Once you have money and people, you need to have land next.
Tuolong Pass was recaptured from the Wei people. The terrain here is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as nothing unexpected happens, no one can take it back from Ji Jie. In order to avoid such things from happening, he placed the defense on
The city was in a major position, and the city was filled with soldiers armed with bright swords and guns every day to deter those with evil intentions.
Zhaocheng and Qishan were awarded to him by the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty. The area was limited, and apart from the thousands of acres of fertile farmland around Zhaocheng, there was very little land in Qishan that could meet the conditions for planting. Fortunately, coal mines were discovered there, which allowed
Ji Jie felt slightly comforted.
He drew a simple topographic map on a piece of paper. Zhaocheng and Qishan are adjacent to each other and are dozens of miles away from Tuolong Pass. They are all the territory of the Zhou Dynasty. He thought it would be good if he could connect these two places together.
Yes, but how can it be realized?
Fighting by force is the most direct and effective method, and he holds thousands of elite soldiers in his hands. The more than 10,000 defenders of the Great Zhou Dynasty are no match at all, but this will cause great damage to his reputation. After all, he is still
It is unreasonable for the subjects of the Zhou Dynasty to pay homage to Lord Zhaowen and lead troops to seize the emperor's territory.
"Ji Jian, you immediately send someone to the royal city to inquire about the situation, including all aspects of the situation!" Ji Jie issued the order, and Ji Jian immediately sent out his people and quickly brought back the information he wanted.
There has been no change in the royal city for half a year. Those who wanted to collect debts from the emperor still refused to leave. King Zhou Nan hid on the high platform all day long. The implementation of government orders was all handed over to Prince Ji Jia. Grand Master Fei Cheng's rights were further reduced, and financial affairs
Transferred to Ji Jia's younger brother Ji Zhang as agent.
Originally, when Fei Cheng had the power of money and food, he would pay off some debts from time to time. After being replaced by Ji Zhang, no one except the Zhou clan could take away a penny from them.
There were rumblings of dissatisfaction in the royal city. If the people of Zhou Dynasty were not kind-hearted, they would have triggered a civil uprising.
"It seems that without three to five years, it will be difficult for the emperor to pay off the debt!" Ji Jian made this judgment.
I'm afraid God won't give King Nan of Zhou three to five years. According to the course of history, one year after the new king of Qin came to the throne, as soon as the domestic situation stabilized, he sent troops to attack Zhou in retaliation for the last time he gathered the six countries to attack Qin.
, although the attack on Qin was not carried out and was aborted early, the King of Qin could not swallow this breath.
Or wait until the Qin State invades and acquire the land in the name of King Qin?
It is not a good idea. Firstly, when Qin will invade, and secondly, once a fight breaks out, it is still unknown whether we can take advantage of the tiger and wolf Qin.
To strike first, Ji Jie decided to exchange money for land. He immediately sent a letter to Prince Ji Jia, saying that he would visit him in the near future.
Zhao Wenjun's motorcade entered the city and received a warm welcome from the people. In their view, the young Zhao Wenjun must surpass Emperor Zhou and his descendants in every aspect.
Ji Jia and Ji Zhang stood on the palace gate tower, full of disdain for this. No matter how awesome you are, you are just a minister of Zhou Dynasty!
"Brother, Ji Jie is very popular!" Ji Zhang squinted his eyes and said, "People who don't know think he is the prince of this royal city!"
"I don't care!" Ji Jia said with a smile: "True can't be fake, and fake can't be true. I am the orthodox descendant of the emperor. Even if I die, it won't be his turn, and you! By the way, brother, you say
What's the plan for this kid to come to see me?"
"I don't know!" Ji Zhang also knew nothing about this.
When meeting the two prince brothers, Ji Jie gave them enough face and said nothing about escaping back to Tuolong Pass with the princess Ji Xueling. The two brothers also did not mention this matter. It was obvious that they did not value themselves.
younger sister.
It’s not surprising that there are many gifts. Ji Jie gave each of them a box of gold at the beginning. The two brothers were so happy that they couldn’t help but worry about how they would spend the new year in this poor year. Now everything is solved.
"Cousin, do you have other things to do when you come to the royal city?" Ji Jia's tone was much more polite.
"Haha, it's the prince's cousin who understands me!" Ji Jie first put a high hat on Ji Jia, and then said slowly and leisurely: "I want to get some more fiefdoms, please help my cousin!"
The two brothers Ji Jia and Ji Zhang were shocked at the same time. They never thought that this boy would ask for the fief. Who didn't know that the fief and money were the lifeblood of King Zhou Nan. Even if he was willing to hand over his life, he would not agree.
Hand over the land and money.
"Well, there is no reasonable reason..." Ji Jia's eyes kept glancing at the box of gold that he had just received, for fear that Ji Jie would regret it and take it back.
"If there is a reasonable reason, I won't come to see you, cousin!" Ji Jie kicked the ball over and said, "Actually, I don't want to get the land for free. How about buying it with money?"
When they heard the word Qian, Ji Jia and Ji Zhang's four eyes shone at the same time.
"I wonder which area my cousin is interested in?" Ji Jia asked, and Ji Zhang promptly took out the map of the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, unfolded it and put it on the table.
"What kind of places can the prince's cousin give me?" Ji Jie once again handed the ball to him to prevent this guy from opening his mouth.
Around the royal city, there are a large number of areas in the southwest with fertile land. No matter how short of money Ji Jia is, he will not be stupid enough to sell these places. He pointed to the area squeezed out of the dense mountains and forests and said: "These are all fine!"
"Cousin, even if you give me all these places without charging rent, I won't even want them!" Ji Jie pretended to be unhappy and said: "Every year, the food grown is less than the seeds sown. You won't
Are you kidding me!"
Ji Jia laughed twice and said: "Then you can choose a place, but you must be merciful, otherwise it will be difficult for me as a brother!"
Ji Jie took out his writing brush and circled the area of nearly a hundred miles from Zhaocheng to Tuolongguan, and said: "This area is intertwined with plains, hills and mountains. If you say it is good, it is not considered good, and if you say it is bad, it is not considered bad.
Okay, I can barely fill my stomach, what do you think, cousin?"
Ji Jia and Ji Zhang looked at each other. Although the area of this land has accounted for a quarter of the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the actual situation is the same as what Ji Jie said. Once it is done, it can fill the stomach, but in case of a disaster
What's next, I guess I'll just be hungry.
"How do you tell me the price?" Ji Zhang asked quietly.
Ji Jie waved his hand and said, "Please make an offer!"
The price proposed by Ji Jia was twenty-two thousand taels of gold per hectare of land, equivalent to one tael for five acres of land, totaling twenty-two thousand taels. After bargaining, the deal was finally settled for twenty-thousand taels of gold, and he also obtained the mining rights in the Gobi Desert at the junction of Zhou and Yan.
Right, they don't know where a large amount of iron ore is stored.
Three days later, the written agreement was formally signed, stamped with the red emperor's seal, and the ownership of the land was officially transferred.
Ji Jie exchanged several boxes of gold for a territory with a radius of more than a hundred miles. The cost was only a month's income of a paper mill, and two other products in Tuolongguan will soon be on the market - exquisite porcelain and new weapons.