Chapter 243 Then, of course, the Tubo people were attacked!
"Master, since... you want to make profits for the people..."
"Now, our Tang Dynasty already has sweet potatoes and potatoes, two things that support the country. And the next step is cement, etc. to solve the problem of people's living warmth..."
"What should I do next?"
Li Er's eyes were bright, and Du Ruhui and others were also the same...
Young Master, you are so woolly... I can't stand it!
Li Sheng yelled angrily, saying that they no longer panic about the Turks.
Now I am not afraid of anything else, I am just afraid that Li Sheng will get annoyed and ignore them. This is the biggest problem!
That means the entire Tang Dynasty will be shaken.
But fortunately, Li Sheng was so excited that he didn't notice that these kind brothers started to get into each other again after they disagreed...
"Food, is it really solved? Lao Li, you have been with me for so long, how come the situation is still so small?"
"This is not enough to truly solve the food problem."
Li Sheng shook his head angrily.
But Li Er didn't feel offended by Li Sheng's small face, only excited!
"Potatoes and sweet potatoes can indeed serve as a barrier against famine. But if a country wants to be strong, how can it be enough for the people to only eat sweet potatoes and potatoes? These things can provide energy and crude fiber, but vitamins and animal protein...that's not there."
"Well……"
When Li Sheng said this, Li Er, who was originally excited, was stunned for a moment.
I quickly looked at Du Ruhui and others and found that everyone seemed a little surprised...
This...isn't it natural that your body won't be able to withstand it if you just eat food?
But the problem is that it would be nice to have it.
You must know that famine has been the most serious disaster in China for so many years.
"Sir, isn't this great?"
"Should we abolish these two things and prevent people from cultivating them?"
Li Eryi was immediately confused.
Fortunately, Li Sheng waved his hand and refuted the rumors.
"of course not!"
"Not only do we need to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, we also need to plant them in a wide variety of varieties so that they bloom all over the ground!"
"Ah? But didn't the young master just say..."
Li Er suddenly became even more confused, "Master, didn't you say that people can't eat this all the time?"
"Just because we can't eat them all the time, we have to grow a variety of them. People can't eat sweet potatoes all the time, but... they can be used to feed pigs and horses!"
Li Sheng said and laughed.
Li Er and others were completely dumbfounded.
Even Fang Xuanling's eyes showed a look of horror.
"Sir, this... this is edible, how can it be used to raise horses?"
"There are still refugees in various parts of China. Using precious food to raise horses for the Lord, isn't this going to lead to civil unrest?"
"Civil uprising? Are you kidding me? I tell you, these potatoes and sweet potatoes will have to be planted on a large scale sooner or later. By then, the people will only eat until they vomit. Even if there is a civil uprising, it will be a problem in the future."
"On the contrary, now, our Tang Dynasty needs more talents and more warriors... Children need to replenish their brains, and adults need to stay healthy. How can we not eat meat?"
"But……"
Li Er and others looked at each other, but in fact they also knew...
What Li Sheng said is reasonable. After all, there is a folk saying that the poor in literature and the rich in military power!
This means that children from poor families do not have the conditions to eat well, so they are born with average physiques since childhood... so they can only read more, gain knowledge, and find strength from wisdom.
But if the conditions are good and you don't have to worry about food, you can practice martial arts and horse riding, and try to gain a title for meritorious service.
This is a very real thing for ordinary people.
but……
Facing Li Er's question, Li Sheng still just smiled.
"Everyone, if you want to talk about this... it's a long story, but it's a long story. We need to comprehensively promote industrialization... but comprehensive industrialization requires primitive accumulation."
"In other words, we have to earn the profits of the Gentiles!"
"Gentile interests?"
Li Er looked at each other again with several ministers, feeling that he had been confused today...
"Sir, what do you mean by the interests of foreign countries?"
"Speaking of which... although it's not that we don't want to go to Mobei, that place is a bitter cold place. We Han people in the Central Plains are quite willing..."
"This problem is a problem now, but it will not be a problem in the future... But I still say that your structure is too small. If Li Er, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other big bosses, they will definitely not only see some land.
"
"The most valuable land is in the temperate zone. We basically have it, and we won't be able to live without it for a while... But besides land, there are a lot of other things. For example... minerals!"
"Old Li, you're a businessman. Tell me, you recently made new weapons... How much saltpeter and sulfur did Li Er use?"
Li Sheng suddenly asked about this, and Li Er touched his nose embarrassedly, "This should be half the size near Chang'an..."
Li Er said this with a guilty conscience, but at the same time he really wanted to complain.
This grenade consumes too much raw materials, and the saltpeter and sulfur are really used like running water. If Wei Zheng hadn't been there, Taoist temples who made alchemy might have gone to Chang'an to complain...
But that's it, Li Er still feels.
Be it saltpeter or sulfur... it's still not enough!
Even charcoal powder, in order to make enough charcoal powder, the mountain forests near Chang'an were cut down in large quantities.
On the one hand, Li Er was naturally happy to have so many weapons, but on the other hand, he also began to realize vaguely...
Datang's resources are still not enough...
Sure enough, the next moment, Li Sheng snorted.
"That's half ass. The price of the saltpeter I bought in Youzhou was raised by this fool. It has tripled in a few days. Is this half of what it is in Chang'an?"
"But it also illustrates a problem."
"It is not enough to rely solely on the existing stock resources of Datang to establish a primitive industrial base."
"If you want to achieve that step... you have to look outside. Now, since you said that the Tibetan mission is coming, you are still so arrogant..."
Li Sheng chuckled and said, "Of course I'm going to take advantage of the Tubo people."
Li Er and others immediately laughed, "Master, we are here to ask for advice on this matter!"
"How can we earn this Tubo people's money?"
"Using general thinking, it's definitely hard to say, because..."
Li Sheng paused, why? Because in this era, the commodity economy is underdeveloped, and there is still a lot of bartering.
Earning gold and silver directly and then using gold and silver to buy various things is naturally the most standard approach.
But the best plan is definitely to directly obtain the various materials themselves!
Li Sheng hugged Li Er's neck, and then there was a whisper of demons, teaching the ten skills of profiteers...
"Old Li, listen carefully. First of all, you have to do what you want..."
