There are several aristocratic families here who can come up with one billion Tang Dynasty coins, not to mention that this money does not need to be delivered all at once. You only need to pay 20% upfront and slowly raise it over the next three years.
But this still cannot deny that this is a big gamble.
After all, you have to pay so much money to go to a place that you haven't seen yet thousands of miles away.
Not everyone has such courage.
There was silence for a moment, everyone looked at Cui Zhongqing.
Then an elder of the Li family sighed and said: "The third son of the Cui family, if you have the courage, let's give up!"
Everyone can see that there are many places besides the one auctioned this time, and the Tang government will probably put them up for sale in the future.
Although the price may be higher in the future, the risk is smaller, because they can tell a lot from the people who bought the land this time.
"Deal, one billion Tang coins!" Tang Ping made the decision directly.
This time, the five pieces of land were sold for a total of just over 2 billion. The Tang government received 200 million Tang coins just from the deposit, plus the amount of donations recently raised by the people.
It can be said that the pressure on military expenditure is almost gone.
Looking at the wealthy businessmen of Tang Dynasty with different expressions below, some of whom were photographed and some who were not, Tang Ping gave them another reassurance.
"Everyone should know that I own a pickup truck and a nanny car. These two vehicles use gasoline engines instead of steam engines. The gasoline is extracted from petroleum."
“The future development direction of Datang is that all vehicles will gradually turn to gasoline engines and abandon steam engines, so I don’t think everyone needs to worry about the prospects of oil.”
Nowadays, Datang's car manufacturing industry is considered to be developed. In addition to the government, many wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families have also bought several steam engine cars.
Compared with Tang Ping's pickup truck, the difference can be said to be clear at a glance.
After hearing what Tang Ping said, the few people who took photos of the land were overjoyed.
There are already a lot of steam engine vehicles now, and there will only be more and more in the future. If these vehicles are all replaced by gasoline vehicles, the consumption of gasoline will increase greatly.
In the same way, those huge steam engine battleships and merchant ships are large consumers of energy.
They also know some inside information that Datang has been developing generators that use these fuels to generate electricity.
As long as it can be burned to generate electricity, then oil can naturally do the same.
Tang Ping showed them the prospects of the oil industry. Although they still have nothing now, at least the future is bright.
Contracts have been signed with several wealthy businessmen. They will hand over the deposit to the Tang Dynasty government within a week, otherwise it will be regarded as giving up the auction, which may even affect their qualifications to participate in various auctions of the Tang Dynasty government in the future.
So these wealthy businessmen all left one after another and went home to raise funds.
Tang Ping returned to the palace with the contract and map, and handed everything to Li Shimin.
"All sold?" Li Shimin asked in disbelief.
He still doesn't know enough about businessmen.
Businessmen are chasing profits. As long as there is a 20% chance of making a profit, many people are willing to take a gamble, not to mention that this time they think the profit may be more than 20%, and the profit margin is even more terrifying.
The only thing is that the cycle will be relatively long. They don't know when the gasoline engine that Tang Ping mentioned will start to become popular.
This is also the reason why many people do not continue to increase prices. This is completely using their own liquidity to bet on a future. Everyone has a psychological price for this future.
"Sold, and more than originally planned." Tang Ping gave the contract to Li Shimin.
At first, he planned that the five pieces of land could be sold for more than 1.5 billion, but he did not expect that the psychological price of these wealthy Tang Dynasty merchants was higher than he imagined.
Li Shimin opened several contracts and calculated them, and found that there were nearly two billion Tang coins.
As mentioned before, the annual national tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty plus some fees paid by the subordinate countries adds up to just over 6 billion Datang coins.
Just a few pieces of land cost one-third of Datang's annual tax revenue. How could he not be shocked?
"Is this thing... so profitable?" Li Shimin looked at Tang Ping doubtfully, and then looked at the green non-sale area: "If you want to calculate it this way, how much is my piece worth?"
Tang Ping shook his head: "I can't calculate it. If it is really developed, with our current level of technology and energy consumption, the oil in it will be enough for hundreds of years. So in the future, as long as the Tang Dynasty royal family can grasp the oil in this area, If you have control, you won’t have to worry about anything financially.”
Li Shimin’s eyes were burning
Looking at those places, although it does not belong to the Tang Dynasty yet, he believes that it will soon.
"Come here, file these contracts and put them away, and then ask the Ministry of War, how is the expeditionary force assembled? Do they still need me to teach them about the importance of soldiers and their speed?"
Li Shimin wished he could crush all the way to his hometown in the Arabian Empire, and then take all those lands into his arms.
The current Tang Dynasty can be said to be united in preparing to attack Arabia.
Because the war was about to begin, the preparation of supplies caused many workshops to rush to work, and the people's income increased.
In addition to making a fortune from such transactions, those businessmen are also waiting to make war fortunes.
There are also soldiers waiting to expedition to the Arab Empire to earn military merit.
It seemed that all classes of the Tang Dynasty, including scholars, farmers, merchants, and merchants, could benefit from this expedition, so how could they not support it?
Under such circumstances, the entire Tang Dynasty began to rotate rapidly.
The troops of the entire Tang Dynasty began to gather towards the coastal areas.
Those who are far away will go to the nearest inland terminal, and then be sent to the sea in batches by troop ships.
A large number of warships and civilian ships have gathered in the entire East China Sea area between the Yangtze River estuary and the Yellow River estuary.
There are people transporting troops, some transporting food and supplies, and some going directly to fight.
Datang took out all the best weapons. In addition to tanks, hot air balloons, airships, muskets, and artillery were all deployed.
There are also light artillery made on the fly and a locomotive used for towing.
By then, such light self-propelled artillery positions will become the most critical weapon against the heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire.
Various slogans can be seen everywhere in Datang.
"One person goes on an expedition, and the whole family is honored!"
"This battle must be won!"
"Down with the Arab Empire!"
At this time, those subordinate countries were sweating with cold sweat on their heads. Only now can they see how terrifying the Tang Dynasty, which was seeking war with all its strength, was.
Then in my heart, I silently expressed my condolences to the distant Arab Empire.
Duke Ping is right.
"Anyone who offends me in the Tang Dynasty, just wait for me, I will come to get you in a few days!"
He is really going!
