Liu Che fastened the ribbon, and then walked out with Zhang Tang and the others.
Originally, the unauthorized people who were still in groups to discuss together, saw Liu Che come out, and knelt down one after another: "Xiaomin wait to meet His Royal Highness the Prince" Liu Che glanced at it casually, these eighty-five unauthorized powers, each of them had a good spiritual momentum, in terms of the dressing of the wearer, these unauthorized powers were ingenious, which made Liu Che quite bright.
After observing two eyes, Liu Che determined one thing.
That is, these unauthorized powers or the families behind them are still full of awe of him, the crown prince.
At least, in terms of face and lining, there will be some accommodation.
Otherwise, this would not be the case now.
Regardless of the distance or proximity of the seventy-five counties in Guanzhong, the unauthorized power of each county appeared in Sixianyuan.
Not even a single one was late.
Thinking about it, Liu Che knows that this is also a reality.
In China, it is never the businessmen who are in charge, but the bureaucrats who hold the power to kill.
The so-called broken county order, the door to destroy the order Yin.
No amount of money can withstand the sharpness of a sword.
It's just that Looking at these unauthorized powers, Liu Che took a step forward, opened his hands, and said: "Everyone, please don't be polite, this time, I invite you to come, but I have something to ask you local sages."
Unauthorized power, although they are merchants, but in the eyes of the Han court, they are not businessmen, and they can not be bound by the city registration.
This is because the status of unauthorized power is equal to that of the village elders in the countryside.
It is an extension of state power, and in a sense, those who are in power are also members of the ruling class.
It was Liu Che who was able to meet these people in Sixian Yuan openly.
Otherwise, as a prince, he met with a businessman who was in charge of the last business, and when this spread, public opinion would immediately boil Everyone stood up and bowed in unison: "Thank you, Your Highness, if Your Highness sends something, we will go to the soup and fire."
Never give up."
Liu Che smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, making his attitude as friendly as possible, but he complained in his heart: "Go to the soup and die and believe that you have ghosts."
In the previous life, Wu Chu was in turmoil.
The merchants of Guanzhong almost collectively rode the wall to watch, and even prepared the ceremonies and procedures to welcome King Wu into the Jizong Temple, just waiting for King Wu to enter Chang'an, and then shouting long live.
The most intuitive example is the counterinsurgency army.
Chehou, who was with the army, couldn't find a place to take out a loan.
In the end, only the Wuyan clan lent 5,000 gold to Zhou Yafu to solve the expenses of the Che Hou's expedition.
And the interest is as high as ten times Every time he thought of this, Liu Che felt very uncomfortable.
As a ruler, deep in his subconscious, he is tenfold wary of all possible traitors and rebels.
And the businessmen have also proved with practical actions that they are not loyal servants of the Liu family at all, just some guys driven by interests.
But the Wuyan clan dared to put such a high usury, and finally repaid all the principal and interest.
This made Liu Che somewhat jealous of the businessmen in Guanzhong.
In the past few days, Liu Che has made up the information.
Found a lot of interesting things.
For example, at this time, although the businessmen will collude with the bureaucracy to form a community of interests.
However, they have not yet evolved to the point of giving officials shares and dividends.
Generally speaking, these merchants only pay some money to their related customers on a quarterly basis.
Therefore, Liu Che does not have to worry for the time being, if these businessmen are moved, there will be a crazy counterattack like the Jin Shang Group and the Salt Merchant Group in the Ming Dynasty.
That is, these merchants.
Although there are umbrellas and backers behind them, those umbrellas and backers may not really be on the side of these people.
The answer is simple, there are no dry stocks and dividends.
That Zhang San can be honored.
Li Si can also be filial.
The bureaucrats are not guilty of sacrificing their future, their reputation, and their hats for the sake of their annual filial piety.
This is completely different from the status of the Jin Shang Group and the Zheshang Group in the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.
After all, one's own things and other people's things are two treatments Thinking like this, Liu Che had the bottom in his heart.
It is true that several big families in Guanzhong have close ties with the court and the government and the opposition, and they also have a lot of wealth that is honored to the officials of the palace and the court every year.
