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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star Chassis to Break through the Void Chapter 425: If you can¡¯t refuse, you will definitely win

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    Wang Yuanbao blamed himself and Airi, thinking that he was unlucky and that the crew members were ill-fated, but he didn't know what Ye Chang's inner evaluation of him was.  This guy¡¯s luck is really unlucky Ye Chang now begins to believe that Wang Yuanbao really has some divine help and gave him two gold ingots.  "Otherwise, how can we explain that his fleet, in this era, was able to circle the Pacific Ocean and then turn back with only a specious chart?  His nephew was probably the only one among the 80 million people in the Tang Dynasty who had good luck.  "Ye Gong, Ye Gong, my nephew said that there is indeed gold in Yepoti country, but not much. The people in the country do not have pagodas and do not practice Taoism. They like to worship evil gods and sacrifice people to them. The country is so unexpected  There are no camels and horses, and there are no wheels, but there is a lot of gold and silver." "Wait a minute, why do you call the place where your nephew went, the country of Yepoti?" "This is based on Lao Cao's research," Wang Yuanbao heard.  Here, excitement suddenly arose: "The eminent monk Faxian of the Jin Dynasty was returning to China from the Lion Kingdom. On the way, he encountered a westerly wind and was blown out for nearly a hundred days. It was the same experience as my nephews. Faxian called the place he went to the Yapoti Kingdom.  , the customs contained in it are similar to what my nephew said. My nephew also said that there have always been rumors among the local indigenous people that there are gods and men arriving in large boats, which is also similar to Fa Xian's experience." Ye Chang heard this,  I couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that the so-called Yepoti Kingdom was discovered by Wang Yuanbao, an expert in folk navigation history.  Ye Chang could not tell whether the place where Wang Yuanbao's nephew went was the Yapoti recorded in Faxian, but what was certain was that Wang Yuanbao's nephew had indeed arrived in the Americas, and he should be the first person to discover the Americas with documented evidence.  .  He suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at Wang Yuanbao: "This is really a legendary journey, but Wang Weng came to find me with these corns and potatoes. I wonder what he wants?" "Ye Gong was a wise man in the world, an unparalleled scholar, Kapok.  It was originally unknown, but because of Ye Gong's great importance, in the past ten years, cotton has become popular all over the world." Wang Yuanbao raised the two crops in his hands and said, "These two crops can satisfy hunger. My nephew and others are on their way back.  If you eat this, it will taste delicious and will become a delicacy. I am old and have no ambitions. I only want to offer it to Ye Gong so that my life will not be miserable. " He is a smart man and does not mention specific conditions at all.  Made a vague request.  Having been Ye Chang's enemy for these years, he has long thought through Ye Chang. As long as he is not his enemy and can conform to the general trend created by Ye Chang, then Ye Chang is still very tolerant.  Let¡¯s look at those who follow Ye Chang. Although Li Linfu has resigned as prime minister, the Li family is now the master of clocks. ¡°Fu¡± records that each clock sells for tens of thousands of dollars, but the rich and powerful from all over the world still come to ask for it. The order has been placed.  Two years later.  Qin Qinshou was the first to have a good relationship with Ye Chang. Now he is the largest lacquerware owner in Liaodong, and he is also the general manager of Andong Bank.  The consort Dugu, because he invested a large amount of money in the beginning of the Andong Chamber of Commerce, not only received tens of thousands of dollars in dividends every year, but also got involved in the woolen textile industry of Lushun. Nearly half of the woolen yarns in the Tang Dynasty came from his family name.  The workshop below.  Princess Yuzhen, whose relationship with Ye Chang was up and down, became the number one cotton merchant in the Central Plains because of her support when Ye Chang first entered Chang'an. She also entered the spinning and weaving industry, and it is said that she made a profit in one year  , to be calculated in hundreds of thousands.  Wang Yuanbao¡¯s dissatisfaction over the past few years has allowed him to stand on the sidelines, watch the trend set off by Ye Chang, and understand many problems.  Now Ye Chang is no longer Ye Chang, but a group, a group composed of royal relatives and relatives who adopt new business methods and emerging factory owners, some frontier soldiers, and some new literati.  Ye Chang is only the core of this group, but not the whole of this group. Even the three major chambers of commerce controlled by Ye Chang are only said to account for the majority of this group, not all of them.  In just the past two years, this group has complained and voiced that the imperial court has imposed arbitrary taxes, which has affected the purchasing power of the people, preventing them from making a fortune, or that the imperial court has imposed too many restrictions on things such as mining and running factories, and various policies  Extremely ineffective, affecting their expansion.  