Chapter 317: Mountains of Gold and Silver

During this time, Zhao Yao remembered many things in his dreams. These things that I remembered were very useful for the construction of Lingnan, but unfortunately he was still a minor and could not go to Lingnan to do these things. He can only do small things in advance now.

He seriously talked to He Lianfang about some matters related to the spice business. The more He Lianfang listened, the more frightened he became, but he didn't show it on his face.

"My second uncle will personally take someone to Annam, and he will personally run the spice business there." Zhao Yao told Liang Run about the spice business before, and his second uncle hugged him excitedly and kissed him several times, praising him as a genius in business. "By the way, I plan to build a trading house in those countries of Annam, which will be used exclusively for the business of foreign countries."

In the matter of doing business, He Lianfang is very self-aware and knows that she is not as good as Zhao Yao. He didn't open his mouth to interrupt Zhao Yao and let Zhao Yao continue.

"I thought about it, and I felt that it was too inconvenient to go out and trade copper coins and cloth." Zhao Yao held his right elbow with his left hand, pinched his chin with his right hand and said, "If you trade with a silver ticket, it will be much more convenient." ”

"Silver ticket?" He Lianfang was very good at grasping the key points, and he asked with a puzzled face, "What is this?" "Hey

"Second uncle, let me tell you that the silver ticket is a kind of paper money, in fact, it has the same function as a copper coin, but its denomination is larger than the copper coin......" Zhao Yao explained to He Lianfang in detail what a silver ticket is and what it does.

After He Lianfang listened, she unconsciously showed a surprised look on her face.

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he saw He Lianfang's stunned look, so he laughed proudly.

"Hey, hey, second uncle, do you think my idea is good?"

"That's a good idea, I'm afraid no one will want to use the silver ticket you said." He Lianfang hit the nail on the head and said, "Since ancient times, people have been accustomed to trading copper coins and cloth. "Even now, if people buy expensive things, they still deliver them in cloth.

"Actually, in addition to silver tickets, you can also trade them with silver." Zhao Yao began to talk to He Lianfang again about the benefits of using silver for trading.

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, He Lianfang unceremoniously poured cold water and said, "Da Zhou doesn't have so much silver. Also, since ancient times, silver has been used to pay taxes, not to be traded privately. "Whether it was in the Great Zhou Dynasty or in the former dynasty, officials everywhere used silver to pay taxes. If you don't use silver to pay taxes, but copper coins to pay taxes, I'm afraid that you will have to pull dozens of cars, which is not only inconvenient, but also very dangerous. Paying taxes with silver is not only easy to carry, but also very good to store.

Although it is said that the tax is paid with silver, it is not directly used to pay the tax with broken silver or silver nuggets, but the silver is used to make a silver platter.

Da Zhou produces only more than 10,000 catties of silver every year, which is not enough to make utensils on weekdays, let alone for trading.

"Da Zhou's silver is less than gold, do you think it's appropriate to trade with silver?"

Zhao Yao was stunned, and said with a look of disbelief: "What? Is there less silver than gold in Da Zhou? "He always thought there was a lot of silver, but he didn't expect it to be so little." In the days of the former dynasty, was there not much silver? ”

"Some silver mines were discovered in the previous dynasties, but because the emperors of the previous dynasties were too arrogant and lascivious, the silver mines were hollowed out." Regarding the matter of silver, He Lianfang knew something. "The silverware and silver utensils made by the previous dynasty were basically looted during the war."

"Hollowed out?" Zhao Yao asked incredulously, "It's all hollowed out?" ”

"The silver mines that produce the most silver have all been hollowed out, and the remaining silver mines do not produce a lot of silver every year." He Lianfang poured cold water again, "Trading with silver won't work in Da Zhou. ”

"What if there was a lot of silver?" When it comes to silver, Zhao Yao thinks of a place, "If there is a lot of silver, can it be traded with silver?" ”

"There is a lot of silver, and you can make silver?" He Lianfang was the one who knew Zhao Yao's skills best, and when he said this, he intuitively felt that he had a way. "Or do you have a way to find a new silver mine?"

Zhao Yao spread his hands and said: "I don't have the ability to make silver, but I know that there is a place where there is a lot of silver, very much, very much." As he spoke, Zhao Yao's eyes lit up, "And it can dig for hundreds of years." ”

When He Lianfang heard that she could dig for hundreds of years, her expression couldn't help but become excited. He hurriedly asked, "Where?" ”

"Not in Da Zhou, overseas." Zhao Yao asked He Lianfang to take out the overseas geographical map.

He Lianfang pointed to a drawer on the bookcase, and when Zhao Yao saw this, he walked over and took out the area map.

This is a map of the territory that Annam and Johor and other countries paid tribute to the Great Zhou before, and the geographical location of Annam and other countries is drawn in detail.

