Li Yun's words were easy to understand, and everyone in the room could understand them almost as soon as they heard them. Even the ancestor nodded frequently, obviously very pleased that his disciples had a very simple understanding.

However, Li Yun suddenly smiled and took advantage of the inattention of the ancestor and suddenly stretched out his chopsticks. He successfully stole the treasure from the ancestor's bowl, and it was a pig ear that had been staring at for a long time.

Hahaha, she was proudly holding the pig's ears with chopsticks. Li Shimin was about to scold him angrily, but Li Yun suddenly spoke again and pretended to be serious: "For example, this pig's ear, we regard it as the profit of the Silk Road. I like to eat, and the ancestor likes to eat, but I can't beat the ancestor with force, but I am reluctant to give up this good thing. What should I do? I must do everything. Whether it is stealing or cheating, I have to get it in my hands. Am I brave? Am I greedy? No, it is also the same old saying, people die for money and birds die for food. If we make a fortune on the Silk Road, it will inevitably attract the greed and covetment of the brave people..."

As he said that, he stopped and then said, "When I can't beat the ancestor, I will steal it while he is not paying attention, but what if I can beat the ancestor? I will probably use force to rob it..."

"I understand!" Li Shimin spoke subconsciously, and said with a dazed understanding: "The same is true for the Silk Road. Since ancient times, wealth is touching. When they can't beat us, they will cheat and use all their best. When they can beat us, they will definitely use force to kill people and rob money."

Li Yun nodded with a smile and said, "What the second uncle said is exactly my estimate and prediction."

As he said that, he picked up the pig's ears and said as if he was moved: "Wealth is like this pig's ear, and it is your own when you eat it in your mouth..."

I threw it into my mouth and chewed it slowly. It was crispy and fragrant and enjoyable.

Li Shimin looked at him in a daze, and then suddenly realized it, and cursed with a smile: "It turns out that you are using pig ears to make an example. I almost blame you, a bad boy. But even so, you are still disrespectful. When you want to make an example, you will find something else next time. Never steal it into the bowl of the old immortal master. Remember? This is the way to respect the teacher."

He turned his head to look at the Taoist boy and explained respectfully: "Please don't blame me, the old immortal master, this brat is just used to make an example. Although his behavior is disrespectful, let him go."

The Taoist boy looked leisurely and nodded at Li Shimin.

The ancestor seemed to listen to the emperor's persuasion, and Yun Danfengqing said it was fine. However, the ancestor looked at Li Yun and smiled and said with a smile: "If you want to eat, say you eat. If you dare to be stingy, it won't be the next time. When I was young, I had a bad temper. What I like most was to slap people with big ears. Do you want to try my slap in my hand? "

Li Yun immediately shook his head like a rattle.

Just kidding, let me try whether your slap sounds?

Don’t look at me, I have claimed to have inherited my natural divine power, but if you slap your face, you may be able to pull out half of your head directly.

His face was a little embarrassed, knowing that the ancestor had seen through his ghost tricks.

Although his plan to tell the Silk Road was sincere, he also came from sincerity when stealing the pig ears from his ancestors. The reason why he borrowed the pig ears as metaphor was simply to find an excuse for his shamelessness.

Unfortunately, I can't hide it from everyone but the old ancestor.

The old man lived in his life for more than a hundred years and was almost a sperm. Uh, he was almost an immortal.

...

At this time, Li Shimin spoke again, thinking with thoughts: "With the map given by the old immortal master, we don't have to worry about the route guidance of the Silk Road. Your Bohai Kingdom Goguryeo is responsible for the production of materials. You will definitely be able to build an extremely large caravan. I will issue another order for the Tang Dynasty to participate in it, which can further expand the categories and quantities of various goods. Therefore, the early planning is complete, and the key to worry about the safety of the journey. No matter how much money you earn, it is useless to not bring it back. Not only will it cost a lot of money, but you can also get the goods in. This is not a trivial matter. If you lose it once, you can't stand up for several years."

Li Xiaogong next to him nodded, with a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, and said, "It's better to send a large army to protect the caravan to travel west. After all, it involves huge profits, and the use of troops should be divided."

Li Shimin's face was pondering, and it seemed a little difficult to make a decision.

The emperor was just pondering, but Li Yun shook his head repeatedly and said solemnly: "It's not appropriate, it's not realistic."

Li Xiaogong frowned and looked at Li Yun.

Li Yun smiled and explained: "Since ancient times, business affairs have never been tense. Even if there is a sword in secret, it is necessary to maintain a harmonious and wealthy place on the surface. If we send a large army, we will give people a bad impression first. It will even cause misunderstandings and make other countries think they want to invade."

Li Xiaogong sneered and said, "This is the words of a child. The world is the king of the strong. As long as the fists are hard enough, who dares to bare their teeth and refuse to accept it."

Li Yun nodded and said, "What my uncle said makes sense, but we still cannot send out a large army."

