Chapter 420: Winter is Approaching

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Adhering to the theory of supporting the bold and starving the timid, many people who originally did not dare to go to sea also began to be eager to try.

Before all the goods on the twelve ships were unloaded into the warehouse at the wharf, merchants from all over the country who were doing business in Luzhou rushed to the wharf as quickly as possible.

One wanted to see what the goods were and how much they were worth, and the other wanted to find out where the convoy had run and how much danger it had.

The joint merchants of the twelve fleets were also praised by countless people, and each of them could not help but feel a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe while being happy.

"Li Dongjia, Li Dongjia walks slowly, I don't know if I can have leisure in the near future, I will book a banquet at the flagship store in Haiyunjian, the state capital, and invite Li Dongjia to enjoy it."

As the leader of the twelve ships, Li Mian had just disembarked, and before he could say a few words to the people of the Chamber of Commerce, someone came over and sent out an invitation.

Listening to other people's words, looking at the envious and jealous eyes of others when they looked over, Li Mian suddenly had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, when he joined others to rent a big ship here, many people scolded him for being stupid, and he heard a lot of voices belittling him before going to sea.

Now that I'm back, oops, this life is really unpredictable.

Looking at the invited person carefully, Li Mian knew that this person was the one who had never heard bad things about him, shook his head, and gave the other party a smile, "I'm tired on the way, I really can't spare time recently, why don't I wait for a month, and then talk about other things when I'm rested, how about it?" ”

"Li Dongjia, don't be afraid of being tired, I'm ready to have a place to rest, tell me and others, where the fleet has been, I'll also go and see, and see the vast world outside."

This person still didn't give up, as if he hadn't heard the meaning of Li Mian's refusal.

Li Mian looked a little impatient, and replied categorically: "No need, a resting place has been arranged, the wind and waves are high outside, where to remember the journey?" What's more, the people who go to sea are not well prepared, let alone draw the sea chart, let me let me, please let me pay for the boat. ”

What he said was said by many people who were not optimistic about their group before they went to sea, and now they can be used to refute what happened in the first place.

As for where you go, what kind of resources that place has, and what you should be careful about on the road, you should never tell others lightly.

That's the information that was obtained at the risk of his life, why should he be used by others in vain? Whoever wants to get rich rents a boat and goes to sea by himself, and also experiences what it means to die and live a life.

As soon as Li Mian's words fell, someone from the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce sent someone to fence this side to prevent idlers from approaching.

The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce held the booklet in his hand and discussed specific matters with Li Mian, who was sitting opposite.

"Li Dongjia, first of all, congratulations on your safe return and bringing back so many good things, are we talking about the money for chartering the ship and the price of the goods?"

The person in charge checked the things that were removed from the ship one by one and asked Li Mian.

Li Mian nodded a few times and replied: "Steward Zhang, we discussed the matter of the ship before we came back, and we wanted to buy it, although there were many damages, but after all, it was the first time we went out to take the boat, so I couldn't return it to the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Twelve big ships are not taken out for human use, Li Mian and others are from Jiangnan Dongdao, before renting a ship, they must first take out their own property as collateral, go to sea and come back successfully, and use the price of the goods to pay, and return more and make up for less.

A total of three years were given, and if three years could not be returned, the property used as collateral would belong to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Now that all the twelve ships have returned safely, Li Mian is not ready to continue to rent ships, thinking that he will go out in the future, it is better to buy them, and he can save a lot of money in the future.

It's just that he doesn't know if the goods he brought back can be worth the ship's money, so he is a little worried.

The person in charge, Steward Zhang, has already seen all kinds of goods brought back by the fleet, relying on the booklet made by the little boy and the little lady in his hand, and knows in his heart that these goods can be exchanged for more than 20 ships, and the goods are not really that valuable, and the goods are scarce and expensive, and there are many things that Datang does not have when he comes back for the first time.

Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the koala, don't say it's seeing it in Datang, even if no one has heard of it, naturally there are many people who are willing to pay sky-high money to buy it in order to show their identity.

As for why the little boy and the little lady know, then there is no need to ask? Immortals, naturally there is nothing they don't know.

Thinking like this, Steward Zhang said to Li Mian: "Li Dongjia, according to the contract made when leasing the ship at that time, in addition to the goods, you must also tell the Chamber of Commerce what you have seen and heard along the way, and present the drawn chart.

As long as what you say is true, and the picture is true, just these two things, you can get four boats, and the next time you go to sea, you can get new equipment from the Chamber of Commerce, such as the equipment used to get fresh water on your ship.

