A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"This is a trade route." Gu Qing said with a smile, "Prince, please sit down."

"Business route?" Li Chengqian was puzzled, "What does this business route have to do with this time?"

"His Royal Highness." Gu Qing looked at Li Chengqian and said, "The envoys from various countries should not go back empty-handed. There must be something to gain from traveling thousands of miles away."

"You mean we trade with these small countries?"

"Exactly." Gu Qing waved the fan in his hand.

Li Tai also walked into Gu Qing's house, and saw Li Chengqian bowing slightly, "Brother Huang."

"Why are you here?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai.

Li Tai smiled slightly and looked directly at Li Chengqian.

The smell of gunpowder between the two brothers was very strong, and Li Zhi also felt that something was wrong and hurriedly pulled Gu Qing's sleeve.

Gu Qing took a step forward, "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Wei, please take a seat. Presumably the envoys from various countries are already waiting outside the door."

Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at each other silently and sat in their seats, Gu Qing said to the servants at home, "Let all the envoys who are waiting outside come in."

The attendant hurried to report.

Following the announcement that the envoys from various countries walked in wearing colorful clothes, Li Zhi looked at the scene curiously and peeled the walnuts in his hand again.

"Let's all sit down." Gu Qing said to them, and then said to the attendants beside him, "Serve tea."

More than a dozen attendants brought tea one after another, and Gu Qing said to them, "Everyone came to Datang all the way, and I also received His Majesty's order in a sudden, I have neglected you all, I am really sorry that some things really need to be delayed .”

Envoys from various countries also waved their hands to signal that it doesn't matter.

Gu Qing smiled again and said, "Everyone who came to the court this time must have seen many novelty things from Datang. You don't have these things, but we have them in Datang. You must have seen bicycles. Do you think bicycles are useful? ?”

All the envoys nodded.

Gu Qing said again, "We still have soap in Tang Dynasty, do you like it?"

All the envoys also nodded.

"Do you want it? Or do your king and people want it?" Gu Qing said with a smile, "Actually, our Tang Dynasty can do business with you, so that you can also buy these."

Do business?All the envoys discussed one after another, want to do business with Datang?

The envoy of Xue Yantuo in Mobei was the first to speak, "As long as Datang is willing to sell these things to us, our Xue Yantuo will naturally buy them."

Gu Qing saw that the other party's clothes belonged to Xue Yantuo. When Xue Yantuo joined forces with Tubo to attack Datang, he was beaten into a grandson by Li Ji. How could he still stand like a normal person? The matter of He Chang's face was in front of him, so he didn't care about it.

"Since we're talking about buying, I'll talk to you about how to buy." Gu Qing moved away, pointing to the map and said, "This is the business route I planned. I listed the business routes from your land. All the way to Guanzhong."

The envoys of the various countries present were discussing for a while.

Gu Qing said with a smile, "Are you all thinking about the stability of the business?"

Whether it is the Western Regions, deserts or grasslands, there are many robbers. These are the things that the envoys are hesitant about.

"We don't take care of any of these business routes in Datang, and you will take care of them." Gu Qing said again, "If you want our products in Datang, you can come to Datang to buy them, and then sell them to your people, but Let me tell you first, a piece of soap in Guanzhong is fifteen yuan a piece, but it is thirty yuan in your hands."

The price doubled directly, and the envoys from various countries started discussing again.

Li Tai also looked at Gu Qing suspiciously, whether the price is a bit high.

"If you don't want to, I won't force you." Gu Qing said again, "It's just that Datang will close the door with you in the future. For example, if Xue Yantuo refuses this meeting, then you will no longer be able to talk to us in the future. Tang is doing business, and even Xue Yantuo people will not be able to enter Datang again in the future, if countries are willing to do business with us, we are willing to prosper together with you."

"I didn't say I would refuse!" Xue Yantuo envoy's face was stiff.

"I'm just making an analogy." Gu Qing shook the fan in his hand.

