The people who were looking for Champa rice are gone, but the immediate food problem still needs to be solved.

The Sixteen Guards were originally in name only, so they could not get enough food and salaries. But now that Li Shi has seen the effect of the new training method, he is ready to re-expand the Sixteen Guards, so he should also move the food and salary to the Sixteen Guards!

However, the imperial court is not doing its best now, and I am afraid that there will not be too much food that can be obtained.

But it's almost summer again.

Time flies too fast, if the trajectory of history remains unchanged, Li Chan will have a stroke next year, and Li Chun will be supported by Ju Wenzhen to ascend the throne.

Until then, either the eunuchs must be completely defeated, or at least an army capable of competing with the Shence army to defuse the forces on which the eunuchs relied on.

However, it costs a lot of money to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of an army.

The imperial court must not be able to take it out.

But for his own purposes, Wei Renshi had to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the Sixteen Guards in order to balance the Shence Army. So I had to find a way to stick it inside.

As long as he can make the Sixteen Guards rise again quickly and not be controlled by the eunuchs, then his goal will be achieved.

A re-emerging sixteen guards in their own hands, how can the benefits be compared with a few dollars?

So even if it's a subsidy out of pocket, it's worth it.

So you still have to make money!

Wei Renshi sighed and hit the idea on Jiao Haiqing, who was snorting and splashing noodles opposite him.

His family had maritime caravans under his command, and these ready-made caravans had traveled through Asia and Europe countless times, and they had a wealth of experience.

If an overseas caravan wants to be completely mature and have a stable market overseas, it is impossible to achieve it without a few years of hard work, and Wei Renshi can't wait now.

And if you cooperate with a mature maritime caravan that has been in operation for many years, it is not only distilled spirits, glass, and tea...... It also includes all the industries in which Wei Renshi participates in the future, and immediately has a mature and time-tested western sales channel.

Then all the goods produced by Wei Renshi's industry, or those that are produced in the future, and are suitable for external sales, will immediately have channels and markets for overseas sales.

Wei Renshi can also use cooperation to open up sales channels first, and then cultivate his own overseas caravans on his own.

Moreover, through these caravans, some knowledge from the west can be brought into the Tang Dynasty to achieve complementarity, and a group of people who can translate this knowledge can also be recruited through this mature caravan. It would be impossible not to let these books bring earth-shaking changes to Datang. Just to give Datang more ideas, give Tang people more vision, and give people more angles to look at problems.

Wei Renshi put down his chopsticks, served Jiao Haiqing a bowl of rice wine, put it next to him, and asked, "Brother Jiao, do you want to make your family's maritime business bigger?" ”

Jiao Haiqing swallowed a mouthful of oil and poured noodles, raised his eyes and stared at Wei Renshi, with a puzzled expression, not knowing why Wei Renshi suddenly said this.

Wei Renshi beckoned a family member over with his side hand, and then whispered a few words to the family member, and the family ran out in a hurry, and it didn't take long for him to come over with several boxes with several other family members.

Under Wei Renshi's instructions, the boxes were placed in front of Jiao Haiqing.

"Brother Jiao, how many caravans do you have under your command that can go from Chang'an to Fulin?" Wei Renshi glanced at the boxes and asked him.

"Two." Jiao Haiqing replied without hesitation, continued to chew the noodles, and said with some pride: "Although there are only two, we have many boats at home, there are twenty big ships alone, and nearly 100 small boats combined!" ”

"Oh!" Wei Renshi looked at him and said, "Open the box in front of you and look at the contents inside." ”

Jiao Haiqing didn't know Wei Renshi's intentions, looked at him suspiciously, then put down his chopsticks and raised his hand to open the box.

Inside the first box is a jar of liquor, in the second box is some fried tea leaves, and in the third box is a pair of delicate glass crafts.

"Wine from your winery, some tea, a pair of glassware." Jiao Haiqing put down the box, picked up the chopsticks again, and said.

"Brother Jiao, I have obtained His Majesty's approval to form an overseas caravan. But the formation of a caravan is not a matter of one day. So I'm going to work with the existing caravans that already have a mature operational system. Wei Renshi said to Jiao Haiqing.

"I'm not sure. I can still call the shots in small fights, but overseas caravans are my family's main business, and I am afraid that I will have to be in front of Aye. Jiao Haiqing shook his head and said, "I, Aye, don't like to cooperate with the official family very much. It is said that the government is in charge of too much, and if the steward is sent down, maybe this property will not be able to be saved. ”

Wei Renshi was surprised and said: "Brother Jiao, don't dare to say this to outsiders, otherwise you may be heard by someone with a heart, and it will only cause trouble for your family." ”

Jiao Haiqing nodded and said, "Naturally, I won't say it to outsiders." But you're not an outsider. ”

Wei Renshi smiled and said: "The newly formed caravan has forty percent of the emperor's share, and the remaining sixty percent of the share, and I provide the source of goods, so it accounts for thirty percent, and the remaining thirty percent is for the cooperative merchants." Moreover, this caravan is not in the name of a private person, but will become a Datang caravan with Tang Dynasty documents and official seals. No small country will dare to plunder you along the way. The income from trade, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, after paying taxes to the imperial court, the remaining profits are divided according to the share. ”

Jiao Haiqing was stunned: "What?!" ”

"Thirty percent is less, but with the name of the emperor, how much trouble will be saved in it, Brother Jiao won't know it, right?" Wei Renshi said: "In the future, there will be a lot of things to the west, and a few caravans are far from enough, and the emperor does not forbid the merchants who cooperate to form new caravans of their own......"

Jiao Haiqing immediately stood up: "Good guy! Lend your study for use, and I will write to Aya and the eldest brother, so that the two of them can come to Chang'an by themselves! ”

Caravans are not an easy task, and even in the future, it will not be easy to transport goods from Asia to Europe, let alone now.

The middle road is long, there is no transportation supply, the route is complicated, and it passes through many countries, and not everyone can do it all the way.

Even if it is, how to develop its own market there is not something that can be done overnight.

Therefore, in the beginning, it is the most cost-effective way to cooperate with a maritime caravan that already has a wealth of experience.

In the beginning, while cooperating, I let my people go in to learn from experience and accumulate knowledge, and then slowly develop my own caravan. This is the reason why Wei Renshi cooperated with the Jiao family's caravan.

Once the overseas caravan is up, although the distance is long and the round trip is a little slow, a round trip is a huge profit.

Datang is now in decline, the people are not rich, and the market within Datang alone is still a little small after all.

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