There was also a smiling middle-aged man standing beside Li Mu, this middle-aged man, like most of the representatives of businessmen, had a fat face, small eyes, harmless to humans and animals, but always had a little bit of a bad smile.

At this moment, the middle-aged man was shouting loudly: "The Lu Chamber of Commerce bid 30,000 yuan!" Is there anything else you want to continue to increase? ”

The merchants seemed to be a little hesitant, and some people whispered: "30,000 yuan is just a small amount of money, but if it is just such a small oasis, it does not seem to be worth it." ”

The middle-aged man's eyes turned, and he suddenly raised his tone: "Everyone, please think about it, this is the first supply point from Qilian Mountain into the desert, and it is also the last supply point from the Western Regions out of the desert. Do I need to say more about the importance here? Besides, please see that there is water and trees here, and the so-called sparrows are small and have all kinds of organs, isn't it a wonderful place? If you win this jackpot, it will be very beneficial to the future reputation of your Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Alright, now let's continue bidding. The Lu Chamber of Commerce has 30,000 yuan, and there is anyone who continues to increase the price? If not, then the eligibility will be determined after the countdown to the third! For the first time in the Lu Chamber of Commerce, the Lu Chamber of Commerce ......"

Before the words fell, someone suddenly spoke: "Thirty-five thousand dollars!" ”

The middle-aged man's spirits perked up, and his voice suddenly went up to a higher level: "Very good, this steward of the Chen Chamber of Commerce has increased the price to 35,000 yuan!" 35,000 dollars, is there any steward who wants to continue to increase the price? ”

"Thirty-eight thousand dollars!"

……

Yi Qusheng stood beside Li Mu, looking at all this in front of him with some doubts.

Yiqu Sheng thinks that he still knows Li Mu well, in addition to liking to fight, this general generally does not like to be involved in other things, especially this kind of business.

You must know that although everyone in the current Zhao society is profit-seeking, the overall class of society is actually not welcome to the merchant class. There are often people who only know how to hoard and compete with the people for profit. There are also many people who criticize the opening of various textile factories and ironworks, which led to the beginning of many Zhao peasants to enter the factories, and the number of people working in the fields began to decrease.

All in all, with Li Mu's status as a feudal monarch, there was no need for him to do this at all.

"Eighty-six thousand dollars for the third time! Deal! The middle-aged man announced the news happily, and then handed a piece of paper to the hand of one of the chamber of commerce stewards: "Steward Zhao, please sign with a seal here." Later, Wu Xiangjun will also use the seal on it, and you only need to go to the Ministry of Commerce to stamp the seal again after returning to Handan, and from then on this oasis will be owned by your Gucheng Chamber of Commerce! ”

Yi Qusheng looked at Li Mu smiling and printing on the paper, then reached out and patted the shoulder of the Zhao steward, and then chatted with the flattered Zhao steward and encouraged a few words, and the sense of disobedience in his heart became even more serious.

After all the merchants retreated and left, Yiqu Sheng couldn't help but say, "Governor, why are you so polite to these guys? ”

Although it is said that Li Mu should be called a general or Wu Xiangjun now, Yiqu Sheng is still more accustomed to calling the governor of the capital.

Li Mu smiled and said, "You may not know that of the 86,000 yuan sold, thirty percent belong to our Western Regions Protectorate. ”

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions?" This new term obviously made Yiqu Sheng a little confused, but he was immediately attracted by some other meanings in this sentence: "Wait, Sancheng? ”

"Yes." Li Mu nodded with a smile and said, "Not only that, from now on." In the entire Western Regions, all the commercial taxes, field taxes, oral taxes, and all other revenues that should be sent to Handan, the Western Regions Protectorate can keep thirty percent. ”

Yi Qu Sheng's mouth opened wide, and suddenly remembered something: "Wait for the Grand Governor, I heard that there are hundreds of large and small oases in the Western Regions, do you want to give them all ......?"

"That's right." The smile on Li Mu's face became even stronger: "But it's not all, the king asked to keep fifty percent of the oasis this time, and sell the rest if it can be sold." ”

Yiqu Sheng couldn't help but start thinking.

If there are 400 oases in the Western Regions, then sell 200 first, and if you calculate it at 80,000 yuan, it will be 1.6 million Zhao money, and the three achievements of 1.6 million are-

"Four hundred and eighty thousand?" Yi Qusheng gasped.

You must know that this price is not a small calculation, after all, this oasis is so small, and the other oases should be bigger than this, so the price that can be sold will be more.

In general, it should be very easy for the Western Regions Protectorate to end up with 600,000 or 700,000 yuan.

That's not a small amount of money.

Considering that this is only half of the oases, then if all the oases are sold, then double, and there is no problem with 130 or 1.4 million.

And that's just five years of access to these oases!

Yiqu was calculating, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

What is the concept of money?

For example, Yiqusheng now has a total of 10,000 standing troops under his command, and this 10,000 standing army spends about 300,000 Zhao Qian a year, including military salaries, maintenance, feed equipment, etc.

In other words, just with this income, Zhao State can easily support a cavalry of 10,000 people in the Western Regions for a long time!

If you add other income from commercial taxes and so on, then it is not a dream for 20,000 or even 30,000 cavalry to be stationed in the Western Regions for a long time.

Think about it, if 20,000 cavalry are stationed here, who else in this world can fight the idea of the Western Regions of Zhao State?

"Wait, Grand Duke. How can these guys be so sure that there must be business in this place? Yiqusheng couldn't help but raise the doubts in his heart.

Li Mu laughed and said in a low voice: "If there is any business to do, of course, we have to ask the soldiers of our border cavalry regiment." Otherwise, what do you think the Pontus Governor had come all the way to this place with these soldiers? ”

Yi Qusheng thought about it, and suddenly completely understood.

Yes, as long as the city is breached, there will always be slaves, right? There's always loot, right? There are always all kinds of things that are inconvenient to carry but are valuable, right?

At that time, won't these businessmen come in handy?

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that there is a shortage of labor in Zhao State now, just by catching tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of Hu people from the Western Regions back, I'm afraid you can make a fortune, right?

As long as Zhao Jun continues to go west, then even if it is just a slave business, I am afraid that these merchants will be able to make a lot of money!

And these businessmen always have to pay taxes to make money, right? At that time, wouldn't the taxes paid be able to feed back to this so-called protector of the Western Regions?

At this moment, Yi Qusheng suddenly admired the king of Zhao who was far away in Handan.

Li Mu glanced at Yiqu Sheng and smiled meaningfully: "After the Huns are completely expelled, the Western Regions Protectorate will be established, and the Governor of the Western Regions will become the new Governor of the Western Regions Protectorate." If you also want to get a good position in the Western Regions Protectorate, then you have to start working hard now! ”

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