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But.
Such ties of interest are fragile.
Once the news is not right, a large number of officials will immediately cut off their tails to survive, and even fight against businessmen who originally honored him in order to cover up their crimes.
Just like in the previous life, after the little pig issued a warning order, a large number of former merchant families went bankrupt.
But none of the officials stood up and said a word of justice for the merchants.
It is impossible for someone to move a little bit like the Ming Dynasty when a large number of Qingliu jumped out and shouted: Do not compete with the people for profit.
Yes, to be honest, Liu Che is really going to let go, and he will definitely be able to wash the entire merchants and families in Guanzhong once Kill him, his head is rolling, and the blood is flowing like a river.
It's just that this thing is very cool to do, but what to do after the cool It's not worth it Liu Che is the crown prince, and he is of two different classes from these merchants.
You can't afford to build your political reputation for businessmen.
You must know that Liu Che's father killed Prince Wu on a chessboard on the streets of Chang'an, and until now, some people in the government and the opposition are still quietly discussing this matter.
It is no exaggeration to say that this incident will become a stain on Liu Che's father's life.
Moreover, Guanzhong is Liu's basic plate.
Maintaining the prosperity and stability of Guanzhong is in Liu Che's own interests.
He didn't need to smash all the jars and jars, and let others see the jokes in plain way But after thinking about these things clearly, I will have the confidence in my heart, and I will not be afraid of my hands and feet, and I will not look forward and backward.
Liu Che looked at the more than eighty men kneeling in front of him at this moment, and his eyes naturally carried a condescending feeling.
It was as if the eighty-five people kneeling in front of him were not people, but ants.
Liu Che thought about the wording for a while, and was about to speak, when Wang Dao suddenly came over and came to his ear to report: "Your Highness, the eldest princess is here."
When Liu Che heard this, his expression was slightly stunned.
Liu Concubine What did she come for Liu Che came back to his senses in an instant, and arched his hand to the unauthorized powers: "Everyone, please wait a moment, I have a little personal matter, and I will go."
And then.
Liu Che was led by Wang Dao and walked towards the living room at the front door.
While walking, Liu Che asked, "Did the eldest princess tell you what happened?"
This is also where Liu Che is strange.
At this time, there are no special circumstances, and the elders will not easily go to the homes of the younger ones.
Because that's a double disrespect for yourself and your juniors.
"Back to Your Highness.
The slave didn't know, the eldest princess didn't say" Wang Dao lowered his head and said: "It's just that the eldest princess brought a man with a Shandong accent to come with her."
"Shandong" Liu Chehu was suspicious, Shandong at this time, of course, did not refer to the great Shandong Province of later generations.
The so-called Shandong refers to the vast area east of the Taihang Mountains.
It probably includes the later North China and South China regions.
It is completely different from the later Shandong At this time.
Shandong is not a good place, how do the people in Guanzhong scold their mothers Shandong barbarians However, at this time, the people who spoke with Shandong accents were not necessarily people from South China or North China.
Because when the Qin and Han dynasties were communicating, the population of the world migrated and communicated with each other, and it may have become Guanzhong people in the past, such as the Yuan Ang family.
What used to be a Qin may now have become a barbarian vassal state, such as Zhao Tuo in Nanyue.
Anyway, let's just check it out first With such thoughts, Liu Che slowly walked into the living room, and then.
I saw the princess Liu Yan, the chief princess of the pavilion, leading a strange man, sitting in a corner of the living room, talking and laughing, as if talking about something.
Liu Che glanced at the man, just this glance, Liu Che felt that his kryptonite dog eyes were blind.
The clothes of this man's whole body can be seen at a glance to be made of fine Shu brocade, and the set of clothes on his body alone is worth at least tens of thousands of dollars.
In addition, he wore two pieces of jade around his waist, which he knew were valuable at a glance.
In addition to this, Liu Che also noticed that the pattern on the man's sleeve was embroidered with gold wire.
In a word, this person just didn't write on his head: I am a local tyrant, these four big words.
