From Xingchen Leader to Hongyuan City, it extends eastward for more than 100 miles, with an area of more than 30,000 square miles, and a total of more than 30 small towns are distributed. Although it is backed by vast mountains and rich in various materials, it has attracted many commercial banks. It is nonsense to say that establishing a trade distribution area in such a large area is enough. Only one Hongyuan City is enough. This is after Xingchen Leadership is developed.
Furthermore, even if the empire has plans, it is impossible to bypass Hongyuan City. This is someone else's territory, and even the emperor cannot make a decision. If you do this, it will be equivalent to destroying the imperial laws and regulations. It would be strange if other lords are capable. You keep saying how much you have prepared in the early stage and how much damage will the changes be, but there is no movement in Hongyuan City, and you are nowhere to be prepared.
However, Jiang Xingchen had expected this situation long ago. If he was the emperor, he would definitely not be relieved. Now the Xingchen leader is equivalent to an independent kingdom. Why do you have to do such a large area? Do you support people?
Fortunately, when the emperor heard the meaning of the second prince's words, the emperor did not say anything, but had room for negotiation. The last sentence was too much loss to express his meaning. He immediately understood that the emperor was making the right choice.
"What are the conditions, just tell me!" Jiang Xingchen interrupted the second prince.
"Jiang Xingchen, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't want to rent it to you, it's that I really have plans." The second prince waved his hand quickly.
"Okay, our old friends are still so interesting to hide and hide. I like to be straightforward. If you have something to say, you can't even make friends!" Jiang Xingchen said with a stern face.
This is a bit heavy, and the second prince sounds uncomfortable, but now it is negotiation, so it is understandable that Jiang Xingchen says this.
"Okay! There are indeed conditions!" The second prince pondered for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "The Emperor wants to design the crossbow to fold!"
Jiang Xingchen frowned suddenly, and did not speak. After taking a sip of tea, he fell into silence.
The second prince was a little nervous. He knew very well that what the emperor really wanted was not folding crossbows. Instead, a complete set of things from material matching to parts processing. Those were the core technology of crossbows. They were also the fundamentals that others could not imitate.
Jiang Xingchen thought more about the material ratio, which involves high temperature, reduction, steelmaking and other technologies. Part processing requires large machine tools... Once these technologies are released, they will definitely have an impact on the Xingchen Gang. With the current investment in the technology field, it will not take long to build the steam engine, followed by the cannon. In addition, the production of crossbows also involves the refining of metal chromium...
"Let's talk about this first today. I need to think about it carefully!" Jiang Xingchen was silent for a long time. He still couldn't make up his mind. He didn't want to let go of these techniques for the time being, but the land in Hongyuan City had to be rented.
The second prince didn't say anything. It was normal for such a big thing to be unsure for a while. Anyway, I was not in a hurry, and it would be spring after a while. Jiang Xingchen could not delay the spring plowing.
After seeing off the second prince, Jiang Xingchen sat in the hall without moving. What he was thinking about was what the emperor said this time, and did he want to touch his bottom line... He did not want to turn against the emperor. Whether it was the construction of a metropolis or the connection with several major bases, he needed to pass the Qiankun Empire.
"Hi! What's wrong with me?" Jiang Xingchen slapped his head and said to himself with a little annoyance: "Isn't this a negotiation? He asked for a lot of prices, and I paid back the money. Both sides said it was not the bottom line at the beginning. Why did I get so stubborn!"
Haha, Jiang Xingchen felt much more relaxed and went to the room to see his wife...
The next morning, the second prince came to the lord's mansion and the two continued to negotiate. Jiang Xingchen spoke first and expressed his intention when he came up. He did not sell the crossbow production technology, but he could directly sell the finished product.
This time it was the second prince's turn to remain silent. He said that he was responsible for the negotiations, but the emperor did not tell him where the bottom line was. Of course he could not make the decision. He had to consider the excuse, so he hurriedly left and wrote a letter to the emperor.
The negotiations were not achieved for two consecutive days. On the third day, the second prince did not discuss and the emperor had not given instructions. After the two met, they talked about the amusement park. Just like there was no negotiation, the opponent became a partner and the chat was so enthusiastic.
On the fourth day, both sides got back to the point, and the second prince who received the instructions still insisted on technology.
Jiang Xingchen did not argue this time and directly threw out the bottom line: "At most, it can only be sold to the Empire steel and parts, as well as machine tools for processing crossbow arrows. The quantity needs to be based on the output. If the emperor disagrees, I will not rent the land in Hongyuan City. At most, it will take two more years to open the hills behind... In addition, I also have a condition, which is iron ore!"
A day later, the emperor finally smiled as he looked at the letter sent by the second prince. In fact, he didn't expect to get the technology from the beginning. After all, this is a whole process and involves too many things unless Jiang Xingchen is crazy.
Now he can buy a large amount of steel and parts, as well as machine tools for making crossbow arrows, which has met his expectations. If all the troops are equipped with folding crossbows, the combat effectiveness of the Qiankun Empire will soar significantly. Even if it faces the Xingchen Leader, there is a great chance of winning.
