Now that Wang Dajun agreed, Cui Yanyan's purpose of showing up with Li Mo was naturally achieved, and she bowed with a half salute and left.
Cui Lao poured wine for Wang Dajun: "General Wang, His Highness the King of Qin gave you some opinions. But now we are only able to be self-sufficient here. When Prince Cheng Qian dealt with Bu Lie Dian, we fought for some small money in the port, but it needs to be big."
There is no way to develop."
Wang Dajun frowned and asked himself, can I say it? How much can I say?
Not daring to answer immediately, Wang Dajun pulled Lao Hu to the corner.
"Lao Hu, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
"Army, you are just too busy training. You may not have seen clearly that Li Yuanxing's sons all have strong backings. It is not impossible for them to establish a separate country and start war with each other in the future. The place Li Yuanxing designated for them is definitely a strategic location.
, either to suppress each other with other fiefdoms, or to join forces to start a war." Lao Hu is the deputy director of the Military History Museum.
He can see further than a pure soldier like Wang Dajun.
"Give me an idea?" Wang Dajun asked tentatively.
"Let me do it!" Lao Hu said confidently.
Sitting down again, his position has changed. Lao Hu sat in Wang Dajun's position and cupped his fist towards Mr. Cui: "Old man Cui, first of all, don't disturb the forest here. The first step is to unite and suppress, unite with the indigenous Bai Bai here.
Er people, suppress the big cannibals. The big cannibals are outsiders, and they were a little cruel to the natives here in the early years."
Mr. Cui also thought about this, unite some and suppress others.
I just didn’t think about who to unite with or suppress.
"Then, here is the most natural pasture, which is definitely a good way for sheep. Moreover, if this land is well developed, within ten years, the arable land will be at least five million hectares." Wang Dajun knew that there would be almost one million hectares of land here in the future.
There are tens of millions of hectares of arable land. To say half of it is conservative is also realistic.
It’s not that the Cui family hasn’t studied it, but as the saying goes, the authorities are obsessed with it.
"Not much to say about the rest, there is countless wealth here. There is enough wealth without destroying the natural environment. The sea is the largest. It has the largest sardine population here. You can catch hundreds of thousands of tons every year.
You can’t even feel that there is anything missing in the sea!
"Sardines?" Mr. Cui became interested.
"This kind of fish can only be canned. Even the meat and bones are soft, and the whole fish can be eaten directly. As for how to make the most delicious canned fish, it depends on the taste of the workshop."
When Lao Hu said this, Mr. Cui nodded repeatedly.
What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of tons? Cui Laoxin said that his Cui family only has twenty fishing boats of 500 tons, even if one is 500 tons. Twenty boats are only 10,000 tons. What's more, fishing in the sea is not like going out.
Yes, plus loading coal, water, and other supplies, one ship can make two trips a month, and it will be good if it can bring back 500 tons.
It seems that this business can be done.
Cans have become an indispensable item in the lives of both the military and the people of the Tang Dynasty.
There is no refrigeration method in Datang. In order to preserve meat, canning is the first and best choice. Moreover, the canning barrels in Datang have been divided into several specifications, the largest is the five-liter package, also called a half bucket barrel.
Then there are three types: two liters, one liter, and half a liter.
All the barrels are thicker than the modern ones, and they are all recyclable. Only the lids are pressed on, and only the lids are destroyed every time. But the lids are much easier to make than the barrels, and the stamping machine can press out tens of thousands of them a day.
Come.
An indispensable business of every steel mill is the production of can barrels.
When people buy cans, they pay for the barrels. If there is a complete and undamaged barrel when they buy it again, the price of the barrel will be deducted, so people will keep the barrels well when eating cans.
What else is there in Morocco?
Oil, there are 6 billion tons of reserves here, but Li Yuanxing did not use oil on a large scale in Datang, so Wang Dajun would not mention it, and Hu Jun would not mention it.
"There are three treasures here. I can't talk about the other two treasures. It depends on King Qin's intention. But there is one thing called phosphate. It is definitely a good thing. King Qin must know the location of the mining area. And it will be more useful than coal in the future." Hu Jun
One more point was mentioned, but he did not go into further details and just pushed the question back to Li Yuanxing.
Three treasures!
I originally thought that the coal mine was a treasure, but who would have thought that the coal mine was not included?
As for that salt, it is definitely not salt for eating. Since it is a treasure, if you ask Cui Yanyan to go home and ask for it, you may get it.
"Thank you, old man!" Mr. Cui saluted.
A servant carried a box full of bundled gold coins, all one or two gold coins from the Tang Dynasty. There were at least several thousand coins in this box. "I hope General Wang will accept these gifts!"
"No, don't!" Wang Dajun quickly refused.
Cui Lao wanted to continue, but Lao Hu jumped the gun and said: "These things are good things, but we can't ask for them. If you really want them, Li Yuanxing... King Qin will have them. We can't ask for them. This guy just said a few words."
In a word, it was agreed that it was a meeting gift for Yuan Xing’s son, but it’s really not okay to accept it anymore.”
"But..." Mr. Cui thought this was the Cui family's intention, and seemed to feel guilty if he refused.