According to the previous agreement, the goods must be handled by the Chamber of Commerce, there are two ways, one is that the Chamber of Commerce directly gives a price, you can rest assured, enough for you to buy a ship, the Chamber of Commerce actually does not know how much money it can sell in the end, if it sells more, you also have to recognize.

There is another way, the Chamber of Commerce does not buy directly, but helps you contact other buyers, and the final money will account for forty percent of the net profit, you can rest assured, not gross profit, you go back to discuss it first.

Oh, this goods do not include animals, and the seeds of several animals and plants that you have brought back are to be sent to the Chamber of Commerce unconditionally, and we will take them over now, and write to the Lord to tell them about it. ”

After Steward Zhang finished speaking, he didn't urge Li Mian to make a decision immediately, leaned back in his chair, turned the booklet in his hand page by page, but he already knew where the animals went, and the big animals would naturally be sent to the Datang Zoo, and the small ones such as Koalas, it is estimated that Xiaobei Xiaoniang and others will have new playmates.

This thing is so cute, especially when people are holding in their arms and turning their heads to look away, and timidly turning their faces back, looking aggrieved, people can't help but want to get one to hug.

Li Mian had already retired at this time, and went to consult with the businessmen who cooperated with him, and he knew very well in his heart that the contract he had signed at the beginning could not be violated now, and the nautical charts and key anchoring places had to be handed over.

If you change to a shipyard, you may be able to draw a fake deal with the matter of renting a ship, but it is absolutely not possible for the shipyards of Zhang and Wang.

Don't say whether the other party will suspect it, even if you just got off the boat, you don't know what the name of the little thing is, and people immediately bring it to the atlas for comparison, which means that people know a lot of things, well, a lot.

Annoyed them, the consequences are not only commercial suppression, maybe after people are unhappy, they will wait for their side to go to sea again and follow a few gunboats.

Yes, you must do it according to the contract, some cheap can not be taken advantage of Li Mian warned himself in his heart, and then he felt relaxed.

The other businessmen who were stopped out are now regretting and excited, regretting that they did not cooperate with Li Mian to go to sea at the beginning, and what is exciting is that others have made money, and they should be able to make a handful.

Just like when they were on Xinyuan Island, the Zhang and Wang families were really powerful, they knew that there was a big place outside, and there were many things that Datang didn't have, so I thought Datang had everything.

So, when Li Mian was discussing with others how to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce, a storm of great navigation was brewing.

The first line of Jinchuan, the edge of the desert.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan counted the number of various livestock recovered and estimated the amount of profit.

"Xiaobao, it seems that the Tibetans and Turks will have to pay more price this time, you actually sold the operation model of the money bank to them, so that they can't help but be unmoved, you are really bad."

After Wang Juan calculated the accounts, he found that this time, not only did he not lose money, but also made a lot of money, and only livestock earned back the expenses of 40,000 people along the way, as well as other local medicinal herbs and slaves, which was a real profit.

What's more, the Tibetans and Turks have accepted the Tang Dynasty banknotes and recognized the legitimacy of the banknotes, so that a stable foreign exchange circulation channel will be formed in the future, and then the livestock obtained from the Tibetans and the Turks will be used to improve the degree of domestic currency recognition, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Of course, the most powerful thing is not how much money is earned this time, but to make the Tibetans and Turks understand the importance of a country having its own monetary system.

This so-called monetary system is actually a money bank, and the success of the Datang money bank has made many small countries around it red-eyed, especially the people who were emperors, and they found that since the Tang Dynasty had a money bank, Li Longji's treasury began to become full.

Who doesn't want to keep the money in their own hands, especially if the money can be used to build places, to fight wars, yes, to fight wars is the most frightening.

After Li Longji has the money to fight, who can guarantee that he will not do it to himself?

Under such circumstances, Zhang Xiaobao wrote out the operation model of the money village and sold it as a commodity to the Tibetans and Turks, and the price was very high.

After Que Te Qin and Chide Zuzan learned about this, they were worried for a while, and finally they were willing to pay more in exchange, they were really worried that they did not have such money in their country, and when Li Longji raised more money to fight the war, their country would not have the power to fight back.

Of course, what Wang Juan praised was not that the people on both sides were willing to spend money to buy the money bank model, but that they were enough to buy it.

