Chapter 424: News from Liaodong
After Ye Chen came out of the palace, he became more and more low-key, because he knew that this was a critical period, and he didn't want to cause too many people's ~щ~~lā
During this period, Ye Chen kept receiving messages from Liaodong, and there were a few messages to pay attention to.
First of all, in terms of trade, the trade with the Xiongnu and Xianbei was very smooth, because the Xiongnu and Xianbei were short of food, after the first tentative transaction, several transactions were carried out one after another.
These transactions directly allowed Liaodong to earn back all the money lost in the previous war, because they collected money from both ends, sold their goods at a high price, bought their goods at a low price, and then transported them to other places by ship at a high price to sell.
There is another very important news, that is, Ye Chen's spring tea made in the south was transported to Luoyang, two years ago, when the fleet arrived in the south, Ye Chen ordered to open up a tea mountain in the south, the tea seedlings were cultivated, last year a few produced a few hundred catties of tea, and this year has been able to produce large-scale.
Last year, I mainly tried to make it, and the modern process of roasted tea technology could only appear in the Tang Dynasty, and its process was not complicated, Ye Chen found someone to keep experimenting, and it was quickly manufactured.
The tea was transported to Luoyang for a few hundred catties, and the rest was transported back to Liaodong, Ye Chen was trying to find a way to promote tea and make tea popular in advance, but this required an opportunity, and Ye Chen was not so anxious.
Moreover, Cai Yan gave birth to a boy and Dong Xue gave birth to a girl, which made Ye Chen so happy that he almost came to a Luoyang parade, so that the whole of Luoyang could share his joy.
He was at the princess's that night, and was so excited that he tossed the princess five times, and could not get out of bed the next day.
The stable development of Liaodong made Ye Chen very happy, and now the most dangerous time in Liaodong has passed, and it is ushering in a new development.
The war in Youzhou produced a large number of displaced people, and under the auspices of Liu Yu, some of these displaced people were resettled, and the other part was resettled in Liaodong.
This made the counties of Youzhou owe Liaodong favors, and Liaodong took the opportunity to sell agricultural tools, and finally won all the agricultural tool production in Youzhou at a price lower than the market price.
Don't underestimate this order, Youzhou is a state after all, although it is a poor state, but it also has a large amount of land and population, and it is also a big order.
There is a very important point in this order, that is, the market price is calculated according to the market price of Youzhou, Youzhou has just gone through the military disaster, and almost all the materials have increased in price, so after calculation, this price is higher than in some places in the mainland.
Youzhou stabilized, which was only good for the Ye family, and the Ye family's business recovered quickly.
After Youzhou is stabilized, it will be necessary to reorganize the army for war, although Liu Yu does not want to fight, but he also does not want to be beaten, so it is still necessary to prepare for war.
Equipment is needed to prepare for war, but Ye Chen didn't dare to let people come forward to talk about this list, you can make a large number of equipment in one county, what is that called? Isn't it going to rebel?
But Ye Chen also has a way, organize a civil group, "collectively" to win this order, nominally several merchants cooperate, in fact, they are all controlled by the Ye family, and in the end it is built by the Ye family and handed over to these merchants to deliver the goods, so as to avoid Liu Yu's suspicion.
The Ye family also led several money banks to give Youzhou a large amount of loans, but in the end, the loan fell into the Ye family's pocket, and most of the money was earned back through the above trade, but this was mutually beneficial, and several money banks also made a lot, and Liu Yu obtained a lot of funds and quickly settled the entire Youzhou.
This model was quickly regarded as a classic, and the cooperation between the money bank and the government was able to produce such a good result, and many places began to study this model, and at the same time, various money banks also began to study it.
With the government's tax guarantee, they only need to ensure that the government can fulfill its promises, and none of these banks have a strong background, so many banks began to let the government take out loans to do some projects.
These projects, such as road repairs, such as water conservancy projects, were not originally wanted to be repaired by the government, but the government colluded with the money village to make loans, and the money village obtained profits, and the government obtained political achievements and **.
Although there are a lot of ** in this, but it is undeniable that it has also accelerated development, although part of the money has been embezzled, but there is still part of the money for development, and there are some people who want to act, suffering from no funds for development, and now with this model, some officials began to vigorously build water conservancy.
This promoted the development of the local area to a certain extent, and after the development, the government was able to collect more taxes, so as to repay the loans of the bank, and Ye Chen also found this kind of sign.
So he issued a proposal to all money banks, that is, to make sure that the funds are earmarked, so that the money borrowed out will not be misappropriated by officials, and in the end there will be no increase in taxes, and a virtuous circle cannot be formed.
Qianzhuang let these officials privately set up engineering teams and sell materials to make money, so that these officials can also make profits, or Qianzhuang will give them some rebates, so that they are willing to do it, and Qianzhuang will also make money, and everyone will benefit each other, and can do it in a virtuous circle for a long time.
In addition to dealing with the affairs of the Ye family, Ye Chen didn't seem to care about the actual things, he nested all day and rarely showed up, but he actually kept an eye on the changes in the court situation.
During this period, the queen sent people to give several gifts to Princess Yongning, although it was for the princess, but it was for Ye Chen, and the queen had already begun to woo Ye Chen to pave the way for her son Liu Wei.
But now even if the emperor wants Liu Xie to succeed to the throne, it is impossible, the resistance is too great, but after all, the emperor has this thought, which has to make the queen nervous.
After July, all kinds of news came in the palace, He Jin also received the news, and often convened a cadre to discuss countermeasures, although some people proposed to directly kill Zhang Rang and others, but Liu Hong was still alive, they could only shout, they did not have the guts, and thousands of soldiers and horses were also in Luoyang City.
One day in July, Ye Chen suddenly received a holy decree and asked him to enter the palace to go to court, you must know that he asked Ye Chen to go to court several times before, but he just sent someone to pass on a word, but now he actually uses the holy decree.
Ye Chen immediately smelled a different smell, he immediately sent the guard battalion to become a family, guarding the mansion where Zhang Ning lived and Yongning's mansion, the original family members were all dismissed and sent to other industries, after all, it has always been an army, it does not belong to the Luoyang City Guard, and it is stationed in Luoyang City, which is very troublesome, but the family is different, no matter how much there is, no one cares.
After preparing all this, Ye Chen entered the palace the next day.