There are no stupid people here, and it has only been more than an hour since I saw the Four Seas Trading Company, and there is an income of nearly 8 million yuan, and everyone is also very hot, but they have to accept it.

There's no way, who told people to have fairy means? Take sugar as an example, frosted sugar is considered a luxury in Datang, but in front of white sugar, it is a garbage. Two-wheeled carriages have been used for thousands of years, so why hasn't anyone developed such a four-wheeled carriage that can be turned?

There are also glassware, those glasses in the Western Regions that are full of bubbles and can't hold hot water, which one of them is not at least sold for thousands of yuan, and it is rare to be regarded as a treasure, but as soon as the king of Lanling came, the glassware that was dozens of times better than the glass in the Western Regions could be fired seven or eight thousand pieces in a year.

Nowadays, these good things, the most sought-after goods, are only available in the four seas trading companies, and if they master these secret recipes, they will not share the profits with everyone, and they must be monopolized. Now that the king of Lanling is willing to take everyone to make a fortune together, it is already very kind, and everyone should be happy.

And the important thing is that King Lanling said just now that there is a bigger business to bring everyone to make a fortune in the future, and in the future, the Four Seas Trading Company will develop more good things, which can also be handed over to everyone for sales, thinking about it makes people feel enthusiastic!

Xiao Quzhi smiled and looked at these powerful people of the family, wealthy businessmen and envoys from various countries who looked at him with burning eyes, and clapped his hands gently, Hou Siqi immediately understood, and ordered the two of them to carry a model of a sail warship in the later generations out.

Everyone was stunned again, especially Abe Harumi and Silla envoy Kim Hyo-fang, whose eyes were sunken and couldn't be pulled out.

Compared to their humble sailboats, this three-masted, each mast has four sails, and the whole ship together is close to twenty sails, which is almost heaven-good.

Although I don't quite understand what the specific role of so many sails is. But it is precisely because of ignorance that we are afraid. With such a complex and delicate sailboat, they don't think it's just beautiful.

"That's right, the master who went to the sick is a great master who is a scholar of heaven and man, and a university scholar. This sailboat. It was designed by the sick master, and according to the master, such a sailing ship not only sails very fast, but if the wind is favorable, it will only take two days to travel from Haizhou to Japan.

And it can also sail against the wind, and it is also very flexible in turning and something, and can sail in the open ocean, unless there is a tornado, no matter how big the wind and waves are, there is no need to be afraid!

In addition to designing this sailboat. Master also told me that further south of the South China Sea in our Tang Dynasty, there is a Treasure Island, three or five copper islands, and more than a dozen spice islands. ”

"Is that true?"

"King Lanling isn't joking?"

For everyone's surprise and questions, Xiao Quzhi just smiled and didn't speak, so everyone stopped asking each other. If it were someone else, everyone would not believe it. But in the face of Xiao Qu's illness, he didn't dare to disbelieve it. I can't help but believe it.

During this time, he came up with too many novelties, not to mention anything else, just to say that there was a complex and exquisite sailboat in front of him, which could not be designed by mortals, since there were sailboats, Treasure Island. Copper Island, Spice Island should not be fake.

"This is the big business that King Lanling said before?"

"King Lanling wants to build a ship and go to sea?"

"Your Majesty agrees to this?"

Although the Tang Dynasty was an all-inclusive dynasty, and Chang'an was the only international metropolis in the world at that time, there was one thing that made the Tang Dynasty no different from other Chinese dynasties, that is, it strictly controlled that it was not allowed to organize households and people. People with Datang household registration go abroad.

In other words, the openness and inclusiveness of the Tang Dynasty is one-way, opening the door and welcoming all Hu people and foreigners to the Tang Dynasty; But the Tang people were not allowed to go abroad. Therefore, Tang monk Xuanzang actually smuggled abroad to learn scriptures, and in the Xuanzong Dynasty, the senior monk Jianzhen of Yangzhou was fooled by the Japanese and wanted to go to Japan to promote Buddhism, but he was also ready to play smuggling, and failed many times.

Of course, this was for the sake of maintaining the rule, and the Tang Dynasty implemented a strict household registration management system, in order to tie the common people firmly to the land, so that it would be easier for them to manage.

In fact, all dynasties and generations value agriculture and suppress business, and the essence is the same, heavy agriculture, farmers are tied to the land and honestly managed; Merchants are mobile and have a lot of eyes, so they are naturally not as easy to manage as the peasants. This is the real reason, not the deceptive reason for looking down on businessmen for profit.

The same was true in the Tang Dynasty, even though the hukou system was now showing some signs of collapse, and there were many black households without hukou moving everywhere, but they were still strictly controlled and not allowed to leave the country (strictly speaking, you can apply for a certificate of leaving the country - pass the office, but you can never apply for it, because it is only issued to envoys).

It is precisely because of these reasons that now the Sogdians of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu have been able to dominate the business of the Silk Road for so many years, so in another time and space, but before the Battle of Rus' began, the Tang Dynasty would know so little about the information in the river.

