Xu Shiling is very confident, he feels that he is a ruthless person, instigating war, making a fortune in the city, making money at both ends, and treating human life as a mustard, after he gained a foothold in Tianzhu, he provided Da Zhou with at least one million taels of gold, fifteen million stone grain, and the rest of the treasures, countless.

His offerings are as big as three Luzons, and they are still increasing.

Xu Shiling wanted to take the opportunity of this fleet to come to Tianzhu in a big way, to brag about his exploits, and it was best to get a knighthood.

At the banquet, he seemed careless, said his thoughts, pricked up his ears, and listened to the opinions of the merchants.

A merchant surnamed Li stood up, he was seven minutes drunk, his red rosacea nose shining like a big strawberry. He smiled and said, "General Xu, in my opinion, you are wrong!" ”

Xu Shiling paused the cup and said unhappily: "Am I wrong? What's wrong? If you can't make sense, I'll find ten untouchable women and let them stay with you!" ”

The businessman surnamed Li is really drunk, and he is not afraid at all, if what I said is reasonable, see what else you can do to me?

"General Xu, when I say this, I have my own reasons...... Did you transport Tianzhu's grain back to Da Zhou? ”

"That's right!" Xu Shiling said proudly: "I am helping the court to solve problems, tens of millions of people, how can I do without food!" ”

The merchant surnamed Li shook his head, "General Xu, at present, Liaodong is cultivating a large area, but in fact, there is not much shortage of grain in the Great Zhou...... And it is a great loss to travel thousands of miles to transport food. ”

Xu Shiling's brows furrowed, thoughtful, "You say, what should I do?" ”

"It's easy!"

The businessman surnamed Li immediately talked eloquently...... When he arrived in Tianzhu, he found that the local rice was particularly long, coarse as sand, and difficult to swallow. Of course, it's okay as a satisfying thing, and a little decent people will choose japonica rice from the south of the Yangtze River, and the wheat from Liaodong and Hetao is also delicious.

Tianzhu's rice can only be regarded as the lowest, and it is okay to reserve grain, and it is of little other use.

Crossing the ocean, exhausting all efforts, a boatload of food, the income is really limited, and if you encounter wind and wave losses, you will lose money.

The businessman surnamed Li suggested that Tianzhu's grain should not be forcibly requisitioned, and that Tianzhu should be encouraged to grow cotton and tea!

"General Xu, the most scarce thing in the southeast now is cotton, Tianzhu has a suitable climate, plant cotton extensively, transport it back to weave into cloth, and then sell it to Tianzhu, the profit is at least three times that of grain! The same goes for tea. Planting cotton in Tianzhu, Da Zhou can slow down the speed of annexing land, and Hou Ye doesn't need to hold up the butcher's knife on his side, don't you say? ”

The businessmen looked at each other and all laughed and gave a thumbs up!

Xu Shiling was stunned for a while, and then asked rhetorically: "The Tianzhu people changed to grow cotton, and the price is more expensive than grain, doesn't it make them make more money?" ”

"Hahaha!" The businessman surnamed Li looked up to the sky and laughed wildly.

"General Xu, you are really an honest man!" The businessman surnamed Li shook his index finger and said with a smile: "They can make more money by planting cotton, but they will definitely lack food, so we can raise the price of grain and take out all the extra money they make!" ”

"And General Xu has thought about it, cotton and tea are not hungry, as long as we pinch the grain channel, we can raise the price at any time...... Earn as much as you want! ”

"Also, we can dump the cloth, destroy Tianzhu's handloom, and then raise the price of cotton cloth and loot Tianzhu again!"

……

A banquet, Xu Shiling was stunned when he heard it, and the carefully cooked delicacies, as well as the pleasing dancing girls, all lost their attractiveness.

When he came out of the banquet, he kept shaking his head!

There are some gaps that cannot be caught up by studying hard at all.

Collecting money is one of them!

He Xu Shiling tried his best, exhausted his means, and felt that he had been squeezed to the extreme, even if there were some small improvements, it was just icing on the cake.

But as soon as these businessmen said it, he was going in the wrong direction!

In order to maintain domestic stability, Da Zhou restricted the expansion of cash crops, and in addition, grain prices were also not allowed to skyrocket...... On the one hand, the supply is relatively sufficient, and on the other hand, the price is relatively stable.

Making money on grain, the profit is too small.

What we really need to do is not to snatch grain from Tianzhu and fill the stomachs of the Zhou people, but to transfer cash crops to Tianzhu and slow down the speed of land annexation.

In this way, Tianzhu has become the raw material source and market of Dazhou, which can extract oil and water to the greatest extent.

Some people may ask, Tianzhu switched to cotton and tea, what should they do if they don't have enough food? The merchants just want to laugh three times, and Lao Tzu will kill them!

The Tianzhu people couldn't live anymore, so they just cut a knife and went to Liaodong to be a slave.

"Grandma's, it's no wonder that Master Hou guards against them every day, these brutes are really fucking black-hearted! If they let go of their hands and feet and toss in the Great Zhou, it won't be a few years, and they won't be angry and resentful, and they will be out of control! ”

Xu Shiling suddenly realized, and then gritted his teeth again, and nodded to call a small soldier.

