Thinking that Borneo might be full of red sandalwood, everyone's eyes turned green. If so much rosewood was shipped to Datang, how much would it cost?

Sorry, I'm not good at math, let me go slowly...

Moreover, red sandalwood is not like other things. Although red sandalwood is also a luxury, it does not have a shelf life like other luxury goods. As long as red sandalwood is properly maintained, it will not be a problem to store it for 2000 years.So there is no need to worry about too much red sandalwood pouring into the market and causing the price to plummet—at worst, let’s buy it first and store it up, and then we can intervene after a while. Anyway, even if the price of this thing drops, it will only be for a short time. It will rise, and with the reduction of red sandalwood, the price will become higher and higher.

"Your Highness, are you serious?" Hearing Li Zhen's words, even Wei Zheng was shocked, and asked in disbelief.

Li Zhen assured: "Of course, I never lie to anyone."

"And please don't just focus on this red sandalwood tree, okay? There are so many carriages, besides red sandalwood, there are many treasures."

"Whoo~"

Li Zhen obviously heard that the breathing on the scene suddenly became heavier. Everyone looked behind the red sandalwood—half of the entire square was occupied by various trees, each of which was at least three feet tall...

"Your Highness...Your Highness, what do you mean... so many trees were found from Borneo?" Fang Xuanling's voice was trembling, and there was expectation and disbelief in his eyes.

"[-]% are." Li Zhen thought for a while, and gave a statistic: "Only [-]% were collected on the islands along the way, and the rest were found on Borneo."

"..."

There was silence on the square, everyone looked at Li Zhen in disbelief, how rich is this Borneo?

"Bang~"

Just when everyone was shocked, a loud noise made everyone jump. Everyone looked up and found that it was Du Ruhui who did it, and the object he targeted was actually a wooden box.

I don't know where this old man got so much strength?The hundred-jin box was actually kicked off the car by him, and fell to the ground and shattered, exposing the black lump inside.

Before the guard asked, Du Ruhui laughed like crazy and said, "Hahaha... Sure enough, sure enough, I guessed right, this is agarwood, the best agarwood."

"What spice? Agarwood/" Seeing that Du Ruhui was out of control, Fang Xuanling hurriedly approached him, and was immediately stunned after seeing it: "There...why are there so many?"

Others were stunned when they saw their immediate superiors, and hurriedly gathered together. Seeing this, everyone was shocked.

"Is this Chen Xiang?"

"It should be? But why are there so many?"

"I don't know, shouldn't agarwood be very rare?"

"My God, this is going to be posted."

"..."

Everyone's emotions were obviously a little out of control, and all the conversations were completely meaningless slobber. It can be seen that they were all shocked by the box in front of them, so that they lost their minds and didn't know it.

"The best agarwood is worth tens of thousands of gold." It has to be said that there is basically no one who is good at becoming the prime minister of the Zhenguan period. Although Du Ruhui was the first to be shocked, he was also the first to escape. .

Holding a piece of agarwood and inspecting it carefully, Du Ruhui asked in shock: "Your Highness, could this agarwood also be obtained from South Sea Borneo?"

"That's right, I got it from Borneo." Li Zhen affirmed Du Ruhui's guess: "In the world, agarwood is not uncommon in Borneo. There are so many agarwoods, but I just collected agarwood trees within a radius of less than one mile."

Du Ruhui sighed and said: "If what His Highness said is true, then this Borneo, I, Tang Dynasty, absolutely cannot give up."

"Of course we can't give up." Li Zhen said decisively: "Although Borneo is not as valuable as Nanyang, first of all, Borneo is located in the center of the entire Nanyang archipelago. As long as we control this place, we can radiate our influence to the entire Nanyang Islands; Secondly, Borneo is also rich in resources. As long as they are mined, although it can’t be said that it can feed Datang, it is still no problem to feed half of Datang; finally, Borneo is a big island after all, and the climate can be regarded as pleasant. Such a large piece of land can completely allow millions of Tang people to live and work in peace and contentment, and it would be a pity if such a place is left unexplored."

After Li Zhen said this, everyone fell into silence. They understood that the next step was to get down to business. First, a few ministers needed to express their opinions, and then it was their turn to wait for others to speak. This is the rule.Therefore, everyone turned their attention to the few prime ministers to see what they would say.

"However, there is one thing that your Highness has to consider." Wei Zheng was the first to speak, and put forward his own opinion: "Now my Tang Dynasty is developing Nanyang, and it is only a beginning at present. Things have not been settled, Your Highness, you have found such a large piece of land for Datang, how can Datang have so much energy to take care of two places at the same time?

Of course, I didn't mean to give up on Borneo. After all, Borneo is equally important to my Tang Dynasty. It's just that your highness said that you can't become fat if you eat one bite, and you will get involved if you take too many steps. "

"Pfft~" Li Zhen was the first to laugh. She really didn't expect that someone would remember her casual complaint in private, and it was actually Wei Zheng who said it. It's really interesting.

"Your Majesty has nothing to say, please forgive me." Wei Zheng was also a little embarrassed, and he didn't expect that he would say the "famous words" of His Highness the Crown Prince, and it was still under the watchful eyes of the public. It was a big faux pas, so I quickly apologized.

"However, this is what I mean, and please give me a solution." Wei Zheng expressed his position again. It is impossible to give up Borneo first. With the temptation of the Nanyang Peninsula, the development of Nanyang has already begun. On the right track, everyone is full of confidence in the development of Nanyang. If anyone dares to give up Borneo at this time, then he will bear the eternal infamy and be cast aside by all people.

What's more, the current situation is that even if the imperial court wants to ignore Borneo, it is impossible. Li Zhen went out to sea and brought back so many treasures. Under the circumstances, how long can you hide it?

