With full of bad taste, Li Ning wrote a reply to Emperor Zhao Zhen that night.
However, he did not allow the tails to participate. There was no excuse to stop them, but another excuse to let them go home to say goodbye to their relatives, because Li Ning wanted to take them to follow Alexander in the north and south.
This idea scares many people.
At least, Lu Xiaqing lost her mind immediately.
At that time, the young man named Su Mian was eager to try it.
Li Ning was very happy to discover such a monster like him.
Therefore, he is prepared to train him as a confidant.
A few days later, the projects on both sides of the light curtain have made some progress.
Pang Ji's official reply to the emperor was rushed to Bianjing six hundred miles away.
Li Ning's plan was implemented extremely smoothly by all parties.
But his plan is not over yet.
Five days later, there was a group of people in Puyane's manor.
This big food merchant who lived in the Song Dynasty was led by Li Ning, so he immediately warmly entertained him.
"Brother Li, you and I stole the show during the Light Curtain War. It's just that you've been so busy recently that I can't even treat you to a celebration drink for my brother.
When Li Ning heard him calling him brother, he immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, that's wrong! We have a life-long friendship, so a celebratory drink is nothing. When we become prosperous in the future, why can't we celebrate?"
Pu Yana immediately imitated the Song Dynasty people and said with a smile: "What the wise brother said is absolutely true! It's just that the foolish brother didn't see it. Where will the wealth be in the future?"
"Far away in the horizon, close in front of you." Li Ning patted his chest, but saw that the tails were writing furiously, and he just wanted to borrow your pen to tell the powerful people about the matter, so he continued, "Brother, do you know In the Song Dynasty, commerce was prosperous, but copper coins were not minted enough. Therefore, iron coins were used in Fujian, Sichuan and Shu, and even Jiaozi banknotes were approved during the Tiansheng period."
"Brother, you asked me to mint copper coins privately. This is illegal!"
"My brother is confused. What profit can be made from copper coins? Only copper mines can be found! Brother, I know Mayi. There are several large copper mines there. Although they are not as good as Raozhou in the Song Dynasty, fortunately there is still a share of Kaijiang. The work of expanding the soil is waiting for us.”
"Hiss!" Pu Yane and the tails taking notes all gasped.
Su Yan even reminded in a low voice: "This may be a national war and requires the permission of the imperial court!"
Li Ning actually just wanted to say that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but due to the existence of the tail, he was not so bold.
But Su Yan's reminder directly made him furious.
"Quanzhou is more than a thousand miles away from Bianjing. We have to wait for the court's reply on everything, so we might as well not fight these two battles."
Su Yan remained silent.
Ever since the light curtain happened in Quanzhou, nearby states and counties have been paying attention to what's going on here. So some news spreads very quickly.
Li Ning's performance in the Battle of Granicas River has long been promoted as a legend everywhere.
In particular, the "Mangu evil" tactic immediately became a research topic for many martial arts practitioners, and even the monks from Southern Shaolin got involved.
In this heated context, if Li Ning publicly declared that he regretted fighting those two battles, I wonder how many people would suspect that the court was unfair to him.
However, Su Yan is a straight person, putting aside human feelings, and will not do such things as being unfaithful to others.
Therefore, he still reminded: "Sir, you can't bully the court into being kind. If he turns his face, it's us who will suffer."
Li Ning's heart felt warm. This kid was smart and sophisticated, but also a bit old-fashioned. He was indeed a masculine figure.
So he stopped being secretive and revealed his trump card: "Don't be afraid, we have 20,000 mercenaries. This is not the establishment of the Imperial Song Dynasty."
Su Mian was speechless now.
Pu Yane, who was on the side, understood: "Are you going to let them go mining?"
"That's right. Twenty thousand people can't all stay together. I'll draw five thousand people to build a city around the light curtain. Three thousand people will be used as caravan guards, one thousand people will go to the shipyard to help. Six thousand people will go to the opposite Ryugu Island. Go to farm and train. The remaining five thousand are responsible for helping you conquer Mayi. But you must remember it. Their command is in my hands, and you and I are both officials of the Song Dynasty. So after Mayi is successful, , the flag of our Emperor Song must fly there first."
