Your Majesty knows how much a cannon costs, how much does a Xianyang make, how much does a cannonball cost, and how much does a bullet cost. Li Chen then asked.

"I really don't know about this?" The First Emperor said.

"It takes 600 catties of copper to cast a cannon to exterminate, and more than 10 catties of copper to make a Xianyang cannon, and the cost of a cannonball is five coins of silver, and one or two pieces of silver can only make ten bullets."

"Your Majesty, although the new weapons are powerful, they are not just bullets and shells, this is silver, silver with white flowers. With Great Qin's current national strength, I am afraid that it will not even be able to support a large-scale war. ”

"If Great Qin wants to develop rapidly, it is already an urgent matter to improve the status of a businessman. Today's merchants have a low status, and in addition to paying business taxes, they also have to guard against exploitation by local officials. In this environment, businessmen are walking on thin ice. Now that there is a backstage in the back, businessmen who collude with officials can become bigger, and some businessmen who do business seriously must live cautiously. The purpose of my establishment of the Economic Development Zone is to provide a place for these people to trade normally, and I am also telling the officials of Daqin. The minister is optimistic about these merchants, and the minister is the eldest brother of these merchants, and these merchants are covered by me. Li Chen's tone of voice was sonorous and powerful.

The First Emperor was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "Okay, good, good, I was persuaded by you, you did it boldly, and I covered you." ”

"Your Majesty, I want a radius of three hundred miles around Shimen Mountain. I want to establish the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone on these 300 miles of land to create the first commercial holy land in Daqin. Li Chen pointed on the map and drew a circle in the Shimen Mountain area, which simply meant to build a small city outside Xianyang City.

"Okay, I'll give it to you." The First Emperor said arrogantly.

Seeing that the first emperor agreed, Li Chen hurriedly said: "After the establishment of the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone, the management here advises the six ministries not to interfere, and the ministers will set up a special management department to manage the Shimenshan Special Economic Zone. ”

"Of course, you can rest assured. What kind of economic development zone is this, whether it is the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, or the relatives of the emperor who dares to stretch out his hand, I will cut off his claws. The First Emperor said.

Li Chen looked at the First Emperor's eyes, his eyes full of trust. For the public, the first emperor is the king, and Li Chen is the minister. In private, the first emperor is Weng and Li Chen is his son-in-law. For Li Chen's advanced plan, Li Chen dared to do it, and the first emperor dared to believe it, so how could this Great Qin not be rich and strong.

"Your Majesty, I don't want these rights in vain, within three years, I promise to increase Daqin's taxes by more than three times." Li Chen knew that he could not live up to the trust of the First Emperor.

"I don't care if the tax can be raised, I want you to support the military expenses of the Great Qin expedition within three years." The First Emperor listened to Li Chen's words and said in a firm tone.

Li Chen decided to establish the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone here, and after the establishment of the Economic Development Zone in the future, a large number of merchants will inevitably gather here, and the exchange of goods and money will inevitably be quite frequent. And this is outside the city, although it is located in the vicinity of Xianyang, there are no bandits and robbers for the time being. But wealth is moving, and not having it now does not mean that it will not be in the future. Shimen Mountain is garrisoned by the Shenwu Army, and the safety of the development zone is also very guaranteed after its establishment.

"Master Hou, to build a new city on this land within a radius of three hundred miles, this requires not a small amount of silver, these silver coins are allocated by the household department, or our Li Jiazhuang takes the money." Chen Ping couldn't help but ask, now he is the Shangshu of the household department, but he is also the chief housekeeper of Lijiazhuang.

Li Chen thought for a while and said: "This money can't come out of the household department, since you don't want the court to interfere, then you can't reach out to the court to take this money." ”

"Then Master Hou means that we will take the money ourselves?" Chen Ping asked. It is not difficult to say that it is not difficult for Lijiazhuang to take out the money for the establishment of the development zone, but after all, Lijiazhuang is not a charity, and the taxes of the special zone have to be handed over to the state treasury. But then again, Li Jiazhuang's money is Li Chen's, Li Chen has to spend money on other people's father-in-law, and Chen Ping can't be the master.

"Who said that I was going to pay money, it's true that we have a lot of money in Lijiazhuang, but there are also a lot of places to use money, how can we live a life without careful calculation." Li Chen glared at Chen Ping and said.

"Ahem."

Chen Ping coughed, hiding his embarrassment, and thought: "Master Hou is also fresh, if you don't stretch out your hand to the imperial court, and you don't want to give it out, then you can't fall a city from the sky." ”

Seeing Chen Pingleng there, Li Chen hooked his fingers towards Chen Ping and Xiao He and said, "You two come here." ”

"Listen to me, first find some workers and fence off the land around Shimen Mountain. Then let our people let out the limelight, this Shimenshan Economic Development Zone is about to be established, do business in the development zone, the first three years of commercial tax 50% off, three years after 8% off. Moreover, the commercial activities in the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone are protected by the Shenwu Army. But if you want to do business in Shimenshan Economic Development Zone, you first have to have a shop in the development zone. We only released 3,000 sets of shops in the first batch, and we will have them if we start early, and we will have them if we start late. As soon as this shop was pre-sold, these merchants must be scrambling to buy it. The shop is sold, isn't the money coming, and as soon as the money arrives, we will start to build a development zone. Li Chen didn't care whether Chen Ping and Xiao He understood it or not, and explained the methods to the two of them in a series of ways. This method must be a good way, after all, this is a routine used by countless developers in the previous life, and this routine can be described as tried and tested. Li Chen didn't get out the shared area, which can be regarded as having a conscience.

After Li Chen said this, Chen Ping and Xiao He both opened their mouths wide, this is really a "good way." "This empty glove white wolf method, I'm afraid only a person like Hou Ye can think of it.

Although the idea of pre-sale is a bit advanced, Chen Ping and Xiao He are both smart people, and if you think about it carefully, you will know that this method is absolutely feasible. With Lijiazhuang's credibility in the business world, there is no problem with pre-sale at all. And Li Chen will not be like the unscrupulous developer in his previous life, half of the house is built, and the people run away.

"Master Hou, I thought we should auction it, after all, this economic development zone is a new thing, and the price of this shop is not easy to set. Moreover, for a large number of merchants, 3,000 shops are also more monks and less porridge, this auction is a free bid, presumably we can sell it for more money. Chen Ping thought about it and said what he thought.

When Li Chen heard this, he thought to himself that Chen Ping, this kid is smart, isn't this auction shop just a lottery number, the atmosphere of this auction house will definitely stimulate these rich people, and when the time comes, everyone will bid harder, and the price will naturally rise gradually.

The three of them muttered quietly, and soon the plan of how to get money from these businessmen to build the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone was decided.

(End of chapter)