Like Yuliangzhou, Hu Douzhou is a sandbank in the river, with a radius of only a hundred miles.

It is just located near the estuary of the Yangtze River, close to the Hailing of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and is separated by a river. In the past, it was deserted and remote, and later it became a land for local tyrants to compete for, and many farms were gradually purchased.

But later, a generous buyer, led by Yangzhou officials, visited the original owner one by one and bought the farm on the sandbank with extremely generous conditions.

In fact, many landlords do not want to sell. Although the conditions are superior, they are not short of money. Although the sandbank is not big, these silted sandbanks are very fertile. The landlords plant beans here, that is, broad beans, so they are known as Hu Douzhou. However, this buyer is very good at hand and the governor of Yangzhou is respectful to this person who is obviously a housekeeper.

Soon, all the fields on the continent were sold. If they were not sold, they would not be able to do so. The governor invited these people to the yamen for tea, and the butler directly stated his identity to everyone straight to the point. He was the butler of Prime Minister Li Chao, and the ones who wanted to buy Hu Douzhou were Li Xiangguo and His Royal Highness the Prince.

Who can say anything else?

Fortunately, although the other party carried out these two great Buddhas, the generous conditions promised were fulfilled, so everyone had nothing to complain about.

Now just a year has passed, and Hu Douzhou, which was originally full of broad beans, has become an extremely prosperous and lively place.

The pier, ship repair yard, cargo warehouse, and other coasts are salt fields and salt warehouses.

There is also a large area of ​​houses on Langshan on the island, which are concentrated inns, restaurants, tea shops, brothels, gambling houses and other lively places.

The peaceful sandbank in the past has now become an important business port for maritime trade.

Hu Douzhou is an important commercial station for Sihai Company. The goods from Changhan, Hanshui, Canals, Huaihe River and other rivers finally piled up here and then loaded into ships.

Sihai Company is just a foreign trade company, but the goods sold by this company are massive, and the goods brought back from overseas are also massive. Countless workshops, merchants, etc. have become suppliers of this company. A large number of merchants gather here, and this place is becoming more and more lively.

Hu Douzhou, like Yuliangzhou, became two places in the new Zhenguan dynasty, although small but extremely important. Yuliangzhou is the political center of the Tang Dynasty today, and Hu Douzhou has also become one of the most important trading stations of Sihai Trading Company, becoming a dazzling pearl at the mouth of the Eastern Yangtze River.

Even Li Shimin knew that in the middle of the river between Yangzhou and Su Chang, there was a Hu Douzhou where the goods were piled up like mountains, with endless gold and silver numbers, and merchants sweated like rain.

He also knew that Hu Douzhou was the industry of Sihai Company, and Sihai Company was the industry of Prince and Li Chao. There were many participants in this company, including Empress Changsun, Changsun Wuji, and even Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc.

Fortunately, the company's accounts were very open and transparent. At the beginning, the court's department invited to set up an office on it.

There were officials from the Ministry of Revenue to collect taxes there and collected one million chunks of taxes a year, which was too much for Li Shimin to refuse.

"Three million coins?"

However, when Prince Chengqian handed Li Shimin a passbook of three million Li Ji Money House to Li Shimin, Li Shimin was still very shocked.

Three million guan is not three million guan. Three million guan is enough for three thousand guan, let alone three million guan. The income from commercial taxes and other income in the previous year of the Tang Dynasty was not so much.

Even now, the tax revenue outside of the regular tax is only more than 10 million yuan, which is still obtained by Li Chao's blessing. Now that the prince handed him three million yuan at once, Li Shimin was not surprised.

"I sold the shares of Sihai Money House and will specialize in learning to handle government affairs in the future." said the young prince.

Li Shimin did not pay attention to the keynote that the prince said, but instead focused on the money.

"Sihai Company's half a share was sold, and it sold three million yuan?"

"Yes, because Erchen was in a hurry to take action, the teacher helped me sell it. The teacher said that if I was not in a hurry to cash out, I could sell it slowly, at least 500,000 extra coins."

Li Shimin took a breath and felt distressed when he heard this.

It’s 500,000 yuan, and his small treasury doesn’t have that much money. But what shocked him even more was that half-financial shares were worth three million. Wouldn’t that mean that 10% of Sihai Company’s shares can be worth six million, and the entire commercial bank can be worth six million?

Sixty million yuan, what does it mean, how much does it cost?

This company, which has only been established for a year, is so valuable and rich enough to rival a country? Li Shimin had an impulse and wanted to issue an order to confiscate the company.

It was 60 million yuan. Because of disaster relief, the court had no money. In the end, Li Chao issued a bond and issued a total of six issues, each issue of five million, and a total of only 30 million.

This was finally raised.

But now a company that has been established for only one year is worth 60 million.

Li Shimin was very confused. What was wrong with this world?

"By the way, didn't Sihai Company work with you and Li Chao? Why are you half-asset? How many shares are Li Chao in it?" Li Shimin suddenly thought.

The company is so valuable, why is my son's shares so small?

"The teacher has 10% of the shares, but his shares are majority equity shares, 10% of the shares have 30% of the voting rights."

Li Shimin was a little confused. He understood every word of this, but how it was connected was confusing.

"Then is the shares in Li Chao worth six million or eighteen million?"

