Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although it felt like Li Yuan was bragging without drafting, it was a pity that Chu Mo had no evidence.

After thinking for a while, he said: "In that case, I will leave this matter to you, the Emperor. I will wait here for your good news."

"No need, I will just call the traitor over. You just need to speak clearly to him in front of me."

Without waiting for Chu Mo's answer, Li Yuan directly called Li Shimin over: "I just made it clear to Chu Mo that you should directly follow his request and set aside an area on Lingnan Road for him to govern."

"Within ten years, everything in Chu Mo's territory, including taxes, will be taken care of by him. After ten years, the court will only levy a symbolic autumn grain tax and half-year commercial tax every year, and Chu Mo will take care of the rest. deal with."

"In addition, I also promised to let him recruit voluntary migrants from all over the Tang Dynasty in the name of the imperial court for a period of six months. After half a year, all registered people can go to Lingnan Road at any time and come under the jurisdiction of Chu Mo No prefectures along the way are allowed to obstruct us under any pretext."

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin was a little dumbfounded. He looked at his father in disbelief and really wanted to ask: Are you serious?

But meeting Li Yuan's firm gaze, Li Shimin knew that even if he asked, it would be in vain. His father had already made up his mind, and if he didn't obey, he would only be humiliating himself.

Trying to suppress the anger in his heart, Li Shimin gritted his silver teeth and said to the front man: "Chu Mo, how much land do you want and where do you want it to be?"

Seeing that Li Shimin compromised so easily, Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, then became happy:

"Oh, my beloved Emperor, why are you so polite? I was just joking with the Supreme Emperor, but I didn't expect you to take it seriously."

"However, those who do this to your emperor are usually just words of wisdom. If I don't want to, then I will be said to be deceiving the emperor. For the sake of my own life, then I have no choice but to obey."

After saying that, Chu Mo ignored Li Shimin's cannibalistic gaze, took the "Complete Map of Lingnan Kanyu" handed over by Wang Dehai, and swiped his finger.

Panzhou (today's Gaozhou City), Luozhou (today's Lianjiang City), Leizhou (today's Leizhou City), and the three states were directly included.

"I want this place. Don't worry. I've done the math with someone. This wilderness is worth about 4800 million taels."

"As for the remaining 1200 million taels of silver, let's use this to pay for it."

With that said, Chu Mo pointed directly at Hainan Island.

Looking at the location pointed by Chu Mo, Li Shimin and Li Yuan fell into silence at the same time.

According to their understanding, the place Chu Mo wanted was not only an inaccessible part of Lingnan Road, but also surrounded by the sea on three sides and surrounded by countless poisonous insects and beasts.

Although the climate there is pleasant, strong winds blow from the sea from June to September every year, destroying the surrounding crops and buildings.

Although they didn't know what Chu Mo's purpose was in choosing the territory there, both father and son knew that once the other party went there, it would be impossible for him to rise in a short time.

However, this may also be a guarantee Chu Mo gave them, guaranteeing that he had absolutely no ambitions and just wanted to stick to his performance in a corner.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan nodded vaguely to Li Shimin, asking him to agree to Chu Mo's request.

Seeing that his father allowed him to agree, Li Shimin pretended for a while and then said: "Since my father has promised to double compensation for your losses, and you have also chosen land worth 6000 million taels, then naturally I will not break the agreement. At this time Let’s just settle it.”

"Wait a minute, my Majesty the Emperor, I have just selected the territory and negotiated the migration. I have not yet finalized some other details."

"For example, how do we do business with each other in the future? How do we ensure that you do not infringe on my rights and interests in my territory? What should I do if officials from the Tang Dynasty come to my place to dominate and dictate?"

"Of course, the most important thing is that you need to find someone to help me build a road from Chang'an directly to there, so that I can quickly move my subjects there."

Li Yuan and Li Shimin were once again shocked by Chu Mo's shamelessness.

"Chu Mo, regarding the things you mentioned earlier, I will ask officials from the six ministries to negotiate with you later. As for road construction, this is impossible. This road is for your own use. You should find a way on your own. I don't think so. Maybe I’ll agree.”

Li Shimin did not wait for Li Yuan's instructions this time and refused directly.

Chu Mo was not surprised at Li Shimin's rejection. He blinked and said, "Five million taels. Your Majesty, if you build this road, I will give you 500 million taels."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and was overjoyed, but he pretended to be embarrassed: "No, 500 million taels is too little. You don't know, there are thousands of miles from Chang'an to Lingnan Road, so just 500 million taels is not enough." Road construction, you are talking about gold."

"Haha, Li Er, am I too disrespectful to you? Five million taels is not enough for you? Why do you still have thousands of miles of land?"

"Chang'an already has the pipeline on Lingnan Road. You just need to do a little maintenance, and then help me open a road directly from the original pipeline to my territory. If 500 million taels is not enough, then I will not repair it. I won’t talk about this anymore than business, you’d better pay the money.”

Well. . .Li Shimin didn't expect that Chu Mo would fall out directly, and he didn't know what to say.

Li Yuan on the side was caught by Chu Mo when he saw his unfilial son say a few words, and immediately said with a smile: "Don't worry, little friend, Shimin was just in a daze just now and said the wrong thing. I hope you will." Don’t be surprised, friends, I agreed to this matter for him.”

Seeing that one of the father and son was playing the bad guy and the other was playing the red face, Chu Mo snorted coldly and said: "In that case, the matter is settled, but I have one last request."

"That is, I will exchange silver for 500 million copper coins according to the official exchange rate of the Tang Dynasty."

"You also know that I started as a merchant. I won't say that I am as rich as the country, but it is more than enough to buy half of Chang'an."

After speaking, Chu Mo glanced at the red-faced father and son and continued: "As for me, I don't even know how much money I have in my hands, but I don't have many copper coins."

"I'm worried that when I develop my territory, I won't have enough copper coins to distribute rewards and wages to the people under my rule, so I want to exchange some copper coins with your officialdom. Otherwise, you can't ask me to reward everyone with silver coins, right?"

After the father and son looked at each other, Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's true, but now 500 million taels can't be exchanged for 500 million copper coins."