Chapter 1724: The Most Profitable Deal
But then again, at the beginning, Han Yi really didn't treat Silla so well, after all, he saw at that time that Silla had different ambitions and would never be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and he actually didn't mind selling Silla to merchants, but at this time and then, compared to the country of Silla, he was more afraid that the remnants of Yuan Gai Suwen would hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and after they left, he would come out from time to time to harass them, which was the most troublesome thing.
You must know that these remnants will definitely not surrender to the Tang Dynasty, although they have also had many grievances with Silla, but after all, they have been neighbors for so long, and they have always been attacking Silla, if they can, of course they will choose to take refuge in Silla, not the Tang Dynasty.
It just so happened that King Muyeol, who was in Silla, was also playing with this idea, and the two sides hit it off.
Then Han Yi pushed the boat down the river, let these people go to Silla to stay, don't toss around here, if Silla can't be idle, then let's go to war, don't fight any guerrilla warfare, Goguryeo is full of mountains, guerrilla warfare is really unguardable, and businessmen are also most afraid of this guerrilla warfare, sabotage, if you fight Silla, it is simpler. Han Yi gave these cities to Silla, mainly in the hope of prompting these remnants to go to those cities, after all, those cities were originally their territory, and they also had a sense of belonging when they went there, so don't stay in the mountains, what a sin.
Then borrow King Muyeol to stabilize them for a few years, wait until the rule here is consolidated, and then use these people as a reason to clean up Silla, how can others sleep soundly on the edge of this couch, Han Yi is planning to put these cities in Silla first, and then take them back with profits.
The things that Lao Qian sent, that decision is toxic, never exceptional.
And where can King Wulie guess Han Yi's thoughts, because Han Yi didn't take him seriously, so he didn't think about it for long, this is actually not difficult to consider, Han Yi's meaning is very obvious, you don't want it all, even the city that was originally occupied by Goguryeo and Baekje, and the Tang army has already controlled Mi Zou Hu, he has no choice, and there is no room for counteroffer, so he agreed.
After this negotiation was settled, the next thing was much easier to say, and Han Yi also asked the Silla side to support them with 300,000 stone grain and grass. King Wulie also happily agreed, the Tang army completely relied on himself to take these fifty cities, which also cost a lot of grain and grass, and now the cities are all for you, which has to pay for it.
After sharing the spoils with Silla, Han Yi took Liu Renliang to discuss with the businessmen how to build this place, how to plan, and so on.
In the end, it was decided that, after the rehabilitation campaign was over, a small government model would be adopted. What is a small government is not that the government is small, but that the power is small, and the only thing the government can do is to reformulate household registration and land registration.
The rest is left to the merchants.
In fact, there is no way to do this, now you can only rely on businessmen, let your government manage, you don't know how to manage, and there is really no need for a big government, because in the course of the war, many people were transported to the Central Plains, plus the people who died in the war, the population of Goguryeo was reduced by as much as half.
Small governments also save money.
But military power and administration are separated, Han Yi decided to let Dugu Wuyue and Yuan Liehu stay here, Yuan Liehu came out of the Civil Security Bureau, and the Civil Security Bureau must be established here to maintain law and order, and Dugu Wuyue is very rigorous, and the army he trained is well-trained and rules in different places, so he is afraid of conflicts between the army and the people.
In addition, it is impossible for Li Zhi to leave so many troops here, at most one or two thousand, and Han Yi in terms of withdrawing troops, it is recommended to leave as many bachelors as possible here, so that those with families can withdraw first, because the men of Goguryeo are sold as slaves to the Central Plains, so there are a lot of women here, and after each war, there are always a large number of women, which is also one of the main reasons for the formation of a patriarchal society. If you look for them, at least there is a guarantee of life, although it is a puppet, but after all, it is from the Central Plains, and the education level is much higher than the soldiers here, but it is more difficult for them to go back to the Central Plains to find their mother-in-law, so good that the girl can't take their turn, you can pick the best here, and it is actually a kind of ethnic integration.
