Tang Ping confidently said that the degree of automation in this era is destined to exploit resources and will use a lot of manpower.

Where do people come from? As long as the treatment is good enough, the vast African plains in the south of the Arab region and the European continent in the north can attract countless laborers.

No matter how bad it is, Tang Ping can even take people to those places to distribute leaflets to recruit workers.

In this era, many places are still in the stage of happiness as long as they can eat enough, and Tang Ping believes that the conditions he has offered cannot be refused.

"New Energy Minerals?"

"Is it the same thing as coal?"

The current Tang Dynasty businessmen have been able to understand these words spoken by Tang Ping.

As for coal, everybody knows how profitable that thing is.

Don't look at the price of a piece doesn't seem to be high, but it can't stop the consumption is large.

There was a trading house in Shanxi that was about to go bankrupt, but when he was about to sell his family's mountain, he discovered a coal mine and soon became one of the top wealthy businessmen in Shanxi.

Some merchants even jokingly called it black gold, which means black gold, as long as there is that thing in their own mountains, it means that there can be a steady stream of income.

"It's not coal, but it's more important than coal, it's stone grease water!"

In the Tang Dynasty Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Miscellaneous Tales • Strange Things" is recorded like this: "Stone paint, Gaonu County stone grease water, greasy, floating water such as lacquer, with plaster cars and lamps, extremely bright." ”

The stone lipid water mentioned here is another name for oil in this era.

The people of Datang know that oil is combustible, but because of the production, it is not used on a large scale.

"Paraffin water? There's a lot of paraffin water there? ”

"Many!" Tang Ping nodded: "It's unimaginable, you should also know that the place where we live now is a ball, called the earth, right?" ”

These wealthy businessmen nodded, who have few children in their families learning this knowledge, so although it was difficult to accept at first, but gradually everyone accepted this fact.

"More than half of the water on our planet is in Arabia!"

Judging from the proven oil reserves, the current reserves in the entire Middle East are 102 billion tons, accounting for about 61.5% of the world's total proven oil reserves.

Hearing Tang Ping say this, these businessmen all had golden light in their eyes.

Many people don't have a specific concept of how big the whole world is, but they know what the concept of half of the whole world is there.

"Don ...... Shopkeeper Tang ......" someone asked excitedly, "Where is that place...... Can we take ...... No, can we buy it? ”

The purchase he said was probably the same as the mountains in Datang, and if a coal mine was discovered after buying, it would be their family's property and an inexhaustible wealth for future generations.

After hearing Tang Ping's explanation of the oil reserves there, these businessmen moved their minds.

Yes, those things may not be easy to dig out now, but isn't the thing called "technology" in Datang always developing?

Now that more and more new gadgets are emerging, I don't know when the technology to dig out the stone resin water will be available in the future, so that my children and grandchildren will have something to rely on.

"Buy?"

Tang Ping frowned and thought for a while and said: "Everyone also knows my ability to prospect for minerals, there are a few places with particularly rich reserves, which must be handed over to the imperial court, as for the rest, I can discuss with the imperial court, draw the land, and sell it piece by piece." ”

"But let's make it clear first, no one can guarantee whether there is stone grease water under this piece of land, and how much there is, so for you, it may be a big gamble, after all, those places can't be sold too cheaply."

"No problem!" Hearing Tang Ping say that he could discuss with the imperial court to sell it, these Tang Dynasty merchants agreed without thinking about it.

How can there be 100% profit in business? Since there is more than half of the world's stone grease water in that place, it won't be so unlucky to buy a few pieces of land by yourself, and you won't be able to dig it at all, right?

What's more, even if you can't dig up the stone resin water, it will become the world energy center that Tang Ping said in the future, and the price of those lands will naturally rise, even if it is used for other businesses, it will not be a loss.

As for selling expensively, that's a matter of course. Anyway, he should be able to live for a long time, even if he empties his family money this time, and now that Datang is so prosperous, he can earn this money back.

These merchants and Tang Ping discussed fiercely, as if forgetting that the place belonged to the Arab Empire, a very powerful empire in this world, and not the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

But

None of you here would doubt whether the Tang Dynasty could defeat the Arab Empire.

What if the Arab Empire had a million-strong army? There are also quite a few of our Datang troops.

Our weapons are better than yours, we have muskets, tanks, airships, and warships, how can we not be able to defeat them?

This is also rare, and the matter of dividing up the territory of the empire has not yet started.

"Shopkeeper Tang, you must have a map of the Arab Empire, why don't you draw the land now."

"Yes, this kind of thing should be struck while the iron is hot, you see that it is rare for everyone to gather so together today."

Tang Ping didn't expect these businessmen to be so eager, and after thinking about it again, he understood.

The rich people of the Tang Dynasty are not only in Chang'an, but also the great nobles of the Turks, the maritime merchants of Dongyue, and the royal families of various vassal countries, who has no money in their hands?

If this news is going to get out, the competition will be great.

Instead of waiting to compete with more people in the future, it is better to take some pictures now.

Tang Ping figured this out, and said with a smile: "Then everyone wait for me, don't you still have to discuss this matter with the imperial court?" ”

"The relationship between Shopkeeper Tang and His Majesty, if you think that Your Majesty will definitely not refuse, we will open a few bottles of good wine here and wait for the good news of Shopkeeper Tang."

Tang Ping confessed and went back to get the map.

As for what to discuss, if he hadn't discussed this matter with Li Shimin in advance, would he be able to meet these businessmen?

Even which places have the most abundant oil reserves, he marked them for Li Shimin.

Then which places were painted for auction, and how much each piece started to cost, were all discussed in advance with Li Shimin and Fang Du.

Datang's official development capacity is limited, so it is better to throw some out to private chambers of commerce, which can not only receive a large amount of money in advance, but also promote their own development through competition.

Now he's just making a show, going to the palace and taking out the map.

When Tang Ping came back, the Tang Dynasty merchants in the house all looked at him with blank eyes.

Tang Ping shook the map in his hand and said, "Your Majesty has agreed, some places can indeed be sold to you, but the one with the highest price will get it!" ”

"It's natural, it's a good thing, you can't sell it for a cabbage price, right?" The Tang Dynasty merchants all said with their hands in high gear.