As for iron ore, the Qiankun Empire is not short of iron ore, so it is used as funds to purchase steel and parts.
He immediately ordered someone to take out paper and pen, and the emperor wrote a letter to the Lord of Hongyuan City to explain the matter in detail. As Jiang Xingchen said, it is impossible to bypass the matter of Hongyuan City, after all, they are the lords there. However, he was sure that as long as he was not stupid, the Lord of Hongyuan City would agree. The little nobles under him did not have to worry about where to find good things to lie on the kang every day to count money.
After leaving the letter to Hongyuan City, the emperor wrote to the second prince...
When the second prince saw the emperor's instructions, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Negotiating with Jiang Xingchen is really a tiring job. He has to worry about the interests of the empire and the emperor, but also think about himself. If Jiang Xingchen turns against him, his investment in the amusement park will be wasted.
The two met again and soon decided on everything. The second prince did not stay for a long time and immediately set off to Hongyuan City. He also had to understand the situation there, and the work assigned by the emperor must be done in detail.
After Jiang Xingchen went, he couldn't help laughing. Now the research on firearms has made great progress. It is estimated that ordinary crossbows will be eliminated soon. The best crossbows are made of the bones and tendons of the poisonous dragon turtle... Using the eliminated things, a land lease agreement was reached, and the problem of lack of Xingchen's iron ore was solved. It is cost-effective to think about it.
Jiang Xingchen immediately called the old man and told him that the iron ore problem had been solved. He was going to mobilize personnel these days, and just wait for the emperor to confirm it and send someone to drive it.
Grandpa Fu was ecstatic after hearing this. He had already started to buy iron ore during this period, which caused the production cost of railway tracks to soar. Now the problem of iron ore is solved, but it has saved money.
After Grandpa Fu left, Jiang Xingchen found Shi Wazi again and asked him to prepare for spring plowing. In a few days, he would transfer all the areas of Hongyuan City to Xingchen Leader. Wherever he planted and the problem of hiring civilians needed to be solved.
Then Jiang Xingchen found the orc who was responsible for breeding and told him about his plan to reopen the pasture...
When Xingchen Leader began to mobilize personnel and was about to accept the land, the city lord laughed out from the lord's mansion in Hongyuan City.
Jiang Xingchen actually wanted to rent all the arable land between Hongyuan City and Xingchen Corps, and the rent was calculated based on the highest grain output. Not only that, they were also responsible for arranging civilians. It turned out that the common people who farmed also farmed, but they just harvested the crops for Xingchen. At first, he wondered if this was true, and there was no such good thing in the world.
But when he saw that this was the emperor's handwritten letter, he believed it. The emperor was so full that he had to play tricks with me. It was absolutely impossible. In other words, Jiang Xingchen really wanted to rent land.
After that, the City Lord Hongyuan locked himself in the room for a long time, but no one responded. He scared his family to the point of forcing the door into the room and then laughed and opened the door and walked out.
He had been in the house for so long, and finally came to the result that after Jiang Xingchen rented land, the tax revenue in Hongyuan City would increase by 20%. This means that he would have to earn tens of millions of yellow crystal coins every year.
"Jiang Xingchen is simply the noble person in my destiny!" The Lord of Hongyuan City was so happy that he kept muttering. When he took over Hongyuan City from Qian Liang, he muttered for a long time. Qian Liang almost died in Hongyuan City.
But after he arrived, he realized that Hongyuan City was so rich that it was rich. Not only did it have to be backed by the vast mountains, but it benefited even more from the stars. Every year, tens of thousands of tourists passed by this place. After that, the steel mill led by Xingchen was established, Hongyuan City became more prosperous and tax revenues rose rapidly. Later, when the train was connected, Hongyuan City became even more amazing.
Ordinary people can make money by doing some business. Every family in the slums is renovating their houses, which shows that they have made money. As the city lord, he has gained more benefits.
Now that Jiang Xingchen has made such a big move, Hongyuan City will definitely have a better future exhibition!
Full of excitement, the Lord of Hongyuan summoned all the lords of more than 30 small towns, told everyone the important news, and asked them whether they agreed or not.
These little lords were stunned for a long time before they realized. They smiled so hard that their eyes could hardly see. Only fools would disagree. They didn’t have to worry about spring and autumn harvest every year, and they didn’t have to worry about drought and flood every year. They would get money if they didn’t do anything, and they would give it according to the highest yield. They didn’t even have to be responsible for distributing food to civilians. In the past, no matter how high the output was, they had to share part of the common people, otherwise why would they do the work for you?
Just like the Lord of Hongyuan City, some of these little lords have taken out paper and pen to calculate their income.
At this time, the news that Xingchen leader rented the land between Hongyuan City and Xingchen leader spread throughout the towns and villages like a wind. After hearing that the civilians who had been farming for many years would get the food for Xingchen, they ran around one by one, and were crazy about whether the news was true, as if they had been hit with blood from wild pheasants! (To be continued.)
You can get the view after getting off the clouds.