Great Tang Southern Emperor

Not to mention how the Boling Cui family talked nonsense and compromised with the rest of the family.

After a series of actions, the news of Yindao was completely leaked out, and then in less than half a month, it was completely spread to the world. The whole world was shocked, and all the related people who didn't want to be closed began to accumulated discussions.As the center of the world at this time, Chang'an has completely become the center of the vortex because of this news, and the discussions among the people are particularly intense.

"Have you heard? The King of Yue discovered an island full of silver mines in the South China Sea."

"Hi! This thing is not new, does anyone in Chang'an know about it?"

"Of course I know this matter is outdated, but I still can't help but want to talk about it."

"That's right. This is a whole silver mine after all. If nothing else, let me dig a few shovels. I won't have to worry about money in my life."

"You think beautifully, the silver mine must belong to the imperial court, how could it be ours?"

"The silver mine belongs to the imperial court? Not necessarily?"

"What do you mean?"

"Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is not dominated by the imperial family. Do you think those forces will allow the imperial court to monopolize such a big cake?"

"Could it be that there will be another war?"

"It's hard to say..."

"..."

Not only among the people, but as the rumors became more and more intense, there were even discussions in the court.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and looked down: "My dear friends, the news about Zhen'er's discovery of the silver mine has been spread among the people, and there are signs of instability among the people. The price of silver has started to plummet, almost falling by more than [-]%... How do you think about this matter, Ai Qing?"

"Your Majesty." A representative of an aristocratic family stood up and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, whether the story about the silver mine is true or not?"

Obviously, this is just a person from a small family, otherwise it would be impossible to ask such a question.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and instead of answering, asked, "How about the real one? What about the fake one?"

"What I mean is that if the rumor is false, it is natural to deal with it according to the rumor. If the rumor is true... if the rumor is true, it will naturally be attributed to the court." Obviously, the representative of the aristocratic family was very entangled when he said this. However, he still has self-knowledge. If he really dared to say that the silver mines belong to the folks, Li Shimin would immediately call on the guards and kill them.

"Aiqing's words are reasonable, and that's what I mean." Li Shimin smiled slightly: "As for the authenticity of the silver mine...Although it's a bit unbelievable, what I can tell you, Aiqing, is that this silver island really exists. , Liu Rengui personally went to the island to investigate, and found that the entire island is made of silver mines, and even the stone skin on the outside of the ore is actually a product of the weathering of the silver mine, and silver can still be extracted from it."

"What? It turned out to be true."

"It's really true, now it's interesting."

"Hey, I want to see how some people open their mouths?"

"..."

"Then, I wonder how the emperor plans to deal with this silver mine?" As the representative of the aristocratic family, Wu Youde saw that Li Shimin was no longer going to hide it, so he stood up and asked without hesitation.

Li Shimin glanced at him strangely, and questioned: "Wu Aiqing's question is very strange. The silver mine was discovered by Zhen'er, so naturally it should belong to Zhen'er. After all, he has a priority right to explore and exploit minerals. But Zhen'er Ren Xiao, knowing that the national treasury was empty, volunteered to donate the silver mines to Zhen to fill the treasury... What a good boy, I don't even know how to reward him."

"..." Wu Youde was speechless, Li Shimin, you are really shameless.

After sighing, Li Shimin praised Li Zhen by the way, and Li Shimin continued: "Let's continue with Wu Aiqing's question just now. The silver mine originally belonged to Zhen'er, but Zhen'er has been dedicated to me, so the silver mine naturally belongs to you." It belongs to the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Tang Dynasty has repeatedly fought abroad and the national treasury is empty, it is the time when money is needed, and this silver mine can just regenerate a wave of blood...Wu Aiqing, do you have any opinions?"

At the end of the story, it was already a lot heavier, and Wu Youde, who was oppressed by the majesty of the emperor, had cold sweat on his forehead, but for the benefit of the family, he still braced himself and said: "Of course the silver mine should belong to the imperial court, there is no doubt about it. It's just that the minister thinks that the mining of silver mines does not require much technical content.

