This is a monopoly trade, and it’s up to you to decide how much you can earn.
Therefore, after Ran Liang eliminated the potential threat in Khorasan, he immediately attracted a large number of Han traders from the Western Region Protectorate.
He planned to monopolize the trading rights on the Silk Road from the original hands of the Hu people in the Western Regions to the Han people.
Of course, whoever wants to obtain the privilege of a certain trade must pay the highest price.
Ran Liang held an auction in Khorasan City, and the target was various trade franchises, that is, the trade route from the river to Khorasan.
Among them, the first thing to be photographed was a silk trade route.
In the end, it was bought by a businessman of the Li family in Longxi for 80,000 yuan.
Seeing that Wan Guan's money was easily obtained, Ran Liang naturally smiled from ear to ear.
Ran Liang couldn't help but laugh and said, "This Li Yan is really aware of current affairs and has a foresight!"
Parisadis next to him looked surprised.
"Your Majesty, can he really take out the 80,000 yuan?" Parisades opened his mouth in surprise.
Ran Liang smiled and said nothing.
Parisades, this Sasanian girl, is really ignorant.
After a morning of bidding.
Franchise rights for silk, horses, porcelain, medicinal materials, etc. on the entire trade route were all auctioned off.
All added up, it is already more than two million strings!
Two million guan is almost equivalent to three years of territorial income of Pingxi Wang Ranliang.
The actual tax revenue of the Han Dynasty was only about 20 million per year.
In just one morning, Ran Liang collected two million coins from big businessmen in Liangzhou and Liangzhou in the Western Region.
After learning this number, Parisadis, who was next to Ran Liang, had a pretty face that turned pale with fear.
Obviously, the impact she received was too great.
"Two million dollars! How can a big businessman be so rich?" Parisades gritted his teeth and said.
"They have not always been so rich. These products are all extremely profitable, and they must have spent a lot of money on them." Ran Liang said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, even if you spend a lot of money, even if you empty out your family fortune, you still have to have this family fortune." Parisades exclaimed.
"Haha, I have just realized how rich the big businessmen are!" Ran Liang said with a smile.
Parisades still hadn't digested the shocking result.
This simply overturned Parisades' three views.
I had long heard from my father and others that the Han Dynasty was rich and wealthy. It was only after I came to Khorasan to marry Ran Liang, the King of Pingxi, the Han Dynasty, that I finally saw it.
Parisades felt sour in his heart, feeling that his status had suddenly become much lower.
As a dignified Sassanid princess, I am afraid that the money she has seen in her life is not as much as those big businessmen.
It was simply a heavy blow.
Ran Liang also guessed a lot about Parisadis' little thoughts.
He just observed quietly.
If he wanted to completely make Parisades surrender to him, he would have to suppress her mentally as well.
And the wealth of the Han Dynasty is the best weapon.
In fact, Parisades got a situation wrong.
She thought that the coins offered by these merchants were all silver or gold coins, so she was very frightened.
"You are my king's man now, and you will also have your share of this wealth in the future."
Seeing that the time was right, Ran Liang won Parisadis's heart with just one word.
Parisadis suddenly felt hot in his heart.
She couldn't help but think in her heart, "Yes, I am the king's woman now. The king will want to be the king of kings in the future. I am still a queen after all! So how can I be short of these great wealth?"
As for the poor Sasanian hometown, Parisadis suddenly had the awareness of the water thrown away by her married daughter.
She, Parisades, was now a Han, not a Sasanian.
At this time, Ma Zhong also walked in from outside.
"Your Majesty, this is the list of businessmen who won the bid!"
Ran Liang took the roster and read it quickly.
These Han merchants in the Western Regions can be said to be very powerful. Even the smallest merchants are all people who have invested millions of dollars in wealth.
Ran Liang is very satisfied with these people.
"Not bad!"
"Now is the time when I am working hard to open up the country. These people are willing to spend money to support me. It must be a big compliment."
Ran Liang said with a smile.
Ma Zhong immediately asked, "How does the king plan to praise them?"
"Give them a background! The status of a businessman is still too low after all." Ran Liang said.
Although the barbarian city-states in the Western Regions all valued commerce, generally businessmen without powerful backgrounds still had low status.
In the process of doing business, there are always a lot of inconveniences.
"Origin?" Ma Zhong was confused.
"That's right, these businessmen are all first-class citizens! You can directly submit a letter to the Prince of Pingxi to report illegal officials along the way, and you will not be punished. The prince will bring a special trial for punishment!" Ran Liang said.
What Ran Liang said is the benefit of the people of the country under the current three-level rule.
After all, the Easterners under Ran Liang were in the minority. In order to maintain their rule, they quickly absorbed the local hierarchy.
The Han people, including the Xianbei, Di Qiang and others in Longxi, all belong to the first-class nationality, that is, Chinese people. They enjoy exemption from poll tax and labor service, and they also have the privilege of serving as soldiers and officials.
The second class was the local nobles, military chiefs and monks who submitted to King Pingxi. These people acted as King Pingxi's lackeys and naturally had some privileges.
The third class, the vast majority of local indigenous civilians, lived a miserable life.
For these businessmen, having a national identity recognized by King Pingxi will definitely save them from all kinds of unnecessary troubles.
In fact, this is just a smooth favor.
Even without the status granted by Ran Liang, with their Han appearance, the local Hu people nobles and civilians would never dare to provoke them.
The face of the Han people can already go sideways in the Western Regions.
For these merchants who spent a lot of money, Ran Liang specially summoned them.
Especially for Li Yan, who contributed the most money, he was very affirmative.
"The word loyalty is so apt!"
For Li Yan who gave him money, Ran Liang specially evaluated him as "loyal and righteous".
"Your Majesty, we will do our best to help your Majesty open up mountains and rivers!" Li Yan said excitedly.
After all, in the big pie of painting, we have to reward these 'righteous businessmen'!
Therefore, the higher Ran Liang's strength, the higher the benefits for these big businessmen.
Li Yan and others were already eager to continue to expand.
If only that was the case, they could make more money!
