Chapter 91 This Is the Way of Economics

He asked again about the Tubo army, but said that there was a winner or loser in both places. Border trade should be normal, and the economy must move forward with the military.

Li Longji took a sip of wine and slowly understood what Li Yi said.

When he picked up the meat and threw it into the hot pot, he asked: "Brother Yi, do you think Tubo will come to fight again? This time our Tang Dynasty wiped out more than 30,000 enemies, and the Tibetan Jiuqu troops, who were said to number 100,000, suffered heavy losses."

"There are still small-scale frictions. The Prime Minister of Tubo, Qilixu, is a capable man. He supervises the country. In critical moments, he wants to take advantage of the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty and occupy more land in the Yellow River.

The purpose was to contact the local nobles and show off to others. He had known that Datang would not agree.

Even then, we still wanted to make an alliance and then launch a sneak attack. The time chosen happened to be the season when Datang could not march forward.

After that, Tubo was unable to take the initiative and would definitely have a truce with the black-clad Dashi and the Assault Cavalry Division on the other side of the battlefield. "

Li Yi slowly talked about the situation and choices facing Tubo.

"Are the Black Shirts and the Tubo Division powerful?" Li Longji didn't know much about the battle between Tibet and Tibet on the other side.

"If Tubo doesn't attack us, Tang Dynasty, we can pursue the two armies and fight, and Tubo will launch a strategic attack on that side.

Tubo wants to grab a good piece of land in the Tang Dynasty to use as a logistics supply area for Tubo.

Tubo is located on a plateau, and life is not easy. We must find plains.

Whether it is to fight against the Tang Dynasty or to fight against the great food in black clothes, the purpose is the same. "

Li Yi talked about the root cause of why Tubo wanted to fight, and everyone wanted the land of Datang.

Li Longji listened carefully and asked again: "What's next?"

"Naturally, the next step is for Tubo to form an alliance with other forces to attack us, the Tang Dynasty, and they will attack the Dawan Governor's Palace of our country, and the alliance will be with Dashi in Black.

The next step is to unite with the sudden cavalry division to attack the four military towns of Yanqi, Qiuci, Khotan and Shule in the Tang Dynasty. "

Li Yi told Li Longji what Tubo was going to do, and to attack two places, which were actually next to each other.

Li Longji couldn't help but shudder. Did Brother Yi calculate the secret again?

"Brother Yi, your life span is long." Li Longji was anxious. He was afraid that something would happen to Li Yi.

"Ah? Ah! Third brother, there is no need to worry. We haven't encountered the secret yet. It's just a calculation. Think about it, third brother. Tubo has united with others. Everyone has nothing to do, so they will naturally look for trouble.

The Black-clothed Dashi and the Assault Cavalry Division are next to us. The Black-clothed Dashi is now stronger than the Assault Cavalry Division.

If Tubo wanted to consume the troops of the Tang Dynasty and Black Clothes Dashi, of course it had to fool Black Clothes Dashi first.

Then we can look for the surprise cavalry division again. The two of them can't even defeat Tubo, so how can they beat me against the Tang army. "

Li Yi looked for reasons to explain why it was like that. It would be much easier to know the results first and then make inferences.

"That's good." Li Longji breathed a sigh of relief, and Queen Wang felt relieved.

Queen Wang then said: "Uncle, can we destroy them all at once?"

Li Yi shook his head gently: "The place is too big and it wastes people and money. What Datang needs to do most right now is to call out the hidden people and vigorously develop ways to manage the world and benefit the people."

"What should we do with Tubo, the Black-clad Dashi, and the Tujia Division?" Li Longji had questions.

"Opening border trade and fighting with Tibet, many bridges and plank roads were destroyed. However, there are small roads that can pass through. Let's smuggle, and by the way, we can recruit Tibetan nobles and wealthy merchants to smuggle together."

Li Yi gave an idea. It would be impossible to stop trade, but he wanted cavalry, beef and mutton, and medicinal materials from Tibet.

Li Longji asked naturally: "Selling things to them doesn't mean you are helping them?"

"The output of a country and a place is limited. There is no new law to increase the land's production and breeding. Every time something is sold, the product there will naturally decrease.

Food is fundamental. We sell other things there and come back in exchange for food. Tubo is short of food.

For example, soy sauce, third brother, you and I each belong to a country. Your country grows soybeans for five hundred yuan a bucket. I buy them to make soy sauce and sell a pound to you in exchange for a bucket of soybeans. The soybeans I use are less than half a liter. Twenty times the price difference. "

Li Yi gave a simple example.