So what I mean is, can this part of the work be outsourced to the people, and the court can just smelt it.

In this way, there will be two advantages. First, not only will the initial investment be saved, but we only need to build a smelter in the Mainland to reap a lot of money.

More importantly, Yindao is isolated overseas and has countless profits. It is inevitable that some daring water bandits will attack Yindao. For the sake of defense, it is necessary to station a powerful naval fleet around Yindao. For this, it will cost a lot of money.

This is also the second advantage of Yindao's outsourcing. Whoever contracts Yindao will be responsible for the specific defense. If something goes wrong, then it is enough for us to find the contractor directly. Pirates, this matter kills two birds with one stone, and I also invite the emperor to judge. "

This is the family's plan. Yindao belongs to the imperial court. This is for sure. Although the major forces are rampant, they have not yet had the guts to blatantly oppose the imperial court, let alone cook meat directly from the imperial court's bowl.But watching the imperial court eat meat, they can't even drink soup, which is naturally what some people don't want to see.

So they came up with a compromise, that is, the ownership of Silver Island naturally belongs to the imperial court, but the defense and mining work of Silver Island is taken over by themselves, and a certain amount of silver mine is mined every month and sent to the imperial court. It's considered filial piety - as for the rest, it is naturally his own.

Chapter 575 Wu Youde's 'Victory'

Chapter 40 Wu Youde's 'Victory'

The only thing is that I am not afraid that Li Shimin will reject his proposal. If Li Shimin does not agree to open up the mining rights of Yindao, hmph... Do you really think that the water bandits that Wu Youde mentioned refer to ordinary water bandits?

With the opening of the era of great voyages, those big families, big chaebols and big forces will definitely shift their attention from the ground to the sea. Even now, some forces with a keen sense of smell have begun to form fleets, and have begun to dump goods or transport goods. From the business, he made a lot of money, and at the same time, he set his sights on Li Zhen's ocean-going fleet.

Once the ocean-going fleet can return smoothly and bring back a large amount of precious goods, then these big forces will definitely increase the investment in the fleet, build a stronger fleet, start to open up the ocean, earn more profits, and then buy or Create more powerful merchant ships and even warships...

That was the beginning of the true age of exploration.With the power of force, isn't it natural for merchant ships to want to rob their peers by surprise?It is even more logical to raise a group of pirates in private, specifically to stumbling the competition or plundering profits.

Since you can rob your peers, you can naturally rob fixed targets at sea, especially an isolated island like Yindao, which is more than 100 nautical miles away and there is not even a single reef above the water, especially armed caravans and pirates. Our favorite target, after the fact just needs to be cleaned up, anyone else can find something?

Li Shimin was furious, how could he not understand the threat hidden in Wu Youde's words - if you don't give us the silver mine, don't think about it yourself, at worst, none of us will even think about mining silver mines there, otherwise you dare to go to Yindao Mining, then we dare to pretend to be pirates to make trouble for you.The frequency does not need to be too much, once every three to five months, can you bear it?If it is more ruthless, every time we raid Silver Island, we will kill all the workers on it. After two or three times, I would like to see if there are any craftsmen who dare to continue to apply for work on the island.

Wu Youde looked at Li Shimin who was holding back his anger, raised his eyes and said: "Of course, this is all my own idea, what should be done, the emperor has to make the decision yourself."

"No need, what Wu Aiqing said is very reasonable, just do what you want." Li Shimin said coldly, although he was very angry at this moment, and being bullied by his courtiers made him feel extremely humiliated, but as a successful Emperor, he knew very well that this was not the time to get angry. Li Zhen had already released the bait, so he had to cooperate well. As long as the power of the family weakened, it would not be too late to settle the score.

