are still not the point, after all, Annan is such a big place, no matter how much you toss, you can't toss it, and the real highlight is expansion.

"These three things can allow you to maintain the garrison, but these are far from enough, you also need to develop more financial resources, such as beating Lin Yi, and then occupy a port here, forcing it to dedicate or lend this place to us in short, and then build a small city here, but do not attack the depth of Lin Yi, only occupy a small city along the coast, use this city as a base, and sell all kinds of goods of my Tang Dynasty to Lin Yi, such as silk, tea, porcelain and even salt. Of course, this kind of trade is still in charge of the merchant that I said before with your authorization, and anyone else who dares to sell goods to Linyi, no matter where the merchant ships come from, will be arrested, even if they are not arrested, they must be transferred to this firm, you are the envoy of the Annam Jiedu, you have the right to manage the affairs of the jurisdiction, you have authorized this firm, then whoever robs the business is against the law, and if the people of Linyi want to bypass here, you can also send a fleet to beat them.

When Linyi is completed, you can move on to the next goal, which is Chenla, and build another city in Chenla in the same way.

And so it went on and on.

You can complete the tasks of the saints and get enough benefits.

Best of both worlds. ”

Yang Feng said.

Uh, that's the standard colonizer again.

"You go forward step by step, along the coast one station after another, until you jump here, that is, Sri Buddha died, and then here, this place is called the Dragon's Tooth Gate, which is the throat of the sea, and you build another city here, and then you will be able to congratulate the high prince, you have stepped into a golden mountain. From the Longya Gate to the north there is a tin mountain, you can pick as much tin as you want, you just want to use tin to cast a city is completely fine, in addition to these islands around here, there are countless peppers, you can pick as much as you want, even if you bury the entire Chang'an with pepper is enough, this thing is like the pine tower on Taibai Mountain for these islands.

Also, do you know what Sri Buddha is most famous for?

Gold.

This small country has a lot of gold, and although it takes a bit of a lot of troops to destroy its country, it is still okay to beat them up and let them compensate for the military expenses, and you don't need to ask for too much at one time.

But remember not to attack in its depth.

These islands are vast forests, not only dense trees, but also what poisonous snakes and beasts in the forest, the crocodiles there, that is, the pig dragon can grow to more than two zhang long, and we have only half a zhang here, and the giant python, we here are the mountain python swallowing people is a legend, they there giant python can really easily swallow a living person, and all kinds of epidemics are rampant, as long as you enter the jungle without fighting can die, so you must not attack in depth, only in the coastal blockade, for our merchant ships to win the monopoly of trade, It is enough to force them to pay military spending and the like. ”

Yang Feng continued.

The jungle is resolutely not entered, before the problem of tropical diseases is solved, an army rashly enters the jungle is a suicide, when 30,000 French troops expedition to Haiti to rebel against their black slaves, the latter hid in the jungle and then the French army was stupid to enter, combat casualties were almost ignored, but 30,000 French troops were still almost completely wiped out, and finally won a country for those black slaves was actually a small yellow fever germ.

"That's all I will come up with for the time being, and I'll talk about new ones later."

Yang Feng then said.

"Then how can the old man thank you?"

Gao Xianzhi said.

Of course, he understands that he has to give Yang Feng benefits, not to mention the help now, but if he wants to do this in the future, he will have to ask Yang Feng for help.

"It's very simple, you definitely can't use military funds to set up that monopoly trade firm, you have to pay for it yourself to buy ships and hire people, then the last general and these generals of the two armies of Anxi Court will join forces, and we will pay for this business together, and of course the money earned in the future will be divided according to the proportion of shares, as for the number of shares, it is up to you to decide."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Yes!"

Gao Xianzhi readily agreed.

This is a good thing for him, because the investment of this firm is definitely not small, and he bears it alone, and it is a good thing that someone makes money, and secondly, although he goes to Annan, he is the group of Anxi Army after all, and politically he has to hold a group, and the best way to hold a group is interests, and such a firm is the best choice. Don't look at the distance of the Anxi Army, but there is absolutely no marginalization in politics, the main generals of the Anxi Army are all celebrities in front of Li Longji, Feng Changqing, Li Siye, and Cheng Qianli of Beiting can be said to be Li Longji's most important generals, and now with the addition of Yang Feng, who has sprung up in a sudden army, this group will still be an important force in the Tang Dynasty political arena in the foreseeable future, at least for the time being. And Gao Xianzhi's going to Annan is the real political marginalization, and if he wants to maintain his political status, he must join forces with his old ministry.

"Then it's decided, the last general is going to Jiangnan Dongdao to inspect those shipyards, so he will simply order a batch of merchant ships there first."

Yang Feng said.

Just run the Southeast Asian route with a fortune ship.

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

In this way, the Tang version of the East India Company quietly stepped out.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Feng left Gaofu.

At this time, the second watch had already passed, and Chang'an City had entered the curfew, but Gao Xianzhi was the general of the right Jinwu, in charge of the curfew, so of course Yang Feng would not care about this problem, he rode a horse and walked on the empty street at night, and when he met the patrol soldiers, he just showed the waist card given by Gao Xianzhi. But he had not gone far, and in a secluded street he handed over his belt card and horse to the soldiers who accompanied him, and then, wearing his shining armor, like Tarzan in the jungle, jumped into the gate next to him, and under the cover of night, he continued along the empty alley, and finally slammed into an open window.

"Sister, little brother sees you're here!"

Yang Feng said with a smile and hugged the stunned ...... from behind

"Uh, sorry, I recognized the wrong person!"

He said awkwardly.

"If it's wrong, it's wrong, can't you make it wrong?"

The lady turned and stroked his armor, looked at him and smiled.

"Sister, I'm a serious person!"

Yang Feng said righteously.

"A serious person who jumped out of the window in the middle of the night and ran into the widow's room?"

The lady pointed to his chest and said.

As she spoke, she began to take off his armor, and the maids waiting on both sides hurriedly stepped forward, Yang Feng maintained a righteous and awe-inspiring expression at their mercy, and when a complete set of Mingguang armor was taken off, the noble lady's hand gently stroked it downward, and he immediately revealed his true form, unceremoniously picked it up and threw it on the bed in her laughter......

"Okay, but let me catch the rape in bed!"

Suddenly, there was an angry shout from outside.

"Where is so much nonsense!"

Yang Feng stretched out his hand from the tent, grabbed the clothes on Mrs. Qiu's chest, and dragged it in at once amid her exclamation......