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Li Yuanhao is very angry about Yeli Yuqi's current attitude! His fists clenched tightly, and his face became extremely ugly in an instant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He didn't think about it all because he killed Zhang Yuan and caused the most loyal general to worry. At this moment, he suddenly felt a little remorseful, regretting why he didn't kill Ye Li Yu Qi last night!

This is the madness of a person when he is faced with a desperate situation.

He didn't speak, and neither did Yeli beggar, and the two men who had fought side by side were now staring at each other with hostile eyes, and the whole room was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Chen Yuan was not idle in Yaode City, and during this time he had been organizing all the manpower and material resources to build a highway from Yanzhou in the party to Yanzhou in the Song Dynasty. This has always been a huge project, and logically speaking, there is absolutely no condition to complete it now. But in Chen Yuan's view, this is the time to do this work, and the cost is quite low.

The consequence of this may be that many people will die in order to build this road during this time, but Chen Yuan must do so. All the places east of Yaode City must be controlled by the Song Dynasty, especially Yanzhou, and Chen Yuan will not allow any mistakes in this place.

But there seem to be many people who don't want Chen Yuan to control the situation in Yanzhou alone, and now that the war is not over, Ma Chang and Xu Mazi came to Yaode City as representatives of the Song Dynasty Renyi Chamber of Commerce.

Along the way, I saw that those party refugees were desperately building roads, although the bluestone had not yet been paved, but the road had been extended to Yanzhou, Ma Chang was very anxious, and after seeing Chen Yuan, he didn't say a few polite words, so he quickly got to the point.

"Master Horse, we came this time to ask Lord Horse, this Yanzhou is a good place, the salt field of the Xixia people, Wuchi, Baichi, Wayao Pond, and Xixiang Pond four salt farms. Among them, Wuchi and Baichi are even more famous for their green and white salt, I don't know what the horse master plans to do with these salt farms? ”

Salt is a profiteering thing, and if you dig it out of the ground and process it a little, it will immediately become money, and you won't have to worry about not being able to sell it, because everyone has to eat it. With such a piece of cake, these businessmen must not be willing to let Chen Yuan swallow it alone.

The Song Dynasty's policy toward merchants was relatively the most lenient in the feudal era. For example, these profiteering things, salt and iron, were specialized in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but the Song Dynasty was different, the Song Dynasty allowed the existence of salt merchants, and there were also commercial salt in the market.

Chen Yuan looked at the anxious and calm look of these two people, and smiled: "Two seniors, I have a data here about the current economic situation of the party, let me briefly tell you about it." ”

Opening the document, Chen Yuan said: "In Yanzhou, there are four large salt farms, twenty-one medium-sized salt farms, more than 100 small ones, and countless workshops that rely on salt to support their families. Let's not talk about Wuchi and Baichi, the salt produced in these two places is high-grade salt, these are reserved for the imperial court, and those medium-sized salt farms, I plan to hand them over to the imperial court eleven, you shouldn't have any opinions, right? ”

Ma Chang and Xu Mazi's hearts were relieved, Chen Yuan asked them like this, so that they could clearly feel the signal sent by Chen Yuan, this matter is discussed, as long as there is discussion, as long as he Chen Shimei does not plan to eat all this place in one bite, there will be no problem.

Although he paid for the war, he sent the army after all, it was the Great Song Dynasty, and no one had anything to say about the court taking the best. There are still two large salt farms and ten medium-sized salt farms left, and I don't know how this horse master plans to divide them.

Chen Yuan looked at their expressions and said with a smile: "Don't worry about those small workshops, we can't do things too desperately, we have to leave a little food for others." There are still two large salt mines and ten medium-sized salt mines, let's eat them as a whole in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, and as for whether everyone will tie them together in the future, or who will do it alone, we can go back and discuss it slowly. ”

Ma Chang and Xu Mazi were very satisfied with this proposal, since everyone paid for it together, it showed that Chen Shimei did not have the idea of swallowing it alone, and the two were very pleased: "Well, Master Ma is thoughtful, no matter who eats it, collect the fruit first." ”

Chen Yuan is quite clear about their thoughts, to be honest, Chen Yuan also thought about monopolizing, if he changed to the mentality of Bill Gates of the Song Dynasty before, this time there would definitely be no share of these businessmen, but now it is different, his ideals are more ambitious, just a few salt farms, it is really not worth it.

Chen Yuan continued: "Don't worry, we are doing business, you have helped me Chen Shimei so much, now that the fruit is ripe, naturally you all have a share." Shopkeeper, let me ask one thing, where does the grain you make wine come from? ”

Ma Chang didn't understand what Chen Yuan meant, but he still said truthfully: "Of course I bought it, but I don't know, the price of grain has risen sharply during this period of time, so it's really hard for me to do this business, wine must be brewed by grain, and it will also rise when the price of grain rises." But when a person is hungry, he has to eat food, and it doesn't matter if he drinks or not. This year, I'm having a hard time. ”

Chen Yuan took out a piece of paper from his arms: "I know the shopkeeper is not happy, this is a gift I prepared for me, you can see for yourself." ”

Ma Chang took the paper, glanced at it, and read softly: "Provisional regulations on the management of good fields." ”

The corners of Chen Yuan's mouth flashed with a smile: "This party famine has left many of their fertile fields without owners, and the most important thing is that their fields are owned by Li Yuanhao, Li Yuanhao is about to finish, and this field will naturally have to change owners." ”

Ma Chang understood a little, but he was still not sure: "What do you mean?" ”

Chen Yuan said: "For those displaced people outside, I will allocate land to them according to their capitation, but many of them are herders and do not know how to farm at all. I think if you buy it from them at a low price, there should be no problem. ”

Ma Chang was overjoyed to hear this, and he always wanted to have a piece of land of his own, which could be used to produce and store food. However, this requirement was never fulfilled in the Song Dynasty. Because the land resources of the Song Dynasty were in the hands of those scholars, even if Ma Chang had money, he could not solve his needs if he bought a piece in the east and a piece in the west.

