Chapter 167: Fortune and National Focus
All the people present were knowledgeable, especially His Majesty Li Er, who regarded Liang Baoyu's theory of wealth of the country as a treasure, repeatedly studied and figured out, Li Er, who has rich practical experience in the way of economy, is now no worse than Liang Baoyu, a person in later generations.
When Liang Baoyu said that the farther the ship sailed, the more wealth it could harvest, His Majesty Li Er was tempted.
"Uncle Yongxing, let's listen carefully to me."
A group of old money fans were extremely dissatisfied with Liang Baoyu's behavior of wanting to eat more and occupy more just now, and now they heard that His Majesty opened his mouth, and immediately showed a disgusting appearance of listening to his ears one by one.
Especially the old hooligan Liu Hongji was even more unbearable, stood up with a smile, and directly pressed Liang Baoyu on his seat, which no one doubted that the two were long-lost brothers.
"Your Majesty, uncles, earning wealth from overseas is an extremely complicated project, and if you talk about it in detail, you can't figure it out even for three days and three nights."
Liang Baoyu rarely showed a cautious attitude, which made a group of bigwigs present secretly vigilant, everyone is familiar with the eighth child, no matter what he said in the past, this guy was a bold look, and now he is so cautious...... The big guy's first reaction was to send a ship to the sea to loot wealth, and Liang Laoba, this bastard, really knows how to do it!
Everyone present is an old fox who has seen the world, Liang Baoyu's demeanor and attitude are different, representing that he really has an extremely deep understanding of the matter of navigation, as the saying goes, a bottle is dissatisfied, half a bottle is dangling, and it is the current situation.
The more you know about a certain field, the more cautious you will be when you express your opinions or make an analysis, just as the people present must be cautious and far-sighted when discussing how to make a fortune in Lingnan, but how to attack those enemies west of the grassland who still refuse to surrender and be stable.
"Since it's complicated, then you can say it slowly, I have time, and I have patience."
"Ocean voyage itself is a very complicated thing, involving a variety of disciplines, if everyone gathers here just for the gems in the hands of those natives around Lingnan, then the matter will become extremely simple, because even a half-hanger in the army like a kid can bring back so many treasures from the broken ships of the Lingnan sailors, and it must be possible to change it to other people.
However, Your Majesty, you and your uncles are the decision-makers in charge of the operation of the entire empire, and just for us to make a fortune for ourselves, it may seem too small and too short-sighted.
And as I just said, after all, the resources in Jiaozhou are limited, and there are so many harvests, I don't know how many years of accumulation, and I took the Lingnan Water Master to serve it, and the kid estimates that there may be three or five more opportunities to have such a rich return, but it will inevitably gradually decrease in the future.
In fact, Jiaozhou is more suitable to serve as the grain base of our Datang.
If you want to continuously obtain new wealth, and if you want to turn the plan of almost everyone to get rich into a national policy that can enhance the national strength of our Datang, we need the fleet to go farther away, find more financial resources, find more new grains, and find more fertile land!
Your Majesty, uncles, there are more good things and good places in the world, and we can't just focus on the land under our feet!
Overseas countries have inexhaustible wealth, mineral deposits that can be used up for dozens of generations, grain varieties that can easily feed hundreds of millions of people, and fertile soil that can be pinched out of oil by making a handful. Why don't you build my Datang fleet into a stronger one? Why not let the soldiers' footprints go further?
Boys often hear that those who do not seek a lifetime are not enough to seek eternity, and the investment in ocean voyages is definitely not a whim that can receive rich returns, so I propose to establish a maritime college in agriculture, and in the future, as long as the people who participate in the development of Lingnan and ocean voyages, one of the benefits must be taken out to subsidize the maritime college.
I'm not afraid of your jokes, this maritime academy is a bottomless pit in my opinion, but if you want to go further and earn more, this investment is indispensable!
The so-called for a share for the navy, for agriculture to ask for a share, in fact, two into one, the results of the research in the maritime academy, must be applied to the navy ships, the navy in the warships are old, too small, the imperial court is not allowed to build huge ships...... These are all things that need to be solved one by one, but each of them needs to consume a huge amount of money!
As the commander of the Lingnan Navy Division and the superintendent of agriculture, I didn't think about it overnight, and it was the best policy to do it slowly.
However, once this kind of thing starts, you can't stop, slow is not afraid, boy, I have time, even if it is thirty or fifty years, I can afford to wait...... Even if my generation can't accomplish such a great undertaking as exploring overseas, the next generation will always reap fruitful results, right?
I don't know if Your Majesty and your uncles are willing to wait? ”
As soon as Liang Baoyu opened his mouth, he discussed the matter of making a fortune, and rose to the height of the long-term national policy formulation of the Tang Empire.
"Things are good things, if it is really as Yongxingbo said, then the development of shipping and the continuous wealth from overseas will inevitably become the unchanging national policy of my Datang for thousands of years!"
Fang Xuanling is famous in history for being good at calculation, and at this moment he was the first to speak, "But the vast sea and frontier, the journey of thousands of miles, what is overseas like, who can really say clearly?" ”
"It is precisely because overseas is full of places that no one in my Tang Dynasty has ever set foot in, so the kid will say that he will slowly figure it out."
Liang Baoyu was not surprised by this, if it weren't for the title of an immortal disciple he was holding, if it weren't for the countless treasures he had just brought back from Jiaozhou, I am afraid that what he said just now would have been regarded as a dream of gibberish, "Exploring overseas things is not something that one or two generations can do, let's move further and farther little by little, harvest new wealth little by little, and so on, as long as we persevere, we can always prove that what the kid said is true or false!"
Fang Gong, the process of exploring overseas is a process of continuous output...... may encounter a temporary setback, but the overall benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages for my Datang! ”
"I understand it, this national policy has been set for the time being, and there is no need to make a public announcement, and in addition, the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing for the Maritime College, and the Ministry of Household has allocated funds to repair the ships of the sailors...... This time, Lingnan has allocated half of the revenue to build seagoing ships suitable for long-distance voyages! ”