After Liu Hongbo's words were finished, Song Zhen immediately frowned.

I only heard him speak: "If this is the case, won't our business be greatly affected?" ”

Liu Hongbo nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Zhou Chong said: "But if the trouble of piracy is not removed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do business, I don't know if the adults can solve it?" ”

After hearing this, Liu Hongbo began to ponder.

The appearance of pirates was indeed a tricky thing for them.

For merchants, it is important to make the most profits, so it is natural that they do not hire a large number of guards in their caravans.

In this way, they naturally have no resistance in the face of pirates.

If a special escort force is formed for this purpose, it will not be able to recover the cost, and secondly, it will be too loud.

I'm afraid it's easy to attract the attention of others after a long time.

At that time, the behavior of oneself and others is very likely to be exposed.

However, if you ask the imperial court to send troops to encircle and suppress it, it will be difficult to succeed in a short period of time.

Just when Liu Hongbo was a little at a loss, someone said: "Why don't I cooperate with pirates?" ”

When they heard what the man had said, their faces were full of bewilderment.

Song Zhen opened his mouth and asked, "What does Brother Zhang mean by this?" Please elaborate. ”

The man surnamed Zhang spoke: "Those pirates always sell the stolen goods after robbery.

Wouldn't the sales path we are operating be able to solve this problem? ”

After hearing his words, everyone's eyes lit up almost at the same time, and they immediately understood the key to it.

I have to say that this person's brain is really good.

Today, pirates are just emerging, and many pirates have not yet developed their own channels for selling their stolen goods.

Even if some pirates were able to sell their stolen goods, they would certainly not receive as much money as those who specialized in the smuggling trade.

If they can unite with these pirates, they will soon be able to establish a huge network of interests.

Not only will they be able to trade safely, but they will also be able to make a fortune by selling the stolen goods.

After figuring out this, Liu Hongbo's hands clapped fiercely.

I only heard him say happily: "Brother Liu is really a great talent, this method can not only ensure our business routes, but also open up a new way to make money."

If this official operates again, he can control the movement of the imperial court soldiers and horses in advance.

Wouldn't we be able to sit back and relax? ”

When the people heard this, they immediately dispelled their worries.

Next, a group of people immediately discussed the specific implementation plan.

As the saying goes, cats have a cat path, and rats have a rat path.

The men soon made contact with several groups of pirates on their trade routes.

This even included the pirates who had been reorganized by the Cham state.

This pirate is naturally not interested in their sales channels, but the movements of the Tang army that Liu Hongbo can provide.

Until Li Zhi accompanied Li Yuan to leave Guangzhou, he didn't know that a huge smuggling gang was quietly developing and growing at this time.

When Li Zhi returned to Chang'an, it happened to coincide with the wedding of Princess Nanping and Wang Jingzhi.

Li Zhi naturally led his brothers to make a lot of trouble.

It doesn't matter how much money you can get in the process.

The important thing is that through such interactions, Li Zhi and these brothers can strengthen their relationship.

At this time, Li Shimin was feeling bored because of several bad things coming together.

Therefore, Li Zhi took this opportunity to take over the responsibility of training the brothers and threw them all into the academy outside the city.

The cause of the incident was because of Li Ke, the king of Wu.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, he was awarded the position of governor of Qizhou and assassin of Qizhou and took up the actual position.

This made him the first prince to leave Chang'an for a fiefdom.

But at that time, Li Ke was still young, and it was the time when his blood was strong, so he was too radical when he was doing things, and he was often scolded by Li Shimin.

This year, Li Shimin insisted on hereditary titles of his brothers and sons despite the dissuasion of Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others.

Therefore, Li Ke was renamed the governor of Tanzhou.

The previous governor of Qizhou was an official position from the second rank, and after the resealing, Li Ke was demoted to the third rank.

Li Ke, who was demoted, was naturally unhappy in his heart, so after he arrived, his personality became pampered, and he was often impeached by the imperial history for making mistakes.

At present, Li Shimin is not only busy with the wedding of Princess Nanping, but also ready to start a war with Tubo at any time.

Li Ke's performance fell into Li Shimin's ears, which naturally made him a little unhappy.

Originally, Li Shimin wanted to teach Li Ke a hard lesson and then demote him, but just in time for Li Zhi to return to the court, he hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him.

Li Zhi said to Li Shimin: "Father, the third brother grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has never had a deep understanding of the suffering of the people.

The father sent him to the fiefdom early and did not provide him with good ministers to assist, so the third brother inevitably made many mistakes.

Now that the father has not understood the difficulties of the third brother but demoted him, how can the third brother be young and vigorous? ”

Li Shimin said: "You don't want to excuse him, you have been worrying about your father since you were four years old."

Li Ke is nine years older than you, how can he justify his youth? ”

Li Zhi said: "The early wisdom of the father and son is a gift from God, how many people are there in ancient and modern times?"

It is rare for the third brother to be able to study diligently since he was a child, how can his father demand that the third brother be clear in everything? ”

Li Shimin said: "In your opinion, could it be that my father and the emperor still have to arrange a person to supervise each prince?" ”

Li Zhi said: "Now that the third brother has become a vassal father, the emperor might as well arrange for the ministers to discipline him first."

As for the other brothers who are still in the capital, they also ask their father and emperor to hand them over to their sons.

Although the sons and daughters cannot guarantee that every brother can become a talent, at least they can understand the sufferings of the people and know how to deal with government affairs. ”

Li Shimin nodded and agreed after thinking about it again, so Li Zhi now has an extra responsibility to cultivate his brothers.

The reason why Li Zhi threw them into the academy outside the city first was to see if they were interested in which subjects.

If someone is willing to learn from these Li Zhi, they will train them to become technical talents.

If anyone was not interested in this, then Li Zhi would arrange for him to work with the officials of Sinong Monastery and the prison and other departments.

At least let them know the whole grains and understand the hard work of the craftsmen and the people.

In addition to the brothers in the family, there were also Fang Yiai, Chai Lingwu, two teenagers who seemed to be full of rebellion.

Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao locked the two brothers at home for several months, and now they have finally waited for Li Zhi to come back.

Therefore, the two of them brought the two to Li Zhi as soon as possible.

I have to ask Li Zhi to help train these two well-known gentlemen in Chang'an City.

Li Zhi didn't refuse, but just said to Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao: "It's okay for the two adults to hand them over to this king."

It's just that when they cry to the two adults, don't complain about the king's cruelty. ”