Great Zhou Empire Chapter 14 Raising the price
Jiaodong salt and iron resources are abundant, so that the Tian family has the money to collect the hearts of the people, raise military horses, the people of Ludi are oriented to the Great Zhou, when the first capture, a large number of nobles went to the Great Zhou with wealth, resulting in this place has always been unstable, although Qufu and the surrounding land is located in the East County, Xue County regardless of population, the number of cities are larger than Jiaodong County, but the handicraft industry, economy has become a big problem. And in the face of the military pressure of the Great Zhou Empire, and the most important thing is to accept the position of the county guard, it may also change from the right of feudal autonomy to the central appointment and dismissal of the liuguan, or the Yanzhou coveted by the Great Zhou.
So even if the handle of the rebellion was already in the hands of the king, Tian Dan still refused to agree easily.
"I heard that the previous head of the Tian family was named the Linhai Prince, don't you want to return to this title?" Jiang Mo asked. In this era, the vassal kings, princes, marquises, and uncles of the kingdom still retained a certain amount of military power and the lords of autonomous fiefs, while the titles of other county dukes and county princes only had fiefs, but no real power. And back then, the Feng Tian clan was the uncle of the country, just to split the Qi country, similar to the Tui En Order.
"Also be crowned..."Tian Dan couldn't help but sneer, at this time, the Great Zhou was about to cut the domain, how could he seal the uncle of the country with a certain military power.
"In addition to the duties of the big county guard of Yanzhou, Uncle Tian is also allowed to take away the population and soldiers and horses of the current fiefdom, and he will also ask the Great Zhou Emperor for the title of Earl of the Country!" Jiang Mo continued to be too high-priced.
There is no item that cannot be sold, only a price that cannot be negotiated.
These words made the Great Sima Tiandan and the Great Sikou Sun Jie both couldn't help but look at Jiang Mo, not because of what they said, but because of a completely different temperament from the original emanating from Jiang Mo's body.
Tian Dan was actually a little shaken, and actually asked, "Is this true?" ”
"Seriously, of course, the people still have to be willing, and they can't be forced." Jiang Mo smiled and replied in the affirmative.
Tian Dan raised his head, his eyes showed a fierce color, and he said slowly: "If all the skilled craftsmen are taken away, there must be no craftsmen who can make salt and smelt iron..."
Tian Dan thought in his heart that if all the population, soldiers and horses, and economic resources remained unchanged, changing the geographical location could be regarded as a legitimate autonomous power, and it would not be so difficult to accept.
"Well, it is true that most of the salt in most of the Central Plains comes from the salt mills managed by the Tian family, and if the younger generation cannot produce high-quality salt, presumably the Son of Heaven will also agree to let Uncle Tian continue to be in charge of salt and iron. In this way, Uncle Tian continued to manage the salt mill. Jiang Mo didn't care that the salt and iron craftsmen who knew the skills followed Tian Dan away, because the process drawings of salt and iron making were in his mind, and he only needed to gradually simplify the design workshop according to this era, and each worker only needed to operate one process to make better salt and iron than this era.
Sun Jie and Sun Liang, father and son, looked at Jiang Mo in surprise, they agreed to Tian Dan's extravagant request so easily, so why change the fief of the Tian family? Isn't it just to control salt and iron?
"His Royal Highness the Prince can be the lord of the monarch?" Although Tian Dan was overjoyed, he was still very cautious about confirming. He naturally knew that the purpose of changing the fief was to resist the Great Zhou Dynasty for the Jiang clan's Qi State, or to develop barren land, but as long as the salt and iron were in hand, he still had a lot of power.
"Father, tell you what you mean in advance. As long as Uncle Tian agreed, the assassin incident would have never happened. Jiang Mo said as he flicked his sleeves close to Tian Dan and helped him up.
Today's out, the scheming Tian Dan doesn't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd in front of him.
Then they exchanged pleasantries and prepared to say goodbye.
Just as Jiang Mo walked to the gate of the courtyard to leave Tian's house, Jiang Mo stopped, turned to Tian Dan and asked respectfully:
"Oh, by the way, there is one thing, I want to confirm with Uncle Tian."
"What?" Tian Dan was stunned.
"Back then, the Tian family didn't arrange for the Ji family to assassinate my mother?" Jiang Mo approached Tian Dan and asked softly.
Tian Dan was shocked and arched his hand: "The head of the Tian family arranged it back then, and the minister didn't know it, and he killed the clan brother as soon as he heard about it to show his loyalty. ”
Jiang Mo's face sank, and he was very tired of Tian Dan's official words and pretended to be confused, and said bluntly: "I think about it, even if the Tian clan kills me and my father who are far away in Qufu, it seems that they will not be able to get any benefits, it will only make the Tian clan and the Jiang clan fight in a civil war, who is benefiting?" ”
Tian Dan was in a cold sweat again, and he didn't know what Jiang Mo was planning again, so he still replied: "I don't know..."
"Don't tell the truth, you also know that the head of the family is not guilty, could it be that you planned it just to get the position of the head of the Tian family?" Jiang Mo pretended to be inadvertent, but he was already angry.
Tian Dan knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed a few times before replying: "The assassination arranged by the Ji family really has nothing to do with the Tian family, but for the sake of the continuation of the family, the minister had to kill the head of the family." I'm just afraid, it's the same person who has put Qi into a crisis now, right? ”
Sun Jie and Sun Liang's father and son, as well as everyone present, were all surprised by the conversation at this time. Lian asked, "Who?" ”
"The minister doesn't know" Tian Dan kept bowing and did not look up.
Jiang Mo didn't ask much, he turned around and was about to leave Tianfu, all the goals of today had been achieved.
Tian Dan thought for a long time, suddenly thought of the key, walked up to Jiang Mo and asked carefully: "His Royal Highness, can you hand over the golden flute to the minister, and the minister will find out who framed the old man again?" ”
Jin Di paused, panicked in his heart, Jiang Mo grabbed her again, let her walk forward with confidence, and said to Tian Dan without looking back: "Uncle Tian, that woman was shot and injured by you, I'm worried that you will kill her if you are angry, so let's hand it over to Uncle Kousun, the chief priest in charge of the prison." ”
"Nuo" Tian Dan didn't care about the woman who was shot, but the real golden flute. Because Jin Di has been by her side for a few years, she naturally knows Tian Dan's bad intentions, but when she says that she wants the real Jin Di, it shows that the secret agent was arranged by him Tian Dan. This matter can only be stopped, and the prince is sent back to the palace.
But after Jiang Mo left, in the face of Jiang Mo's sudden swing of himself, he couldn't help but be angry at the miscellaneous cups on the table, and then laughed wildly, echoing in the mansion for a long time...