Li Tai, who was full of wine and food, still didn't know what his three friends had experienced at this time.

Li Tai especially enjoys this feeling of being held by the stars.

This is also the reason why he has always only discussed literature with the great Confucians, politics with young officials, and bragged with those young literati and the second generation of officials.

Every real big man in the DPRK and China is shrewd to the hair.

Every word they said needed to be pondered by Li Tai.

In addition, these people talk about politics every day, and these are precisely Li Tai's shortcomings today.

Therefore, Li Taicai did not take the initiative to approach these people, but started with their nephews in their later lives.

However, Li Tai did not know that many of these bigwigs still had a long political life.

They can bring their juniors together with their own way, so why do they need Li Tai to do this?

In this way, Li Tai is alienated from them at this time, how can he get their support in exchange?

After the destruction of the Gaochang Kingdom, it was naturally included in the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate.

After Qiao Shiwang came to take over with soldiers and horses, Wei Chi Jingde and others prepared to return to the imperial court.

Before leaving, Su Lie spoke: "That Desire Valley has the courage to send troops to assist Gaochang this time, should we teach some lessons?" ”

Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin were both a little moved after hearing this.

They are also Lords who are not afraid of heaven and earth.

At this time, there are 100,000 troops in hand, and there is really some impulse to attack Desire Valley.

Qiao Shiwang on the side knew that it was going to be bad when he saw their appearance.

So he hurriedly spoke: "This matter must not be done, everything outside the army has a law, and several generals must not know the law and break the law!" ”

Qiao Shiwang didn't dare not persuade at this time.

This Western Regions Protectorate is so far away from the national capital, and a few of them can pat their butts and leave after messing around here.

I stayed here to face the army of Desire Valley every day.

At that time, if Desire Gu She can't swallow this breath and comes to take revenge on himself all day long, then wouldn't he be wronged?

After listening to Qiao Shiwang's words, Yu Chi Jingde and the three of them hurriedly snorted.

Wei Chi Jingde smiled and said, "What I just said is just a joke, Qiao Dudu must not take it to heart." ”

A few people were so excited just now that they actually forgot that Qiao Shiwang was the captain of the horse.

If this person comes to His Majesty to sue him, the reward for the three of his trip will definitely not be left.

After saying this, the three of them stopped talking nonsense, hurriedly said goodbye to Qiao Shiwang, and returned to Chang'an City with the army.

This battle was really easy, so the mood of several people at this time can be said to be very happy.

When Wei Chi Jingde and others were about to return to Chang'an, some returning merchant ships had already begun to appear on the wharf of Guangzhou City.

The tonnage of these merchant ships was too small to follow the fleet to distant Persia.

So they had no choice but to stop near the country of Luo Yue (near Singapore) and from here they began to trade with the countries along the way while returning home.

These ships are all merchant ships of about 200 materials, which may not be anything in the fleet of the Tang Dynasty.

But along the way, these countries are proper giant merchant ships.

Therefore, when the merchants of these ships came ashore to trade with these countries, they were often greeted by local princes and ministers.

Although the products of these small countries are not abundant, all the countries along the way together are enough to eat the goods in the hands of these merchants.

So when these merchants returned to Guangzhou, they were both happy and regretful.

Naturally, I was happy that I made a lot of money on this voyage, but I regretted that I had not been able to prepare enough to charter a larger merchant ship.

The Guangzhou wharf, which had been silent for a while, began to dock again, which soon attracted the attention of many merchants.

So they rushed to the dock to order some goods in advance.

However, when they arrived, they soon found that these ships were all owned by Datang.

Just when they hesitated to come forward and ask.

A merchant who had just disembarked from the ship stood on the dock and shouted, "Is there anyone who wants to buy the best spices?" ”

After hearing this, the merchants on the dock were stunned at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, no less than twenty merchants hula surrounded them.

"This brother, your goods are here."

"Why did you ask for it? It's obviously on the first come, and it should be sold to the next. ”

"Brother Tai, don't talk nonsense with these people, your goods are unloading for you."

Just as these people were still scrambling, someone next to them shouted: "All kinds of gems, do you want rhino horns?" ”

"There are spices and gems here, too..."

In an instant, the whole wharf suddenly boiled, and a large number of merchants quickly finalized the price and happily walked towards the city.

The merchants who had just returned were already smiling from ear to ear.

In addition to harvesting a lot of goods, they also brought back a lot of gold and silver.

These things are hard currencies recognized by Datang Bank.

They only need to change hands to get a lot of bills.

This success gave these businessmen great confidence.

Therefore, the first thing everyone did after completing the transaction was to quickly contact the shipowners who had more than 500 merchant ships.

They must book the cargo hold for their next voyage in advance so that they can start preparing their cargo for the next trade well in advance.

After Li Zhi learned all this from Ruan Hongxi, he said happily: "In this way, it seems that my Datang's maritime trade is a complete success.

One leg of my Datang economy will soon be able to run. ”

Li Zhi's joy was not without reason.

After the opening of Datang's own sea trade routes, although the exported goods do not need to be taxed, all the goods brought back must be taxed.

In addition, Datang merchant ships carried more goods, which greatly increased the number of imported goods.

The price of these goods will naturally decrease when the quantity increases, and many goods will gradually benefit ordinary people.

In this way, it can stimulate a wave of consumption.

At the same time, these merchants will sell a large number of domestic goods abroad.

This has allowed Datang's domestic workshops to expand and recruit more workers.

In this way, the people can earn more.

In the next step, Li Zhi planned to encourage Li Shimin to vigorously build highways and develop road transportation between Datang and Western countries.

In this way, it is a two-legged run, and Datang's economy can take off completely.

Now that the results have been seen, Li Zhi will certainly not hesitate.

He immediately let several of his industries expand and seize the time to stock up.

At the same time, he also sent orders for ten cargo ships of 2,000 materials to several shipyards.

"What? Can't make it? If you can't build it, what kind of shipyard are you doing? Don't you see how profitable Haimao is now? ”

Ruan Hongxi's subordinates sent out to place orders said these words directly to a shipyard owner.