"Cheng Aiqing, is the issue of treasury bonds going well?"

"Your Majesty, things are going so well!" After listening to Liu Hong's words, Cheng Yu presented the big mule silver ticket to Liu Hong, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is according to your instructions, I didn't expect that those princes are all willing to have a relationship with our big man, and they are eager to buy our treasury bonds, and it didn't take long for all the treasury bonds to be sold out!" ”

"Made, such a large amount of national debt was sold out in a few days!" Liu Hong took those silver tickets, and the excitement was not to mention, "It seems that I still underestimate the strength of the rest country." ”

To be honest, Liu Hong was not optimistic about this matter of selling treasury bonds at the beginning. You must know that this is not the era of financial prosperity in later generations, and basically no one recognizes such things as treasury bonds, and no one even buys the treasury bonds he issued in Dahan, let alone abroad. And the reason why he wants to release it is also in the future. Because he felt that even if no one else bought it, the Persian prince would save up and wait for his men to buy a batch in order to take care of the face of the big man. And this thing, as long as someone buys it, Dahan will repay the money on time in the future, build up credit, and next time he is issuing treasury bonds, there will be no problem. But I didn't expect that the rest of the people were real local tyrants, so they bought them all directly.

"Cheng Aiqing, then you go to contact other princes, what is the reaction of the Persian prince?"

Liu Hong is still a little worried about this. You know, although he took advantage of the discord between the brothers of the Persian prince to sell all the bonds. But at this stage, the railway to rest is about to start, and many things are inseparable from his coordination. Therefore, Liu Hong didn't want to anger him.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen is quite attentive to this aspect. Although the Persian prince is inevitably unhappy, it will definitely not affect the cooperation with our Han. Speaking of this, Cheng Yu said: "Before Weichen came back, the Persian prince not only deposited the money they spent on the construction of the railway into our royal bank. Moreover, the person who will preside over the construction of the railway is already being selected. If it weren't for the fact that several princes were competing for this place, the host would have returned to Dahan with Weichen. ”

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Liu Hong was relieved. The Persian prince has a small mustard, and this does not affect the overall situation. As long as the Persian prince didn't turn his face on the spot, with the white powder in his hands, he was confident that he could control the Persian prince in his hands.

"Rest in peace, just wait. Once all of you executives there are addicted to white powder, it's good to see! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hong was quite excited. And at that time, Liu Qian, who received the news, also rushed over.

"Your Majesty, Weichen heard that Cheng Shilang is back, I don't know how the treasury bonds are sold?"

"Uncle Huang, you're too anxious." As he spoke, Liu Hong handed the large stack of silver tickets in his hand to Liu Qian's hand, "It's all inside, you can see it yourself." ”

Liu Qi took those silver tickets, and counted them there, fifteen and ten, fifteen and twenty, and after a long time, Liu Qi, who had counted them clearly, asked a little surprised: "Your Majesty, have all those treasury bonds really been sold?" ”

"It's all sold!" Looking at Liu Qi, who was both surprised and excited, Liu Hong said with a smile: "Moreover, listening to Cheng Aiqing's statement, it won't be long before the person in charge of presiding over the construction of the railway will rush to our Han with the part of the investment in Anxi." ”

"Ah, that's great."

Hearing Liu Hong's words, Liu Qian was completely excited. You must know that the construction of the railway is already in the responsibility of the railway company, and there is no need for the imperial court to spend any more money. And the money from these national bonds and rest investment can be completely used for other infrastructure construction.

"Uncle Huang, don't be too excited first, it's not too late to get excited when you look at this!" Seeing Liu Qian's excited look, Liu Hong casually handed him the money raised in the stock market.

"Your Majesty, is this the money you raised in the stock market?" Seeing Liu Hong nodding, Liu Qian, the prime minister of the big man, couldn't close his mouth with a smile, "Your Majesty, Weichen is really convinced of you now." In a short period of time, you have raised so much money, which is worth the tax burden of our Han for several years! ”

"Uncle Huang, now that there is no shortage of money, you have to hurry up and engage in construction. Especially for the roads and railways in the western region, we must hurry up with this time. You know, this is related to the military operation of our big man! ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry. This, Wechen will definitely grasp it. But speaking of this, Liu Qian said with a worried face: "But Your Majesty, you also know that there are many mountains in the west, and if you want to build a railway and highway, you must open the mountains." In this way, this speed is definitely not fast. Regarding this point, it's not that Wechen doesn't do his best, but Wechen doesn't have any good way, you have to forgive me! ”

"Made, that's a real problem." Hearing Liu Qian's words, Liu Hong frowned. Because he knew that it would be difficult to open the mountain with artificial and black powder, and the railway and highway would be completed, and he didn't know when it would be, "Do you really want me to invent yellow powder?!" ”

For this yellow powder, Liu Hong has never been able to make up his mind whether to invent it. It's not that Liu Hong is afraid of disrupting any historical process, but the main thing is that this thing is too dangerous. He was a little uneasy about giving it to someone else to do, but if he did it himself, he was afraid of hurting himself. So, without urgency, he simply threw the matter aside. But not anymore, he had to make a decision.

