"Recently, people in Chang'an City have been enthusiastically donating money. You must have seen it, right?"
Hearing Tang Ping's question, Fatty Liu below was the first to say: "Don't worry, Duke Ping, we businessmen will naturally donate a large sum of money as we are not willing to be outdone."
Tang Ping shook his head and said, "I'm inviting you here today, not to discuss making donations."
"Isn't it about donations?" The people below looked at each other suspiciously. Some of these businessmen had already donated money. When they heard Tang Ping's invitation, they had to come, so they all planned to donate another amount. Thinking of Tang Ping actually saying that he didn't ask everyone to donate.
"Yes, it's not about donating money. I'm inviting everyone here this time to discuss how to form a joint caravan to make money."
HearingEveryone’s eyes lit up. As businessmen, few people can refuse to make money.
"Should I still follow the army to buy the spoils?" Fatty Liu asked: "Then I must count for a share!"
The army of the Tang Dynasty did not say that all spoils of war should be returned to the public. They were basically organized into units, and after the battle, the superiors would distribute the spoils according to the approximate battle situation.
This is also an additional benefit for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and it can also make them more brave when fighting.
It turns out that Tang Ping had done this, forming a joint caravan, and after the Tang army finished the war, they directly purchased the spoils they captured from the soldiers.
Soldiers don't have to carry heavy trophies to fight, they can just wait until they return to the Tang Dynasty to go to the Chamber of Commerce to get the voucher and get the money.
If they unfortunately died, the Tang government would also give their families proof of the trophies they sold along the way, and let their families collect the money.
This reduces the burden on soldiers and the risk of losing trophies, while the price purchased by caravans on the spot will be lower than the market price. When the quantity is large, the profit can be quite a lot.
"That's right." Tang Ping slapped an Arabian scimitar on the table: "You can take a look, this is a weapon used by the Arabs. I dare say it is the second best weapon in the world after our Datang Special Steel. This This kind of weapon is something that we soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will look down on, but it is a treasure in the surrounding countries."
Someone took it off and turned it around to look at each other. The pattern on the Damascus steel was very beautiful.
They didn't know much about weapons. They only knew that Datang's special steel weapons were the most powerful, but no one could buy them, and they didn't dare to do that business.
But since Ping Guo Gong said this is the second best, it must be the second best.
The Arab army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How many such weapons do they have? Even if it is damaged in battle, even if it is only a fraction, there are still tens of thousands of such weapons.
"Ping Guo Gong, I want to sign up for this joint caravan!"
"I'll sign up too, I haven't had this opportunity for a long time!"
The businessmen below were all excited. They hadn't had such an opportunity to make a fortune for a long time. It really made sense to get thousands of taels of gold when the cannon went off.
Only merchants like them can do this business, because the soldiers and the caravans discuss how much to sell for a piece of trophy, and there is also competition among the caravans. , the soldiers will choose to sell to the chamber of commerce with the highest bid.
The price is determined by the market. There is no need to worry about these merchants jointly lowering the price, because there are still Tang's Trading Company and Royal Chamber of Commerce. If the prices of these chambers of commerce are too low, Tang's Trading Company and others will raise the price to purchase, so those chambers of commerce will just run away in vain. One trip.
Seeing how active these businessmen were, Tang Ping said with a smile: "Okay, okay, actually this is just a small business, there is a bigger business."
"Is there any bigger business?" Some businessmen were stunned.
"Shop Manager Tang, don't be too pretentious and tell everyone!" Fatty Liu said, "This is nearly a hundred thousand sophisticated weapons. You yourself said that arms make money. Is there anything more profitable than this?"
"Haha, of course." Tang Ping asked them: "How about our Datang New City on Oshu Road?"
Hearing Tang Ping ask this question, many people regretted and said: "At that time, you said that you would open some shops to us. We are short-sighted. What kind of money can be made in such a place that has nothing to do with birds? In the end, the people who opened shops there , but they all made huge profits!”
Nowadays, more and more people are visiting Datang New Town on Oshu Road, and its population has gradually exceeded that of many cities in Datang.
Once there are more people, the market will be bigger, not to mention who are the people there?
Some of them are staff hired with high salaries from the Tang Dynasty, and some are indigenous miners from Australia.
The Tang government did not squeeze Australia's indigenous miners, and their mining remuneration was quite good, so it can be said that those on Oshu Road are relatively wealthy people.
Especially those indigenous miners on Oshu Road. After making money, they will look at Datang's products and think everything is good. Isn't that money used to buy things?
Why don't you go shopping aggressively?
The market is huge and the consumption power is strong. Is it possible to make money by opening a shop there?
It's a pity that the commercial street in Datang New City is only so big and has long been crowded with various shops.
"So is Duke Ping planning to reopen the shops on Oshu Road?" a businessman asked excitedly.
"no."
Tang Ping's words extinguished the flame of their hope, but the next sentence made these businessmen collectively climax.
"This time we plan to build a few more new cities like that." Tang Ping said: "And believe me, those new cities will not be worse than the ones on Oshu Expressway in the future, and may even surpass them."
This time they were going to fight Arabia. Li Shimin did not plan to just defeat the Arab army in Tianzhu, but directly set the final target on their homeland.
What is the most abundant native species in Arabia?
People of this era may not know, but how could Tang Ping not know?
That's the place the rich people are talking about.
In the areas controlled by Datang, it is almost difficult to extract crude oil with the current technology, so it is out of the question to be developed.
But how easy is it to extract crude oil from the Arab region? It can even be said that in some places, if you insert a pipe into the ground, it will spit out oil for you.
Once the Tang Dynasty defeated the Arab Empire, the exploration and development of crude oil would inevitably be put on the agenda.
The establishment of cities in the Arab region was also an inevitable result.
"How many!" The wealthy merchants of the Tang Dynasty keenly captured this keyword.
"Will there be so many people then?" Fatty Liu asked with some confusion.
A city is not judged by its quantity, but by its population size. No matter how big a city is, if it looks like a ghost town, what's the use?
"Of course, it will become the center of world energy in the future, and the most important energy mineral will be mined from there."
