Li An originally planned to deal with sinister businessmen like Zhang Batian, in order to set an example, so that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty could do trade in peace, but at this moment, he changed his mind.

Because those ordinary merchants who have been in peace, none of them are outstanding, they do seafaring trade and hide, avoid pirates can earn a lot of money, if they are caught by pirates, it will be a big loss, in short, it is a child's game of hide and seek, not to mention that they can start workshops in the countries along the way.

To put it simply, Ang Lee discovered Zhang Batian's talent, and felt that this guy was quite capable, and he could actually handle all the pirates and the royal families along the way, and his ability was really not weak, if this person was in charge of cross-border trade negotiations, it must be very suitable.

With the black wolf's confession, Ang Li can arrest Zhang Batian at any time, and he is not afraid that this old guy will be disobedient.

After talking about Zhang Batian, Li An asked the black wolf to go out in person, with the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army's forward battalion, to persuade the rest of the pirates who were unwilling to surrender, and some small leaders also took the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses to persuade them to surrender, if the effect is concerned, of course, the black wolf personally persuaded the best effect, after all, he is the leader of the pirates, and his prestige in this area has always been relatively large.

Li An didn't have to go out to persuade him to surrender in person, and took a few henchmen to enjoy the scenery nearby.

I have to say that the scenery of Malacca port is still very good, standing on a high place you can overlook the entire port, hundreds of ships of various types are parked in the port in an orderly manner, which looks quite spectacular.

However, Li An is more concerned about the resources near the port, as well as the natural resources in the depths, after the pirates occupied Malacca, the land within a radius of more than 100 miles of the port is the world of pirates, and now the pirates have been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty sailors, this large piece of land should naturally be the land of the Tang Dynasty.

Datang wants to set up a county here to rule this important piece of land, in fact, it only needs to rely on the unique port conditions, which is enough to produce great economic value, so as to feed the people and yamen of the entire county, and at the same time, it can also provide part of the funds to fund the Datang sailors.

However, this economic structure is too simple, and if it only relies on the port, everything that the people need to live in the future will have to rely on external imports, and if the merchant ships no longer call at this port, or the number of calls becomes smaller, it will not be a great blow to Malacca.

For example, in a certain country in later generations, oil resources were extremely abundant, because selling oil was too profitable, so the people and businessmen of the whole country invested in the oil industry, everyone became rich, the boss was a rich man, and the small life of ordinary people was also good.

But the oil market suddenly changed dramatically, and the price suddenly fell to the bottom, approaching the cost price, which directly led to the collapse of the country, because oil has been unable to earn a lot of money, so there is not enough money to buy foreign food and daily use items, the people's lives are naturally plummeting, and they can't even eat, and a roll of toilet paper can move people to tears.

Some people say, there is so much land in this country, why not cultivate the land? How nice it would be to produce your own food! This way there is no need to import.

This is naturally because the country's oil was too profitable before, and the income from oil was many times that of agriculture.

After the collapse of oil prices, large-scale agriculture cannot be formed in a short period of time, after all, agriculture needs a large number of agricultural machinery, and the people need to have the ability to farm, and these things, this country does not have, because there is no money, they can't buy agricultural machinery, in addition, the people have been doing oil-related industries, they will not farm at all, and they do not have a strong ability to endure hardships, so let them go to farming, and the output is not guaranteed at all.

The main thing is that these ordinary people, who are accustomed to enjoyment, can no longer bear the heavy burden of labor, and their bodies will launch a command to resist, so the riots are accompanied by this country.

Malacca will be a county of the Tang Dynasty in the future, with the support of the entire Tang Dynasty, naturally this situation will not occur, but let the people of a county all serve the port industry, which is not good in itself, so that all the survival materials in the county need to be imported, which will be very troublesome.

What Ang Lee has to do is look at the resources around Malacca and see what industries are worth developing to increase the economic diversity of the county town of Malacca.

Malacca is a coastal area, fishermen are naturally a must, fishing can be for their own use, can also be used as export materials, is a good industry, however, the entire trade route is at sea, fishermen are still a lot, so, the profit of this industry is bound to be not high, enough to survive.

