Chapter 428: A Huge Plan
After the handover with Shi Lei was completed, the former lieutenant took all his belongings and went to Leizhou to fish. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAlthough the rank of this unlucky guy has not changed much, but he has run into the Feng family's traditional sphere of influence, and it is still a penal colony in Leizhou, which can no longer be biased, no matter how you look at it, the future is not bright.
And the Feng family, who has already dealt with the Dou family, is estimated to have some fun for him. Even if no one tosses him, the poisonous snakes and beasts over there in Leizhou will definitely make him feel a strong enthusiasm. But who let him fall next to the big tree of the Dou family, otherwise where did he get his previous scenery and a lot of assets to buy.
Now that the Dou family has become a crooked neck tree, he can only continue to hang himself here, and it is useless to change the court, so he can only hope that the Dou family will rise again, and then he can still think about him, an unlucky person. This is called a gain and a loss.
Sending away his predecessor who died like his father, Shi Lei took his subordinates and unceremoniously lived in his own official residence. After settling down, the first thing Shi Lei did was to report to Chang'an's family, and by the way, he told him about the situation he was facing, so that Chang'an was ready to send people here.
In such a place with huge interests, the strength at hand is not strong enough, and Shi Lei also wants his caravan to get a piece of the pie, so he needs to start planning early.
In the days when the Feng family lived, the city-like manor left a deep impression on Shi Lei, and it also stimulated this guy who was originally quite content. I'm young, can't I start eating and waiting for death, right? There must always be a goal and direction to strive for.
For the time being, this position is expected to be promoted. Besides, those who have just fought to the death with those two big heads will also need a period of time to cool down, avoid the limelight at the same time, and digest the results of this battle. Although it is a winner, there is still a necessary low profile.
So what Shi Lei can do is to further expand the scale of his caravan, and if he wants to make a difference in the future, his own money-making speed must also keep up.
And when Shi Lei came to Guangzhou, he didn't plan to mix for a few years, but he had a lot of plans. At least at present, it is quite urgent to build a real house of your own in Guangzhou. After all, this official residence belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and its defense capability is relatively poor.
Shi Lei's more important purpose is to build this side into another base for his family, and also to operate it as a retreat for his family.
He has always understood the truth of the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and he has never lacked the consciousness of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and this time he came here to take up his post, which just needs to stay here for a short period of time, and it is still unknown whether he can go back in the future.
In Shi Lei's imagination, this is more like a fortress-like house, so it is necessary to exist. His position also determines that he has the confidence to carry out such a business here.
And he decided to get a backup base here, there is another consideration, because Guangzhou is also the starting point of Datang's ocean trade, which means that he can retreat to the wider ocean from here and go to other countries to continue his life. There is really a day when Datang can't tolerate them, and he still has a place to go.
He was already a little insecure, but he was transferred to Guangzhou, and this kind of appointment with great uncertainty about the future made him even more worried about the future.
There is another layer of consideration, in fact, it is also the issue of his sideline, he has now been spontaneously assigned to the prince's party by everyone. Li Chengqian is really on top, it's good to say that his status will definitely rise with the tide, and the whole family can benefit a lot from it.
But the struggle for imperial power has always been extremely cruel and bloody, and Shi Lei can't say for sure that Li Chengqian can 100% become the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
In case of failure, Li Chengqian will be blessed by Li Shimin's old man who protects his shortcomings, at most he will go to the south to be a rich idler, but a guy like him who follows Li Chengqian will inevitably be turned upside down and liquidated, and it is not impossible to raid his family and exterminate his family.
Even for the sake of the safety of his family, Shi Lei's plan to arrange a retreat should be long-term and comprehensive, and the possibility of not being able to get along in Datang should also be included.
Of course, for the same consideration, the ocean-going merchant ships that belong to him, and even the fleet, must be gradually established, so that there is really a case that Shi Lei can take his family to escape overseas.
There is no need to consider these countries near the sea, almost all of them are vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the Tang Dynasty court says something here, the local government has no choice but to send Shi Lei and them back, then they are still running hair, this kind of meaningless struggle, what is Shi Lei going to do.
And with the existence of merchant ships, the Shi family's trade can be on a larger scale, and they can also grab more benefits, because there are fewer people in the middle, and there are fewer links to be peeled, so naturally there will be more profits, which will fall into their own pockets.
Shi Lei also knew that there were actually a lot of big projects to be made around, and in some places, the aborigines were still like savages, sitting on Baoshan without knowing it.
Shi Lei doesn't mind letting them feel the advanced civilization from Datang, let them experience the delicacy of those products in Datang, but they just need to pay a little bit, the local special worthless local specialties, Shi Lei thinks about it and feels that he is as pure as a saint.
But there is a premise for all this, they have the money to build these expensive ocean-going merchant ships, and they have to find enough trustworthy sailors to eat this big fat meat like a white pick.
The requirements for manpower and material resources are not ordinarily high, and the funds that need to be invested in preliminary preparation are even more astronomical, because the ships and manpower that Shi Lei wants must be the best, which is not only related to his own business routes, but may even be related to his own net worth.
But under such high standards and strict requirements, coupled with the plan to build a manor fortress, if the two projects are launched together, with the size of the Shijia industry and the profitability, it is a little overwhelming.
So before he really started this seemingly beautiful plan, Shi Lei had to open up more financial resources to achieve it. And Guangzhou is definitely close to the water, so you have to get the moon first. No matter from which point of view, their own caravan is going to come to Guangzhou City to walk around.
The reply from Chang'an came quickly, this is the benefit of having a flying pigeon transmission system, although the information that can be transmitted is not detailed enough, but it really helps a lot.
The family has already dispatched the elite soldiers in the caravan, and a few selected big treasurers are preparing together, and when the time comes, they must bring their own top goods and land in Guangzhou strongly, if they can open up the trade routes of foreign trade in one fell swoop, it will be even better.
And by the time they arrived, the situation on Shi Lei's side should have stabilized, and after the stall was really rolled out, it would be enough to support the smooth entry of his own industry.
At the same time, there was another news that the potatoes from his own family were finally about to start taking root around Chang'an, which was undoubtedly a reassuring pill for Shi Lei.
As long as there are potatoes, it will remind Li Shimin from time to time how hard he Shi Lei is, so that he will not be forgotten in this corner thousands of miles away.
This made Shi Lei have another guess, the reason why Li Shimin came to Guangzhou far away, could it be because the potatoes are about to start to be promoted on a large scale, at such a critical moment of fame, put Shi Lei, the main owner of the potatoes, by his side, probably he will feel panicked in his heart, and there will always be a sense of guilt for robbing other people's things, so he simply came out of sight and out of mind, and directly put Shi Lei far away, the incense from the people of Datang Province, those sincere gratitude, and then ran to Shi Lei, With such an aura, it is better for him Li Shimin to enjoy it alone. (To be continued.) )