"There's a gold mine!" This is good news, for Yangzhou, it is indeed good news, because gold has really rarely depreciated from ancient times to the present, basically where there are people, the gold mines have been excavated.

For example, Liu Mang controls two or three gold mines in his own hands, but in those two or three gold mines, it is difficult to collect the bare gold outside, so he can only go into the mine, collect gold mountains, and purify them.

The current level is not up to that level.

Now I have got the news that there is a gold mine in Funan and Linyi, which will definitely make people salivate.

If the other princes knew, they would definitely send troops immediately, and having a gold mine would mean a lot of gold, and it would mean that he could recruit troops and buy horses.

"No!" Liu Mang forcibly suppressed his greed, whether the gold is good, it also depends on where it is placed, if it remains unchanged and becomes a dead thing, then what is the difference between gold and ordinary stones.

And what Liu Mang needs is gold to circulate, and now it is obvious that this is such a circulation style.

The merchants of Yangzhou sold their goods to Southeast Asia in exchange for gold, which was not fully mined there, but it is believed that gold would soon be used as the main heavy metal currency.

Then he will inevitably join the country of the gold standard, and these gold will continue to be exchanged for goods and sold to this country, and the gold in this country will only become less and less, and the goods will be scarce and expensive. Without gold, they can't exchange for goods, and if they want goods, they naturally have to find ways to get gold.

When the time comes, let those merchants buy the local land. Build a factory. with the gold earned from them. If you come to drink them for ore raw materials, Funan and Linyi will only become more and more dependent on the Han in the long run, and in the end they will either be submerged in history, or they will become dependent on the Han.

And if the two countries are sent now, not to mention how many soldiers and horses Liu Mang can draw out, even if there is, how many years will it take? In the event of a war, the trade routes between the two countries will inevitably be blocked.

At that time, Liu Mang's support for the businessmen in Yangzhou was not in vain.

The invasion of capital can be silent. Isn't it just some porcelain and cloth, and there is free labor to help them transport the gold out of the gold mines.

"Pass my holy oracle and let Zizhong feast on behalf of me and the household to those merchants who go to sea!" Liu Mang left such an order and left.

As the saying goes, the leader moves his mouth, and the masses break their legs, and it is really true, Mi Zhu kept moving after getting Liu Mang's order.

Naturally, this banquet can't make the kind of pediatrics, all the big businessmen who come, even if they are only small people when they go to sea. But once it comes back, it's a complete development.

In addition, I know that the lord Liu Mang attaches great importance to this banquet. So Mi Zhu went to prepare early.

Up and down, not only those businessmen who have gone to sea, but also those big businessmen who have not gone to sea in Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiangdong and Yuzhou have not been invited.

Because the interests in this are too great, even many scholars in Jingzhou have also sent people here.

This time, everyone's purpose is the same, that is, to know when to go to sea for the second time.

"On the sea, the wind and waves are urgent, I know that you are afraid that the wind and waves will overturn the goods, no need to worry, when you want to go to sea, when you want to go to sea, as long as you have a ship, you can, as for the location of Funan Linyi, my household department will naturally let someone describe, let the craftsman depict the navigation route, hand it over to you, let you go to the South Seas conveniently." Mi Zhu's words just landed.

The people over there cheered, and now the sea is still a pure land, and there are no pirates, and there are no warships of various countries to rob them.

In this way, the entire route is safe, even better than the original Silk Road, I don't know how many times, the original Silk Road not only has to worry about the desert, but also worry about the countries to and from the buckle or war, once you meet a greedy nobleman, or war, then it will really even disappear with people and goods.

The sea is different, as long as you don't encounter storms, then your ship can go to Funan and Linyi unimpeded, and you don't need to worry about wars and detentions along the way.

"But don't be too happy, all ships going to sea must be registered with Lord Sun Wen's Maritime Bureau before they can go to sea!" opened the Maritime Silk Road, Liu Mang is not only for the benefit of those businessmen, but also for himself.

