Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 705: Changes in Hometown
The maritime merchants of Daqian had no idea that Tianzhu, with a population of tens of millions, would have a lower consumption power than the 2 million people of Daqian. They originally transported silk, porcelain and other valuables to Tianzhu based on the consumption level of Daqian.
As a result, in addition to the initial maritime merchants who made money, the later merchants lost all their money. After many people came back from Tianzhu, the caravan went bankrupt, and the merchants even owed a large amount of debt, which could only be paid to other merchants. Working to pay off debts, it can be said that Tianzhu really cheated a large number of maritime merchants.
In the next few years, Daqian merchants learned more about Tianzhu, but they found that it was difficult to open the Tianzhu market for any of Daqian's products. They were either self-sufficient or did not have enough spending power. The consumption of tens of thousands of nobles and a few fleets can meet Tianzhu's demand for luxury goods for a year. The market for tens of millions of Tianzhu people's consumption is just a mirage, which can only be seen but not touched.
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And more importantly, except for a few specialties in Tianzhu, there is nothing that Daqian needs. Therefore, after selling silk, porcelain and tea, most of these merchants transport real gold and silver back.
But here in Tianzhu, although the population is large, the country is small, and the divine power and royal power are firmly entrenched, resulting in an extremely small individual market. After a large number of merchants take away a few ships of gold and silver, the local financial market will be chaotic, prices will plummet, and the market will be depressed.
Although Xiao Wang of Tianzhu does not understand economics, he also knows that he cannot just let the merchants of Daqian steal the country's gold and silver. Therefore, in recent years, merchants of Daqian must barter if they want to trade with the country of Tianzhu. Materials, gold and silver and other valuables are not allowed to be taken away from the country, which is very similar to the style of the third brother of later generations, making money locally and spending it locally.
But this behavior ignited the anger of Daqian maritime merchants. They had not made much money in the first place, but now they are not even allowed to take away the money they made. They really think they are easy to bully.
They still have some moral bottom line. They did not directly turn into pirates and plunder all directions. Instead, after hearing that Liu Bei failed to fight for the world, they planned to go to Tianzhu to become Han Dynasties! At that time, many large merchants began to support Liu Bei and prepared to Let Liu Bei avenge them.
Of course, Liu Bei's actions in Nanzhong also made them huge profits. Whether it was Nanzhong's specialties or labor force, it was a big fortune.
Even the wealth surprised them. They thought this was a barbaric land, but they didn't expect that the local specialties in Daqian were extremely valuable, whether they were precious medicinal materials, rhino horns, crocodile skins, gems, spices, etc. Some precious sandalwood wood is extremely valuable when sold to Daqian. It can even be said that they make more money in Nanzhong in the wilderness than in Tianzhu!
It is because they found that supporting Liu Bei can make them more money, that there are so many big merchants behind Liu Bei, because Liu Bei has interests around him!
When it was difficult for Liu Bei to attack Tianzhu by land, they also helped Liu Bei find a way to attack Tianzhu by sea. Even the matter of contacting the officials of Daqian was done by them. Otherwise, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, the two Daqian The enemy will not enter the territory of Da Qin so easily.
After getting official approval from Daqian, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun came to Jizhou on a merchant ship, then landed in Bohai County, and then entered Changshan County. This was what Zhao Yun had agreed with Liu Bei in advance.
Since the turmoil in Jizhou, Zhao Yun has not returned to Changshan for almost 20 years, and has never seen his parents and fellow villagers. But this time he had the opportunity to return to Jizhou, and before leaving, he specifically asked Liu Bei to go back to his hometown.
Naturally, Liu Bei could not refuse Zhao Yun's request. He even sent Zhang Fei to accompany him, hoping that Zhang Fei would also go to his hometown in Zhuojun to see his people.
After Zhao Yun and the others entered Changshan County, everything was extremely strange to him. He could only walk back to his hometown based on his feelings.
"Zilong!" A voice called out in surprise at this time.
Zhao Yun was also surprised when he saw the person calling him: "Cousin?"
The person named Zhao Yunye is his cousin Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu said in surprise: "You are really back!"
Zhao Yun said excitedly: "I'm back! My hometown has changed so much over the years that I can't even find my way home."
Zhao Yu said with a smile: "How is it possible to find it? Our Zhaojiazhuang has moved long ago and merged with several nearby villages. Now it is in the plains."
After speaking, Zhao Yu took Zhao Yun home.
When he arrived at Zhao Yu's residence, Zhao Yun was a little surprised. What kind of small town was this? It was simply a small county town with six streets, three vertical and three horizontal. Zhao Yun even saw a small market and a workshop. There were even more in the village. It's so lively with people coming and going.
Zhao Yu looked surprised and Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Don't you think the scale is a bit scary?"
Zhao Yun nodded and said: "This is not inferior to the size of ordinary county towns. Cousin, you said this is a new county town established by Da Qian. Yundu believes it."
Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The government said that we should unite villages and integrate resources. The more people we have, the more powerful we will be. Only with more people can we build medical facilities, schools, workshops and other infrastructure. If we are still in the mountain village, the school cannot be moved there. , we can’t afford teachers either.”
"Now everyone has divided their fields, and orchards and canneries have been built on the mountains. Now the annual harvest is not only enough to feed people, but the excess food can also be used for farming. The harvested fruits can also be sold or made. into cans”
Then he said excitedly: "Brother Zilong is telling you that the price of pork has increased by 50% in the past six months. Our village has raised thousands of pigs and made millions more. And now our life is getting better and better." Now, more and more people are eating well, and everyone thinks that the demand for pork will increase in the future, so everyone is talking about expanding the scale of breeding."
Zhao Yun also said happily: "I didn't expect that my cousin has a business mind. No wonder everyone is getting richer and richer now."
Zhao Yu smiled and said: "Thanks to the help of the ruling party, we can live the life we have now."
At this time, more and more people came back to the village to say hello to Zhao Yun. They were all his relatives and friends, and the people in this living area were also from Zhaojiazhuang.
That night, more than a dozen banquets were set up in Zhaojiazhuang to celebrate Zhao Yun's return.
The next day, Zhao Yun followed his cousin to harvest wheat. He didn't have much time to stay here, and there was only this much he could do for his hometown.
His cousin seemed to have noticed Zhao Yun's thoughts. During the break, he asked: "I don't plan to stay. Now that my life is better, I don't need to go out to fight. If you stay, I will tell the mayor." , ask him to leave you 100 acres of land, and the tribesmen will help you open up wasteland, and you can stay in Da Da and live an ordinary life."
Because with the advent of newspapers, the news spread more widely than before. They knew that Liu Bei had been driven out of Daqian territory, and they also knew from the newspapers that Liu Bei was now conquering cities and territories in the wilderness.
There were even dedicated war reporters who followed them to report. Among them, Zhao Yun's name often appeared, capturing three passes on a certain day and attacking eight villages at night. So his cousin also knew that Zhao Yun had not left Liu Bei at all.
If Liu Bei had been a general of the Han Dynasty before, cousin Zhao Yun would definitely not have said such a thing. Although the Han Dynasty was weak, Zhao Yun was still a general there, and his work in the Han Dynasty could be regarded as honoring his ancestors.
But now the Han Dynasty has perished, and the place where Liu Bei is fighting is even more barbaric. Instead of fighting in such a place, it is better to return to the peaceful days in Daqian. After all, in his opinion, Zhao Yun is already over 40 years old. This age has come and it is time to prepare for retirement instead of continuing to fight on the battlefield.
Zhao Yun shook his head and rejected his cousin's kindness and said: "The general leads Yun very well. Yun cannot leave the general at this time."
Zhao Yu could only shake his head helplessly and said: "You have been stubborn since you were a child, and it seems you can't change it!"
At this moment, a sudden sound came over, and a steel machine came towards them.
A gray-haired old man jumped down and said angrily: "Everyone, come over quickly and see what good things I have brought for you!"
Zhao Yu and others gathered around him and asked curiously: "Mayor, what is this iron guy? Why is he still walking on his own?"
The mayor smiled and said: "This is a new thing from Jidu. What is it called a combine harvester? This guy can harvest wheat as fast as 1,000 people. I made a lot of effort to snatch it from the county. "
"1,000 people? Impossible, right?" Obviously no one believed it.
The mayor smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't believe it. Xiao Wu showed these country bumpkins the power of the combine harvester."
I saw Xiao Wu sitting on the harvester, starting the harvester and going into the field. All the wheat within a radius of more than ten feet was harvested cleanly by the combine harvester, leaving only a few heads on the ground.
"How about it? Isn't this iron guy awesome?"
Zhao Yu said in surprise: "It's amazing. If there were 10 such machines, our village's food supply would be completely surrounded by these machines, and everyone wouldn't have to work so hard!"
The mayor laughed and scolded: "Do you think this guy doesn't need money? Don't look at the steel all over his body. This guy is worth his money. One unit costs 200,000 yuan!"
"So expensive? It's worth 40 horses!" Zhao Yu and the others were surprised.
The mayor said: "You guys are really a bunch of ignorant country bumpkins. You don't even think about how every year we hire someone to help us harvest wheat. We don't spend more than hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now I have this big guy.
It can pay back its investment, and it can not only harvest wheat, but also cultivate fields, which is faster than hundreds of horses. It does not require feed, and it can be started by just getting some coal. It can be said that you will make money after buying it.
Everyone is grabbing such a machine, and if I hadn’t grabbed it quickly, even our village wouldn’t have one.”
When people think about it, they only pay once to buy a machine, but they have to pay for a Mai customer twice a year. After doing the calculation, they find that the machine is more cost-effective.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei saw the scene in front of them and said: "The failure of the general is not necessarily a good thing for the people of the world."
Zhao Yun knew that even if Liu Bei rebuilt the Han Dynasty, it would be difficult to see such a scene.