"He's not from Guanzhong," Liu Che immediately thought of this.
Although there are many big dogs in Guanzhong.
But at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who dares to go to the market so ostentatiously, it is undoubtedly self-defeating.
"Probably the nouveau riche of that place," Liu Che guessed in his heart.
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Now in the Han Dynasty, it is the time when China's industry and commerce are booming.
I don't know how many people took advantage of this opportunity.
The accumulation of wealth was completed.
In later generations, a biography of goods and colonies wrote the prosperity of industry and commerce at this time from one side.
From south to north, from grasslands to mountains, there is hardly a place in the whole of China that is not free from thriving industry and commerce.
So much so that Jia Yi, Chao Cuo and others have shouted that they want to be weak and strong, and have put forward their own strategies and policies in this regard.
Liu Che didn't think much about it. bowed straight to Concubine Liu and asked, "Auntie is actually free to come to my little nephew today, but there is something?"
At this time, the man who was originally talking to Liu immediately came out of the queue and bowed down.
Concubine Liu stood up, smiled, and said, "Prince, my aunt came over this time, and I will introduce someone to the prince."
Liu Nunu mouthed, pointed to the person kneeling on the ground, and said: "This person is Cheng Zheng from Linqiong, Shu County, my aunt thought, maybe he can help the prince solve some troubles, so he simply brought it over, the prince should not blame the aunt for making her own opinion."
Saying that, Liu Yan laughed.
Liu Che shook his head, he actually couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.
Liu Yan is a person, but sometimes she often does some second-hand behavior.
Liu Che remembered that she raised a little white face or something in her previous life, and even took the little white face out to show the little pig What's funny is that in the end, the eldest princess of the Han family, was buried with the little white face in Baling after her death.
It can only be said Liu's is wonderful, and Liu Che is used to it.
It's just that Liu Che gave Liu Che a problem The man knew at a glance that he must be a businessman The Han family was not a country in the Warring States Period, and businessmen casually entered and exited the palace and spread it, and Liu Che had to be criticized But everyone has already brought, what else can Liu Che do With a slightly ugly smile on his face, Liu Che reluctantly arched his hand and said, "Please get up."
When the man heard this, he was not polite, and immediately stood up, and even had the courage to look up at Liu Che.
This made Liu Che feel funny and angry.
These deeds of this man.
Liu Che involuntarily linked it with the coal bosses of later generations.
But in an instant, what Liu Concubine had just said recalled in his mind.
Linqiong Cheng Zheng Isn't this Zhuo Wenjun's father's lifelong rival When did this person actually come to Guanzhong However, Cheng Zheng is a real big dog In his previous life, Liu Che heard about it.
Some people list him as the richest man in the world along with Zhuo Wangsun, Daojian of Qi and others.
It is said that the family has billions of dollars, has thousands of slaves, travels like the king, and the business is done in South Vietnam The important thing is for Liu Che.
Whether it is Cheng Zheng or Zhuo, they are all the characters who will be contacted next.
This is because these two companies have mastered the most advanced iron casting and smelting technology available today The major affairs of the country are only worship and fighting Whoever masters iron has the ability to wage war It is ridiculous to say that the wealth and trading of Cheng Zheng and Zhuo can be so big.
In fact, it sucked the blood of the Han court and grew up step by step.
At the beginning, the world's largest iron-smelting and coin-casting merchant was none other than Deng Tong, Liu Che's imperial grandfather's confidant.
Don't think that Deng Tong will only slap the horse's whiskers, if it is just like that.
How could he occupy the worship of a generation of masters for a long time Behind the favored ministers, Deng Tong is actually Liu Che's imperial grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, who put the eyes and ears of the people.
At that time, half of the money in the world was minted by Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and half was written by Deng Tong in Shu County. can make the deal so big, and can also wrestle with Liu Bi, the king of Wu, Deng Tong's ability and wrist are not just idle In addition, Deng Tong was also the person in charge of all the properties of the Shaofu and the royal family in Shu County at that time.
In addition to countless mines and salt ponds under his name.
