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The Son of Heaven was silent, and a squire beside him chuckled lightly, and arched his hand at Sun Shao: "General Fuyi is really bold, and his shot is a daughter, it seems that this expedition has gained a lot." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sun Shao glanced at this squire in surprise, although this squire looked not small, but his face was very young, that is, sixteen or seventeen years old, although he put on a sanctimonious appearance, he still couldn't hide his immaturity. He laughed to himself, which kid in his heart dared to intervene on this occasion? He glanced at the Son of Heaven, and saw that the Son of Heaven was not angry, pretending not to hear, and then understood the meaning, Wan'er smiled: "Xiaolang is extraordinary, but I don't know what to call it?" ”

"Your Highness has fought hard, and I don't know much about things in the palace, so let me introduce it." Cao Rui smiled and walked in side by side with Liu Chan. Liu Chan had a gentle smile on his face, and he bowed to Sun Shao from afar. Cao Rui strode in front of the Son of Heaven and bowed to the Son of Heaven: "King Wei Chenrui greets Your Majesty." ”

Liu Chan also saluted: "The king of Shu and the ministers of Chan pay a greeting to Your Majesty." ”

"The two Aiqing came just in time, just now my general Fuyi said that he would give a thousand dollars to help me rebuild the Yuntai, do you think it's okay?"

Cao Rui and Liu Chan glanced at each other and smiled bitterly in unison. The meaning of the Son of Heaven is obvious, that is, to ask them to also have some blood. The queen is the Cao family, of course Cao Rui can't be compared with Sun Shao, but this year, he may still have a little confidence to compete with Sun Shao in force, isn't it boring to compare financial resources? He hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "The general has returned from an expedition, and it is said that the fleet loaded with trophies cannot be seen at a glance, and he spent a lot of money to rebuild the Yuntai just by raising his hands. The ministers didn't dare to look at it, so they could only talk as a foil. This time the general conquest, many barbarians rushed to congratulate, I heard that the barbarian mansion is not enough, and it does not match the name of my great Han dynasty, the minister gave 500 gold to help His Majesty increase the repair of the barbarian mansion, Your Majesty you see ......"

The Son of Heaven couldn't cry or laugh, he was really helpless these days, the Son of Heaven wanted to beg from the princes and kings, and the princes and kings had to designate some money for it, what was the matter.

Liu Chan hesitated for a while: "The territory of Shu is small and poor, and it can't be compared with the two kingdoms of Wei and Yue, the ministers ...... The minister is willing to offer three hundred horses of Shu brocade. ”

Sun Shao smiled, stretched out his finger and pointed at Cao Rui and Liu Chan, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "You two little verticals, you are not honest in front of Your Majesty, five hundred gold, three hundred brocades, you can get it." Don't talk nonsense, you pay as much as I pay, one less money, I will deduct it from your business tax. That's it. ”

Cao Rui and Liu Chan shrugged, looking helpless: "Since the king has opened his mouth, then we have no choice but to be respectful and obey."

The young squire who was left out sneered: "Three highnesses, Shiyun 'Under the world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers', the three highnesses are dedicated to the Son of Heaven, do they have to bargain? ”

Sun Shao's smile was cold, and he didn't look at him, turned to Cao Rui and said, "Who is this?" ”

"You see, I was so frightened by your daughter that I forgot to introduce you." Cao Rui clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is Zhong Xiangguo's youngest son, Zhong Hui Zhong Shiji, a famous prodigy." ”

Zhong Hui? Sun Shao had a flash of inspiration, and immediately remembered the cowman who was as famous as Deng Ai, but he didn't expect that he was still a milky kid now. In history, he was Deng Ai's opponent, and later killed Deng Ai, but now I'm afraid it's unlikely, he is still a small squire, but Deng Ai is the leader of the South China Sea, and the two are too far apart. The Cao family is sitting firmly on the throne and is spending their efforts to clean up those big families, the big families in Yingchuan and Runan have been excluded to varying degrees, Xun Zhong Chen Han is no exception, Zhong Hui's illustrious family background can no longer bring him too many benefits, if he wants to be promoted, he can only rely on his own efforts.