Some people even called for Ye Chang to be appointed prime minister, preside over the government, implement reforms, and push the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to a new peak.  Wang Yuanbao can feel the vitality represented by this group, because the interests of the most elite frontier soldiers are also concentrated in it, so the court cannot use simple suppression methods to suppress it.  When the power of this group accumulates to a certain extent, it will definitely use some means to realize its power requirements.  By then, there will be no power in the world that can stop this new force.  Wang Yuanbao only hopes that he can still catch up and squeeze onto this track train.  "The king is a smart man. When talking to smart people, I won't mince words. How much do you have in your hands?" Ye Chang asked.  "Twenty stones of corn and twelve stones of potatoes. The quantity is not very large. Although they learned how to preserve these grains in Yapoti country, it took a long time after all." "There are ten Yaboti natives on the boat. They should know how to preserve them by now.  Do you speak Chinese?" Ye Chang asked again.    "Hui" "What's your nephew's name?" "Wang Yujing." "Ask him whether he would rather be an official or do business. If he wants to be an official, would he rather be on land or at sea." Ye Chang  Having said this, he held out three fingers: "Your nephew must be brought under my tent, and those Yapoti natives must be handed over to me. All the Yapoti products, gold and silver, you can do as you wish, and all the crops will be returned to you."  "I. I am bound to win these three, Wang Weng, you have no room to refuse." When Ye Chang said this, his voice was a little cold. He had been in power for a long time and had killed many people. He had a murderous intention. Wang Yuanbao only  Feeling that the two sides were fighting, he gritted his teeth and replied: "This is why I came here." "As for Wang Weng, do you want cash or shares?" "This I wonder what Mr. Ye means?" "  Five hundred thousand guan in cash will be settled in five years. This year I will give you 50,000 guan first, next year 100,000 guan, then another 100,000 guan, and in the fifth year, 150,000 guan." Ye Chang said calmly: "If so.  Shares, you have 1% of the shares in Anton Bank, which cannot be transferred, and interest will be paid yearly. "500,000 guan, in exchange for 1% of the shares, is equivalent to the value of the entire Anton Bank.  If it were the Anton Chamber of Commerce, Wang Yuanbao would agree without hesitation: Although the assets of the Anton Chamber of Commerce are not 50 million guan, its future development prospects are far greater than 50 million guan.  But Anton Bank As far as Wang Yuanbao knows, the main business of Anton Bank is money exchange and lending. Whether it can break even every year is a problem, let alone make a profit?  After thinking for a long time, Wang Yuanbao said with a smile: "My situation is very bad now, and my family has no money Mr. Ye, can you choose half of it each?" Let's get the 250,000 yuan first, and now with Ye Chang.  The relationship turned friendly, and with the 250,000 yuan as the principal, Wang Yuanbao was confident that he could recreate huge wealth in a short period of time.  As for the other 250,000 yuan, it is a kind of risk investment. If it succeeds, the benefits will be endless. If it fails, having 200,000 yuan in hand is enough to make a comeback.  Ye Chang can still tolerate this little thought. He knows very well that even if he comes to join him, Wang Yuanbao can only be placed on the periphery and cannot be the core part of his group.  "Since Wang Weng said so, then so be it." Nodding, Ye Chang summoned Li Yuan, then wrote a note, stamped it, and handed it to Wang Yuanbao: "I will ask someone to receive the manpower and these  Things If Mr. Wang has time, he can go to Liaodong. There are business opportunities everywhere. As long as Mr. Wang can seize them, he will definitely gain a lot. " "Yes, I will definitely go." Wang Yuanbao said tightly.  He held the piece of paper with the agreement between the two in his hand and said with a trembling voice.  After sending Wang Yuanbao away, Ye Chang returned to the car. Li Tengkong had been looking at him silently from the car window, with affection in his eyes. When he saw him coming back, he stood up to greet him.  Holding Li Tengkong in his arms and sitting down again, Ye Chang took a breath, and then laughed three times.  If Li Linfu hadn't died, Ye Chang would have laughed more heartily.  "The things that the prince brought are very important to Langjun?" Li Tengkong asked in surprise.  "It's not important to me, but it's very important to us in China," Ye Chang said almost every word.  "Why did Mr. Lang say this?" "Rice, wheat, and beans are important to us in China, right? What Wang Yuanbao brought is as good as, or even better than, rice, wheat, and beans." Ye Chang said: "  My wife is smart, guess why I said that. "These days, Li Tengkong has been depressed, and the two of them have no children to relieve their worries, so Ye Chang takes this opportunity to share her mind with one issue, so as not to worry about it all the time.  sad.  