Ang Lee suddenly found a solution to kill two birds with one stone from the fact that piracy was rampant in the waters of Malacca, and he couldn't help but be quite happy.

Just imagine, the reason why piracy in the Malacca sea area is the most serious, far more than other seas, the main reason is the geographical location, because all merchant ships going to the Indian Ocean have to pass through the narrow Strait of Malacca, there is no second way to go, which brings a lot of convenience to the interception of pirates.

Secondly, nature is the factor of poverty and hatred of the rich, the climate of the tropical rainforest is relatively rich, but the scientific and technological level of the countries along the way is too low, and the huge wealth of the tropical rainforest cannot be well developed, the standard of living is far lower than that of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty often carry a large amount of goods, and there is more money, which makes the people of the Malacca sea who are eager to get rich think of a very barbaric method, that is, plunder.

Although robbery is an immoral and illegal act, the local people are robbing the property of distant Tang merchants, which is not a bad thing in their hearts, they feel that they have robbed the wealth of rich people in distant places, it is the behavior of heroes, they are robbing the rich to help the poor, robbing the wealth of the Tang Dynasty merchants, and helping their own poverty.

Under the influence of this mind, they not only did not feel that they were wrong to plunder, but that it was a measure to improve their way of life.

Just like the later Chinese Empire, when a large truck overturned and threw out a large number of goods, the poor people in the vicinity would flock to the goods and take the goods for themselves, not feeling that there was anything immoral about their behavior at all, but thinking that they would not take advantage of the advantages and not take advantage of them.

This kind of erroneous thinking has been formed over a long period of life, and it is an extremely selfish thought, and they themselves do not realize that if they want to change their thinking, they must use force, and those who should be punished must be punished, and those who should be dealt with must be dealt with.

For example, the pirates that appear in the waters of Malacca must be severely punished, whether it is a stubborn pirate that has existed for hundreds of years, or a tribal pirate that has recently emerged, it must be severely punished, so that they understand that piracy and wealth robbery is a crime and must be punished.

In order to completely eliminate the pirate forces, in addition to maintaining a strong Tang naval division, it is also a good choice to provide effective means for the nearby people to get rich.

There is a famous saying that the best way to keep a piece of land free of weeds is to fill it with grain.

And if you want to completely eliminate the pirate force, the best way is to let the pirates change their careers, and use a combination of force and profit to turn the pirates into workers, so that they can serve the overseas workshops of Datang.

Datang's industrialization has developed very well, while the small countries around Malacca have not yet begun to develop, this is a good place to be developed, many of Datang's superficial low-level workshops can be relocated to these places, in order to relieve Datang's production pressure, and commodities such as cement and concrete, which are not suitable for long-distance transportation, can only be produced and sold locally.

Now that the pirates in the waters of Malacca have been almost cleared, this development plan can be put on the agenda, but in this regard, Zhang Batian has experience, and after this person arrives in Malacca, Ang Lee will listen to his advice and let him take the lead in organizing a large multinational chamber of commerce to carry out economic development of small countries along the Maritime Silk Road

And this multinational chamber of commerce group must be under the supervision of the Tang Dynasty, must obey the will of the court, must have a certain patriotic ideology, and must undertake part of the task of supporting the Tang Dynasty sailors, and moreover, it must unite the local people, so that they yearn for and worship the Tang Dynasty, and cannot hate and reject the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ang asked the wealthy businessmen of the Tang Dynasty to open transnational workshops along the way, which can indeed promote the development of small countries along the way and improve the living standards of the people in the small countries along the way, but at the same time, the benefit of the Tang Empire is also the greatest, which will be called resource plundering in later generations, which is the resource plundering of developing countries by developed countries.

However, Li Anke doesn't care about this, what about plunder, who makes these small countries too weak? It would be good if we didn't directly occupy these small countries, anyway, we have already improved their living standards, and I will not feel guilty in my heart.

The fishing law was still going on, and the ten teams were rewarded every day, capturing batch after batch of pirates, and all of them were taken to the Malacca camp to educate them ideologically, and when they passed the education, they were escorted back to the royal cities of various countries and handed over to their kings.

"Big brother, we have successfully captured more than 3,000 pirates through fishing law enforcement, and now most of them have been sent back to various countries, in addition, the black wolf and the affiliated pirates have also captured more than 2,000 people in a few days, do you want to form the eleventh and twelfth battalions of the forward battalion."

Li Feiyu asked.

Li An thought for a moment and said: "The scale of the forward battalion is already large enough, these people are directly organized into workers, let them work and forgive their sins." ”

"Workers? Big brother, what are they going to do? ”

Li Feiyu asked.

Ang Lee smiled: "The port of Malacca will definitely be expanded, and the facilities near the port are too rudimentary, and taller concrete buildings must be built, and these require a huge labor force as the foundation, so let them be responsible for the work!" ”

Recently, the engineering team and some large-scale equipment transferred from Datang have been put in place, and the only thing that is relatively lacking is labor.

"Big brother, these guys are all pirates, and they don't have the skills to work, it seems that they still need to be trained well, otherwise they really won't be able to work."

Li Feiyu naturally understands that pirates will not do these brick-moving jobs, however, the work of moving bricks does not have much technical content, as long as you study carefully and diligently, you can learn it quickly, and people who have no knowledge and no culture in later generations are most likely to engage in the work of moving bricks.

Soon, the newly captured pirates were transformed into craftsmen, and according to a certain group, belonging to different parts, before going to work, Li Ang had sent someone to warn these pirates that only by working hard could they be forgiven, and if they did not work well, or escaped, they would be severely punished.

After a few days, the newly surrendered pirates learned how to work, and a few with poor qualifications or deliberately unwilling to learn were assigned to the most tiring and unskilled transport jobs.

Li An stood on the high platform, looking down at the craftsmen working below, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, these pirates who usually do evil should torture them like this and let them do the heaviest and hardest work.

"Big brother, you see, they did a really good job, they looked good, but it seemed like that."

Li Feiyu held the railing and said with a smile.

With the addition of these unpaid laborers, the construction progress of the port of Malacca has suddenly improved a lot, and it is estimated that it will become the largest port in the region in just half a year.

Of course, in addition to Malacca, Rising Sea Island and Longya Gate are also under construction, and the construction scale of these two locations is not small, in order to ensure the safety of Longya Gate, Li An recently transferred the 9th Battalion of the Forward to Longya Gate.

"Li Shilang, Zhang Batian has already brought."

A subordinate reported.

Li An was greatly pleased, nodded and said, "Go and bring this old man." ”

Soon, Zhang Batian, who was in a nervous mood, was brought to the high platform and saluted Li An respectfully.

"Zhang Batian, come and see, these pirates do their jobs well, and they are even better than the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty."

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Good, good."

Zhang Batian looked a little nervous.

Li An looked back at Zhang Batian and asked, "Have you done this?" Do you want to give it a try? ”

The implication is to let Zhang Batian also do coolies.

"I'm too old to do this, I'm afraid I won't be able to do this."

Zhang Batian replied in a low voice.

Li An smiled: "This official is just joking, an elderly person like you, it is more appropriate to cook and wash clothes for them, haha!" ”

"If Li Shilang really asked him to come and wash their clothes, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble."

Zhang Batian said worriedly.

Li An said sharply: "Zhang Batian, you are guilty." ”

"The grass people don't know."

Zhang Batian stubbornly denied it.

Li An said dissatisfiedly: "The black wolf and the wolf have already been recruited, you still dare to quibble, the bad things you have done, the official is clear, and it is useless for you to deny it." ”

Obviously, it is absolutely impossible not to scare Zhang Batian, otherwise, how can you control it in the future.

Zhang Batian knelt on the ground with a thud, and even said: "The grass people are guilty, and the grass people are guilty." ”

"Let's talk about it! What sins have you committed? ”

Li An asked reluctantly.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Batian naturally didn't dare to hide anything, and hurriedly confessed all the crimes he had committed.

