Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Fantasy -> The voyage of the Three Kingdoms

Volume 2 Set Sail Chapter 193 Sustainable Development

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Chapter 193 Sustainable Development

    The emperor was silent, and a minister beside him chuckled, and cupped his hand towards Sun Shao: "General Fuyi is really generous, and his actions are worth thousands of gold. It seems that this expedition has gained a lot."

    Sun Shao glanced at the minister in surprise. Although the minister looked quite tall, he looked very young, about sixteen or seventeen years old. Although he put on a sanctimonious look, he still couldn't hide his immaturity.  He laughed secretly, wondering which kid from this family would dare to interrupt in this situation?  He glanced at the emperor and saw that the emperor was not angry. He pretended not to hear, then he understood the meaning and smiled: "The young man is very handsome, but I don't know what to call him?"

    "Your Highness has fought hard and is not very clear about things in the palace. Let me introduce you." Cao Rui smiled and walked in side by side with Liu Chan.  With a gentle smile on his face, Liu Chan bowed to Sun Shao from afar.  Cao Rui strode up to the emperor, bowed and saluted: "King Wei Chenrui pays homage to your majesty."

    Liu Chan also followed suit and saluted: "The king of Shu, Chen Chan, pays homage to your majesty."

    "My dear friends, you are here at the right time. Just now my General Fuyi said that he would give me a thousand pieces of gold to help me rebuild the Yuntai. What do you think?"

    Cao Rui and Liu Chan looked at each other and smiled bitterly in unison.  The emperor's intention was very obvious, he wanted them to shed some blood.  The queen is a member of the Cao family, so of course Cao Rui cannot be compared with Sun Shao, but these days, he may still have some confidence to compete with Sun Shao in terms of force, but wouldn't it be asking for trouble if he competes with Sun Shao in terms of financial resources?  He hesitated for a moment and then said with a smile: "The general has returned from an expedition. It is said that the fleet carrying the loot can't be seen at a glance. He spent a lot of money to rebuild the cloud platform. It's just a small effort. I don't dare to compare with him, so I can only serve as a foil. This time  The general went on a campaign, and many barbarians came to congratulate him. I heard that the barbarian mansion was not enough for use, and it was inconsistent with the name of our great country. I gave you five hundred gold to help your majesty build more barbarian mansions. Your majesty, look"

    "The emperor is dumbfounded. He is really helpless these days. The emperor wants to beg from the princes and kings, and the princes and kings actually specify the use for giving some money. What's the matter?

    Liu Chan hesitated for a while: "Shu is a small country with poor people. It cannot be compared with Wei and Yue. I I am willing to offer you three hundred pieces of Shu brocade."

    Sun Shao smiled, pointed at Cao Rui and Liu Chan, and said in an old-fashioned way: "You two little bastards are not honest in front of His Majesty. Five hundred gold and three hundred pieces of brocade, you can't handle it. Don't talk nonsense, I  You pay as much as you pay, and I will deduct it from your business tax. That's it."

    Cao Rui and Liu Chan shrugged, looking helpless: "Now that the king has spoken, we have no choice but to be respectful and obey.

    The neglected young minister sneered: "Three Your Highnesses, the poem says, 'Under the sky, it's the king's land; on the shore of the land, it's the king's ministers.' Do the three highnesses also have to negotiate for the price when they offer something to the emperor?"

    Sun Shao's smile turned cold and he turned to Cao Rui without looking at him and said, "Who is this?"

    "Look, I was so frightened by your daughter that I forgot to introduce him to you." Cao Rui clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is Zhong Xiangguo's youngest son, Zhong Hui Zhong Shiji, a famous child prodigy."

    Zhong Hui?  Sun Shao had a flash of inspiration and immediately remembered that great man who was as famous as Deng Ai, but he didn't expect that he was still a young boy now.  Historically, he was Deng Ai's rival, and later even killed Deng Ai, but I'm afraid that's unlikely now. He was still a small minister, but Deng Ai was the top leader in Wanli Nanhai. The two were too far apart.  The Cao family has secured its throne and is working hard to clean up those big families. The big families in Yingchuan and Runan have been squeezed out to varying degrees. Xun Zhong and Chen Han are no exception. Zhong Hui's prominent family background can no longer bring him  There are so many benefits, and he can only rely on his own efforts if he wants to be promoted.

