"Ironware, salt, tea, and silk from Haju, Wonju, Gyeongju, and Sanju have been rising steadily since ten days ago, and they have increased by more than 50% since then!"
Li Mo placed a text in front of Li Xuan, which listed various data and clearly displayed it in the form of tables.
Li Zhu on the other side placed a detailed map in front of Li Xuan.
If someone from the Ministry of War's Military Affairs Division were here, they would find that the map in front of Li Xuan is three points more detailed than the most detailed map they have.
"It seems that the Turks are getting ready to make a move!" Li Xuan thought of the several Turkic nobles he met under the Zetian Gate today, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Prince Li Hong died of illness, and even the Turks saw what was going on here. Chance.
Since the Eastern and Western Turks were destroyed one after another, although the Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they have been ready to make a move. Now the opportunity has come.
"Not only the Turks, but also the prices of bulk goods from the Western Regions and Tubo began to rise at the same time." There was a hint of worry on Li Mo's face.
If we talk about other places, that's fine, but when it comes to Tubo, they themselves are involved.
Songzhou, Weizhou and Baozhou are the gateways to western Sichuan, and are no more than 400 miles away from Pengzhou in a straight line.
During the Zhenguan period, Songtsan Gampo personally led an army of 200,000 to invade Songzhou. In the battle of Chuanzhu Temple, the Tang army won a great victory. This was the reason why Songtsen Gampo later sent envoys to send gold to seek reconciliation for intermarriage.
"At the beginning of the year, Tubo sent ministers to ask for peace, but the saint refused. Now that the prince has died of illness, I feel like the opportunity has come!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but shook his head, but then sneered and said: "Five years have passed since the defeat of Dafeichuan. The year before last, we reset the four towns of Anxi, and last year we cleaned up Shule. Seeing a new war resurgence, Tubo was naturally panicked, but now that the prince has died of illness, they think they can do it again."
Although it seemed that the Tang army suffered a disastrous defeat in the Dafeichuan battle, in fact, even the Tang army, whose combat power was weakened to the limit due to altitude sickness, inflicted huge casualties on the Tibetan people.
Once the Tang army came back, Tubo would also feel a huge headache.
"But they are not ready yet. We still have time." After a short pause, Li Xuan said with a cold face: "Inform the Qin family, Yuchi family and other families that the prices of all goods sold to Turks and Tibet will rise immediately. Thirty percent, in half a year, I want to see the prices of all goods on the westward trade route triple..."
In recent years, although Prince Peng's Mansion has been independently supported by Princess Peng, it has had deep connections with various widowed and declining princes and generals, and even organized a common caravan.
Li Xuan took over the finances of Prince Peng's Mansion three years ago, and now she has gradually gained the greatest say in this caravan.
The most fundamental reason is that he can bring the greatest benefits to everyone.
"Also, let the caravan guards contact the defenders at various checkpoints. Do not allow any iron weapons to be sold to Tibet and Turks through trade routes. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed." Li Xuan's tone was very cold, and it sounded as if he could order the checkpoints everywhere. The garrison is the same, but that's not the case at all.
Although the Peng Prince's family is in decline, it is still the Li clan. Although the Qin family and the Yuchi family are weak in the central power, they have a deep relationship in the military.
What's more, banning the transportation of iron is itself a court decree, but it was not so strictly enforced in the past.
"Those killer embryos are more sensitive than us. Maybe they have smelled the smell of war." Li Mo nodded in agreement.
"The gatekeepers are responsible for the checkpoints. What we have to do is to ban all iron smuggling in the Minshan area and send our people to Minshan." Li Xuan lightly knocked on the table in front of her, thinking about what else to miss. place, and then make up for it as much as possible.
Over the years, he has made a lot of money by transporting goods from Jiangnan Road to Jiannan Road through the Yangtze River, and then to Tubo and the Western Regions.
It's just that all of this is placed in the name of Princess Peng, and their politically weak families have always valued power and not money. In addition, it was hidden deep enough, and even cousin Zhao Gong knew that Li Xuan has a group of people under him, and they know that he has a caravan, but they don't know how big it is.
