Things that could be put aside for Chai Shao were certainly not a big deal for Li Er.
The reason is simple, because these financial techniques and this ingenious plan ultimately serve the purpose of opening up the sea.
As for the opening of the sea, the original reason why this matter was so important was not because the Tang Dynasty needed the benefits of the opening of the sea. Although these were not small numbers, they belonged to the less important part.
What is really important is actually the demographic changes after the opening of the sea. China's population, technology, culture and civilization, these things spread all over the world. Only when the territory is spread out can it be regarded as something that can truly be called "foundation".
The reason why industry is different from "foundation" is that foundation is ultimately more related to survival and a more fundamental thing. After the population truly spreads, no matter how other aspects of China change, no matter whether the national power becomes stronger or changes.
Weaker, but that's for sure.
For the population of China, the risk must be lower - if there is a problem in one place, there will always be other sub-bases, so related and echoing each other, only this kind of thing can really be qualified to be said to be immortal, and can really be regarded as
An empire.
Therefore, although Li Er also felt chills on his back when he looked at this financial technique, it is just a skill anyway, and the most important thing is that his children have mastered this thing anyway. Even if it spreads and causes an uproar, it can still
Could it be that Li Sheng, as the creator, is still not satisfied? Therefore, compared with the risks of the advent of this financial technique, Li Er has doubts about whether this method can work as expected.
Anyway,
This matter, from the very beginning, was actually the most basic situation. The imperial army of the Tang Dynasty could not sail across such a large area. If it were so simple, then the matter of sailing would have been completed a long time ago. How could there be no way out?
But now, things are different!
After the current "public offering" strategy is launched, some of the waiting merchants are already mobilized by the court towards the Americas, while the remaining large group is waiting and watching - in fact
It can be said that they are the "silent majority" among maritime merchants, but these people were also mobilized.
certainly.
Li Er does not think that these guys have much ability to support various overseas bases in the maritime industry. No matter where those overseas bases are located, these first-rate, or even second-rate and third-rate maritime merchants will definitely find it difficult to intervene.
Sea ships that can sail across oceans are still too rare in this world!
Even for the Tang Dynasty, it was extremely rare.
The shipbuilding industry of the Tang Dynasty is extremely developed. No other force in the world can compare with the scale of the Tang Dynasty. Today, the West Lake Industrial Zone in Hangzhou is only the elite of the entire shipbuilding industry of the Tang Dynasty, and even
Proportionally speaking,
Neither can be considered a main force!
However, even so, real ocean-going ships are still extremely expensive. Even the West Lake Industrial Zone, which has the lowest technological foundation, and the recently built Port Saint-Jermain Shipyard, which has talents trained in the submarine industry, have very little production of ocean-going ships.
Although the people of the Five Surnames and Qiwang bought more than a hundred large ships in the process of engaging in "special business" at sea, their scale was unparalleled in the world. Even the Forbidden Army of the Tang Dynasty did not have that many large ships -
-Of course, this does not count the few black iron gunboats and the quality of the armaments on the warships, otherwise the scale would still far exceed that of the pirates.
However, what Wang Jing and his group are doing is a special business, and it can be said to be the fastest and most aggressive business in the world to make money.
This means that the size of the fleet of Wang Jing and others is destined to be non-replicable for ordinary maritime merchants, and this lack of replicability obviously cannot be solved. After all, maritime merchants cannot imitate others - honestly
After all, you don't have to face off against the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty when doing business, and you don't have to worry about the possibility of losing all your money overnight, or even being directly captured by the Imperial Guards.
Naturally, this ship cannot be purchased. More importantly, although the maritime merchants are all wealthy families, the wealth of the maritime merchants is all on the ship. Except for the various industrial goods that are transshipped and sold, other assets basically exist in the form of ships.
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As for these second- and third-rate maritime merchants, the ships they currently own are not that big, and they are not suitable for ocean voyages. It is obvious that they need to buy new large ships, and their cash flow is insufficient.
In this case, Dahaishang was mobilized by the court because he already had a ship. On the one hand, he made the decision after reviewing the situation. Although there were many reasons, which all showed that it was time to go to America to find financial resources, but
Because of this, each of these large-scale merchants, perhaps subconsciously or perhaps by expectation, in short, all of them no longer arrange new large ships for themselves, but try to fill the current ships with as much cargo as possible.
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As for the reason, at least from an economic point of view, it is very simple. Since the voyage to America is extremely dangerous, of course everyone must bring as much cargo as possible, so as to ensure that if the voyage is successful, enough profits can be made and the accounts can be truly balanced.
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Because of these circumstances, it was clear that the Great Tang Dynasty was about to fully launch its sea-opening business, but shipyards across the country were instead idle.
These situations naturally fell into Li Er's ears, which made Li Er feel quite, or should I say, uneasy.
Because the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in recent years has undoubtedly a huge relationship with the ocean, and the relationship with ships is even more huge. The powerful warship navy has brought a lot of benefits to the Tang Dynasty.
But now, the shipyards are idle and doing nothing. No matter how you look at it, it gives people an inexplicable sense of desolation.
Even if he was not there, just looking at the numbers on the memorial in Chang'an, Li Er felt this way in his heart.
But soon, a shocking change occurred. The shipyard business, which had suddenly become extremely deserted and inexplicable, suddenly became hot.
At this time, Li Er felt that he didn't need to find those ministers for a meeting, he didn't even need to read more memorials to grasp the situation, and he didn't even need to read the memorial in his hand to know what was going on.
The matter is definitely related to the recent "public offering" strategy!
This public offering policy allowed maritime merchants. No, from a legal perspective, it allowed everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty to participate in the great cause of opening up the sea. However, as an emperor, Li Er certainly could not do this.
Don't worry, after all, the risk of opening the sea is still high.
Since most people in the world are unwilling to leave on their own, how can they use their wealth to bet?