Li Tengkong's eyes rolled slightly, and then he covered his mouth in shock: "Could it be that both of them are high-yield, regardless of whether they are poor or not?" Li Tengkong hit the key point, which made Ye Chang feel a little bit  Boring: "You got it so easily?" Li Tengkong covered his mouth, smiled slightly, and then restrained himself: "Lang Jun is only interested in profit. He has been running around in this life for the benefit of all people and the benefit of all generations.  , If not, what could make the husband so happy?" Having said this, she raised her beautiful eyes slightly, and there was a faint pain in her heart: If Ye Chang wasn't so happy, how could she be happy after losing her father?  "I don't think I'm so great You're right. In the eyes of some people, I'm just mercenary." Ye Chang laughed at himself, and then said seriously: "Madam, I only tell you about this matter, corn,  The yield of potatoes per acre can reach hundreds or even thousands of kilograms. If managed properly, it is possible to earn even several thousand gold. Although Li Tengkong was born into a wealthy family and has a noble character, she is not an ungrounded young lady. Following Ye Chang, she has learned some practical knowledge.  Grain production, she knows. She knows that Ye Chang has been vigorously promoting large-scale farming in Liaodong, Anxi and Yunnan in recent years, and is extremely concerned about seed selection and breeding, fertilization and pest control, and even the transformation of cultivated land. In Liaodong, the Liaodong system is used.  Wang Changling, the relative with the highest salary?The Institute of Agricultural Science under its leadership specializes in research on the cultivation of crops.  At present, Liaodong has the largest grain yield per mu in the Tang Dynasty. The yield per mu is only more than 300 kilograms. This is already an incredible achievement.  If it¡¯s a thousand pounds Li Tengkong finally understood why Ye Chang was so excited.  How many people can be fed by producing a thousand kilograms per mu? The more Ye Chang thought about it, the more excited he became. He also needed someone to share this joy with him, so he couldn't help but said: "Of course I couldn't produce a few thousand kilograms per mu at first, but  A yield of several hundred kilograms per mu is no problem, exceeding today's rice and wheat yields. The key is that they don't have to choose a place, even on slightly poorer slopes and dry land, as long as they can be irrigated, they can grow.  With years of seed selection and accumulation of planting experience, their output will inevitably be close to a thousand catties, or even exceed a thousand catties. By that time, our population in China will jump from the current eighty million to forty million" In this regard.  Ye Chang was convinced that in his memory of another life, the limit of ancient China's population was 50 million. Whenever this number was exceeded, the population would be wiped out by chaos caused by the conflict between land and population.  After Jiangnan was fully developed, the upper limit of this number increased to 100 million. However, after potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and other high-yielding crops from the Americas were introduced and promoted, this number skyrocketed to 400 million.  "Forty million" This number shocked Li Tengkong. How could a population five times that of today have such a place to live?  "Yes, forty millionI have been worried before. Due to the improvement of forceps and maternal and infant care, the population is growing rapidly. How to feed these new people? Now I don't worry about it. After returning to Liaodong, I  We must issue an order to encourage marriage." Li Tengkong felt a little depressed after hearing this. After all, they had been married for so many years and still had no son or daughter.  Not to mention that someone was already gossiping in her ear, even if no one said it, she herself felt ashamed of Ye Chang.  Ye Chang was excited at this time and did not think so much. He was just immersed in his own conception of the future: "Naturally, population growth is not a temporary thing. I expect that if promoted properly, China's population will increase in thirty years."  It can be doubled, to about 150 million people, and it can be doubled again in twenty years, to 30 million people We may not be able to see the day when there are 40 million people, but it doesn't matter, as long as  With 150 million people, we can go north, west, and south, and turn all habitable places into grain fields and vegetable gardens for our Chinese farmers." Seeing his excitement, Li Tengkong did not sweep away his words.  Interested, I grabbed his hand, and after a while, I said slowly: "I really hope I can see that day with you" "Of course I can, Kong Niang, we can travel all over China by then. Don't you want to go to Kuangzhou?"  "Hey, let's take the track train and travel around the world and see the scenery everywhere." Ye Chang thought about it for a moment. He is now thirty years old. He has thirty years to achieve his current strength and obtain corn and potatoes.  Unexpected help has promoted fundamental changes in China over the past thirty years.  "Oh" Li Tengkong responded, but sighed silently.  Although Ye Chang was vaguely aware of it, he ignored it because he was too excited.
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