"Gao Gong, the first is salt."

Yang Feng said while walking with a wine glass in Gao Xianzhi's mansion.

Their banquet at Yang Guozhong's mansion didn't last long. The Anxi Army Group was not the Yang faction. In the past two years, as Yang Guozhong became increasingly powerful, he had already begun to compete for power with Li Linfu. There was no need for the Anxi Army Group to be involved. If he was too close to Yang Guozhong, it would cause Li Linfu to be disgusted, just go through the motions and make things happen.

"I understand."

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

Monopolying the salt industry can be said to be the best way to make money, and Yang Feng also knows this without saying it.

"You don't have to worry about sales. There is no well salt in Annan at all, it can only be sea salt. The last one can teach you how to dry salt. The climate there is hot and it is easier to dry salt. You can set up an official salt farm along the coast, hire those natives to dry salt, and then patrol with naval warships. All other salt boilers are killed without mercy. But selling salt can recruit our mainland vendors to be responsible for sending salt to them, sending them salt intake, paying for each salt intake, and then paying for salt directly from you, and then going to the salt farm to raise salt, and you don't need to worry about the rest, and you can even give them the power to organize salt cubes to deal with private salt sellers. Of course, you have to pay attention to the price. After all, they are too dark and cause the local people to rebel, and it will be troublesome."

Yang Feng said.

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

This trick can not only support the army, but also attract immigrants, with the best of both worlds.

“Second, sea transportation.

Establish a business and authorize it to monopolize the shipping of Annan. In the future, all shipping trades within the jurisdiction of the Annan Jiedushi will be responsible for this business, and even the military supplies in the future can be transported by it. The foreign merchant ships on the Haiyi Road must obtain the Guangzhou Maritime Warehouse. However, Annan is the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, there is no need to go to the Maritime Warehouse from Annan to Annan. Do you understand?"

Yang Feng said.

Gao Xianzhi nodded with a smile.

Of course he understood that Yang Feng was actually teaching him to smuggle. Merchant ships from foreign countries must be paid tax by Guangzhou Maritime Bureau. Annan belongs to domestic trade and has a relationship with the Maritime Bureau. Annan army has set up a group of sea ships to do business by themselves. Bypassing the Guangzhou Maritime Bureau, they go to any port to receive and unload goods. As long as it is not too much, the court will turn a blind eye. After all, as the governor of Annan, he not only has to support 20,000 troops but also has to build a city upstream of Zhuyuan River, but also has to undertake the task of expanding territory from the outside. These are all money. Either the court gives me money, or you have to acquiesce me to find ways to make money, including some illegal means.

“Third, the poll tax.

That is to ask those natives to collect taxes according to their heads. Since they are subjects of the Tang Dynasty, it is natural to pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty. Whoever dares not pay them will be killed without mercy."

Yang Feng said.

He was actually using the role of the Tang army as a colonist, monopolizing trade, controlling maritime transportation, and collecting cap taxes. These were all done by European colonists in Southeast Asia. He was nothing more than teaching Gao Xianzhi to copy them all, but these were still not the key points. After all, Annan is just a little bit big, and no matter how hard he goes, he can't make any money. The real highlight is expansion.

"These three things can allow you to maintain your garrison, but these are not enough. You still need to explore more wealth, such as beating Linyi, and then occupying a port here, forcing it to offer or lend it to us, and then build a small city here, but don't attack Linyi in depth, only occupy a small city along the coast, and use this city as a base to sell various goods from our Tang Dynasty to Linyi, such as silk, tea, porcelain and even salt.

However, this kind of trade is still the responsibility of the business that I said before. Any other merchant ship that dares to sell goods to Linyi will be arrested no matter where the merchant comes from. Even if it is not arrested, it will be transferred to this business. You are the governor of Annan and you have the right to manage the affairs of the jurisdiction. You have authorized this business. Then whoever grabs the business is violated by the law. Similarly, if the Linyi people want to bypass this place, you can also send a fleet to beat them up.

When Linyi is built, you can build another city in Zhenla in the same way.

It keeps building like this.

You can complete the saint's tasks and gain enough benefits.

The best of both worlds.”

Yang Feng said.

Well, this is the standard colonizer again.

"You go forward step by step, jump forward along the coast one by one, and jump all the way to this place, that is, Sriva passes away, and then here, this place is called Longyamen, which is the throat of the sea. You build another city here, and you will be able to congratulate Gao Gong, you have stepped into a mountain of gold. From Longyamen to the north, there is a mountain of tin. You can pick as much tin as you want. You can use tin to cast a city. In addition, there are countless peppers on the surrounding islands, and you can pick as much as you want. Even if you use pepper to bury the entire Chang'an, it is enough for these islands to be found in the mountains and fields. This thing is like a pine tower on Taibai Mountain.

