Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 978
Not long after, Qin Tian and Cao Binbin came to the Governor's Mansion.

After sitting down in the Governor's Mansion, Qin Tian said: "When the Tang Dynasty started a war with Silla, we must cross the Liaoshui River, and to cross the Liaoshui River, we must have enough ships. The Holy Majesty asked me to come to Liaocheng City first. It is to find a way to raise ships, for this, does Master Cao have any good suggestions?"

Cao Binbin thought for a moment, and said, "My lord, Liaocheng has well-developed water conservancy, and there are a lot of boats. If we want to raise money, we can start from two aspects."

"Oh, two aspects, I don't know which two aspects?"

"First, there are some scattered small boats. There are many fishermen in Liaocheng, and almost all of their families have one or two small boats. These small boats do not have many people. One can seat four people, but the number of such small boats But it’s huge, and if we can raise a lot, we can help many soldiers cross the Liao River.”

"What's more, there is a big boat gang in Liaocheng. They are in the waterway transportation business. They have more than a hundred large ships in their hands, each of which can hold 200 to [-] people. If they are willing to help, It will be easier to cross the Liao River."

After hearing Cao Binbin's words, Qin Tian's eyes lit up a little.

If there is really a big ship, it will be much easier to cross the Liaoshui, because on such a big ship, they can enlarge the Tang god crossbow, and they can also put the catapult. The enemy on the opposite side is not a difficult matter.

"The two aspects Mr. Cao said are indeed very good. Now that time is running out, how about the two of us split up?"

"Of course there's no problem with that."

This matter was arranged by Li Shimin, even if Cao Binbin didn't want to do it, he had to do it, so Qin Tian's question was a bit unnecessary.

"Lord Cao must have a certain prestige in Liao City. It should be no problem to ask those fishermen to donate their boats for use, so you are responsible for raising boats from fishermen, but when you do it, tell those fishermen that although the imperial court is requisitioning Their ships will be returned to them, and they will be given to them at the price of one day, and if the ship is damaged, the imperial court will also compensate according to the price."

Hearing what Qin Tian said, Cao Binbin quickly nodded in response: "With the words of the young master, things will be much easier to handle."

Qin Tian nodded: "Then I'll go find that boat gang."

After the two agreed, they started to act separately, but at this time, it was getting late, so Qin Tian was not in a hurry to find the boat gang in Liaocheng, but wanted to rest for a night, and then go to the boat gang tomorrow morning.

And taking advantage of this time, he felt that he should first understand the situation of the boat gang, so that he could know himself and the enemy and win every battle.

He asked someone to send over the materials of the Liaocheng Ship Gang, and then he began to study it.

When night fell, Qin Tian already had a general understanding of the situation of the boat gang.

This boat gang, called the Shen Family Boat Gang, has been operating in Liao City for many years and has a strong influence.

In the past, this boat gang was controlled by the old gang leader Shen Ao, but a year ago Shen Ao had an accident at sea and died, so the boat gang was inherited by his son Shen Lang. However, although Shen Langcai was able to do things, he After all, when he was young, his eldest sister Shen Bijun took care of many things in the boat gang.

However, as Shen Lang got older, sooner or later, Shen Bijun would hand over the affairs of the boat gang to his younger brother.

These are some of the situation of the people in charge of the boat gang. Besides, there are also the situation of some ships of the boat gang. Qin Tian was a little shocked when he saw these situations.

Because the number of ships of the Shen Family Ship Gang really exceeded his imagination.

There are more than a hundred large ships and hundreds of small boats, and these ships travel to and from various waters of the Tang Dynasty, even the Bian River in Kaifeng. It can be said that the water transportation of the Tang Dynasty, their Shen family boat gang accounts for a lot .

If so many ships can be used by the Tang army, it will be a piece of cake to cross the Liao River.

Qin Tian was secretly delighted.

In addition to the large number of ships, the Shen Family Ship Gang also has a large number of workers, 3000 to [-] people.

This is definitely not a small amount.

Qin Tian felt more and more shocked the more he looked at it, and besides the shock, he was also faintly impulsive.

If he could cooperate with the Shen family's boat gang, then his Qin family's business might reach another level.

The Qin family's wine, rouge and gouache, all kinds of business, there are already many, and the places where they mainly sell are the countries in the Western Regions, and the vicinity of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and other distant places, but they are all After they were sold to other merchants, other merchants sold them over.

Relatively speaking, this reduces the Qin family's income. If they can sell their Qin family's goods directly in various places, it will definitely allow them to make more money.

But in such an age, traffic is always an obstacle that cannot be ignored, and of all traffic, water transport is the fastest one.

If they can cooperate with the Shen family, then their Qin family's business will be much better.

Qin Tian thought a lot, and he felt that this should not be difficult.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, but the cicadas outside were still making noise. Qin Tian fell into a dream amidst such sounds.

The night passed.

Early the next morning, Qin Tian took Hu Shiba straight to Shen's house.

The Shen Family Ship Gang is at the wharf, but that place is used to move goods and so on. Under normal circumstances, the helmsman of the Shen Family Ship Gang is in charge of and handles things there. Shen Bijun or Shen Lang only occasionally checks it out. Or sometimes, personally escort the goods.

Other than that, they usually stay in the Shen residence.

After Qin Tian and Hu 18 came to Shen's mansion, they handed over their name cards, and then waited outside.

Inside Shen's mansion, a woman was calculating accounts, and the abacus in her hand fiddled back and forth at an astonishingly fast speed.

"Miss, someone is asking to see you outside."

"Someone asks to see you, who is it?" The woman raised her head as she spoke, her skin was slightly darker, probably because of being sunburned frequently at sea, but she was very beautiful, with slightly darker skin , can't affect her beauty at all.

"They didn't say their names, this is their name post."

Shen Bijun was a little surprised. He picked up the post and glanced at it. After reading it, his expression changed slightly: "Qin Tian? Is it the Qin Tian who is famous in Tang Dynasty and invented the abacus?"

"This... subordinates don't know."

There was a slight smile on the corner of Shen Bijun's mouth, and he said: "I heard that Tang Dynasty is going to fight Silla. It is normal for Qin Tian to follow. It must be him. Go and lead him to the living room. I will go soon."

(End of this chapter)