"Do you think there are very few daughters?" Sun Shao asked lightly.

Zhong Hui opened his mouth and was about to argue, but when he saw Sun Shao's unhappy eyes, he was startled, and he didn't dare to argue further.

"The law of the Han Dynasty, the princes and kings use gold to help the sacrifice, thousands of households have four taels of gold, I don't know how Wei Shu Wu is, it seems that I have never owed a tael of gold in Yueguo, right?" Sun Shao said unhurriedly: "You have to make it clear, my daughter is not a contribution, but an aid in repairing the cloud platform." It is said that such a thing should not have been done by a subject country of my country, and I am doing this, is it a bit arrogant? If that is the case, then I am willing to accept it. ”

The Son of Heaven smiled silently wryly, who dares to get along with money and punish you, he turned around and scolded: "Ignorant shaft, don't you apologize to the general?" ”

Zhong saw that the Son of Heaven spoke, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to salute honestly: "Weichen Meng Lang, please forgive your highness." ”

"Hmph......" Sun Shao laughed: "Meng Lang can't talk about it, I guess, you are probably the same as King Wei, you were deceived, thinking that I returned from the expedition and gained a lot, so I have this saying, isn't it?" ”

Zhong Hui looked at Cao Rui embarrassedly, not daring to talk nonsense. Cao Rui smiled disapprerovingly: "What, isn't that the case?" The soldiers who went out with the king returned home, but the king's prestige was spread. An ordinary soldier can bring back ten gold, isn't your dignified King Yue still making a lot of money? ”

Sun Shao smiled, he knew that Cao Rui must be making trouble behind this, maybe Liu Chan also had a part, don't look at his own slow reaction, but the Zhuge Liang behind him is not a good character, this time he accompanied Liu Chan to the sect who had just returned from the expedition, he was Zhuge Liang's cronies, and it was impossible not to report those situations to Zhuge Liang. In this expeditionary force, two-thirds of the soldiers were reluctant to return to their homeland and did not want land to go home, and some of them received land, but they also wanted to take advantage of the favorable wind of the army to go home to pick up their families, so the number of people who returned to the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu was very large. In order to let those soldiers settle in West Asia with peace of mind, Sun Shao rewarded them very much, not only issued a settlement fee, divided the land, but also distributed slaves in order to allow them to farm, and those who were reluctant to return to their hometowns basically gave a reward of ten gold each, and there were a lot of other booty, these two rewards almost exhausted the income of this war, if it wasn't for Cui Qian who discovered the Gold Coast of South Africa when he sailed along the sea, and found a big gold mine for Sun Shao, Sun Shao almost lost money.

The advantage of this is that almost all the soldiers who went out on the expedition were grateful to Sun Shao, and those who were willing to stay in West Asia were stable and full of confidence in the future, and those who returned to their hometowns were also very satisfied with these battles, even if the families of the war dead would be grateful to Sun Shao for his generosity when they saw the generous pensions, and no one would say irresponsible about whether the war was worth it, and in turn looked forward to the next time they would have the opportunity to go out to fight with King Yue.

"I'm earning, but it's not money." Sun Shao glanced at the people who couldn't hide their jealousy in their eyes, and said slowly: "My income will be in the future, conquer Persia, open up the trade route, no one will levy my business tax, in other words, at least half of the business tax that was originally going to be handed over to the Persians has been transferred to my hands, not much, about 350,000 gold a year, there are ten or eight years, my contribution to fight this battle will be recovered, and it will be all earned in the future." ”

The Son of Heaven gasped, and even Cao Rui and Liu Chan were stunned. On the one hand, he was frightened by Sun Shao's income, but on the other hand, he was shocked by Sun Shao's strength, and in less than 20 years, he had accumulated more than 800,000 gold in savings, no wonder he dared to start this war. At the peak of the Han Kingdom, the annual income was about 800,000 gold, half of which was the expenses of the royal family, and the other half had about 100,000 gold left every year in addition to paying the salaries of national officials. When Emperor Xiaohuan, Duan Cheng went out to conquer Xiqiang, more than 10,000 troops, and spent 800,000 gold in less than two years.

