Take the mall to Datang

"Well, if you want to build a shipyard, you may need millions of dollars in investment in the early stage." Yuan Shan said.

"It's surprising that a million guan is only an initial investment." Xue Kai said, he knows that ordinary shipyards spend hundreds of thousands of guan, and more investment is in the manufacture of large ships, but the investment of a single shipyard Even if so much money is used, he still feels a little guilty. Even if it is jointly shared by several companies, it may cost tens or even millions of coins. If the Xue family's wealth is taken out, it may be enough.

The first one to persuade was Xue Kai, this old man was very shrewd, he invested a lot of money in the shops in Yonghefang, although the business was good, but he still hadn't paid back his investment for such a big investment.

Besides, it took so much money to invest in this project that would take a long time, what would the Xue family do with the liquidity, it would be impossible to maintain the normal operation of the family.

While Xue Kai remained silent, several people from the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce had some simple exchanges. At this moment, Zheng Manfu said suddenly: "Our Building Materials Chamber of Commerce has always followed the pace of the president. The construction of the shipyard is one of us and we are willing to Take out [-]% of the proceeds of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce to support this project."

[-]% of the interests of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce felt that this was a very bold decision. They knew how much money the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce made. After forming a scale, even if there is competition, it will only be reduced to a material supplier for the building materials chamber of commerce.

"Satisfaction is a matter of caution." Zheng Qi said.

Zheng Qi said this out of his status as the eldest son of the Zheng family. The person standing behind Zheng Manfu is also the Zheng family. It is the opinion of the shareholders of the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce, not my personal decision, and uncle, I think it is worthwhile to invest in this project, and I believe that Chairman Yuan will definitely lead us to obtain more benefits."

Zheng Yifu's attitude is very firm. Now he is tied to the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce. With the financial resources of the Zheng family's collateral line, it is impossible to compete with the Zheng family's direct line, but this does not mean that the collateral line must have less money than the direct line.

Zheng Satisfaction still has a different desire for wealth.

Xue Kai on the side said at this time: "Young people have courage."

Zheng Qi didn't say anything after hearing this. After this meeting, some wealthy businessmen were still hesitating that their money was not so easy to come by. Even though they made a lot of money through cotton and corn, they didn't say they would help No matter what Yuan Shan did, they still insisted on putting their interests first.

"How can you spend money without Prince Ben? Isn't it just to build a shipyard? Prince Yuan Shanben invests 100 million yuan, which is enough." Li Chengqian came over suddenly at this time, and a group of princes and nobles followed behind him who was talking arrogantly. gentlemen.

Regarding Li Chengqian's investment of 100 million guan, the merchants immediately whispered among themselves. Many of these businessmen have a wealth of hundreds of thousands of guan after several generations of family management. I didn't expect the prince to invest 100 million guan with such courage. To shock them.

At the same time, I also have some confidence in having such a prince in Datang. The key point is that this prince also attaches great importance to business, which is what they want to see. So many businessmen who didn't want to go into troubled waters now have to change their minds. up.

It's just that Yuan Shan didn't have much expression on his face when he heard this. Just a few million yuan is like building a shipyard. The investment is already a huge sum of money for Datang people, and for Yuan Shan It's just a number with no concept.

"Since His Royal Highness said so, I can't refuse, but the construction of the shipyard still needs to be reported to the court. I hope His Royal Highness can contribute." Yuan Shan said.

"Everyone who wants to invest, let's use the amount of 100 million Guan as a standard. Several parties can cooperate, but all investors need to establish a unified account to correspond to the division of labor in the future. If the weather is good today, if you have investment intentions. Say it, and we will sign the investment intention on the spot." Yuan Shan continued.

After the intention is negotiated, the official signing of the investment contract will have to wait for the expression after reporting to the court, but now that the steamship has a physical body, I believe that this caution will spread to every corner of Datang soon.

There are not only merchants here in Chang'an City, but also in Luoyang and other places. Yuanshan is still very confident in financing, but this project is still a little ahead of the current progress.

