Chapter 896: Find a Way
Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji at this time, and now he can only count on the eldest grandson Wuji if he wants money among the few.
Facing Li Shimin's gaze, the eldest grandson Wuji knew very well in his heart that he had to support it, but since Penglai failed, the loss of his eldest grandson's family was huge.
Since the Li family occupied Chang'an, Li Shimin has been investing in the eldest grandson's family, and there are several shops of the eldest grandson's family in each market.
A large part of the money invested in the shop is the property of King Qin, which can be said to be a business partner, which is actually the trust of the eldest grandson Wuji.
They know very well how much money can help them, so staying in Chang'an is not without benefits, at least it is very active in opening workshops and shops.
The problem is that it is not something that can be achieved in a period of time if you want to get the capital.
The money needed to expand the army and horses now is really difficult for them.
"King Qin almost can't miss it this time." Fang Xuanling said.
"But how do we solve the problem of food and wages?" Li Shimin asked.
The eldest grandson Wuji was speechless, and it would not be of much help to them to expand the thousands of soldiers and horses with so much money that could be taken out.
They know it in their hearts.
For a long time, no one made a sound, and they were all stumped by this question, and Fang Xuanling saw a few people staring at each other without an idea, and he had already known their hole cards.
The investment of King Qin and the eldest grandson family was very clear, and they couldn't get enough money for a while.
"For today's plan, we may be able to sell timber, we don't still have 50,000 soldiers and horses, as long as we make a few transactions, we can get a lot of financial resources, but we need to sell to Youzhou, if people know, I am afraid that they will be punished by Your Majesty."
Trading with Youzhou let Li Yuan know that it was not a trivial matter, and the consequences were something they didn't want to see, but in order to have money, it was necessary to take risks to expand the troops and horses.
As for whether to take the risk or not, it depends on Li Shimin's meaning.
"Mowgli, you can be sure that you can make enough money." Li Shimin asked.
"I heard that a large project called a park is being built in Youzhou, which requires a lot of timber, and now many merchants in Chang'an are engaged in this business." The eldest grandson Wuji said.
When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately guessed that he understood it so clearly, and he really didn't believe it if he wanted to say that the eldest grandson Wuji didn't follow him to do this business.
"Wuji, your news is accurate, are you secretly involved?" Li Shimin asked directly.
They are very familiar with each other, and the two families are relatives, but Li Shimin is married to the sister of the eldest grandson Wuji, so some things have been done, and some things are not important.
Li Shimin will still take care of the eldest grandson's family, and his ability to ask so directly is precisely his trust in the eldest grandson Wuji.
"It's good to follow the caravan, and some of them are invested, and the business is not big."
The eldest grandson Wuji did not lie, after all, he was doing business with Youzhou, and he must not invest in a big way, so naturally he would not make too much trouble and not arouse suspicion.
"Mowgli's small fights will not have an impact, but it is absolutely impossible to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses." Li Shimin made a mistake.
"Your Highness doesn't have to worry about using 50,000 soldiers and horses, just to collect timber, and it can be transported through the caravan, so that you can also clear the relationship and collect the money." The eldest grandson Wuji said on his own.
The power of the eldest grandson family is not small, and there is a way to do big business, not to mention that Youzhou is responsible for the acquisition, but no matter who the seller is, this ensures that the buyer has the ability to pay. I love eBooks
As long as they are responsible for having enough timber and caravans.
It is impossible to have insufficient transportation capacity, but there are not only caravans in Youzhou in the world, but according to the information that Changsun Wuji has mastered, there are now some anti-king forces who are engaged in transportation.
Their soldiers and horses began to change careers, especially the forces that signed cooperation agreements with Youzhou, because they were protected by Youzhou, so that their soldiers and horses really had no place to use, and eventually used to transport materials from the two places, and over time, many caravans were formed.
They are the ones that the eldest grandson Wuji wants to hire, and it has nothing to do with them that he will nominally find a merchant to be in charge of this matter.
Everyone felt that the plan was feasible.
"Okay, just follow the Mowgli method, Xuan Ling is like obscurity, you have to cooperate with all your strength."
Li Shimin has already made it clear that they will make enough money with this opportunity.
50,000 soldiers and horses went into the mountains to cut wood, nominally to expand the barracks and prepare for recruitment, and by the way, to train the soldiers to adapt to the mountain and forest battles.
Then there is the fact that after logging, the timber is sold to merchants and people in Chang'an and Luoyang, and it is understandable that they are openly doing some businessmen's business in order to raise money.
Li Yuan quickly got the news, and did not stop it, but gave some officialdom convenience, after all, now Li Shimin is already the king of Qin, doing some businessmen's business, and he is pretentious in private, but doing so openly has also been criticized by many courtiers.
After all, this is a matter that damages the dignity of the royal family, Li Shimin is unscrupulous, because he really has no money, and doing things with such fanfare is also a helpless move.
Fifty thousand soldiers were sent out to cut down a lot of timber, and it was difficult to sell so much timber even if it was sold to merchants publicly.
Recently, some of the caravans contacted by Changsun Wuji have made progress, and the timber sales will be faster after increasing the volume of freight.
In order to be able to accumulate money quickly, Li Shimin's advisers are all good at using their respective relationships and doing everything.
Even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui used a lot of connections, not only transporting timber through caravans, but also selling a large amount of timber to the family.
The price is relatively cheap, and it is really a no-brainer for Li Shimin.
The several cities controlled by the Li family have their business and they have really made a lot of money, but it is still much worse than the amount they need.
Recently, the people of the Changsun family have been using their connections to secretly contact the caravans, and many of the methods used are to transport them in batches, mainly to avoid the transportation caravans being too conspicuous, and they are all divided into small caravans and transported out of Chang'an City.
When they arrived dozens of miles outside the city, they gathered and left.
The eldest grandson Wuji has already contacted a large caravan, and today is their first large-scale transaction, in order to ensure that nothing is lost, there will be scouts on this journey out of Chang'an, secretly patrolling along the way.
If someone finds out, they will use extraordinary means.
It is impossible to say that the eldest grandson Wuji is not nervous, but in his plan, it has been deduced many times to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
But it's impossible to know for sure whether the good will actually be able to go undetected.
One convenient place is that the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin have been stationed in the suburbs, which is very beneficial to the transportation of caravans.
This is also the reason why the eldest grandson Wuji dares to send scouts out to inspect, no matter what suspicious people are found, they can be arrested as spies, or find some other excuses.
Qin Wangfu, Li Shimin knew that the caravan would arrive today, and he was also very worried, after all, it was a shady thing, and he really didn't want people to find out.