Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Songtsan Gampo and Shang Xiang looked at each other, and the joy in their eyes could be seen. This is... great!

Although they have rivers in Tubo, no one knows how to build any boats. After they came to the Jieri Dynasty, the people who crossed the river were also captured from the local area and helped them build some small boats.

They don't understand how to build ships and docks and ports. Before Songtsan Gampo promised Li Ke, they just wanted to arrest people to help him build them.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even need to spend this money!

Map of the Tang Dynasty in 639 AD.

And more importantly, he can now get his supplies faster.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Songtsan Gambo stood up and saluted Li Ke. He felt that he could only say these four words now.

Li Ke also stood up, stretched out his hand and patted Songtsan Gampo's shoulder, and said lightly, "Xiaosong, this king likes to make money if he doesn't like anything else. In life, eating, drinking and having fun is the essence. It’s meaningless if you don’t bring royal power, wealth, and honor to life or death. The most important thing is to live happily and play happily.”

"So, as long as I don't stop me from making money, I can be friends with anyone, but if someone stops me from making money, then there is an old saying in China, that cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents. The revenge of killing one's father must be avenged." of."

Li Shimin: "..."

Songtsan Gampo hurriedly said, "It is my honor to be able to make money for His Highness."

"Don't worry, as a person I like to make money, I like to cooperate with others for a win-win situation. We all win together. This is the kingly way. Although I said that I am making money, you are also making money, right? For example, these lands, the people on the land, all of them It's your Komatsu's wealth."

"And I just like gold and silver. How about this? I'm not afraid to tell you that before I came, I went to Zhenwa and other places to discuss business with them, such as rice and other grains, which can be exchanged for silk from my Tang Dynasty. The price is about forty stones of rice. Exchange for a bolt of silk."

"But with you, I can give you 30 shi at this price! It doesn't matter whether you exchange it with rice or gold and silver." Li Ke said calmly, "Sackcloth, silk, tea, porcelain, I only charge [-]% of your real wax price."

After Songtsan Gampo was stunned for a moment, his whole face was full of ecstasy. He knew how cheap food was in Jieri Dynasty. If it was in the past, he would not have dared to think about this price, because Tubo was also poor. The price of grain is even more expensive than that of Datang.

But after coming here, Songtsan Gampo found that the price of food here was ridiculously low, and the key point was that the silk cloth and porcelain of the Tang Dynasty were ridiculously expensive.

In the early stage, he used the silk that Li Ke sold to him at a low price in exchange for a large amount of grain here.

Now he has no shortage of food. Of course, the slaves in Tubo must be short of food, but those slaves can eat highland barley, and they want to eat rice?Of course, the rice is to be exchanged for these materials with His Highness first, and then used to earn a lot of gold and silver.

As for the food, he can exchange it with the Gundam Kingdom or the Chaluqi Dynasty, and he can earn a lot of food back for himself.

With this food, he can emigrate more slaves, and these slaves can help him stabilize his rule here.

"Moreover, I can even sell you arrows, iron arrow arrows, and some war horses." Li Ke suddenly said again.

Songtsan Gampo didn't know what to do. If His Royal Highness Qin Wang wanted to do this, even if he was asked to call him Dad, he would be willing to call him Dad.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I, Tubo, is Datang's most loyal ally." Songtsan Gampo said in a deep voice.

"It doesn't matter." Li Ke patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and then said in a flat tone: "It doesn't matter whether you Tubo and Tang Dynasty are loyal allies or not, as long as you don't block me from making money, you Tubo If it is unfavorable to my Tang Dynasty, it is not my business, Li Ke, it is the business of the countless generals of the Tang Dynasty."

"At that time, they will naturally destroy you, and it has nothing to do with me, as long as you help me make money."

Songtsan Gampo paused for a moment. He suddenly thought that the person in front of him was neither the prince nor the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It seemed normal to have such thoughts.

It would be great if His Royal Highness King Qin was the prince of the Tang Dynasty and could inherit the throne, then they would be able to buy more good things from the Tang Dynasty.

"I will ask someone to give you a price list later. At that time, the trade will be at the place where the river flows into the sea. Of course, if you can't keep these places, then the trade between us can also be done." It's over." Li Ke said lightly.

"Your Highness, don't worry, if I can't bear this little territory, how can I have the honor to help you make money?" Songtsan Gampo took a deep breath and said.

"Personally, I think that after you took down Rajagha, you must already have some war horses in your hand, but cavalry is not so easy to form. You can properly form some cavalry troops to enter the territory of Jieri Dynasty to harass, just like Murong Shun in your It’s like what happened in Tubo.”

"In this way, firstly, you will train your cavalry unit, and secondly, you will weaken the enemy's strength, so that they will not gather easily and give you more time to digest your own territory." Li Ke gave him another suggestion.

In this way, you can attract most of the army of the Jieri Dynasty. When I go to the other side of the Indian Peninsula, when the pirates under Monobe Village attack that piece of land, the troops will naturally be empty.

Indian peninsula layout

……

When Li Ke was painting Songtsan Gampo, in Chang'an, thousands of miles away, Li Shimin was lost in thought while looking at the map in front of him.

There are two maps in front of him, the first map was sent back first.

The map of the Datang Lingnan Road and Yazhou and other islands in the south is drawn on it, and then there is an extra Luzon Island on the map.

When the map was sent, it also included a memorial from Li Ke, which said that the land area of ​​Datang had expanded, and the island was officially included in the territory of Datang, named Luzon Island, and said that it was found on the island. It is estimated that there are at least 500 tons of reserves.

Li Shimin already knew the unit of ton, which is about 16 shi and closer to 17 shi.In other words, there are 8000 stones of gold here!

Yaqianshi, what a concept!

It's just that Li Shimin just digested this map not long ago, and not long ago, he received the second map sent over.

But this time, the Linyi Kingdom on the map no longer exists, and it has become Xianglinyi County of the Tang Dynasty... It is said that the king's family of Linyi Kingdom is on their way to Chang'an to plead guilty.

The point is, Datang won Lin Yiguo, and then demanded 1000 million shi of grain compensation from Zhenwa? !And about in the next two years, at least 4000 million stone rice will be transported from Zhenwa to Datang? !

Li Shimin is completely stupid, 4000 million shi rice? !What a concept.

Calculating the time, half a month has passed since I got the second map. This...will the third map also come? !