The matter of building a shipyard this time is called the Weishui Covenant by later generations. This is a very critical turning point in driving Datang's economic take-off. A month later, a group of businessmen gathered on the Weishui River again and signed an investment contract on a medium-sized steam-powered ship. , a total investment of 1000 and [-] million guan, a total of eleven accounts, and one of the accounts accounted for [-]% of the investment and did not invest a penny.

This account comes from the treasury of the imperial court. Although there is no investment money, a large piece of open land has been allocated in the coastal area of ​​Cangzhou as the construction base of the shipyard. This land area directly covers a part of the land and a large area of ​​ports. From the signing of the contract, this piece of land has become out of the shipyard.

Although the imperial court will not participate in the management and operation, the protection and cooperation with the construction are guaranteed by the imperial decree.

Chapter 439 Sending Troops to Eastern Turks

1000 and [-] million guan is almost half of the annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of Zhenguan, such a large amount of money was not taken out of the treasury. The merchants did it, but the biggest news in Chang'an is not about the Cangzhou shipyard. , but the imperial court decided to send troops to the East Turks.

Yuan Shan was summoned by Du Ruhui to the Ministry of War just before the Thousand Feathers Cangzhou Project could be implemented. The situation was very urgent and Yuan Shan couldn't neglect it. He could only get up early and take a carriage. He entered the city as soon as the gate of Chang'an City opened. Unexpectedly, all the personnel from the Ministry of War had already gathered together, and only he, who lived outside the city, came the latest.

Yuan Shan didn't understand the situation yet and suddenly said that a war was going to happen. He hadn't gotten used to it yet, and when he arrived, he asked, "What's going on with Du Shangshu?"

Du Ruhui knew that Yuan Shan didn't understand the situation, but he was still very optimistic about Yuan Shan's military ability. After all, Yuan Shan was the only one who could train "Ghost Hunting Cavalry" in Tang Dynasty.

"The thing is like this. Zhang Gong, the governor of Daizhou, would like to send a large army to conquer the Turks under the pretext of Jieli Khan's alliance with the Tang Dynasty and aiding the rebel Liang Shidu. His Majesty felt that the time was ripe, so he decided to send [-] troops to attack the Eastern Turks." Du Ruhui. Said.

"Send [-] troops, Du Shangshu, I have never been on the battlefield, what did you ask me to do?" Yuan Shan was a little panicked, he really didn't understand the war, he couldn't rely on his cleverness to defeat the enemy, right? The danger on the battlefield It doesn't mean that it is enough to have a passion and be protected by everyone, and he is not a military commander. If he is not a professional, it is okay to ask him to study some weapons and equipment, but it is absolutely impossible to go to the battlefield.

"It's been heard that you have military talent, so you stayed here and didn't give advice to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." Du Ruhui said.

"Since this is the case, I will immediately ask someone to go back and let me know, and I will also get some daily necessities." Yuan Shan said.

"You don't need to worry about these trivial matters. I have already notified someone to go to your village." Du Ruhui said.

"The war ahead may break out at any time, so you should work out countermeasures with this old man," Du Ruhui said.

There is a large room in the house of the Ministry of War. When Yuan Shan came in, he saw a super large sand table placed in the middle of the house. The sand table was surrounded by people. Some people were talking and others were recording.

Such a large sand table cannot be made in a few days. From this matter, we can know that this war has been prepared for a long time, and then I heard a familiar voice shouting carelessly from the side, as if he had visited the battlefield in person.

"General Cheng is here too." Yuan Shan asked casually.

"By the way, Du Shangshu, you haven't told me which general is in command." Yuan Shan said.

"This time, East Turkic troops were dispatched by Li Jing as the chief of the march, and Zhang Gongjin as the deputy chief. Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, was the chief of the march on Tonghan Road, Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, was the chief of the march on Jinhe Road, and Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou, was the chief of the march on Changwu Road." Du Ruhui said.

Don’t worry if you hear that they are all ruthless people. Although Yuan Shan doesn’t know much about the detailed history of the Tang Dynasty, he still knows that the court not only destroyed the Eastern Turks, but also the Turks. If you want to know more about the books in the system mall, you can find a place where no one is around to check them.

