Chapter 738: Agree with Zhang Yi’s plan
"This is a good idea." Cao Shen said, "In this way, not only will brothers not object, but they will also thank us. Why didn't we think of this method at the beginning?"
"Because we don't have this time and opportunity at all." Zhang Yi said, "Thanks to your Majesty and the Imperial Master for all this.
Without the emperor's master's idea and His Majesty's permission, I am afraid that Great Qin would not be so strong, and everyone would not have this opportunity.
General, I need to count all the seizures within one day, and then spend another day discussing cooperation with each tribe.
After determining how much money we have, I will decide whether to participate in the construction of Jiuquan County. "
"You want to participate in the construction of Jiuquan County?" Han Xin looked at Zhang Yi in shock. He thought he was already very ambitious, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper in front of him was even more ambitious.
"What happened to Jiuquan County?" Fan Kuai asked.
Han Xin explained: "The imperial court decided to build Jiuquan County into a trading center between Daqin and the Western Regions. In the future, Jiuquan County will be very lively, and both Western Region merchants and Daqin merchants will stay here.
There must be a place where businessmen are fighting over each other. I have never thought of getting involved there, but Zhang Yi has such ambitions. I really don’t know the ambition you have. "
As he said that, Han Xin looked at Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi said: "A shopkeeper who doesn't want to make money is not a good shopkeeper. General, my basic salary is twelve taels a month, but our dividends can be determined based on how much money we earn for the generals.
One hundred thousand a year may be a lot for you, but it is not enough for me. I hope to earn one million or ten million taels a year.
Although it seems a bit much, it is not impossible. It depends on whether the generals have this ambition. "
"Don't we have this idea?" Fan Kuai sneered: "Everyone here wants to be promoted and make a fortune. Now that they have an official position, they want to make a fortune.
If you can help me earn one million taels every year, I will give you an additional ten thousand taels. "
"Okay. Then it's settled, but during this period, you can't interfere with my decision, and you must fully cooperate with me." Zhang Yi said.
"Okay." Han Xin responded, "We will support you no matter what you say. Just do it with confidence and boldness."
"No." Zhang Yi responded, "Wu Fan, we're going to get busy."
"It is your duty to help the general and others. Talking about money all the time and smelling like copper is insulting to politeness." Wu Fan, who had been silent until now, spoke up, but when he opened his mouth, he accused Zhang Yi of smelling like copper.
"Don't just give it all to me. Anyway, I am a shopkeeper, different from you Confucian." Zhang Yi sneered.
This Confucian person is hypocritical. He is very happy in his heart, but he wants to squeeze himself. If you squeeze me like this, then I won't give it to you. It depends on whether you are in a hurry.
Wu Fan said nonchalantly: "Why don't you want it? It's my hard-earned income. I won't steal it or rob it, so why don't you want it?"
Zhang Yi couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said: "When it comes to sophistry and shamelessness, you are the best at Confucianism. With you here with me, I believe those Xiongnu tribe leaders will be deceived by you."
Han Xin and others couldn't help but look at Wu Fan with disdain, which was indeed shameless.
"What are you going to do now?" Han Xin asked.
"Collect all the seizures and sell them," Zhang Yi said.
"Okay." Han Xin said, "Fan Kuai, go and inform the brothers that I want to buy all their seizures now. They can keep it for themselves or send it home."
"okay."
Afterwards, Han Xin’s military camp became busy.
The shopkeepers and businessmen brought by you Meng Yi basically all have the same strategies, except that some generals have money and can give the money directly to the soldiers.
It took a day to count the seized materials. After the final count, they were handed over to a group of businessmen brought by Meng Yi. This group of businessmen came here for three purposes.
The first purpose is to sign a contract for cattle, sheep and horses. Now the people are
Now that I have money, I see that some meat in Xianyang City is sold out every day. For this reason, the price of all meat has increased.
Therefore, they came to the Xiongnu grasslands to buy meat. They did not dare to buy beef for the time being. The imperial court had not lifted the ban on eating beef. They had not thought about horse meat for the time being, because war horses were still urgently needed by the imperial court.
So their main mission this time is to buy mutton.
However, they could have come to the prairie to buy mutton by themselves, but they were afraid that they would not be able to deal with the Huns if they came by themselves.
This was discovered by Meng Yi, so Meng Yi called together businessmen who wanted to sell meat. Not only that, he also recruited some nobles and businessmen and told them to build a trading center in Jiuquan County.
This news directly made all the businessmen and nobles go crazy. Everyone knew what this meant.
In the future, Jiuquan County will be a gathering place for businessmen from all over the world. Even if they do not trade in Jiuquan County, they will still stay in Jiuquan County. As long as they stay, they can make money.
After Jiuquan County is developed, the value of nearby land will also increase.
Therefore, the second purpose is to participate in the construction of Jiuquan County, and the third purpose is to purchase and capture.
The Huns plundered countless wealth at the border or other places, and a large part of this wealth now fell into the hands of the soldiers.
Now they saw countless seizures and stepped forward to check. Read the book
Meng Yi, Meng Tian, and more than a dozen generals from Han Xin watched the merchants pick and choose what they had captured.
"This is the capture that the soldiers risked their lives for. Seeing them choosing things like this, I can't help but feel a little angry in my heart." Meng Tian said.
"Brother, there is no need to be angry." Meng Yi said, "They are businessmen, and there is nothing wrong with businessmen doing this.
Now that we are watching, this group of merchants dare not lower the prices at will. If the soldiers are allowed to sell these captured items by themselves, the merchants will definitely lower the prices. Things that were originally worth ten taels will only be sold for two, three, or even less. . "
"That's true. If the soldiers sell it themselves, the price will definitely be reduced." Meng Tian said.
Meng Tian still knew about this, so he supported Meng Yi in setting up a large-scale seizure and sales site this time, allowing the merchants to take away all the seizures.
After a while, a businessman came up to Meng Tian and said: "Marshal, the seizure is very rich. We discussed it and are willing to spend one million taels to pack everything away. As for how to divide it, we will decide it ourselves."
One million taels?
When more than a dozen generals heard this, they were all shocked. Can these seizures be sold for so much?
There are half a million troops at the border, but there are more than 300,000 guarding the border. The people Meng Tian brought out this time are only a few hundred thousand, which means that each person can basically get seven or eight taels of silver.
Don't look down upon it. It's seven or eight taels, but that's the salary you get from being a soldier for more than half a year.
However, the specific amount depends on the list. Some people have seized more, and some have seized less, so they cannot be divided equally.