"Go, prepare a hundred, no, it's two, it's two hundred, two hundred untouchable women, and entertain these fellows! Black skin with black heart, just right! ”

……

Ye Hua returned to Kaifeng from Jinling, the huge Ye Mansion, added a few little guys, first of all, Ye Xi's eldest son, this little rabbit cub married Wang Pu's daughter early, seven months later, Ye Hua's eldest granddaughter was born. Many people said that the child was too anxious and afraid that it would not be easy to feed.

Only the Ye family knows that the child is in a hurry, and it is clearly the anxiety of being a father!

The little girl gave birth at full term and weighed more than five pounds!

is only a little more than a year old, and he runs around the world, and his little mouth is as sweet as smeared with honey, which makes the ancestors happy.

In addition, Ye Lan still married Guo Zongxun and became the queen of the Great Zhou.

In the second year after entering the palace, Ye Lan was also pregnant, and she gave birth to twins at once!

The two big fat boys made Guo Zongxun very happy. He danced with his hands and immediately issued an order to make his eldest son King Zhao and his second son King Wu.

The two little things who couldn't speak began to receive the prince's money, which was called an enviable one.

Ye Lan is not yet twenty years old, and frankly speaking, she hasn't learned how to be a mother yet!

And Ye Lan studied geology, she was reluctant to give up her knowledge, as a queen, she couldn't go all over the mountains and fields and investigate everywhere, but Ye Lan couldn't be idle, she found Feng Dao's granddaughter and asked for a part-time lecturer at the Royal Women's School.

Since the dismissal of the eunuchs, there has been much calmer in the palace.

As a queen, she didn't have much to do, so she was just preparing for a lecture...... As for the two princes, they were stuffed into Fu San!

One big and two small, Yefu has simply become a kindergarten.

From the original Guo Xingge, to Guo Zongxun, to these two little things!

"If you dare to love our family, you are kicking your Guo family to raise children, and raising one after another, right?" Fu San asked angrily!

Ye Lan chuckled and said, "Mother, you and your father have taught you well, and you have won the trust of the royal family, you should be happy!" ”

"I'm happy fart!" Fu San scolded angrily: "You are all at ease, do whatever you want, just throw me at home as an old mother!" What is this called? ”

Fu San was scolding, and suddenly someone outside shouted: "Madam, no, the eldest girl has opened the cage containing bamboo rats, and there are bamboo rats all over the yard!" ”

Fu San's head was big, and he hurriedly ran out, ignoring the bamboo rat, picked up his granddaughter, and slapped his buttocks...... This little thing was beaten, but it was quite backbone, staring at it, not crying, but tears kept rolling in the circles of the eyes.

In the next second, grandpa came back from outside, the little thing broke free from grandma's clutches, ran over in three steps and two steps, and opened his arms, "Grandpa, hug!" ”

Entering Ye Hua's arms, the tears of the little thing fell down in pairs, and he said aggrievedly: "Grandma is bad, grandpa is good!" Grandma bullies small, little animals! ”

Ye Hua smiled, "So our female knights took action and let go of the bamboo rats?" ”

The little guy nodded vigorously, and that's it.

"Well done...... Not bad! Ye Hua casually took out a piece of candy, stuffed it into his granddaughter's mouth, and said with a smile: "Reward you!" ”

Eating sugar cubes, the little guy is on his toes, like a victorious general!

Fu San is too lazy to look at her husband, for so many years, he has pretended to be a good person, and he has pretended to be more than one generation!

"Look at your father, can he teach the child well? In my opinion, no matter how good a child is, he will be spoiled! Fu San swore an oath.

Ye Hua looked at the granddaughter in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Will grandpa teach you badly?" ”

"Not really!" The little girl tightened her nose, pursed her lips, puffed out her cheeks, and said cutely: "Grandma will teach me badly, don't grandma!" ”

"Hahaha! That's smart! ”

Ye Hua ignored Fu San's cannibalistic gaze, stuffed another candy for his granddaughter, and asked her to go to the garden to play. Fu San held back his anger and wanted to settle accounts with Ye Hua, but he knew that Ye Hua's legs were fast, so he went directly to the study.

Guo Zongxun is waiting here, he is wearing royal blue civilian clothes, his eyebrows are clear, he is tall and slender, at first glance, they are really similar to each other.

Guo Zongxun smiled and poured tea for Lao Taishan, and then asked, "Master, don't you bother, right?" ”

Ye Hua said indifferently: "Anyway, I don't have much time to take care of the children, and the trouble is someone else's." ”

Guo Zongxun laughed dryly, he didn't have the courage to slander his mother-in-law, even behind his back!

"Master, let's get down to business! This time, Master is ready to go through Tianzhu in a big way? Guo Zongxun probed half of his body and asked curiously.

"Hmm...... It looks like the time is ripe. Ye Hua said calmly: "We have everything ready, and then force Tianzhu to plant cotton instead, and we can form a coastal trade route...... Cotton is transported from Tianzhu to Jiangnan, woven into cloth in Jiangnan, and sold everywhere, including Tianzhu! At the same time, slaves were transported from Tianzhu to Liaodong. We are fully engaged in the management of Liaodong and use Liaodong as a grain base to ensure the food security of Dazhou! ”

Ye Hua drew every trade route with a smile, and chuckled: "Your Majesty, these add up, at least one hundred million taxes a year!" ”

"Taxes?"

"That's right...... It's taxes, not trade! Ye Hua said again: "With this money, the railway budget of the Shang King will be settled." ”

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