And Sun Shao only took fifteen or sixteen years to accumulate 800,000 gold or more, which is obviously a bit incredible.

"Although I made some money, I used it more often." Sun Shao didn't pay attention to the surprised gazes of the Son of Heaven and the others, "I came this time, in addition to offering prisoners, just to talk to you about cooperation." I built a Roman bank in Rome, and I also promised the Kushan people to build a bank, and now I need a lot of principal, are you interested? In addition, I also plan to build a railway in Funan to open up the trade road between Temu City and Yuenan, this road may be built for ten or eight years, and the investment must not be small. ”

In the astonishment of the Son of Heaven, Cao Rui, Liu Chan and others, Sun Shao told his plan, what they didn't understand, he also stopped to explain a few words, and the huge plan suddenly attracted them firmly.

Although Cao Rui and others have high and low IQs, they are obviously not at the same level as Sun Shao in the economic area, they are fascinated by it, but they may not be clear about how many opportunities and risks are contained in it, and Sun Shao does not insist on it, saying that there will be a detailed plan for them to go back and refer to carefully.

Liu Chan nodded again and again, the large number that Sun Shao said did make him a little dizzy, he intuitively felt that such a thing could only be solved by his father Zhuge Liang, and with his IQ, he would definitely not be able to solve it.

Cao Rui finally asked a question that everyone wants to ask: "Can doing business allow you to accumulate a wealth of 800,000 gold in fifteen or sixteen years?" ”

Sun Shao didn't answer him directly, but asked: "How much of each of your financial income is eaten and drunk, and how much is reinvested?" ”

"Investment?" Cao Rui didn't understand it all of a sudden.

"To put it bluntly, it is to use money to make money, and constantly expand strength, I have made a definition, which is snowballing sustainable development."

"Money?" Cao Rui frowned, and said with some amusement: "Is it to compete with the people?" ”

Sun Shao laughed, he knew that these people, including the Son of Heaven, had how much money to use, and at most they could save what they couldn't use, and there was no concept of reproduction. He rolled his eyes and smiled again: "Then what will you do with the surplus money?" ”

Cao Rui touched his chin, he is the same as his father Cao Pi, he is a relatively extravagant person, the economy of Wei has benefited over the years, but the northern Xinjiang has been fighting a few days ago, and he has not fought in the past two years, but he has built a large number of palaces, and there is no surplus at all. The situation in Shu is slightly better, but their income is limited, and it is estimated that there is no surplus, and the situation in Wu is similar, as for the Son of Heaven, he is the poorest, and he supports a court with three rivers, and even pays Yulu a little reluctantly, and the Luoyang palace that was destroyed by the war has not been repaired until now, where can we talk about investment.

Of course, they don't have the concept of investing, and if they don't have enough money to spend, they just add to it.

"Like you, I take half of the total tax every year as the private property of the royal family, but I spend at most 10%, and the rest is all invested." Sun Shao smiled proudly: "Your Majesty, don't think that Luoyang is broken, my special pastoral city is much more broken than Luoyang." Up to now, I basically still use Fan Man's palace, what is the state club, Jizhou club, Chengdu club is more beautiful than my palace, don't be deceived by them, they are all rich people. ”

"Aiqing laughed, you are also a rich man." Tianziqiang smiled and made a joke, of course he knew that Wei Shu was rich, richer than him, but Sun Shao was crying poor, obviously it was not true, among the four countries, Sun Shao was the richest.

"As for me, I don't say I don't have money, but to be honest, my annual expenses are definitely not as good as yours." Sun Shao said generously: "I want to make money with money, so I can't eat all the chickens, I always want to keep a little more for hatching into chicks, and then the chickens lay eggs, and the eggs hatch the chickens, so that it can snowball and get bigger and bigger." ”

The Son of Heaven and the others were thoughtful.