Also, do you know what is the most famous thing about Saliver’s death?

gold.

This small country has a lot of gold. Although it takes a lot of troops to destroy its country, it is still okay to beat them up and ask them to compensate for their military expenses. You don’t have to ask too much at once. At worst, you can beat them up again this time.

But remember not to attack in depth.

These islands are covered with forests, not only dense trees, but also all kinds of poisonous snakes and beasts in the forest. The crocodiles, that is, the pigs and dragons can grow more than two meters long. Ours is only half a meter, and there are giant pythons. It is a legend that the giant pythons in the mountains here can swallow people. The giant pythons can really swallow a living person easily, and all kinds of epidemics are rampant. As long as you enter the jungle and don’t have to fight, you can die. Therefore, you must not attack it in depth. You only need to blockade the coast, fight for trade monopoly for our merchant ships, and force them to pay military expenses. "

Yang Feng continued.

The jungle was determined not to enter. Before the problem of tropical diseases was solved, an army rashly entered the jungle and committed suicide. When 30,000 French troops went to Haiti to commit suicide. The latter hid in the jungle and the French army also went in stupidly, and the casualties in the battle were almost ignored. However, the 30,000 French troops were still almost wiped out. In the end, the one who won a country for those black slaves was actually a small yellow fever bacteria.

"That's all I'll come up with at the moment, and I'll talk about new ones later."

Yang Feng then said.

"So how should I thank you?"

Gao Xianzhi said.

Of course he knew that he had to give Yang Feng the benefits. Not to mention the help now, he would have to ask Yang Feng for help if he wanted to do this in the future.

"It's very simple. You definitely cannot form a business that monopolizes trade with military expenses. You have to pay for the ship and hire people. Then, we will join hands with the generals of the two armies of Anxi Beiting. We will pay for this business together. The money you earn in the future will of course be divided according to the proportion of shares. As for the amount of shares, it will be up to you."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Can!"

Gao Xianzhi agreed readily.

This is a good thing for him, because the investment in this business is definitely not small, and he bears pressure alone, and it is a good thing for someone to raise money. Secondly, although he goes to Annan, he is from the Anxi Army group. He has to join in politics. The best way to join in politics is interests. Such a business is the best choice. But although the Anxi Army is far away, there is absolutely no marginalization in politics. The main generals of the Anxi Army are all popular people in front of Li Longji. Feng Changqing, Li Siye, and Cheng Qianli from Beiting can all be said to be the most valued general of Li Longji. Now with a rising Yang Feng, the group will at least be an important force in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Xianzhi's departure from Annan is the real political marginalization. If he wants to maintain his political status, he must join forces with his old subordinates.

"Then we'll make a decision. Finally, we will go to Jiangnan East to inspect the shipyards, so we can just order a batch of merchant ships there."

Yang Feng said.

Just use a lucky boat to travel to Southeast Asia.

Gao Xianzhi nodded.

In this way, a Tang Dynasty version of the East India Company quietly took steps.

Then Yang Feng left Gao Mansion.

The second update had already passed, and a curfew was entered in Chang'an City. However, Gao Xianzhi was the General of the Right Jinwu, in charge of the curfew, so Yang Feng certainly would not worry about this issue. He rode his horse on the streets of empty night, and just met patrol soldiers to show the waist tags given by Gao Xianzhi. But just now he walked a short distance, on a secluded street, he handed the waist tags and horses to the soldiers who were accompanying him, and then wearing his bright armor, like Mount Tai in the jungle, jumped into the next door, and kept moving forward along the empty streets under the cover of night, and finally crashed into an open window.

"Sister, I see you are here!"

Yang Feng said with a smile, hugging him from behind and looking back in shock...

"Uh, sorry, I recognized the wrong person!"

He said awkwardly.

"If you are wrong, you are wrong. Can't you just make the mistake?"

The lady turned around and stroked his armor and looked at him and smiled.

"Sister, I'm a serious person!"

Yang Fengyi said righteously.

"A serious man who jumped into the widow's room in the middle of the night?"

The noble lady lit his chest and said.

While she was talking, she began to take off his armor. The maids serving on both sides rushed forward. Yang Feng maintained a righteous expression and let them mercy. After taking off a whole set of bright light armor, the lady gently stroked her hand and immediately revealed her true form. She was unceremonious and suddenly picked it up and threw it on the bed in a laughter. She pressed it up and tore off her clothes in a few rough times...

"Okay, but I'm going to catch the adulterer in bed!"

Suddenly there was a angrily scolding outside.

"Where is so much nonsense!"
Chapter completed!