Datang's strongest super god army

Chapter 1828 Silk Golden Road

Chapter 1828 Silk Golden Road

"Okay, I don't want to say more about this matter."

Li Zhi stood up from behind the desk, stretched himself, and then said:

"Do everything according to what my brother-in-law said. I believe that the Black Dragon Army will make great achievements in the future."

Chen Qiao nodded naturally. He had already thought of this level, so he made so many excuses, all in order to convince Li Zhi.

As for the princes, shouldn't they just come and see?

Li Ke: "..."

Li Tai: "..."

Li Chengzong: "..."

What can they say about this?

Li Chengzong suddenly asked at this moment:
"Chen Shuai, Xiao Wang doesn't quite understand one thing."

Chen Qiao turned his head, with doubts on his face, could it be about the Black Dragon Army?

Didn't he already explain it, is there any doubt?
"You might as well tell me, of course I will say what I know."

Li Chengzong nodded and said doubtfully:
"Chen Shuai, about the Silk Road you mentioned, Xiao Wang thinks we don't have to be so cautious, right?"

Chen Qiao nodded, motioning for him to continue, Li Chengzong understood, and continued:

"Silk is the surplus capital of the Tang Dynasty. It is inevitable. However, it is not a big business, but just selling silk?"

He didn't understand it a little bit, the Silk Road only sold silk, even if there were other things, it was just a few agricultural products and common products of the Tang Dynasty.

Are there any others?
As for ordnance and ammunition?

Impossible, if the Black Dragon Army could sell ordnance and equipment, then Datang would have died long ago. Li Chengzong is still very sure about this.

Therefore, he became even more puzzled, "Why did the Black Dragon Army spend so much energy to open the Silk Road? Is it just selling silk?"

In this regard, Chen Qiao smiled slightly and said:

"Actually, the lord is also clear that I took the Black Dragon Army to pacify the Western Regions, in order to promote the national prestige of my Tang Dynasty, so that other people who are eyeing tigers dare not look at the Tang Dynasty with malicious eyes. This is a kind of deterrence. , I don’t need to explain any further.”

Everyone nodded, even if they were not very clear about military matters, they could still understand such a simple matter.

Then, Chen Qiao went on to say:

"Not only that, while I brought the Black Dragon Army to intimidate him, when dealing with Eastern Rome and Western Rome, I focused on suppression and supplemented by division. I left a permanent residence for the Great Tang in every small country in the Western Regions. It is the land that will always belong to Datang."

"In other words, the territory of the Tang Dynasty has already spread to the Western Regions. In terms of assistance, the Western Regions Protectorate established on the ruins of Byzantium is enough. In terms of military affairs, the Black Dragon Army will also be stationed here."

"Those permanent residences have both military and trade functions."

Li Zhi and the others listened more carefully, and they could think of some of the twists and turns, but the main thing was to let the insiders of Chen Qiao say it, so they could understand it better.

Chen Qiao didn't hide his clumsiness either, and continued:

"Next, the focus of Datang should be on the Silk Road. It is said to be the Silk Road. Then why can't we do other businesses besides military equipment?"

"For example, slave trade, silk, porcelain, and other commodities, all of which are fine. Trade is one aspect, and it is necessary to enhance the sense of identity with Datang."

"I told you about Huck, and you all know that he once came to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, but he still hasn't forgotten the prosperity when he entered the Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty."

"If there is recognition, there will be awe, so that they all subconsciously respect Datang, and the people of Datang can also enhance their confidence and sense of belonging to Datang."

"As for those permanent residences, they can be used to station troops. On the one hand, it is to bring the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this is unrealistic, but we can use them to monitor them and let them warn, at least In the Western Regions, we dominate."

"On the other hand, Datang's trade needs escorts. These permanent residences are places where business travelers temporarily rest. This is another big bill!"

The few people present were stunned by Chen Qiao's words. They really didn't think about these aspects. They just valued one of the trades, and then added another intelligence.

But they didn't dare to imagine what Chen Qiao said. In this way, isn't this important way completely in Datang's hands.

"Is Silk Road really making that much money?"

Li Tai let out a breath, and asked involuntarily, he didn't understand why Chen Qiao praised the Silk Road so much.

Chen Qiao said with a smile:

"Of course, and it has a greater effect than you imagine."

"Do you know how much a piece of Great Tang porcelain can be sold for in Europe west of Great Qin through the Western Regions?"

The four shook their heads, how could they know this.

Nowadays, there are very few business travelers from Datang to the Western Regions, and they are all smugglers. Even the smugglers only sell things to the Western Regions. As for the middlemen in the Western Regions, they double their sales several times. Then sell it to Europe.

"At least a hundred taels!"

Chen Qiao said a shocking price, which surprised everyone present.

"No, it's too, too..."

Li Ke is speechless. If this is true, then this is simply a huge profit, even if it is desperate smuggling, someone will do it.

Chen Qiao said seriously:
"This is indeed true. The Black Dragon Army has previously arrested traders who smuggled to Europe. I learned from them. I heard that Europe can't make our Datang ceramics at all, so they will spend huge sums of money to buy them. purchase."

"So, do you think this is a kind of sudden profit?"

"Of course!"

Li Tai clapped his hands, his tone full of disbelief, this is simply too much profit, okay?
"But such a huge profit, why doesn't Datang have such a record, and the items smuggled to the Western Regions have always been within the controllable range, don't you mean?"

Chen Qiao shook his head, interrupted his thoughts, and said:
"Actually, you have misunderstood. Before that, there were middlemen in the Western Regions, and they are the ones who make the most money."

"How to say?"

Chen Qiao didn't notice that the eyes of the few of them were red. How could they not be tempted by such huge profits.

Chen Qiao said helplessly:

"Actually, in the Western Regions, there are a lot of middlemen. They are stuck with the price from Datang. The porcelain from Datang will be shipped to them, but they only buy it at several times the price. For Datang's For traders, they don’t actually earn a lot, so few people will smuggle.”

"But the price they sell to Europe is different."

(End of this chapter)