The nominal problem is much simpler. Although the Roman fleet is a "serious merchant", it still needs "legitimate defense" wherever it goes.
One is the name on the surface. Once you have the name, of course you have to use it to do things that are originally illegal.
A secret guess is that since Mr. Tang led the soldiers first, there should be no risk if we just follow up... After all, if you have weapons in your hands, whoever doesn't use them to make a fortune is a fool.
That is to say...
The real problem before Li Sheng and Datang now is not actually "how to arm merchants and people who go to sea", but how to arm themselves while avoiding or eliminating negative impacts.
As for this issue... Li Sheng's idea came to him immediately...
However, it was still early and Li Sheng was in a foreign land, so he was not in a hurry. It was already getting late, and Li Sheng had nothing to do immediately, so he immediately turned back to the tent to rest.
King Luo Bin was a little stunned when he saw this scene, so...
Just go to sleep like this?
Isn’t this problem unresolved?
King Luo Bin felt something was wrong, because when Li Sheng talked about this matter, he felt that... it was quite a big matter.
Let it pass like this...can it just pass like this?
But even though he couldn't understand it, King Luo Bin's worry did not last long, because within a few days, Li Sheng boarded the ship and boarded the route back to the Tang Dynasty - but he did not return to the land of China, but
Arriving at Zhongzuo...this island.
Of course, the Zhongzuo Institute is also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and now... this place has become more and more prosperous.
Not only are there more and more buildings of all kinds, but the key point is that these buildings are not planned to be built in batches at one time, but are gradually built over time - which means that these buildings are four-story cement buildings at the lowest.
They are all built because of real objective needs.
This also means that today’s center-left institutes are not only rich in appearance, but also extremely prosperous in population.
just like……
After landing on this island, Li Sheng suddenly felt like a county town in his previous life... This surprised Li Sheng. After all, he hadn't lived in this kind of environment for a long time - although Lingzhou's commerce is also developed, its population is also small.
There are many buildings, and they are all cement buildings. If we talk about buildings alone, they are actually more developed than the Zhongzuo Institute.
But there are differences. Lingzhou... It should be said that business is developed, but in terms of consumption, it is not as diverse as Zhongzuo.
After all, not all merchants who take the land route pass through Lingzhou, but almost all merchants who take the sea route pass through Zhongzuo Suo. The degree of development of consumer commerce is naturally different. And...
Whether it's Lingzhou or the northwest, merchants who take the overland route are more conservative in their psychological tendencies, so their consumption is naturally not that strong, and the people there are not as wealthy as those in warmer places after all.
But after that, Li Sheng knew that the situation was about to change. The establishment of railway lines had allowed the German and Russian armies to end Britain's maritime hegemony. How difficult would it be to change the economic context...
"Lingzhou will be richer by then, and this Zhongzuo Suo...can also be a little cleaner."
When Li Sheng came back this time, he wanted to make the environment of Zhongzuo Institute better, and... it still takes too long for overseas branches to build shipyards, but Zhongzuo Institute already had one last year.
The shipyard on site.
...steel smelting and processing factories already existed as early as the establishment.
Li Sheng's original plan was to complete the overall design of the internal combustion engine in the branch... But what he didn't expect was that clues to the Wuzi Iron Mine were quickly discovered when he arrived in the Mangbai area, so he returned to the Zhongzuo Institute to continue the completion.
design……
When you gain something, you will naturally write it down on paper.
The research and development during this period was also peaceful, because since Li Sheng thought that he might be able to outsource some of the design tasks, he immediately felt a lot more relaxed...
However, during this process, Li Sheng still understood one thing.
Be it Hangzhou or Lingzhou, the “research institutes” in these two places are not real research institutes after all.
After all, the knowledge level of the craftsmen or others here is not that solid. I would say that they are outstanding, but after all... the entire team is not solid enough.
In other words, even if I have completed the overall design project, after sending it to the Hangzhou Research Institute, I still have to be there at any time and be ready to answer questions for the craftsmen there.
Thinking of this, Li Sheng also murmured in his heart that maybe... he could just ignore answering questions.
After all, this thing has been handed over, do these craftsmen really need to ask anything? They can't be so good...
But just a few days after arriving on Zhongzuoso Island, Li Sheng actually welcomed a guest, and then...
Because of this special guest, Li Sheng knew that he couldn't be lazy. The internal combustion engine...
I'm afraid it really needs to be done quickly!
The reason is very simple. The guest is not someone else, but...
Xiao Yu!
He brought his niece Xiao Shengyu to visit Li Sheng!
…
Xiao Yu today is of course completely different from before.
Needless to say, the whole person's energy and spirit are different... After all, after leaving the court where Li Er is sitting, the deep aura on his body has become much less, and he has become more like a merchant——
The depth of a businessman is often visible to the naked eye, while the depth of an official is often not visible to the naked eye.
Li Sheng was a little surprised when he came to look for him this time...
Because although I can probably guess why Xiao Yu came to my door, after all, this guy did make a fortune by running a cotton spinning factory...
At the very least, the feudal landlords were eliminated, and the civil and military forces led to transformation. Driven by Li Er's two sticks, the Xiao family was undoubtedly an extremely successful example of change.
If we say that the original Xiao family was regarded as a top wealthy family in the circle of Wu Surname and Qi Wang... in fact, it can be said to be a bit inferior. After all, the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Cui family of Qinghe have huge families.
But now... times have really changed.
Now Xiao Yu even dares to say that even...
Of course, when he came in front of Li Sheng, his attitude was still extremely cautious, serious, and even... reserved.
At this time, Li Sheng was drawing pictures in an exquisite small building near the sea on the left center.
As a drawing dog in his previous life, Li Sheng never dreamed that his working environment would be like living in a single-family villa...
When Xiao Yu came to the door, Li Sheng didn't turn around because the chair was too comfortable...
"Please come in!"
Anyway, Li Er won't come, and Li Sheng doesn't bother to give any big gifts. He doesn't need to make friends...
And soon, Xiao Yu walked into the room with his niece Xiao Shengyu.
The moment he saluted, Li Sheng seemed to have remembered that the voice calling the door sounded a bit like Xiao Yu... But, what was he doing here?
