Chapter 308: Money Cow and Cornucopia
Last time in the capital, because he wanted to rob Li Han's bird, Liu Huo, who was making trouble, almost fell to the ground, and it was easy for him to take two pieces of land in exchange for his life, and he felt that he had taken advantage of the boss at that time, and secretly laughed at Li Han No matter how awesome he was, after all, he was still a country boy, he had no knowledge, and he wanted to die or live to make a fuss, and it turned out to be two barren lands that were always vigilant against foreign invasions.
After returning to Yan Kingdom, Liu Huo was snubbed by his father for a while, and was almost deprived of the right to attack the lord, but fortunately, his mother used the nirvana of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself, so that Liu Jia pinched his nose and forgave him.
Fortunately, Liu Huo secretly held a grudge against Li Han for almost leading him to a bleak future event, and even secretly made up his mind that he would only wait for himself to attack the prince, and when Li Han dared to come to the two pieces of land in Yan Kingdom to carry out construction, he would definitely let that kid taste the good taste of a gentleman's revenge for ten years.
How to retaliate, Liu Huo had already thought about it, he didn't want anything, just let Li Han give him the bird, and then he killed the damn bird in front of Li Han and roasted it!
Every time he thought of this, Liu Huo would show a smug smile, as if he had seen Li Han crying in front of his bird son.
At that time, how hearty it should be!
However, Liu Huo soon couldn't laugh, because the two barren lands that were pure trouble in the eyes of their father and son were undergoing earth-shaking changes at an incredible speed.
When the father and son of the king of Yan returned to Yan from Chang'an, they were surprised to find that the two pieces of land were occupied by people sent by Li Han from the hairpin county, who had built sheds between the barren mountains and mountains, and the endless stream of horse-drawn carriages brought wood, stone, and bags of gray powder from the hairpin county, and the steward said that it was the cement burned according to the recipe given by the lord for the construction of the city wall.
At that time, Liu Huo pruned his mouth to his chin, thinking that Li Han was really dizzy, since ancient times. Houses are built either with wood or stone, and I have never heard of such a powder of ash and dust, and see what tricks he can make.
Not long after, Liu Huo was completely dumbfounded!
In just seven or eight months, two barren lands quickly formed two cities no less than the capital of Yan at an incredible speed.
The most outrageous thing is that the gray powder that Liu Huo despised in every way actually created a perverted city wall that was so strong that it couldn't be pierced with the sharpest saber!
King Yan was also shocked by these two big cities, he took Liu Huo to visit the city named Beijing by Li Han, walked into the tall and majestic city gate, the thick and strong city wall surprised him, and then looked at the horizontal and vertical chessboard-like street pattern in the city. Sitting in the north and facing south, it is a palace that only has a frame, which is used in preparation for the emperor's arrival.
To the east is a zoned residential area, all of which are empty except for the best place where a Li Mansion has risen.
To the west is a large area of mysterious factories, all built with bluestone strips, plastered with cement on the outside, and the foundations and walls of some houses are mixed with black bronze strips (in fact, it is stainless steel, Liu Jia doesn't understand), I really don't know what to do with building a house so strong.
Yan Wang and his son wanted to visit these factories, but they were also verbally refused. But looking at a large cart of bronze ingots (or stainless iron and steel) being transported in, and at the same time there were tightly wrapped carriages driving out, it is enough to show that the things made by these factories are not simple, and they are definitely the elite weapons made by the legendary Li Han from the craftsmanship brought by the fairy world.
The north of the city is the most covetous place for Liu Jia and his son.
Over here. The whole is planned as a super farmers' market, from here to the border, and even to the surrounding countries, there are documents issued by Li Han. It was promised that as long as it was a normal businessman, if he was robbed or killed on the way to trade in Beijing's northern market, the hairpin county would be responsible for compensating for the economic losses.
At first, no one believed what was being posted everywhere. However, when the market was completed, the major trade routes leading to Beijing were all covered with well-equipped horse patrols sent by the hairpin county, and when the market opened on the first day, the majestic Zhou Yafu Xiangguo personally presided over it, and everyone finally believed it.
At this moment, the Huns, the Han people, and even the merchants of Qiuzi, Yanqi, Dashi and other countries all came with the courage to come, who knew that the initial temptation actually obtained a large amount of profits.
Merchants pursue profits, has always been like flies see blood, a group of people make a lot of money to go back to organize goods, can drive a large number of people to follow the trend, not long after, Beishi has become the northern part of the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, Beidi and even Xianbei and other surrounding areas of the exchange of goods.
The shops built in Hairpin County are rented out to the outside world, the rent has risen again and again, and the prices of residential buildings built near the market have also risen, and a small three-story building with gray fluttering costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at every turn, which is definitely in short supply, and then developed to be booked out before it was built.
Of course, the hairpin is not a philanthropist, and it is not for nothing to make money by doing these investments, people have to collect taxes!