There is also a large-scale iron-smelting workshop.
It's just what Liu Che saw from the Shaofu archives.
At its peak, Deng Tong owned and managed hundreds of workshops of different sizes in Shu County, with an annual output of four or five hundred thousand catties of iron.
But now, those workshops have shrunk to less than ten.
The annual output of iron is only 40,000 or 50,000 catties.
In just two years, the official workshops of the Han royal family in the entire Shu County dived immediately after Deng Tong was gone.
This kind of thing, when you say it, the ghost believes it At the same time, the wealth and workshops of Cheng Zheng and Zhuo swelled like rockets.
Up to now, these two companies have an annual output of at least 300,000 catties of iron.
Liu Che remembered the record in the historical records: To the people of Yunnan and Shu who fell to Linqiong, they were rich enough to serve thousands of people.
The joy of hunting in the field pond is intended to be in the king.
This is a depiction of the wealth and power of the Zhuo family.
From the description of these few short sentences, Zhuo's wealth has been revealed the tip of the iceberg.
That is, based on the fact that the Zhuo clan has 1,000 servants.
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According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the poll tax of a slave was levied at the rate of five counts, one hundred and twenty yuan, and five six hundred yuan.
That is, Zhuo's annual slave tax alone is 600,000 yuan The tax of Chehou for a year of 3,000 households in a food town was raised But now Liu Che is not concerned about this matter. but Liu Che looked at Cheng Zhengying with a smile and asked, "Mr. has come from Linqiong, can you know that the southern Yunnan Zhufan can be settled now?"
When Cheng Zhengying heard this, he couldn't help but twitch his face, what he was most worried about finally happened.
In fact, whether it is Cheng Zhengying's cast iron business or Zhuo Wangsun's business.
It requires a large population, mining and smelting Before, Deng Tong had the royal family as a backer, and some were prisoners and sons-in-law who came to open the mountain for smelting, and he didn't feel distressed when he died But it was his turn to make this deal with Zhuo Wangsun.
That's the problem.
The total population of Shu County is so small, it is not enough to support and burden the iron-smelting business of him and Zhuo Wangsun.
What to do There is a way to be poor, and if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful.
Linqiong is located close to Zhuyi in southern Yunnan.
In the Qin Dynasty, the Qin army in its heyday suppressed the entire southwest, and at that time, all the southwestern Zhuyi had surrendered to the crossbow arrows of the Qin army, Qin Shi Huang reigned, in order to expand his control over the southwest region, so he dug a five-foot road, and sent officials to those blank areas that were not involved in the Central Plains regime before, and carried out initial control.
At that time, the Qin State was overwhelming the world, and who dared to disobey All the southwestern countries trembled and surrendered to Xianyang.
Pity.
More than ten years later, the huge Qin State collapsed.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, even South Vietnam was given up in order to effectively control it.
Not to mention the poor southwest region.
As a result, the vast area south of Linqiong ceased to be Chinese territory.
In this way, it gave the merchants a world of great achievements.
He Cheng Zhengying is good, and Zhuo Wangsun is also good.
The purpose of valuing Qiongqiong is the same.
One, there is a large iron ore here, which can be excavated and smelted.
Second, it is close to the southwest and has cheap manpower The chieftains of the Southwest Yi were willing to pay two or three strong slaves for a beautiful piece of silk In addition, the horses of the Yu country, the maids of the Yu country, and the yak and the gold of Yelang.
The ivory of the Dian Kingdom is a highly praised specialty.
In particular, the maids of the Yu Kingdom, after special training, have a fascinating magic, and are exported to all counties and countries in the world, even Chang'an, there are many nobles who are willing to buy them at a high price.
As a big businessman rooted in Linqiong, Cheng Zhengying has formed deep friendships with various kingdoms in the southwest in the past 30 years.
With ironware, silk and spices from the Central Plains, he exchanged batches of special products from the hands of these small tribes One of the largest transactions.
Slaves, no doubt Otherwise, his iron ore is still playing with hair However, this is a serious offense, according to the Chinese law.