"Understood, I understand."
"My elder brother is really a happy person. But my younger brother is careless. There is a more troublesome thing that needs to be done by my brother."
"Just tell me, as long as it's profitable, Brother Yu, I'm willing to do it."
"Okay! I have two shipbuilding design skills, one navigation skill, and one positioning method that can help us navigate the world. I will use this as capital and hold 50% of the shares to establish a joint venture with my brother. However, my brother needs to provide the following Resources serve as capital. Every two years at least a group of gastronomy scholars can learn ancient Greek; a group of shipbuilders can at least make soft sails."
"The soft sail is the secret of great food."
"Don't worry. You will not become Dashi's betrayer. On the contrary, if you help us stop Alexander, then Dashi will avoid the fate of thirteen hundred years ago!"
These words startled Pu Yana. He immediately stood up and swore to heaven: "In the name of Allah, for the sake of Islam, I am willing to partner with the devil, let alone my brother!"
"Then it's a deal! Mayi's matter is the company's first sale."
"Okay!" Pu Yana responded, watching Li Ning get up and disappear into the sunlight in front of the hall door.
On the same day, a small shop near Xunmen in the south of Quanzhou City changed its sign. The original porcelain shop has been bought and replaced by a seafood shop named "Citong Trading Company" on the door plaque.
However, this small shop is a bit inconspicuous after all.
Compared to another business firm funded by Pang Ji and other officials and wealthy businessmen, he was not even a small business.
Since they are all high-profile figures, it is not convenient for anyone to show up for management. As a result, Li Ning became the nominal shopkeeper of this firm, and even the name was chosen by him.
Light Curtain Trading Company.
As the name suggests, the business of this firm is mostly related to light curtains.
However, when Li Ning quietly flipped through the account books, he was shocked to discover that the major shareholder of this trading company was not Pang Ji or the transportation department he led, nor the general command department, but multiple Changping warehouses in Fujian.
Changpingcang is a place where grain is stored to prepare for disasters. We purchase grain in good years and open warehouses to provide relief in disaster years, but we don’t know how much moldy rice we have in our hands.
They heard that the Macedonian king was fighting everywhere, so they wanted to get some money back from the hungry war people to make up for some shortfalls, so they fell in love with this business.
However, from the perspective of future generations, their shareholding ratio is not high, only about 10%. However, there were too many officials and wealthy businessmen involved, and those who could account for half of the total were only a handful. Therefore, the reckless actions of the major Changping warehouses quickly aroused discussion in Fujian official circles.
This was unexpected by Li Ning.
He didn't want to work for the borers.
So he had to find another way and wrote a letter to the emperor about the benefits of the light curtain.
At this point, larger examples begin to be established.
Of course, Li Ning couldn't let Pang Ji suffer, so the voice of split quickly spread in Guangmu Trading Company.
Just when Alexander sent troops to attack Lydia, the officials, wealthy businessmen, and wealthy families who did not want to be associated with Chang Pingcang each withdrew their capital and established another Silk Road Trading Company, with Li Ning still serving as the shopkeeper and naming it.
At the same time, the Department of Punishment and Prisons also launched an investigation into corruption in major Chang Ping warehouses.
Someone in the imperial court heard about it and took it very seriously. Unfortunately, the central figure in the matter, Li Ning, had already brought his tail, caravans, mercenaries, Forbidden Army soldiers, and rewards from the Battle of the Granicas River in the Song Dynasty. The latest official title, a certain amount of reward, as well as 20 Russian gold rewarded by Alexander, 30 female slaves, 400 slave craftsmen who are good at making bows and arrows, 500 children responsible for herding, and 60 elite retinues, plus followers His younger brother Ptolemy, who was recuperating from his injuries and learning Chinese, began his mighty journey south.