In the woods not far from the port, Ang Lee saw that there were many coconut trees, palm trees, fruit trees, and a weedy field that was not too large.

Coconut trees can be used to make coconut juice, palm trees can harvest palm seeds, and palm seeds can be sold to businessmen, or they can be opened in local oil mills, not to mention fruit trees, which can be sold directly as food, and if the advanced manufacturing industry of Datang is introduced, it can also be developed into canned fruits, thereby increasing the economic added value of fruits.

As for the overgrown grassland, it can be used as a workshop site, or it can be converted into cultivated land to grow fresh vegetables to supply the people of the entire county, so that the people of the entire county can eat fresh vegetables.

Li An asked his subordinates to draw topographical maps of the vicinity on paper and mark the resources contained in them in different locations to facilitate the development of the county after the establishment of the county.

After gradually taking care of the waters near Malacca, there are still many pirates in the west, although the scale is not very large, but the total number is also quite a lot, and these need to be dealt with by Li An.

It's just that Li An must consolidate the land he has obtained and send troops and horses to garrison it, and within two months, I am afraid that he will not be able to move forward.

In order to implement the transnational investment as soon as possible, Li An personally wrote a letter to Zhang Batian, asking this old man to come to Malacca immediately, otherwise, he would use force to tie him up, and with strong force as a backing, Li An was not afraid that Zhang Batian would be disobedient.

The subordinates were instructed to immediately lead two steam gunboats and go straight to Guangzhou at the highest speed, so as to let Zhang Batian go south as soon as possible and complete Li An's strategic goal.

After taking it to Malacca for a while, Ang Lee suddenly remembered Luo Yueguo's palm oil workshop, this workshop is Zhang Batian's industry, and now, Zhang Batian is still far away from Malacca? He wanted to go to Luo Yueguo to have a look at how this palm oil workshop was running, how it operated, how profitable it was, how much tax Luo Yueguo collected, what the character of the local workers was, and how hard-working the spirit was.

As soon as he said go, Li An personally led more than ten large steam ships and nearly 1,000 soldiers to go straight to Luo Yue Kingdom, ready to see Zhang Batian's palm oil workshop with his own eyes, of course, to visit the king of Luo Yue Kingdom, and talk about the Maritime Silk Road, and how much benefit this road can bring to Luo Yue Kingdom after it is completely unblocked.

It was not a long distance from Malacca to Luo Yueguo, and a day later, Li An arrived at the port of Luo Yue and immediately docked the ship.

The king of Luo Yue heard that the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty were coming, and he was so frightened that he hurried out to greet him, he was the king of a small country, and he represented the supremacy in this country, but the population of his small country was only tens of thousands, and the standing army was only 3,000 people, which was much less than the elite soldiers and horses led by Li An, so he naturally did not dare to hold it up, so as not to be careful and bring trouble to himself.

The elite of the Tang army under Li An easily dealt with the threat of pirates and occupied the pirate's lair, which was a huge stimulus to the king of Luo Yueguo, and made him understand the huge gap between himself and the Tang Dynasty.

"Li Shilang, look, the king of Luo Yue Kingdom has come to greet him in person, how many people are there?"

The subordinates were very happy to see the king greet them in person, which showed that Luo Yueguo gave them names.

Li An smiled: "Luo Yueguo is just a small country, similar to my county order in the Tang Dynasty, at most it is just a state assassin history, if you talk about real power, it is even lower than you?" ”

"Haha!"

Ang Lee's steamship was large, the first to dock, and the suspension ladder was lowered.

At the moment when Li An walked down, the king of Luo Yue hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, for fear of upsetting Li An.

"Your Majesty, this handsome and dashing high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty is Li Shilang."

General Luo Yueguo, who was beside him, opened his mouth to introduce.

"Xiao Wang has seen Li Shilang of the Celestial Dynasty, Li Shilang can come to my Luo Yue Kingdom, it is really a blessing for my Luo Yue Kingdom!"

