Just when South Korea was carrying out a vigorous migration, Li Su gathered Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye and others who were still in Sanhan Prefecture together. Cheng Huailiang as a cadet of the military academy, to practice here for half a year in Li Su, last time they led the army to fight with the Baekje army, although the other party's combat power is not strong, but it also allowed them to accumulate a lot of actual combat experience, after the real baptism of blood and fire, Cheng Huailiang They are also the same as Li Yong, a little more real killing energy.

"Brothers, everyone's internship period is about to end, and everyone will have to go back to Chang'an, I don't know when we will be able to meet." Li Su picked up the wine glass and said to the people sitting in the main hall, his expression was also a little depressed, but in the end he said in high spirits, "Come!" I salute you all and wish you all the brothers to expand the territory of Datang in the future and leave a name in history! ”

The parting was imminent, and Cheng Huailiang and the others were also a little depressed, so they raised their wine glasses and drank them all. They came here last winter, and now it's about to be June, and the half-year internship period is about to pass, so they should also go back, during this time they are in the army, that is, they will hand over the things in their hands to their deputies, these deputies are all Li Su asked them to help train, although the quality can not be compared with the cadets of the military academy, but it is still okay to serve as a low-level general.

It's just that Li Su didn't notice that when he finished saying the above words, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, who were sitting at the back, looked at each other, and a bit of resoluteness flashed in their eyes, but they didn't show it on the spot. The two of them are different from Cheng Huailiang and others, although they made great achievements in the last surprise attack on Si Xuan, and they are among the students. The position is also the highest, but today is Li Su's private banquet. The people invited are all friends like Cheng Huailiang, and their identities are very noble. Although Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui were valued by Li Su, they could only sit at the bottom.

Although parting is sad, but the people sitting are all young people, after a few glasses of wine, they quickly throw the sadness of parting to the back of their heads, boxing, gambling on wine, telling jokes, etc., and the atmosphere quickly became warm.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Su saw that the time was almost up, and then drank it. I was afraid that a guy like Li Yong who poured three glasses was going to get drunk, so I saw him suddenly stand up, knock the wine glass with silver chopsticks, and make a rapid and crisp sound, attracting everyone's attention to his side, and then he spoke: "Brothers, everyone is about to leave, but the little brother has prepared a special gift for everyone!" ”

Hear Li Su's words. Cheng Huailiang and the others' eyes lit up, and Li Yong, who had already drunk almost the same, staggered to his feet and said: "The gift prepared by Liulang must be extraordinary, and it even uses the word 'special', which must be even more interesting." ”

Li Yong's words were immediately told by others. They all shouted for Li Su to hurry up and send the gifts. Seeing that everyone was looking forward to it, Li Su also laughed, and waved his hand to let people move things up.

After a while. I saw two servants carrying a wooden shelf, which looked like a screen. But there is a map hanging in the middle, and it is very strange to look at this map. It looks like a string of islands, with water lines painted on the blank space around it, representing the sea water, and this string of islands is divided into several large parts, long like a worm, and everyone sitting there can't even see where it is on the map?

"Liulang, this string of islands won't be the same as Taiwan, it's an undeveloped land, right?" Cheng Huailiang was the first to stand up and shout. Although I can't see where this is, but Li Su described to them that gold is everywhere overseas, and in the development of Taiwan, they have already tasted the sweetness, and now the cane sugar trade alone can bring them nearly 100,000 yuan of income every year, and this is just the beginning, and with the increase in the scale of the plantation in the future, the income will only increase.

After hearing this, Li Su laughed and said: "Brother Cheng, although Taiwan is a good place, whether it is a plantation or fishery, it can bring a lot of profits, but don't you think this way is a bit slow to make money?" ”

Hey? Hearing Li Su say this about Taiwan, everyone was a little puzzled, and after looking at each other, they saw Qin Huaiyu open his mouth and smile: "Liulang, Taiwan is a cornucopia, I didn't expect you to think it is slow to make money, is it possible that there are gold and silver mountains on the island on this map today?" ”

It is true that although there are no minerals on the island of Taiwan, the land is fertile, and although the development of plantations requires a lot of manpower and material resources, the income is also a lot.

However, as soon as Li Su heard Qin Huaiyu's words, he deliberately showed a look of surprise, and after a long while, he spoke: "Brother Qin, have you also learned astronomical techniques with Li Chunfeng, otherwise how could you even guess what the younger brother wants to say next?" ”

Belch? Everyone was stunned at this moment, and Qin Huaiyu was even more stunned, but he didn't expect that he would really say it casually. But then everyone reacted, and one by one they looked at Li Su with green light, and the one of them who was anxious even shouted loudly: "Liulang, is there really a mountain of gold and silver on these islands?" ”

After hearing this, Li Su smiled, deliberately fished everyone's appetite for a while, and then said: "Brothers, there is no gold mountain here, but there are many gold mines, but there is really one in the silver mountain!" ”

Wow~, as soon as I heard Li Su's words, there was an uproar in the hall, and even Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, who were sitting at the end, were a little excited, although they were not greedy for money, but they also knew that marching and fighting would cost money in everything, if the gold mines and silver mountains on this island could be controlled by His Royal Highness, then there would be an endless stream of military salaries, and they could also really show their ambitions in Li Su's hands.