Li Xiaogong was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "Why is this?"

Li Yun first glanced at the ancestor and found that the ancestor had no intention of explaining. Li Yun had no choice but to take a breath and continued to explain: "I have said just now that doing business requires peace and wealth. Even if it is just a peace and wealth on the surface, we have to pretend to behave well, so the army will definitely not be sent out..."

Without waiting for Li Xiaogong to speak, he immediately said: "Of course this is just one of the reasons, not a crucial factor in not sending a large army. What is the real reason? The real reason is the army's logistics and supplies."

Li Xiaogong was obviously stunned, and then his face became a little dazed.

At this time, Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief, and it was obvious that this was the reason why the emperor had not spoken.

Li Yun suddenly put the bowls and chopsticks on the ground, then slowly got up and took it up, saying again: "Since we want to reopen the Silk Road, it is definitely not a small-scale play. I have already had a preliminary budget before. I generally hope to build a caravan of 100,000 people, use ox carts, transport at least 30,000, and transport goods over one million, and travel at least 10,000 miles. Only by doing this can the profit be considered a big profit. From then on, the Silk Road will be supported and the continuous plunder of wealth will be returned to the Central Plains."

Li Xiaogong was stunned, everyone in the room was shocked, and even Li Shimin was a little shocked. No one expected that Li Yun would be so big.

Only the Taoist ancestor looked calm and seemed to do this on the Silk Road. In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the ancestor's vision is the same as that of Li Yun. Later, the long-term trade business was often several million tons. The scale of Li Yun's 30,000 ox carts was actually not as large as that of a freighter.

But this was an epoch-making grand undertaking in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yun spoke again, looked at Li Xiaogong, and smiled and said, "The caravan of 100,000 people sounds very shocking. It is indeed very large, but hugeness comes with a price. For example, eating can make people worry about death."

Li Xiaogong is the prince of Hejian. He almost immediately understood everything when he heard this. He nodded and said, "One hundred thousand people, 30,000 cars, just people eat horses and chew them, you will get countless food and grass every day. If you use 30,000 ox carts to form a caravan, at least 3,000 ox carts to load grain. These foods are not transported out for sale, but rations that the caravan population must be equipped with."

"Yes, someone has to have food and drink!"

Li Yun slowly let out a mouthful and said helplessly: "The food of three thousand ox carts is not necessarily enough. I am going to load five thousand briquettes of food on my first trip. There is an old saying among the people, "The road to a poor family is rich. Even if the family is poor, you must prepare enough food when you go out for a long trip. No matter how rich you are, you cannot make an exaggeration when you are rich, because no one can ensure that there will be sudden problems on the road."

He stopped at this point, looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "Do you understand now? We do not have the ability to send a large army."

Li Xiaogong nodded again and said a little disappointedly: "The food and grass of the caravan alone requires five thousand vehicles. If a large army is sent to escort, the food and grass of the army must be equipped. It is not enough to have fewer troops. If a caravan with 100,000 people, you must send at least 20,000 elite soldiers. The soldiers eat more than ordinary people, and the 20,000 elite soldiers are worth at least 30,000 ordinary people. If the consumption of mounts and war horses is added, this is indeed a powerless thing."

After saying this, his face was pale and his eyebrows were faintly blue. It was obvious that he was extremely worried. The prince of Hejian was the legitimate branch of the royal family and was indeed planning for the Tang Dynasty sincerely.

Not only Li Xiaogong, but others are the same. Being able to enter this room to discuss things means that they are close to the direct descendants. Although there are also noises for the sake of interests, they are all family members when they are closed.

The atmosphere was faintly depressing.

After a long time, Li Xiaogong spoke again and said slowly: "If we don't send a large army to escort, how can we ensure the safety of the caravan?"

As he said that, he looked at Li Yun, and said with concern, "You have said just now that people die for money and birds die for food. Since ancient times, wealth is touching. Caravans without force are obviously robbing them at will."

Li Yun slowly raised his head, as if staring at the roof. Everyone thought he was worried. But suddenly he heard Li Yun smile slowly and said with a deep meaning: "When doing business, we pay attention to harmony and make money, so we will not send a large army to let all countries in the world feel the kindness of the Han people. If they buy things, we make a lot of money, and everyone is happy to become extremely harmonious trading partners."

"What if they don't want to be friends?" Li Shimin suddenly spoke, and the emperor seemed to be cooperating with Li Yun to continue talking.

Li Yun still raised his head and said again: "If you don't want to be a friend, that's easy to deal with. Whoever dares to pass the claws will chop off whoever..."

"Where is the force of cutting claws?" Li Shimin spoke again. This time, he didn't know if he was deliberately cooperating, and asked curiously: "Since you don't send a large army to escort the caravan, I'll ask where the force of cutting claws comes from?"

yes?

Where does force come from?

This is what the people in the room want to ask Li Yun.

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Chapter completed!