"Father is so amazing, he guessed it right away."
Li Sixu curled her lips in disappointment: "My father is too smart, and my sons and ministers don't even have the chance to show it."
"Dalangya doesn't know the heights of the world, how dare you plot against my daughter? I have kept the Tibetan peace talks envoys in the dark for so long. It's time for them to wake up and realize that Tubo is the defeated country. The reason why the Tang Dynasty negotiated peace talks is because they don't want the people on the border to suffer. It’s not that they are afraid of Tibet.”
Xuanzong was surprised: "However, I didn't expect that they would be so willing to take out so many lion burdens to ask for directions? I heard that Ming Xilie came to see you twice, but you declined them both times. Please take care of this matter." Very good."
Although Xuanzong liked one of the honey-colored opals very much, he put the gem back into the box and handed it back to her.
"These can indeed be exchanged for a large amount of money, but it is far from enough money to build ten large ships and hire people to go to sea."
Xuanzong asked him: "When Mr. Pei was here, why did you say that the money was almost collected?"
"Erchen has really raised almost all the money. Wang Yuanbao is willing to spend a large amount of money to support Erchen's navigation career. When Sisi and Li Linhuai return from overseas trade and exchange the goods for money, he only needs to get back the money he invested. Three-tenths of the profit earned by silver is given as a return for the investment advanced.”
"There are huge profits behind overseas trade. I believe there will be many people who have the same thoughts as Wang Yuanbao. Moreover, with the reputation and credit I have accumulated over the years, I can also convince the wealthy businessmen and nobles in the capital."
Li Sixu asked Xuanzong: "Wang Yuanbao is willing to support his son, plus the lions that Mingxun has kindly sponsored for my Tang Dynasty navigation career, and the dowries that the emperor's brothers, sisters, and aunts have recently sent to the princess's house." Do you think it will be difficult to raise enough money to go overseas?"
Xuanzong was stunned: "You mean, you want to convert the dowry given to you by your royal brother and sister into the currency of going to sea?"
"Yes, is there anything wrong with my son doing this? They are very kind to my son. I treat my son as a sailing investment. When they conduct overseas trade, I will get dividends and then give them back to them. It is equivalent to taking part of the dowry as a stock."
Li Sixu took a pen and wrote on the paper: "Five-tenths of the profits from the voyage belong to the national treasury, three-tenths are used as returns to investors, and two-tenths are used as returns for investors." The reward for hiring people to sail, because the sea is full of risks, I thought that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, so that we can recruit talents as soon as possible."
Li Sixu listed the distribution to Xuanzong and estimated the approximate investment and share ratio.
Xuanzong understood: "If you do this, people in Chang'an can also participate in navigation. There are huge profits in overseas trade. This method is indeed feasible."
The issue of raising money was solved so easily by her.
Xuanzong asked her: "What can I do for you?"
Li Sixu took out a honey-colored cat's eye stone from the box and handed it to Xuanzong.
"Father, accept this!"
Xuanzong was puzzled. The Ministry of Finance could not withdraw a large amount of money to support her. He was already very guilty. What did this girl actually mean when she gave him the lion's burden that was used to exchange money?
Xuanzong looked up at her, and Li Sixu nodded: "Yes, that's what I meant. I'll leave this one for my father to play with."
"My son wants this box of cat's eye stones to be of maximum value. Apart from the one in my father's hand, this kind of gemstone is my son's. Therefore, if it is auctioned in Chang'an City, it can be sold at a good price."
Xuanzong was a little confused and asked her: "What is an auction?"
"It's a treasure hunt, gathering people who want cat's eye stones, and the one with the highest price will get it."
"And my father only needs to play with this fine lion's burden when he goes to court, and let the courtiers know that this fine cat's eye stone is only available to the emperor today. In order to show their dignity, the wealthy merchants in the city and Officials with rich families, as well as royal family members and nobles, will also want to get a lion's burden that only the emperor can have."
"As for the money that is not enough, I will spread the word that there are huge profits from overseas trade, and then Sisi's uncles and uncles are so rich, as well as those well-established aristocratic families, they will definitely want to get involved and share. There are some benefits, but Sisi will politely refuse them at first, until they win over Sisi, they must become a shareholder."
Li Sixu smiled slyly: "In this way, I don't need to deliberately recruit people, and someone will come to my door. It's just like my father hanging out his name and inviting him into the urn."
Xuanzong now understood her plan.
He couldn't help laughing for a moment: "You are learning and practicing now. How come I have such a little fox like you?"
"Of course you will reap melons if you sow melons, and you will reap beans if you sow beans!"
Li Sixu did not forget to coax Xuanzong: "My father's blood is flowing in my body, and my father, an old fox, teaches me, so I am so smart."
He praised himself and said in a roundabout way that he was an old fox.
Xuanzong laughed loudly: "I never taught you to be thick-skinned, but I see you are becoming more and more shameless..."
It will take time to complete the diplomatic strategy with Tianzhu Dashi, so Tubo should be stabilized first, and it is not advisable to start another war.
After waiting for half a month, Xuanzong finally met with the envoys from Tibet and decided to move forward with the peace talks. He sent Tang Dynasty officials to visit Tibet to discuss the peace talks.
When the Tibetan envoys left Chang'an, Emperor Xuanzong always held a huge bead in his hand to play with when he went to court. Then the news that Tibet had paid tribute to the gemstone lion's head spread like wildfire.
There is also a rumor in the capital that Tubo paid tribute to more than one lion, and other emperors rewarded the ten princesses.
Then, news spread in the West City Liuli Market that the Ten Princesses wanted to take the remaining lion burdens to the Yuanbao Pavilion to compete for treasures, and that the richest man in the capital, Wang Yuanbao, invested a large amount of money for the Ten Princesses' voyage. .
"There are many risks at sea. The richest man Wang gave so much money to the tenth princess. Isn't he afraid that the meat bun will beat the dog and never come back?"
"What do you know? The Wang family's rapid rise is not thanks to the tenth princess."
Several wealthy businessmen in Wangyue Tower gathered together and chatted happily: "None of the glazed wares, fire cloth, pork dishes and oil press that made the Wang family rich were made by the ten princesses."
"Besides, when will the richest man Wang make a loss-making business? Don't think that if you invest a sum of money, the Wang family will suffer a loss."
The speaker lowered his voice: "This move by the richest man Wang is really shrewd. Think about it, what is the price of nanmu, ivory, spices and gems from overseas in the capital? Take the lion's burden paid tribute by Tubo, for example, one has already Priceless.”
"But apart from the expensive gems, these things are not very expensive overseas. If they are sold to Chang'an, the profit will be hundreds of times. The richest man Wang invested some money to support the princess and General Li's voyage, and waited until they returned to Chang'an from the sea. , then the Wang family can make a lot of money."