They can start a family here, and they can stay at ease without feeling homesick every day.
On this day, Yuan Zhe, Qian Dafang, Zhao Sijia, Yuwen Xiumi and other businessmen came to Han Yi's temporary office.
"The grass people have seen Han Shangshu and Liu Tingshi."
Because Liu Renliang is also there, Qian Dafang still respectfully calls Han Yi Han Shangshu.
Han Yi first asked them to sit down, and then asked, "Have you already investigated it clearly?" β
They nodded and looked at each other again.
Qian Dafang said: "It's almost the same." β
"Almost?" Han Yi laughed and said, "That is, there is still a problem, let's say, what's the problem?" β
Yuwen Xiumi was young and vigorous, and immediately stood up and said: "Han Shangshu, we think that your mine is too expensive, especially the big mines in Goguryeo, except for the Yuan family, we can't afford it, but the Yuan family has already bought a lot of mines in Baekje." β
In his words, there was a hint of dissatisfaction.
When they first came, they didn't think of minerals, but when they came here, they found that minerals can also be bought, and minerals are the most lacking for the people of the Central Plains, basically in the hands of the ruling class, this is a treasure, they all want to do mineral trading now, it's beautiful to think about, but minerals are too expensive, and they can't afford them now.
Yuan Zhe's expression was also depressed, and the Yuan family couldn't swallow those mines.
Han Yi nodded and said, "You all know me, I am a very fair person to do business, I mark this price, it proves that this mine, it is worth so much money, I can calculate this account to you." β
Qian Dafang said: "But Han Shangshu, you also mentioned a little in your economics, called a price without a market, even if it is worth so much money, but the problem is that we can't afford it!"
"I can't imagine that you, iron rooster, have read a lot of books!" Han Yi laughed.
"I don't read many books, but I haven't left a single book of Han Shangshu." Qian Dafang said with a flattering face.
Han Yi shook his head angrily and said, "Actually, I didn't know that you couldn't afford it. β
A merchant suddenly looked confused, are you bent on playing with us?
Han Yi smiled: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to play with you, in fact, it's not that you can't afford it, but you have spent a lot of money to buy mountains and pastures." But have you ever thought that whether it is pasture or arable land, it will take time to return to the capital, you just buy it first, but you have invested so much money in it, and you will definitely be weak in the future when you operate, if there is not enough money to replenish it, you will face a major crisis. β
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help frowning and thinking about it.
At the beginning, of course, they thought about this problem, but with the Tang army invincible, a large area of land in front of them, the units are all mountains, this kind of trading, has never been done before, and this is impossible in the Central Plains, where can they bear it, they began to invest frantically here, buy it first, for fear of falling behind, but they are businessmen, not landlords, they need funds to turnover.
The merchants woke up suddenly, and began to sweat, as if they had invested a little too much.
"Han Shangshu, then what should we do now?"
A group of businessmen looked at Han Yi one after another.
Han Yi smiled: "I brought you here, how can I watch you die in this land." The return of cultivated land and pasture is relatively slow, but the return of minerals is very fast, because the Central Plains for coal, iron ore and other minerals, the demand is very large, in the initial stage, you must rely on minerals in exchange for sufficient capital turnover, those few large mines, I hope to be able to form a group investment, so that everyone can get a piece of the pie. However, I don't recommend that the Shandong Group and the Guanzhong Group get involved, because to bring these back to China, you need your cargo ships, and you will naturally be able to get money from them. β
Yuwen Xiumi said: "Since Han Shangshu you have thought of it a long time ago, why don't you tell us in advance." β
Liu Renliang also looked at Han Yi with a puzzled expression.
What are you kidding, if I had told you in the morning, would you still be trying your best to deliver food here, if you don't send so many supplies, how tight I will be! Han Yi said seriously: "What kind of are you talking about, how did I know that you would be so fierce, the mountains are all drawn with fingers, which are more fierce than buying clothes, and, at that time, I asked you not to buy so much, will you listen to me?" Maybe I'm still to blame you for getting in the way. β
Yuwen Xiumi suddenly looked embarrassed.
