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Chapter 41 Du Ruyan solves his doubts

Li Shimin didn't know that Wu Youde had already moved the idea of surrendering at this time, and he was worried now.

After the next dynasty, Li Shimin called several of his henchmen to the study, ready to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, why are you so worried?" Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin's eyebrows were tangled, but after thinking about it in his heart, he understood his concerns, and said with a smile: "If Your Majesty is for the matter of King Yue, please don't worry too much about it." ”

"What do you mean by that?" When Li Shimin heard this, his brows couldn't help but relax a little, he knew Fang Xuanling too well, and he never told lies, and Fang Xuanling has always been known for being resourceful and has always looked at problems thoroughly, since he said so, it means that he has his own unique opinions.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "What Your Majesty is worried about is nothing more than that King Yue's plan is too dangerous. With a silver mine that even His Majesty is excited to provoke the rival forces of our Tang Dynasty, our court will sit firmly on the Diaoyutai by itself, watch the fire from the other side, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. However, King Yue's bait can indeed arouse the eyes of those big forces, but if they see through King Yue's plan and plan it, it will be easy for my Datang to fall into a place of no return. ”

Li Shimin nodded again and again when he heard this: "I am worried about this, after all, it is a super silver mine, if the enemy is allowed to get it, their power will definitely grow by leaps and bounds, reaching a situation that even our Tang Dynasty can only look up to, and then we will not only lose more than we gain, but will also fatten our enemies." If they turn around and oppose Datang, even with the strength of Datang, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop their soldiers, then it will really be a loss to Mrs. and a soldier. ”

"Hahaha......"

Unexpectedly, after learning of Li Shimin's worries, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others suddenly burst out laughing.

This smile immediately made Li Shimin laugh: "Ladies and gentlemen, why are you doing this?" Is there something wrong with what I said? ”

"Not really, Your Majesty's concerns are still very reasonable, it is true that such a thing may occur, but Your Majesty has ignored a few issues." Du Ruhan said with a smile: "The first one, that is, although the Silver Island Silver Mine is huge, it is a super big piece of fat, there is no doubt about it. But the problem now is that there are too many people who want to eat this piece of meat, and each of them wants to eat this piece of meat for themselves, and they are not willing to share it with others at all.

Even if we had chosen an agent and given up the silver mining rights, it would only have been the beginning of the war.

The minister concluded that the forces that obtained the mining rights would never live for more than a month, and everyone would have to die, and without an agent, the mining rights would once again become ownerless.

Then let's pick an agent again, and then they will be destroyed again...... And so on and so on, until in the end there was only one survivor left. ”

Li Shimin raised his own question: "Won't they unite?" ”

"It's impossible to unite." Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "It is impossible for them to unite together, the fat of Silver Island is not only big, but also very tempting, no one can withstand the temptation of the silver mine, everyone wants to swallow it alone, this alone is enough to make everyone's alliance fall apart."

Moreover, the concepts of the major forces are different, but the goals are the same, even if they forcibly unite with each other, they are definitely full of contradictions. Because everyone knows each other's thoughts, in this case, even if they are united, the two sides will only work without contribution, and even stab each other in the back, the efficiency is not as good as doing it alone, how can someone join forces? ”

"Yes, Keming, you go on." After Wei Zheng's explanation, Li Shimin finally relaxed a little and motioned for Du Ruhui to continue.

"Yes." Du Ruhui bowed down and continued: "The second problem that the emperor ignored is that the silver mine in Silver Island may be very large, but if it wants to produce benefits, it requires a lot of upfront investment. Mining in Silver Island seems simple, it only takes a few miners and a few furnaces to get it done.

But your Majesty, don't forget that Silver Island is a desert island far from the mainland, and it is full of silver ore and a little floating soil, and there is not even a mouthful of water.

How can humans survive on such an island?

There is only one way, and that is to transport domestic water to the island within a specific time

。 But the sea is unpredictable, and who can guarantee that fresh water will be delivered in time every time? Water is no better than any other, and if a man does not drink water for three days, he will surely die.

Not only water, but also food and materials need to be transported from the mainland, and this investment alone requires a lot of financial resources.

Only when this is solved can the silver mine be able to function normally, but how long will it take? No one is sure, at least for half a year, there will be no output. ”

"Makes sense." Li Shimin nodded: "You continue." ”

"Yes. The third question, Your Majesty, silver is just silver after all, you can't eat or drink, and even if you use it to make weapons, you are so soft that you panic. The reason why silver can be liked by everyone is because silver can buy almost everything in the world, otherwise, even if you have a mountain of silver, you will only starve to death. That is to say, those forces want to convert silver into combat effectiveness, and they have to exchange silver for weapons, but ninety percent of the arsenals in the world are controlled by the imperial court and His Royal Highness King Yue, and they want to buy weapons in large quantities, so they can only buy them from us, the question is will we sell weapons to them? ”

Li Shimin categorically denied: "Of course not, even if it is sold, it will only sell some cold weapons, this amount will not be too much, as for the cannon grenade, dream about it." ”

"That's it, even if they have more silver, and we don't sell them weapons, what can they do? Moreover, as long as we have firearms in hand, how can they be our opponents, even if they are equipped with more swords, guns, swords, and halberds? ”

"Yes, yes, Keming makes too much sense." Li Shimin hurriedly agreed: "Is there anything else?" ”

"And one last point." Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't forget, this is the world of talking with your fists after all, even if one of the parties finally gets the Silver Island, what then?"

Now that our fists are the biggest, they can threaten Your Majesty by attacking Silver Island, so why can't we use such a method against them?

Don't forget, my Datang now has two powerful fleets, the Dengzhou fleet and the Yuezhou fleet, no matter which one appears, they are the strongest in the world.

And all the top shipyards in the entire Datang are in the hands of His Royal Highness King Yue and us, who do you want to sell to, who you don't want to sell to, what ships you want to sell, what ships you don't want to sell, it's not up to me to decide, there are no cannons, no warships, Your Majesty thinks that the fleet composed of civilian artillery and merchant ships will be the opponent of our two fleets? ”

"It's reasonable, it's because I've thought too much." Li Shimin laughed at himself: "To be honest, my mentality is actually similar to those forces, I am not hungry and I will hold the silver mine in my arms now, so my mind is a little confused, fortunately, I have all Aiqing to help me solve my worries, otherwise in the next few days, I am afraid that I will have to spend the next few days." ”

"Hahaha......"

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