Chapter 189: What is the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets?
Although Jia Yu is not familiar with business, he knows a little.
The benefits of maritime merchants are almost no different from picking up money. Those big clans in the south of the Yangtze River who oppose the opening of the sea all rely on smuggling to the sea and make a lot of money.
"Dad, Your Majesty still has concerns about going to sea, so my son advised that in order to prevent the inner treasury from spending too much, it is better to bring the noble relatives of Wuxun in Beijing together. Your Majesty has not yet decided on this matter, but there is a chance that it is nine times out of ten."
Jia Cong followed the temptation and tempted the pardon lord whose eyes turned into copper coins: "Dad, this is a rare opportunity. We can't eat meat from those gangs in Jiangnan, and we can't even drink some soup in our mouths."
The Jia family was really short of money, and the garden of Yuanchun Province alone had drained the two mansions, and the old man's hand knocked on the little black fat man's head and asked, "How much do you need?"
"How can I get 100,000 taels, the fourth highness has taken out all the silver he has saved over the years, and his son can't be too far behind."
Jia Yu smiled: "Dad will give you 200,000 taels, and you will send it to His Royal Highness." Remember, our family has invested 150,000 yuan, and the remaining 50,000 yuan is the ...... of the virtuous concubine."
With that, the old man walked into the inner room, and after a while, he came out with a wooden box, and after opening it on the table, it contained a thick stack of silver tickets.
Good guy, the top one is the Liu Ji silver number with a thousand taels of silver.
Jia Cong's eyes widened, and he asked puzzledly, "Dad, where did you get the money?"
"Who hasn't had some private money these days?"
Jia Yu squeezed his eyes at Jia Cong: "Dad has already started saving money for you to marry a daughter-in-law, this Rongguo Mansion will be your second brother's in the future, Dad can't favor one over the other, always prepare some money for you to buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law." 200,000 is just right, follow His Majesty's fleet to sea, make sure you don't lose money, take it!"
The little black fat man's eyes were sour when he heard this, this unreliable father is actually very reliable. He solemnly took the small wooden box, sniffled and said, "Thank you, Dad......
"Silly boy, this is what Dad prepared for you. Go ahead, send it to the Fourth Highness as soon as possible, remember, 50,000 of them are in the name of Concubine Xian."
Jia Yu's consideration was very comprehensive, Jia Cong nodded, and left the study with a small wooden box.
After seeing Jia Cong leave, the old man leisurely returned to the inner room, uncovered a painting, took out another small wooden box from the dark pavilion behind him, opened it and counted it happily.
"One thousand, two thousand, three thousand...... Eighty-eight thousand taels, not bad, enough for Lao Tzu to visit the Qinlou Chu Pavilion for more than ten years."
Liu Hong had just sent Xia Shouzhong away, when he saw Jia Cong holding a small wooden box and hurriedly ran over.
As soon as I entered the study, I put the wooden box on the table, and when I lifted the teapot on the table, it was tons and tons.
"I'm dying of thirst......
Jia Cong felt a cold feeling in his throat, and finally took a breath and opened the wooden box, and even Liu Hong was stunned by the silver tickets inside.
"200,000 taels, my family has 150,000 shares, and 50,000 taels is my eldest sister's. Fourth brother, brother, it's up to you whether I can turn over the salted fish or not."
"Two hundred thousand? Didn't you say 100,000 taels?"
Liu Hong said with a smile: "I am less than 100,000 taels when I am full, but you gave me a big surprise."
Jia Cong spread his hands and explained: "This is my father who secretly saved for me to marry a daughter-in-law, if I lose money, I will live in your house and not leave."
"The love of parents and sons is far-reaching, and forgiveness is truly a loving father."
Liu Hong was not polite, put away the wooden box, and then pulled Jia Cong to the chart offered by the Western merchants.
"Brother Cong, the potatoes and corn you mentioned are really that high-yielding?"
"There will be no mistake, the Westerners have already cultivated and planted, and when we get the seeds, there will be no hunger in Great Xia!"
Jia Cong has carefully inquired about the news of potatoes and corn in the past two years, and according to the descriptions of those Western merchants, there are already people in Gaul and the country of Ao who are cultivating and planting potatoes, and there is no news about corn.
Originally, he planned to get some potatoes from Western merchants, but he didn't expect that these merchants would vigilantly refuse his request one by one.
Even if it is thrown high
Ang's commission still failed to let it go. Sure enough, the hearts of non-our races must be different, and this group of merchants is estimated to have sensed the strength of the Celestial Empire, and they are worried that with enough food, the West will be trampled by the iron horses of Great Xia.
It is difficult to get potatoes back from the West on his own, but Jia Cong has many thighs. As early as the end of last year, after he came back from Jiangnan, he reported the matter of potatoes to the old man and the emperor, and after a careful visit by the dragon guards, the news was finally confirmed.
If it weren't for the fact that the sailors of Great Xia were not enough to expedition to the Western Ocean, and the internal worries of Great Xia had not been eliminated, it was estimated that the emperor with green eyes would do everything he could to send an army of sailors to pacify the Western countries.
"It's a pity, if we have the seeds of this potato, this drought in Shuntianfu is an opportunity to promote new seeds."
Liu Hong looked at this chart that he had finally gotten over, as if he was stroking a beauty, with a look of an idiot.
Ahem......
Jia Cong coughed lightly twice, interrupting the vain fantasy of the man who was always thinking about conquering the sea, rolled his eyes and said, "Fourth brother, take advantage of the opportunity to open the sea, let's get more silver and come back. Then we will grow our fleet, and when the time comes, we will not only earn money, but also train into a powerful sea warrior, and the silver mountains of the Japanese will still be waiting for us."
The royal father and son are both lovers of money.
The emperor still has to think about the government, and Liu Hong, the future prince, does not have so many scruples, under the flickering of Jia Cong these days, his mind is full of stepping on the Wa Kingdom, robbing money, robbing money, or robbing his mother of money!
The Dragon Guards have caught a lot of Wa Ronin, and it is said that there is a place in Wa Guo where you can pick up a big silver lump by going around the mountain......
Damn, how can such a good place be occupied by low, ugly slaves?
The two of them lay on the huge chart, constantly sucking sweat, muttering and discussing something, and from time to time let out strange laughter.
Liu Heng, who had been busy all morning, was about to come to teach his son, and as soon as he walked into the gate of the small courtyard, he saw the two boys lying on the ground in the open study.
He stopped the palace attendants who wanted to remind the two of them, and approached gently.
It turned out to be studying nautical charts!
"Brother Cong, how do you know so much about the sea?"
I only heard Jia Cong smile and boast to Liu Hong: "That's not it, I've been studying the matter of going to sea for a long time, after all, I am the man who wants to be the king of the sea!"
was bragging with Liu Hong, and the bright study suddenly darkened. A shadow appeared on the chart, obscuring the light projected by the doorway.
Jia Cong subconsciously shouted, "Who, get out of the way, don't block the light!"
"Jia Xiaosan, come and tell me, how do you plan to be this Sea King's man?"
Ga!
"Your Majesty, isn't that you? My Great Summer Dynasty will become an empire under your governance, and the sun will never set on it, and the minister will make you a prince of the sea, and crisscross the seas for you, and conquer the ministers!"
Jia Cong scratched his head with a smile, and offered compliments on his legs.
Liu Heng knocked on the brains of the two, sat on the main seat and asked, "What is the empire on which the sun never sets?"
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