Han Yi coughed lightly and said: "You have to remember that if you want to eat such a large piece of land, you will definitely not be able to eat it whole, so you must have the idea of financing, cooperate with each other, and even find some people from China to cooperate and invest." This business is to be good for everyone, not for one person, I have told you this truth many times, before I became an official, I have been helping you, the better you are, the better my Fengfeilou, if there is only one businessman left in the world, then this businessman is not far from death. β
"Yes, yes, Han Shangshu is reasonable, we will reconsider."
A cadre of businessmen wiped their sweat one after another.
Han Yi said: "You guys go and discuss it again." β
"Yes."
After these businessmen all went out, Liu Renliang shook his head and smiled: "It seems that I still have to learn!" β
Although he is already fifty or sixty years old, it stands to reason that he can be Han Yi's master, generally people of his age are not too embarrassed to learn from Han Yi, but Liu Renliang has been modest and studious since he was a child, compared to the traditional system, Han Yi's system is a new system, Liu Renliang also benefited from it, of course, that is, Han Yi, after all, many policies are recommended by Han Yi, as a local official, it is natural to learn from Han Yi, the head of the household.
Han Yi smiled, "But if you stay in the house, you can't learn anything, so you have to go outside." β
The two of them put on their cloaks and went outside again, and now the streets had long since returned to their former tranquility, although there was a thick snow on the ground, but the streets were full of pedestrians, and they could not stay at home for the winter as before, because their food had been taken away by Yuangai Suwen, and they had to work hard so that they could have food.
Of course, no one noticed Han Yi, and no one greeted Han Yi, Han Yi's reputation in Goguryeo was almost none, different from him in the northwest, because he knew what he had done, everyone noticed him, but it was not good for him, you must not remember me, after the university melted, my brother left.
"Brother Han, Brother Han, do you eat steamed buns?"
When I passed by a small shop, I only heard a passionate shout, but I saw a chubby figure waving towards Han Yi behind the white mist.
It's Brother Xiong.
Now there are three steamed bun shops in the city, but all of them are opened by him, in addition, there are four or five wine shops and a green building.
In general, after the war, the Qinglou and the catering industry will always recover the fastest, even if most of the people can't afford to eat now, but the merchants who come here, and the people they bring with them, still have to eat. Needless to say, there are too many women, and there is a demand for men, and there is a demand for supply!
However, the only green house in Pyongyang was opened by Yuan Ying, and he wanted to go back, but he couldn't go back, and it was boring to stay here, so he opened a green house and found something to do for himself.
The scale of his Qinglou surpasses that of Huayue Building and Fengfei Building, and when it opens, business is very prosperous, and the high-end atmosphere is high-end. Because this green building was rebuilt from Yuan Gai Suwen's house, Han Yi heard that Yuan Ying was going to open a green building, so he immediately sold Yuan Gai Su Wen's house to him, Yuan Ying was still a little unbelievable at that time, Han Yi took out such a good house to open a green building for him, this is really a tyrannical thing.
Even Liu Renliang didn't understand, and even asked about it. In fact, Han Yi did this to erase all traces of Yuan Gai Su Wen in Pyongyang, Yuan Gai Su Wen's house used to be the center of power in Pyongyang, Han Yi wants to make it the dirtiest place, completely subvert its image, and some of Yuan Gai Su Wen and his son's mansions are not allowed to be inhabited, whether it is a college or a workshop, but it must not continue to be used as a house.
Even Yuangai Suwen's base camp in the military department, Han Yi demolished it and rebuilt it, which can also stimulate employment, anyway, if you don't do things, I have to give you food, it's better to find something for you to do.
"Bring me four."
Han Yi stepped forward.
A woman by the fireside hurriedly wrapped the four buns and handed them to Han Yi.
In Pyongyang, men are doing manual work, and men are already suffering heavy casualties, so now all the liquor shops and steamed bun shops are women.