That is the tariff, as long as it is a ship going to sea, then it is necessary to pay taxes, according to the size of the ship, of course, if you bring back a boatload of grain and grass from Funan and Linyi, then you can also be exempted from taxes.

If he didn't register, wouldn't it be a waste of what he Liu Mang did.

That's it, Liu Mang drew one out of ten, and he also got a return of tens of thousands of gold.

"Mi-sama! The villain has something to ask for! A businessman in Xuzhou who had never been to the sea asked if he had never been to the sea, so he had the most questions.

"But words"! Mi Zhu is very generous, who let Liu Mang, the king of Han, be the shopkeeper, but he Mi Zhu is not a loss, this time to go to sea, their Mi family is also very profitable, one time to go to sea is comparable to the income of the Mi family for several years.

"Lord Mi, what if I go to sea and am embarrassed by the other party and detain the boat in Funan Linhu!" A merchant asked what many businessmen had been wanting to ask.

They all want to send the goods to Funan and Linyi by sea, if they go all the way to Funan Linyi, and are robbed by the Funan people in the port, they will not cry to death.

"You don't need to ask me about this, you have to ask Lord Sun Wen!" Mi Zhu said with a smile that his household department is only responsible for one piece of taxation, and the adjustment and the like are all the affairs of the Maritime Administration.

Everyone turned their attention to Sun Wen over there.

How could Sun Wen have been looked at like this in front of everyone, so there was still a little shyness on his face.

"Everyone, but please rest assured, as long as you are not burning, killing and looting in Linyi, Funan. Then your rights and interests will be protected! Sun Wen over there said to the group of merchants below.

"What if there are people in Linyi in Funan who are plotting against them!" Some businessmen are still not at ease. This going to sea is no small matter. If you're not careful, you're gone, so you have to ask carefully.

"If someone in Funan Linyi is plotting against you, then my Han Navy will be your strongest shield!" Sun Wen said very proudly.

The purpose of the Maritime Government is to reconcile the contradictions between the merchants who go to sea, as well as to negotiate with some of those coastal countries, if the Maritime Government cannot negotiate, then there is no need to discuss, this is not something that can be clearly explained by the conversation, and it is directly prepared to meet each other.

Sun Wen's promise could not reassure these merchants, but the navy of the Han Dynasty made these merchants smile.

The Sovereign-class battleship. But it's really majestic.

It was a home away from home in the middle of the day.

On the second day, the captains of the major ships in Yangzhou were completely crowded by these merchants.

Liu Mang originally converted the Galen ship, a warship that crisscrossed the river, and became one of those cargo ships that carried goods.

But these ships are limited after all, Liu Mang took out a batch of leases before, and the ones who changed the lease to whom they were still gave them to, and even some of them were bought by those who went to sea, Liu Mang couldn't chill the hearts of these people who accompanied him crazy for the first time.

The others, whether they are new to the sea, or some who have been to the sea before, want to get more sea boats, because more sea ships means more money.

No one is disgusted with a lot of gold.

So one shipyard after another was completely crowded.

"Chief Child. We've known each other since we were young, these ten sea ships. I've got it all! What, not for sale? You said it was all given by someone? Okay, okay, our friendship doesn't count, right, so let's not embarrass you, give me half, half is not good! What, half of it won't work, then three ships will always work, and three ships will not work? Do you and I really have a relationship? Break off friends. "These businessmen are all tough in the front, but they are like grandsons in the back.

In the end, the so-called child farmer's hair was small, and he got a sea boat, which was still a small sea boat, but this was also the result of begging grandpa and grandmother.

These scenes are happening everywhere in Yangzhou, and all of a sudden, the orders of major shipyards in Yangzhou have been scheduled for three years.

Those shipyards are really good to make money.

