Chapter 367: A Big Cake Li Mingxin is not wrong at all, in fact, the navigation trade of Datang is now very developed, and the sea is full of merchant ships from Datang, according to last month's statistical data, the average number of ships staying in Yuezhou Port per day has exceeded 100, and this number is gradually increasing - the 100 here are all big ships that can sail in the ocean, and those small fishing boats and small passenger ships have not been counted.
These ships travel between Nanyang, Borneo, Luzon and the Tang Dynasty, transporting rare treasures from overseas, but the sea is not safe, black and black situations occur from time to time, and a large number of warships are needed everywhere to escort - you can imagine what a big market this is, not to mention Liu Renliang and his Yuezhou fleet, even if he equips Liu Renliang with a few more fleets, he can't eat such a big cake.
Not to mention anything else, just the above three overseas territories, feeding three or five fleets is like playing, and it is not difficult to come to seven or eight, if you count the Spice Islands and Tianzhu, even if you multiply the fleet of this number by two, the profit in this is enough to feed them.
And even better, this business can only be done by the navy, unless those merchants have their own armed merchant ships, otherwise this is the exclusive business of the navy, and others can only watch and stare at it, but there is no way to snatch it.
This is also the reason why Li Zhen dared to set up so many fleets along the coast, after all, as long as the imperial court put up a shelf, the navy itself could support itself - but this also had a drawback, that is, it would lead to a stronger independence of the navy, and it might even break away from the imperial court under the control of ambitious people.
But this is the least worrying thing for Li Zhen and the imperial court, because the navy is a branch of the army that pays attention to firepower and is very supplied, which means that they always need the supply of cannonballs, and the line of cannonball supply is just in the hands of the imperial court.
As long as the imperial court does not build arsenals overseas or in coastal areas, even if the navy has defected, there is no supply and no place to stop, and they will eventually have only one way to go, that is, to wait for death at sea, and once their shells are exhausted, the imperial court can easily destroy them by sending a fleet at will.
"The chief of staff is right."
Next to Li Daoyun also chuckled and added: "Today's sea is not calm, although the great maritime trade has only been launched for a long time, but there has been a situation of black eating black on the sea, some time ago, Poor Dao also heard that a fleet returned from the South China Sea disappeared in the South China Sea, and their goods were taken out and sold by another trading house from the fleet - you must know that the trading house is specialized in the Luzon line."
You can imagine how chaotic the sea is, but warships and firearms are heavy weapons of the military state, and they are not allowed to be held by the people, which means that if they want to sail safely on the sea, they can only ask for warships to escort - but the Dengzhou fleet is far to the north, and this business is all occupied by the Yuezhou fleet, and in order to sail smoothly, those merchant ship bosses have stepped on the threshold of the Yuezhou fleet.
But there are too many orders, and Liu Renliang can't take them at all, which leads to some ship owners who can't wait to take the risk of sailing alone, and as a result, they are often eaten by their peers, which is really unsafe.
Therefore, you don't have to worry about the lack of business at all, just one Liu Renliang can't eat such a big piece of cake, we can not only make money by joining in, but also ensure the interests of businessmen, but also can carry out all kinds of sea state training on the way to escort and enhance our combat quality, which is really a triple win. ” "Smack!"
Cheng Chuliang's blood boiled when he was said, he clapped his hands vigorously, and said loudly: "Okay, since you all said so, let's do the same, since Liu Renliang can do it, it doesn't make sense that we can't do it, and when we go back, we will start to take over the business - Ge Laozi, we not only have to do it, but also do it big, and grab business with the Yuezhou fleet, it's best to grab all their business, that's the best." ” "That's all you need."
Li Mingxin said with a smile: "But it is estimated that it is impossible to snatch Liu Renliang's business, unless you can unite a few more fleets to reduce the price together, there is a little possibility, but not to mention that you don't have so many fleets, just say that the price reduction is also harmful to others and yourself, after all, it is easy to reduce the price, but it is difficult to raise the price again, this is purely to destroy the market, there is really no need for this." ” "Let's not talk about that, let's hurry ashore."
Cheng Chuliang thought about it for a while, and finally remembered what was going on, and said with a little worry: "I don't know what the loss of Lilac Island is, this kid Zhang Cambodia was killed by the enemy, master, I came to save him with all my might, but I can't come in vain." ” He and Zhang Cambodia used to work under Li Zhen, and the two even partnered once, and the relationship was still very good, if Zhang Cambodia died like this, he would be very sad.
"Don't worry, the resistance on the port hasn't stopped before we came, and there is a high probability that Governor Zhang is still alive, after all, he is the supreme governor of Lilac Island, and there is no reason to die in the period of comparison.
It's just a pity that the dock was burned, otherwise it would have been much easier for us to land, if only we could have come a day earlier.
Looking at the wharf where only a piece of wreckage remained, Li Mingxin was a little depressed, if there was a wharf, it would be very simple to land warships or unload merchant ships.
But now it can't be done, you have to use small boats to send to the island little by little, the warship is a little better, as long as people go up, but there are a lot of high-quality goods on the merchant ship - for example, this time Lingnan sent a lot of machinery and equipment to Lilac Island, there are steel smelters, there are also cement firing equipment, these are very heavy quality goods, originally through the crane on the dock and other heavy unloading machinery is very simple, but now with the destruction of the wharf, these machinery are almost destroyed.
Without a dock, it can only be transported by small boats, but the loading capacity of small boats is limited, and these machinery may have to be disassembled, which is very troublesome.
"Leave that alone, let the boat be prepared, and we'll go up with the marines, doctors, and medicines first."
Of course, Cheng Chuliang knew that the next unloading was very troublesome, but he had no choice, but the top priority was not these goods, the island was full of gunsmoke, there must have been a tragic battle before, and the wounded would definitely not be too few, so nothing matters at the moment, doctors and medicines are important to the group - of course, there are likely to be remnants of the enemy on the island who have been killed by intensive bombing, so the role of the Marine Corps is also very important, and it is also necessary to go up.