Archduke John looked at the heated transactions below with a smile on his face. He heard that Tang Ping was indeed right.
This is really a huge profit. Only he and Tang Ping know how much profit they can make from such a carriage.
Especially since many people pick up their cars with zero down payment.
These are Visigoth nobles, and Archduke John can give them the carriage first without even asking for any mortgage from them.
In Visigoth, no one should dare to blame him and Tang Ping.
An installment payment was equivalent to a 20% increase in price. He really couldn't imagine how Tang Ping came up with such a good idea.
In addition, many nobles also bought the carriages in full. He calculated that he would be able to recover the cost in about two months.
I have never seen such a profitable business.
The only tires for the carriages produced here have to be imported from Datang.
There is no way, Datang's rubber industry is already relatively developed.
But here in Europe, there is no technology to manufacture rubber tires.
Tang Ping estimated how many cars could be built with rubber tires here, and then returned to Chang'an, planning to bring in another batch of rubber tires.
As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he was blocked by Cheng Chumo.
"Brother Ping, you're back. I was talking about calling you."
"What happened?" Tang Ping asked Cheng Chumo. If it weren't for something serious, he wouldn't have asked Cheng Chumo to call him at the convenience store.
"Your Majesty got angry, so my father asked you to go over and help come up with ideas."
"Your Majesty is angry? What happened?" Tang Ping asked anxiously. There are not many things that can make Li Shimin angry now.
Hearing Tang Ping's question, Cheng Chumo spread his hands and said, "I don't know. My dad didn't tell me. It's probably something confidential. Anyway, my dad told you to come over."
"Okay!" Tire's matter was not in a hurry. Let's see why Li Shimin was angry first.
I drove into Chang'an and went directly to the palace and then headed towards the Xiande Hall.
"They also have a face? Huh? Whoever caused the trouble is forgotten, but they actually lost the fight! If they lose to the Miaoman today, will they lose to Nanzhao tomorrow, and then lose to Tianzhu the day after tomorrow? Don't we, the Tang Dynasty, not want the face?"
Tang Ping sneaked in quietly, came to Li Ji and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Ji told Tang Ping in a low voice with a strange look on his face, and then he knew what happened.
It turns out that due to continuous expansion in recent years, Datang has continuously mobilized elite troops to station in areas such as Tianzhu and Arabia.
The number of domestic soldiers began to be insufficient, so the number of troops was expanded.
The Tang Army today is different from the past. They are all professional soldiers.
There is no need to work or anything like in the past, just training.
But a few days ago, there was some conflict between the Miao and the Miao. It's hard to say who was right and who was wrong. Anyway, it was just soldiers on both sides fighting.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty also knew not to make things worse, so they went up empty-handed without using blunderbuss or weapons.
The result was that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were beaten up because they had never beaten the Miao soldiers.
Then these Datang soldiers refused to accept it and were discovered when they returned to the camp to pick up their weapons before going back.
The Miao people were also afraid, so they directly sent people to Chang'an to plead guilty. Only then did Li Shimin know the whole story.
Although this is not a battle, even if they fight with fists, when have the Tang soldiers ever lost?
That's why I got so angry.
Although this incident is small, it exposes a problem: the quality of Datang's current recruits is not good.
In Li Shimin's words, how many years did the Tang Dynasty become strong? Can't even win a fight?
Zhang Liang happened to be in charge over there now. At this moment, he was standing in the middle and was being scolded and couldn't even raise his head.
Li Shimin also saw Tang Ping coming in and said to him, "Okay, stop whispering to Li Ji. What do you think about this?"
Tang Ping thought for a while and walked to the middle and said, "In fact, Duke Yun cannot be entirely blamed for this."
Hearing Tang Ping excuse himself, Zhang Liang looked at him gratefully.
He is also a man sitting at home, and the pot comes from heaven. It was indeed his jurisdiction over there, but the new soldiers had only been recruited for less than three months.
"If you don't blame him, who should you blame?" Li Shimin said angrily: "Do you blame me?"
Tang Ping said with a strange expression: "If you say so...it actually makes some sense..."
He was the only one who dared to say this. After he finished speaking, Li Shimin didn't lose his temper and just asked him to continue talking.
"Because our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty are treated very well now, and His Majesty shows sympathy for the veterans, so the new recruits will give priority to the children of the tribe recommended by the veterans to join the army. As long as they are physically and age-qualified, they will have priority over other people who sign up to join the army."
"But this will cause a problem, that is, the children of the clan recommended by these veterans may not all be suitable or able to become qualified soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Many of them even join the army just to find a way out."
"I have also heard from time to time that the training of new recruits in the army is somewhat slack now, because some instructors may be brothers and uncles of the new recruits. Not to mention favoritism during training, there is always some room for letting go. This is not advisable in the long run."
Tang Ping knew that this was the purpose of Cheng Yaojin calling him back. They could see these things, but they did not dare to persuade Li Shimin.
You can only speak for yourself.
When Li Shimin did this at first, Tang Ping actually didn't agree with it, but at that time, the veterans of the Tang Dynasty continued to fight abroad. In a few years, they fought against East Vietnam, Turks, Hou Junji's rebels, and Tibet. He also went abroad to fight against Tianzhu and Arabia.
It must be said that these veterans are definitely worthy of the Tang Dynasty, that's why Li Shimin issued such an order to give priority to the children of the veterans' clan in recruiting troops.
At that time, Tang Ping also thought that the loyalty of these children must be guaranteed, and if they were trained well, they might become excellent soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
But now it seems that it still doesn't work.
Seeing that Li Shimin was deep in thought, Tang Ping continued: "Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty is currently walking on a road that has never been walked before. Just like crossing a river by feeling for stones, there will always be mistakes somewhere. "
"After you find an error, just correct it in time!"
Li Shimin was worried that such an order had only been issued a few years ago. If it were canceled now, it would definitely have a negative impact on the morale of the veterans.
But what Tang Ping said made sense, so he looked at the other Tang generals below and asked, "Where are you? What do you think?"
These people, you look at me, I look at you, and then they bowed and said, "I also think what Duke Ping Guo said makes sense."
Li Shimin blew his beard: "Isn't there any compromise?"