Zhao Yao spread out the map of the area in front of He Lianfang. His finger stayed in a place called "Fusang", "That is, there is a silver mountain and a gold mountain in this country, and this silver mountain and a gold mountain should be in the ......" Zhao Yao's finger swiped around on the geographical map of Fusang, and finally stopped in one place. "It seems to be around here, and it is said that the gold mountain and the silver mountain are not far apart."

He Lianfang looked at the place Zhao Yao was pointing to, and said with suspicion: "This projectile land really has the endless gold and silver mountains you said?" ”

"Second uncle, you can underestimate this projectile place, the people in this place can't be underestimated." Zhao Yao had a deep impression of the country of Fusang, because in Zhao Yao's memory in the dream, this small land had done very excessive things to Zhao Yao's country.

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao's expression was very gloomy when he talked about Fusang, and his tone was also gritted his teeth, and he asked a little strangely: "What's wrong with this projectile land?" ”

"Second uncle, let me tell you......" Zhao Yao told He Lianfang about what he learned about Fusang from Zhao Yao in his dream.

After He Lianfang heard this, she was very angry at first, and then looked incredulous.

"This projectile land has such strength?"

"They're not that strong right now, but they're definitely going to get stronger in the future." Zhao Yao said with a cold face, "The people in this land of projectiles are very insidious, we must strike before they become stronger." ”

"What do you want to do?"

Zhao Yao's fingers tapped on Fusang and said with a sneer: "First of all, we have to send someone to find the Golden Mountain and the Silver Mountain. After finding it, of course, grab it directly. ”

He Lianfang asked, "And then?" ”

"Then turn this Fusang into a state capital of the Great Zhou." Zhao Yao said gloomily, "Let them surrender to Da Zhou forever and be a dog of Da Zhou." ”

He Lianfang looked at Fusang on the geographical map, frowned slightly, and said: "It's not easy to go to Fusang this way, it's easy to have a demon wind on the sea." Once the demon wind blows, the people on the ship basically can't survive. ”

"That's not a demon wind, it's a typhoon, it's a natural phenomenon." Zhao Yao roughly told He Lianfang what a typhoon is and the reasons for its formation. "As long as we miss the typhoon period, it will be fine to go to sea."

"When did this typhoon happen?"

"It usually happens in the summer." The more Zhao Yao pondered, the more he felt that this matter had to be done as soon as possible, "I have to organize a fleet to go to Fusang as soon as possible, and I have to find Yinshan and Jinshan first." ”

He Lianfang was very moved by what Zhao Yao said about Yinshan and Jinshan, "I'll arrange it." ”

"By the way, we have to arrange for some people to infiltrate Fuso." Zhao Yao said, raising his eyebrows at He Lianfang, "Then it made Fusang uneasy." ”

He Lianfang understood what Zhao Yao meant, nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

"I have to catch some Fuso people and ask them first." Zhao Yao said thoughtfully, "It seems that the pirates on the Fusang side have been encountered in Qiantang, and there should be some Fusang people caught, so ask when the time comes." "Since the opening of the sea ban, pirates have appeared more and more frequently, including Annam, Funan, Johor and other countries, as well as Fuso. It is said that the pirates of Fuso were the most rampant.

He Lianfang said: "I will directly send someone to Qiantang to ask a few Fusang people. ”

Hearing He Lianfang's domineering words, Zhao Yao reacted calmly. Over the years, he had already seen He Lianfang's methods. Although he didn't know how He Lianfang did it, as long as he said it, he could basically do it.

"When the time comes, send it to me, and I will interrogate it properly."

"What about the people in Lingnan, they will also be sent to you directly?" He Lianfang picked up a cinnabar pen and drew a circle in Fusang. When he painted, although his expression was light and light, Zhao Yao still felt the murderous aura emanating from him. "The Lingnan people you want are already on their way to the capital."

"Second uncle, you ask them well first, and then give them to me." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "It's better to wait for me to arrive in Yangzhou and send people here." ”

"Okay." Even if Zhao Yao didn't tell him like this, He Lianfang would have someone interrogate the Lingnan people sent to him first.

Zhao Yao took the geographical map in front of He Lianfang, picked up the pen and drew a circle in Anran and Funan, and then he drew a circle in Mixier.

A few years ago, I asked for help searching for foreign goods such as sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and strawberries in places like Mixier, but none of them were found. Do you really want to go to that South America to find it?

Zhao Yao remembered the map of Zhao Yao's world in his dream, and he remembered where America was on that map. However, he did not find America on the map of the territory that he paid tribute to Annam and other countries.

