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Lei Laohu's car stopped in front of a palatial restaurant in Dongshi, and as soon as Lei Laohu got out of the car, Wei Ji greeted him in a hurry.

"Brother Lei can be regarded as coming, so this king is in a hurry."

"Let the prince wait for a long time, and after thinking about it, I will not go to more than 100 million, and I will first punish myself with three cups to make amends to the prince, hahaha."

"Look at what you say, is this king such a cautious man? Yo, this is Ganyuan, right? They have all grown so big, come on, come on, let this king take a good look. ”

"Little bastard, don't give you a salute to Grandpa Wei."

After some greetings, Lei Laohu instructed the housekeeper to take Gan Yuan upstairs to the children's table to see the world, while he and Wei Ji talked about the dinner and trade activities with the West while walking, to see if there were any business opportunities to make another profit.

Wei Ji said: "Brother Lei, this king will talk to you first, although King Wen is young, but his bearing is extraordinary, today he will hold this cocktail party to invite everyone, this is naturally to build momentum for the opening of the house, and the second is to raise funds to promote the scale of trade between this dynasty and the West." ”

When Lei Laohu heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, he was a local tyrant, how could he come into contact with this level of topics before? I couldn't help but prick up my ears and widen my eyes.

"The prince is thinking about it, His Royal Highness will naturally open the mansion to be a little more lively, this is how it should be, I really don't understand the expansion of trade with foreign countries, can the prince think about it with me?"

"You don't need to understand too much, in short, you remember a sentence, when it's time to donate money, you must not be petty, today is not only Chang'an businessmen, even those giants in Jiangnan are also present,

Whoever wants to occupy a large proportion will be able to take the lead in foreign commerce and trade in the future, and this advantage is a lot of money. ”

"Lord, don't you know me? I don't have any other skills, just one word, refreshing. No, I sell myself and boast, this Chang'an street and alley, I'm afraid that there are few people who don't know how to be kind and charitable, but can the prince give me a bottom, how much money can I earn in this foreign trade. ”

"Oh, my brother, look at your little bit of interest, what is the identity of this king? The diplomatic consul general of the Baisai Empire, this time I returned to Chang'an for this matter,

Your Majesty was very supportive when he heard about it, and encouraged the merchants of this dynasty to go out and make money from outsiders, as for this, I can tell you that there is nothing in the wilderness of the West, just one thing more, more silver, more gold,

Ever heard of the Kingdom of Spain? They have more than ten times more silver ore there than we do, hey, if you don't make him a fortune, can you be willing? Listen to this king, don't think about it, not to mention when did this king lie to you? ”

"That's that, everything depends on the prince."

"It's easy to say, it's just Brother Lei, this king has mentioned you like this, if you make money in the future, don't forget this king."

"Don't worry, the old rule, the share that belongs to you will be deposited in the name of Bruce in the Anhu Bank, and I promise not to let the princess know."

"That's good, that's good."

Suddenly, the two fat men smiled, as cute as children of hundreds of pounds.

While talking, the two walked down the spiral staircase and entered the hall of the Welcome Pavilion on the third floor.

The two beautiful welcoming girls dressed in silk Hanfu guarding the door immediately moved the door open.

Suddenly, the men and women in the welcome pavilion gathered, each sitting at their own table, talking to each other about the content of the meeting.

About a quarter of an hour later, a young man dressed in black brocade and with a refined temperament slowly walked into the hall.

"See His Royal Highness King Wen!"

Everyone saluted Liu Che in unison.

Liu Che replied: "Thank you for coming to Xiao Wang's cocktail party in your busy schedule, it is Xiao Wang's blessing to be able to meet all business tycoons.

You don't have to be formal, Xiao Wang has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and there are a lot of things that you don't understand about people's livelihood and commerce, please have the opportunity to enlighten Xiao Wang. ”

The simple opening sentence makes people feel very comfortable.

Liu Che has indeed grown a lot in the past two years, and after experiencing the scepter, his personality is no longer cowardly, and he is much more stable in handling things, and he has a trace of royal and aristocratic bearing.

When everyone was seated, a maid immediately sent exquisite dishes and drinks outside the door.

However, who is not a prominent figure in the business world? Although the dishes of this Jinghailou are unique, for them, they are more concerned about the topic that Liu Che is going to talk about next, and naturally the drunkard does not mean to drink.

"Uncle Huang!"

After half of the wine, Liu Che nodded to Wei Ji, who was sitting beside him.

Wei Ji immediately coughed a few times, then got up and said, "Everyone, this king can see it, everyone doesn't know how to eat.

In this case, the king also picked up the topic for His Highness, and as you know, the king just returned from Baisai last month.

I think you also want to know what this king knows about the broken land in the west, so let this king make it clear that since this dynasty has traded with Baisai,

The fine goods made the people of the West who were carrying crosses all day long, and even several of their kings were alarmed,

Desperate to have business dealings with our big men, they lack everything in their hands, that is, there is no shortage of white silver and golden gold.

As long as we ship our tea, silk, porcelain, sugar, spices, and industrial products, we are guaranteed to make a lot of money.

But there is a situation that the law and order there is not as peaceful as this dynasty, there are bandits everywhere, and there are constant wars between several countries.

Rashly opening up trade and trade will only make everyone's personal and property safety unguaranteed, so this king communicates with His Majesty, and has the permission of Emperor Baisai,

They agreed to establish a trade route from Baiser Asia Minor and the border of the Green Mountains, which His Majesty named the Silk Road.

The importance of the road must be well known to everyone, a smooth and spacious road is destined to produce huge benefits,

It's just that this money is not a small amount, and this king has already contacted and discussed with the governor of the Baisai Empire and the Great Food Country before returning to China.

Willing to jointly build this Silk Road to facilitate trade, after budgeting, the total length of this road is about 6,500 miles, including various measures along the way,

The total cost is about 200 million silver dollars, and the Baisai Empire and the Great Food Country, as well as the Western Church, will come up with a total of 75 million silver dollars.

The imperial court will contribute 55 million after the budget, and as for the remaining 70 million silver dollars, it depends on your meaning. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ji stopped speaking, and watched with interest the changes in the faces of everyone in the hall.

Liu Che, who was sitting on the side, was also very nervous, 70 million silver dollars was not a small amount, and he didn't know if they were willing to contribute.

If this thing is done, my father will definitely favor him, if not......

Mother Jiang Ruoyan didn't know how disappointed she was.

Thinking of Jiang Ruoyan's harsh education methods, Liu Che couldn't help but shudder in his heart.