Chapter two hundred and sixty-ninth to remain mysterious
At this moment, Cheng Zhengying was already meat on the chopping block. He dared not agree to it. He even felt relieved in his heart for Liu Che's condition.
"The prince wants me to do something..." Cheng Zhengying can bring the business to the scale it is today, and can even manipulate the entire Shu County officialdom and deal with the eunuchs sent from Chang'an. Naturally, he is not a fool. As soon as Liu Che's words came out, he immediately
Got this.
In this world, as long as there are still people of use value, they will not die!
So he immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said: "No, I will send people to Dian Kingdom as soon as I get back!"
Liu Che nodded.
It's funny to say that Dian Kingdom and Yelang Kingdom look like people from outside the territory, but in fact they both speak the Central Plains dialect.
At the very least, its ruling class should be people who can speak the Central Plains dialect.
The allusion of later generations is that Yelang is arrogant. Many people have only heard of that story, but do not know the background of that story.
At that time, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, openly rebelled against the Han Dynasty.
The little pig was furious and mobilized an army to attack.
The barbarians in the southwest naturally sat on the fence and watched.
After the King of Nanyue was killed and his head was sent to Chang'an, the entire southwest region surrendered almost without a fight. The Han army conquered the vast southwest region with almost only one armed march, and formally established the Central Plains regime for the first time.
It extends to the Yunnan-Guizhou area.
The local government of eight counties was established, while two vassal states were retained.
Guess which two vassal states were retained?
One is the Dian Kingdom, the other is the Yelang Kingdom...
Therefore, the rulers of Dian Kingdom and Yelang Kingdom are the two rulers in the background of Yelang's arrogance...
So, where are King Yelang and King Dian from being arrogant clowns?
He is clearly a smart man!
Liu Piao, who was standing aside, suddenly took action at this moment. She quietly pulled Liu Che's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Prince, this man and that man named Zhuo Wangsun really ate Deng Tong back then."
In the workshops and mines of Shu County?"
Liu Che chuckled, looked back at Liu Piao, whose face was full of happiness and whose eyes were full of small money, and replied in a low voice: "Auntie, this person and that Zhuo Wangsun are still useful. Auntie will not pursue this matter for the time being.
This is related to national affairs, so I will personally report it to my father!"
After Liu Piao heard this, his heart was filled with disappointment.
Although Liu had never seen Deng Tong's workshops, mines, and salt ponds in Shu County with his own eyes, he had heard people talk about them.
That is a huge industry that can deliver 2 billion yuan in revenue to the Shaofu a year.
If I could eat half, no, 10% would be in my mouth...
Just looking at Liu Che's expression and thinking about the daily warnings from the emperor's brother and his old mother, she finally did not dare to really instigate or even ask Liu Che to let her benefit from it.
Although Liu Piao is greedy, she still knows what kind of money she can be greedy for and what money she cannot be greedy for.
Liu Che looked at Liu's prostitute, and he couldn't help but feel that this aunt who had given him great help but also brought him a lot of trouble.
When it comes to greed, this woman really has no bottom line.
And everyone would be afraid of squandering it.
In the previous life, after the death of Empress Dowager Dou, she ordered that all the property in Changle Palace be given to Liu Prostitute.
The old lady has accumulated wealth in Changle Palace for decades, worth at least tens of thousands of gold.
But within three years, she had squandered it all.
Later, I was reduced to the point where I had to ask Xiaozhu for money...
But fortunately, she is not that kind of irrational lunatic.
At the very least, Liu Piao still has a sense of the overall situation and doesn't only see money.
However, Liu Che knew that if he did not appease this aunt, she might inevitably get into trouble in the future.
Therefore, Liu Che had no choice but to throw out a sugar-coated bullet and said in a low voice: "Aunt, are you interested in Gu's blank paper industry? If so, I will send someone to my aunt's house tomorrow to transfer this blank paper to my aunt's house.
Please tell your aunt carefully about the craftsmanship and process..."
When Liu Piao heard this, he immediately beamed with joy.
She had been coveting Liu Che's blank paper for a long time, but she couldn't bear to ask for it.
Now, Liu Che actually spoke first.
How could this not make Liu Xuan so excited that she even forgot about Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying?
Even if Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun were defeated, they would only be able to eat very little.
The emperor will definitely eat the big head!
But this white paper industry is actually an industry that is making money every day!
White paper is now extremely popular in the market. The current price of white paper is almost the same as that of fine silk, and is only slightly cheaper than luxury goods such as Shu Brocade.
If we win this white paper industry, won’t the money come in a steady stream in the future?
So, Liu Piao smiled and said: "The prince is busy first, aunt, I will go back to pay my respects to the empress of the East Palace!"
"Auntie, go slowly!" Liu Che quickly asked Wang Dao to see off the guest.
Liu Che shook his head as he watched the prostitute Liu go away.
Originally, this blank piece of paper was what he was going to throw out to the outside world to represent the interests of various wealthy families in Guanzhong.
After all, if you give someone a slap, you still need to give someone a sweet date to comfort you.
But now, the sweet dates are gone...
This gave Liu Che some hesitation. It seemed that he had to think of another way.
Liu Che turned around and looked at Cheng Zhengying.
To be honest, Liu Che was quite surprised that Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun formed a partnership and ate up Deng Tong's huge industry.
This shows that Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun are very smart.
You know, the Deng Tong property that Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun ate was as huge as two barrels of oil in the later dynasty!
By the way, I also ate half of the central bank...
Of course, there were a series of reasons for this, such as the new king's accession to the throne, the political chaos, and Deng Tong's death so quickly that there was no time to conduct an inventory of the properties under his name.
However, to be able to eat and digest it so silently, this ability will at least be a cannon-level giant in future generations.
It also conducts various trades with the southwestern countries outside the border areas, including the prohibited human trafficking.
These things can be easily kicked off.
It can kill Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun’s family!
In fact, the entire officialdom of Shu County and the eunuch system sent by the Shaofu in Shu County all wanted to use the heads of the ministers to pay for the crime.
but……
Liu Che had no intention of exposing it.
It is true that from a humanitarian and moral perspective, Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying, like those bastard navigators and colonists in later generations, should be nailed to the pillar of shame, and they should never be allowed to stand up again.
However, morality in this world has always been just talk.
On a practical level, Liu Che is willing to make a deal with even the devil as long as it can enhance national power and help Liu Che accomplish his goals.
Moreover, in fact.
The continued development of the Han Dynasty and the advancement of agriculture and military affairs all required a huge amount of pig iron as raw material.
In today's world, apart from Shaofu, Linqiong is the only place that can produce hundreds of thousands of kilograms of pig iron annually.
After defeating Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying, who will continue to produce iron?
Will the government control the iron mines and workshops located in the mountains south of Shu County, far away from Chang'an?
Even if it is possible, who will inject blood into this huge iron smelting industry?
Would an official dare to be so shameless as to use slaves from the Southwest or even India as miners?
Is it still like Deng Tong, who took the lives of domestic prisoners and sons-in-law to fill the gap?
Therefore, for the time being, the iron smelting industry in Linqiong can really only be developed by Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying, two enterprising 'conscience private entrepreneurs' who are desperate for money but not for their lives.
As for the future, nationalization of salt and iron is necessary.
The economic lifeline must be controlled by the state!
"Do I think this is the Western Han Dynasty version of the state advancing and the people retreating?" Liu Che complained in his heart, but said: "Sir, don't worry, what you and Mr. Zhuo are doing is just business as usual... That poisonous slave
If it's really that cheap, you might as well buy more..."
As long as the person who died was not a Chinese, Liu Che really had no pressure.
Moreover, any industry must be irrigated with human flesh and blood in order to grow.
Even if there are so many sweatshops on earth in future generations, do you really think they won’t exist?
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Where can you be a Holy Mother and at the same time make society progress and the country prosper?
At the very least, Liu Che has never seen the Holy Mother accomplish anything big in his three lifetimes.
In this world, successful people are all evil-minded and shameless people!
"No..." Cheng Zhengying kowtowed in fear. When he came to his senses, he immediately asked: "Is it still true to what His Highness said?"
"What I mean is that my husband didn't say those words to me just now, and I have heard them..." Liu Che looked at him with a smile: "Do you understand?"
After saying this, Liu Che closed his eyes.
Of course, a large part of the miners used by Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun were slaves from the southwest and even imported slaves from India.
However, many of them must be Chinese, his people, compatriots...
Liu Che knew very well what the consequences of his choice would be...
But in this ignorant era, the only way to promote scientific and technological progress in the desert of science is to use human lives to fill it.
Who has ever heard the lamentations of the female workers and child workers at the bottom of Britain's industrial revolution?
I want to develop industry but don't want to kill people. Is there such a good thing?
Liu Che knew very well that the path taken by industrial countries was destined to be mountains of bones and rivers of blood. The crown of industry was made of bones!
"Buy as many southwestern Yi Di and poisonous slaves as possible..." Liu Che rubbed his temples and said, "The lives of the people of the Han family are much more valuable than their gold!"
There's only so much he can do.
Liu Che knew very well that today's sacrifice would not be in vain. Only a country with initial industrialization can resist the terrifying three-hundred-year dynasty cycle and truly relieve the Central Plains countries' fear of the grassland peoples.
"No!" Cheng Zhengying bowed deeply.
"Bring this to Zhuo Wangsun as well..." Liu Che ordered.
"promise!"
"By the way..." Liu Che suddenly remembered: "Sir, why did you come to see me today?"
"Um..." Cheng Zhengying lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling that Liu Che seemed to want something from him, so he simply made up his mind and reported truthfully: "There is a girl from a small family, she is twenty-eight years old, and she is quite good at music. I heard about His Highness's talent show, and she
The people dared to recommend themselves..."
Liu Che laughed after hearing this.
