Chapter 314: Liu Che ascends the throne
"The highway from Tianshui to Hongnong should be built as soon as possible, and preparations for Chang'an have also begun, and the highway network should be built as soon as possible, and those dragon boats for Dawu should also be built on a large scale, and with dragon boats, Dawu will be able to carry out ocean voyages."
Liu Yuetian summed it up.
"By the way, what about our revenues now? Well, why didn't Wang Meng and Zhang Juzheng come? ”
"Lord, these two guys were called by the mother, and they specially asked you for leave, saying that they would go to you after the incident!"
Fu Jian replied.
"What is my mother doing with them......
Liu Yuetian didn't react, but since it was his mother looking for them, he couldn't say anything.
"Wan San, how is the Shen family's shop doing?"
Shen Wansan's Shen family shops expanded rapidly, and in just over a year, dozens of shops were opened in more than a dozen cities, with franchises such as glass products, mirrors, and many strange things such as clocks and watches that had been designed by the Mojia people, so that he made a lot of money, and at the same time brought a lot of taxes to Liu Yuetian.
"Master, in the past three months, there have been more than 1,380 pieces of glazed products sold to other places through the Shen family's shops, and more than 370,000 taels of silver have been earned, but many rich families now have one or two of these things, and the market has begun to saturate and has gone downhill.
Mirrors for sale......... According to the owner's meaning, I have begun to gradually reduce the price, the lowest mirror only buy 500 copper coins, three months we sold a total of more than 300,000 mirrors, the income reached 350,000 taels of silver, has been basically the same as glass products, but also in short supply, these two income is a total of 700,000 taels of silver, in addition, logistics and transportation for three months also reached 270,000 taels of silver, these three together reached 1 million taels of silver, accounting for eighty percent of all income. ”
Shen Fu told the income of the Shen family's shop, and the eyes of the people around him were shocked.
More than 1.2 million taels of silver, this is still the income of the last three months, so calculated, there are nearly 5 million taels of silver in a year, and the income of the Shen family's shops is taxes, just their family, Tianshui and Hongnong counties have 2.5 million taels of income a year.
However, the expenses of these two counties are not small, there is no agricultural tax in Tianshui, only the commercial tax has been reduced to thirty percent, and the same is true for Hongnong County, the people basically do not have any taxes to pay to the government in one or two years, but everything Liu Yuetian does is money! Gradually, roads, manufacturing machines, spending money on soldiers and officials, etc., fortunately, the food eaten by government officials was grown by Liu Yuetian himself, and he was completely self-sufficient, and the newly mined iron ore could be sold to Dawu and other places in exchange for a lot of silver taels, but these could only add up to break even.
"Lord, we're back!"
At this time, Wang Meng and Zhang Juzheng walked in from outside, smiling one by one.
"What's the matter with my mother looking for you two?"
Liu Yuetian immediately asked.
"Hehe, good thing, good thing, we'll talk to the lord after the meeting!"
"What's there to hide, is my mother asking for money? I told you a long time ago that money outside of the budget can only be spent if I agree to it! ”
Liu Yuetian has set a lot of rules, especially for his family, and the monthly expenses are fixed, and if he exceeds it, he must let him know.
"Lord, it's not a cost, she won't embarrass you, it's something else, a big deal about you!"
Wang Meng waved his hand again and again.
"My big deal? What's the big deal with me? There are no outsiders here, and our government needs to be transparent! ”
Liu Yuetian ordered.
"This ......... Well, the old man has given us an order to prepare for the marriage of you and the eldest princess from now on, and it must be prepared at the beginning of next year, and those who violate the order will be punished! ”
"What?"
Liu Yuetian jumped up directly.
"Why is this old woman doing something behind my back, isn't this nonsense? No, I'll have to go to her! ”
"Lord, how is this nonsense, you and the eldest princess are a match made in heaven, everyone is a big girl in her twenties, she works hard every day, she works harder than us men, what is she for? Not for you yet? The two of you will immediately follow the old man's advice, and if there is a shortage of people, you will come to me, and you must do it well, and make it vigorous, so that everyone in the world will know about it. ”
Fu Jian said loudly.
"Yes, Brother Fu Jian is right, the contribution of the princess is no less than ours, and it is time to treat her."
Others shouted too.
"You ...... You guys can't rebel! ”
Liu Yuetian found that the situation was not right, why didn't these people follow him all the way.
"Lord, what you said is not right, you often say democracy, and now everyone agrees that it is a democratic decision, you are a minority, and opposition is invalid, isn't it!"
"Yes, it's useless for you to oppose it alone, pass it all!"
All agreed.
The marriage between Liu Yuetian and Sun Shangxiang became a major event for everyone, and Liu Yuetian also half-pushed, and finally directly canonized Sun Shangxiang as the princess under the "reprimand" of his mother.
Just after the beginning of spring, a major event happened in Chang'an, that is, Liu Che officially ascended the throne as the king of Zhou, and the year name is Tianyou, and this year is the first year of Tianyou.
Liu Che became the new king of Zhou, and the enthronement ceremony was scheduled to take place a month later, and he issued an order to all the princes to attend.
If it was Liu Che who ascended the throne and issued an order a year ago, no one would pay attention to him, even King Wu, who had a good relationship with the Great Zhou, would not pay too much attention to it, but now it is different, within a year, Liu Yuetian led his subordinates to retreat from the Qin army and destroy the King of Tibet, the Great Wei and the Tang Dynasty jointly crusaded against the Qing Dynasty, and the princes of the Seven Directions have now become the princes of the Five Directions, and the Tibetan and Qing Dynasty have withdrawn from the stage, and all of this is because of Liu Yuetian, and Liu Yuetian's strength has also increased dramatically.
Liu Yuetian represents the Great Zhou, and the strength of the Great Zhou has now changed from the weakest to the strongest, strong enough to wipe out the princes of either side.
Therefore, Liu Che's order to those princes can not help but consider it, Wu King Sun Quan has decided to personally enter Chang'an to worship, he is Liu Yuetian's eldest brother, his status is prominent, and he has also obtained a lot of good things from Liu Yuetian, especially a newly improved steel dragon boat, wandering on the Qiantang River every day, and a thousand musketeers, practicing by the river every day, constantly releasing guns, frightening the Great Wei side, and not daring to think about anything wrong, Sun Quan has now become the leader of the other princes.
Liu Che divided his officials, Liu Yuetian was named the Prince of Tianyou and the king of the world's generals, and it was the first time since ancient times that Liu Che's year name was sealed, but no one had any objections, and it was easy to be the king of Zhou with Liu Yuetian's merits.
Liu Yuetian's subordinates were also wantonly sealed, there were dozens of people who were crowned marquis, Shi Le was crowned marquis of 10,000 households, 20,000 households, and at the same time captured General Wang, in order to highlight his merits in capturing the king of Tibet, Fu Jian, Chang Yuchun, Gao Huan and other people who started with Liu Yuetian were also sealed Wanhu Hou, in addition to Wang Meng, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Juzheng, Han Baohu, Di Qing, Sun Chi and others were also sealed marquis, and even Liu Yuetian's chief manager Xiao Lu and Zhang Xingsan and others were also sealed thousands of households, giving Liu Yuetian a big face.