It's just that he didn't have the mood to study these things, what would he do with these ruthless people, so the plan to dawdle began.

"The vanguard is His Majesty's Beiya Forbidden Army. The vanguard officer is Yuchi Jingde, and the adjutants are Wei Dayou and Huo Da." Du Ruhui said.

Originally planning to hang out here until the end of the war, when he heard that his student was the commander, and he was still in the lead, he couldn't sit still. He was a part of the training of the Beiya Imperial Army, and the situation of this army is probably Only he knew better. Compared with cold weapons, this team is a half-baked artillery, which can be said to be a firearms battalion. If it directly confronts the enemy directly, it may suffer.

Yuan Shan's worry was immediately noticed by Du Ruhui. How could it be possible that people from Jingming couldn't see the expression of force change, and comforted him: "What we can do now is to do a good job in logistics and collect the collected information for reference in the battle ahead. .”

"Only the sand table is not enough for Du Shangshu, so bring me some more detailed maps." Yuan Shan said.

I don’t know who came up with the idea of ​​using the Beiya army as the vanguard. They don’t know how to use artillery. The Beiya army is much smaller than the regular soldiers. If they are alone, they will be surrounded easily. They are good at fighting, but they have lost their firearms to fight. They are actually a cavalry infantry with thousands of people.

"Tell me about the assembly and distribution of the Beiya Army." Yuan Shan said seriously.

Du Ruhui immediately asked someone to bring over the accounts of the Beiya army's equipment distribution. These are all equipment distribution lists. After I see it, I don't worry about it. Although I am a pioneer, the heavy artillery and various grenades and ammunition are not so serious. It is easy to transport, and the two hundred horse-drawn carriages equipped are almost all used to transport these things. Such a team can not go much faster than the supply troops.

"Du Shangshu, my suggestion is to immediately terminate the Beiya army as a vanguard and adopt a covert combat mode. It is best to rely on large troops to fight." Yuan Shan said.

What kind of vanguard is there to support such powerful firearms? Wouldn't it be better to follow the big army and crush them all the way.

More importantly, the Beiya Army carried too many grenades, and except for Li Jing's troops equipped with [-] grenades, the other troops did not have such things at all, and most of the firearms were concentrated on the Beiya Army's side. It is said that the current Beiya Army is just like a heavy supply camp.

Let alone fighting like this, I am afraid that this army will be dragged down by these firearms in the end. This may be the reason why they are used to fighting with cold weapons and the lack of actual combat with grenades, so they are not taken seriously.

When Yuan Shan was thinking about something, Cheng Zhijie said in front of the sand table: "My Tang soldiers are the best at charging and attacking. If I can catch the Turks by surprise, I can grasp the overall situation."

Yuan Shan didn't care about what Cheng Zhijie said, so many of the people who watched on the sand table were discussing with generals who had no chance to lead troops this time. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde were all on the list. He provided information on the equipment and equipment of each unit. He wanted to quickly understand the situation of the unit and look at the ledger is the fastest way.

At the end of the records of the Ministry of War, there are statistics. Yuan Shan carefully read all of them, and also made records to understand the situation of the troops, personnel and equipment, and more importantly, their current marching route and upcoming destination.

Fighting with cold weapons is nothing more than what kind of fighting. Yuanshan dismisses the method of forming a confrontation like Datang. The most important method in Turkic is to use siege and surprise, because most tribes live in The land is all plains, and the most important thing to defeat the enemy is not to let them escape easily.

Chapter 440 Going Alone

Li Jing and Li Ji could also be thought of by Yuan Shan, but Yuan Shan's suggestion was reported to Li Shimin by Du Ruhui. Although many people think it is hasty, it is not them who made the final decision of the Beiya Army.

After Li Shimin carefully read Yuan Shan's summary, he agreed decisively. At the same time, Yuan Shan's letter to Yuchi Baolin was also delivered, and it was delivered after two days and one night in eight hundred miles.

The Beiya army has really worked hard these few days. The carriages are full of ammunition and the marching speed cannot be increased at all, and they have to be assisted by horses, but they are exhausted.