Dealing with a vassal without permission is a capital offense.
Although Nanxi Yi is not a vassal country, and he has not paid tribute to Chang'an, once this matter is exposed, then he will die without a place to be buried According to Cheng Zhengying's own sources, in the past two years, as his business with Zhuo Wangsun has expanded.
Two small kingdoms in the southwestern provinces have been destroyed, and all the people have been taken away, turned into slaves, and finally ended up in his mines Even, one time Cheng Zhengying found that something strange appeared in the slaves sent.
After asking, I learned that it was a slave imported by the Dian State from the body poison, and the quantity was large and cheap, and only one silk horse could be exchanged for ten strong slaves Then Cheng Zhengying bought a hundred in one go.
By now, they're all dead Because he died too quickly, Cheng Zhengying deeply felt that although the poisoned slaves were cheap, they were not forbidden, and they no longer bought their own poisonous slaves But how dare he say these things If he says it, he will soon be the Great Demon King, and he will definitely kill the whole family Therefore, Cheng Zhengying hurriedly knelt down and said resignedly: "Your Royal Highness, although the villain is in Linqiong, he has always been law-abiding, and he strictly obeys the system of Emperor Gao, and he does not dare to go west out of the customs and have an affair with Yidi."
"Hehe" Liu Che smiled and shook his head.
You liar Your business isn't just about the Southwest Yi When Zhang Qian chiseled through the Western Regions, people saw Chinese silk and tea on the side of Daxia, and when they asked, they said that they came from the poison, and then the merchants with the poison bought it from the Dian Kingdom, and the silk of the Dian Kingdom did not know from there What's more, in his previous life, Liu Che himself saw with his own eyes that he could actually buy slaves from the Servant Kingdom in Chang'an, and the servants of the Servant Kingdom actually formed an industrial chain in Chang'an and made a brand, so that whoever did not have a maid from the Servant Country in Chang'an had no face At that time, the maids of the Yu Kingdom, like the Silla maids of the Tang Dynasty, were widely praised slaves, and each one cost a hundred gold And also In his previous life, Liu Che didn't quite understand why Sima Xiangru was able to get through the relationship between the southwestern Zhuyi, thus opening the prelude to the spread of the Central Plains civilization to the southwestern mountainous areas.
After becoming the crown prince, he consulted the Qin court archives and records in Shiqu Pavilion.
Liu Che figured out one thing, at least in the hundreds of miles of mountainous areas near Shu County, where the Qin general Chang Yu had effectively ruled that area and sent officials and soldiers over.
And where did Tokoku go Because during the period of King Chu Wei, Bashu belonged to the state of Chu.
At that time, King Chu Wei sent Lu Qiao, a descendant of King Chu Zhuang, as a general to lead his army westward and launch a campaign of conquest to the southwest.
Thousands of miles of land.
It's a pity that after the victory of Yuqiao, I turned around and found that my hometown was copied by the Qin people, and I couldn't go back, so I could only take root in the local area and establish a country, which is the history of the establishment of the Dian Kingdom.
So, like South Vietnam, the Southwest.
In fact, it has long been taken by the ancestors and conquered.
In fact, many of the tribes and nations are inextricably linked to the Central Plains, at least culturally in common.
What's more interesting is.
Liu Che found that according to the report of the envoy sent by the Han family to Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, actually had a little brother in Southwest Yili, well, it was Yelang Kingdom Funny.
It's the arrogant country of Yoro.
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Therefore, in fact, Southwest Yi is not a land that has never been influenced by the culture of the Central Plains.
In fact, more than 100 years before the establishment of the Han dynasty, the states of Chu and Qin successively took over and began to conquer and develop the southwest region.
It can be said that without the efforts of the two generations of Chu and Qin, Xiaozhu later wanted to conquer the southwest region so easily, and also set up counties and counties, making it an inseparable part of the Han family's territory.
Is it possible that the Han generation did not rebel Therefore, Liu Che smiled slightly and said: "Mr.
Lone regards him as an elder, why did Mr. deceive Lonely?"
