"He has something to hide from me. Ying suddenly thought of this possibility and couldn't help feeling resentful. Liu Zhang had something else to hide from him.
"We must make it clear." Huang Yueying made up her mind. She knew that if some things were kept in each other's hearts, it might become a big deal in the end, so it was better to make it clear.
If he raised a question and Liu Zhang said he couldn't tell him, it meant that he shouldn't know. Huang Yueying still knew that neither ministers nor women should inquire about the king's affairs.
Huang Yueying just wanted to express her doubts. As for whether she wanted to express this matter, it was up to Liu Zhang himself.
Cao Pi jumped into the sea and committed suicide. In addition to the aristocratic families captured at Jieshi Haikou, all the aristocratic families in Hebei, Qingzhou and other places were captured. Goguryeo had been captured, and all the Goguryeo royal family were captured. Wang Yue fought until near the Han River, and with Baekje
, bordering Silla.
Liu Zhang named Huang Yueying King of Yan, held a grand banquet in Yecheng, and came forward to have a banquet with civil and military officials.
Nowadays, the round tables and square tables produced in Yizhou are popular, and there is basically no need for a waiter to eat. Cao Chong and Liu Xunzhou Buyi share the same table. Since being bewitched by Zhou Buyi last time, Cao Chong has been learning new knowledge from Zhou Buyi. Now he is familiar with the numbers of Sanmiao.
I have mastered it very well and started to learn geometric figures.
Just when Cao Chong was enjoying his studies, Liu Zhang suddenly summoned Cao Chong to Yecheng and interrupted his studies. This time Zhou Buyi and Liu Xun came with Huang Yue. Now that they had little time to spare, Cao Chong quickly asked Zhou Buyi for advice.
Zhou Buyi, now an adult, was drinking alone and explaining to Cao Chong. Liu Xun was listening attentively, but looking at his expression, he didn't understand anything and only thought it was very powerful.
The lights were shining and the wine was flowing. Various civil and military officials began to congratulate Huang Yueying. Seeing the happy men drinking everywhere, Guan Yinping suddenly left his seat and walked out.
"Sister, where are you going?" Guan Xing and Guan Suo were drinking happily. When they saw Guan Yinping leaving with some concern, they both frowned. Diao Chan was about to get up when she was pulled by Guan Xing.
"Mother, sit down and eat. Our screen is now a general, and the dream of being a general has come true. What worries can such an old girl have? Let my sister think about it for herself."
"because of this……"
"I'll persuade you later. Come and have a drink." Guan Xing pulled Diao Chan down and poured Guan Suo a glass of wine. When Guan Yu was here before, Guan Xing and Guan Suo had some disagreements because of Guan Suo's son, whom they had not known each other for a long time.
There are so many things happening now. Come to think of it, they are all about children. The two brothers have a good relationship.
Guan Yinping walked outside the door. He originally wanted to find a quiet place to sit, but when he turned to the corridor, he saw someone already sitting there.
"Miss Latia, why are you sitting here and not going in?" Guan Yinping asked doubtfully.
"What are you going in for? Those grown men were drinking and talking loudly. They were making a lot of noise. They even dripped wine on their beards. You pushed me. How can you eat the food when it's all dirty?"
Latiya showed a disgusted expression, and Guan Yinping smiled: "It's better to have one person at the same table as before."
Guan Yinping said this, but she didn't think so in her heart. Although it was a bit uncomfortable to share a table with several people, Guan Yinping felt warm, especially sitting at the same table with Diao Chan, Ling Ju, Guan Xing, Guan Suo and others.
The table, it feels good, just...
"Huh? Why did you come out?" Latia suddenly looked at Guan Yinping in confusion.
…
"The common people congratulate Military Advisor Huang for being crowned King of Yan."
Because Hebei had just been conquered and needed construction, especially Youzhou, everyone knew that it would be a key construction area. Many businessmen came to Yecheng, preparing to get some projects from the government.
Many big businessmen also attended this banquet. When it was Fatty Jin's turn, Fatty Jin toasted to Huang Yueying and then turned to Liu Zhang and said: "Your Highness, King of Shu, I have a request. I also know that such a trivial matter should not be asked of you.
He said, "It's just that if I miss today, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again."
Fatty Jin said with a slight embarrassment, as if something was urgent for him, but he couldn't tell Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang looked at the fat Fatty Jin, picked up a glass of wine, drank it, and said impatiently: "Today, Military Advisor Yueying
On this great day, if you have anything to say, just say it hesitantly."
"What a great day." Huang Yueying glanced at Liu Zhang dissatisfied.
But Fatty Jin hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "His Royal Highness, the King of Shu, about the matter of Forget Worry Grass..."
"Hmm, what's up?"
