Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Please speak, Your Highness." Hu Zhi quickly adjusted his emotions.

"Are there a lot of sea trade businesses in Guangzhou? What are these people? Are there many businessmen like you? Or are most of them from caravans controlled by powerful families?" Li Ke asked.

"Many, Guangzhou Mansion is almost all for business, and there are many people from the surrounding small foreign countries, but the number of local residents is not large. There are also many people who were exiled here in the past dynasties, or fled here to escape the war. These people are more or less doing business related to maritime trade."

"There are quite a few businessmen like Chen who go alone, but they more or less make friends with some powerful families, because almost all the big ones are targeted by the powerful families."

"Because I don't want to make offerings to these aristocratic families, I donated a lot of food to the local garrison before, which was appreciated by the local captain. All these years have been peaceful, but last year, the former captain Leaving Guangzhou, the new captain is from the Zhu family in Wujun, and I am powerless to resist."

"In Guangzhou, there are about one-third of sea merchants like Chen who go alone, but most of them are relatively small, and they can't afford to go to Persia and other places. Oh, Champa is Lin Yiguo."

"The rest of the sea merchants are basically caravans from powerful families. Even if they don't come from powerful families, they still rely on some powerful families to do things." Hu Zhi quickly answered Li Ke's question.

Li Ke nodded slightly. Wu County is the Jiangnan area of ​​later generations, which belongs to Huainan Road.The Zhu family of Wujun is one of the famous families in Wujun, and it is the four surnames of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

The four major families of Wu Jun, Lu, Gu, Zhang, and Zhu are all local prominent families, and they are also relatively large families of powerful families. For example, the Lu family of Wu Jun also had six prime ministers throughout the Tang Dynasty.

"What do you think of Lin Yi, Zhen Wa's strength?" Li Ke asked after thinking about it.

"What is your Highness referring to?" Hu Zhi was taken aback for a moment. I didn't know how to answer your question for a while.

"Military, of course."

"Naturally there is no comparison with my Tang Dynasty, but Linyi, Zhenla's local forests are dense, and there are savages in many jungles, and there are even poisonous miasmas in some deep mountains and old forests. It is very difficult to completely eradicate them, and if it is me If the soldiers from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty go to the local area, they should conduct adaptive training around Zicheng on Lingnan Road." Hu Zhi said quickly.

Li Ke knew that Zicheng was the county seat of Songping County where the Jiaozhou General Manager's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty was located. The locals called it Zicheng, and it was Hanoi, Vietnam in later generations.

Li Ke glanced at Hu Zhi. This man's attitude changed quite quickly. It seemed that he could see Li Ke's character. He also began to speak crisply, and he didn't hide what he said directly. Everyone knew what he said. speak out.

"Well, yes, do you think there is a lot of trade between the local area and Tang Dynasty?" Li Ke asked.

"A lot. They have a lot of Chinese medicinal materials locally, and if the food and other aspects are carefully cultivated, there will be no shortage of food for a year. If the people of Zhenwa and Linyi have the diligence of the people of my Tang Dynasty, I think their food for a year The output is at least tens of millions of stones." Hu Zhi said seriously.

Li Ke nodded silently. Although the information in his hand showed this, Li Ke still felt a little inexplicable when he heard this number. If these things were not brought back, he always felt that something was missing.

With the local population, tens of millions of shi grains can't be eaten up. That is to say, if he wants, Li Ke can even buy back 2000 million shi grains. What kind of concept is this?

Not to mention the current Zhenguan year, in the era of Li Longji, the total annual income of the Tang Dynasty was only about 2000 million shi.

"That is to say, there is no shortage of food locally, but if we go to buy it, we may not be able to buy a lot of food?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.

"Currently, yes, because many of the local people are very lazy, because they can grow food by throwing their seeds into the ground, so they can't starve to death, and it's hot all year round, and there's no shortage of clothes, because even if You can’t freeze to death even if you’re naked, and there are many places in the non-city over there where even women don’t wear tops.” Hu Zhi gave a wry smile.

Hu Zhi was also a little speechless when the unique conditions were given in such a way.

Hey, Li Ke is a little helpless, this thing is similar to the third brother next door, let alone this period, even in the period of Daming, many people of the third brother made holes in the ground, sprinkled some seeds, what kind of cultivation? Kind of, don't know.

Not all of them are like that, but there are quite a few of them.

"I understand, but for us, this is still a huge source of food. They don't lack food, but Datang lacks food, and the nobles and ruling classes of these two countries still need materials from Datang. Very tall, right?" Li Ke asked.

"Yes, Tang Dynasty porcelain, tea, silk, etc. can be sold at very high prices among the local nobles." Hu Zhi said bluntly.

"The cost is not low." Li Ke nodded.

"Yes!" Hu Zhi didn't say much, he found that although His Highness King Qin had never been to Guangzhou, he knew very well about their maritime trade, at least much more than he thought.

"I see. Now, if you want, I have an errand here. How much cash do you have?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, apart from the money used to buy the land, I still have less than [-] Guan." Hu Zhi hurriedly saluted.

Li Ke nodded, no wonder this person directly took out most of the money for Stud. If he just bought it normally, it is estimated that he would not be able to attract Li Ke's idea.

"After you go back to Guangzhou, let's build a school donated locally. The school doesn't have to be too luxurious. I will ask some teachers to be hired locally, and then I will teach free reading and literacy to the children around me who are willing to send to the school. The name of the school The Datang Royal Welfare Primary School, Middle School, and Middle School can be set up in Guangzhou, and the primary school should be built in each of the surrounding counties.”

"These schools teach children to read and write for free. I will provide them with free banknotes and books. I have promised this school before. Since you have read the Datang Weekly, you should understand."

"Although the name of the school is Datang Royal Welfare Primary School, your name, Hu Zhi, will be written on the school's history, donors, and creators." Li Ke said with a smile.

Hu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then his whole face was full of ecstasy, even though he had been in the mall for a long time, he couldn't hide his joy.