He Lianfang saw Zhao Yao scratching around on the map of foreign territories, and hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do here?" ”

"Second uncle, do you know that there are many foreign countries to the north of Mixir." Zhao Yao calculated the time in his heart, of course, compared with the world of Zhao Yao in his dream, "However, these countries are very barbaric and backward now. But after a few hundred years, these countries will become very strong. As soon as he thought of the history of Zhao Yao's world in his dream, Zhao Yao's heart couldn't help but burst into anger, and he couldn't help but want to help Zhao Yao and them avenge.

"Hundreds of years of things, what are you worried about doing now."

"I'm not worried, I'm thinking that after I finish building Lingnan in the future, I will go to foreign countries to go around, and then clean up these backward and barbaric places by the way." Zhao Yao said solemnly, "There must be a lot of fields in these places, and the local barbarians must not know how to farm, and when the time comes, they can transport some people from the Great Zhou Dynasty to come here to farm." ”

When He Lianfang heard Zhao Yao's words, she chuckled and said, "You want to expand the territory of the Great Zhou?" "This kid hasn't become an emperor yet, so he wants to expand his territory everywhere, and his ambitions are not small.

"There's a lot of good stuff in these places, too." Zhao Yao put on a kind expression, and said in a very innocent and sincere tone, "I'm here to do business, not to harm the people over there." They will thank me for going into business. ”

"Don't you think there's a lot to do?" He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao with a smile, "I will go to Annan and other countries to do spice business for a while, I will go to Fusang to dig gold and silver mountains for a while, and I will go to these wild places for a while, can you be busy?" Didn't you say that when you grow up, you want to play around and eat all the food in the world? With so many things you have to do, how are you going to play in the future? ”

"Fuso and these places, I can play and do business at the same time." Zhao Yao had already calculated in his heart, "In the future, I will not only play the entire Great Zhou, but also the whole world." ”

After hearing this, He Lianfang sneered and mocked: "Then you are really promising." ”

Zhao Yao smiled proudly: "I have always been very promising. Before he could finish speaking, the smile on his face disappeared, revealing a bitter look, "It's a pity that I still have three years to become an adult." As he spoke, he raised three fingers, "Second uncle, do you know how many things you can do in three years?" Not to mention anything else, in three years, I can build Lingnan into the largest Jinkou in the Great Zhou. ”

He Lianfang glanced out the window and reminded Zhao Yao: "It's not too early, it's time for you to say goodbye to your fourth brother and starling." ”

Zhao Yao stretched his head out of the window to take a look, and saw that it was indeed not early, and he didn't dare to stay here for a long time here.

"Second uncle, I'll go first."

"Tomorrow morning, I won't send you, and you won't come to me." He Lianfang lowered her head and looked at the book in her hand, her tone sounding very cold.

Zhao Yao guessed that He Lianfang didn't like to say goodbye, so he followed his words and said, "Second uncle, don't worry, I won't disturb your lazy sleep." ”

He Lianfang snorted, and then said, "Don't forget to write a letter." ”

"Don't worry, I'll write to you every day." Zhao Yao saluted He Lianfang, "Second uncle, I'm leaving." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yao had just taken a few steps before he stopped, then turned to look at He Lianfang.

"Second uncle, if something happens to the fourth brother or starling, remember to write to me."

Hearing Zhao Yao's request, He Lianfang raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at him with a smile and said, "What, do you want to help your fourth brother and starling?" Didn't you say before that you wouldn't meddle in the matter between them? ”

"I don't interfere, but I also hope that nothing happens to them." Zhao Yao suddenly sighed, "If something happens to them, I, as a younger brother, naturally want to help them." ”

"You'd better worry about yourself." He Lianfang said, "Your good fourth brother and starling brother have more means than you, and they won't have an accident." ”

"Second uncle, don't forget to tell me."

He Lianfang pretended to be impatient and waved her hand at Zhao Yao: "Hurry up." ”

This time, Zhao Yao didn't look back.

He Lianfang looked at the back of Zhao Yao leaving, and He Lianfang's eyes were reluctant. Since they met Zhao Yao, although they didn't see each other every day, Zhao Yao never left him for a long time. Now, Zhao Yao is going to Jiangnan, and he doesn't know when he will come back, which makes him feel a little reluctant.

"Since you are reluctant to go to Jiangnan with His Highness?" A person hidden in the shadows said, "If you go to Jiangnan with Your Highness, the Emperor will definitely agree." ”

He Lianfang didn't speak, but looked down at her legs.

The people hidden in the shadows saw that He Lianfang was silent and did not speak again. After a long time, he heard He Lianfang say in a lonely tone: "What qualifications do I have as a sinner to go to Jiangnan?" ”

I had heat stroke, it was so uncomfortable, I wrote a little bit after a few hours, and the content was very shit. Irons, I'm sorry, I won't update it tonight, and I'll resume updating tomorrow.

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