"That." Fatty Jin originally knew that Liu Zhang didn't like this very much. The reason why he was asked to grow and process it the year before was probably due to special reasons. Now that Liu Zhang didn't mention it, he shouldn't mention it.
But this is related to my own worth and life. The money I earned last year is far from enough to repay the debt.
Fatty Jin had to bite the bullet and said: "Thank you for the opportunity given by Your Highness last year. I made a lot of income, much more than I expected. But I planted it last year and I will plant it this year, but the King of Shu did not say anything about the acquisition.
Here……"
"I didn't say I wanted to buy it from you, why did you plant it?" Liu Zhang said casually.
"Ah?" Fatty Jin's face turned the color of pig's liver. Last year, Fatty Jin was still very satisfied. He didn't know the actual value of poppy. It was originally sold as medicine, but Liu Zhang's purchase price was higher than he expected.
High, I made a lot of money.
So I hurriedly planted the seeds this year, but when I heard that Liu Zhang didn't want to buy it, I felt like I was in the northwest, and I suddenly became anxious.
Liu Zhang looked at Fatty Jin, smiled inwardly, and flirted with Fatty Jin. Fatty Jin quickly approached his face, and Liu Zhang said, "Do you still want to make money from Poppy?"
"I think, I think." Fatty Jin replied without hesitation.
"Then we can no longer plant in Siyang County. You want to move. Is there a good place to go?"
"Good place? Of course I'll go, of course I'll go." When Fatty Jin heard that there was an opportunity, he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Last year's income exceeded expectations. Fatty Jin felt that as long as he came here for another three years, he should be able to pay off the accounts. He didn't even need five years.
Year.
"I wonder where Your Highness is talking about?" Fatty Jin said nervously.
"Goguryeo."
"Ah? What did King Shu say?" Fatty Jin seemed not to hear clearly.
"You heard me clearly. If you want me to say it a second time, think about the consequences." Liu Zhang picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, and said slowly.
Businessmen are most afraid of offending the government. Fatty Jin's face turned green with fright, while Huang Yueying sat aside and laughed.
"I heard you clearly. I heard you clearly, but Your Highness the King of Shu." Fatty Jin said with a bitter face: "The grassroots are from Yizhou. Goguryeo is thousands of miles away from Yizhou? Also, that place
Aren't you the kind of people who drink their hair and drink their blood? What am I doing there? Who am I selling the things to?"
"Sell the things to me, and the government will continue to purchase them. As for whether you go or not, that is your business." Liu Zhang took two bites of the food. He turned to Fatty Jin and said, "This is your freedom, but I want to tell you in advance.
Within three months, I will ban any cultivation of opium poppy within the Han Dynasty. Production, processing, hoarding, transportation, sales, and purchase are all your Siyang industry. You can take care of it yourself."
"Ah?" Fatty Jin was stunned again. He was not allowed to plant or process the poppies, nor to hoard them, nor to sell them. So what other way out could he do except burn all the poppies in Siyang?
Fatty Jin was in debt. It was not easy to find a job that made money, and it was even more difficult to find a job that could pay off the debt in five years. So since Poppy made money last year, Fatty Jin had devoted himself to Poppy.
All the capital has been invested in planting and processing. If the poppy business disappears this time, Fatty Jin will be completely bankrupt. This bankruptcy is not a debt.
At the beginning, Liu Zhang ordered Zhang Song to provide Jin Fatty with working capital in the form of an interest-free loan. If he lost money and the hens he borrowed to lay eggs were gone, how could he turn around?
Fatty Jin has such a bitter face that water drips from his face.
Goguryeo, what kind of place is that? In the eyes of the Han people, it is a wilderness, a place where birds do not poop. The people there are barbarians, have no rules and regulations, eat their hair and drink their blood, they are simply animals.
In particular, Fatty Jin is from Yizhou. In the past, he was just a small aristocratic family and had never heard of Goguryeo. It was not until he later switched to doing business that the Jin family's servants spread all over the country. With their knowledge increasing, Fatty Jin knew that there was someone from Goguryeo.
nation.
Where does Fatty Jin want to go to Goguryeo?
But if he didn't go to Goguryeo, he would definitely be in jail when the huge debt comes up in five years.
A year ago, Liu Zhang invented something called reform-through-labour. All criminals, as long as they were not sentenced to death, were sent to work at various construction sites.
Although there had been precedents for convict labor in the past, Liu Zhang had never been so enthusiastic. Tens of thousands of convicts and captives of prairie horse thieves were used to build the Loop. Unlike previous dynasties, Liu Zhang would also give meager rewards to the prisoners.
But that day, Fatty Jin felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. Although he hated the fat on his body, he didn't want to lose it like that.
