"Your Majesty, our shortcoming now is that we have too few people in the court." Wang Tao sighed, if the prince has a large number of supporters in the court, why should he be afraid of the King of Shu.
"I have something to do, sir, and I want you to take a dip."
Wang Tao immediately bowed: "Please give me your instructions."
"You go to the capital immediately, take my king's token, and visit those neutral ministers. Even the prince's people can go and talk."
"I will give you one hundred thousand dollars."
"Remember, this matter must be kept secret and no one can know about it."
Wang Tao used the power of the Wang family in Taiyuan to bring money and food to Beijing to pave the way for Li Tai.
But Li Tai was in Jiangdong, but he didn't care about the deposing of the prince in the court.
What he does every day is to handle government affairs, inspect local army drills, and invite wealthy businessmen from all over the world to do business in Jiangdong.
He learned from Li Ke, opened a restaurant, and established various workshops...
He also attracted businessmen to join the team and invested 100,000 yuan to establish a commercial material transport fleet with nearly 500 large ships, whose functions were similar to those of the postal service.
But Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and Jiangdong no longer use the postal service for all large-scale commodities, but use their own caravans.
At the same time, Jiangdong was a major grain-producing area, and Li Tai attached great importance to agriculture. He built water conservancy projects and encouraged people to cultivate fields.
Although Li Tai has only been in office for a short time, the entire Jiangdong has already shown a prosperous scene.
Yue Wangfu.
"Not enough, this is not enough..."
Li Tai pondered, and the two women around him had been ignored by him for a long time.
Money is earned slowly, but spent like water. His palace's money is almost gone.
"What exactly is in the third child's mind?"
"Why did he get all the money-making stuff?"
At this moment, in front of him were glass, cement, perfume, as well as the powerful pills, refined salt, spirits...
There are all kinds of things, but every thing can make a lot of money. What troubles Li Tai is that he has spent countless money, food and time, and so far, he has not thoroughly researched anything.
"I've wasted so much money and food on these trash."
Li Tai punched the table angrily and stood up angrily.
At the moment, he can only make money based on the characteristics here, especially tea and silk. These are the two things he makes the most money from, but they are far behind compared to the things Li Ke has researched.
And tea is not as popular as Li Ke's.
"Come here, let the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Guard come to see me."
After one stick of incense.
The leader of the Tiger and Leopard Guard came to Li Tai, cupped his fists and said, "I have seen the prince."
"Choose twenty smart tiger and leopard guards, let them sneak into Chang'an City, and give me the method to make these items."
"Remember, no matter the cost."
"Subordinates take orders."
The leader of the Tiger and Leopard Guard thought for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want me to go there myself?"
Li Tai shook his head: "If this comes to light, you may have to break up with Lao San, so don't go. Once the mission fails, let them commit suicide and tell them that I will treat their families well."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"I asked my brother to personally lead the team."
Li Tai glanced at the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Guards appreciatively and nodded.
Afterwards, the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Guard turned around and left, arranging to go to Chang'an to steal the making methods of these things.
Li Tai stood in the room, clenched his fists after a long time, and said indifferently: "Third brother, I have worked very hard, why am I still not as good as you?"
"What exactly is this for?"
"But sooner or later, the person sitting there will be me, not you, who has the blood of the previous dynasty."
After a long time, Li Tai summoned another confidant, this man named Lin Bei.
He is younger than Wang Tao, but he is both civilized and military. He is from the Lin family in Quanzhou and has been called the Quanzhou prodigy since he was a child.
He has already participated in the imperial examination and won the first place in last year's imperial examination. However, he has a domineering personality. After learning that he had won the first place, he had some money in his hands, so he went to Wanhua Tower with his classmates to enjoy themselves.
He competed with others for an oiran in Wanhua Tower and spent a lot of money. Because Lin Bei was rich, he finally won the oiran's wife in Wanhua Tower. It turned out that the person who competed with him for oiran turned out to be the son of the official minister.
Later, when the imperial court arranged positions, he was assigned to a place as far away as Yangzhou. Those who were ranked behind him all worked in Chang'an.
His family hurriedly paid money to help him move around, but then they found out that he had offended the son of the official minister, and his family hurriedly brought him heavy gifts to apologize.
But he was kicked out by the Minister of Civil Affairs, and he almost faced a lawsuit for bribery. After all, the Lin family in Quanzhou was just a general business family and had no connections in Chang'an.
Later, he also visited the King of Shu, but he did not see him. He could only obey the court's arrangements and go to Yangzhou to serve as a seventh-rank official in the army.
The local military recorder is an official subordinate to the prince and the general. He has the right to impeach local officials, which is equivalent to the central censor. But for him, impeaching his boss is a joke.
He was tricked by someone, and he finally understood that if there was no one in the government, he should not be an official. Even if he was an official, he had to keep his tail between his legs.
After the King of Yue arrived in Yangzhou, Lin Bei, at the family's request, took the money and went to join Li Tai.
When Li Tai saw that Lin Bei had given him a lot and was the top candidate in the imperial examination, he immediately brought Lin Bei to the Prince of Yue's Mansion and became the chief historian of the Prince of Yue's Mansion, assisting the prince.
Now, Lin Bei has truly become the confidant of the King of Yue.
The entire business of Prince Yue's Mansion is in charge of Lin Bei, and all officials of Prince Yue's Mansion also obey Lin Bei's orders.
"Lin Bei, you go and do something. Send an invitation letter to my king, inviting merchants from all over the world to come to our Jiangdong to do business. I personally promise to provide all conveniences."
"Also, I am planning to do maritime business with Japan and Goguryeo..."
"Of course, there are also coastal states and counties."
"The king is ready to send the fleet to sea."
Lin Bei frowned, and then said quickly: "Your Highness, I am from Quanzhou, close to the sea. When I was young, I went to the sea with my father. The sea is unpredictable and dangerous. Once you encounter a storm, it will be all over and you will lose all your money." .”
"But from maritime trade, if you return safely, you can definitely make a lot of money."
"Your Highness, our boat is too small and the cargo it can haul is small. If so, we won't be able to sail out to sea."
Li Tai knew that the money earned by going overseas would definitely be double, or even several times higher than that earned inland. Datang's goods were very popular in those countries.
Especially if you take out the colored glaze, perfume, and refined salt, you will definitely not be short of money.
"I will take care of the ship matter. You go and spread the news first."
"Yes, Your Highness, I will go right now."
Lin Bei was also very excited. If His Highness could really get a big ship like the one used by North Korea and China Post, it would be no problem to go to sea and make money.
It's just that those boats were built by Lao San, and Lao San would never give them to him, or even buy them. So, he could only write a memorial to the emperor and ask the court to allocate a few ships for him.
The memorial was written very sincerely, and everything was for the sake of the local people and the coming of the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty.
Biquge
