Seeing everyone's approval, I nodded with satisfaction, signed the name on the holy decree, and then stamped the seal, and finally finished a major event. After that, he summoned the envoys, first of all, Luo Yi's envoys, to show favor to my son, and told me that the two brothers Xue Wanche, who had an old friendship with me, stayed there very quickly, hoping that my son would be able to give them some convenience when selling grain for the sake of friendship in the past.

For this, my son naturally agrees, but well, there are some things to say, and it's okay to give convenience, but, in terms of price, I can't help it. In addition, for the sake of the relationship with Xue Wanche's brothers, this son is willing to sell some weapons to Luo Yi at cost price, of course, referring to the equipment of the previous dynasty.

After receiving such a reply, Luo Yi's messenger flashed with satisfaction, and then, it was Li Zitong's messenger, who also talked a lot of nonsense and gave a bunch of gifts, expressing Li Zitong's admiration for his son.

Well, too, I hope to be able to sell them enough food. Naturally, my son readily agreed. Last year's successive battles have indeed made many heroes and heroes half-disabled, even Wang Shichong, who took advantage of the fisherman, is not much better.

Continuous wars not only consume manpower and material resources, but also make the people's livelihood under the rule of many princes wither, so they all need food, need a lot of food, not only to ensure that the people under their rule can survive, continue to create money and wealth for them, but also to provide them with sufficient troops, moreover, they also need a large amount of military rations to deal with any next provocation.

Of course, every envoy made a gesture of goodwill to this son, and even Wang Shichong sent an envoy to express a tactful criticism of the last incident, thinking that Zheng Jun was actually not aimed at me but at Li Yuan, so my subordinates attacked the wrong person.

Of course, he Zheng Guo Tianzi is benevolent, does not care about the bad things in the past, and is willing to be good friends with the Chinese Empire, and more importantly, he hopes that this son will also be benevolent and moral, regardless of past suspicions, and sell some grain to them, so as to be able to save thousands of people in the world.

However, there are many ministers who oppose the sale of grain to Wang Shichong for many reasons, such as despising Wang Shichong's despicable and shameless character, and some think that selling grain to Wang Shichong is tantamount to fueling the arrogance of the thief army, and when the time comes, they will use these grains as military rations, and they will be able to take Guanzhong and suffer losses. In short, each has its own opinions, and the arguments are endless.

However, Qu Tutong opened his mouth at this time: "Zheng Jun is not short of food, after all, he occupies Luokoucang, and the grain there is almost enough for him Wang Shichong to support another year or two, Wang Shichong did this just to show favor to us." ”

"Gestures? Could it be that Wang Shichong is afraid that we will send troops to Tongguan? Cheng Yanjin raised his eyebrows and said. According to His Majesty's plan, we need to wait two to three years before we can send troops to Tongguan. ”

"Your Majesty knows the Dao, we know the Dao, but this doesn't mean that he Wang Shichong can know our affairs." Fang Xuanling rolled his eyes speechlessly, and patiently explained to this product.

"That's the same, so in this way, Wang Shichong is kind to us, that is, he hopes that when anything happens in the Central Plains, it is best to watch from the wall." Li Jing couldn't help but snap his fingers, and a smile appeared on his face. "It seems that Wang Shichong still has no heart on Shanxi."

"It's not just Shanxi, in the south, that Xiao Mill took advantage of the situation, according to the ancient Jingxiang land, and even the three counties of Nanyang County, Shuyang, and Huai'an are also in their hands, these three counties, but they are not far from the eastern capital. After the failure of the attack on Hancheng, the 50,000 Zheng troops trained in the area of Luoyang Bishan have now moved to Xiangcheng County, and they are afraid that they want to attack the Liang army. As the director of intelligence, Du Ruhui's words naturally have weight.

"According to Zhu Qing's opinion, should I sell grain and Wang Shichong?" I nodded with satisfaction, these guys often quarrel in the court, but they are all justified and fight for business, not as a shrew to scold the street.

"The minister thinks that he should sell grain to Wang Shichong, so that he thinks that His Majesty will be a wall-to-side, if he really wants to invade the Liang Dynasty in the south, and we just take advantage of the situation to go south and seize the land of Lingnan, and another important thing is to open up the connection with Jiaozhi as soon as possible." Qu Tutong was the first to speak.

"Why is the general so anxious to contact Jiaozhi?" Wei Zheng asked puzzled.

