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Lei Laohu's car stopped in front of a magnificent restaurant in Dongshi. As soon as Lei Laohu got out of the car, Wei Ji rushed up to him.
"Brother Lei is finally here, I was so impatient to wait."
"Let the prince wait for a long time. I'm thinking about not going over 100 million. When we sit down later, I will punish myself with three cups of wine to make amends to the prince, hahaha."
"Look at what you said, am I such a narrow-minded person? Oh, this is Gan Yuan, right? He's grown so big, come here, let me take a good look."
"You little bastard, I still don't want to salute you Grandpa Wei."
After some pleasantries, Lei Hu asked the butler to take Gan Yuan upstairs to the children's table to see the world. While walking with Wei Ji, he talked about the dinner and trade activities with the West to see if there were any business opportunities to make more money. Last stroke.
Wei Ji said: "Brother Lei, I want to get to know you first. Although King Wen is young, he has extraordinary bearing. Today he is hosting a cocktail party to invite everyone. This is naturally to build momentum for the opening of the mansion, and the second is to In order to raise funds to promote the scale of trade between this dynasty and the West.”
When Lei Huhu heard this, he immediately became energetic. As a rich man, how could he have come into contact with topics of this level before? His ears pricked up and his eyes widened.
"Your Majesty is thinking, your Highness's mansion should naturally be more lively. This is what it should be. I really don't understand your wanton expansion of the scale of trade with foreign countries. Your Majesty, can you think about it with me?"
"You don't need to know too much. In short, remember this sentence. When it comes time to donate money, you must not be petty. Not only the Chang'an businessmen came to support you today, but also the wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan.
Whoever wants to occupy a larger proportion will be able to gain an advantage in foreign commercial trade in the future. This advantage can bring a lot of money. "
"Your Majesty, don't you know me yet? I, Lei Hu, have no other abilities, just one word, "refreshing". I am not bragging about myself, but in the streets and alleys of Chang'an, there are probably not many people who don't appreciate my philanthropy. But can you please give it to me? Tell me how much money I can make from this foreign trade."
"Oh, my dear brother, look at your achievements. What is my identity? The diplomatic consul general of the Baisei Empire. This is why I came back to Chang'an this time.
Your Majesty was very supportive after hearing this, and also encouraged the businessmen of our dynasty to go out and make money from outsiders. As for this, I can tell you that there is nothing in the wilderness in the west. There are only a lot of things, a lot of silver and a lot of gold.
Have you ever heard of the Kingdom of Spain? The total amount of silver mines there is more than ten times more than ours. Oh, how can you be willing to do it if you don’t make a fortune from him? Listen to me and don’t think too much about it. Besides, when did I lie to you? "
"That's right, everything depends on the prince."
"It's easy to say. It's just Brother Lei. I have already mentioned this to you. If you make money in the future, don't forget me."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. As per the old rules, I will deposit your share in the name of Bruce at Anhu Bank. I promise not to let the Princess know about it."
"That's good, that's good."
Suddenly the two fat men smiled knowingly, as cute as children weighing several hundred pounds.
While talking, the two of them followed the spiral staircase and entered the third-floor Yingbin Pavilion hall.
The two pretty reception girls wearing silk Hanfu who were guarding the door immediately moved the door away.
Suddenly, the men and women in the Yingbin Pavilion gathered together, each sitting at his own desk, talking to each other about the content of this meeting.
About a quarter of an hour later, a young man in black brocade clothes with an refined temperament slowly walked into the hall.
"See His Highness King Wen!"
Everyone saluted Liu Che.
Liu Che replied: "Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend Xiao Wang's cocktail party. It is Xiao Wang's blessing to get to know each other as a wealthy businessman.
There is no need to be polite when you sit down. The little king has lived in a deep palace for a long time and has a lot of things that he does not understand about people's livelihood and commerce. Please elders, please give me the opportunity to enlighten the little king. "
The simple opening remarks make people feel very comfortable.
Liu Che has indeed grown up a lot in the past two years. After experiencing the scepter incident, his character is no longer cowardly, and he has become much more stable in his dealings, with a hint of royal aristocratic bearing.
When everyone was seated, a maid immediately brought exquisite dishes and drinks outside the door.
However, who among the people present is not a prominent figure in the business world? Although the dishes at Jinghailou are unique, what they are more concerned about is the topic Liu Che will talk about next, which is naturally not about wine.
"Uncle Emperor!"
After drinking for a while, Liu Che nodded towards Wei Ji who was sitting next to him.
Wei Ji immediately coughed a few times, then stood up and said: "Everyone, I have finally noticed that everyone is eating food that doesn't taste good.
In this case, I will open up the topic for His Highness. As you all know, I just returned from Beisai last month.
You must also want to know my king’s understanding of the broken land in the west. Then I will tell you clearly that since our dynasty started trading with Baisai,
The exquisite products made those guys in the West who were holding crosses and talking about things all day long were jealous, and even several of their kings were alarmed.
They are eager to have business dealings with us big men. They lack everything except white silver and golden gold.
As long as we transport our tea, silk, porcelain, sugar, spices and industrial products, we are guaranteed to make a lot of money.
But one thing is that the security there is not as peaceful as in this dynasty. Bandits are rampant everywhere, and there are constant wars between several countries.
Opening up trade rashly will only make it impossible to protect everyone's personal and property safety. Therefore, I communicated with His Majesty and obtained the permission of Emperor Beiser.
They agreed to establish a trade road between the Asia Minor region of Baisei and the boundary of Congling to facilitate communication between countries. His Majesty named this road the Silk Road.
Everyone must be aware of the importance of roads. A flat and spacious road is destined to generate huge benefits.
It’s just that this amount of money is not a small amount. Before I returned to my country, I had already contacted and discussed it with the governors of the Baisei Empire and the Dashi Kingdom.
We are willing to jointly build this Silk Road to facilitate trade. According to the budget, the total length of this road is about 6,500 miles, including various measures along the way.
The total cost is about 200 million silver dollars, and the Baisei Empire, the Food Kingdom and the Western Church will spend a total of 75 million silver dollars.
The imperial court will invest 55 million yuan after budgeting. As for the remaining 70 million silver dollars, it depends on what you want. "
Having said this, Wei Ji stopped talking and watched with interest the changes in the faces of everyone in the hall.
Liu Che, who was sitting next to him, was also very nervous. Seventy million silver dollars was not a small amount, and he didn't know if they were willing to contribute.
If this thing comes to pass, his father will definitely favor him. If it doesn't come true...
Mother Jiang Ruoyan didn't know how disappointed she was.
Liu Che couldn't help but shudder in his heart when he thought of Jiang Ruoyan's harsh education methods.
