Chapter 653: It's Time to Collect Gambling Debts
Shao Xi's flickering really moved Fa Yize, and he felt that Shao Xi made sense.
Although the land allocated to these magnates belongs to them privately, it is still the land of Loulan Kingdom, and as long as the king of Loulan Kingdom controls these magnates, it is actually equivalent to controlling these lands.
When the time comes, the wealth generated from the land will be collected from these magnates in the form of taxes to their own hands, in fact, the same is true.
And at the same time, these lands are in the hands of the magnates, so he has a lot of peace of mind.
But he didn't seriously think about the fact that these lands fell into the hands of powerful people who already had a lot of wealth, and that they might eventually become big.
When their power reaches a certain size, they can remove themselves from the throne of this king if they join forces.
Shao Xi's suggestion can indeed bring him a lot of benefits at the moment, and this benefit is to blind his eyes and make him forget the potential crisis hidden behind the interests.
At this time, Fa Yi was full of thoughts about handing over the Western Turkic horses to the Sha Zhi Kingdom for free-breeding, and throwing out this burden.
"Your suggestion is indeed feasible, I believe that I can implement it as soon as possible after consulting with those noble ministers, but you only accepted the bounty of this horse race, why did you think of giving me this idea?"
Shao Xi had long thought that Fa Yi would ask him this question, because Shao Xi also knew that he was too enthusiastic.
Originally, he was just accepting the bounty of the royal horse race, but now he meddled in giving Fayize such an idea, and a normal person would be suspicious of his motives.
However, Shao Xi is not unprepared for this.
"Of course, it is selfish to do this, and Your Majesty also knows that you are a businessman, and now you have come all the way to your country to think about what business you can do.
"Now, for Your Majesty's advice, after the vigorous promotion of viticulture in your country, it is inevitable that a large number of wines will be made, and this area is rich in fine grapes, and the wines produced are naturally of the highest quality.
"Wine is hard to find in the Central Plains, and if we can cooperate with your country to establish this wine business, it will be of great benefit to both your country and me personally.
"I just hope that Your Majesty can hand over the business of this wine to Zai Xia in the future, so that Zai Xia will become the exclusive person who sells the royal wine of Loulan Kingdom in the Central Plains."
Fa Yi was happy this time, it turned out that Shao Xi wanted to do wine business with him.
You must know that the place where Loulan Country is located is a region rich in high-quality grapes, and the original high-quality wines are all made in Shazhi Country.
Shao Xi gave himself the idea to give up the viticulture business in order to raise those horses, but it brought himself such a huge business opportunity.
Loulan is located in a remote place in the Western Regions, although it also has a wine business with the Western Turks, but it is unable to obtain more benefits from the Western Turks, and almost half sells and half gives away every year.
Now there is such a Central Plains person who is willing to sell the wine in his hands to the Central Plains, and the opening of trade routes does not have to worry about himself at all, isn't this tantamount to sitting on his profits?
At this time, Fa Yi was even a little grateful to Shao Xi, if he hadn't come up with this idea, the wine business might have been robbed by Sha Zhiguo.
Now that the most profitable deal has fallen on his head, he is naturally happy to see it come to fruition.
What he didn't expect was that the most suitable land for growing grapes in Loulan was the land where war horses were originally raised.
In the future, these lands will be distributed to the nobles and ministers, and under the stimulation of the wine business, all of this land will be used for the cultivation of fine grapes, which will reduce the grazing industry of cattle and sheep.
For the countries in the Western Regions in the desert, cattle and sheep are very important strategic resources, once there is a natural and man-made disaster, it is not those grapes that can make people full!
It is also important to note that these lands are in the hands of the magnates, and they will benefit greatly from the wine business, and the local power will grow when they have money.
The growth of local power will pose a sufficient threat to the supreme ruler of his kingdom.
To put it simply, Shao Xi wanted to use the wine business to make the whole country of Loulan covet immediate benefits, thereby indirectly weakening the livestock industry of Loulan and making it very prone to famine during special periods.
When the people are hungry, there will be chaos, and then there will be an uncontrollable situation.
In addition, the large wealth brought by the wine business has prompted the formation of various separatist forces in Loulan.
Land can bring wealth, so for the sake of wealth, there will be disputes between various forces over land, and when this dispute gets out of control, it is the day of the subversion of the Loulan Kingdom.
