Chai Shao waited for Li Sheng for a long time, and when he came, he said a golden sentence.
Oh my god, can you pretend to be a pirate? I am a great general of the imperial court, and you ask me to pretend to be a pirate?
Chai Shao was stunned. He never expected that Li Sheng would say such a thing...
Why is this? Isn’t this too ridiculous? Even if His Majesty issued an edict to reform the atmosphere, the generals of the imperial court cannot...
We still need to have this basic etiquette. A general from the imperial court pretends to be a pirate and robs merchants. How can this be considered appropriate?
But Li Sheng ignored Chai Shao's shocked expression and smiled.
"Mr. Chai, I can't help you this time, because I'm just conveying His Majesty's wishes, because this is His Majesty's request. Please ask General Chai to pretend to be a pirate once! No... maybe more than once..."
Chai Shao was completely dumbfounded now. Hearing the disguise once, he was already confused.
Why is Your Majesty so crazy that he wants to pretend to be a pirate? But when he heard Chai Shao behind him, it was as if a sweaty soybean appeared on his forehead...
More than once? No... His Majesty misses the feeling of falling grass in Wagang Village, so he wants to review the classics?
Isn't this nonsense...
Chai Shao was simply confused...
"Li Shuai, why..."
But then, he saw Li Sheng in front of him and smiled slightly.
"It's true. This is either a charade or a joke, or His Majesty really wants to ask the General to be a pirate. But the matter is not as terrible as the General thinks. What Your Majesty means is that the General needs to do something."
"work?"
Chai Shao's eyes widened, and now he felt relieved.
I have been doing this for a long time not to relive the old days, but because I have an errand that requires me to pretend to be a pirate... But why do I need to pretend to be a pirate?
Chai Shao was a little confused and still didn't quite understand.
But then Li Sheng explained.
"Mr. Chai, that's right, because His Majesty has not been engaged in sea trade in recent days..."
Then, Li Sheng told Chai Shao about Li Er's strategic arrangement.
It's very simple. Everything is for the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. This is what the "imperial court" does.
And Li Er's goal is all the coal, iron and oil resources in the world - maybe natural gas will be added in the future, but generally speaking, that's it for now, and of course it won't affect the current operations.
The current operation, specifically, is to obtain gold and silver first.
Through sea-ship trade, gold and silver and other precious metals are seized on a large scale across the world. Of course, other things are also acceptable - as long as they can be used as currency, such as land or using some means to control foreign palaces.
As long as it can eventually bring coal, iron, oil and gas mineral resources to Datang, everything is easy to say.
In order to achieve this final goal, we must first collect gold and silver, so sea trade...
Some trades cost gold and silver, while others gain them.
It is conceivable that what Li Er wants to do is to collect gold and silver. After all, coal, iron, oil and gas cannot be directly transported back by building a big ship. It is best to collect gold and silver first and then use gold and silver to buy it.
Method.
In order to achieve this goal, Li Er naturally made a series of operations.
First, rewards were used to encourage merchants to bring the goods of the Tang Dynasty to the world, and they were sold into gold and silver and brought back. Then... they used maritime security documents to distinguish the merchants, and used differentiated defense services to carry out further operations.
Guidance and screening.
Of course, the second strategy has some elements of conspiracy, but Li Er and others did it with a clear conscience——
The Forbidden Army is the Forbidden Army of the Tang Dynasty. Since all merchants are unwilling to serve the interests of the Tang Dynasty, why should they enjoy the protection of the Forbidden Army? You can play for yourself...
And this time, the purpose is still the same...
When he said this, Chai Shao was full of surprise.
He first came to the island of Zhongzuo Suo and personally built this place brick by brick with the Forbidden Army soldiers. Naturally, he knew that Li Shishi valued this place very much, and his ultimate goal was to serve sea trade.
But Chai Shao really didn't expect that in addition to consuming manpower and material resources, Li Er would actually spend so much attention on the details of sea trade.
This is simply... Chai Shao really didn't expect that Li Er and the others would take this matter so seriously.
But think about how many ups and downs this Zhongzuo Island has encountered since its establishment.
The place is inherently remote - compared to the core area of civilization in the Central Plains of China. Materials are scarce, transportation is difficult, the sea is windy and rough, and farming on the coast is not easy...
This place is actually another Saibei, but fortunately it is much easier to find food than Saibei.
How could it be possible to achieve the current situation without Li Sheng developing so many industries?
Without cement and powerful tools made of standard steel, how could the Zhongzuo Institute be as prosperous as Hangzhou in such a short period of time?
The Tang Dynasty still had many territories, and the people living there did not enjoy the prosperity of Hangzhou and Chang'an. If you want to build the entire Tang Dynasty, how can you...
How can there be no industry?
If you want industry, those resources are indispensable.
Chai Shao wanted to say something. After all, no matter what the reason was, the Forbidden Army was a righteous force. How could they pretend to be thieves?
But if it is for the future of Datang...
As a member of the imperial army, he has his orders from above and the country has requirements, so it seems that he cannot postpone it any longer.
Chai Shao took a breath and looked at Li Sheng very seriously this time, "In that case, Holy Marquis, please tell me, if you want to do something, it will definitely happen!"
Li Sheng was originally a little worried about Chai Shao's resistance. After all, the ancients...especially the people of the Tang Dynasty valued face, honor, and morality very seriously.
But since Chai Shao can understand it, that’s good, so Li Sheng said...
"...Chai Gong is not going to do anything else this time, but to rob a few business trips for His Majesty..."
"ah?!"
Chai Shao was immediately confused when he heard this. He originally thought he was pretending to be a pirate to do something, but since it was Li Er's intention and it was conveyed through Li Sheng, it shouldn't be too outrageous.
I didn’t expect that they really wanted to rob merchants!
this……
This Chai Shao is really unacceptable. Is it inappropriate to rob merchants? In the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Chong, the richest man, robbed merchants and became rich. However, the end of the Western Jin Dynasty was not very good. They all traveled south in garb.
Already...
Your Majesty wants to do this kind of thing again, what do you want to do...Chai Shao was numb, but then Li Sheng revealed the secret.
"Don't be impatient, Mr. Chai. Let's listen to the students first. This merchant is not an ordinary merchant, but some special merchants..."
"How should I put it? I just told Mr. Chai that your Majesty is mainly guiding merchants to take action, but there are always some special circumstances..."