"Rokuro, where the hell are these islands?" Cheng Huailiang shouted impatiently, and the others were all looking anxious, looking like a pervert seeing a beautiful woman stripped naked.

But Li Su took a sip of the wine glass for a long time, and then gently spit out two words: "Wa Guo!" ”

"What?" Everyone was surprised and delighted when they heard this, and they didn't expect this insect-like island chain to be the Wa Kingdom, and the happy thing was that the Wa Kingdom was next to Datang, and there was no need to run so far like other places.

"Liulang, are you sure, there are really silver mountains and gold mines in the Wa Kingdom?" At this moment, Li Jingye, who had not spoken, spoke. He is a rare handsome talent, every time he goes to a place, he will study the surrounding map, just now he looked at the map that Li Su took out a little familiar, but he didn't expect it to be the Wa Kingdom, but as far as he knows, it seems that he has not heard that the Wa Kingdom is rich in gold and silver?

After hearing this, Li Su did not answer immediately, but got up and walked to the map, and then stretched out his hand to point at the southern tip of Honshu Island in the Wa Kingdom, that is, the southern area of Kyoto in later generations, and then said: "This is the political center of the Wa Kingdom. After speaking, his fingers slowly moved a little south-west until he reached the seaside, that is, the area of Daejeon City in later generations, and then stopped and said: "And here, this is the location of the silver mountain of the Wa Kingdom, there is a big mountain full of silver ore, it is easy to refine silver, and the storage is huge, enough for us to develop for hundreds of years." ”

Hearing Li Su's explanation, everyone was a little shocked, although the Tang Dynasty was not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, the value of silver was not very high, but it was also a precious metal, such a big silver mountain in front of him, if he didn't want to say that he was not tempted, it would be a pure lie.

Li Su saw everyone's expressions of interest, but he smiled secretly in his heart, and at the same time threw a heavyweight bomb again: "I think everyone knows that the domestic copper production of my Datang is not high, and even the production of copper coins is not enough, coupled with the rapid development of commerce in the past two years, the transaction amount between businesses is getting larger and larger, often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and some prices have also risen sharply, and some ordinary commodities are also tens of hundreds, and the more expensive ones will range from several to hundreds, so that if you use copper coins to settle the settlement." , it is very inconvenient. ”

Li Su said this, deliberately paused, hoping that someone could understand what he was going to say next, but unfortunately, after the generals sitting here today, although they used to follow Li Su to make money, they were all manipulated by other people in the family behind the scenes, they just need to stand in front of the stage, and they are not very proficient in business matters, so no one understands what Li Su means by saying this, and they all look at Li Su with confused eyes, probably all thinking about why Li Su suddenly talked about copper coins?

Seeing Cheng Huailiang's ignorant eyes, Li Su sighed secretly, if Li Jingheng and Yanbei were here, they would definitely be able to understand what they wanted to say, but unfortunately these two people were all in Taiwan, and the last time I went by myself, I didn't see them, I heard that these two boys ran to Luzon to catch slaves.

"Cough~" No one answered, Li Su was a little embarrassed, and then said: "Since it is very inconvenient to settle with copper coins, there needs to be a currency with greater value, and the Datang Bank opened by the younger brother just has this plan, ready to mint two new coins with silver and gold respectively, of which the amount of gold is scarce, and the value is too high, so it is generally only used for commercial settlement, as for silver currency, its value is between copper and gold, so it is foreseeable, In the future, silver coins will replace the current copper coins and become the main currency in the market! ”

When Li Su said this, he picked up the teacup on the table and poured a few sips, and then looked at everyone with Xiyi eyes, he had already said it so clearly, presumably they should understand what they meant, right?

It's just that what disappointed Li Su was that he still saw a blank look, obviously Cheng Huailiang and they had been dazed by Li Su's bunch of monetary theories.

"Liulang, you better tell the result directly, the little brother's brain is about to explode!" Li Jingye, who is the youngest and has the best brain, said with a wry smile, marching and fighting or something, any of them here is better than Li Su, but when it comes to business, they are not as good as Li Su when they are together.

Li Su looked at the people who nodded again and again, and was speechless for a while, he didn't expect that he would also have a day to play the piano to the cow. I had no choice but to sigh and say loudly: "I mean, as long as you use silver to mint coins, the result is that the price of silver will rise, let's just lay down the silver mountain of the Wa Kingdom, then wait to get rich!" (To be continued.) )