"Your Majesty." As Li Shimin's old partner and absolute confidant, Du Ruhui naturally knew of Li Zhen's plan. Seeing that Li Shimin had agreed, he naturally knew that it was time for him to appear: "Master Wu's idea, I agree with you. But the matter of Silver Island is so important, we have to choose a suitable successor, but I don’t know which company the emperor plans to hand over the mining right of the silver mine to?”

"That's what Aiqing means."

Du Ruhui stepped out and said respectfully: "The matter of Yindao is too important. If you want to take over Yindao, you must have a sufficient amount of financial resources, material resources, manpower and corresponding troops. Although my Tang Dynasty has a large land and abundant resources, it can meet this requirement." There are not many chambers of commerce, and the most suitable and strongest one is undoubtedly the chamber of commerce of His Royal Highness Yue Wang, but now His Royal Highness Yue Wang is exploring the South China Sea and conquering Nanyang, and I am afraid that he does not have enough energy to take over this matter."

Li Shimin nodded: "Aiqing is right. One of the reasons why Zhen'er handed over Yindao to me is because nearly [-]% of his manpower has been mobilized for the two large-scale activities of South China Sea Exploration and Nanyang Raiders, and he doesn't have enough manpower. Otherwise, he would have put this silver island in his pocket long ago, so why give it to me again?"

"So His Royal Highness' Chamber of Commerce can be temporarily excluded." Du Ruhui hit the snake with a stick: "In addition to the Chamber of Commerce of King Yue, there are several other large private chambers of commerce, among which Wantong Chamber of Commerce is the largest, which was originally the best choice , but besides Wantong, Qiushan Chamber of Commerce, Wentong Chamber of Commerce, Datong Chamber of Commerce, etc. also have strong competitiveness. If we hand over the project to Wantong alone, I am afraid that the other companies will be dissatisfied. So What I mean is, let's just hold an auction and see whoever pays the most will give it to the one who pays the most.

As for the money obtained from the auction, it is all stored in the name of His Royal Highness King Yue. After all, His Royal Highness King Yue discovered this silver mine and donated it to the court without asking for anything. This money should be regarded as the hard-earned money of King Yue King. We all know the rules, never do things for free. "

"Keming's words are justified, then I will leave this matter to you, and try to finish it within a month."

"Yes, I am determined to live up to the emperor's orders, and it must be completed within a month."

"..." Wu Youde retreated silently. Although he had achieved his goal, he didn't see any expression of success on his face.

Because it was not his original intention to force the Li family and his son to hand over the mining rights of the silver mine. With his ability, he naturally saw the conspiracy of Li Zhen and Li Shimin, and knew that this trick was difficult to deal with. The only way was to ignore it. .But still the same sentence, benefits touch people's hearts. Facing mountains of profits, how many people in this world can treat them like dung like him?However, although he is unparalleled in resourcefulness, his position in the aristocratic family is very embarrassing - although he can be regarded as the core figure of the aristocratic family, he was squeezed in as a son-in-law. Now that I raise objections, I am afraid that it will become an excuse for some people to siege.

Especially last night, during the meeting, I was ridiculed by a group of juniors, but as an elder and a relative, my father-in-law not only didn't speak for me, but instead took sides, every sentence in his words was in favor of those Little bastards—I have made so many contributions to the Zheng family, but it is really chilling to end up like this.

Forget it, anyway, after this battle, whether the Zheng family can survive is another matter. Even if they barely survive, they will be seriously injured. There is no time for a hundred years to recover. The question is will the court give the Zheng family a 100-year recovery period? ?It is impossible to think about it.

That is to say, the Zheng family is doomed, and I have no intention of being buried for the Zheng family. For my own future, it seems that I have to make a new choice... However, in my own capacity, I am afraid that I will serve the past rashly. Li Shimin will be suspicious...

Forget it, for the sake of myself, I have to feel sorry for the family once - I have done so much for the family, this time I should treat it as getting back a little interest.

Chapter 576 Du Ruhui Confused