Chapter 872 The Second Chapter 32 Minister Seconded...

Chapter 232 The minister seconded...

"The court's lack of development is indeed a problem." Du Ruhui said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, you have opened up such a large territory for Datang, which is indeed a good thing for Datang, but so far the development of Nanyang has been exhausted. It involved all of our Datang's energy, and you suddenly found such a large piece of land... Datang really doesn't have that much spare energy. For the current Datang, Borneo is a piece of fat, but at the same time It’s also a chicken rib, and the situation is too embarrassing.”

"Maybe we can temporarily put the development plan of Borneo on hold? Anyway, the site is there, and sooner or later it will be ours." Someone suggested.

"Absolutely not." Fang Xuanling refused without even thinking about it: "The news of Borneo cannot be concealed. If the common people know that we have opened up a new piece of land, but hide it and not develop it, they will absolutely We will not be satisfied, and we will easily lose popular support if we do so.”

The news of Borneo must not be concealed. Even if the court issues a seal order, the matter will eventually get out. You must know that this time, apart from the regular guards, the rest of the people who accompanied Li Zhen to the sea were all The sailors recruited from the people, there are 500 sailors on the four merchant ships, and the regular army can issue a gag order, but the sailors are ordinary people, should they be gagged?

And once the situation in Borneo spreads, those poor people who have been thinking about it for a long time will definitely put a lot of pressure on the court, thus forcing the court to issue policies and immigrate to Borneo, and the court will definitely do the same under pressure made.

Moreover, Borneo and Nanyang are different. The reason why Nanyang is progressing slowly is because there are a large number of aborigines in Nanyang. Before these aborigines are wiped out or captured in a safe range, the immigration policy will definitely not be fully implemented. To achieve this premise, even if the court goes all out, it will take at least three to five years.

But Borneo is different. The land here is large enough, the resources are rich enough, and the environment is also very good. However, there are very few indigenous people, and the typical land is sparsely populated.I dare not say too much, what Li Zhen can guarantee is that as long as the imperial court can immigrate 20 people, the Han population can be completely suppressed in number, and then slowly assimilate or exterminate the aborigines.

Does Datang now have the ability to immigrate 20 people to Borneo?

Of course, if a thousand-ton merchant ship is only used to transport people, it can probably transport hundreds of people (according to 25 passengers, if a passenger weighs [-] catties, it is about [-] tons)—— Different from cargo, a thousand-ton cargo ship may carry [-] tons of cargo when fully loaded, but it will definitely not be able to carry people of the same weight, because while transporting passengers, you must give passengers a certain amount of room for movement, and it is impossible for them to They're packed together like sardines, and things will go wrong.What's more, in addition to people, immigration is not just about transporting people, it also requires a lot of materials, and they also need to be transported by a fleet, which further determines that a ship cannot carry many people.

A ship transports 500 people. If a fleet has 1 thousand-ton merchant ships, that is 5000 people. In addition, the accompanying small boats can also be equipped with people. It is calculated as transporting [-] people in one trip. It just takes a dozen times.

From Yuezhou to Borneo, in fact, it is from the northern end of the South China Sea to the southern end. The north-south length of the South China Sea is [-] kilometers.However, the limit speed of a clipper sailboat is [-] knots, and it is no problem to reach a full load speed of at least [-] knots (that is, [-] kilometers per hour).

From Yuezhou to Borneo, it only takes more than 100 hours in total, that is, four to five days. There are few islands in the South China Sea, and there are even fewer hidden reefs. As long as there is an accurate route, you can completely throw off your arms. run away.

If it is transported at full strength like this, it will only take half a year at most to run back and forth ten or so times. Compared with the immigrants on the Nanyang Peninsula who have just started for almost two years, it takes half a year to occupy Borneo. People will say no.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should we do?" Someone muttered, "Could it be that we want to designate Borneo as a military zone?"

"Hey, this is a good idea." Someone's eyes lit up: "If this area is designated as a military area, then this area will become the territory of the army, and ordinary people are not qualified to occupy this area."

"No, leaving such a good place in ruins, not only the people don't want it, but we also feel distressed when we see it." Fang Xuanling immediately shook his head and refused: "According to the information given by His Highness, Borneo is basically a place that only needs to go. , where you can live and work in peace and contentment, it would be a pity to leave such a good place there for nothing.”

"Everyone stop arguing, everyone looks confident in your Highness." Changsun Wuji stopped everyone's quarrel, and asked Li Zhen with a smile: "Since you have discovered Borneo, Your Highness, you should know our current predicament, right? It should be Is there a solution?"

Li Zhen didn't deny it either, but nodded and said: "Yes, I do have a preliminary idea, and I hope all the adults can help to correct it."

Seeing that he had attracted enough attention, Li Zhencai said: "Everyone, I, who you are worried about, have already thought about it a long time ago. Now the development focus of Datang is Nanyang, but similarly, the development of Nanyang is also firmly involved in Datang. A lot of energy, not to mention that Borneo is far overseas, and the development cost may not be much less than that of Nanyang. Therefore, I came to a conclusion-that is, I want to use the power of the imperial court to transform Borneo It is simply impossible to develop it."

Changsun Wuji asked: "What does His Highness mean..."

Li Zhen smiled lightly, and expressed her thoughts: "What I mean is, since the imperial court can't develop it, why not let the people develop it themselves?"

"Let the people develop by themselves?" Du Ruhui was thoughtful, and he understood Li Zhen's meaning almost instantly: "Your Highness means to open Borneo and let the people move and emigrate? And we only need to set up on Borneo. Is it enough for the government and the army to assist in the management of Borneo’s law and order?”

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