Chapter 256: The Role of the Spice Island "My father knows these truths, but ......"
Li Shimin said a little unashamedly: "Zhen'er, you don't know, this Yuwen family was a rival with our Li family in the former Sui Dynasty, and it has been difficult with our family many times, and even my father himself has suffered in the hands of Yu Wenhua, so for the Yuwen family, my father and I are very unwelcome, if I can, I won't see it, even Yuwen Shi and my father rarely summon him." ” "These sons are also clear, but Yu Wenhua Dragon is different."
Of course, Li Zhen knew how disgusted Li Shimin was with the Yuwen family, in fact, as long as he came from that era, he didn't have a good impression of the Yuwen family.
But Yu Wenhua Long is different, he actually has much to do with Yuwen Clan: "First of all, Yu Wenhua Long is more than seventy years this year, and there are no more years to live, and secondly, Yu Wenhua Dragon is a side branch of Yuwen Clan, and he went to sea and did not return during the Great Cause Year, and has little to do with the Yuwen Clan who killed the lord, and his only hope now is to find his family in the past......
Father, this is a more typical example of falling leaves returning to their roots, it would be a pity to give up like this. ” "There is some truth in what you said......
Li Shimin pondered for a moment before he said: "That's it, I will see him once, and I should fulfill his wish before he dies." ” "Thank you, Father."
Li Zhen said gratefully, and the thing that he promised Yu Wenhua Dragon was finally done.
"By the way......"
Li Shimin suddenly changed his previous disgust, and showed an interested expression: "But compared to Yu Wenhualong, I am more interested in......
What's going on with that spice island?
Zhen'er, you don't seem to mention it in your report, can you tell us about it?
” "Uh......
Actually, there is nothing that cannot be said.
Li Zhen looked at Li Shimin's expression, where did she not understand what he was thinking?
"Since the name of the Spice Islands has spices, as the name suggests, it is naturally an archipelago rich in spices, and it is full of all kinds of spices, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, pepper, etc......
What's wrong with you, Father?
Why is it that all the harazi is flowing out?
Li Zhen just made a start, but when he looked up, Li Shimin's face was full of expressions of 'I really want to see' and 'I really want', and what is even more exaggerated is that I don't know what he thought of, but his saliva flowed out, and fortunately there were only two people in the house, otherwise Li Shimin's image would be spread out, and his reputation as emperor would be lost.
"Oh......"
Li Shimin woke up, wiped the transparent liquid from the corner of his mouth casually, and then looked at Li Zhen with a 'smile' and asked, "Zhen'er, have you seen anything?"
” "Forehead ......"
Li Zhen, who was originally snickering, suddenly appeared on his forehead, and the murderous aura implied in Li Shimin's words was too strong, Li Zhen didn't dare to offend, and even his head immediately shook like a rattle: "No, Erchen was pretending to sleep just now, and he didn't see anything just now, so my father can rest assured." ” "Good."
Li Shimin was satisfied: "Let's go on, how big is this spice island, and how much spice can it produce every year?"
” "To be honest, this retainer doesn't know."
Li Zhen shook her head helplessly: "The Spice Islands are very large, there are more than 1,000 islands recorded on the sea chart alone, and there are as many as three that can rank among the top 100 islands in the world......
With such a large island area, the spices produced on it are absolutely amazing, and the ministers are ashamed to stay on Lilac Island for only ten days, and even Lilac Island is just a corner of the exploration, and if you want to completely explore the entire Spice Islands, it also requires the power of the imperial court, and it is impossible to complete it by relying on individuals alone. ” Li Zhen's answer was unsatisfactory reasonably, but in Li Shimin's ears, it seemed to hear the sound of heaven: "Okay, great, it's good that the investigation is not completed, it's better to explore a corner......"
"Hehe......"
For Li Shimin, who fell into a fantasy situation, Li Zhen could only express her contempt with a dry smile.
Li Shimin couldn't be clearer about what he was thinking, as he said before, the price of spices in Datang is very expensive, and if all of them are developed, Datang will never be short of money in the future - note, after the development of Spice Island, there will be no shortage of money.
In fact, the current Datang is very short of money, very short of money, and the treasury is already in deficit.
This is also a matter of no choice, after the commercial reform of Datang, although the tax revenue has increased a lot, but the completion of the commercial reform has not been many years, the annual tax revenue is only twenty or thirty million yuan, excluding the annual expenditure, there is not much money left in the treasury.
But now Datang is at war with Tianzhu, which requires a lot of money, and the development of Nanyang requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as the annual consumption of the local area.
Without Li Zhen's own investigation, he knew that the current Tang Dynasty was only afraid that it was about to be driven crazy by money, and it urgently needed a lot of money, otherwise the Tang Dynasty would definitely consume its savings before the next tax collection was collected.
And if there is no addition, the Tang Dynasty will usher in the first bankruptcy in its history.
A country goes bankrupt......
First of all, social turmoil is inevitable, and the quality of life of the people will inevitably decline, and that's it, I'm afraid that the rise of the diehards will hinder the further development of Datang, which is absolutely fatal to the future of Datang.
This is also the reason why as soon as the civil and military officials heard the news of Borneo, they immediately rushed to the top to immigrate - in addition to the fact that the imperial court has indeed been unable to complete the immigration of Borneo through official means, the more important reason is that they hope to transfer part of the domestic pressure through this method, and at the same time, it can be regarded as an explanation to the domestic people, enhance their confidence in the country, and what happens to the country in the future, and lose confidence in the country......
The same is true of the Spice Islands, and compared to Borneo, the Spice Islands will make money faster, after all, this is an archipelago that produces spices, and there is no need for development, only need to send a fleet to collect more spices on it, and it is a considerable amount of money to transport it back to Datang.