"After selling so much seafood, perilla, have you ever considered how to spend this huge sum of money?"

Li Chengdao looked at Yan Zisu leisurely.

"We have discussed this in advance and are planning to buy some food and cloth to go back."

Yan Zisu recalled the scene in her mind about discussing with her leader on the eve of her departure. The thousands of people under her now are really too poor. Except for some necessary fishing boats and wooden houses where she lives, some people don’t even have to wear clothes. Many children run around naked. Although the climate in South China is warm, this is really ugly.

Now that I have money, I think of both food and clothing at the first time.

"Grain and cloth are not a problem, but the income from selling seafood now should be much more than you had expected. Have you ever thought about how to arrange the extra part?"

"This... this Zi Su just learned from His Majesty that seafood can make such a big profit. I really never thought... His Majesty, how do you think Zi Su should be worthwhile?"

A trace of cunning flashed in Yan Zisu's eyes. Instead of thinking about it yourself, it would be better to ask Li Chengdao. After so many things, Yan Zisu was sure that Li Chengdao would never harm him.

Li Chengdao shook his head: "To be honest, I really don't know what you lack over there. But it doesn't matter. Three days later, the day the seafood market opens, the West City will also hold a large-scale exhibition at the same time, which includes building materials, fruits and vegetables, farmers, medicinal materials, cloth, wine, salt, iron, etc., involving hundreds of industries."

"The time lasts for one month. In the future, such large-scale exhibitions will be held in April and October every year. Because the timeliness of seafood is relatively short, it has not been included in the exhibition list yet. A seafood market has been set up for you separately. If you have any ideas, you can also participate. Just ask Guan Jinsheng for a location at that time."

"As for how you spend this money, you can just place an order at the exhibition by yourself. Anyway, there are so many boats here, so it is not difficult to transport it back. If you go to Xu Houzhao for money, you can't use copper coins at the exhibition, only Tang coins can be used. You can ask him to advance the payment in advance. If it is not enough, you can find Chen Shaokuan and Sa Zhenbing. I will give them a lot of rewards..."

This exhibition involving so many industries was personally supervised by Li Chengdao, sponsored by the Ministry of Revenue and cooperated with each department. The purpose is to promote economic exchanges between various industries, regions, and even countries.

Li Chengdao reached the top with the power of destroying the Eastern Turks, which also made the countries around the Tang Dynasty feel frightened. All countries sent envoys to Chang'an to meet the new emperor and offer tributes.

Taking this opportunity, Li Chengdao issued an order to hold such a large-scale exhibition, and the purpose was very obvious.

We have already shown force on the battlefield, and we have to show our muscles in terms of soft power such as economy and culture.

Li Chengdao placed hard indicators for various departments at this exhibition. Not only did all industries in the Tang Dynasty need to participate, but it also implied that other countries coming to Chang'an must also participate. At that time, the Tang Dynasty court will place an order in person at the exhibition.

The Ministry of Revenue also named countries in the Western Regions and several small countries in the south, as well as countries such as Japan, Baekje, Silla, etc. The Tang Dynasty will place a large number of orders for them at the exhibition.

Vegetable categories include alfalfa, spinach, brassica, courgette, beans, garlic, coriander, etc. Fruit categories include grapes, almonds, watermelons, pomegranates, etc., and seasonings include pepper, sugar, etc.

The meat is even richer, such as beef, mutton, horse meat, camel meat, chicken, duck, geese, flying in the sky, walking on the ground, swimming in the sea, as long as it is meat, not only meat, but even the fur and fluff on animals are needed in the Tang Dynasty, such as goose down and cashmere. Xu Houzhao said in a nonsense after drinking, and its value is comparable to gold!

In addition to these, there are also economic crops such as cotton, which are extremely popular.

(Volume 6 of "Lao Xue'an Notes" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty: "Sand sugar is originally not available in China. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, foreign tribute came and asked him: 'What is this?' said: 'Fry it with sugarcane juice.' It was made by frying it with foreigners. Since then, there has been sand sugar in China."

Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, "Compendium of Materia Medica·Fruit ·Sand Sugar" (Collected Explanation) quoted Wu Rui: "The rare ones are sugar, the dry ones are sand sugar, the ball ones are sugar, and the cake ones are sugar cake.")

Li Chengdao's orders were not hundreds of stones or thousands of stones, which was a direct amount of tens of millions of stones. This was not the most critical. The most critical thing was that the Ministry of War vaguely implied that all countries' envoys were envoys. If they provided these things to the Tang Dynasty, then these countries would be able to use the Tang coins they obtained to buy all the things owned by the Tang Dynasty.

This hint is already obvious.

The meaning of the Ministry of War is: Hi, my brothers, do you want controlled items such as salt and iron? Do you want weapons? If you want, you can earn Tang coins and place an order at the exhibition.

The Ministry of War also has indicators. Li Xiaogong has determined the time node for weapon replacement, and the order of the replacement of each unit has also been finalized.

The first sequence is the Dragoon and the Pacific Fleet pulled by Li Chengdao, the second sequence is Feng Li, Xue Wanche, Luo Yi and others who were once the direct line of the Eastern Palace. The third sequence is the first to surrender to Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong and others, and the other troops such as Li Jing, Xu Maogong, Chai Shao and others, all the dressing changes are decided by the Ministry of War.

In addition to the first three sequences, after the weapons and equipment eliminated by other troops are sold, the Tang coins exchanged for will be given priority to the Ministry of War for new types of flintlock guns, artillery, paper armor, telescopes and other weapons. So now, in order to get ahead as soon as possible, all troops rack their brains to seize the time to sell.

Otherwise, other troops would have been replaced long ago and become familiar with new weapons. You are still holding a spear and shield. Wouldn't the combat power be completely exploded? The troops have seen the power of steel warships and the invincible dragon cavalry with their own eyes.

Now Su Dingfang is leading 3,000 dragon cavalrymen, joining forces with Xu Maogong, Chai Shao and Feng Li to attack Liang Shidu, which is the separatist county of Diaoyin (now Suide County, Shaanxi), Honghua (now Qingyang County, Gansu), Yan'an (now Yan'an City, Shaanxi) and other counties.

On the battlefield, the troops saw the power of the dragon cavalry with their own eyes, with super long distances and super fast frequency attacks, plus one man and two horses, fast movement, whether it is chasing or retreating, it is orderly.

If you encounter such a unit in the wild, you can't escape. If you fight, you can't beat it at all. When your attack is far from reaching the enemy, you can snipe your soldiers at will.

How many people can penetrate the poplar with a hundred steps? Can one of the 100 archers pass through the poplar with a hundred steps? Even if you can pass through the poplar with a hundred steps, with such a heavy force, how many arrows can you shoot? 5 arrows? 10 arrows?

The Dragoon not only has a range of more than a hundred steps, but also has a speed of more than twenty shots in one minute, but also has three rounds of alternate shooting, which will not give you a chance to rush forward. In the Battle of Bali Bridge in the later generations, 7,000 elite cavalry led 10,000 infantry to rush forward. Can even the native Indian soldiers under the British leadership defeat the British? The only casualties were due to firearms.

The generals of various troops have long been jealous of such weapons. The treasures, magic arm crossbows, and horizontal swords in their hands are no longer fragrant. They are all thinking about how to throw these cold weapons to such local buns.

This exhibition is the most likely opportunity. The Ministry of Revenue will place a large number of orders for various countries, thereby releasing a large amount of Tang coins. What is the use of countries that are stimulated by the abrupt war when they take Tang coins back? They cannot be eaten or used. In addition to buying salt, iron and other things, the big head must be sold for arms!
Chapter completed!