Goguryeo
Li Xiang and Su Dingfang are standing at the port at this moment. A large amount of supplies shipped back from Fuso are unloaded here and then transferred to the country. A part of them are directly shipped to the country by ship.
"We've only conquered two states. If we conquer the entire Fusang, it's hard to imagine how much stuff we'll be able to bring back. I can't believe Fusang is so rich, it's all gold and silver."
Seeing the soldiers struggling, Su Dingfang knew that the things inside were not light. After opening it, they were shining with gold. He had thought that these things would not exist in those remote places, but he did not expect that several ships had been transported back. Could it be that our previous ideas were all wrong?
"I've told you before that there are many wealthy places overseas. Our Tang Dynasty is one of the richest places in the world, but there are other places even richer than ours. So let us work hard to develop our navy so that we can capture all the wealthy places. In the future, we will be the only ones who can rule the world."
Li Xiang had said this many times before, but unfortunately no one in the country believed it. Even if someone nodded, it was because of his power, not because they truly believed it in their hearts.
But the situation is different now. At the beginning, what was pulled back were grains and some other supplies. Even if those things were valuable, they were not worth fighting a war for. But now what is pulled back are precious metals. There are not even so many precious metals in the treasury of the Tang Dynasty.
In the 21st century, Li Xiang once looked up information and found that Fuso was indeed a producer of precious metals in ancient times. The reason why Toyotomi Hideyoshi was successful was because he controlled several mining areas, otherwise he would not have become the king of Fuso.
After people from other countries learned about this situation, they continued to use various commodities to buy precious metals in Fuso and made a lot of money. By the time the people of Fuso realized what was happening, all the precious metals in the country had been bought up.
Now no one knows that Li Xiang has created a time difference, and Li Xiang does not plan to make money through trade, but to rob directly, which is the simplest and fastest way. Why have Western countries been rich for so many years? Some people say that Western countries are smarter. In fact, this is complete nonsense. It is purely because they accumulated huge wealth in the colonial wars, which made them walk at the forefront of all human beings.
Although many scientific achievements were made by them, without a large amount of funds to support them, no matter how smart their brains were, they would not be able to research much in the end. Li Xiang saw this very carefully, so in this case, Li Xiang was also prepared to make us a rich man.
"Your Highness, rest assured. From now on, we will fight wherever you point us. This time, there will be absolutely no doubts. But we will just watch from here. I also want to go to Fuso to take a look. It's so hard for the navy warships to go out to sea now, but..."
Su Dingfang said with some envy. It had been agreed earlier that this guy, as Li Xiang's guard general, could only follow Li Xiang. If he went out to sea, it would violate Li Shimin's imperial edict. After all, Li Xiang was only a logistics general and had no chance to go to Fuso.
"Don't worry. We definitely can't leave here for now, but if we send more things to Chang'an City, then we might have a chance. Now the memorial has been sent to Chang'an, it depends on whether it is approved or not."
Su Dingfang originally wanted to complain and had never thought about having the opportunity to go to Fuso, but from what Li Xiang said, did it seem like he had already softened his stance?
"Your Highness, are you thinking about something again? I was just complaining casually. Please don't let this matter affect the current situation. This is a rare opportunity for us."
It was Su Dingfang who was complaining, but it was also this guy who was unwilling to change the current situation. He knew that it was very difficult to have the current situation. Li Xiang went to the Golden Palace to plead for Cheng Yaojin, which almost broke the situation. Therefore, everyone would restrain their desires and never think about breaking the existing situation.
"Don't worry. I'm not a child who knows nothing. We need to maintain a balance with the imperial court. This balance was hard-won. How could I possibly break it? A lot of things were sent over. I would say a lot of things were damaged. I would say that the two generals are not good at sorting out these things. We have experience. I know my grandfather well."
When Li Xiang said this, he deliberately looked around to see if there was anyone around. If there was someone around and Li Shimin heard this, Li Xiang would probably be scolded again when he returned to Chang'an. Su Dingfang also knew something about the emperor. As long as it could make money for the court, some things would be allowed.
While Li Xiang and Su Dingfang were chatting, Chang'an City also received the first batch of supplies shipped back from Fuso. At this moment, Li Shimin was standing happily in front of the Qinzheng Hall, looking at the ten boxes of precious metals, and was very happy.
You should know that in ancient China, there were not many precious metals, mainly because there was a lack of similar mines in our country. Most of them were left over from previous mining and their purity was not very high. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that foreign silver flowed in and it became the main currency.
"I never thought that such a small country like Fusang could be richer than our Great Tang. When they came to pay tribute to us before, all they brought were worthless things. It seems that they really have rebellious intentions."
When Li Shimin saw these big boxes in front of him, he was very angry. If they were all weighed, their weight would be almost the same as those in the palace. This is the wealthy country in the East.
When Li Xiang was about to attack Fuso, Li Shimin was still hesitant, but when he saw these things in front of him, Li Shimin really regretted that he had not conquered Fuso earlier. Of course, attacking Fuso required naval warships, all of which were developed by Li Xiang with his own money. Even if Li Shimin wanted to attack Fuso at that time, he had to spend a large sum of money to develop the navy first.
"The imperial court has borrowed a lot of money to develop the navy and warships. Let's use this gold and silver to repay the debt first."
In front of the ministers, Li Shimin could not take all the money away, he had to pretend to do so.