Fatty Jin weighed in his mind whether it would be more painful to go to the wilderness or go to jail, and finally said to Liu Zhang cruelly: "Okay, King of Shu, let the common people go to Goguryeo."
Fatty Jin thought clearly, as long as he can grow poppies in a place where birds don't poop, he can live there for at most four years. Anyway, with government acquisitions, the poppies will not have to worry about sales.
When the deadline is up, he will pay off his debts and return to Han no matter what.
Four years is not too much.
"Well, yes, Boss Jin is indeed the most capable businessman." Liu Zhang praised him. Fatty Jin smiled on his face and shed tears in his heart. Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "You businessmen can be considered as having contributed to the imperial court, so you can't take it lightly.
Waiting for you, if you move to Goguryeo, it will definitely cause a lot of losses. You should try to move as much as possible. The government will subsidize the losses caused by the move."
"Ah, is it true? That's great." Fatty Jin was overjoyed. He moved from Siyang to Goguryeo. I don't know how much it would cost. It is estimated that all the belongings of Fatty Jin would be enough to open a workshop in Goguryeo. Then the processing
There are also fewer poppies, and there is great pressure to repay debts.
If there is a government subsidy, that small subsidy is not a big deal. The key is that the work can be started quickly and the processing scale is large, so making money will naturally be much faster.
Liu Zhang nodded, waved his hand, and Fatty Jin left happily.
Letting Fatty Jin move to Goguryeo was Liu Zhang's idea when he ordered the expedition against Goguryeo. At this time, it was a very important step for the Han Dynasty's strategy to move eastward, which was related to the control of North Korea and the Japanese slaves.
It is basically unrealistic to conquer these remote places by force alone. Some soft methods must be implemented.
If Fatty Jin's industry was relocated to Goguryeo and a port was opened in Goguryeo, the road to the Wonu Kingdom would be much closer, and a lot of transportation costs would be saved.
Liu Zhang added many fake Taoist priests and monks to the missionaries, and temporarily taught them a lot of missionary knowledge, but fundamentally speaking, most of them were actually miners from the Han Dynasty.
In Dahan, gold and silver mining has matured. Although it is not as deep as drilling in later generations, general gold and silver mining is still no problem. Gold and silver mines close to the surface can also be found.
Many of the mineral deposits in the Wonu Kingdom were basically formed due to earthquakes and volcanoes and floated on the earth's surface, such as the Iwami Silver Mine. The Wonu Kingdom is known as a specimen country of minerals. There are basically every kind of mineral deposits, but there are very few, except gold and silver.
a lot of.
These gold and silver mines that are not stored deeply can be found and mined.
The first reason why Liu Zhang sent these fake missionaries there was to promote the "holy fruit" and let the Japanese slaves, especially the upper class, get into this habit.
This is the first thing and the first step to the second thing. If this step cannot be completed, there is no need to do the second thing.
If the importation of opium goes smoothly, the fake missionaries will have to find gold and silver mines in the process of preaching and promoting opium. This is a very important task. Liu Zhang can't give them any help in this regard, although Liu Zhang knows a few
The name of the mineral deposit is unknown, but the exact location is not known at all.
If you find a gold or silver mine, even one or two, and the opium import goes smoothly, then you can start the second step.
Let Jin Fatty plant a large amount of opium in Goguryeo and transport it to the Wonu Kingdom for sale. The upper class's demand for opium in the Wonu Kingdom will inevitably make them eager to mine gold and silver mines. In this way, they can exchange opium for gold and silver and make up for the Han gold.
To alleviate the shortage of silver and promote business development.
Not only that, this move can also control the upper class of the Japanese slave country. As long as opium is popular, they will have to exchange the wealth of the Japanese slave kingdom, and the big Han can directly control it.
As for the current Japanese slave country, Liu Zhang only needs to cultivate a navy in the port opened by Goguryeo and on the one hand, clear out possible pirates.
On the other hand, if the Japanese slave country banned smoking like Lin Zexu did, Liu Zhang would definitely go to war. With the current national strength of the Japanese slave kingdom, as long as the Han Dynasty's navy was formed, the smoking ban would never be possible.
Although this process will inevitably catalyze the development of the Japanese slave kingdom, Liu Zhang told the Xu family early on that the Japanese slave kingdom is the inherent territory of the Han Dynasty. Once the economic lifeline is controlled, and with this name, it will be easy to assimilate Japan.
The only thing needed is to rapidly develop the shipbuilding industry. In fact, it doesn't need to be too strong. North Korea is not very far from the Wonu Kingdom.
Strengthen the connection between the Japanese slave kingdom and the central government of the Han Dynasty to ensure that they can fight at any time and send people to replace the Japanese slave kingdom officials at any time.