According to the current dictatorship situation of the Wang family, the political move south to Jiankang is a foregone conclusion.
All aristocratic families will move south, and power disputes will arise in the south.
If aristocratic families want to fight for power and profit, they must start from various industries to expand their power.
Among them, talent is for sure.
Second is the economy.
Money can make the world go round.
Next is food.
After migrating to the south, their fields had to be moved from the north to the south.
Jiangnan is still desolate now, which is suitable for them to exploit.
If we make them rich, then there will be basically no problems with the Wu family and the children from poor families.
Xie Yuan thought of this, so he asked the liberated slaves and people to move south to the south of the Yangtze River to exploit the wasteland.
He contracted almost the entire wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River in order to monopolize the fields in the south of the Yangtze River and prevent families with overseas Chinese surnames from taking advantage of it.
In fact, the current gentry are busy fighting for power and profit——
By the time they had figured out how to purchase their own grain, Xie Yuan had already allied with the Wu family to establish a foothold in Jiangnan, and single-handedly monopolized the Jiangnan grain industry, thus delivering a second blow to the Qiao family.
At that time, no matter how much they looked down on Xie Yuan, they could only choose to bow their heads for the sake of food.
As for now, Comrade Xiao Xie saw that it was March, so he took out the sweet potatoes, cassava, peanuts and other agricultural seeds that he had prepared long ago, and asked his tenants to plant them vigorously.
As a result, the entire south of the Yangtze River was opened up, and farmland could be seen everywhere.
In addition, Xie Yuan contracted numerous manors and hired specialized people to raise silkworms vigorously.
This time of year coincides with spring, so a batch of spring silkworms are raised.
In April, when spring silkworms spin cocoons and spin silk, Xie Yuan took advantage of this month to hire carpenters and make a batch of pedal spinning wheels.
Later, the silkworm farmers peeled off the silk and used the spinning wheel to pull out pieces of soft silk.
Xie Yuan looked at the silk and felt that the texture was very soft, so he asked the silkworm farmer to raise a second batch of silkworms.
As for the silk that had been made, Xie Yuan planned to use it for trade in the Western Regions.
Since the Three Kingdoms War in the previous dynasty, few people have opened the Silk Road.
In the early years of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Tianwu sent people to the Western Regions for symbolic trade several times, but he was tired of dealing with the war and stopped sending envoys to the Western Regions.
The Western Silk Road also declined as a result.
A few years ago, there were Hu merchants coming from the Western Regions, but there were very few of them, and the trade goods they brought were not necessarily that good.
Because they know that the Central Plains is in war, they definitely don’t have much money to buy good goods.
After Hu merchants came several times, they confirmed that the current Central Plains was not suitable for trade and stopped coming.
However, trade requires a warrant and permission from the court, otherwise private trade will be punished.
Xie Yuan wanted to write a letter to Governor Huo and ask him to establish a relationship and obtain a court warrant.
However, thinking that Governor Huo was jealous of his cousin Wang, this move would probably cause more trouble, so he gave up.
After thinking for a moment, Xie Yuan wrote a letter to Lu Zhong.
At that time, Lu Zhong had already been promoted to Zhongshu Sheren in just two months by virtue of the recommendation of the minister.
Zhongshu Sheren is a member of the fifth rank and is responsible for drafting edicts and publicizing the decree.
It doesn't look like it has much weight, but it actually holds real power.
Because when Emperor Tianwu founded the country, he allowed Zhongshushe people to participate in secrets and was given real power.
Therefore, although Lu Zhong was a fifth-rank official, his rights were not necessarily less than those of officials with a higher rank than him.
After receiving Xie Yuan's letter and knowing that he wanted to trade, Lu Zhong quickly asked for the court's warrant and delivered it to Kuaiji himself.
When handing the warrant to Xie Yuan, Lu Zhong said without hesitation: "The queen heard that the wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River was mined, mostly under the name of the young gentleman. She also heard that the young gentleman wanted to trade, so she wanted to increase the tax by 30% to fill the national treasury."
Xie Yuan's hand paused as he took the warrant.
He looked at Lu Zhong for a moment, and Lu Zhong looked away uncomfortably: "I married the daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and I can't shirk the Queen's and Dazai's wishes."
"Well, let's increase it by 30%, and thank Shaohan for bringing the warrant." Xie Yuan nodded.
After Lu Zhong left, Huo Qubing, who had listened to everything secretly, came out with an ugly face: "My lord, the taxes of the Jiangnan Wu gentry and poor people are already 10% higher than those of the Qiao family, and now the tax has been increased by 30%. This is not a sincere embarrassment.
You."
"It's better than being unable to trade." Xie Yuanhun shrugged nonchalantly and said with a smile,
"Besides, it's only now time for them to raise taxes and increase their prestige."
"Why did my lord say this?"
"After the political power moves south, the economy and various industries will inevitably move south. Now that I have monopolized the food industry in Jiangnan, the nobles are busy fighting for power and profit. When they realize, the food in the entire south comes from me - they still have to
He humbly bought more grain from my hand."
Xie Yuan smiled and said,
"And if I want to raise taxes by 30%, I will naturally have to raise the price of food for the nobles who raise taxes. In the end, they will have to buy it if they are willing to buy it, and they will have to buy it if they don't want to."
Otherwise, they would either decide to make the Northern Expedition to regain lost territory and reuse their northern fields;
Or he could only stare at the rice in his name and starve to death.
In fact, there is another option, which is to force the Wang family to lower taxes.
At that time, the entire Jin Dynasty would eat food produced in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to have enough food, the imperial court would have to lower taxes. At the same time, it would also attract abuse from the nobles, which would further exclude the Wang family, and trigger more intense conflicts.
The nobles fought for power and profit.
So what they did was completely shooting themselves in the foot.
Huo Qubing realized this and gave Xie Yuan a thumbs up.
It has to be the lord, and he has thought of it in such a long-term way.
"Then with the warrant, my lord is really going to trade?" Huo Qubing was gearing up, looking eager to give it a try.
Xie Yuan knew that Huo Qubing wanted to go outside Mobei and said with a smile: "You don't know the language of the Western Regions, so let Luo Chen go."
"I can learn it."
"If Uncle Huo agrees to let you go, I will naturally have no objection."
"...Then I'd better follow my lord to see the harvest in the mulberry field."
Finally, Xie Yuan asked Luo Chen to take a batch of prepared silk and rice left over from earlier to the Western Regions for trade.
The declining Silk Road has been revived.
In addition, after raising taxes, he promoted silk to aristocratic families.
Seeing the exquisite silk that had not been seen for a long time, the aristocratic families who had been suffering from war for many years were moved.
But when they heard about the high price, the wealthy families all scolded Xie Yuanxin for being too shameless.
Even the gentry with the surname Wu thought the price was too expensive.
Xie Yuan said, what does Gui have to do with him? If you want to ask, why did the imperial court increase taxes for him alone?
He also wants to make money, so he can't lose money.
Of course the price will go up.
The aristocratic family members choked and turned around to curse Wang, their relative. This chapter has been completed!