The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 392 Spice Business
Originally, everyone planned to have dinner together in the evening and discuss the matter of raising funds to form a fleet to go to sea.

But because something happened in the middle, the meal was put on hold.

All the nobles are busy going to Lijiazhuang to buy seeds, so they are not in the mood to sit down, drink and eat.

Lijiazhuang has now developed into a prosperous village in Lantian County. People from all over the world come here to buy things, not to mention merchants in Chang'an City.

At night, rows of kerosene lamps are lit up, covering the whole village in a bright halo.

Li Er, who was walking with his hands behind his back, looked up at the rows of kerosene lamps hanging on the wooden poles, his eyes were full of satisfaction, "The kerosene lamps on Zhuque Street should be built as soon as possible."

"no problem."

Li Yunze, who was hanging around with Li Er, smiled and looked at the nobles not far away who were yelling and were about to fight, "Your Majesty, you can consider installing kerosene lamps in the palace."

Of course Li Er thought about it too, after all, the brightness is not even a little stronger than that of a lantern.

but
Li Er looked not far away, and Wei Zheng, who was watching the ugly appearance of the nobles, sneered, "It's hard."

It's okay to build kerosene lamps on Zhuque Street, but if they are used in the palace, Wei Zheng will definitely fire up and spray them on the spot.

Li Er has a good name and a good face, and he really doesn't want to be attacked by Wei Zheng's saliva just because he wants to live a more comfortable life.

"His Majesty."

Li Yunze understood Li Er's thoughts very well, took a step closer and lowered his voice a little, "I can donate a complete set of kerosene lamps to the palace for free, and it will be no problem to install thousands of them."

As soon as he said this, Li Er's face immediately became alert, "What do you want?"

He knew very well that Li Yunze was a complete profiteer, the more he gave for free, the more he wanted in the end.

"Going out to sea to find the Spice Islands." Li Yunze smiled slightly, "Your Majesty can just give up [-]% of the share."

Li Er shook his head immediately, "It's absolutely necessary, nothing less."

Spices were very expensive and valuable in the Tang Dynasty in this era, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are worth the same weight of gold.

If he gave up [-]% of the proceeds just for the sake of thousands of kerosene lamps, if Li Er agreed, Wei Zheng would probably be able to spray the fool for half an hour.

"Look, Your Majesty." Li Yunze pointed to the bright kerosene lamp in front of him and said, "It's so bright, doesn't it mean that Your Majesty doesn't want the entire palace to be brightly lit up, as dazzling as a fairyland on earth?"

Of course I wanted to, but not now.

Swallowing, Li Er shook his head with difficulty, "No, absolutely not."

After a pause, he said aloud, "Although I don't pay any money, I use the tax exemption to buy shares in the fleet. It only costs [-]%, not much."

After all, he was the emperor, and he said that everything would be fine, but then there would be no fleets going out to sea to find spices.

We are not sand sculptures, and no one will use their own money to make money for the emperor.

"Is it really not possible to reduce one or two?"

"Nothing less."

"Can't we discuss it any more?"

"Let's discuss it casually, but we can't be less."

While speaking, Fang Xuanling walked over and said with a smile, "It's almost time to fight."

The amount of seeds Li Yunze gave was limited, and the nobles felt that they wanted everything, so competition would naturally be fierce.

Li Er followed suit with a smile, "Presumably next year, the people in Chang'an City will be able to eat cheaper fruits and vegetables."

"It's not that easy."

Li Yunze chuckled, "These things must first have a greenhouse, and it costs a lot of money to build this thing. Second, they need to be carefully cared for. They also have to spend money to buy enough fertilizer and pesticides to kill insects and weeds. Wait until the final calculation. The cost is not much cheaper. If they sell cheap, they will lose money, but if they sell expensive, it is better to go to the big market to buy. In the end, most of them still have to fall into their own hands.”

"This..." Fang Xuanling's face was startled, "Even if each family has a large population, how much can they eat, these things can't be stored for a long time, wouldn't it be a pity if they were broken?"

"Don't worry." Li Yunze, who had a friendly smile, looked sincerely like a god descending at this time. "When they can't sell, I will buy them and fill them in the big market."

Just as Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief, Li Er asked aloud, "If you buy it, how much would you like to pay?"

"Two or three discounts." Li Yunze shrugged, "Either let them rot, or sell to me to get back some of the capital. It's up to them to choose. Don't worry, as long as they are willing to sell to me, they will definitely not let them lose money. Just busy One game, in the end you won’t be able to make a lot of money.”

Fang Xuanling stared blankly at the nobles who were still scrambling in the distance, her heart was full of sadness.

'A group of sand sculptures were arranged properly.If you just collect the money and rent out the land, it’s over, why bother. '

In fact, Li Yunze still has a lot to say, such as the seeds will degenerate, and it is a dream to rely on breeding to grab business.

They don't have scientific and reasonable modern farming techniques, they don't have a perfect storage system, and they don't even have scientific and reasonable land rotation and fallow.

These sons and nobles, if they don't suffer enough, they won't realize how cruel the reality is.

When the nobles finally allocated their respective shares, when everyone ate together in the open air at the threshing ground, they were already supper here.

Fortunately, Li Yunze was generous, beef, mutton, and various aquatic products were in sufficient supply, and buckets of drinks and beverages were placed on the table, which somewhat made up for the anger and dissatisfaction of the crowd because of the extra money.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Holding a wine glass, Li Yunze stood up and greeted loudly, "Your Majesty said that tax-free participation in the fleet looking for spices will account for [-]%."

The nobles must be very dissatisfied, but no one dared to speak out.

