Chapter 219 The people are the water, the king is the boat!
"Old Fang, is what you said true?"
When Fang Xuanling said this, Li Er suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Fang Xuanling in disbelief.
The meaning in this look is very obvious, you old boy, why don't you report such a big thing...
Fang Xuanling was obviously a little embarrassed, but still said excitedly,
"Actually, Lao Fang and I heard this in private from a kind-hearted girl in the Lion House... Well, don't look at me like that. Anyway!"
"It is true that a Tibetan envoy is coming recently. This girl practices piano skills and has some contacts with several Hu merchants who sell pianos, so she knows about it! Of course, Lao Fang, I am not sure..."
At this time, Li Sheng smiled and said.
"Whether the Tibetan envoy will come or not, I don't know for the moment. But if what Lao Fang said is true..."
"Then you will dedicate this salt-making strategy to Li Er later...when the Tibetan envoy comes..."
"Didn't we, the Tang Dynasty, just publish it?"
The vague thoughts that quickly emerged in everyone's minds were clearly stated by Li Sheng.
In an instant, everyone's hearts tightened.
Du Ruhui raised his head suddenly, "Old Li, I know about Tubo!"
"What's wrong?"
"It is recorded in the "Book of Jin" that the Tubo people are not short of cattle and sheep, but they are only short of salt!"
Li Er felt dizzy.
This opportunity is perfect!
Immediately afterwards, Li Sheng smiled and talked about this action plan to everyone.
Of course, Li Sheng just casually mentioned a business model that he was familiar with.
But after all is said and done...
Li Er and others were immediately stunned.
Everyone looked at Li Sheng with disbelief, even fear...
"Sir... you are trying to completely hollow out Tubo..."
"hey-hey……"
Li Sheng smiled faintly, "Someone is going to be hollowed out. His Tibetan monks dare to come to our country and make nonsense. If they don't hollow out who will they hollow out?"
As he said that, Li Sheng's face suddenly became solemn and he said solemnly!
"Everyone, remember that the interests of all the people of our country are the highest interests of the world."
"The scholar is the minister of the king, and the king is the minister of the common people of China."
"The people are like water, and the king is like a boat!"
"Whoever touches the interests of the people of China, we, as soldiers, will punish them to death!"
Li Sheng finished speaking.
Li Er and others felt a chill on their backs.
Goosebumps all over my body!
The strategy Li Sheng taught them was seamless on the one hand, and... on the other hand... it was perfect without any loopholes.
Li Er and others simply did not dare to think twice about such a vicious plan.
If Li Sheng were a Turk or a Tubo... how long could we, the Tang Dynasty, survive in front of the Tubo Turks?
Shudder! Shudder!
God bless the Tang Dynasty, Sheng'er is a descendant of Yan and Huang Miao!
Li Er was so happy that he used this white jade salt to trick the Tubo people...
How much revenue will the Tang Dynasty's treasury need to increase?
You can even use the money you got from the scam to buy a large number of horses from Tubo, a group of countries in the Western Regions.
By then, to what extent will the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty be expanded?
Hehehehehe...hahahahaha!
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"Wei Chen thinks there is something wrong with the young master's plan..."
On the way back to Chang'an.
In the carriage, Fang Xuanling suddenly said.
When Fang Xuanling said this, Li Er and others immediately looked over.
Li Er was surprised, "What's the problem?"
"Well, Your Majesty, there is actually some news... Well, Tibet has never sent envoys to China before, right? We don't know much about this information through official channels, but..."
"Wei Chen heard that Tubo... is rich in gems. By selling gems, the country has accumulated a lot of gold and silver and is extremely rich!"
"Extremely rich?!... I'm so jealous of you. If you're so rich, won't this guy get beaten?"
Li Er was born in Guanlong, a place where there were many warlords. He followed Li Yuan around since he was a child, and saw many small forces who had money but no soldiers, and then were wiped out.
We don’t even have to go too far, let’s talk about Shi Chong of the Western Jin Dynasty.
This Shi Chong was none other than the richest man in the Western Jin Dynasty—referred to as the richest man!
How rich is Shi Chong? Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan had more than 10,000 wives, and Shi Chong was rich enough to compete with the Sima family in those days!
So where did Shi Chong get his money? It was from the turn of the Wei and Jin Dynasties when he led a group of defeated soldiers to rob merchants in the Western Regions...
Later, Shi Chong's fate was similar to the history of his fortune.
It's just that the roles were reversed, and Shi Chong became the merchant he used to be. This guy played too much, and in the end he was killed by several Jin Dynasty nobles on the grounds that Shi Chong had raped their goddess, the world's most talented bamboo flute girl "Luluo".
Divided directly...
At this time, Shi Chong had no power and soldiers. He could not resist. He had no choice but to even think of letting Miss Luluo commit suicide...
However, it is conceivable that after Luluo committed suicide, Shi Chong was still captured.
This is the danger of having money but no soldiers. How could Li Er not know this truth?
So he was very curious, if Fang Xuanling said that Tubo is so rich, then... what are the Turks not allowed to do?
Fang Xuanling shrugged, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, although Tubo is rich, its military strength is also extraordinary."
"It is said that in the territory of Tubo, there is a kind of gifted oxen. It is so strong that ordinary war horses dare not mess with it. These Tubo people have tamed this animal, and naturally they have benefited from it."
"The second is... this Tubo land is on a plateau, and its feng shui is very special. When outsiders enter, at least seven or eight out of ten people will become acclimatized, and their faces will immediately appear bruised and purple, and some will even die suddenly like evil ghosts."
"Because it is such a strange place, no one can invade it! On the contrary, Tubo itself goes out to plunder from time to time, and it seems that it has no acquaintance with the Turks..."
"...Oh, why are there always these precious things around China?"
Li Er shook his head and sighed, his eyes were cold and cold.
If what Fang Xuanling said is true...then the people in China's frontier fortress not only live in poverty due to scarcity of water and land, but are also harassed by barbarians outside the fortress from time to time...
It seems that the Tibetan people are also guilty of this crime...
It's a pity that this Tubo native has great talent, but he doesn't know how to win it.
No matter how strong the Xuanjia Army is, it cannot withstand large-scale local diseases.
Li Er could only sigh.
But fortunately, now we have Sheng'er's plan... Hehe.
"By the way, Xuanling, just now you said there was a problem with Sheng'er's strategy. What is the problem specifically?"
"Uh... Your Majesty, Young Master just said that the land of Tubo is located on the bitter cold plateau and is very poor, so it must be squeezed vigorously and not hold back, otherwise there will not be much oil and water... This is not true."
"Every time this group of Tubo people go out, whether they send envoys or troops, they always hang them with jewelry and treasures. They are not ordinary rich at all..."
Fang Xuanling said with some embarrassment, "So... in fact, the profit is far more than the hundreds of thousands of gold that the young master said, maybe... at the highest, there will be hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, equivalent to silver... probably, tens of millions."