At first, Li Sheng's various plans and strategies were all based on financial and policy subsidies to attract businessmen to engage in more exports——
But later it was discovered that there were still powerful merchants who were not afraid of pirates. They still went their own way, taking advantage of the reduced transaction volume and price increases caused by supply difficulties to continue trafficking in exotic goods from overseas for profit.
Under this situation, Li Shengcai finally decisively proposed a strategy of directly using force to solve the problem.
When a problem arises, writing is the best way to solve it. But since it is a big fish causing a big problem, then of course we have to change our thinking...
However, these strategies are all to restrain and guide the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. No matter what, they are merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty is the controller of all merchants.
But now, the situation is different.
The Tang Dynasty was not the common ruler of all nations in the world.
It is a bit difficult to let some merchants occupy more land while others occupy less land...
Li Sheng could only shake his head, indicating that his thinking was wrong.
King Luo Bin saw that Li Sheng fell into deep thought after he finished speaking. He felt proud for a moment, but then he saw that Li Sheng shook his head and had to bow his head in silence. Sure enough...
How could Li Sheng not think of things that King Luo Bin could think of...
But after King Luo Bin said this, Li Sheng's thinking became really clear.
After a while...
"As expected...it is still needed..."
The corner of Li Sheng's mouth quietly revealed an imperceptible arc...
The difficulty of this matter lies in the constraints rather than the difficulty of the problem itself.
The problem itself is actually very simple. Just open up the Tang Dynasty's arsenal and deliver powerful weapons made by the Tang Dynasty to the maritime merchants——
Of course it's not a free gift, private purchases are allowed. But even so, these maritime merchants...
Facing the huge profits from maritime trade and industry, especially the magic medicine "fertilizer" can increase farmland production. Currently, it is found in many places in the Southeast, many places in Central Asia, and even on the vast frozen land further north.
Some tribes have sold at irrationally high prices——
Many chiefs and tribal leaders of small states directly worshiped "fertilizer" as some kind of miracle...
The price is simply imaginable, and the profits for maritime merchants are even more imaginable.
There is no doubt that today's merchants are rich enough to purchase weapons.
But the problem also arises. After having weapons... can these merchants remain loyal to the Tang Dynasty and not betray them?
This is hard to say!
The regimes of the Northern and Southern Dynasties changed 114,514 times, but their personnel have always been preserved. Today's peace in the Tang Dynasty was forged.
And another point is that ordinary merchants have obtained the weapons of the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army. What will foreigners think if this happens?
Of course, when it comes to national affairs, the perspective of others is the least important thing.
But there is a premise that Datang did not benefit from the perspective of others - taking the game as an example, if a jungler plans to immerse himself in farming money and do nothing at the beginning, then he does not need to worry about the enemy's investigation (i.e.
Other people's eyes), anyway, no matter whether there is investigation or not, just play with yourself.
But if the jungler wants to ambush and arrest people, then he must avoid the opponent's detection - and if the previous few arrests as a jungler were due to the opponent's insufficient investigation, then the follow-up...
As a jungler, you have to think about what you will do after the opponent starts to conduct reconnaissance.
Based on this principle, the same goes for allocating weapons to maritime merchants——
At present, the seas in the world are still relatively calm. Although trade is becoming more and more prosperous, but...
The hidden danger so far is just the increasing number of pirates, and pirates... have never been a big problem.
What really deserves vigilance is the big rhythm of the Dutch-Spanish naval battle and the Anglo-Dutch naval battle.
And why is there no such naval battle now?
To put it bluntly, the reason is simply that it is too early and everyone in the world is still waiting and watching.
Except that the Tang Dynasty never had the idea of making a fortune by killing people and exchanging goods with weapons from the beginning (military operations were just in line with the overall policy of diversion), the other people... no one can tell. Who knows the other people?
Let’s not talk about it far, just the Harsha King in front of us - what he eats on weekdays, how many hours he sleeps every day, what is the personality of his most favored concubine, and what are the general principles for executing people he catches.
It is not easy to investigate these things, let alone guess whether he will use force?
Pirates can rob and make a fortune, and it's so easy... Why don't I do it?
Who can guarantee that foreign countries will not have such an idea, and how can foreign countries even dare to believe that the Tang Dynasty will not take action? After all... In terms of military force, apart from Rome, the strongest one is Guitang? Who?
I know if you will suddenly bite someone.
In other words, everyone has a reason to directly engage in violence to make a fortune. Today's peace is just an idyllic period when any kind of interest appears in the early stages of this world.
Even if some maritime merchants brought arms and weapons, it was to guard against pirates - this reason is valid everywhere.
Therefore, the forces that are truly capable of using violence to divide the overall interests of maritime trade are just waiting and watching, not seeing opportunities that fit their own ideas!
And now...
The Tang Empire was originally an elephant. Although few countries had actually fought against the Tang Empire, its size was there after all.
Now the maritime merchants from the Tang Empire, overnight...
Oh, I am carrying all the powerful standard weapons used by the Tang Empire’s Imperial Guards. What does this mean?
Those who have the ability and trump cards will inevitably think that this is a strategic move by the Tang Empire, and then the next step... will inevitably be to follow up.
Roman merchant ships would also be armed in the blink of an eye!
And it is very likely that there were regular troops directly from the Roman government, who sailed directly onto the warships and went to sea with the merchant fleet.
If I encounter it, I'll snatch it from you.
Why can you shoot the ball so straight? First of all... from a practical point of view, you have already shown your fangs.
If you, Tang, can do it, why can’t I, Great Rome? I can’t protect myself anymore?
Carrying armor and not robbing is almost a special case in China, because although heroes in China cause a lot of troubles and engage in confusing behaviors, there are also many who become heroes purely because they see injustice on the road, such as Guan Erye.
But in other places, this is really not the case.
If you have the ability and strength, it is only natural to rob others.
The heroic career plan of "Father and Parents", which seems quite normal here in China, basically does not exist abroad...
In this way, Datang would still suffer a loss. After all, if you don't rob others, then if you don't suffer a loss... who will suffer a loss?