Liu Che took a step forward and said in his mouth: "Zhuo Gong's grandson, every year there is a letter passed in front of his father and emperor, what you do, you think that the Son of Heaven does not know loneliness."
"Zhuo Wangsun, I x your ancestors" Cheng Zhengying At this point, the psychological defense line collapsed, and he actually scolded a provincial scold of Sichuan.
Liu Che didn't think so.
He smiled and said: "The maid of the country, tsk, the horses of the country, the gentlemen of the country are doing a big deal."
Cheng Zhengying finally couldn't bear it.
Paralyzed on the ground, he felt that his doomsday would come, and he couldn't care about anything in order to survive, so.
It's like pouring a tube, and all the things about how he and Zhuo Wangsun bought the king of Nanxiyi, how they trafficked people, how they dug mines, and how they bought Deng Tong's abandoned workshops at the right price were all poured out in front of Liu Che.
Liu Che was dumbfounded when he heard this.
When did the merchants of the Han Dynasty actually evolve to this point?
They used silk and iron tools, salt, and tea to buy slaves from the Southwest Yi, and they even bought slaves exported by the third brother There is really a sense of the black slave trade in the British Empire in later generations Well, that's it, in order to expand the scale of production, it is normal to use some means, and the southwest side is originally a place where slavery and primitive tribes are mixed.
Moreover, most of the dead miners are not Chinese, at least not yet Liu Che didn't bother to care.
But you actually colluded with the palace eunuchs sent to Shu County, bribed the local officials, and joined forces to create such a thing as a certain workshop not working, and a certain mine vein drying up Liu Che seemed to see the faces of some people in the Celestial Dynasty in the later generations Is Liu Che scratched his head and finally had to admit it.
Tai Shi Gong is really not wrong Sure enough, it is the people of Yunnan and Shu Liu Che really doesn't know, if these guys continue to play so undisciplined and unlimited, and expand like a snowball, and wait until their products are produced but cannot be sold, will there be an economic crisis in the Western Han Dynasty In any case, Liu Che knows that it is time for this unscientific method of operation to come to an end.
However, this Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun still did at least one thing right, that is, to harm foreigners On this matter, Liu Che still agrees.
Liu Che took two steps forward, walked in front of Cheng Zhengying, helped him up, and asked kindly: "Mr.
Fang just said that he bought a hundred poisoned slaves through the King of Dian Wang, dare to ask Mr., where is the poison?"
"Go to the west of the Dian Kingdom for two thousand miles" Cheng Zhengying did not have the domineering spirit of the local tyrant at the beginning at this time, he was full of only one thing in his heart: Since the Son of Heaven already knew about my matter, why did the Son of Heaven delay in making a move He really didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Liu Che asked playfully: "In the poisonous country, there are people under Mr. who have been there?"
"No" Cheng Zhengying shook his head and said: "Xiaomin's subordinates have only been to the Dian Kingdom at the farthest, and no matter how far they go, they have never been there, it is said that from the Dian Kingdom to the high road of the Poison Mountain, the hundred poisonous slave laborers purchased by the Xiaomin, it is said that when they started to set off, the poison people prepared more than 300 people, and when they were driven to the Dian Kingdom, there were only more than 100 people left."
Liu Che smiled when he heard this, the Three Kingdoms are really the same, no matter ancient or modern, they have not changed, and they can be called the best ruling and easiest countries on the earth to colonize.
"I'll give Mr. a task" Liu Che said with a smile, he didn't expect that Cheng Zhengying would confess so quickly, but since he took the handle of others, he had to make good use of it.
"Your Highness, please command" Cheng Zhengying immediately knelt down as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"After Mr. goes home, send a team of capable men to the Dian Kingdom, and then let the King of Dian send a guide to escort Mr.'
s people to take a trip to the body poison, even if you can't get the body poison, you must do your best to collect all the information about the body poison" Liu Che looked at him and said: "Got it?"
S: Well, the businessmen at that time were indeed so awesome, especially the Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zheng of Linqiong, who were really open to life Then, you can only 7000 today, and the remaining 5000 will make up tomorrow t1706231537: