Wang Xuan opened up a new idea to everyone, and everyone couldn't help but start deducing based on this idea.
No one here is just a talker. They all have rich practical work experience, and they quickly made their own deductions.
On the grassland, a Buluo with about a thousand people can only be considered a small Buluo, but the total number of cattle, sheep and horses it raises is tens of thousands, so that the consumption of a tribe can be guaranteed.
How much are these tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses worth?
On the grassland, it's really nothing. It's just rations. Can it be transported to the Central Plains?
Not to mention anything else, just talking about horses, the price of ordinary horses used to pull carts is more than three times higher than that in the Han Dynasty. This is because the roads are smooth and the transportation industry is developed. The same goes for cattle, whether they are cultivated as cattle or cattle.
Used to pull carts, the price is eye-watering. Wool, sheepskin, and mutton are now consumed in great quantities under Liu Bei's rule...
Think about the income that tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses can bring. Even if they are sold directly to merchants on the grassland, they cannot be at the price that fools the grassland people. For merchants, although the purchase price is much more expensive, due to road safety
, in fact, you make a lot of money, doesn’t this mean everyone is happy!
What if the medium-sized ones with tens of thousands of people don't fall into that category?
Don't dare to think, don't dare to think!
As for how to eliminate a tribe of about a thousand people, no one thought at all. No one had any doubts about Liu Beijun's combat effectiveness. Anyway, they made a lot of money.
"What do you think our army can earn from this Northern Expedition to the Wuheng people?" Tian Feng stared at Wang Xuan with burning eyes, his pupils turning into coin shapes.
Tian Feng has an upright character and never turns around. He is the best person in charge of the Finance Department. In line with the governing philosophy of making the best use of materials and people, Liu Bei directly handed over the Finance Department to Tian Feng. From then on, Tian Feng opened his mouth and shut up.
It's all money.
Wang Xuan really had no idea how to deal with such people who were stubborn without desire, so he had to reply: "Wuheng has a population of 300,000, and it is semi-nomadic and semi-farming. The animal husbandry is not as developed as the Xianbei people, but it is not bad. It is estimated that the harvest will not be enough for construction."
It’s not too bad to complete Zhendonghou’s vassal state..."
"Okay, I support the Imperial Master!" Before Wang Xuan could finish speaking, Tian Feng stood up and shouted. At the same time, he looked around at everyone with an oppressive look, as if anyone dares to disagree, don't even think about taking a point from me in the future.
The posture of money.
Recently, youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou and Heluo have been undergoing major infrastructure construction. At the same time, a large number of factories have been opened, roads have been laid, and the first phase of the east-west railway has been laid. The huge financial consumption has driven Tian Feng crazy, and now he wants to
The Northern Expedition also wanted to help Gongsun Zan build a princely state. Seeing that the treasury was about to bottom out, all the financial pressure fell on Tian Feng. Now Tian Feng didn't look good at anyone. He had a gloomy face all day long but no one dared to provoke him.
At this moment, being stared at by Tian Feng, everyone involuntarily lowered their head slightly to avoid it.
Wang Xuan looked at Tian Feng and wanted to laugh for no reason. After everyone agreed, Wang Xuan continued: "In addition, the Langxie Wang family asked our army to help them at the cost of 90% of their family property to eliminate Wu.
The Heng people then continued to conquer the Goguryeo people in the north of Xuantu County, and helped build several urban frameworks, main roads and factories."
"Another war! I object!" Tian Feng, who was thinking about how much money he could make, directly objected without even thinking.
Wang Xuan looked at Tian Feng with a smile but not a smile, with a malicious look on his face, "Yuan Hao, are you sure you don't want to hear how much 90% of the Wang family's property, which has been rooted in Langxie for four hundred years, is?"
"And when the Goguryeo people are wiped out over there, all the spoils will belong to our army!" Wang Xuan kept raising his brows, his tone full of bewitching irritating Tian Feng's nerves.
"How much!" When he heard that there was money coming in from the treasury, Tian Feng couldn't care less.
"Nearly two million acres of land, money, 12 billion!" Wang Xuan said word by word, Tian Feng's expression suddenly changed very wonderfully, including surprise, excitement, joy, and relief...
After a while, Tian Feng's expression became intense, and he looked at Liu Bei with firm eyes, and said righteously: "It is the duty of soldiers to protect their homeland and expand their territory. The Goguryeo people have repeatedly invaded our borders with the Han Dynasty.
There is a right way to kill my people. Anyone who offends my mighty Han Dynasty will be killed no matter how far away he is. If we don’t get rid of him, the people will feel unjust!"
Pfft... If he couldn't help it, Wang Xuan would never laugh. Now Tian Feng really has no moral integrity at all, and only money is in his eyes!
Of course, unlike those greedy people, Tian Feng is really worried about the treasury. Although Tian Feng was proficient in government affairs before, he had never managed finances. Only now does Tian Feng know how important money represents.
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Don't wonder why the Wang family has so much money. One hundred and two billion is indeed a lot, but for a top family that has been based in Langxie for four hundred years, it's really not surprising.
Let's talk about the Mi family. Historically, when Mi Zhen married Liu Bei, the dowry alone was worth one billion. Later, when she went bankrupt, she even organized an army of ten thousand people for Liu Bei. The financial resources consumed were terrifying.
Regardless of whether the Mi family is one of the four wealthy businessmen, business is just business. Their social status is low, and their wealth is not comparable to those top aristocratic families. Besides, the Mi family is only a few years old, only three generations old. Don't say that the Wang family looks down on the Mi family. Really
They cannot be compared.
The Langye Wang family is the descendant of Ji Jin, the crown prince of Lingwang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Their ancestor is Prince Cheng, the Grand Sima of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Prince Cheng's father is the second son of King Huan of Zhou. He was appointed Grand Prince of Qi State on the recommendation of Guan Zhong.
After the death of Duke Huan of Sima and Qi, the prince became a descendant of his father and continued to serve as a general of Qi State, so he settled in Qi State and took "Wang" as his surname for generations. This was the beginning of the Langya Wang family.
Over the past 2,000 years, the Langye Wang family has recorded 92 prime ministers and more than 600 literati and famous officials. How can the Mi family compare with them?
So this time when the Langye Wang family lost their entire family, it really wasn't a problem to come up with 1.2 billion. After all, we in China have always liked to accumulate wealth since we were primitive people, and these big families are even more difficult to get in and out.
Historically, all dynasties suffered from "money shortage". It was not that they really had no money, but that they were rusting in the treasury of a big family and wealthy businessman.
In an era when 'money' was 'money' and was not paper, it was certain that a big family would have money, and it was inevitable that they would not be able to spend it all.
After proper communication between all parties, the Northern Expedition entered the actual operation stage, and because all the big families in Hebei were involved, the Wuhuan people's news channels were suddenly cut off.
Well, in fact, it is not completely cut off, but the news turned into false news under the manipulation of these big families. The Wuheng people have actually received Liu Bei's intention of the Northern Expedition. So many people have something to do with the Wuhuan people.
How could no news be passed on to the noble families who were coming and going, especially the major families who had been eager to see Liu Bei defeated?