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Chapter 60: Only if you have money, you can raise soldiers

Two books are wrapped in brocade.

One is a traditional Chinese and simplified dictionary, and the other is an Asian volume of the Indochina Peninsula of World Geography.

This book is full of pictures and texts, without historical content. From a geography perspective, it tells the formation of the earth's section, followed by plants, animals, mountains, rivers, lakes, plant resources, animal resources, mineral resources, marine resources, and then weather, temperature, climate, and natural zones.

Li Zhaoning said: "This book is difficult to read. Even if you are familiar with the text, you don't know the meaning of some words. For example, the Indochina Peninsula has a tropical monsoon climate, so I don't understand this word. I don't understand the symbols behind the average monthly temperature. However, I see that there are nine good ports in the Indochina Peninsula."

What Li Zhaoning said was that Yu Zhengqing, who had been reading for a lifetime, was also confused and could not understand at all.

However, it does not affect the degree of careful listening.

Li Zhaoning said again: "In addition to the port, I also care about another thing. At present, there are hundreds of plants that are useful to the Indochina Peninsula, which can be used as medicinal materials, spices, dyes, and hemp, and an extremely large number of hemp."

Qi Youliang said at this time: "When I mention Ma, I think of something."

"speak!"

"When the prince-in-law was in Leizhou, he asked me what if he provided 100 yarn machines to ordinary farmers in Leizhou and 200 weaving opportunities? I think it should be that we provide hemp and wait until the farmers in Leizhou weaved them into cloth, and we will buy them back."

Gu Buxian slapped his thigh: "Great, this method is great."

Qi Youliang shook his head: "What I want to say is that ordinary yarn machines and looms. I guess the prince-consort doesn't look down on them either. Just like when we cut wood to cook sea water, the prince-consort is drying with the sun."

"It's well said." Yu Zhengqing expressed his support, and then looked at Li Zhaoning. The meaning was very obvious. Your Highness, you go and ask for a loom.

Li Zhaoning just smiled indifferently: "The teacher may not be correct this time."

After Li Zhaoning finished saying this, instantly, Yu Zhengqing and Li Zhaoning both changed their expressions slightly, and they also saw each other's expressions change.

What Yu Zhengqing thought was that Li Zhaoning's ideas were no longer limited to the details of something.

What Li Zhaoning thought was that since Wei Xiaobai had, his vision of the world had changed.

Yu Zhengqing immediately asked, "What was your Highness thinking just now?"

Li Zhaoning did not avoid it and immediately said, "Teacher, what I just thought of was a word called industrial chain. These are some concepts mentioned by the prince consort when he was chatting with me. I didn't care about it at first, but I thought of it at this moment."

"What is an industrial chain?"

"Teacher, the prince consort said that the industrial chain includes supply and demand relationship, value system, workshop chain and space. The most difficult thing for me to understand is the transportation distance or the meaning within a certain range."

Yu Zhengqing glanced at Gu Bufeng.

This lord is the princess's house's money bag, and he instantly understood the meaning.

"Your Highness, I probably understand that what we need is not a certain thing, but a link after link, allowing the whole to generate strength. Just as the princess's mansion has clear power, each doing its own thing, but it is a complete whole, and that one is indispensable, and that official position cannot be equipped with too many personnel."

"In terms of hemp, collect the hemp from there, process the hemp into thread, then turn it into cloth, and then sell it to whom, what materials should be exchanged for selling the cloth? How much transportation power is there? The manufacturing of the loom requires a carpenter. Will the cloth be dyed next? What kind of cloth is dyed there? Do you need to make ready-made garments and make ready-made garments there?"

Li Zhaoning couldn't help but say, "You said it well, Master Gu Bo, you said it well, and I think that's what I mean."

Qi Youliang added: "If we need one million pieces of cloth at present, then putting yarn, weaving and dyeing in Leizhou will affect the livelihoods of thousands of households in Leizhou."

Gu Buxian shook his head: "Qi Shengjiu, what is the price of a million pieces of cloth? It is not enough for Zhan Po Army to use two sets of clothes for military pay. What's more, our people don't need to weave cloth."

"We must study this matter carefully and we must act impulsively." Yu Zhengqing also calmed down.

Everyone also understood that even the generals who watched the fun came back to their senses. This was obviously a big move. It required a detailed and planned plan. Blindly getting started may be a bad thing.

Jiao Zan, who was just watching the fun, suddenly interrupted: "I don't understand why so many porcelain bottles are made, but I didn't see sesame oil."

When Li Zhaoning heard this, he felt a little proud.

After a look, Qingxia put a small bottle on the table with a painful face. This was a bottle of perfume for Qingxia. The bottle was empty, and the perfume was made of Zhan Po's essential oil and mixed with some alcohol.

The most amazing thing about this perfume bottle is that it can be made in Qiongya now.

The bottle is made of glass. If you really want to make this thing, Wei Xiaobai has a method and craftsmanship. The bottle mouth is made of silver, and then a wooden plug and a wooden piston airbag are added to press-spray perfume.

After letting everyone see the perfume bottle, Li Zhaoning said: "I believe that it is not too late to use a porcelain bottle for the lower-quality spices. When it comes to essential oils or powders, I have thirty precious recipes in the palace. I believe the prince consort also has them."

Gu Bufeng rubbed his hands, then leaned on the chair and smiled at Yuchi Hao.

Yuchi Hao also laughed.

He knew what Gu Bufeng meant, and he had the money to build weapons and armor.

"I set a rule that Qiongya must not sell any raw materials out and sell them. What are raw materials? Agarwood is the raw materials. After finishing, I think that the box of salt is the item that can be traded by merchants."

"I understand."

These people still know what raw materials are and what finished products are.

Returning from Qiongya north to Qiongya south, before he could dock, he saw a boat coming up from afar. The boat directly blocked Wei Xiaobai's ship, and Yu Xuan was on the boat.

"Are the prince consort on the boat?" Yu Xuan started calling out when he saw the boat.

After responding here, Yu Xuan directly ordered the boat to come over. The man stepped on the board and passed by the boat. As soon as he got on the boat, he said, "Hurry up and pull the prince consort. My boat, people and goods are ready, go to Zhan Po."

"What a big deal? Is it worth it to be so anxious?" Gu Buxian also needed Wei Xiaobai to tell him about the superb skills of selling salt for a permanent price of one and a half pounds.

Yu Xuan approached a few steps and whispered: "A man named Sukhothai City Lord came to the King of Champo City and cried and begged His Highness to take charge of him, because Angkor had already arrived at the city. Angkor sent the nylon over here, saying that he only accepted the arbitration of His Highness of the Princess. And Suli Zengjia of Champo said that this time it was not Angkor who bullied the small city state."
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