Qu Tutong smiled, stroked his long beard and explained: "Dean Wei must also know that in the land of Jiaozhi, His Majesty has already sent a large number of people to prospect for mineral deposits, and at present, two huge coal mines have been discovered in the central and northern parts of Jiaozhi, and a super large iron mine has also been discovered. ”

"Coal is high-quality, very suitable for steelmaking, and the iron ore there contains up to 60 percent iron." Qu Tutong gestured, and when he heard this, many people gasped.

After clearing his throat, the warrior Tong said: "The reserves of coal and iron ore there are more than several mines under our Guanzhong, and the reserves are very concentrated, which is conducive to mining. ”

"There's an even more important reason." I stood up at this point. "That's sea trade. Presumably, all of you know very well how far away the countries that trade with us are from us, right? For example, Tianzhu is from us, and it will take nearly half a year to travel by land, and if you want to go to Xiqin, you have to be prepared to spend a year on the road. But now, our ships are slowly following the Yellow River from Hancheng to Bohai County, and then we can travel thousands of miles along the coast to Jiaozhi, but what about the time? It's been less than a month. ”

It took only a few hundred thousand miles to reach the route, and each ship needed at least fifteen to twenty people to maneuver, but each ship could carry at least two or three hundred tons of cargo.

If it is converted into a horse, an ordinary horse, at most, it can carry 100 catties of goods to continue to travel far, then, 300 tons of goods is equivalent to 600,000 catties, then it is equivalent to 6,000 horses to transport.

What a terrible number? You must know that the most expensive warship under the hands of this son now, the cost of one is only more than 5,000 guan, 5,000 guan, at most, at most, you can buy a dozen or so horses, and good horses, if you can buy seven or eight, you are already thankful.

“…… This kind of silk can be exchanged for the same weight of gold, ladies and gentlemen, do you know how much this silk weighs? I flicked my fingers behind me, and Li Yuanfang immediately took a piece of silk that had already been prepared.

"A piece of silk is a hundred meters long and one and a half meters wide. According to the weaving method, the weight is seven or eight pounds, and the weight is only about twelve pounds. I picked up the silk, laid it on the table, patted it, and asked the people.

"Yes, the price of silk, the high-grade silk, is only in the early twenties, the general silk is five times, and the second-class silk should also be in the number of three." Samurai Tong is worthy of being a businessman, and immediately quoted the price. "And we generally sell with traders in the Western Regions, the price of the most inferior silk can reach five to eight guan, the average silk, that is, the number of ten to fifteen guan, and the best silk is about fifty guan."

"In other words, if we sell our silk to those merchants in the Western Regions, we can get twice as much profit, or even triple the profit, right?" I nodded in satisfaction and asked again.

Seeing this, Samurai nodded affirmatively. The smile on Ben Gongzi's face became brighter and brighter. "Ladies and gentlemen, you must also know that now, how much is a tael of gold equivalent to?"

"One tael of gold is equivalent to ten pieces of money. The street vendors know this problem, why do you ask this? Li Xuanba couldn't help but interject.

"Then if it's twelve catties of gold, how much silk is it?" I asked again with a smile.

"Twelve catties is one hundred and twenty taels, which is equivalent to one thousand two hundred yuan of money." Samurai Tong blinked and immediately gave the data.

I took a deep breath, my eyes fell on the silk in front of me again, and said lightly: "Do you know that the silk sold in my Huaxia is only fifty yuan, but when you get it from the Western Thai countries, you can exchange it for gold ...... of the same weight."

"What?!" Qu Tutong's eyes widened, and he jumped up directly, making Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, who were sitting next to him, tremble.

"Impossible, right? Can a pound be exchanged for a pound of gold? Grandma's, this money grabbing isn't so fast, is it? Cheng Yanjin also stood up, murderous, his eyes glowing green, it was simply the reincarnation of a bandit and the reincarnation of a robber.

"How could I lie to you?" I replied with a smile. "Even the most inferior silk can be exchanged for at least half the weight of gold in the countries west of Xitai."

Hiss...... Everyone gasped, and the thinning air even gave the illusion of suffocation.

"God, if we carry two carts of silk over, wouldn't that mean that we can exchange two carts of gold back?" Fang Xuanling's saliva almost dripped onto his very neatly groomed beard, and his eyes looked directly at the silk on my desk, his eyes burning.

"However, there is no way for our merchants to get through, or it is extremely difficult for them to pass such a long distance. Because, between us and the Western Thai countries, there is also Persia and countless kingdoms, and Persia is a powerful country, so their merchants can walk on this part of the road unimpeded. ”

"In other words, they have mastered this path of trade." I tapped my fingers on the desk again, and my tone was extremely solemn.

"So, Your Majesty, do you want to trade directly with the Western Thai countries by sea?" Fang Xuanling took a deep breath and asked me.