I bet this guy is here to hug you!
After thinking about it, Liu Che said: "This matter is under the control of the Queen Mother of the East Palace. I am afraid that you have found the wrong person!"
"That's right... that's right..." Cheng Zhengying said: "I am lucky enough to meet His Highness..."
Cheng Zhengying was a smart man, so he naturally knew that Liu Che had already agreed, as long as his daughter could pass the Guantao test.
Thinking of Guantao, Cheng Zhengying also felt a little scared at this moment.
The reason why he was so high-profile before was actually intentional.
In order to pave the way for his daughter, who knew about him, the emperor of the Han Dynasty knew everything...
It’s really a waste of money!
Moreover, the trouble is that the Taoist Princess also knows...
Let him go see Princess Tao again...
He was really unsure...
Liu Che guessed what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Sir, don't disturb me. I don't dare to say anything else to my lonely aunt. After receiving the money, I will definitely do something!"
This is true!
Liu Piao, the princess of Guantao, can be regarded as a role model and role model for Han Dynasty merchants.
After taking your money, I will definitely help you get things done!
No exception!
Who in the world doesn’t know that reputation?
"Sir, why don't you go out with Gu, meet and say hello to your colleagues in Guanzhong?" Liu Che made the invitation in a leisurely manner: "By the way, I have something else to ask sir..."
As soon as Cheng Zhengying heard Liu Che say the word "ask for advice" and thought about it before, he couldn't help but tremble and asked: "What's the matter, Your Highness?"
"Don't worry, it's just about the unauthorized use of power..." Liu Che said with a smile. He enjoyed the feeling of being feared and intimidated. Liu Che now liked the identity of the prince more and more.
All princes are like this...
So, how majestic and domineering must be the emperor who is in charge of all directions in the nine provinces, herding hunting on behalf of the sky, prospering the country with a word, and bleeding and drifting with oars in a rage, leaving his corpse thousands of miles away?
Liu Che couldn't help but be fascinated, wishing he could sit in the seat in Xuanshi Hall tomorrow and listen to the officials shout long live.
However, Cheng Zhengying immediately understood everything and told Liu Che everything he understood and came into contact with about the operating rules of unauthorized power and the tricks in them.
Liu Che was stunned for a moment.
It has to be said that at this time, although bureaucracy and local power were still in their infancy.
But there are some things that don’t need to be taught, they come naturally!
For example, in terms of transactions and transfer of interests between the authorities and the government, even in this pre-AD era, businessmen and bureaucrats did no worse than their counterparts in later generations.
However, what Cheng Zhengying was talking about was the relationship between Shu County's power and the government.
For Liu Che, it is just a reference.
After all, Guanzhong and Shu County are two worlds, two models, and their living conditions are completely different.
But for Liu Che, this is enough!
After listening to Cheng Zhengying's narration, Liu Che said to him: "When I meet with the powerful officials in Guanzhong, Mr. Trouble tells them that you are here to petition the Emperor on behalf of the elders of Shu County to dig out the Baoxian Road..."
"Promise!" Cheng Zhengying didn't know why the prince asked him to say that, but after hearing these three words of praise, his pupils dilated and his eyes shone.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
This understanding is not only shared by later generations.
Businessmen at this time also understood this truth.
The most important reason why the world's industry and commerce is so developed now is that the late emperor ordered the opening of all closed cities, allowing merchants to do business all over the world after obtaining permission.
Moreover, there are no Lika in Han Dynasty, and the toll booths...
Baoxie Road is an important transportation road connecting Shu County and Guanzhong.
If you want to enter Guanzhong from Shu County, you must go here!
But the Baoxian Road is not easy to walk, and it has been in disrepair for a long time. It has long been overwhelmed!
Therefore, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the entire Shu County has been calling for the court to dig out the Baoshui River and the Xie River to connect the two major water systems. One can irrigate the land in Guanzhong, and the other can supply Shu County's silk, iron and other water systems.
Salt and grain can be transported to Guanzhong along this channel. Not only that, grain from Guandong can also be transported through Shujun, which is much faster and more convenient than walking through the mountains and gorges.
However, the Baoxie Channel project is very difficult, and the current is turbulent and there are many reefs. At present, there are huge technical obstacles in digging through it.
If this thing comes to pass, Cheng Zhengying knows that his products can easily enter Guanzhong for circulation, and things like Zhema Bo slaves can quickly enter the Guanzhong market.
Although Cheng Zhengying didn't realize it, his instinct still told him that the market was the source of his wealth. The bigger the market, the more money he would make!
"Your Highness, does the imperial court really want to build the Baoxian Road?" Cheng Zhengying couldn't help but ask.
This matter is so important!
Once the Baoxie Road is dug, there will be no obstacles between Guanzhong and Shu County.
People in the two places can travel normally without having to be constrained by steep mountain roads.
Liu Che smiled and did not answer.
Remaining mysterious is the only way for rulers to deal with the lower classes. Now Liu Che has somewhat scratched the surface! r1152