"This matter was unanimously agreed upon by His Majesty and the two prime ministers, Dr. Yang. His Majesty exclusively allowed me to organize caravans to trade abroad, and every employee and escort who went abroad must be strictly registered, and those who have relatives sit together, and those who have no relatives must find multiple people to guarantee them. ”

Xiao Quzhi slandered in his heart, what kind of bullshit policy, if one day the Tang Dynasty can Lao Tzu have the final say, it will definitely be turned over: encourage the Tang people to go abroad to develop the world; If a foreigner wants to come to Datang, he can, pay a sum of money for a few months for a visa, and then expel out when it expires; If you want to live for a long time or even get a Datang hukou, yes, you have to contribute to Datang or bring benefits, in addition to that, you have to examine the mind, and if you don't love Datang, you won't give a hukou......

Retracting his thoughts, Xiao Quzhi continued: "The big business I said before I went to the sick was to go to sea to find these Treasure Islands and Spice Islands, oh yes, these islands are also full of precious wood, all of which are good wood that has grown for hundreds of years.

I dare to guarantee that as long as I find it, the benefits will be very large when I go to sea this time. His Majesty has given permission to go to the sick, and twenty families are allowed, and each family sends ten or less people to go with him.

So, this is not an opportunity for you to go if you want to. Those who can't go, don't worry, you can participate in other ways. One was to be responsible for coastal and inland river transportation, and the other was that the Four Seas Trading Company needed a large amount of good timber for shipbuilding that had been dry for more than five years, as well as a large number of experienced craftsmen and sailors.

And the other preparations for going to sea this time, I am also going to hand over the disease to everyone to do, and the price is preferential, and everyone has also seen that the four seas trading company has money! ”

"Can King Lanling guarantee that he will be able to find Treasure Island, Copper Island, Spice Island, and Wood Island?"

"We have good wood that has been dry for more than five years, I don't know if King Lanling will buy or buy shares?"

"What are the preparations for going to sea that King Lanling said......

Xiao Quzhi smiled and answered everyone's questions one by one, I dare not guarantee it, but I will personally lead the team, and I am eighty percent sure; The Four Seas Trading Company is willing to pay money, but if you want to use the wood to buy shares, you can also do it; Preparation for going to sea has processing sailboat parts, canvas or something......

The Tang people are the most pioneering and enterprising, and most of the people here have long been keen to trade abroad, but they have been restricted by the policy of not going abroad.

Now among the Tang people, only the Four Seas Trading Company can trade abroad, who will cooperate if they don't cooperate with the Four Seas Trading Company? Moreover, the king of Lanling made a guarantee that they would not lose money with the guarantee of the Four Seas Trading Company, so naturally everyone wanted to go to the South China Sea with Xiao Qubing to make a fortune.

"In this case, my Li family of Zhao County is willing to send someone to the South China Sea with the King of Lanling."

"My Runzhou Su family is also willing, our Su family does trade on the Yangtze River and canals all year round, and there are the best sailors."

"My Liu family in the river is willing to take out forty pieces of good wood that have been dried in the shade for eight years......"

However, this time, Xiao Quai's illness was not straightforward, saying that he wanted to inspect the strength and qualifications of each family, and everything would be decided after the sailboat was built. At this time, the powerful families and wealthy businessmen were in a hurry, and they all took out their greatest strength and invested in shipbuilding and preliminary preparations.

According to Aliyi's estimates, the good timber they took out that had been dry in the shade for more than five years was enough to build fifteen galleons more than eighteen zhang long and three or four zhang wide.

Coupled with the craftsmen promised by each family, Aliyi estimates that three prototype ships can be built in less than a month for sea trials, five large ships and more than a dozen medium ships can be built in two months, and dozens or hundreds of new clippers can be transformed from the original ships.

Xiao Qubing is also very happy, which means that Sihai Trading Company has integrated all the people and resources of Datang through interests. It is equivalent to mobilizing the strength of the whole country to support this operation to go to sea, and under such a joint force, the speed of shipbuilding and various preparations will be faster and more efficient, you can imagine how fast and efficient it will be.

In fact, this time he regained Li Longji's support, Xiao Qubing didn't really want to go to sea to find any spice islands, firstly, he was newly married Yan'er, which was the time when he should be tired of being together every day, and secondly, the risk was also great, in case of a tornado, all his previous efforts and expectations would be in vain.

So Xiao Qu was also a little scared in his heart.

But there is no way, although this time there are eight million money in the account, and the Four Seas Trading Company is now making money every day, making money and earning the envy of all Chang'an people, plus the caravan to go to the river is almost formed, after the Shangyuan Festival, you can set off with the Anxi army, and then it will be a big income.

But even so, Xiao Qubing still felt short of money, and the most important thing was a lack of food, which was very scarce. Xiao Quzhi looked at Abe Qingming with a happy face, and said with a smile in his heart: You little Japan, take you to Linyi to transport food for me, as for being so happy. (To be continued.) )