    "Do you think a thousand pieces of gold is very little?" Sun Shao asked lightly.

    Zhong Hui opened his mouth to argue, but when he saw Sun Shao's displeased eyes, he was startled and did not dare to argue further.

    "The law of the Han Dynasty states that the princes and kings should use gold to assist sacrifices, and a thousand households should receive four taels of gold. I don't know about Wei, Shu, and Wu. My country of Yue seems to have never owed one or two taels of gold, right?" Sun Shao said unhurriedly: "You want to do it  Let me be clear, this daughter of mine is not a donation, but to help repair the cloud platform. Ordinarily, such a thing should not be done by a vassal country of my country, Yue. Am I overstepping my bounds by doing this? If this is indeed the case, then  I am willing to take the blame."

    The emperor gave a silent bitter smile. Who dares to get along with money? I will punish you. He turned around and scolded: "Ignorant bastard, why don't you apologize to the general?"

    When Zhong met the emperor, he didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he had to bow honestly: "I'm a humble minister, Meng Lang, please forgive me."

    "Humph" Sun Shao laughed and said, "Meng Lang can't even be mentioned. I guess you are probably like King Wei."People were deceived into thinking that I came back from an expedition and had a lot of harvest, so that's why I said this, right?  "

    Zhong Hui looked at Cao Rui awkwardly, not daring to say anything nonsense.  Cao Rui smiled disapprovingly: "Why, isn't that the case? The soldiers who accompanied the king on the expedition returned home, but they spread the king's reputation widely. An ordinary soldier can bring back ten gold, you are dignified  Didn¡¯t the King of Yue make a lot of money?"

    Sun Shao smiled. He knew that Cao Rui must be causing trouble behind this, and maybe Liu Chan was also involved. Although he was a little slow to react, the Zhuge Liang behind him was not a good character. The one who accompanied Liu Chan this time was  Zong Yu, who had just returned from the expedition, was a close confidant of Zhuge Liang, and it was impossible not to report those situations to Zhuge Liang.  In this expedition, two-thirds of the soldiers were reluctant to leave their homeland and wanted to go home. Some of them had acquired the land, but they also wanted to take advantage of the favorable wind of the army to go home and pick up their families. Therefore, the number of people who returned to the Wei, Shu, and Wu kingdoms was very large.  many.  In order to allow those soldiers to settle down in West Asia with peace of mind, Sun Shao gave generous rewards. Not only did he pay settlement fees and allocate land, but also distributed slaves to enable them to farm. Those who were reluctant to leave their hometown basically gave each  He received a reward of ten gold and a lot of other spoils. These two rewards almost exhausted the proceeds of this war. If Cui Qian hadn't discovered the gold coast of South Africa while sailing along the sea, Sun Shao would have found it again.  A big gold mine, Sun Shao almost lost money.

    The advantage of this is that almost all the soldiers who went on the expedition were grateful to Sun Shao. Those who were willing to stay in West Asia were peaceful and full of confidence in the future. Those who returned home were also very satisfied with the war. Even the families of those who died in the war saw  When receiving generous pensions, they would also be grateful for Sun Shao's generosity. No one would make irresponsible remarks about whether the war was worth it. In turn, they looked forward to having the opportunity to follow the King of Yue to fight next time.

    "I made a profit, but it's not money." Sun Shao glanced at the people who couldn't hide their jealousy, and said slowly: "My profit will be in the future, after I conquer Persia and open up trade routes, I won't be able to make money again."  Someone levied my business tax. In other words, at least half of the business tax that was originally going to the Persians was transferred to my hands. It was not much. It was only about 30,000 to 50,000 gold a year. It lasted for ten or eight years.  Yes, my efforts in fighting this battle will be recouped, and from now on it will all be profits."

    The emperor gasped, and even Cao Rui and Liu Chan were stunned.  On the one hand, he was frightened by Sun Shao's income, but on the other hand, he was shocked by Sun Shao's strength. Less than twenty years after the founding of the Yue State, he actually accumulated more than 800,000 gold in savings. No wonder he dared to launch this attack.  fighting.  When the Han Dynasty was at its most prosperous, its annual income was about 800,000 gold. Half of this was royal expenses. In addition to paying the salaries of officials nationwide, the other half left about 100,000 gold each year.  Regular military expenses must be spent from these 100,000 gold, so once there is a war, they will often be stretched and unable to make ends meet.  During the reign of Emperor Xiaohuan, Duan Jiong went out to conquer the Western Qiang, with an army of more than 10,000 people. He spent 800,000 gold in less than two years. The battle was won, but a big hole in the finances was left. By the time of Emperor Xiaoling,  He was even forced to sell his official position to survive.

