The current conditions of the Tang Dynasty are not prohibitive, but Li Er does not want to see a large number of farmers abandoning production and rushing to build porcelain kilns to burn porcelain... If the profits of ordinary sea trade are actually not enough to attract farmers, they will not care about anything.
If you leave the land and follow the trend, then the two paths of porcelain and silk are really hard to say.
After all, whether it is porcelain or silk, most of its value is separated from the land.
Not to mention porcelain, it is completely a handicraft industry. Although silk requires a lot of sericulture, the weaving process is also a big problem. The key is... the value density is too high, the production cycle is too long, and farmers themselves often cannot afford it.
Even if you can afford it, you won’t be willing to wear it, which is obviously a blow to the family’s financial planning.
Therefore, Li Er has always discouraged people from engaging in porcelain and silk, and has tried his best to guide people who want to increase their income to engage in industry - then again, only by doing industry can you really learn a skill. This past craft... think about it
How many blacksmith shops and paper mills were eliminated that year?
In short, for the common people, although silk and porcelain are highly profitable, there is a risk of unstable sales...
Farmers will pursue profits without hesitation, but once there is a problem with the sales of goods, they will lose their money in batches... Li Er doesn't want to see this. The Tang Dynasty finally got rich to the point where it is now, and it will cause a lot of refugees.
It has truly become the laughingstock of the ages.
but……
Spices are different.
Although this thing also took up the farming time of the Tang Dynasty... But spice plants are different from the rice and wheat in the farmland. These things are all kinds of strange, and they can be grown on the hillside.
In this way, the financial risk to farmers will be much smaller. If farmers stop farming and engage in silk and porcelain, they will be hungry if they lose their jobs in the future, and because they are separated from the land, they will no longer be able to farm, or even...
... Li Er also received many reports. Many farmers did leave their hometown and went to the Jiangdong area to engage in maritime trade, or various wineries and porcelain shops. They directly sold the land in their hometown, and even returned
Some borrowed money to do business.
If something goes wrong, the consequences can be imagined. But if farmers are dealing with spices, the situation is different.
Because spices are, to put it bluntly, an agricultural product. And growing agricultural products...
Although the farming hours are also reduced, first of all, the technical level of Datang's current agricultural services can ensure that Datang's food will not be seriously reduced.
And the second...
Growing spices requires land.
In other words, if farmers grow spices, they do not need to say goodbye to the land like silk or porcelain.
This also means that... once spices enter the trade, they will encounter the same risks as porcelain and silk.
Farmers will not suffer so hard, because the land is still there, and the crops are still there. The court only needs a wave of relief that year, and they can start farming again the next year, waiting for the opportunity to see if they can restart spice cultivation to make some money.
money.
Of course, these are not important. What is important is that the risks for farmers in the spice industry are much smaller...
Although……
Li Eryi couldn't figure out many of the details for a while, but spices could be sold for money... He really understood the idea.
He couldn't help but look at Li Sheng blankly, "Master, can this really be done? But the matter of pirates..."
"There's no need to be anxious, there will always be times when things get over the wall."
Li Sheng smiled slightly, "They have been losing blood in sea trade for many years, and now it is normal for them to be unable to bear it anymore. But we'd better not rush to use the imperial army to kill them directly, because..."
This time, Li Er and others reacted much faster. Before Li Sheng finished speaking, Wei Zheng suddenly said in shock, "Young Master is talking about the Treaty of Sui Coins. Can we, the Tang Dynasty, do it again?"
"That's right!"
Li Sheng snapped his fingers, "Directly occupying other people's territory and grabbing their gold and silver. Although the gold and silver they rob are the gold and silver of the nobles in their country, it is of little use to the common people of other countries..."
In most countries, even if they have capital reserves and surpluses, they will not spend it on young people and new businesses... After all, enterprising spirit is a scarce quality, especially macro-enterprise, and taking away its gold and silver is really not good for its people.
What impact will it have... When Li Sheng said this, Li Er and others understood it in an instant without waiting for Li Sheng to explain in detail.
Anyway...
This spice is simply an excellent trade item...perfect.
Now Li Er and others completely understood.
No wonder Li Sheng said that the overseas pirates' matter is child's play...
It is estimated that if the pirates who appeared during this period were not from such complicated sources and were relatively powerful, but ordinary pirates, Li Sheng might frown, but... now these pirates come from overseas countries, so...
…
Thinking of this, Li Er couldn't help but laugh from ear to ear.
What's wrong with my kid? He's only good at solving difficult and complicated problems like this. I've never seen this kid do anything simple... How can he be successful in the future?
But Li Er can only say that there is one thing to say... The method with this spice is so fragrant.
The fragrance is so overwhelming!
Common people can make money and increase their income... Maritime merchants can bid farewell to the overseas common people's market and start making money directly from overseas nobles at a high speed. Correspondingly, the increase in the speed of common people making money will definitely lead to an increase... After all, what is going on?
It all depends on supply and demand.
After all this, Li Er was a little angry that Fang Xuanling, an old guy, was such a thief... He quietly lured himself to Hangzhou. As a minister, he didn't think about the way out of the government, and relied so much on my prince.
This guy is Lao Fang, who was known as the number one "strategist" in history...
Li Er even hated that iron could not become steel.
Of course, he calmed down quickly, and Li Er secretly told himself that he could not blame Lao Fang. After all, I, the prince, are here. If you want to use my prince as a cash machine, there is no way. After all, even I can't
…
Wait, where did I hear the word "cash machine"? It seems...
Li Er thought about it and felt that it seemed to be a certain ancient book, but he really couldn't remember it, and... At this moment, Fang Xuanling's old face was a little red, and he came to exchange cups with everyone, especially Li Sheng, one cup after another.
While making toasts, they also started drinking. I couldn’t help but laugh at the strange words and forgot about them, and started drinking with everyone...
Although I felt that something was wrong for no reason, and that everyone seemed to be relying too much on Li Sheng, the prince, but in general... Li Er was quite satisfied with his trip to Hangzhou. At least he had found a way to get spices...
In this way, there was hope for Datang's future maritime trade and gold and silver income savings.