Throwing in the towel?

Just kidding, right?

With the pro-conquest of civil and military officials, none of them believed that the powerful King of Liao could admit defeat and hand over the power.

This must be a trick to retreat into advance, Fan Keqin thought secretly. But since you've retreated, don't blame us for being polite, and continue to chase after the victory!

"Your Majesty, since the King of Liao has the heart to return to power, the minister thinks that he is an example of the dynasty, and a loyal world can be learned, and he should be rewarded. The minister heard that the King of Liao had two sons, and His Majesty should canonize the prince and reward the royal family members to show His Majesty's love and protection! ”

The coffin board was covered, and nails had to be nailed. Fan Keqin's words can be said to be inches, but the strange thing is that no one refutes it, Gu Zhenhua has a calm and breezy face, and he doesn't care. Huang Degong and the others who followed him only smiled slightly and did not say a word.

On the contrary, the little emperor was unhappy, and he said with a gloomy face: "The King of Liao is the dry city of the country, my most trusted minister, crusade against the Tartars, restore the Central Plains, it must be the King of Liao, whoever dares to criticize the King of Liao, I will never be polite!" ”

Zhu Cihongwei, those eager ministers finally calmed down and didn't dare to say more. Fan Keqin is quite satisfied, after all, it is a good start, and he can't say much for the time being.

Gu Zhenhua accompanied Zhu Cihong to Kaifeng, and the monarch was half a horse's head. The emperor, who was seated on the imperial horse, looked to both sides and nodded incessantly.

"King Liao, I see that the fields on both sides are vast, and the wheat waves are rolling, I'm afraid that this year will be another bumper harvest year, right?"

Gu Zhenhua smiled and nodded: "Your Majesty, the minister's estimate." This year, after deducting cotton and other crops, Henan's grain production alone can reach 35 million stones, and warehouses in various localities can collect 10 million quintals. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Cihong was so shocked that he almost dropped his eyeballs.

"King Liao. I remember that the total amount of grain that can be collected in the whole country of the Ming Dynasty is only 10 million quintals, and 8 million quintals must be left for the feudal royal clans in various places. When my father was in Japan, he was always sad about food and salary, and his head turned white. How can there be such a harvest in Henan, can the King of Liao be tricked? ”

Huang Degong, who was following behind, suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what the King of Liao said is true, Henan collected so much grain last year. If it weren't for Henan, the minister in Xuzhou would not be able to stop the Tartars. This year, it seems that a large amount of grain will be saved again until the summer harvest is over. The vitality of the land of Zhongzhou will also be restored! ”

Zhu Cihong was still confused, and he couldn't figure it out.

"King Liao, why can't my father collect grain on the same land in Japan. into the hands of the King of Liao. But it can turn the world upside down, is it because God doesn't bless my Zhu family? ”

"Your Majesty, this is a frustration, how much grain can be produced by a piece of land is almost fixed, but how to collect it is asked by the university. The minister dared to sell a pass, and when you arrived at the Government Council, you knew everything. ”

"Okay, I'm looking forward to King Liao's solution."

The long imperial guard of honor finally entered Kaifeng. There are many shops along the street, and the signboards are next to each other. Although the emperor came. All shops are temporarily closed. But just from this posture, it can be seen that the prosperity of Kaifeng is better than Xuzhou, and even the capital can't be compared.

"Long live master, what do you think it is?"

Following Dai Ying's hand, Zhu Cihong raised his head suddenly, only to see a huge building appear in front of him, boxy, covering a wide area, wider and taller than the three major halls of the Forbidden City.

"One, two, three...... Six floors, oh my God, King Liao, this, how was this built? ”

Not only Zhu Cihong was surprised, but the accompanying civil and military officials also fell through their glasses one by one, and they were frightened. The length is about 100 meters, and the height is seven or eight zhang. The strangest thing is that the building is not like a palace, but one layer at a time, as if countless boxes are neatly stacked together. Each floor is covered with large glass windows, and the sunlight shines in, and anyone can't help but be amazed when they see it for the first time.

This thing is probably the first skyscraper in the world right now, although it is far from being compared to the next generation!

After having the sharp weapon of cement, the building has undergone earth-shaking changes, and Gu Zhenhua simply turned stones into gold and made reinforced concrete.