    ¡° Sun Shao only spent fifteen or sixteen years to accumulate 800,000 gold or more, which is obviously incredible.

    "Although I have made some money, I have more uses for it." Sun Shao ignored the surprised looks of the emperor and others, "I came here this time, besides offering prisoners, I just want to talk to you about cooperation.  . I built a Roman bank in Rome and promised the Kushan people to build a bank. Now I need a lot of principal. Are you interested? In addition, I also plan to build a railway in Funan to connect Temu City and Rinan.  This road may take ten or eight years to be built, and the investment will not be small. Once this railway is completed, I will have as much coal as I can get from Bingzhou."

    In the astonishment of the emperor, Cao Rui, Liu Chan and others, Sun Shao explained his plan. He also stopped to explain a few things they didn't understand. The huge plan immediately attracted them.  .

    Although Cao Rui and others have high or low IQs, they are obviously not at the same level as Sun Shao in terms of economics. They were fascinated by what they heard, but they were not necessarily clear about how many opportunities and risks it contained. Sun Shao did not force it.  He said that a detailed plan would be given to them later for them to go back and refer to it carefully.

    Liu Chan nodded repeatedly. The long list of numbers Sun Shao said really made him a little dizzy. He intuitively felt that only his father-in-law, Zhuge Liang, could solve such a thing. With his IQ, he would definitely not be able to handle it.

    Cao Rui finally asked a question that everyone wants to ask: "Can doing business allow you to accumulate a fortune of 800,000 gold in fifteen or sixteen years?"

    Sun Shao did not answer him directly, but asked: "How much of each of your wealth and income is eaten and drank, and how much is reinvested?"

    "Investment?" Cao Rui didn't understand at first.

    &nbsp"To put it bluntly, it means using money to make money and constantly expanding our strength. I have defined it as snowballing sustainable development."

    "To make money?" Cao Rui frowned and said a little funny: "Is it to compete with the people for profit?"

    Sun Shao laughed, he knew that these people, including the emperor, used as much money as they had, and they could only save what they couldn't use, without the concept of reproduction.  He rolled his eyes and smiled again: "Then what will you do with the extra money?"

    Cao Rui touched his chin. Like his father Cao Pi, he was a relatively extravagant person. Wei's economy has improved in recent years, but there has been a war in northern Xinjiang in the past few days. There has been no war in the past two years, but  He also built a large number of palaces, but there was no surplus at all.  The situation in Shu is slightly better, but their income is limited and they probably don¡¯t have any surplus. The situation in Wu is similar. As for the emperor, he is the poorest. He supports a court with three rivers and can hardly even pay his salary. He was devastated by the war.  Few of the ruined Luoyang palaces have been repaired so far, so there is no investment.

    Of course, they don¡¯t have the concept of investment. If they don¡¯t have enough money, they can just increase their wealth.

    "I, Yue, are the same as you. We take half of the total taxes every year as the private property of the royal family. However, I can spend at most 10%, and the rest is used for investment." Sun Shao smiled proudly: "Your Majesty, don't think that Luoyang is broken.  Ah, my Temu City is much more destructible than Luoyang. So far, I have basically used Fan Man¡¯s palace. Bingzhou Club, Jizhou Club, and Chengdu Club are all more beautiful than my palace. Don¡¯t be fooled by them.  Lie, they are all rich people.¡±

    "Aiqing is joking, you are also a rich man." The emperor forced a smile and made a joke. Of course he knew that Wei Shu was rich, richer than the emperor himself, but it was obviously not true for Sun Shao to cry about being poor. Among the Four Kingdoms  Among them, Sun Shao was the richest.

    "As for me, I don't say I have no money, but to be honest, my annual expenses are definitely not as good as yours." Sun Shao said generously: "I want to make money with money, so I can't eat all the chickens.  I always want to save a little more to hatch into chicks. Later, the chickens will lay eggs and the eggs will hatch into chickens, so that the snowball can grow bigger and bigger."

    The emperor and others were thoughtful.

