With a choking sound, Li Shi drew his sword, and the sword body slapped on the map, and his words were even more high-spirited.

"The country of Jiaozhi is fertile for thousands of miles, millions of people, abundant products, and all kinds of things are very cheap......"

Hearing "Jiaozhi Country", everyone exchanged glances with each other, and the father and son of the Shen family glanced at each other, their faces were all stunned, it turned out to be there! But......

Li Xi continued: "How cheap is it? In the country of Cochin, the best rice costs only three dollars per stone! That's right, three money! Although it is more expensive than Siamese rice, to transport rice from Siam to Guangzhou, you must have a sea ship, and it takes seven days at the earliest. And from Jiaozhi to Guangzhou, the general fortune boat and sand boat can be used, and the slowest is only five days. One in and one out, it is more cost-effective to transport rice from Cochin! ”

Li Xi talked about the business experience, and all the people present were the top figures in the business world, and while listening attentively, he set up a small abacus in his heart.

"Let's just say that in the grain business, in the first half of this year, Guangdong Province imported more than 5 million stone from Hunan, Guangxi, and Jiangxi, produced 12 million stone from itself, and imported more than 3 million stone from Siam and Guangnan, so that the price of rice in Guangdong would be as low as 5 or 6

Money. However, in the future, Guangdong's self-produced grain will become less and less, and so will the surrounding provinces, and if Siam and Quang Nam rice are more imported, the price will rise. In the future, we may not be half of Guangdong

Grain must be imported from Cochin, which is a business of tens of millions of stones. Ladies and gentlemen, tens of millions of stones......"

Then Li Xian changed the topic: "It's not just rice, what do we lack most in Guangdong now?" Firewood! 100 catties of firewood have risen to seven or eight cents of silver, and coal has risen to one penny of silver, why? The forests are dry and the mines are exhausted, and the coal to the north is too far away, so it is not possible to make much money by transporting it. The coal mines in Qujiang have been dug ten zhang underground, and they can be ...... in Jiaozhi."

He slapped the map with the blade of his sword, which was northeast of Jiaozhi, not far from the border: "In this area, the high-quality coalfields are placed in the open air, but not many people go to plan, and it is only twenty or thirty miles away from Halong Bay!" Ladies and gentlemen, you are the most calculating. We in Guangdong, not only have many households, but also have a lot of workshops, as long as the coal is cheap enough, let everyone give up all the firewood and use coal, how big is this plate a year? ”

Shen Shisheng was still blinking his eyes and doing mental calculations, and Shen Fuyang said in a low voice: "Every household in the countryside has to spend one or two taels of silver on firewood every year, and each household in the city has at least two or three taels. If the coal is cheap, it will be counted as one tael of silver, but only in Guangdong, the cost of the people alone is three million taels of plates, not counting the workshops. The workshop is now so prosperous, and his son estimates that there are tens of millions of taels a year in this coal business. ”

Shen Shisheng followed the other businessmen who had also roughly calculated it to take cool air, and this coal alone could be compared with the grain business.

"Ebony, agarwood, cinnamon, silver, copper, tin, and countless minerals in this Jiaozhi country, each of which is a big business that can make millions of taels a year!"

Li Xi continued to talk endlessly, in the eyes of the merchants, he was no longer an emperor, but a tongue man who was selling them goods.

"This is just a business, listen up, the good ripe fields in Jiaozhi are only three or four dollars of silver per mu, you heard it right, three or four dollars of silver!"

Li Shi raised his voice and repeated the number forcefully.

"Such a field, how can there be thousands of hectares in Jiaozhi! Not only the fields, but also the people of Jiaozhi, four or five dollars of silver in a month are enough! You heard it right, four or five cents of silver! ”

His voice was like the tide of the sea, and it led the waves of this number, beating the hearts of the merchants in waves.

"Whether it's farming, mining, or lifu, it's all high salary! You give him a month or two, and he can call you ancestor! But the salary of one or two a month is thrown on us Cantonese people, and we can't even change a cold face, most of them are just a mouthful of spit! ”

The businessmen began to get excited, this is the key, in Guangdong to buy property, how can the labor not be suppressed. Whether it is mining or farming, it depends on labor, and if the labor can be reduced to 30%, it is really a big profit......

What was originally just a mentality of staying out of the matter and listening to the teachings has now turned into a move. On the side of the main hall, behind the screen, Yan Sanniang gestured to Zhu Yuyou to silence her, and when she saw that she had changed her lazy and tired appearance, she was so shocked that she wanted to open her mouth.

Zhu Yuyou patted his chest and said, "That's ...... Is that official? How do you feel like the hammerhead of the auction house in the city? ”

Yan Sanniang snorted: "The hammerhead master of the auction house, but he learned the skills from Sister Xiu, where did Sister Xiu learn it, of course, from our husband." Zhu Yuyou pouted, at this moment she was thinking about the situation when Li Shi broke into her boudoir last year, and clumsily read the "bride price" to her according to the list, "This guy, the ability to talk is all on the silver and the dragon chair, oh, and ......" Looking at Zhu Yuyou, who suddenly drooped his head and his cheeks were dizzy, Yan Sanniang rolled her eyes angrily, she is also clear about this sister's temperament now, that is, she is distracted at every turn, and now her thoughts don't know where to go.

The two imperial concubines had their own thoughts, but the businessmen did not get distracted, and finally someone mustered up the courage and mentioned the most critical issue: "Your Majesty, forgive the small people for being rude, this is a cross-toe...... But it's not under our rule. ”

With the beginning of these words, the others couldn't wait to follow along, Li Xi said it so beautifully, but the Jiaozhi country is the Annan Li Dynasty, under the rule of the Zheng family, how can they be allowed to go to eat in a big piece!?

