Chapter 2363: 3 Main Trends

"Lao Bi is here. I don't lose money when doing business, but! There is a payback period. Why do you have free time? Third brother, I'm going back first."

Li Yi stood up, bowed his hands to the four people, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute." Bi Gou stopped him and stopped him from leaving.

"What are you doing?" Li Yi looked confused.

"Have you calculated the business of Japan this time?" Bi Gou didn't beat around the bush.

"Not only have the statistics been calculated, but the investment has also been put in. Third brother still needs to make up some." Li Yi nodded.

"You have to know how much it is, right?" Bi Goucai didn't believe it.

"It's not much. I haven't lost any money anyway. You don't know me yet, Old Bi! I don't lose money in business. Even if I throw all my investment in this time, I won't be able to survive for three to five years..."

"How much?"

"More than five million yuan, just a little bit."

Bi Gou swayed: "Okay, Xiao Yi, sit down."

"I still have something to do!" Li Yi was about to leave.

"Your Majesty!" Bi Gou bowed slightly to Li Longji.

The other three people followed and ignored Li Yi.

Li Yi sat down helplessly and looked around: "Here's a glass of boiled water."

A palace maid came over with a thermos and poured him a cup.

The other five people use another thermos, put some tea leaves in it, and use different cups.

"Your Majesty, I have three things to do here. First, I want to know how much money I can make from trade with Japan, so that I can evaluate the profits from overseas trade."

Bi Gou first talked about the topic just now. He already knew it. Five million yuan, how about picking up money?

The palace maid also brought dried fruits, packed in small woven baskets. Each basket was about half a catty, four of them.

They can't eat it, but they can carry it when they go.

After returning to the political hall, put it on the table in the hall outside. Anyone who wants to eat can grab a handful.

Song Jing glanced at Li Yi: "Your Majesty, can the five million yuan trade last?"

Li Yi held the water cup with both hands: "It's OK a few times, but they won't have any in stock for a long time."

"What about other overseas places?" Su Ting asked.

"It depends on the place. The more people there are, the more things there will be. The most abundant ones are all kinds of precious stones, gold utensils, and jewelry, but they also don't last long.

In terms of crops, such as cinnamon, star anise, fennel, and pepper, they are sustainable.

In addition, there are large quantities of different types of rice. As long as they see it as profitable, they will increase the planting area. "

Li Yi analyzed the specific issues in detail. What other people have depends on the local area.

There is a lot of gold and gems in Bangladesh, and if the locals are diligent, there is also a lot of rice.

Going further west to Tianzhu, there are more plains suitable for growing rice. The local temperature is high and suitable for rice growth. Generally, two crops can be harvested a year.

Zhang Jiuling answered: "That is, if the things that others have accumulated have been exchanged, those things will produce less but more crops?"

"Exactly, the climate there is suitable for crop growth, such as Guangzhou. As long as enough fertilizer and labor are put into rice, indica rice can be harvested four times a year.

Therefore, in the area south of the Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty, the number of people farming increased or the technology was in place, which was enough to feed the people of the Tang Dynasty.

The shortage of food is due to many factors such as farming methods, regional population distribution, grain quality, and fertilizer use. "

Li Yi emphasized the high frequency of grain sowing in other places, and also mentioned the internal situation of the Tang Dynasty.

There are fewer people in Hunan and Hubei, but there are many mountain people in Guangdong and Guangxi. The mountain people don't like to grow rice. They spend more time hunting in the mountains and getting wild fruits and so on.

Anyway, the mountain people in Guangzhou have enough to eat, no matter what they eat.

Only in relatively plain areas do people specialize in farming, and farming in mountainous areas is laborious.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there was not much iron for others to use. The people there would have had pottery pots for cooking, and their knives were still stone knives.

The kitchen knives I had at that time cost only a few yuan each, and they were always good things to throw at me. They were at least better than rocks.

A bad knife will disappear after sharpening, but a good knife will resist wear.

Whether it's sharp or not depends on sharpening. A bad knife can cut meat as easily as it is sharpened, but it needs to be sharpened to cut everything.

"The second thing is, will Datang send formal official personnel to the Nantian family of Japan?"

Song Jing will not talk about the situation of overseas trade. Once it is confirmed, there will be a lot of food in the future, provided that the ships are enough.

Then, steam engines can be sent to areas south of the Yangtze River to cultivate the land. There are few local people, so this is used. It is better than diesel engines and does not require oil.

"No, it will be inconvenient to do business after sending. The Japanese royal family wants to contact and ask His Majesty the Tang Dynasty to give something. Can Your Majesty refuse to give it?"

Li Yi answered simply this time, the business was mixed with politics, and there was guaranteed to be a loss.

Several people looked at each other, and if they passed, they would not be sent.

"The third thing." Su Ting looked at Li Yi: "In the future, will maritime activities be dominated by steam engines or sailing ships?"

"The main thing is steam engines." Li Yi understood what Su Ting meant.

Steam engines need to carry coal, which increases their own weight, which is disadvantageous for long voyages.

The speed of a sailboat is not as fast as that of a steam engine in light, calm, or headwind conditions.

The tone needs to be set now and cannot be made haphazardly, depending on future needs.

"Is there coal supply elsewhere?" Su Ting understood immediately after hearing this. Otherwise, the steam engine would run out and the firewood would be burned outside?

"It has nothing to do with whether there is coal or not. Steam engines are the main focus. Later, better steam engines will be developed and used on ships, and the ships will become larger. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net

If we do not pay attention to steam engine ships, we will have different priorities in development.

At present, steam engines and sails are still used together. When there is wind, the wind is used, and when there is no wind, the steam engine is used.

To prepare for future wars, a ship with sails can burn the sails as soon as it is on fire and adjust the sails back and forth when trying to gain the upper hand. This is far inferior to a steam engine. "

The situation in the Age of Discovery appeared in Li Yi's mind. At that time, there were all sailing ships and firearms.

In a naval battle, you must either lean to the side and join forces, or seize the upper hand and form a T-shape. The artillery can be placed on both sides of the ship's side and face the enemy sideways to achieve maximum effect.

Now that there are no artillery, everyone can still seize the limelight, launch rockets, and throw catapults with fire.

It doesn't matter if the accuracy is poor, just throw it a few times and hit the sail once and the battle will be over.

"We will continue to build steam engine ships, and then we will have internal combustion engine ships. We can build Datang's cruisers."

Li Yi continued, "How about my yacht for everyone?" Do you want it?

If you want...just wait!

In fact, Li Yi knew that steam engine ships would not be eliminated for a long time, and sailing ships would still exist.

The power system of internal combustion engine ships is more complex and has high requirements on materials.

In the time it took to build one steamship, shipwrights could build several large wooden sailing ships.

As long as a large fleet sails and does not encounter hurricanes, it can handle all other situations.

Everyone's eyes lit up when he heard him give an example of a yacht. The yacht is good, comfortable to live in, and fast.

"Yes, yes, steam ships will be the main ones." Su Ting expressed support.

"The time saved by steam engines and ships is equivalent to exchanging coal for food."

Zhang Jiuling then said, regardless of the goods being exchanged, those things were worthless and the porcelain could be burned at will.

"Am I going back?" Li Yi still wanted to leave.