The palace held a simple ceremony and awarded Liu Dajiang the title of nobility, and then purchased an uninhabited island in the northeast and nearby small islands, which are now the Natuna Islands, for a price of one hundred taels of gold.
Liu Dajiang originally wanted to buy part of the land in the Northeast Peninsula, but there were many residents of the Srivijaya Kingdom living there. King Srivijaya refused to sell. They only sold uninhabited islands. King Yong gave him the backup plan.
Buy this island. This island is also very good. It is sixty miles long and wide. It is densely forested, the land is fertile, and there are many excellent natural harbors.
Chanon then accompanied Liu Dajiang on a 10,000-stone ship to go to the big island for sale for confirmation. Two days later, they arrived at the big island and saw the island's low mountains, dense forests, and large fertile plains.
"That's it!"
Chanon pointed to the horizon in the distance and said: "The contract includes the surrounding islands within a hundred miles. Liu Yuanwai will organize a large number of manpower to cut down trees and build houses."
“Can I sell this island to someone else?”
Chanon nodded and said, "Of course!"
"Does the other party also need to be a noble of your country?" Liu Dajiang asked again.
Chanon laughed, "Buying land has nothing to do with whether you are a noble. Liu Yuanwai, think about it. This island is already yours. You are the owner of the island. What do you want to do with Srivijaya?
relation?"
Liu Dajiang frowned and asked: "The previous businessmen also bought the island, but in the end the island was taken away. How to explain it?"
Chanon said slowly: "This is what I want to remind you. To become a noble of the Srivijaya Kingdom, according to regulations, you must pay tribute to the king every year. If you do not pay tribute for three consecutive years, it is contempt of the king, and the king will
Your property was forcibly taken away as tribute compensation, and the land purchased by previous merchants was confiscated for this reason."
Liu Dajiang sneered and said, "So is it a trap to grant me the status of a noble?"
"not completely!"
Chanon argued: "Buying such a large island usually requires the establishment of a nation. To establish a nation, one must have aristocratic status and then become a vassal state of the Srivijaya Kingdom. If Liu Yuanwai buys ten acres of land to build a house in Palembang City,
, then you don’t need anything, you don’t even need to go through the government, just buy it privately.”
"So the key is the tribute items and quantity!"
"It is true that there is no clear regulation on the amount of tribute to be paid. It is decided by the king at the beginning of each year, but it can be discussed with the king."
Liu Dajiang understood that although noble status is not a trap, it is a noose hanging around the neck. When the king wants to tighten the rope or even kick the stool under your feet, it depends on his mood.
........
Chanon circled around the island and then returned. In the afternoon of the same day, ten ten thousand-stone ships full of soldiers arrived at the big island he had just bought. The soldiers went to the island to camp and rest. Liu Dajiang went to sea again to confirm the island.
There are ten islands in total, the main island and nine nearby small islands. Each island has fresh water resources. There are four small rivers on the main island, all originating from the hill in the center of the island.
"Chief, please give this big island a name!" Zhang Jiugong was very excited and laughed loudly.
Liu Dajiang said happily: "I have already thought about it. This is the southernmost land of Yong Kingdom, which is called Nan'an Island. In the future, a Nan'an County will be built here and a powerful navy will be stationed."... "We will."
If you don’t buy the goods, just return home directly?”
"No! Let's go to other seaports to buy ten shipments of spices and then return to Jingzhao."
.........
In October, Chen Qing gave birth to a son and a daughter shortly after the princess gave birth to a son. Yu Ying gave birth to a son, named Chen Min, and Zhao Yingluo got her wish and gave birth to a daughter, named Chen Duo.
In the past two days, there has been a big event in the house, that is, the bedroom, living room and study room are all installed with crystal glass. Of course it is glass. It looks as transparent as crystal, so it is called crystal glass.
In addition to Prince Yong's Mansion, some of the houses of the other five political officials were also installed. The main reason was that the production of this kind of crystal glass could not keep up. It was impossible to install it in every house. Each mansion could only install part of the room.
In the living room on the second floor of the red building in Prince Yong's mansion, Lu Xiu looked at the lake not far away through the crystal glass and sighed: "It's so luxurious to use glass as a window!"
Zhao Qiaoyun smiled and said: "The Bianliang Palace also uses colored glaze to make colorful windows. Although they are very beautiful, the light is not so bright. I heard from officials that this colorless colored glaze is made of river sand. The cost is very low. Now it is just a new window."
At first, too many were burned out. In the future, there will be less and less waste products, and the cost will become lower and lower. You can buy one for more than ten cents. Sister, it is not a luxury."
At this time, I heard Bing'er and Xue'er chattering beside me: "I can see clearly, they are three crows!"
"There were obviously four of them just now! One must have flown away."
When Lu Xiu turned around, she saw Bing'er and Xue'er standing aside, using their father's clairvoyance to play with, as if they were looking at the roof of Qifeng Pavilion.
"You two!
Lu Xiu's face sank and she said, "How many times have I told you not to go to the study to steal daddy's things!"
Bing'er pouted and said, "That's not true! Daddy gave it to us."
"Daddy gave it to you? Amei, is that so?" Lu Xiu asked Yao Mei next to her.
Yao Mei smiled and said: "The prince really gave it to them. The prince has a new clairvoyance. According to the prince, it seems that every general has one. The old one will be given to Xue'er and Bing'er.
Already."
There were many twists and turns in the creation of clairvoyance. Originally, I wanted to grind crystals into powder and purify them. However, the resulting lenses were even more unsatisfactory. They were not as good as the ones made directly from crystals. Fortunately, the west side was not bright and the east side was bright. The beauty hunter found three pieces in Haizhou.
High-purity crystal, each piece weighing ten kilograms, temporarily solved the problem of raw materials for the telescope. The mirror grinder spent a month making ten wooden tube clairvoyants, but only half of the materials were used.
Lu Xiu walked over and picked up the clairvoyant eye and looked at Qifeng Pavilion. She quickly fell in love with this toy.
"This clairvoyance is easy to break. From now on, I will keep it with my mother. You can play with it if you want. You must put it back after you are done playing with it. Do you understand?"
The two young ladies were both afraid of Lu Xiu, so they could only nod their heads no matter how unwilling they were.
"Let's play with it!"
Lu Xiu returned the clairvoyance to them, "Be careful not to drop it!"
The two young ladies cheered and ran away with the clairvoyant eyes. Yao Mei quickly followed.
Lu Xiu waved his hand to let the maid go down, and then said to Lin Qiaoyun: "Qiaoyun, do we want to invest in the land in Han Chang'an City?"
What the two of them said was naturally the highest commercial secret. Chen Qing was considering developing Han Chang'an City. The main reason was that the demand for land in Jingzhao City was very strong, causing land prices to become more and more expensive, and rents to be more and more expensive. People at the bottom were moving to the city.
Outer suburbs.
The Great Wall of Han Dynasty is less than ten miles away from Jingzhao City. It is completely possible to build the Great Wall of Han Dynasty into a small subsidiary city of Jingzhao City, move the craftsmen and workshops there, and then build a large number of cheap official houses to rent out, so that the lower class people living in the city can also
Moved over.
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Gao Yue reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this