The business competition is cruel in Datang, every city has a fixed strength, which is equivalent to a local snake, a person with no background, it is still okay to work for them, but if you want to compete with these local snakes to do business, it is not so easy.

There is a saying that if your road is clear, others will have no way out, and if you start a business, then others will have no way to do business.

In later generations, a certain country has been besieging China in order to maintain its own advantages, because once China completely rises, the original powerful hegemon will be finished, which can be seen from the decline of the West.

The West was the first to industrialize, and some industrial products could be sold to poor countries at a high price, and then raw materials could be purchased from poor countries at low prices, so as to achieve a scissors difference in industrial and agricultural prices, and accumulate wealth step by step, so that they can always maintain a rich standard of living.

However, after the rise of China's manufacturing industry, it can also manufacture many industrial products needed for life, and the price is cheaper, so that many industrial products in the Western world will not be able to sell, which will naturally aggravate the decline of Western countries and make them gradually become less rich.

Zhang Batian's situation is the same, if he succeeds in gaining a foothold in a Tang City, then he will definitely rob a lot of his peers' business, so it is natural that he will be resisted by the original businessmen, and use various means to make him unable to do business at all.

With weak funds and property, he couldn't stand the toss at all, and the disheartened Zhang Batian had to temporarily give up business, he hated these businessmen who hindered him from realizing his dreams, and bought the foreshadowing for him to retaliate against these businessmen in the future.

Zhang Batian, who couldn't get through business, had to unite a group of poor fishermen and continue to go south to fish, in order to catch more valuable fish, he went south farther and farther, and learned about the pirate business.

Seeing that the pirates robbed the goods of the Tang merchants, Zhang Batian was very excited, and even had the urge to join the pirates, but he thought about it carefully and gave up the idea of being a pirate, because once he entered this industry, it was difficult to get out, and he couldn't stand it when he was in the company of pirates all day long and stayed in the pirate's lair, which was too different from his ideals.

But except for the pirate business, there is no other business that can take revenge on those Tang merchants who bullied him, he thought about it, and felt that it was a better way to get acquainted with pirates and cooperate with pirates, he could provide information so that pirates could accurately rob merchant ships.

After the robbery, he can help the pirates sell the valuable goods they have robbed and receive a portion of the commission, which is beneficial to both him and the pirates.

Through this method, he and some of his brothers earned a lot of money and improved their status to a certain extent.

Subsequently, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty set off an increasingly large-scale overseas trade, which made Zhang Batian see a business opportunity, although by providing information, he could get a lot of money, however, most of the head was taken by pirates, and he could only get a small part, and the effect of getting rich was not obvious.

So, he joined the maritime trade industry, with the relationship of pirates, he basically will not be robbed on the road, just give a little toll, so that the competitive advantage is more obvious.

At the beginning, he was still suppressed by many merchants, but at this time, he was no longer what it used to be, whether it was the wealth in his hands, or the strategy to deal with various problems was very clever, the suppression of hostile merchants could no longer do anything to him, not only was he not defeated, but he grew stronger and stronger, relying on the relationship between maritime trade and piracy, and soon became a very powerful businessman.

After the wealth skyrocketed, Zhang Batian realized that he would have an unstable foundation if he did business alone, so he pulled out all the little brothers who followed him, and put them in charge of different maritime trades, and then the Zhang Chamber of Commerce was formed, and a community of interests was formally formed.

Due to his previous resentment, Zhang Batian was reluctant to let more people join his chamber of commerce, and in addition, too many people joined him, which was not conducive to his monopoly operation, and the benefits would definitely be divided.

Knowing Zhang Batian's fortune history and his grievances with many businessmen in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh.

He originally had a bad impression of Zhang Batian, completely in order to use Zhang Batian's genius to forgive his sins, but after listening to his story, he actually had a good impression of him, although this change is still very weak, it can be regarded as a kind of change, at least, I don't hate him so much.

Li An patted Zhang Batian on the shoulder, and said: "Okay, don't cry, this official believes that you are truly repentant, from today onwards, you just need to work hard, the president of the Datang Chamber of Commerce of Zhengwupin, will come down in a few months, you just have to wait for the good news." ”

"Yes, Li Shilang, his subordinates obey orders."

Zhang Batian responded excitedly.

In addition to being moved, Zhang Batian even changed his title, from the former self-proclaimed grass people, to his subordinates.

After a brief explanation, Ang Lee handed over all the tasks of the Tang Dynasty merchants to develop overseas workshops to Zhang Batian.

However, Ang Lee at least needs to understand what Zhang Batian needs to do, and whether there will be imperfections in this method.

The discussion lasted for more than two hours, and it didn't stop until dinner, although most of the concepts proposed by Zhang Batian were thought of by Ang Lee, but there were also some details that he created originally, and Ang Lee did not think of them in advance.

After this discussion, Li An was more sure of Zhang Batian's talent, and confidently and boldly handed over this task to him, and immediately wrote to the court in person to fight for Zhang Batian for the position of president of the Datang Chamber of Commerce, in fact, the full name of this chamber of commerce should be the Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce, referred to as the Datang Chamber of Commerce.

After a few days of simple preparations, Zhang Batian officially began to form the Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce, and used Li An as the backing to contact all the big merchants along the Datang coast, of course, it must be businessmen related to maritime trade, so that they can take time to come to Malacca, and then, conduct inspections in nearby countries, and settle down to set up workshops.

Zhang Batian prepared very orderly, all kinds of orders were orderly, although the manpower given to him by Li An was not very sufficient, he did not complain at all, and used these people in a very orderly manner.

With Zhang Batian in charge of Datang businessmen's cross-border factory investment, Li An can focus all his energy on exterminating pirates, at present, the Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce is being formed in an orderly manner, and many big businessmen in Datang have to go to the waters of Malacca to investigate, and there must be no problems in terms of security.

