blenderwars Chapter 385 Li Shimin's Bottom Line
Chapter 385 Li Shimin's Bottom Line
Chapter 385 Li Shimin's Bottom Line
Zhang Zhongjian waved his hand and said: "No need, money touches people's hearts. If it's what you said, you won't be able to play at all. You still have to share some of the profit. You can't pay the cost, but it's less than the old man. If If it gets out, others will think that the old man is bullying the apprentice."
"Okay then, just do as the master says." Lin Xuan nodded.
Zhang Zhongjian pondered for a while and said: "Autumn and winter to March of the next year is the best time to go to sea. This year is definitely too late, but you can start building ships. You can choose some people. When I go back next year, I will go back with me. In autumn and winter next year, we can start."
The main power of ancient ships is manpower and wind, especially in autumn and winter (November to March of the following year is the winter monsoon period).Because the northerly wind (mainly northeasterly) prevails in Lingnan during this season, the northeast monsoon will allow ships departing from Lingnan to go south with the wind.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "I will start building the ship as soon as possible, and it should be no problem to set off next autumn."
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"What are you doing here?" Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan and said angrily.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's a good thing for me to come to see Your Majesty."
"Good thing?" Li Shimin was taken aback, and asked, "What good thing?"
"It's a good thing that can bring Datang tens of millions of income at least every year." Lin Xuan said.
"What!" Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan.
Liuli has brought him more than 1000 million yuan in income so far, but after so long, the income has begun to decrease.
Even so, Li Shimin was very satisfied.
Now Lin Xuan told him that there was another idea of tens of millions, which was the least.
So how much is the most?
2000 million guan or 3000 million guan?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan with fiery eyes, and said, "Be more specific."
"Your Majesty, I heard from my master that there is an overseas island full of spices that are more expensive than gold in the Tang Dynasty. No one collects them, and they all rot on the island," Lin Xuan said.
"With spices alone, it is impossible to bring Datang 1000 million yuan in income, right?" Li Shimin said pretendingly.
Datang spends more than 1000 million guan on spices throughout the country every year, but if a large amount of spices flow into Datang, the price of spices will definitely decrease.
But even so, a few million hits a year is still no problem.
Although Li Shimin's heart was hot, he didn't want Lin Xuan to see it.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Spices alone are not enough, but the ships that go out to sea to pick spices are empty when they go to sea. If they are full of goods on board and trade with other countries, when they come back, they will be full of spices. Does Your Majesty think that the spices from the boat can bring tens of millions of income to Datang?"
Li Shimin asked: "Your master knows about that island, but others don't? Is there something hidden in it?"
Although he was very eager for wealth, he was not carried away.
Spices are valuable not only in Datang, but also in other places. It is impossible that other people do not know about the island that Zhang Zhongjian knows, so why no one picks it up?
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, my master doesn't know where the island is, he just heard about it."
Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan, and said, "Are you entertaining me?"
What the hell, I was happy for a long time, you told me it was just a rumor, aren't you kidding me?
"I don't dare. There was a fisherman who encountered a strong wind when he went out to sea. The boat was blown to an island by the wind. He saw that the island was full of spices. The fisherman didn't know spices, so he picked some at random. When you know After this was the spice, the fishermen regretted it and went to the sea area to search for it many times, but they never found it. My master minister accidentally rescued the fisherman. In order to repay his kindness, the fisherman told his master the approximate location of the spice island. .” Lin Xuan began to make up a story.
No way, he knew that the Maluku Islands in Indonesia were rich in spices, but he didn't know the exact location of the Maluku Islands, he only knew a general idea.
If you want to fool Li Shimin into exploring with him, you can only make up a story to convince Li Shimin.
Li Shimin listened and thought carefully.
According to what Lin Xuan said, looking for Spice Island is not a castle in the air.
With an approximate location, as long as you spend some time, there is a great possibility of finding it.
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and said, "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, the cost of shipbuilding can be paid by the minister, and the sailors can be trained by the master of the minister. Your Majesty only needs to provide some shipbuilding craftsmen to the minister."
In this era, most skilled craftsmen were recruited by the imperial court.
There are masters among the people who can build ships, but those who can build sea ships are very rare.
Lin Xuan went to look for it by himself, but he didn't know when he found it.
Li Shimin frowned. Datang didn't have a navy, and even the navy was very scarce.
The Maritime Silk Road was established in the Han Dynasty, starting from Lingnan.
But although Lingnan belongs to the Tang Dynasty, the court's ruling power over Lingnan is not strong.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Feng An occupied Lingnan. Although he later surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Feng An's reputation in Lingnan was very high, and he was called the King of Lingnan, which can be seen.
There were rumors before that Feng An intended to rebel, and Li Shimin intended to send troops to fight against him, but was persuaded by Wei Zheng.
In order to appease Feng An, Li Shimin sent ministers to condolences.
Feng An naturally knew that someone had accused him of treason, so in order to show his loyalty, he sent his son Feng Zhidai to Chang'an as a hostage.
Even so, Li Shimin simply cannot tolerate the existence of a country within a country in the Tang Dynasty.
He originally thought that Feng An was old, and when Feng An died, the imperial court would be able to control Lingnan peacefully.
It is impossible to ask Feng An's craftsmen who want to build seagoing ships without sharing some of Feng An's interests.
Among other things, Guangzhou Haikou in the south of Lingnan is the largest sea estuary in Datang. If you want to go to sea from Guangzhou, Feng An is an insurmountable hurdle.
If some of the benefits are given to Feng An, it will undoubtedly make the Feng family stronger.Li Shimin was naturally unwilling.
Li Shimin hesitated for a while, and told Lin Xuan his concerns.
After Lin Xuan heard this, he really wanted to say that Feng An would not rebel at all, don't ask me how I know, it is recorded in history books like this.
But can he say that?Unless it's too long.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, you mean the second son of Geng Guogong, who is in Chang'an now?"
Li Shimin nodded, and asked with some doubts, "What are your plans?"
"Your Majesty, since you don't want to give too much benefit to Geng Guogong, naturally you can't go to Geng Guogong directly. I want to talk to Geng Guogong's son directly." Lin Xuan said.
He specifically said that he didn't want to share too much profit with Feng An, but he just told Li Shimin that it was impossible to do nothing at all.
Li Shimin was silent for a while, and asked, "Are you sure?"
"That depends on His Majesty's bottom line." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin's expression changed, and it took him a long time to say: "[-]%, no more than [-]%. If it is less than [-]%, I will give you a great credit."
Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, Li Shimin's answer was not bad.
Lin Xuan pondered for a while, and asked, "I wonder how much your majesty wants?"
Zhang Zhongjian already has [-]% and Feng An is taking [-]%, which is [-]%. If Li Shimin asks for too much, his work will be in vain.
Li Shimin glanced at Lin Xuan and said, "I want [-]%."
(End of this chapter)