"In addition, I want to tell you that the world is so big that it is beyond imagination, and I am a person who is more curious and idle, and I always want to go to sea on a boat to find gold or something, so I have to fund those who are good at exploring every year, which is also a big expense. However, I think it's still worth it, and if it weren't for the ten days of preparation, how could I have gained so much. ”

"But now that the world is under your control, do you still want to explore?" Liu Chan asked enviously with his mouth half-open.

"Who said it's all under control?" Sun Shao shook his head again and again: "Heir, you are wrong, I have only conquered half of it at most, and there are still more rich lands to be developed." When I was in Rome, I heard that there was a much larger land to the west of Rome, full of gold, and that the people of those lands were said to have some relationship with our ancestors. ”

"And our ancestors?" Cao Rui seemed to smile: "Isn't Your Highness the one who has gone the farthest from my Han?" ”

"It doesn't seem so." Sun Shao pretended to be mysterious and said, "Do you know, according to the little information I have learned, those people may be descendants of the Shang Dynasty. ”

"Shang Dynasty?" Zhong Hui, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but interject: "Although the merchants are good at business, they don't have such a powerful warship as Yue Guo, how can they go farther than the king?" ”

"They are not to the west, but to the east." Sun Shao pointed to the east: "They first went north, then crossed a shallow strait, and set foot on that rich land. That land is bigger and richer than my big man, and you can live easily by sowing a few seeds, and there are also rich in gold and diamonds, and there are sugarcane forests, and you can't see the border ...... at a glance."

Sun Shao opened his mouth and blew it, saying that he had a nose and eyes, and said that the Son of Heaven and others were swaying, and he couldn't wait to reorganize the army and kill him now, Liu Chan opened his mouth, and after a long time, he felt a little dry, he licked his lips a little thick, and said yearningly: "When is the king going to go on another expedition?" ”

"Well...... Be prepared for a while. Sun Shao stopped talking and turned his head to look around: "What, you are also interested?" ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Chan nodded hurriedly.

Cao Rui smiled: "King, do you still have ten years to prepare?" ”

"I don't know." Sun Shao spread his hands: "This expedition has finished all the family foundations, wait for me to recover first." By the way, I have already agreed with Cao Ziwen and them that when the time comes, there will be another four-nation alliance, I will go east, and they will go west, and they will attack in two directions. ”

"The Four-Nation Alliance?" Everyone was stunned, and Cao Rui was the most surprised: "Do you want me to join forces with Wei Shu and Wu?" ”

Sun Shao ignored him, turned around and saluted the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister implores Your Majesty's quasi-ministers to play and crown Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Li Yan as vassal kings." Persia is too far away from my Han Dynasty, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for my descendants to grasp the overall situation, so please crown these three people as kings and help me stabilize the newly opened territory. ”

The Son of Heaven had already received Sun Shao's letter, and he didn't seem surprised, he just glanced at Cao Rui and said lightly: "I invite you Aiqing to come today, just to discuss this matter." Zhong Hui, take the book of the king of Yue, and ask the king of Wei and the king of Shu to take a look. ”

"Yui!" Zhong Hui answered and turned to go. Cao Rui sank his face, and looked at Sun Shao with a smile: "No wonder my two uncles didn't even return home, originally the king wanted to ask for the title of prince for them." ”

"Isn't it good?" Sun Shao asked rhetorically: "Could it be that the Wei State hopes that Ziwen and Zijian will return victoriously?" Ziwen is easy to do, and he is promoted to a general in the court according to the rules, but Zijian is ...... Hehe, he is now the general of the Wei State, what more can you reward him? I helped you solve a big problem, and instead of thanking me, you talked to me in this tone, and to be honest, I was a little disappointed in you. ”

Cao Rui was speechless, and his face was swollen red for a while. Sun Shao can be said to have said that he has a weakness, if Cao Zhi comes back, he is really not easy to arrange, even if he is not crowned a king, at least he must add his food. Moreover, Cao Zhi has made great contributions, and his prestige in the army has increased greatly, and it is not so easy to control him in the future.

He originally wanted to gain the upper hand, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to hide it at all, and directly pushed this problem in front of him.

(To be continued)