"Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang have not made much progress recently, and it's almost August in the blink of an eye, but it seems that they haven't heard the Baekje report for a long time?" The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his big belly and said.

"The emperor is far away, and these two guys are probably lazy." Cui Dunli snorted.

Li Xiao couldn't listen to it anymore, so he had to argue for Xue Su, "These few months are when there are many storms at sea, and it is difficult for the imperial court to supply the Eastern Expeditionary Naval Division, which is all supported by the Silla people, and the hot weather is not suitable for the army." ”

Han Ying said disdainfully, "Do you really think that you kid knows about military affairs here?" ”

One sentence made Li Xiao speechless, too, although all the people gathered here today are Wenchen, but these are all veterans. Which one hasn't been on the battlefield? It is said that Luo Yi rebelled back then, and the eldest grandson Wuji personally took command and led the troops to quell the chaos.

It's not that the old guys don't know the truth over there, but they also have reasons to be unhappy. They have invested a lot of money in Baekje, and now the situation over there has not progressed, which will affect their subsequent receipt of assets and follow-up operations.

Besides, the land in Baekje is cheap, and the best land is only three acres per acre, so which of these old guys doesn't want to buy more. But Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang, who are the commanders of the Eastern Expeditionary Water Division, have not made any new progress so far, and they still only maintain the two states they fought before, which makes the old guys who are waiting to buy land very dissatisfied.

"Xiangrui, you are now the assassin of Wuzhenzhou, and you are still the appeasement envoy of Andong Dao, you can use more dim sum over there in the future." We also know that it is not easy for you to take office alone. It's not just a matter of discussing and scraping together a sum of money for you, it's not much, it's just 100,000 yuan. ”

"Scraped together a sum of money for me, 100,000 yuan?" Li Xiao trembled a little when he heard this.

100,000 yuan is not much? This is a lot of money, and the annual fiscal and tax income of the Tang Dynasty is not a few million.

Chu Suiliang wiped the sweat on his body and said loudly, "This 100,000 guan is our capital to revitalize Baekje for you, with this 100,000 kan, with your ability to toss, it is estimated that it will not be difficult to revive the stagnant water of Baekje, right?" ”

It's good to have money to give, but it's certainly conditional.

Li Xiao asked seriously, "I don't know in what name this money came from, and what are the additional conditions?" ”

"Whatever is unconditional, it's all your own family. Knowing that it was not easy for you to take office in Baekje, we sold our old face, pulled some connections for you, and scraped together this money. The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his beard, and then said the conditions unhurriedly, "Last time, Your Majesty sold some land, there should be a lot left, the old price, and then sell another 100,000 yuan of land to us, and we are responsible for sending people to receive and operate." In this way, you have money in the Yamen, and you can do a lot of things you want to do, such as recruiting officials, such as training some township soldiers and soil regiments, and then building some wharves, ports, yamen, warehouses or something, we will help you plant the land over there, and you can not only produce grain, but also pay you grain. ”

"Uncle Eldest Sun, it's to pay taxes to the imperial court, not to me."

Li Xiao corrected it.

The general meaning is that Li Xiao actually understands, these old guys are very bold, ambitious, and have a greater appetite. The last time they bought bonds, they paid off the sweetness, after all, the good land in Baekje was only three acres and one acre, and they must have sent people over to investigate the site during this time.

Knowing that this deal was very good, I wanted to take the opportunity to eat a few more bites.

After all, there aren't many opportunities like this.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty is also intimidating, even if it is the princes and nobles, it is not so easy to annex land on a large scale, especially in the Central Plains, how can there be such an opportunity to get a large area of fertile land?

But now that Baekje has it, this is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The land of Baekje is no better than Lingnan and Heshuo, the plains are fertile, and the climate is pleasant.

Three runs through one acre, it is simply like picking it up for nothing.

While the policy has not changed, why wait for not to hurry up and go to the enclosure to occupy the land?

Li Xiao is the new assassin, and it is naturally the most suitable to find Li Xiao, talking to Li Xiao is not only Li Xiao's political achievements, but it is good to sell Li Xiao, and the follow-up business in Baekje can be taken care of by Li Xiao, the local chief official.

"Thank you uncles for your support, but last time the imperial court had sold almost all the land in Wuzhenzhou, and your 100,000 yuan, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy so much good land." Li Xiao reminded.

"There will definitely be a little bit of land, you can buy as much as you want, and as for the rest of the money, you can also buy some mines or something." Cui Dunli said.

This time, the 100,000 yuan capital is not all from the Guanlong faction, but also from their Shandong faction, among which Cui Dunli has a lot of money from the old Shandong scholars, after all, the five surnames and seven families are rich people, and they have never been short of money. And these five surnames are the most interested in land.

Li Xiao smiled.

Datang does not prohibit private mining of minerals, stipulating that gold, silver, copper and iron can be mined privately, as long as the tax is paid. No matter what kind of ore is mined, the mined ore will be paid to the imperial court in proportion, and this is the lesson. In addition, minerals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron are generally required by the imperial court to be sold to the state.

If you have the ability, anyone can mine minerals, salt, iron, gold, silver and copper, but you have to pay taxes, and most of them have to be handed over to the imperial court for purchase.

The food of these old guys is quite ugly, but after all, they have the courage and courage, and ordinary people don't dare to invest a lot of money over there.

As long as Baekje does not collapse, as long as the place can be occupied by Datang, then their investment today will be able to return on multiple or even ten times and hundreds of times sooner or later.

For the imperial court, this kind of behavior is actually a bit dirty, and it is digging the foot of the imperial court's walls. But for Li Xiao, this kind of thing is also a willingness to fight and suffer. After all, these people are also risky, and high risk always has to be high reward.

The imperial court is now unprofitable to invest in that side, and it is of course a good thing that some people are willing to invest. When these people enliven up there, the court will definitely have to pay a greater price in the future, but it is worth it overall.

Anyway, Li Xiao is very willing to accept this deal, 100,000 yuan, with this capital, there are really a lot of things he can do in Wuzhen Prefecture.

As for the long-term damage to the interests of the imperial court, this is actually completely from a dialectical point of view.

"Uncles, I did this deal, and I accepted 100,000 yuan on behalf of Wuzhenzhou."

"Good boy, have courage, I know that you kid can do it, so I'll let people go to you to sign a contract when I go back." The eldest grandson Wuji smiled proudly.

Li Xiao thought to himself, the old guys are actually not exempt from vulgarity, chasing fame and fortune the same. It's just that people don't fight for small money, and it's a big project.