The battle in the camp was soon over.

Under the light of the huge fire, the corpse of the Tuyuhun people could be clearly seen.

Su Lie was leading the men to collect the corpses of the enemy and throw them into the fires.

The failure of the sneak attack forced their entire plan to be altered.

The original plan to chase the enemy again to find the next stronghold can only be changed to find it slowly.

They left behind some enemy clothing to resist the cold climate of the plateau.

At the same time, some of the cattle and sheep here are slaughtered for their own food.

This place is not very far from Liangzhou City, so Su Lie sent someone back to inform Liangzhou to send someone to receive the remaining war horses, cattle and sheep.

After doing this, they waited for the people from Liangzhou City to hurry up and process the food they needed.

This will save you a lot of time on the road in the future.

They now have enough horses to carry food and water.

This gives them plenty of time to find their next target.

Murong Qing and Murong Yunhai ran away with the rest of the army.

When they calmed down and touched on the remnants, they found that the number of people who had followed them was not even four thousand.

The two looked at each other sadly, and then at the same time showed a look of despair.

In just a few days, they lost more than 10,000 horses.

This made them dare not imagine what kind of punishment they would be punished for going back.

The saddest thing is that not only do they not have any food now, but they also do not have the courage to go back and fight to the death with the Tang army.

In desperation, they could only lead people desperately to the nearest Tuyuhun stronghold.

Only by getting there as soon as possible can they have any hope of continuing to survive.

When the war in Tuyuhun came to an end, Li Zhi's proposal had just been adopted.

Li Zhi once again found Li Shimin and wanted to invest in several sea ships with him to undertake maritime transportation business.

These ships were to be the private property of their father and son, and they were subject to taxes to the imperial court in the same way as other merchant ships.

Li Shimin was a little hesitant about this proposal.

He opened his mouth and asked Li Zhi: "Pheasant slave, can shipping really make money as you say?" ”

Li Zhi said: "Father, please rest assured, how can the business done by the sons and daughters lose money?" ”

Li Shimin said: "Since the DPRK and China have decided to develop maritime trade, won't there be many merchants involved? When the time comes..."

Li Zhi knew that Li Shimin was worried that there were too many people competing and that his cargo ship would have no business.

So he opened his mouth and explained: "Father, please think about it, the cost of a large sea ship is not small, how many of those merchants can afford such a huge expense? ”

Li Shimin said: "Although they can't build independently, they can always build together through cooperation, right?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Father's words are wrong! Even if those merchants could build together, they would not dare to risk investing such a large amount of money. ”

Li Shimin asked suspiciously, "Why is this?" According to you, isn't sea trade very profitable? ”

Li Zhi said: "Although sea trade is profitable, how many people dare to put their net worth and their lives on a ship before they really see the benefits?" ”

Li Zhi couldn't help but nod when he heard this.

He couldn't help but push himself at the moment, thinking that his thoughts just now were the same as everyone else's?

And then his heart began to waver.

However, he still habitually asked: "How many ships will you build according to your plan?" How much does it cost? ”

Li Zhi opened his mouth and said: "Since you want to do it, you have to make it bigger, and Erchen plans to build ten sea ships first, and the cost will be about one million." ”

Li Zhi's words almost made Li Shimin slip out of the dragon chair.

He asked in surprise, "Ten ships in a million?" How big are you going to build the ship? ”

Li Zhi said: "You and my father and son naturally can't be stingy, Erchen plans to build ten big ships with more than 2,000 materials, and then he will be able to contract about eighty percent of the volume." ”

After Li Zhi's words were finished, Li Shimin's hands began to tremble.

The 2,000-material sea ship is currently the largest ship type that Datang can build.

With such a big ship, there are only two in the entire Datang.

This is what he made to prepare for window dressing, and he can't start it twice a year.

At this moment, Li Zhi is going to build ten ships as soon as he opens his mouth, how long will it take for such a large investment to recover the cost?

Hearing this answer, let alone Li Shimin himself, even Zhang Ananda, who had been standing aside, had some leg and stomach tendons.

At this time, before the official start of the sea trade, Li Zhi dared to throw a million yuan into it, wasn't he afraid of losing all his money?

Li Zhi didn't notice the abnormality of Li Shimin and the others at all.

He continued to break his fingers to analyze the market situation for Li Shimin.

After the Tang Dynasty's fleet sailed from Guangzhou, it could be divided into multiple routes.

Two of these routes can reach Silla and Fuso

In addition, it can also reach the Jieri Dynasty, the Kingdom of Chenla, the death of Sri Buddha, the fall of the Buddha and many other neighboring countries.

You can also travel further afield to places like Persia, Great Food and Egypt.

These countries have a large number of goods that can be traded with the Tang Dynasty, and the worst can be exchanged for a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.

Li Zhi's small mouth was there and said endlessly.

Li Shimin listened with a tangled face.

He was already a little moved by Li Zhi's words, but now the key thing is that he doesn't have any money in his hands.

The dividends he got from Li Zhi a few years ago were all spent by him on a rare extravagant basis for Li Yuan and the concubines in the harem.

In the past two years, the relationship between him and Li Yuan's father and son has just eased due to the subjugation of the Eastern Turks.

Li Shimin took advantage of his money to quickly pay homage first.

Originally, he thought that with the dividends given by Li Zhibai, he would be able to have a better life in the future.

But now it looks like he may be missing out on a new opportunity to make money.

Zhang Ananda looked at Li Shimin's tangled expression on the side, and couldn't help but want to laugh a little.

He knew that he might have to ask for some shares for Li Shimin in the future.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Shimin to open his mouth and interrupt Li Zhi's narration.

He said to Li Zhi: "That... Pheasant slave! Father is not against your plan, but now that the sea trade is just about to begin, will you and my father and son be more stable first and build two ships to try the market? ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Zhi objected: "Father, you must not hesitate in this matter, and after the opening of the sea trade, there will definitely be a large number of merchants who will discover the business opportunities in this." ”

When Li Zhi said this, he clenched his right hand into a fist and made a look of inevitability.

I only heard him continue: "You and my father and son must occupy the largest share before other merchants enter the market, so as to reap the dividends brought by sea trade." ”

After Li Shimin saw Li Zhi's resolute attitude, he immediately looked at Zhang Ananda who was standing on the side with a tangled face.