Zhang Xiaobao also understood what Wang Juan was referring to, turned the last page of the account book, and said: "This is called being in line with international standards, cheapening them, I am a good person, help them concentrate money." ”

"You are staring and talking nonsense, don't say it's me, even Xin'er knows what your plans are, and you don't want to wait for the money bank in the two places to open up and start a real financial war against them.

You are the temptation of the devil, giving them a hope, and making them open Pandora's box, just like finding someone overseas to search for new places and get more things, the benefits come with risks.

When you first let people go to sea, it sounded good, why didn't you organize a fleet to go out yourself? I don't know if any of them will come back alive, it's the sea, and when it gives birth to life, it is also devouring life. ”

As he spoke, Wang Juan remembered the merchants who had been encouraged to go to sea, hoping that they would come back alive and bring back more good things.

Just when Wang Juan mentioned this matter, the pigeon that was trying to fly had already arrived in Yizhou, and received Shui Yun who sent the letter back and forth, and put the letter on Shui Yun and came towards the edge of the desert.

In the imperial palace of Tibet, Chide Zuzan held the paper that Yiluo had just exchanged for a lot of resources, and read it word by word.

There is Princess Jincheng next to her, and now her status is obviously much higher than before, and the entire harem of Tubo has almost become her world, and no one dares to compete with her anymore.

Everyone is afraid that Datang will retaliate after provoking her.

In the past, no matter how powerful Datang is, no matter how tough Li Longji is, it is nothing, after all, it is very troublesome for Datang's army to attack, and it is usually a passive defense, and it will not come over to take the initiative to attack.

But since the existence of that cuckoo demon, everything has become different, no one can guess the true thoughts of a child, perhaps a child is never so stable, today when he is happy, he will laugh, tomorrow he will cry if he is unhappy.

Whether or not they can fight and when they will fight has nothing to do with the thoughts of Li Longji and a group of courtiers in the Tang Dynasty.

Chide Zuzan also knows the situation in the harem recently, and even he has contributed to it once, no way, who let Chen soldiers in that place in the desert 40,000.

"This is the method of Datang Qianzhuang, good, really good, why no one in my dynasty can think of it, in this way, businessmen come and go frequently, and every time they buy and sell, they have to pay a tax to Datang, and Li Longji has more and more money in his hands, slaves, this time when you go back to Datang, you must remember to ask more about the disadvantages of Qianzhuang.

I'm worried that there will be things that Zhang Xiaobao gave me that I can't see, and once I do it, it will cause a lot of trouble, and he and Wang Juan will not die. ”

Chide Zuzan flipped a few pages, and what he saw was an introduction written by Zhang Xiaobao, introducing the advantages and disadvantages of this money bank, of course, those shortcomings seemed to be nothing at all.

Looking further back, Chide Zuzan couldn't understand that there were a lot of technical terms involved in the book, which was not his strong point.

The only thing he knows is that Zhang Xiaobao will not be so kind, even if Tubo pays a great price for this, Zhang Xiaobao is very likely to set up a few sets in it, even if he goes to the Tang Dynasty, no one will tell him, he can only count on Li Nunu.

What else can Princess Jincheng say, she has married to Tubo, Chide Zuzan mentioned it, she has to help ask, and what makes her even happier is Chide Zuzan's words, which means that she can go back to the Tang Dynasty to see.

I thought I would stay in Tubo for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect that there would be a chance to go back, this time I would have to stay for a while anyway, or I would discuss with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to see if I could come back to save my relatives every once in a while in the future.

Thinking of this, Princess Jincheng saw that Chide Zuzan was still waiting for her reply, and hurriedly said: "Zampu, don't worry, the slave will definitely help to ask the secret, I think Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan will tell the slave." ”

"Don't, don't ask the two of them, I heard that the two of them don't deal with Zhang Shuo in the court, you have to find a way to ask Zhang Shuo, and Concubine Wu Hui, that woman once used to do something to Datang Qianzhuang, but unfortunately, her methods still didn't work, not only was she seen through, but she also let Zhang Xiaobao take the opportunity to open Qianzhuang better."

Chide Zuzan, who had collected a lot of information about Datang, heard that the Duke of Jincheng was going to ask Zhang Xiaobao and immediately stopped it, wasn't he waiting to be deceived?

The Tang Dynasty now has a bad relationship with Zhang Xiaobao and the two of them is Zhang Shuo's faction and Concubine Wu Hui in the harem, since the queen has regained favor, people with a discerning eye can clearly see that Concubine Wu Hui has been trying to deal with the two families of Zhang and Wang.