Han Yi took out a small amount of money and handed it over, and said magnificently: "No need to look for it." β
"It's just a penny more." Brother Xiong made a grimace at Han Yi.
Han Yi smiled, and gave Liu Renliang two more, and the two of them held hot buns and walked along the street.
While eating, Liu Renliang sighed with emotion: "Han Shangshu, I won't tell you that there are not many people who Liu admires in his life, but Han Shangshu, you are definitely one." I have also experienced the era of war before, but I never thought that I would recover so quickly like this, Liu is ashamed! β
This is a battle to destroy the country, but to be able to buy hot buns on the street so quickly, this recovery speed is really a bit fast, if it were him, he would definitely not be able to do it.
And there is only one reason, that is, he is not ruthless enough.
Han Yi burned all the grain in Pyongyang City, and arrested the rich and landlords, and the remaining people were not only honest and obedient, they didn't even want to miss Goguryeo, the reason is very simple, it was these people who arrested the nobles of Goguryeo, if they were all released, they would all die after the autumn, and once they embarked on this road of rehabilitation, they must go to the end.
At this time, the rehabilitation movement in other regions was also carried out vigorously, Park Shichang and the others knew this truth, they definitely did not want to go back to prison, it was really terrifying, they spared no effort to eradicate these old nobles of Goguryeo.
But you can't blame Han Yi, Han Yi didn't let them do this, Han Yi just wanted to find out the remnants of those assassins, they themselves wanted to play so hard, and the only thing Han Yi did was to help them send food.
Han Yi waved his hand and said: "Liu Tingshi has won the award, in fact, I didn't do anything, this steamed bun shop was not opened by me Xiaopang, it was opened by him, buying and selling this kind of thing has never been wishful thinking, there will be supply when there is demand, if there is no demand, if you can't make money, even if you bet on businessmen to do it, they won't do it, businessmen just need a safe environment, as long as the government does this, the economy will soon recover." β
Liu Renliang nodded, and said, "I don't know if Han Shangshu has considered this tax?" Nowadays, it is not possible to implement the uniform field system. β
This one merchant only has so much land, and most of the people are landless, if they want to equalize the land, it is better not to collect it.
Han Yi groaned slightly and said, "This tax will have to wait until later, because the tax here must be asked by the merchants, because they will be the richest people here." But now that these businessmen have invested so much money here, and they haven't even returned their money, they will definitely not be able to come up with any money, and asking them to pay taxes at this time is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs.
And the biggest expense here is the army stationed here, but I have already prepared the food and grass for the garrison in the next year, plus there is still a lot of land that has not been sold, these lands can be used by the troops stationed here for the time being, and when the autumn harvest is completed next year, it should be self-sufficient. And the funds of the government, as well as a lot of old armaments, you can buy them for those merchants, and in addition, the mansions of those dignitaries, these can be sold to them in exchange for the funds that the government needs, and when the merchants' business here stabilizes, you can probably calculate the funds that the government needs, and then talk to them about taxation, it will be even better. β
Liu Renliang frowned when he heard this, and said, "I take the liberty to ask, aren't the treasury of Goguryeo and Baekje in the hands of Han Shangshu?" β
Han Yi is not without money, he is very rich, because logistics is in charge of finance, he has destroyed two countries in a row and plundered a lot of property, but it is all in Han Yi's hands, but Han Yi doesn't say a word about it, Liu Renliang will of course doubt that Han Yi will fill his pocket.
Han Yi wrote lightly: "This money is used to pay pensions to the casualties and build Zhaoyi Academy for military households, but I can't do this, and Your Majesty has to do it." β
Liu Renliang nodded slightly when he heard this, although Han Yi didn't mention it, but in fact, Su Dingfang, he, and Li Ji all knew how much money Han Yi had made, because Han Yi had shown them the number of registrations, and he also promised them that the money was only kept by me temporarily, and it would eventually be sent to you, otherwise, those generals would not agree.
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