"One more thing. The Qin family and the Yuchi family hope to increase their share of the caravan!" Li Mo said the difficult matter.
"It seems that there are still smart people." Li Xuan sneered lightly, and then said: "Tell them, you can give them half a percent each... No, half a percent is too much, and they will be more greedy. In this way, give them A total of half, as for who has more and who has less, they can discuss it themselves! And..."
Li Xuan raised her head: "Tell them that we are going to place some people in Jinwuwei and Chang'an and Wannian counties and let them help. Although the Qin family and the Yuchi family have declined, this small thing can still be done."
There was a glint in Li Xuan's eyes. At this time, Li Zhu on the side asked with some confusion: "Young Master, don't we already have people in Chang'an, Wannian County and Jinwu Guards? Why do we still need to deploy people?" .”
"Idiot, this is for others to see. If we want our actions to be smoother in Chang'an, we need more people to cover up." Li Mo understood what Li Xuan was thinking.
"But if that's the case, then why doesn't Young Master allow us to enter Luoyang?" Li Zhu asked in one sentence, and even Li Mo looked at Li Xuan.
Although their hidden power is already huge, Li Xuan has always prohibited them from entering Luoyang, and he doesn't even have a house in Luoyang.
"Because as long as we don't enter Luoyang, no one will take us seriously. Once we enter Luoyang, the situation will be completely different." Li Xuan waved her hands lightly and said, "If we don't enter Luoyang, then Nothing we do in other places will be known to others, and even if we do, someone will help me cover it up, but in Luoyang, everything will be magnified."
Li Zhu and Li Mo nodded in understanding, and Li Xuan continued: "Okay, let's find out all the information about Tianyin Sect. We will use it when we get to Wuzhou."
"Yes, Young Master!" Li Mo and Li Zhu immediately began to sort out the secret guard information from Wuzhou, Muzhou, Quzhou, Mingzhou, and Kuozhou sent by Zhao Gong.
Li Xuan sat alone on the chair. If nothing unexpected happened this time, the position of a governor of Wu should be available.
But Li Xuan was sure that he, the governor of the county, was just a decoration, and the real decision-maker was a powerful Wuzhou governor.
After Wang Fanglin was seriously injured, the court should quickly appoint a new governor. This person is the real decision-maker in Wuzhou.
Li Xuan has no interest in fighting for the rights of Wuzhou. At his age, I am afraid that he will have to practice for many years in the positions of governor in Xiazhou, military in Shangzhou, chief bookkeeper, and chief historian. Of course, he will not have the opportunity until he is almost thirty years old. A long history, and that will basically be ten years later.
Ten years later, it was too late, so Li Xuan seized the opportunity and refused to let it go.
"Young Master, there is an official report here. A Japanese caravan of more than 300 people has arrived in Mingzhou!" Li Mo handed an official report to Li Xuan.
"When the Japanese came to the Tang Dynasty, they had to go through the sea. It probably didn't come because of the Crown Prince's affairs. It seemed that the left prime minister beat Silla badly in March. They were afraid of another naval battle at Baijiangkou, and then the Tang army landed on the Japanese island, so There should be envoys from Japan who came here to test, but after hearing the news that the prince died of illness, they held back... The Japanese country is like this, and Silla will have to worry about it, because of internal and external troubles!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but shook his head. From time to time, someone in the court was spreading rumors of the prince's murder, which also caused the surrounding Turkic Tibet and Japanese Silla to become restless.
"Then shall our plan continue?" Li Mo raised his head worriedly.
"For some people, war is a good opportunity to make a fortune, but for us, peace in the world is the most important." Li Xuan shook her head slightly and said with a smile: "Go on, Japan and Silla have already been beaten. , they don’t dare to act recklessly, the plan to go to the southeast to sea is very important and must not be stopped.”
In the eyes of many people, Li Xuan did so much to revitalize the palace, but only he knew what he was doing!
I don't know how long it took, but there was a knock on the door, and Zhao Gong's voice sounded outside the door: "Dalang, there is news from the Prince of England's palace. The Princess of England has woken up and is fine for the time being!"
Inexplicably, Li Xuan breathed a long sigh of relief.