Li Longji understood instantly: "Okay, that's exactly what it should be."

Queen Wang said from the side: "In exchange, I will exchange all my Saburo's soybeans into your uncle's hands. There is not much difference in military strength between the two sides, and Saburo is in trouble."

Li Yi nodded, yes, this is the relationship between trade surplus and deficit, and technical factors are involved.

"Smuggling, smuggling is good." Li Longji, a dignified emperor, was ready to smuggle. He knew what Tubo lacked, first of all, tea.

Use tea leaves to find someone to smuggle them over, and return them in exchange for horses and sheep.

Next is silk, which the wealthy people in Tibet want.

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On the other side, Pei Yaoqing was sitting in the main seat, listening to talented people reciting poems and prose.

Everyone prepared the article in advance and brought it over so that the Chang'an Order would take notice and get a good ranking in the imperial examination next year.

Pei Yaoqing remained calm and just listened. The more he listened, the less he wanted to listen. How could there be such a big gap between a clearly good person and a local proprietor?

"Your Majesty would definitely be happy if he knew about today's grand event." An imperial eunuch sitting next to Pei Yaoqing said in unison.

The Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy was of the sixth rank, while Pei Yaoqing's Chang'an Order was of the fifth rank. There was a big difference in power and rank between the two sides.

Tong Qi came over to support him and let people know that people from the Imperial College were there.

"Exactly." Pei Yaoqing's mood suddenly improved.

What he was thinking about was, yes, how can I compare them with Li Yi? How much does His Majesty Li Yi value coming here in person?

And are these people worthy of His Majesty's favor?

Not bad, not bad, all good, come on!

Everyone was eating, drinking, and boasting, and the people from Zhuangzi came.

They were carrying trays with red silk in them. On top of the red silk were placed wooden boxes that were three inches long and one and a half inches wide and painted with tung oil.

The banker gives one to each person and leaves after giving it away.

Others carried ten boxes containing copper coins.

Four hundred taels, that is, 400,000 yuan, were obtained from ancient times. Each tao weighed six kilograms and four taels, totaling 2,560 kilograms.

Pei Yaoqing stood up and said to everyone: "At the winter solstice, there are many people in Chang'an who are destitute of food and clothing. The owner of our village, Li Yi, donated four hundred coins to help the people who are suffering from the cold. I should serve as my superior."

Some of the others had already opened the box. Inside the box was a glass bottle with a small wooden stopper on it. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net was about to see what was inside. When they saw a lot of money, they heard what Pei Yaoqing said.

Their first thought was that Li Yi and Boss Li were rich.

The second thought is that Li Yi is indeed rich.

The third thought is, why is Li Yi so rich? How much money does he have?

"Everyone, what you are holding in your hands is a skin care treasure contained in a glass bottle. Qianxia Cream Dew, when applied to lips or cracked areas, is several times better than other ointments."

Pei Yaoqing advertised to Li Yi that the glycerin was called Qianxia Ningshuang Dew, and he knew it was a good thing as soon as he heard it.

Everyone's eyes are bright, give me something?

Pei Yaoqing continued: "If you want to buy it today, you only need 50% of the money, which is only one min. The glass bottle is given as a gift. When the Qianxia Ningshuang Dew is used up, you can take the bottle to the Zhuangzi and refill it at the price of two mins per bottle. Full."

Everyone's eyes are dim. Do you want money? Is it okay not to buy it?

But this glass bottle is a free gift? You've made a profit, otherwise if you want to buy a similar one, you won't be able to get it.

"I bought it." Someone supported it first. Chang'an Ling wanted to save face and personally said the item was good and even gave him a glass vase.

If you don't agree to buy a glass vase worth more than three min, the Chang'an Order will definitely be angry.

At worst, if you use up the Qianxia Ningshuang Dew in it and don't put it in it, it's still profitable to keep a bottle.

Everyone signed and pledged their names one after another. If they didn’t bring any money, they would pay it later.

There were four hundred and fifty-six people in total, one person and one person.

"You can just send the money to the place where I give orders." Pei Yaoqing said, meaning don't give it to Zhuangzi.

Because I had agreed with Li Yi that the money after the sale would be these four hundred coins, and the four hundred coins in the box would not be taken away.

The extra money is yours, and the extra fifty-six mins is not a small amount.