The latest information he confessed is similar to what Ang Lee knows, and there are still some unknown crimes that Ang Lee didn't know about in advance, and now he has figured it out.

Li An looked at Zhang Batian with a smile and said coldly, "Zhang Batian, it seems that you have done a lot of bad things!" That's enough to cut your head dozens of times, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people deserve death."

Zhang Batian nervously pleaded guilty.

Li An waved his hand and said softly: "You have committed so many crimes, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to cut off your head dozens of times, but this official Li An did not kill the black wolf and the wolf, and gave them a chance to reform themselves, so naturally they will not kill you, this official wants to protect you, and even hide all the crimes you have committed, and do not report them to the court, so that no one will know what you have done." ”

"Li Shilang, is this true? I don't know what conditions Li Shilang has? ”

An old man like Zhang Batian naturally understands that Li An will not let him go easily, and there must be an exchange condition.

Li An nodded and said: "Zhang Batian, in the entire Datang maritime business, only you have opened a workshop nearby, you must have a good experience in opening overseas workshops, the condition of this official is to let you continue to open overseas workshops, and at the same time mobilize more businessmen to join this industry, in addition, this official thinks that your Zhang Chamber of Commerce can be dissolved, to establish a larger Datang Chamber of Commerce, you are the president of the Datang Chamber of Commerce, responsible for guiding all Datang merchants to open workshops overseas, remember, do not do bad things, Your every move will not escape the eyes of the official, and if you dare to come nonsense, you will be severely punished. ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people must follow Li Shilang's teachings, and never dare to do bad things again, only Li Shilang is the first to look forward to this life and this life."

Zhang Batian hurriedly said.

This answer not only expressed obedience to Ang Lee's requirements, but also expressed allegiance by the way, which has a great sense of refuge.

"Okay, as long as you are obedient enough and don't think carefully about the official, the official will ensure that you are prosperous and rich, and your children and grandchildren will also benefit."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to give a promise.

Zhang Batian said happily: "Yes, the grass people understand that the grass people will do their best to complete the task assigned by Li Shilang." ”

Li An thought for a moment and said: "You are just a businessman, sometimes when you negotiate with the kings of the countries, it may not be very convenient, this official wants to play to the court and appoint you as the president of the Tang Chamber of Commerce, so that you can negotiate the terms of cooperation with the kings of the countries on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and no one in the royal family will dare to ignore you." ”

"The president of the five products, the five products! My old Zhang family has been mud legs for generations, and I have never been a high-grade official. ”

Zhang Batian was stunned excitedly for a long time, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you Li Shilang, the grass people are grateful, this life is enough, regret should not be ...... for wealth"

Speaking of excitement, this old guy actually cried.

It turned out that he was very poor when he was young, and he didn't have a minimum social status, he was a poor fisherman, and he was often looked down upon, and he fell in love with a girl with a good appearance, but he was rejected by the girl with contempt.

Since then, he has been sad and hated this world, he wants to change his situation, wants to make himself stand out, so that all those who have looked down on him can only look up to himself, and can only kneel in front of him to relieve the depression in his heart.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, everything is inferior only to read high, and only the status of the scholar is the highest, he also thought about reading to test his fame and fame, so that others will be impressed, but he is a rough man with no culture, the imperial examination is too difficult for him, and there is another way out, that is, to join the army to fight, which is also a good opportunity for ordinary poor people to change their fate

Zhang Batian also thought about this path, but his force value was not high, once he died on the battlefield, there would be nothing, and he didn't want to take this risk.

Eventually, because his mind was smart enough, he thought of a way to make money in business.

Although the merchants of Datang are at the bottom of society, as long as they are rich, be a particularly rich businessman, and make friends with scholars, then their status will not be at the bottom, at least better than nothing.

But the business society is also very cruel, especially when it is just starting, it is very difficult, the big fish eat the small fish, the small fish eat the shrimp, and the strong competitor can easily break him down, so that he can no longer get up.