The king smiled very politely, and said gratefully: "When General Luo came back, he told Xiao Wang, saying that this time the Tang Heavenly Army wiped out the pirate's lair in one hour, wiped out more than 10,000 pirates in one fell swoop, and beat the pirates all over the place to find teeth, which is really happy?" You must know that these pirates have been bullying us small countries all year round, and as soon as the Tang Heavenly Army comes, we will be saved. ”

Li An put on an official posture and said: "His Royal Highness the King is polite, this official has been ordered to open up the Maritime Silk Road, which includes cracking down on pirates along the way, zero tolerance for pirate forces, finding one by one, until all pirates are eliminated, as for the total annihilation of pirates, there are still many fish that have slipped through the net!" Our army is going all out, I believe it won't be long before all the pirates will be wiped out, by the way, this time you can take down all the pirate leaders in one fell swoop, your General Luo is indispensable! ”

After speaking, he looked at General Luo and nodded.

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all a mistake, and it can't be compared with Li Shilang and the Tang Heavenly Army."

General Luo said.

"Li Shilang, Xiao Wang has already asked people to prepare wine and food, although the palace is simple, please don't dislike Li Shilang, please."

King Luo Yue said politely.

Li An smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the King is polite, don't be in a hurry to eat, this official is not here to visit the king this time, there is one more thing that must be done." ”

"If there is anything, Li Shilang, please tell me, as long as I Luo Yueguo can do it, I will definitely not refuse."

King Luo Yue said politely.

Li An asked: "I heard that there is a businessman named Zhang Batian in my Tang Dynasty who opened a workshop in Luo Yue Kingdom, I wonder if there is such a thing?" ”

"Indeed, this man seems to be in collusion with pirates."

The king said.

General Luo continued: "Li Shilang, this Zhang Batian has not appeared directly, and we have never seen him in person, it was his subordinates who came to set up a workshop, and he also brought a letter of introduction from the black wolf, let us not embarrass the black wolf to set up a workshop here." ”

"Where?"

Ang Lee asked with concern.

"It's less than ten miles to the west, and you'll be there soon."

General Luo replied.

Li An nodded and said, "Okay, idle is also idle, His Royal Highness the King is interested in going over and taking a look." ”

The king said: "Since this workshop was built, Xiao Wang has never seen it in the past, let's go together!" General Luo led the way. ”

Although the ten-mile road is not far, the king and Ang Lee are both noble people, how can they walk? A lavish carriage was soon ready.

This is the carriage of His Royal Highness, however, he does not dare to mind letting Li Ang ride.

Although this carriage is very luxurious, it is the carriage of His Royal Highness, but Ang Lee is really uncomfortable to sit on, because this carriage does not have a spring shock absorption system, and it is a little bumpy to sit on, which is not comfortable enough.

"Your Royal Highness, after Zhang Batian's workshop is completed, what impact will it have on Luo Yueguo?"

Ang Lee asked.

The king thought for a moment and said: "Don't hide it from Li Shilang, to tell the truth, after the completion of this workshop, our Luo Yue Kingdom will only get benefits and no harm, more than 100 people work in the workshop, and their income is slightly higher than that of ordinary farmers, and they also have to pay a certain amount of money to my Luo Yue Country every year, but I heard that Zhang Batian earns more." ”

Seeing that the king seemed to be a little jealous, Li An smiled and said: "Don't care how much Zhang Batian earns, you Luo Yueguo can get benefits, if Zhang Batian doesn't come and goes to other small countries, you won't even be able to get this benefit, right?" ”

The king frowned and said, "It seems that this is the case, Li Shilang is right, no matter how much Zhang Batian can earn, it is good that our Luo Yue Kingdom can get benefits." ”

'You can teach, too. ’

Li An was sneering in his heart, and said in admiration: "His Royal Highness the King is right to think so, in the future, more and more Tang businessmen will come to open workshops, and your life in Luo Yue Kingdom will be better and better, haha!" ”

"Hahahaha!"

The king laughed along.

"Your Royal Highness, your car is not good! It's too bumpy. ”

When getting out of the car, Ang Lee complained.

The king hurriedly explained: "Li Shilang, this is already the best vehicle in my Luo Yue Kingdom, there is no better one. ”

Li An nodded and said: "Of course this official knows, my Datang has better vehicles, and there are cars that don't need horses, if His Royal Highness the King is interested, he can import them from Datang in the future." ”