    "In addition, I also want to tell you that the world is so big that it is beyond imagination. As for me, I am quite curious and restless. I always want to take advantage of the boat to go out to sea to find gold or something, so every year I still  It's a big expense to support those who are adventurous. However, I think it's still worth it. If it hadn't been for these ten days of preparation, how could I have made such a big profit."

    "But now that the world is under your control, do you still want to explore?" Liu Chan asked enviously with his mouth half open.

    "Who said everything is under control?" Sun Shao shook his head repeatedly: "My lord, you are wrong. I have only conquered half of it at most, and there are still more fertile lands for us to develop. I am in Rome  When I was young, I heard people say that there is a wider land to the west of Rome, which is full of gold. It is said that the people on that land have some relationship with our ancestors."

    "With our ancestors?" Cao Rui smiled half-heartedly: "Isn't your highness the one who has traveled the farthest among my great men?"

    "It seems not." Sun Shao pretended to be mysterious and said: "You know, according to the little information I learned, those people may be descendants of the Shang Dynasty."

    "The Shang Dynasty?" Zhong Hui, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but interjected: "Although merchants are good at doing business, they don't have a warship as powerful as Yue Kingdom. How can they go further than the king?"

    "They are not going west, but east." Sun Shao pointed to the east: "They first went north, then crossed a shallow strait and set foot on that rich land. That land is richer than me.  It needs to be vast and rich. If you just sow some seeds, you can live an easy life. It is also rich in gold and diamonds, and there are acres of sugar cane forests where you can¡¯t see the edge at a glance"

    Sun Shao opened his mouth and blew, and he said it with nose and eyes. He said that the emperor and others were so excited that he wished he could reorganize his army and kill them. Liu Chan opened his mouth. After a long time, he felt that his mouth was dry, so he licked it.  Licking his somewhat thick lips, he said yearningly: "When will your Majesty prepare to go on another expedition?"

    "Wellit takes a while to prepare." Sun Shao stopped talking and turned around and looked around: "Why, are you also interested?"

    "Yes, yes." Liu Chan nodded hurriedly.

    Cao Rui smiled: "Your Majesty, do you still have to prepare for ten years?"

    "I don't know." Sun Shao spread his hands and said, "This expedition has wiped out all the family assets. Let's wait until I recover my strength. By the way, I have made an agreement with Cao Ziwen and the others. When the time comes for another Four-Nation Allied Force, I will go east and they will go west.  , two-pronged attack."

      "Four-nation coalition?" Everyone was stunned. Cao Rui was the most surprised: "You want me, Wei, Shu, and Wu to join forces?"

    Sun Shao ignored him and turned around to salute the emperor: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request your Majesty to comply with the report and make Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Li Yan vassal kings. Persia is too far away from my great Han Dynasty. Only my descendants can serve.  I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s difficult to control the overall situation, so please make these three kings and help me stabilize the newly developed territory.¡±

    The emperor had already received Sun Shao's letter, and he did not appear surprised. He just glanced at Cao Rui and said lightly: "I invite you all to come here today to discuss this matter. Zhong Hui, get the letter from the King of Yue.  , invite the King of Wei and the King of Shu to have a look."

    "Wei!" Zhong Hui responded and turned around.  Cao Rui's face darkened, and he looked at Sun Shao with a smile on his face: "No wonder my two uncles didn't even return home. Originally, the king wanted to grant them royal titles."

    "Isn't it bad?" Sun Shao asked back: "Does the State of Wei hope that Ziwen and Zijian will come back victorious? Ziwen is easy to handle. He can be promoted to general in the court as usual, but Zijian Hehe, he is now  He is the general of Wei State. What else can you reward him with? I helped you solve a big problem. Instead of thanking me, you spoke to me in this tone. To be honest, I am a little disappointed in you.  ah."

    Cao Rui was speechless, and his face turned red for a moment.  It can be said that Sun Shao said that he had a weakness. If Cao Zhi came back, it would be difficult for him to arrange it. Even if he didn't make him a king, he would at least give him a fiefdom.  Moreover, Cao Zhi has made great achievements and his prestige in the army has greatly increased. It will not be so easy to control him in the future.

    He originally wanted to gain the upper hand, but he didn't expect that Sun Shao didn't hide it at all and pushed this problem directly in front of him.

    {Piaotia Literature www.piaotia.net thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report