Not only Yangzhou, but also Jiaozhou, Jingzhou businessmen can't sit still, the most critical thing is Yanzhou, the Zhang family is a stepping stone, a trip to the sea actually got back 10,000 gold, this is still a little cost.

It's just a million profits, this Zhang family is not calm, especially Liu Mang also gave a few sea ships to the Zhang family, all of a sudden the Zhang family's heart came alive, they want to make a lot of money, don't you say that this Zhang family really has some ability, found some personal connections and bought four sea ships, plus the previous six, formed a small fleet.

This time, the Zhang family will not be as confused as before, but will put their money into this trip in the real sense, and there are 5,000 gold. That's it, the head of the Zhang family also feels that it is not enough, and wants to add more, but he doesn't have this opportunity.

Naturally, there are no impermeable walls in the world, and the period when the Zhang family made a lot of money has also spread in Yanzhou.

Those Yanzhou scholars originally thought that this was just a rumor, but later they slowly discovered that it was a fact, and they couldn't sit still.

Who doesn't want to make money anymore, such a lucrative deal.

The scholars of Yanzhou also began to contact the Yangzhou Maritime Mansion, wanting to get guidance from the Maritime Mansion, they did not have a port, but their port was too far away, and they had not yet gone to the sea map of Southeast Asia.

This chart is very important, and to go to the southeast, you must pass through the coastline of Yangzhou.

If you don't say hello, isn't this looking for the Yangzhou Navy to detain you?

originally thought that it would be very difficult, after all, this Yangzhou and Yanzhou are likely to fight, and the Zhang family is because of their kindness to Yangzhou, but they didn't expect Yangzhou Maritime Mansion to agree very easily.

The only condition is that the tax must also be paid, and the two sides will use Jiaozi Jinlubu as the currency of the transaction.

If Xun Yu is still there, it may be stopped, but now Xun Yu is still fighting with his brother Xun Cen in Liaodong, how can he come back.

It's easy to get through guò, and there is even a new scholar clan of Cao Cao's lineage mixed in it, for the sake of the absolute interests, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Even if you deduct those one-percent tax burdens, you can get nine times the harvest, why should he Cao Cao stop it, Liu Mang wants money, and he Cao Cao also wants money.

Liu Mang looked at the things in his hand, those Yanzhou scholars came to sign, and couldn't help laughing, which made Xu Shu on the side very strange.

Finally, Xu Shu couldn't help but post, "Lord, why are you laughing?" Xu Shu asked Liu Mang over there. At the beginning, Xu Shu did not agree to let Yanzhou merchants join the ranks of going to sea, because why should such a profitable trade be given to others, not to mention, this other person is still an enemy in the future.

But Liu Mang agreed and let Yanzhou join the Maritime Silk Road, in fact, Liu Mang knew that even if Liu Mang didn't agree, those Yanzhou scholars would also change their ways and want to go to sea, because who doesn't know the huge benefits.

For these businessmen, forty percent of the profit can make them risk their lives, and this hundreds of percent of the profit is simply not even asking for their parents. Liu Mang smiled and said to Xu Shu over there, Xu Shu is a first-class good hand in governing the place and fighting on the march, but in the struggle of capital, Xu Shu is a layman, even Liu Mang himself is also a half-hanger, but this half-hanger has more than 2,000 years of knowledge.

This maritime Silk Road is indeed very profitable, a million profits, but this Cao Cao doesn't know, once he comprehensively promotes this Jin Lu Bu, then he Cao Cao will work for him Liu Mang in vain.

Once he joins the ranks of Jin Lubu, then the money he gets when he comes back from the sea is a blank piece of paper, although he can exchange huàn to gold in Yangzhou, but who will give you huàn except Yangzhou! If Yangzhou and Yanzhou go to war, then the Jin Lu Bu in the hands of those scholars in Yanzhou will be piles of waste paper, and it is impossible for him Yangzhou to send someone to Yanzhou to give you a huàn.

That's why Cao Cao is working for him Liu Mang! (To be continued......)