After all, no matter what it is, since it is valuable, there is no need to worry about no one paying for it...
Of course, after all, this internal combustion engine is not transported to the sea for sale, but sold within Datang. The direct doubling of the profit is still a bit big...
However, Chai Shao thinks there is no problem. The reputation of the famous craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty cannot be ruined after all, right? Then the internal combustion engine is...it shouldn't be something that everyone can get. In Chai Shao's opinion, that's how it is anyway.
, so he feels that this double profit is still very reliable.
But then Li Sheng said a number.
"Twice? Too little, at least ten times."
…
As soon as Li Sheng finished speaking, Chai Shao was frozen in place.
Damn, ten times? Are you kidding me...
Ten times the profit, isn’t this a joke??
This is nonsense!
Ten times that thing can be sold???
In an instant, more than twenty question marks popped up on Chai Shao's forehead. He couldn't understand what Li Sheng was thinking. "Shenghou, isn't this... ten times the profit a bit..."
"Huh?" Li Sheng saw Chai Shao's expression of embarrassment, and then he really thought about it, but then said, "Indeed... ten times the profit is indeed a bit wrong. Otherwise, let's do it twenty times.
"
As he spoke, Li Sheng turned to look at Hai Bo, who was standing with his hands behind his back outside the window, and sighed with emotion, "Oh... it's pitiful. Such a good thing was sold for only twenty times the profit... I thought it would be...
is having a……"
Chai Shao:……
Chai Shao was speechless. Now Chai Shao only had one question left, "But Shenghou, can this thing really be sold?"
"Then it doesn't matter. Besides...if it can't be sold, there is an advantage in that it can't be sold."
"Oh? How do you say that..." Chai Shao was a little confused this time, "The Holy Marquis offered this price. Could it be that he didn't intend to..."
"What's the plan? There's no plan. It's just about making a profit right now. If you sell it, that's great. The imperial court can make twenty times the profit by selling an internal combustion engine. But if you can't sell it... then there's no problem. This technology is not
Wouldn’t it be leaked?”
"That's true..."
Chai Shao immediately understood that this was the god-level skill of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and it was indispensable!
No matter what, you make money, that's why it's so high.
Even so, Li Sheng still said, "But I think it can still be sold, because...think about it, since there is a demand for real soldiers capable of fighting in the subcontinent, how can there be no other places?"
"That's true..." Chai Shao thought for a while and thought that what Li Sheng said was reasonable, but then he remembered something and said, "But Holy Marquis, the reason why we went to the subcontinent to fight is because there is Tianzhu there.
These are two big countries, but what about other places? As far as I know, there seems to be no place in Africa..."
There is no unified political power?
Chai Shao just thought so in his mind, but of course he was not a bachelor who knew everything about astronomy and geography, but a general who led troops, so he was not sure and didn't say anything.
But even though he didn't say it, Li Sheng understood it, nodded and said, "This is indeed the case. Africa does not have a large empire, and the military problem is not that serious..."
In fact, this matter can be understood from the fact that Asmin and Xiao Yu have obtained a large number of Kunlun slaves in their respective camps-Africa is still in a very primitive state, not even the Zhou version of unification has appeared, and it is even inferior to Xia and Shang...
-Although the feudalism of the Zhou Dynasty seemed loose, it was more advanced than the tribal federation of Xia and Shang, and even the tribal federation was still a federation after all.
As for the current state of Africa... that is, there is not even a tribal federation of Xia and Shang, but tribes scattered all over the place.
In such a place, it is easy to imagine the military pressure that even maritime merchants can handle easily.
From this point of view, perhaps the demand for internal combustion engines among maritime merchants currently traveling to various places is not high... In other words, the sales will not be very good.
Thinking of this, Chai Shao couldn't help but frown, "Then this thing can't be sold... But in this case, the magic of the divine object will still be stolen. What should we do?"
"It doesn't matter, there will still be people buying it, so I can rest assured."
"Oh?" Chai Shao was a little surprised, "Since this Africa..."
"Africa's lack of strength is one thing, but as time goes by... maritime traders will see that this country is easy to bully, and they will flock to it. Then they will fight with each other. Isn't it possible that some far-sighted people will pre-install internal combustion engines in the ships?"
When Li Sheng said this, Chai Shao nodded immediately!
And then Li Sheng said, "Besides...Africa is not a powerful country. After all, this name...wasn't it given by Rome?"
Chai Shao immediately narrowed his eyes.
Rome...the most powerful among the real enemies of the Tang Dynasty!
However, now that Duke Cheng Yaojin of the State of Lu was watching over Rome, Chai Shao was not that nervous. Thinking of what Li Sheng had just said, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's how it is in the world. All the countries are fought by those with strong soldiers and horses... This Africa
If you are not as strong as others, it will be more difficult."
"How difficult is it? How difficult is it? Do it with strong troops and strong horses... What are you talking about? Don't say it, old man, and pay attention to the impact!"
Li Sheng frowned and said with some displeasure, but Chai Shao couldn't help but be a little stunned, "Then the Holy Marquis thought..."
Chai Shaoyi wondered if this plan to develop maritime trade was not the idea of your old man... Are you still telling me this now?
If the soldiers are not strong and the horses are not strong, everyone will suffer, so there is nothing to say.
But Li Sheng just smiled slightly, he really had something to say.
"General, we, the Yanhuang people, don't need to explain our actions to others, why? Because we never owe others anything!"
"If maritime merchants are unethical, how can we help others? Of course it won't work."
"That's true... but we have to open up borders?..."
Chai Shao instinctively felt that the country would be doomed sooner or later if it did not open up borders. This was something that he only slowly figured out when he was old for most of his life.
If a country has no enterprising spirit, how can it be that it will never be finished?
But Li Sheng just smiled and said,
"Marine merchants go out to kill and plunder. This is the individual behavior of the merchants. We have not given orders... Of course we cannot give orders. But... to say that maritime merchants are unethical is because I am waiting here on Zhongzuosuo Island.
How can we know the authenticity of the news we heard from the Internet?"
Li Sheng said with a smile on his face.
And when he said this, Chai Shao's face showed a look of thinking, and he felt vaguely enlightened in his mind... Yes, going out to loot was not an order from the Tang Dynasty court!
And since this is the case, then in the future...
"Holy Marquis, what do you mean... that we will not only be able to open up new territories in the future, but also... be able to control the whole country?"
You must know that compared with counties, the territory added by the feudal system has the same area, but the quality is much different!