Unfortunately, the two families are too stable, and even Li Longji is biased, so Concubine Wu Hui's repeated attempts have been unsuccessful.

However, if you propose to cooperate with it, you may be able to gain something else.

Princess Jincheng nodded, and agreed to come down.

She sighed secretly in her heart, sometimes she didn't know what she should do, and the contradictions on both sides seemed to put her in the middle.

Chide Zuzan glanced at the book of the money village a few more times, ****** sour eyes, and said to Princess Jincheng again: "This time I went there, it is estimated that there is nothing good, if anyone asks you about the specific situation of Tubo, you must not tell them." ”

"The slave wrote it down." Princess Jincheng nodded.

Chide Zuzan is just a thought.

The same troublesome thing is the Que Special Service, don't look at the current Turkic monarch is Mo Jianlian, but the person who is really in charge is the Que Special Service, he controls the army, and naturally controls the entire Turkic.

He really wanted to go to Datang in person to see what Huashan was talking about the sword, but he didn't dare, the people who controlled the army went over, once something happened, there would be nothing.

So he could only let Mo Jianlian go over in person, and at the same time he was very worried, in case Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty supported Mo Jianlian very much and helped him seize his military power, it would be really difficult for him to do it.

This matter is not over yet, and now there is another problem of Qianzhuang, and the fine work sent to Datang has sent back the news, not only once, which explains the various benefits of Qianzhuang, which can make Li Longji of Datang get a lot of taxes, and can also make Datang more prosperous.

Now that the method has been bought, I don't know whether it's true or not, it seems that Qianzhuang is just such a simple means, but Que Special Service knows very well that it will definitely not be so light, and if something goes wrong somewhere, it may be possible to let the entire Turk get in.

So he came to Mo Jianlian and said to Mo Jianlian, who was about to travel: "This time to go to Datang, it is best to contact the people in Tubo and tell them that we are willing to cooperate with them, in the military, and in the Qianzhuang, if they can find out about the troubles in the Qianzhuang, we are willing to pay the corresponding price." ”

Mo Jianlian actually didn't want to go, if he was left behind, even his current status would be lost, but there was no other way, if he didn't go, Li Longji would have an excuse to attack the Turks, and the surrounding countries would naturally not be able to help him.

Thinking like this, Mo Jianlian agreed: "Let someone copy the things of the money village that Zhang Xiaobao sold us, and compare them with Tubo when I bring them to the Tang Dynasty to see if it is the same, and bring more warriors. ”

While the Tibetans and Turks were thinking of ways with their own hearts, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also received a letter from Luzhou.

"They really came back, very fast, a year and a half is a round trip, they got koalas, did they run to Australia? It's not close to here, and you have to bypass Malacca.

The letter that the pigeon can bring is too small, only a few things we need most, and the others are not mentioned, I don't know if there are kangaroos, well, let them send the koala quickly, koalas, it's not easy to raise, and now there are leaves they brought back, in case a seed can't keep up with the koala's eating speed, it will starve to death at that time. ”

Zhang Xiaobao read the letter and imagined the scenery of the places where the businessmen had been, and was a little yearning.

Wang Juan was also very happy, as long as someone went over, even if it was just to Malacca, the places he encountered along the way had a lot of resources, such as spices, copper, gold, and good trees, but he couldn't count them.

"Okay, send the koala over to Xiaobei and others to play, it must be very interesting for the child to hold the koala at that time, I'm afraid that the koala will be killed by Xiaobei, forget it, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky."

We are going back soon, otherwise we won't be able to catch the New Year, and you will write to Mo Jianlian and Chide Zuzan to urge them, asking them if they are together, and there is a surprise here, we have to find a way to let them leave the army, and now they can't go back.

It is best to wait for the population in the northern part of Hebei Province to be smaller, and it is best to directly absorb their army, and when the affairs in the northern part of Hebei Province are dealt with, even if they all go back, they will not be able to return to the sky. ”

Wang Juan didn't hug the koala with his own hands, imagining what it would look like at that time, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded with his hand on his face, "Oh, but it's really hard to deal with suddenly, I guess he has already thought of something, after all, they have not been able to contact the outside for a long time, and when they come out, I think they will definitely arrange for someone to send a message every once in a while."

I haven't received news for such a long time, so he is willing to leave the soldiers behind, so he has to take some extraordinary measures, you say that if we suddenly encounter an assassination, can we locate the object of suspicion on them? Let's say the car we were riding in was pierced by a crossbow. ”