Li Xi held a long sword in one hand and kept signaling in the other, so that the businessmen who wanted to speak and set sail to provide the power of the ghost said directly. Looking at Li Shi's military uniform, looking at the long sword that shone with a cold light, the Shen family's father and son looked at each other and smiled tacitly, there was no need for them to ask.

When everyone had almost finished asking, Li Xi looked around the hall, and his tone turned cold again: "Everyone, have you forgotten a very important matter!?" ”

In an uproar, he strode forward, slashed with his long sword, and made an extremely heroic sword gesture, and his voice suddenly turned fiery: "As early as when the Qingpu Chamber of Commerce was established, I said that when the Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established, I emphasized again that I, Li Shi, want to take everyone to make money and do business together." ”

The long sword swung twice and slammed it on the blackboard, which happened to be the heart of the Cochin Kingdom, the Shenglong Mansion.

"Just because Jiaozhi is not under the rule of Huaxia, we can take their mines and occupy their fields! drove them to be cattle and horses for us, and exchanged their blood and sweat for scraps of cold food in our hands! ”

Li Xian said in a deep voice: "Yinghua is a country, 100,000 tigers, not only to defend the country and protect the family, but also to benefit a country!" Let you benefit, and the Anglo-Chinese country will also benefit from it, and I will ......"

At this time, he finally changed into the emperor's self-title, and at the same time, he finally sat on the dragon chair. This self-proclaim, coupled with the posture of sitting on the dragon chair, made the businessmen feel an awe-inspiring and irresistible pressure rushing to their faces, but at the same time, the fact that Li Xian's words were about to be revealed also made them feel extremely excited, and many people clenched their fists, their bodies trembled slightly, and they felt that it was difficult to hold back the boiling blood.

Li Shi said slowly: "I ...... Resolved! At the invitation of the descendants of the Mo family, the king of Annam and the envoy of Annam, he sent troops to Jiaozhi to help Annan Zhengshuo and the Qing Zheng family rebels! ”

Nearly 1,000 people raised their fists at the same time and cheered: "Hurrah - Wise!" ”

Li Xian smiled and looked around at this group of elated businessmen, and said in his heart Lao Tzu is of course wise, Lao Tzu wants to use the blood and sweat of his sons and daughters to open the way for you to make money and lead you to no longer be a disaster in the township.

But Lao Tzu is also willing, although Lao Tzu is the emperor, but now the most active and advanced power of the country is still in your hands, so you have to take care of your appetite first, and when the industry rises in the future, hum......

brought back the self-esteem that had been slightly damaged by the hard performance, and some calculations quickly passed over again in Li Xi's mind.

Jiaozhi is not a temporary idea, and he began to plan in the middle of last year, the reason is naturally that he has long expected the situation in Guangdong today, but there is a difference in time, so the action is a little hasty. For example, when the army goes south, there is no name

Take the foot. Seeking justice for Annan Li and Mo is only external, and there is another argument internally, not only to encourage the morale of the army, but also to deal with the Confucian party in the country who will jump when it comes to sending troops to attack the outside world, so they have to send the military etiquette department to the border

Collect the "crimes" of the cochins.

On the surface, this matter seems to be the same as the path of a certain great man in Li Xian's previous life, and it is also Annan's bad luck, who let it get under the belly of Huaxia, and wait to be the vent of Huaxia's internal contradictions at any time.

But from the inside, Li Xian's determination to fight is too different from his previous life.

The biggest difference is that this war is to solve the "economic crisis". Although the pile business listed by Li Xian just now is exaggerated, it is not absurd. In addition to the plate of each pile business itself, the industrial chain of logistics, wholesale, retail and other links driven by it can basically absorb the capital invested in the fields of Guangdong. , and the second is different, which is the purpose of war. It's not just a matter of fighting, it's not just about absorbing capital, and the capital has gone outside, so how can you take off? Therefore, the purpose of fighting is to colonize the cochin.

Turning Jiaozhi into a raw material base for grain, coal and other products is Li Shi's plan to open the gates. The capital is pressed to the raw material industry of Jiaozhi, and then returned to the local processing industry and trade industry, so as to form a perfect return. Of course, this is not Li Shi's own wisdom, this is the experience of the British colonial system.

There should be no accident in playing Jiaozhi, whether the colonization of Jiaozhi can be successful, and Li Xi can learn from the means and history of the French colonization of Vietnam, the biggest advantage of the traverser is not how much technology he knows, but the gains and losses in the historical process, and the piles can be seen clearly and thoroughly.

"Your Majesty will hold a banquet outside the main hall ......"

The shouts of the guards pulled back Li Shi's thoughts and interrupted the noise in the hall.

Li Xi got up and smiled and said: "This Qianshang banquet is the east of ten restaurants led by the five peerless buildings in Guangzhou, I am just an appearance, and the taste is not suitable later, so don't complain about me." Let's go, if there is anything else to ask, let's talk at the banquet. ”

When he said this, a fat man in the crowd hurriedly clasped his fists, for fear that others would not notice, and he must be the proprietor of the five peerless buildings in Guangzhou. Li Xian's words are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver......

Li Shi's standard businessman style made the businessmen laugh again.

Shen Shisheng nodded at his son: "It seems that you have to throw away twenty or thirty acres of land, otherwise you won't have the money to follow the official family to earn this wealth." ”

On the side of the main hall, Zhu Yuyou lifted her small notebook and found that it was really difficult for her to write down a word.

Yan Sanniang covered her mouth and smiled: "Ah Huan, he said it a long time ago, this is a performance, we can't take it seriously." ”

Zhu Yuyou said angrily: "Where is the performance, I think he is a profiteer by nature!" (To be continued) [This text is provided by the Ghost of Sailing]