With the escort of Datang steam gunboats, there is no need to worry about the safety of these big businessmen, but if the pirates are still rampant, then these big businessmen will not dare to invest here, after all, the pirates are too ruthless, if the workshop they invested in is destroyed, who will they compensate for their losses?

Therefore, in order to stimulate more Datang businessmen to invest in Nanyang, it is necessary to create a safe environment here in Nanyang.

The Forward Battalion and the Dragon Warrior Army scattered to encircle and suppress the remaining pirates, and the fishing law enforcement boats were not idle, and they launched an extremely severe crackdown on the pirates in the waters of Malacca.

The effect of the blow is still very good, there is a lot of harvest every day, the captured pirates are stubble, both the old pirates under the command of the black wolf, and the tribal pirates who have not long joined the pirate industry, treating these guys, Ang Lee's attitude is to transform all into workers, who makes the construction of the seaport lack of labor?

The more pirates are captured, the more labor force Ang Lee will have, and the continuous addition of these laborers can ensure the progress of the construction of the port of Malacca

In other words, the continuous crackdown on piracy has the effect of killing two birds with one stone, on the one hand, it purifies the security environment of this sea area, so that merchants can do business with peace of mind, and on the other hand, it also provides sufficient labor for ports such as Malacca, which already belong to Datang, so that these ports can be built faster.

The Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce was established very smoothly, as soon as I heard that Li An took the lead in this chamber of commerce, and could get great benefits, the businessmen were willing to join, and soon gathered together, under the escort of the Datang sailors, to visit the waters of Malacca.

There are two or three hundred of these businessmen, all of whom are big businessmen with a lot of assets, and their participation can make the Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce extremely strong, and a large number of businessmen can make money in this Chamber of Commerce, and they can get the protection of the entire Chamber of Commerce, and they can avoid the formation of disorderly vicious competition.

Half a month later, after continuous fierce attacks, there were almost no pirates in the entire Malacca sea, whether it was a professional pirate under the command of a black wolf or a poor fisherman who was improvised to do so, they all obediently shrank up.

However, even so, Ang Lee did not let up his crackdown on pirates, and the forward battalion continued to conduct scattered searches, and fishing law enforcement boats continued to work to ensure that all the pirates here were completely wiped out.

When the two or three hundred Tang merchant leaders entered the waters of Malacca, the waters of Malacca had become a peaceful and calm sea, and there was no shadow of piracy at all, which made the merchants very satisfied and relieved, and had the idea of investing in this place.

Li An was also quite satisfied with the results achieved by the soldiers in their continuous encirclement and suppression, and rewarded the meritorious soldiers to a certain extent to enhance their enthusiasm for continuing their efforts.

When a large number of big businessmen arrived in Malacca, they first discussed for several days how to set up workshops in these small countries, and who was in charge of what position.

Ang Lee also personally met with these famous businessmen and encouraged them to set up workshops in these small countries to use the unique natural resources here to serve the continued prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Merchants are all chasing interests, the pursuit of interests is the eternal purpose of businessmen, as long as there are interests, there must be businessmen, and there are vast projects to be developed in the waters of Malacca, which can naturally attract businessmen to invest here, so there is no need for Li Ando to say anything, as long as this area can provide them with the opportunity to make money, they will choose to invest here.

Some businessmen fully believed in Ang Lee, and after some discussion, they expressed their decision to open a workshop in Malacca, while some businessmen were more cautious and gave a wait-and-see decision.

They asked to stay a little longer, and they asked to go to the surrounding countries and make careful and detailed investigations of these small countries before they could make up their minds to open a workshop here.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and prudence is good in many cases, which can avoid impulsive decisions that cause you huge losses, but it also means that you can lose the best opportunity to make money.

Whether to choose to be cautious or to be bold, everyone has their own standards of behavior, which is also related to people's natural character.

Li An naturally wanted to meet the various inspection requirements put forward by the merchants, and immediately sent reliable soldiers and horses to escort them to various small countries for inspection.

For the sake of absolute security, these businessmen cannot act alone, and must gather together to investigate and form a unified business expedition.

The captain of this commercial expedition team is naturally Zhang Batian, the president of the Datang Maritime Silk Road Chamber of Commerce, and it is most suitable for him to take these businessmen to inspect the situation.

"Zhang Batian, this time I went to the countries along the way to investigate, as the captain of this commercial expedition team, your responsibility is very heavy, do you understand in your heart?"

Before leaving, Li An found Zhang Batian and spoke.

"Li Shilang rest assured, with the elite soldiers and horses of Datang guarding him, nothing will happen."

Zhang Batian replied confidently.

Li An nodded and said: "Okay, since you have confidence, there are more than 200 businessmen led by you this time, and the scale is not huge, how many soldiers and horses do you need to escort?" ”

Zhang Batian thought for a moment and replied: "Since the large number of pirates in the vicinity have been exterminated, and all the countries along the way have also submitted to my Tang Dynasty, then we will not encounter much danger, and three hundred dragon martial forces are enough." ”

Three hundred guards is indeed not much, almost a soldier protects a businessman, but Zhang Batian named the Long Wu Army, not the soldiers of the forward battalion, which shows that he is not at ease with the forward battalion where he was born as a pirate, and at the same time, he is also afraid that among the many soldiers in the forward battalion, someone knows him, so once he talks, his old background will be known by other businessmen, so that he will be in big trouble.

Li An thought for a moment and said: "This official will give you five hundred soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army, remember, you must take care of these big merchants, and after arriving at the ports of the countries, you must not let them be scattered, otherwise, it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses under the command of this official to protect them." ”