Chen Yuan undoubtedly gave him a chance, looking at his happy look, Chen Yuan smiled: "Don't be too happy too early. I don't care how much you buy, but you have to promise me one condition. ”

Ma Chang don't say one condition, now it is a hundred, and he also agreed: "Master Ma, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Chen Yuan said: "From the time you buy the land, you have to hire those displaced people to work for you, at least eight middle-aged people for every ten acres of land, and at the same time ensure that they eat and drink and pay wages. ”

This condition is a bit harsh, according to the labor force of the Great Song Dynasty, there are two middle-aged people for every ten acres of land, and it is completely okay to take a few old people and children. At the beginning, Qin Xianglian was able to take care of the Chen family's six or seven acres of land by herself at home, but the grain production of ten acres of land was only enough for the family to sustain their lives.

Now Chen Yuan has asked him to hire eight people, eat and drink, and pay wages, which means that his land cannot bring him the slightest profit, and the grain collected from his land is not much cheaper than the market price.

Ma Chang was stunned for a moment, but Chen Yuan didn't give him a chance to bargain: "This is what you have to promise." You should maintain this situation for at least three years. ”

This is really needed, from the first three years when the Song people took over the party, Chen Yuan must make all the party members who have just escaped from the sea of fire feel unprecedented happiness, only in this way can those party members not resist, so that the Song Dynasty can accept it smoothly, and let those scholars and doctors in the court shut their mouths.

At the same time, it also lays a good foundation for your next plan.

Ma Chang obviously knew this, anyway, it was only three years, and after hesitating for a while, he nodded: "Okay, I promise to Master Ma." ”

He felt as if he had been fooled, looking at a piece of fatty meat, and when he ate it in his mouth, he found that it was chicken ribs.

Xu Mazi felt very unfair, because he didn't even eat the chicken ribs: "Master Ma, you won't just prepare this gift for the shopkeeper, right?" ”

Of course Chen Yuan won't! The pacification of the party in this battle meant that the roadblocks on the Silk Road had been eliminated in the future, and the materials of the Great Song Dynasty could enter and leave the Western Regions more smoothly. This would have been a good business opportunity.

In addition, the handicraft industry of the party people suffered a certain loss because of this war, and their smelting, salt mining, bricks and tiles, ceramics, textiles, papermaking, printing, brewing, gold, silver and wood production and other handicraft production used to have a certain scale and level, but now they have come to a standstill, and this time is a good time for the Song Dynasty capital injection.

Now that the war has not yet ended, and the party has not yet stabilized, he can take this opportunity to introduce some policies that are more favorable to the Song Dynasty merchants entering the party.

"Shopkeeper Xu rest assured, I have already thought about it, the party civil strife will continue for a period of time, and you may not have anything to take advantage of during this period of time, you might as well come and collect some shops, just for fun. When the war between the party items is settled, I will suggest to the emperor that in order to quickly revive the party economy, reduce the fees charged to passing caravans. Also, in the future, the Song army stationed in the party will try out a method. ”

Xu Mazi was very curious: "In what way?" ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "That is to accept the sponsorship of our Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time, all our goods are only checked on the road, and no money is charged." For other merchants, the amount of money paid for the road may be specified. ”

Now the cost of transportation for merchants is very high, first because the transportation industry is not developed, horses need forage, people want grain. The second reason is that the levels along the road are a bit difficult to get through. It had become an unspoken rule that the officers were to take as much as they wanted, and this caused trouble for the caravan with an uncertain cost.

If Chen Yuan can really specify a certain amount of money for the purchase of the road and pay it all at once, then everyone is willing.

Xu Mazi is even more willing, so as to at least avoid him from making a loss-making transaction. For example, when he transported goods from Bianjing to Datong, he originally planned to send the God of Wealth on the road with a few thousand yuan, but if he met a guard general and said to him: "Shopkeeper, today I have added a new concubine, are you here to drink a glass of wine?" "This time you will definitely not make money, and if you happen to meet someone who happens to live your life, you will definitely lose money. If there is a clear amount, he can at least calculate it clearly in advance, and how much he will receive will not be compensated.

A policy often means something that is not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars for these businessmen. Chen Yuan wanted to take advantage of the favorable conditions that he was now able to formulate a temporary policy for the party, so that these businessmen in the Song Dynasty could enter the party faster and more advantageously.

First of all, the injection of capital, after the injection of capital, will inevitably tie the economies of the two places together, under the official name of unification, economic exchanges will allow the culture, customs and even population of the two places to flow freely.

In this way, it will not take a few years, and the party item will be the Great Song Dynasty. It really belongs to the Great Song Dynasty and identifies with the Great Song Dynasty, rather than the kind of simple conquest by force.

(To be continued)