Li Tai thought about Gu Qing's words carefully, and he was really shocked when he said the price at first, but after thinking about Gu Qing's words carefully, the look in Li Tai's eyes became more and more strange. !Anyone who refuses to do business with Datang will be excluded by Datang, and Datang even has the strength to isolate a small country.

If you refuse, you will be excluded, but if you agree, you will buy goods from Datang that are several times more expensive. Li Tai looked at the big picture, and his eyes became more and more shocked. If these commercial routes are regarded as rivers, Datang is the sea where the rivers flow into the sea.

Business is the lifeline. When the people of these small countries get used to Datang’s bicycles, used to Datang’s hot water bottles and soap tea leaves... Thinking of this, Li Tai was shocked. Gu Qing wanted to use these small countries to nourish Datang and absorb them. The wealth makes Datang rich, which is drawing the blood of all countries to strengthen Datang, and the Great Tang will become richer and richer.

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Li Tai now finally knows the gap between himself and Gu Qing. Although Gu Qing's strategy still has many flaws, if it is refined one by one by the ministers from the court, it has to be said that it is a good way to increase Tang's financial resources. Method.

In the eyes of the world, merchants have always been lowly. Can Gu Qing make a country rich by doing business?If it is as he thinks, as Gu Qing calculated, then the status of businessmen will be raised to a higher level, using business to enrich the country, and using firearms to strengthen the country, it is no wonder that the father thinks so highly of Gu Qing.

Gu Qing, Gu Qing, you have such a talent for latitude and longitude in the world, why do you want to be a mere rich man? In your eyes, the father and emperor can't tolerate you like this?

Chapter 309 You Didn't Say Anything

"If you think it's too expensive to buy, you can resell it to someone else? Like Tianzhu? Or the West?" Gu Qing looked at it and said, "You bought a bar of soap from Datang and spent [-] Wen, which is understandably expensive. If you sell one hundred wen to Tianzhu, will you make a lot of money again?"

After Gu Qing finished speaking, the scene fell into silence for a while, as if there was some reason, such a calculation not only felt that it was not expensive but also more profitable.

Feeling melancholy, while wanting to make money myself, I also want to teach others how to make money. Where can I find someone as good as myself.

The envoys from various countries decided after several discussions that they will give a reply later. They need to discuss and discuss, and they all dispersed. Li Chengqian stood up and said to Gu Qing, "Gu Xianhou's words have benefited Gu a lot."

"It's all superficial views." Gu Qing said with a smile.

"This negotiation is related to the future exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and various countries. This matter will be drafted and handed over to the emperor." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

The corner of Gu Qing's mouth twitched, as if the prince had found a bargain, so he could only bow and answer, "Then I will thank you, Your Highness."

"Farewell." Li Chengqian cupped his hands and said.

"Prince, go slowly." Gu Qinggong sent.

Only Li Tai, Li Zhi, and Gu Qing were left in the house. After a while of silence, Li Tai took a sip of tea and said, "Pretend."

"It's not that bad." Gu Qing also said with disgust.

Li Zhi didn't seem to like the crown prince too much, so he sat aside and peeled walnuts, "Gu Qing, why are you only thinking about business?"

"It's good to cut meat with a soft knife." Gu Qing sipped his tea and looked at Li Tai, "Fatty, why did you come here today after seeing you lazy in the academy on weekdays?"

"Let me take a look." Li Tai said.

"Did the crown prince come down, so you came." Gu Qing knew what Li Tai was thinking.

"Yes, you, Gu Qing, have brains and strategies." Li Tai looked dryly, "If you are accepted by the prince as a guest, what do you ask me to do?"

"Fatty, you think too much, I have nothing to do with the prince." Gu Qing waved his hands and said, "I can't afford to provoke this guy."

There are some things that Li Tai doesn't know, but Gu Qing knows very well in his heart, what if the prince really wants to rebel, what should he do if he is imprisoned, the risk is too great, it's better to guard his family's money.

Li Zhi glanced at Li Tai, then at Gu Qing, and said, "Gu Qing, what kind of person do you hate, you don't want to see the prince, I can tell."