"Do you want to do it or not?"

For a while, Liu Hong was worried. After all, Liu Hong Liu Hong is quite life-sparing, he thought that when Ruobel invented yellow powder, he not only killed his younger brother and seriously injured his father, but he also only had half a life left, Liu Hong's heart muttered.

"Forget it, let's invent it. Anyway, this thing, that is, when making nitroglycerin, is a bit dangerous, as long as diatomaceous earth is added, it will be safe and stable. As long as I'm paying attention to nitroglycerin, it should be fine! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hong no longer hesitated, and sent Liu Qi and Cheng Yu away, and he went to Wei Boyang to invent yellow powder. The reason why I want to go to Wei Boyang is mainly in the capital of this acre of three-point land, only there can be found nitric acid and sulfuric acid to make glycerin.

As for this yellow powder, Liu Hong had only seen his production method on the Internet in his previous life, and had not practiced it personally. Now that he's making this thing himself, he's being careful, of course. In addition, it took him nearly a month to figure out the complete process and make a sample. For this reason, he didn't even bother to meet with the envoy who came to rest in peace to the Han to finalize the construction of the railway.

With the success of the test of "coaxing", Liu Hong almost jumped up, "Made, finally succeeded." Now, not only did the mountain and road construction have fallen, but the musket of the big man. Artillery, it can also be updated! ”

As soon as he thought of upgrading the musket artillery, Liu Hong thought of the famous Black Sorkin. It's a pity that he didn't know how to make that thing, so he had to leave it to future generations to invent it. Otherwise, he would have invented it directly, and it would have been basically done in one step. But now, he can only take it one step at a time.

With safe gunpowder in place, the next step is large-scale production. Therefore, Liu Hong selected a large number of reliable craftsmen, found a safe place, and began the large-scale production of yellow powder.

"Made, the safety gunpowder is on a large scale, and once the new musket is completed again, it will no longer be a dream to conquer the world!"

Just when Liu Hong was staying in the palace, someone came to report that the round-the-world fleet arranged by him at his wedding had successfully returned.

"What, the round-the-world fleet is back?" Hearing the news, Liu Hong was directly stunned. But then, Liu Hong was relieved, after all, it had been almost two years, and he had come back, "How are those personnel, have they been injured, or have they had any accidents during the voyage?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is not the case. After all, those who can join the fleet are all selected crew members. In addition, I was well prepared, and there were no accidents along the way. ”

"That's good, that's good!"

Liu Hong was very happy to hear that no one was injured and there was no accident, but then, he pondered how to take this opportunity to kick off the prelude to the voyage. After all, Liu Hong, who understands history, knows that if the Han wants to be on top of the world forever, he must occupy the ocean.

"Publicity, it's a must. And at the same time as the promotion, it is also good to add a few examples, which will help attract people! When Liu Hong was pondering there, someone came to report that the army that had gone out to fight against the Wa Kingdom had returned, "Yes, isn't this Wa State the best example!" ”

You must know that Liu Zhong, who went to the Wa Kingdom to find gold and silver mines, has been still in the Wa Kingdom until now, planning to come back with the triumphant army. And Liu Zhong has been delaying his return until now, because there is too much gold and silver mined, and he can't find enough ships to transport it, so he can only wait for the army to come back and use warships to help. In this way, the shipload of gold and silver happens to become the best propaganda material.

After making up his mind, Liu Hong launched the propaganda. The whole Han is talking about the fact that the earth is round. Of course, this is not the most important thing, it can only be regarded as people's after-dinner chatter. And then, as soon as the seizure of the Wa Kingdom and the gold and silver mined by Liu Zhong returned, after being reported and rendered, it immediately caused the tide of the Great Voyage. Even if most people don't have the money to buy a boat, many people will buy a ticket and try their luck outside.

"Yes, as long as the big man maintains this momentum, it should be long-lasting!" And just when Liu Hong was happy in his heart, someone came to report that there were local natives on Luzon Island, who hurt the people of the Han Dynasty, "Made, isn't Luzon the Philippines in the future, why haven't the aborigines cleaned up that place?!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe (this site), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )