"Silk Road!" Now the tycoons of Xiliang are all excited. Isn't it because Lei Gong has the ability to open up the Silk Road? They are here! Let their hometown Xiliang become rich again!
With the opening of the Silk Road, the goods of the entire Han Dynasty will enter the Western Regions from Xiliang, and the goods of the Western Regions will also enter the territory of the Han Dynasty through Xiliang. This trade route alone is enough for them to make a fortune!
This is also the only way to get rid of poverty in Liangzhou. The climate in Xiliang, which is in the Little Ice Age, is even worse than that of the Han Dynasty. Droughts and locust plagues continue, precipitation is insufficient, deserts continue to expand, basic water conservancy is lacking, and food production continues to decrease. Silk Road Once the road was cut off, Xiliang declined like this!
Now the Silk Road has become the only hope for the entire Xiliang people, and no one wants to see their hometown decline like this.
Wang Guojun said: "As long as Xiliang stabilizes, Xiliang's construction will become a top priority! And if we want to restore Xiliang's prosperity, we must start with the Silk Road!"
"We Da Gan will get a Xiliang development bond and recruit 10 billion to build cities, roads, and stations along the Silk Road! Of course, there is also the most important army. Da Gan will use this money to arm 2 A permanent army is prepared to capture and stabilize the Western Region. This army will be the protector of the caravan in the future. Anyone who dares to plunder the caravan will be suppressed by my army!"
"10 billion!" This figure shocked all the family heads present!
This Da Qian is so rich that he easily spends 10 billion to build Xiliang, while the Han will only spend 10 billion on military expenditure in Xiliang.
This alone makes many heads of small families side with Daqian. If they can open up the Western Region, this little land is nothing!
Zhao Ang doubted: "Can the Daqian court come up with 10 billion?"
This is already more than three times the financial revenue of the Han Dynasty! Although Lei Gong is rich, he still doesn't think Lei Gong invested 10 billion yuan into the Western Regions!
Wang Guojun shook his head and said: "My finances are also very tight. It is difficult to come up with 10 billion. What I just said was 10 billion development bonds! Not 10 billion!"
But Zhao Ang and the others obviously don't understand the difference, they are not all the same!
Wang Guojun could only explain: "You have to sell these bonds to get the money, but you don't have to worry, my businessmen in Dagan have long wanted to open the Silk Road, and they are happy to spend the 10 billion! "
Han Sui was surprised and said: "These businessmen will spend 10 billion to do such a thing?"
This is a fortune that is unparalleled in the country, and this is obviously using their money to help the imperial court do things. Building roads, cities, and inns are things that the imperial court should do.
It was hard for Han Sui to imagine that the merchants were willing to pay this amount of money! This was not because he regarded the merchants as being taken advantage of. If these merchants were so easy to deceive, he would want to deceive them!
Wang Guojun said calmly: "Businessmen can't afford to be too early if they can't profit. As long as they see the benefits, they will naturally invest money in."
“According to our governing ideas, it would cost a lot to open up the Silk Road, and naturally whoever contributes the money and effort will benefit!
Therefore, for every 1 billion bonds purchased, you can get a business license in the Western Regions, specifically operating the Silk Road in a monopoly manner. Therefore, there are only ten caravans that can truly trade freely in the Western Regions, and any other merchants are unavailable.
If the merchants are caught, their goods will be confiscated!"
This is the monopoly system of later colonial times. The advantage of this system is that it can monopolize and maximize profits. When the colonial era just began, it was this monopoly system that prevented colonies from becoming a laborious
Don’t please the wasteland!
Xu Wei has learned a lesson from China. He has obviously become a major buyer of iron ore. Logically speaking, the pricing power should be in China's own hands. However, because the right to purchase iron ore is scattered among major steel plants,
Instead, they were defeated one by one, and hundreds of billions more were spent to buy iron ore.
At that time, many people were annoyed by this matter. The market is in other people's hands, and it doesn't matter if you are bullied by others. Who asked you to make other people's money, but the market is in your own hands and you are bullied by others? Then you are being stupid.
China already accounts for 70% to 80% of the output of many commodities. Logically speaking, this is far beyond the standard of monopoly. However, due to mutual price reduction, not only does it not make money, but it also loses money when the exchange rate changes. Whether you are buying or selling, you are bullied.
, we have been like this for many times in history!
So Xu Wei now simply instituted a monopoly system, and if he wanted silk, he had to pay for it with gold.
Of course, the most important thing is this monopoly system. It is very simple to collect business tax. You only need to find these 10 shops. It is simple and easy!
Han Sui said anxiously: "If we really follow this system of governance, wouldn't we also not be able to do business in the Western Regions? Why should we do such a thankless thing?"
One billion dollars for a license, I am afraid that the combined wealth of all the powerful families in Xiliang will not reach this figure. They want to make a fortune for themselves by opening up the Western Regions, not to sacrifice themselves for others.
But Wang Guojun said calmly: "Don't worry, to operate the Silk Road, you must be familiar with the customs and customs of the Western Regions. Who else in the Han Dynasty understands the conditions of the Western Regions except you, so even if a caravan buys a license, you must be allowed to join."
Get in!"
Jiang Jiong said angrily: "Then we Xiliang people will become part-time workers, how much money can we make!"
Although the powerful people in Xiliang are not from later generations, they also know that they can't make much money by working part-time. These days, the only way to make money is to be a boss.
But Wang Guojun said: "You must know that the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty began to exist in name only during this dynasty. The imperial court did not have the financial resources to maintain a central army in the Western Regions thousands of miles away to suppress the four parties! So after Ban Chao, the Han Dynasty officially abandoned it
The Western Region!"
"Why the Han Dynasty could not maintain the situation in the Western Regions. In addition to the shift of the court's ruling center to the south, the expansion of the Qiang people, and the strengthening of the countries in the Western Regions, another most important reason is that the Han Dynasty could not benefit from the Western Regions. Instead, it had to continue to subsidize the finances.
Going to the Western Regions, it didn’t matter when the Han Dynasty’s finances were healthy, but when the Han Dynasty’s finances were empty, the Western Regions would become useless and easily abandoned by the Han Dynasty!”
Wang Guojun sneered: "But there is really no money to be made in the Western Regions? How rich is Xiliang? Why do those merchants come to Dahan from thousands of miles away?
Why do Han merchants go to countries thousands of miles away?
Just because the silk of my Han Dynasty can be turned into gold of equal weight in the Western Regions, these merchants naturally have to go thousands of miles away to sell silk.
All the profits from the Silk Road have been made by you powerful and big businessmen. The court will lose money. How can the Han court be willing to do such a thankless thing? The court is unwilling to do it, but you can suppress all the countries in the Western Regions.
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So you and the Han have become lose-loses. The Han court has lost the Western Region, and you have lost your financial resources! Xiliang is also declining day by day!"
"Now the monopoly system is simple. Even for their own benefit, these 10 trading houses will find ways to pay the court to maintain an army in the Western Regions. When the time comes, let alone 20,000 troops, I'm afraid they will also be willing to have 100,000 troops.
By helping the imperial court to maintain its maintenance, the imperial court can also receive a large sum of taxes and maintain its rule in the Western Regions. This is a true win-win situation!"