It is self-evident what will happen to a country in the face of the iron cavalry of the Jingyuan Empire when facing the iron cavalry of the Jingyuan Empire.
This is the biggest thunder that Shao Xi planted for Loulan Kingdom, although this process will be relatively long, but the westward expansion of the Jingyuan Empire is not a recent thing.
Shao Xi only needs to make the situation develop in the direction that is beneficial to the Jingyuan Empire in the future, many things are not achieved overnight, so there is no need to rush for a while.
Lao Wu's ears were very pointed, and he could hear the conversation between Shao Xi and Fa Yize clearly when he stood not far away.
He secretly laughed and scolded in his heart, Shao Xi, this kid is indeed too insidious, and he actually used the trick of catching turtledoves with him when he was a child on Fa Yize.
Use the most fragrant bait to seduce the other party into the trap you have set, and when you think you can eat a full meal, you have already fallen into the trap set in advance.
Anyway, Lao Wu was also a secret agent of "Jing Chengsi" back then, although he would be confused in some trivial things that didn't hurt or itch, but his sensitivity in this kind of thing was still very high.
He knew that if Shao Xi's trick was used on Xiao Changyi's body, it would be an axe at all, and Xiao Changyi would see through it at a glance, but now it was used on this greedy and short-sighted Fa Yize, but the effect was wonderful.
The natural pattern of the king of a small country is not much bigger, and his vision is much shorter, but some immediate benefits can make him forget.
Moreover, after Shao Xi and Loulan established this wine business channel, they could open up the best channel for secretly buying war horses from Shazhi Kingdom in the future.
At that time, the Central Plains caravan would be able to use the wine business as a pretext to buy a large number of eliminated war horses from the Shazhi Kingdom under the pretext of insufficient capacity for the return journey.
On the surface, it was for the purpose of transporting wine, but in fact, it was the horses that seemed useless to get back to the Central Plains, and the wine business was the best cover for getting these horses.
"It turns out that you want to do wine business with my Loulan Kingdom, which is really good! You not only helped me solve the trouble of eliminating the horses and free-range, but also brought us wealth.
"I can make a decision now, in the future, the wine made from the grapes grown in my Loulan land can only be sold to the Central Plains by you, and you will become the exclusive merchant of my Loulan wine in the Central Plains.
"We have finalized this business, and in the future, you will be unimpeded in Loulan, and anyone who is your enemy and obstructs you is the enemy of my Loulan royal family."
Shao Xi took a look at this very good, I cheated you, and you are still grateful to me!
Lao Wu secretly laughed in his heart that Shao Xi killed people without seeing blood, this kid is really good at acting.
It seems that Fa Yize has already made up his mind on this matter, and presumably those powerful people will not have any objections.
With land and such a fat oil and water to fish, they will not think about the fate of Loulan Kingdom in the future, as long as they can make a lot of money, who cares about the future?
So now it seems that this matter can be said to be nine times out of ten.
Shao Xi helped Fa Yize win Marseille this time, which can be regarded as killing three birds with one stone.
The first is to relieve the current predicament faced by the Sha Zhiguo, the second is to solve the matter of smuggling war horses to the Central Plains, and the third is to take this opportunity to bury the hidden danger of civil strife in the future for the Loulan State.
Of course, for him personally, this time it was also a lot of benefits.
Not to mention the large amount of money won in the gambling house of Bushra, the wine business alone will make you a lot of money in the future, and the market of wine in the Central Plains is not a casual talk.
In addition, a large number of war horses that have been smuggled back need to be trimmed and palmed, which can be regarded as a unique technology in today's world.
If Shao Xi can monopolize this business in the name of the royal family in the Jingyuan Empire, he will be rich and rich.
Sure enough, as Shao Xi expected, Fa Yi gathered those noble ministers together, and after discussing for a while, he gave Shao Xi a clear answer.
Even afraid that he, the God of Wealth, would run away, these people also drafted trade documents on the spot and handed them to Shao Xi, thus confirming the wine business with Shao Xi.
Shao Xi was also secretly happy in his heart, he couldn't imagine that he could solve so many things at once just by helping Fa Yize win a horse race.
I don't know if the other party is too stupid, or if I'm too smart?
Seeing that everything had been done, Shao Xi saluted and said goodbye to Fa Yize and the nobles and ministers present, and some things could not be talked about too deeply.