Something like cement, just to supply the army, is really overkill. Kaifeng's commerce became more and more prosperous, and Gu Zhenhua simply proposed to build a commercial center. In his previous life, he was born in real estate, and he didn't have any problems getting an architectural drawing, and he drew it easily.

When Gu Zhenhua showed off to the women in the family, he was met with unanimous eyes. It's boxy, cold, angular, and not at all aesthetically pleasing.

Mei Junruo even pointed to the children's building blocks, and laughed that Gu Zhenhua's paintings were not as good as the children's piles!

After being looked at, Gu Zhenhua's bullish temper also came up, the more you look down on it, the more Lao Tzu has to figure it out, so that you can appreciate what modern architecture is.

With a stroke of his pen, Gu Zhenhua transferred 5,000 captives, and found a large number of skilled craftsmen, and after working for more than a year, a typical reinforced concrete building was built.

A small spider doesn't need to change anything, as long as it is enlarged enough, it is the most terrifying monster. The boxy box also doesn't need much embellishment, as long as it's large enough, it can produce a shocking effect.

When the cold monster was completed, not to mention the women of the palace, the merchants of Kaifeng were also frightened, and they couldn't help but have an urge to bow and worship.

Gu Zhenhua proudly announced that this building was used as a Kaifeng mall, welcoming merchants to enter the owner. When the news came out, all the businessmen flocked to it, and just the rent of the auction was stunned to exceed the cost of the building, which made Gu Zhenhua make a lot of money.

The merchants were not in the least anxious about the huge rents, and at once they moved their best goods into the tall buildings, eager to occupy the highest and most prominent positions.

They knew very well that not only the Chinese merchants, but also the Yi people would flock to it, bow down to this initiative, and obediently pay more silver.

In the three months of operation, I had to put the number plate every day, and those who came late were not qualified to go upstairs, so as not to collapse this unique building, and the lively scene can be seen. And this has also given birth to an industry - scalpers!

Every day, scalpers peddle number plates to merchants, in order to have a glimpse of the building, and even a small bamboo card can be sold for five taels of silver.

Zhu Cihong was also so shocked that he was dizzy, the boss with his mouth open, his tongue stuck out, and he couldn't take it back.

Gu Zhenhua glanced at Yan Yingyuan, Governor Yan hurriedly bowed forward, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, during the battle of northern Henan, a skilled craftsman burned out cement, which was used as a building, and it was as hard as stone. The building in front of you is called Kaifeng Mall, which is built of cement. Every day, thousands of merchants come to trade, operate for three months, and pay taxes and silver for 500,000 taels!

"What?" Zhu Cihong was really scared, 500,000 in three months, 2 million in a year!

Two million taels!

When the Ming Dynasty did not levy three salaries, the annual income was only two or three million taels a year, and this guy in front of him could actually generate a country's taxes, could it be that there was a cash cow growing in it?

Zhu Cihong couldn't figure it out, and gradually he had a ridiculous feeling, could it really be the destiny of heaven, God was helping Gu Zhenhua!

"King Liao, the grain and salary of a province in Henan is comparable to that of a country in the Ming Dynasty, I am really sitting in a well and watching the sky, ashamed, ashamed!"

Gu Zhenhua hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is nothing remarkable, it's just a layer of window paper." If your majesty is willing, please move to the government council, and the minister is willing to know everything and say everything, and solve your majesty's doubts. ”

The dejected Zhu Cihong obediently followed Gu Zhenhua to the palace, he was extremely entangled along the way, the stronger the national strength, the better, but this power was in the hands of others, he had to worry!

In the past, he was only afraid of the force in Gu Zhenhua's hands, but now it is as if the barbarians around him have reached the Celestial Empire, and he has to look up, this feeling is really frustrating!

All the way to the government affairs of the palace, just walked in, in the wings on both sides, rows of young people, are crackling abacus, all the tax accounts collected from all over the country have to be processed here, in short, this is the brain of An **.

"Your Majesty, one acre of land can produce one stone of rice in the early years of the dynasty, and after two hundred years, I am afraid it will still be one stone of rice. If you build a country on agriculture, your income will be limited after all. Only by industry and commerce can we truly enrich the country and strengthen the army. Daming is only one step away from the new era of the sea and the sky, it depends on whether it can be broken! (To be continued......)

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