Chapter 867 I am the Tang Dynasty, this is the rhythm of getting rich!
Li Sheng did not hide this matter from old friends like Lao Li at all, and directly told the whole story.
The thing is very simple, there really are big food merchants coming to China.
"...No, since they can come, of course we can also go there..."
The Arab Empire itself has an inland sea, and it is located in the heart of the Eurasian continent, that is, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. It has its own maritime tradition - this is similar to the fact that there must be herdsmen and cavalry on the Mobei grasslands.
, the product of relying on mountains and rivers to eat water.
"...My idea is actually very simple. We have to go out and find stopping points in various places, which is very troublesome and expensive, but people are already familiar with the roads anyway, so we can directly understand the situation...
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Li Sheng's ideas came to him recently, and it was indeed a coincidence that he met a big food merchant, and he was really lucky - after all, this was the Tang Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty, and the Arab world also needed a certain amount of time to develop before it could produce more products.
Nice sea ship...
But from that perspective, there are many transfer stations along the way, so there are still a few merchants who can reach China.
Since Li Sheng comes from modern times, this basic routine of global trade is naturally very familiar to him.
Once you find someone, it's easy to extract information and build ideas.
But after Li Sheng finished speaking about his recent thoughts so easily, Li Er, Wei Zheng... and others all looked at each other.
There are only four words on the face.
incredible!
——No, isn't Li Sheng busy with new sea ships and steam engine improvements recently?
How...how did you come up with such an awesome way to make a fortune for Datang's future?
Just wait until the sea trade industry is fully launched. By then, I'm afraid Datang will not know how rich it will be!
And Li Sheng actually seems to be... busy with other things recently, and then accidentally discovered the information, and did these things incidentally...
This is crazy...
At this moment, Li Er was already dumbfounded.
The prince himself is too awesome...
The three guys, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, were almost autistic. Their eyes switched from staring at the sea chart to staring at Li Sheng!
Is this guy still human? This brain power is simply terrifying!
Could it be that Li Sheng is really a god descending to earth?
Oh my god...
Li Er and the others were instantly frightened.
But despite the shock, I was still excited and excited.
Because in this way, Datang's next step was to expand maritime trade and gain huge profits.
And these interests are the cornerstone of Datang's future foundation!
But at this moment, Li Sheng suddenly spoke and poured cold water on Li Er and the others.
"But you also have to understand that this thing... something like sea trade, it's impossible to earn a lot of resources at once."
Li Sheng spoke seriously, "The truly most valuable coal and oil need to be mined. It's one thing to trade there, and it's another thing to earn the resources there. I won't be in a hurry for a while."
I came because... uh..."
Li Sheng said with an apologetic smile, "Let alone other people, even here in the Tang Dynasty, the technology for mining oil is basically blank... we can only mine coal, and coal is not much in sea trade.
Product with advantages..."
Li Sheng's worries are by no means unreasonable. The actual situation is that there is no oil mining technology in the entire era.
As for coal... maritime trade is risky, and all the people on board the ship are often killed. Without big profits, no one will do it.
Under such circumstances, how many people are willing to go out to do sea trade? Of course, there are actually many people.
But the problem is that there are people who do the business of beheading, but no one does the business of losing money.
The risks of sea trade are so high, but some are done by humans. There are so many goods in the world, and there are always some worth trafficking, such as porcelain, refined ironware that foreign countries cannot make, silk... and so on.
But coal is different. There is no huge profit from this thing!
In other words...if you want to enter the stage of collecting resources, there are generally two ways.
One is to go directly to the resource points to settle and cultivate, and the other is to wait for the other party to develop. Now that the development technology has matured, let’s talk about shipping resources...
No matter which one of these two possibilities is feasible, it is a bit ugly. The second one is simply open and forced.
The first type is not easy, because Chinese people attach great importance to the feelings of family and country, and you will not leave your homeland casually.
If you want to go to prosperous places, that would still have a name, but going to resource points to colonize is difficult, because those places are basically barren lands... In short, they are places with few people.
After all, ancient times were not like modern times. Modern people all hope to have mines at home, but in ancient times, mining of minerals was often done by the court and organized prisoners in prisons. Who would want such a place near their home...
Therefore, it is unrealistic to expect spontaneous trade by private merchants to bring resources to Datang.
After Li Sheng said this, Li Er, Wei Zheng and others...
He suddenly became solemn and suddenly realized...
What's more, Li Sheng is really far-sighted!
Compared with Li Sheng, he was like a firefly compared to a bright moon. Before he could figure out how to solve a problem, His Highness the First Prince was already thinking about the later stages...
Is there any comparison to this? There is simply no comparison!
And then Li Sheng said this...
"At this stage, I probably only have some precious metals such as gold and silver, and some oil..."
Of course Li Sheng was talking about high-quality oil, the kind that can be burned as gasoline after simple fractionation - in fact, Datang did not mind spending more money to produce this kind of oil, because it has military purposes, so it is true
It is worth spending money and such oil fields themselves are indeed rare...
But as soon as Li Sheng finished speaking, Li Er and others were immediately stunned.
Damn it... Isn't it unprofitable to do it for a long time?
Just now Li Sheng said not to be too happy too early, and also gave a practical analysis. The first reaction of Li Er, Wei Zheng and others was that it was unprofitable.
Mainly because it is unprofitable for the entire Tang Dynasty as a whole.
But now Li Sheng said...
Gold, silver, oil.
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Er and others were stunned again.
Damn it...
Everyone's faces were dull, with only two words left on their faces.
Damn it!
Is this what you said about not being happy too early?
Everyone looked at Li Sheng as if he had seen a ghost.
Your Highness, the eldest prince, you can only get gold, silver and high-quality oil...
