Chapter 50 The Advantages of Maritime Transport and Annam's Actions

"......" can't be talked about, but Li Zhen relied on her strong perseverance to continue the topic: "Let me tell you this, let's just say that in Rome, a piece of silk from my Datang Dynasty is put in Rome, do you know how much it can be sold for?" ”

Aya continued to shake her head.

"Then let me tell you, the silk of the Tang Dynasty is not sold in Rome, but by weight, and the ratio of gold is one ~ ratio! One, that is to say, a pound of silk can be exchanged for a pound of gold in Rome. Li Zhen stretched out a finger and slammed it on the table.

"......" Aya's eyes widened suddenly, as a princess of a country on the Silk Road, she knew that silk was very expensive in the West, but she didn't know that it was so expensive. But it makes sense, and it is no wonder that those merchants would rather risk being attacked by horse thieves to shuttle on the Silk Road, which is so lucrative that as long as they take a trip, they will eat and drink for the rest of their lives.

"What does Your Highness mean by this?"

"The Silk Road was very lucrative, but it was too slow, and because of the supply routes, a caravan could only carry a caravan at one time." Speaking of this, Li Zhen immediately began to get excited, and said: "The sea is different, first of all, compared with land transportation, sea transportation does not need to take care of livestock, which is a very big savings."

Secondly, the speed of sea transportation is fast, and it takes at least half a year to travel from Chang'an to Rome by land, and if you go by sea, it only takes a month to go smoothly (here it is said that after being familiar with the route, it will definitely not work at the beginning).

Thirdly, a slightly larger cargo ship can carry more than a medium-sized camel fleet, how many ships does a fleet have? If nothing else, let's just talk about my fleet, there are more than 100 ships, such a large fleet, how many things do you think can be transported at one time? One trip to the sea can be ten trips than a trip on land.

Fourth, the Silk Road has only gone through more than 20 countries, but the freedom of shipping is very large, as long as the supply is sufficient, even if it goes to the ends of the earth, it is not a problem. ”

"Having said all that, you haven't said anything about the shortcomings, have you? Isn't there only a good thing about sea freight compared to land transport? Aya was very unconvinced, after all, she was the princess of the Silk Road country on the road, and the country was also developed because of the Silk Road. Although the country has perished, he still feels uncomfortable when he sees Li Zhen degrading the Silk Road to worthlessness.

"Of course there are drawbacks, but it's not too big." Li Zhen said: "The weather at sea is unpredictable, there is no wind and waves, the fleet is very dangerous to sail, if there is no suitable pointing tool, sailing on the sea is tantamount to looking for death." However, there are also sandstorms and tornadoes in the desert, and there is also magnetic field chaos, which is also extremely dangerous. ”

"Isn't there any other drawback?" Aya continued to ask unconvinced.

"Of course." Li Zhen did not deny it: "Because I was the first to propose a voyage to the sea, that is to say, there was no familiar route for me to learn from before." So if I want to trade at sea, I have to open up sea routes, and the opening of each sea route is often accompanied by a lot of danger and sacrifice. However, this is inevitable, as long as the first route is completed, the future will be much smoother. What's more, the Silk Road also does not exist naturally, and it was not slowly explored by Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions? ”

“...... Why do you have to mention the Silk Road every time? ”

"Let's make a comparison."

“......”

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about something else." Li Zhen saw that Aya's face was full of anger, so she hurriedly changed her words with a dry smile: "Let's continue to talk about the Young Army, the 30,000 Young Army, how many do you think can become a big weapon?" ”

"In my opinion, almost all of the boys' army can be successful." Aya exclaimed: "After five years of brutal training, nearly half of the eliminated people are eliminated, and every one of them who comes out now is the elite of the elite, any pawn is enough to be a small leader in other armies, and the best ones are enough to be captains." That's why I think it's too wasteful to use them centrally, and it would be better if they were split and dispersed to all levels of the army. ”

"I have my own ideas, you don't care about this." Of course, Li Zhen knew that the best use of the Junior Army was to be separated, but first of all, he didn't have that many troops to place; secondly, these 30,000 people were secretly trained by Li Zhen, and if they were placed in the army, they would be easily detected by spies from other forces; Third, although it is most reasonable to use the youth army separately, only by using it in a concentrated way can it form the strongest combat power - an army composed purely of high-level elite officers, how terrible the combat effectiveness is, even Li Zhen does not know. Such a sharp knife is absolutely invincible when used, and the army in the world is afraid that none of them will be their opponents. What's more, they lack experience now, and splitting them apart can only harm them, so it is better to let them follow Xue Rengui to mix experience first, and when the experience is mixed, it will be better to disperse to the army.

"If you have your own ideas, then I don't care."

"Whew!" Li Zhen let out a long breath, closed her eyes, and the study fell into silence for a while.

After a long time, Aya's voice suddenly sounded: "There is one more thing, I think you should know. ”

"What's the matter?" Li Zhen's eyes didn't open, and asked lazily.

"It's a matter of Linyi (also known as Huanwang and Champang, both old names in Vietnam), that is, their royal palace has been particularly heavily guarded recently, and the ministers of Linyi are very complicated to travel to and from the palace, and sometimes they have to enter the palace several times a day." Aya frowned and said, "It's just that our people haven't developed into the palace yet, so we don't know what happened." ”

Li Zhen also smelled something unusual: "Then do you have any speculations?" ”

"There are two sides of speculation." Aya said: "The first one is the shocking change in the palace, that is, the king died or was seriously ill, so the news was concealed. ”

"It's possible, but it's not likely." Li Zhen shook his head and said, "If the king dies or is seriously ill, where will the minister still be in the mood to go home?" I'm afraid that I will eat and live in the palace directly, how can I go in and out of the palace several times a day? ”

Aya nodded and said: "So we have a second speculation, that is, the Linyi Kingdom is preparing to fight, and the neighboring countries of the target are just not known who their target is, whether it is the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion (that is, the predecessor of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate), or Zhenla - it should be more Zhenla, Linyi is small, and I am afraid that he has not yet dared to offend the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Not necessarily." Li Zhen shook his head slightly, how rampant these small Southeast Asian countries are, but it is very clear, not to mention the counterattack in the seventies, is there still a small number of rebellions in Annan in history?

"Anyway, immediately give me an eye on Lin Yiguo, and by the way, collect information to see what big things have happened in Lin Yiguo during this time."

The second is a big one, I'm so miserable, give me some support.

This period of time is only concerned with foreshadowing, the plot is relatively bland, and it will soon become intense, everyone rest assured.

(End of chapter)