There is a tax bureau in the city of Beijing, and the goods are classified in detail according to profits, from eight to thirty draws, and the price is clearly marked.
When Liu Jia and his son visited the tax bureau, they were blinded by the baskets of tax money collected in the four titanium alloy dogs, and their intestines were blue with regret!
This is just the city of Beijing, the father and son arrived in Tianjin Wei, watching the former fishing village become a huge port, the huge harbor for boats, dozens of miles wide wharf, the city is a variety of ship-related industries, it seems to be very prosperous, there is even a large-scale shipyard that Liu Jia has never seen in his life.
The shipyard people let them visit, and when they walked in, they saw a huge guy wrapped in iron sheets moored in the harbor, which was enough to subvert the largest ship in Liu Jia's cognition by more than ten times, and he almost sat on the ground.
Back in the palace of the capital of Yan Kingdom, Liu Jia, the king of Yan, and Liu Huo, the future king of Yan, couldn't sleep all night, and the father and son couldn't understand why these two pieces of land had been silent in Yan Kingdom for so many years, and they couldn't become the current cash cow and cornucopia.
King Yan couldn't figure it out, he was anxious if he couldn't figure it out, and when he was anxious, he became angry with Liu Huo, and scolded this loser for not grabbing birds with Li Han, if he didn't grab birds, he wouldn't fight, and if he didn't fight, he wouldn't compensate, if he didn't compensate, these two pieces of land were not properly still from Yan Guo?
Liu Jia rolled his eyes when he was scolded by Lao Tzu, he couldn't help it, and said faintly: "Even if these two pieces of land are ours, do we dare to make this place like this?" Didn't the emperor immediately slaughter our father and son on the charge of rebellion? ”
reminded the person in the dream in one sentence, Liu Jia's eyes lit up, ah! What courtier would dare to rebel and build another capital in a frontier land? Dare to blatantly build a palace?
What's even more perverse is that those factories that obviously make weapons, as well as the big ships that are bigger and more terrifying than the emperor's dragon boats, aren't these qiē all signs of self-respect and intention to rebel?
If Li Han rebelled a day later and became the king of the northern land, wouldn't the first stumbling block to be slaughtered be his own Yan Kingdom?
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, King Yan wrote a secret letter overnight, and sent someone to Chang'an to hand it over to the emperor, and after reading it, the emperor gave him an unprecedented reply: "There is nothing in the world, mediocre people disturb themselves, uncle, Li Han is punished by me, and you can't afford those two cities, don't think too much, wash and sleep." ”
Liu Jia was scolded as a mediocre, and he was ashamed and landless at that time, and he no longer dared to have the intention of overthrowing Li Han and taking over the two cities of Beijing and Tianjin.
After the heart is dead, people will be sober, Liu Jia carefully reminisced about the letter of the emperor's eldest nephew, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, yes, these two big cities have become two pieces of fat, and they really belong to the Yan country, without the strong maintenance of the hairpin county, I am afraid that I will get it at night, and I can't wait for dawn, and it will be snatched away by the Huns who are eyeing it, those Tartars have always been greedy, and the cliff will take the Yan country by the way, in that case, it is not to get two cities, but even lose the job.
Alas, you still have a lot of ability to hold a big job, without Li Han's ability to reach the sky and the means to turn stones into gold, it is better to wash and sleep according to the emperor's instructions.
Liu Jia and his son accepted this reality resignedly, and with the wisdom of not doing porcelain work without diamonds, they took a bystander attitude towards the construction of the second city of Beijing and Tianjin.
But seeing that the people of Yan Kingdom also want to buy a house in Beijing and move to live there, and the construction of Beijing City is becoming more and more large-scale, Liu Jia has long been itchy, and he still has a great hope, that is, whether he can discuss with Li Han and let him move the palace into Beijing.
This idea is undoubtedly Liu Huo's idea, where does he dare to have the idea that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, if Li Han can generously let their father and son move the Yan King's Mansion into Beijing, even if it is a guest living here.
Therefore, when the father and son heard that Li Han was coming, they waited in Beijing early, and the attitude of the magistrate was more pious than that of the magistrate, so that they could discuss this matter next.
The steward of the second county had already received the news of the family's arrival, and waited early to greet him in the Yan Kingdom, and also brought the exquisite armor specially made for him to the head of the family.
Disembarking at Tianjin Port, Li Han took off his official clothes and put on the general's armor, and Feng Erniang also carefully sewed a big red cloak for him, as well as a samurai crown wrapped in gold silk, with a mink tail and two red tassels, and a scarlet hero knot on his chest, which instantly restored the image of the majestic Shura general.
Li Han's dress evoked the intimacy of all the guards who had passed through the Huns with him back then, and they were all so excited that they burst into tears, and they knelt down on one knee and shouted: "The lord is mighty!" (To be continued......)