"This cannot be simply discussed. If you really want to calculate it, Sihai Company has always been controlled by teachers. Sihai Company is not simply worth 10 million to 20 million yuan, it has a higher value."

Li Shimin sighed.

He suddenly didn't want to speak.

He was the emperor, but he was worried about money all day long, but Li Chao was rich enough to rival a country.

"Father, I heard from the teacher that the Turks are going to fight with us!"

Li Shimin frowned, "What else did Li Chao really say that?"

"The teacher said that my uncle made a big mistake this time. He made all the decisions, but he regretted the game of chess. The teacher said that Yu Sheshi would definitely go to Tongye Hu, and Tuli must have already gone to Tongye Hu now. My uncle took the back trap, but it made the entire eastern and western Turks fall under the command of Tongye Hu. The great situation was lost all at once, saying that we are facing a serious consequence now, and we have to fight a big battle in a time when we don't want to fight and are not prepared."

After hearing this, Li Shimin pondered for a while, then sighed.

Changsun Wuji's good news came today. When he received the good news, he was really happy for a while at first, but at most a quarter of an hour. Then he thought of the Turks, Turi, Tongye Hu, and a terrible situation that he was unwilling to think about, but was bound to be a certain situation.

The Tang Dynasty originally wanted to provoke and manipulate the Turks' civil strife behind the scenes, but accidentally let the throne Ye Hu advance eastward and take all the Turkish tribes in the eastern region under his command.

"Li Chao's overall view is still so accurate, and he can't hide anything from him. It's a pity that Wuji really missed this time. Yi Nan and the Turkic Mobei three stages won, but Tong Ye Hu picked peaches. Wuji's move happened to force Tu Li and the others to turn to Tong Ye Hu. Is this God's will?"

The young prince said disapprovingly, "It's because my uncle wants to make contributions too much, and it's because his uncle's ability to stand alone is lacking. At a critical moment, he made a wrong judgment."

"Wrong, a fatal mistake." Li Shimin had already calculated the situation in the future after many battles. Sudden odds must be the one who surrendered to Ye Hu, and Ye Hu would inevitably go south.

Tongyehu will at least propose to take away the front and back condom areas.

Even with such a request, Li Shimin could not agree.

If you don't agree, you have to fight.

"Prince, if you were asked to make a decision, what would you choose to do in the current situation?" Li Shimin suddenly asked the prince.

"Only one battle!"

Li Shimin was very pleased, but worried when he heard the prince’s answer.

"But the disaster in the north has just passed, and our vitality is severely damaged. At this time, our strength is not enough to fight the Turks that have been united. Especially under Yinshan, there is a prairie, and now it is the time when the autumn is high and the horse is fat. The weather and place are good for the Turks."

As an emperor, you must have a clear understanding of your court's strength and blind confidence, which is called conceit.

The Ye Hu could mobilize at least 400,000 cavalry, but the Tang Dynasty was unable to mobilize 400,000 government soldiers quickly. Even if it was mobilized, the current situation could not afford the logistics supply.

Besides, in a plain terrain like Hetao, fighting a decisive battle with hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry is something that only those who are thinking about will think of.

"Father, we can lure the enemy into the depths, choose the battlefield in advance, and fight against the Turks on the battlefield we have chosen."

"Teel the enemy deeper? Where to go?" Li Shimin asked.

"It's better to lure them into the Great Wall."

"Inside the Great Wall." Li Shimin frowned even more. Now the northern border of the Tang Dynasty has been pushed to the Yinshan line. If the Turks were to lure the Turks into the Great Wall and choose the area for the decisive battle within the Great Wall, it would be quite far away. The most important thing is that the Great Wall is a barrier in the north. If you take the initiative to give up the defense of the Great Wall and let hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry come in, you can still control the situation. Can you defeat the Turks and drive them back outside the Great Wall?

But you must not accidentally make a mistake and turn into a trap to the house, so you will regret it.

"Is this idea Li Chao's?"

Cheng Qian nodded generously, "Father, I think now, only by asking the teacher to take charge can you turn the danger into safety. As soon as the teacher heard about the Hetao victory, he immediately scolded his uncle. His understanding of the situation in the north was unreachable. Besides, the teacher was still a general who was the first to win the army, but he had never lost a single defeat. He was the best at defeating the more with the few and the weak and defeating the strong. With him, he would win the horse to succeed and win the flag!"

Li Shimin was not surprised to recommend Li Chao to be the leader. In fact, the first person he thought of was Li Chao.

Then I thought of Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and other generals.

"Actually, I want to lead the army in person!" Li Shimin said to his son.

"My son opposes." Unexpectedly, Cheng Qian opposed his thoughts without hesitation.

"Do you think Li Chao is better at leading troops to fight than me?" Li Shimin was really angry when he was not satisfied with his son's elbows turning out. He raised his army at the age of sixteen, and Li Chao was still a little novice monk at that time.

"Your Majesty is the emperor, the king of a country, not the general, and you should not be the one who commands the army and fight. Just like a prince is the crown prince, it is not suitable to participate in a business operation. Your Majesty should not be confused about the truth that even a minister can understand."

Li Shimin was a little embarrassed and felt relieved when the prince said this. The prince was getting more and more mature.

"Although you are suspected of being traitorous, I think this is very good. OK, I will listen to you and will not be in charge of the army."

Cheng Qian smiled, "Then has His Majesty agreed to let the teacher take charge of the battle?"
Chapter completed!