If you say too much, you will lose, and if you say too much, you may hear something about what you say.
At this time, they are all immersed in the joy of obtaining a large fortune in the future, and it is the time for them to take the opportunity to escape.
According to the agreement, Fa Yi sent a team of royal guards to accompany Shao Xi to leave the palace of Loulan Kingdom.
With these people accompanied, the so-called Black Eagle Gang was just a rabble in front of Shao Xi.
In Loulan City, no matter how huge the underworld forces are, it is impossible to offend the royal guards, and I believe that it will not be too troublesome to go to the gambling house to ask for gambling money this time.
Despite this, Shao Xi still prepared for the worst in his heart.
Because asking Bushra for gambling money is just an excuse, his real purpose is to eradicate Black Hawk and Bushra and others on the grounds of this incident, so as to avenge the revenge of Guan Yucheng back then.
In fact, it is not so much about avenging Guan Yucheng, but more precisely, Shao Xi is helping Avrel fulfill his wish, in order to be able to successfully find Guan Yucheng's bones and fulfill his promise to Cheng Baiqiu.
But for whatever reason, Black Hawk and Bushra and others must die, and justifiably let them die.
Originally, it was indeed a bit troublesome to deal with the Black Eagle Gang and Bushra with the strength of Shao Xi and the three of them, but now with the support of the royal family of Loulan Kingdom, no one would dare to hold them accountable for killing a few underworld people in this Loulan City.
Shao Xi and the three of them took the royal guards of Loulan Kingdom all the way to the gambling house in Bushra, Shao Xi asked the guards to wait on the street outside, and he took Lao Wu and Wu Qiuer directly into the gambling house.
As soon as he walked into the gambling house, Shao Xi saw Avgerle standing in front of the gambling table at first sight, and Avgerle also saw Shao Xi and others at this time, and the two sides just exchanged glances and did not talk.
Lao Wu pulled a stool to the gambling table and asked Shao Xi to sit down.
Shao Xi put one elbow on the gambling table and asked the dealer on the opposite side of the gambling table, "Is your shopkeeper available at this time?" ”
The dealer was very aware of Shao Xi's intention, because long before Shao Xi and the others came to the gambling house, the results of the horse race at the Royal Racecourse had been announced on the sign of the gambling house.
The results of each game are clearly written on that sign.
Of course, the dealer also knew that this result meant that his shopkeeper had lost the bet he had made with the person in front of him.
When the gambling contract was signed, the dealer was the person present, and he knew that Shao Xi had come here to collect gambling debts.
This time, his shopkeeper lost completely, and I was afraid that in the future, I would call the person in front of me the shopkeeper.
So he hurriedly replied politely: "Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper is in the back, and the guests are invited to move to the back to talk in detail. ”
How do you know that Shao Xi didn't give face at all, just waved his hand and said to the dealer: "The result of Royal Marseille is written on that sign, and the gambling contract I signed with your shopkeeper is here, why bother to hide it?"
"It's not too much to let your shopkeeper come here and settle the money owed to me in front of everyone to show justice, right?"
As soon as the dealer saw Shao Xi's momentum, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly nodded and replied, "Not too much, not too much!" I'm going to ask the shopkeeper to come out, and the guests are going to wait here. ”
With that, the dealer trotted to the back hall.
Presumably, at this time, Bushra was also annoyed about losing the gambling contract, after all, he lost such a large sum of money, but he was afraid that he would not be able to take it out for a while.
He should have wanted to invite Shao Xi to the back to discuss and see if he could be accommodating, but how could Shao Xi give him such an opportunity?
He was trying to use this as an excuse to make things difficult for Bushra, so as to lure out the Black Hawks so that he could use this as an excuse to get rid of them.
Therefore, Shao Xi was determined to trouble them this time, no matter what reasons and conditions they proposed, Shao Xi would not agree.
Only when the two sides have a conflict because of this matter can Shao Xi justifiably take action.
Just a moment later, Bushra walked out from behind, but to Shao Xi's surprise, Bushra was not alone, and there were five other people who came out with him.
When he saw these people, Shao Xi frowned, and couldn't help but glance at Avzhele not far away.
At this moment, Avger's eyes widened angrily, his whole body tensed, as if he was about to rush up and tear the other party apart.