What's more, I'm afraid it won't be easy if I open my mouth next time.
"No money, there are people who want to go somewhere before the war." The youngest, a lieutenant colonel in his thirties, spoke up. Seeing everyone's eyes fixed on his face, he quickly said: "Casablanca!"
"Okay!" Everyone was interested. This place is really worth a visit.
Of course Mr. Cui doesn't know where Casablanca is.
"Casablanca is just the name of a story. It is not far from here. The locals should call this place Dalbeda. It is a port city on the seaside. It is almost two thousand miles away from here. If you take a boat, it should be a day and a night.
Come, there are pure white beaches and beautiful scenery.”
When Mr. Cui heard about Erqianli, he felt a little troubled because it was not their territory.
Wang Dajun whispered from the side: "That place will definitely be one of the most important ports in North Africa in the future. If you capture it early, you can have several cities and a line, which is the strongest defense system."
Cui Lao felt a hundred thanks in his heart. He definitely believed in Wang Dajun when it came to strategy.
The next day, a boat was specially used to transport Wang Dajun and others to travel. There were more than 200 servants, maids, and guards on the boat. In order to prevent the indigenous people there from discord, more than 100 people were packed with various goods.
ton.
After sending Wang Dajun to the boat, Mr. Cui quickly went to find Cui Yanyan.
"Princess Yan..." Cui Lao told Wang Dajun's words, but Cui Yanyan looked like she had everything under control: "Uncle, Ling Ye said he was of low birth, but the son he gave birth to was also the son of King Qin, and he was a commoner.
It is possible to ask for a port city. There is also Mo Chen’s daughter and the daughter I am pregnant with. It is not impossible to ask for that area, but our family alone may only have this line of seaside."
The old man and the young man had a map hanging in front of them, showing where there was green, where there were rivers, population, etc. The Cui family had already mapped out the three thousand miles around.
Cui Lao nodded. Cui Yanyan analyzed it and after thinking about it carefully, it was absolutely reasonable.
"We, the children of the Cui family, have used all their achievements to exchange for the land with abundant water and grass in the interior. If we want to expand the land to thousands of miles, we need at least one duke in the army. At present, there are no duke-level generals.
There are almost no people who hold fiefs, so you have to look for them further down."
"Exchange with money!" Cui Yanyan suggested.
If you want to expand your fiefdom, you have to spend huge amounts of money in exchange. Someone has calculated that if you spend that huge amount of money all at once, the fiefdom will not need to be developed. But if you borrow money from a bank and include interest, the newly added
The fiefdom lasted for as little as five years and as much as ten years, and all the income might be used to repay the debt.
Mr. Cui was still a little hesitant.
Cui Yanyan has been following Li Yuanxing for more than five years, almost six years. The child is almost two years old, so naturally she has learned a lot from Li Yuanxing. What's more, she also specially trained Wu Zhao for a period of time, and she also learned a lot.
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"Uncle, if General Wang is right, if we calculate it as 200,000 tons of sardines every year, we can make a profit of at least ten guan for each ton. Two hundred thousand tons, that is 2 million guan. This is a net profit
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Cui Lao was tempted, so he exchanged five years of sardine income for the fiefdom, which would extend thousands of miles inland. It was definitely worth it. The tax on the fiefdom was not a problem, and even if he had to lose one or two years, it was definitely worth it.
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"Then let's discuss it with the clan elders. If it's feasible, let's do it!"
"It just so happens that Yanyan is about to go home. It took too long to come out. Even if His Highness doesn't blame it, he still can't lose his sense of womanhood." Cui Yanyan remembered this land, so she came to see it in person.
Now that things are basically stable here, it's natural to go back to Qin Wangzhuang.
Li Yuanxing is now on the island and it is impossible to leave. Every ten days, a special person will deliver all letters, information, transcripts of official seals, as well as some new and interesting things about the various states in the Tang Dynasty, and of course, greetings.
Whether Li Yuanxing saw him or not, the result would be at least two months away.
With the privilege of being able to count the number of people who come in and out when Li Yuanxing opens the gate of the island every ten days, you can count them with one hand.
Of course, family members are an exception.
When Cui Yanyan came back, she happened to meet Lu Qiuyu and her children preparing to leave.
The two women stood face to face on the beach, and they seemed to have lost the closeness they had at first. They were not strangers, but there was obviously a gap between them. It was Lu Qiuyu who spoke first: "Sister Yanyan, do you prefer the fiefdom or the Qinwangzhuang?"
"Where are you, Qiu Yu?" Cui Yanyan asked back.
Lu Qiuyu smiled calmly: "I like Qin Wangzhuang, but I have to take the child back. Whether it is for me, our Lu family, or this child. I have no choice." After Lu Qiuyu said this, he came closer.
Cui Yanyan took a step forward and whispered: "Do you think Wulang doesn't have the strength to deal with our seven families?"
"No!" After Cui Yanyan gave an affirmative answer, she also said softly: "My grandfather, my father, and all the elders of our Cui clan have told me clearly. They are afraid of King Qin, and it is precisely because of fear that they attack again and again.
Testing His Highness’s limits! But His Highness seems to have no limits, so even I am a little scared.” (To be continued...)