"As for me, I am also willing to give up some profits." Li Yunze continued, "I will invest in technology, including the technology of fleet construction, including the technology of finding the location of the Spice Islands. I will account for [-]%."

As soon as this remark came out, the nobles couldn't bear their anger any longer, and everyone shouted that it was unfair.

They contribute money and efforts, so many people add up to [-]%?

To send the beggars!

After everyone vented their emotions, Li Yunze said leisurely, "This trip to the sea to collect spices, I can't guarantee anything else, but at least it will not be a problem to get back a million catties. Everyone think about it, how much is a million catties of spices worth?" How much is [-]% of such a sum of money?"

Spices are expensive, almost equivalent to gold, a million catties of gold.
Looking at the nobles who were lost in thought, Li Yunze's smile remained unchanged, but he didn't tell them that the sudden influx of such a huge amount of goods in the market would inevitably drive down the price crazily.

Moreover, there are not many nobles and rich people who can consume spices at high prices. If you want to digest so many spices, you must lower the price to the point where ordinary people can afford it.

In that case, let alone a million catties of gold, a million catties of copper coins are dangerous.

Changsun Wuji, with a look of embarrassment on his face, said out loud, "But I can only share [-]% for so many people. It's really too little, let's give some more."

Li Yunze's response was very straightforward, "Your Majesty is willing to give up profits, so I will give up too. I will give up as much as Your Majesty will. If Your Majesty is willing to give up more than [-]%, I can do this trip for you!"

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Li Er.

Li Er, who was holding a wine glass and sipping his drink, had no intention of responding at all.

He is the emperor, born to take the lead.

If he can't take the lead, then he would rather not take this business.

Seeing that the matter had come to an impasse, Fang Xuanling changed the subject by saying, "I wonder how much this trip will cost?"

"The existing sea-going ships are no good. We must build brand-new sea-going ships. I will do the construction. Ten ships will be enough. I will not earn money from you for building the ships. The cost price is 20 yuan per ship."

'poof~~~'

Hearing the price, many nobles sprayed drinks on the spot.

"How much? 20 guan?! Why don't you grab it!"

"What kind of ship can cost 20 guns, is it made of gold or is it all made of copper?"

"Repay the cost price? You are obviously a black-hearted price!"

"The imperial court only collects more than 200 million copper coins, gold and silver a year, which is only enough for you to build ten ships."

"The old man is getting old and his ears are a little hard to hear clearly. How much do you say?"

"."

The nobles were excited, and they were obviously pissed off.

My heart is too dark, I dare to speak.

"If you want to go to the Spice Islands, you have to go on a deep sea voyage. The existing ships can't go, so you must use a suitable new ship. And you don't suffer a loss. You will naturally make a lot of money when you get the spices. This ship is also yours."

Amidst the quarrel, Qin Qiong still raised a practical question, "It's not because I don't want to, but I really don't have so much money. Even if I sell all my wealth, I still can't make up 200 million yuan."

After all, it was in front of the emperor, and no one dared to admit that he could produce a lot of money.

In fact, the nobles in the early years of Zhenguan did not have so much wealth, that is, the five surnames and Qiwang, who have accumulated and searched for hundreds of years, can have such wealth.

"No money? If you don't have money, tell me earlier." Li Yunze said with a friendly smile, "I can lend it to you, and then return it to me after the spices are shipped back and sold to make money, but these boats must be used as collateral."

I don't know what other people think, but Fang Xuanling looked at Li Yunze who was smiling warmly, but couldn't stop smiling wryly.

This is clearly a trick, those ships must fall into the hands of this person.

He was thinking about whether to take out his old books and join this spice journey.Now think about it. Still have to join in.

Fang Xuanling finally understood that it was impossible for Li Yunze to allow the nobles to earn incomparable wealth through this business, but they would definitely earn something, even if it would not be much.

How could such a reasonable extra income be missed.

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling looked at Li Er, who was silently eating and drinking. His Majesty must have seen this a long time ago. Since he can earn a lot of money, he will expel those Hu merchants who have made too much money from the Tang Dynasty by relying on spices. , and find something to do for the nobles.”

Spices are dispensable to Li Er.

People can still live well without eating spices, and those who can afford spices are also families of noble and rich people.

As for making money with spices, if one million catties of spices can be shipped back, how long will the wealthy families of the Tang Dynasty have to eat?

Fang Xuanling could see this, and of course Li Er could also see it.

The reason for acquiescing or secretly promoting support is more to divert the attention of the nobles. At this important moment of the decisive battle with the Turks, don't make trouble for yourself.

Li Yunze knew from the history books that Datang had won the battle, and it was very easy.

But the people in Tang Dynasty didn't know that the Turks in their eyes were extremely powerful, and Jieli Khan was blown into the sky, so it was inevitable that someone would have other thoughts.

It's good to focus on making money now.

After some intense discussion and debate, everyone finally reached an agreement.

Dozens of honorable persons contributed together to purchase ten new large sea ships from Li Yunze in the form of loans, using the sea ships and spices as collateral.

Everyone agreed that the emperor would get [-]% of the final harvest, Li Yunze would get [-]%, and everyone else would get [-]%.

The nobles are not stupid, they also have their own plans.

Li Yunze only got out of the boat, and they were all the people on board.

As long as you go there, you can know the location of the Spice Islands, and they will all be yours in the future.

The first round of harvest allowed the emperor and Li Yunze to earn some money. From now on, they will follow the example of Hu merchants and only pay taxes, and the rest will be theirs. That is an inexhaustible gold mountain.

Everyone, each with their own plans, toasted and drank after reaching an agreement.

Everyone thinks that they can have the last laugh, but what the actual situation is, then only time will tell.

(End of this chapter)