"Wen Zhong is here to represent your relationship with Lord Yan. Your Majesty said that if Lord Yan wants to become a prince in the future, Yue will be the first to stand up and express his support."
Just listen to this.
To become a prince, according to custom, one needs to be granted the title by the Emperor of Zhou. Only in this way can you be considered to have joined the circle of princes, and the princes will take you to play.
Otherwise, you are a barbarian! When dealing with barbarians, there is no need to follow Zhou etiquette.
But this is already a rule of the past. Nowadays, Emperor Zhou's prestige is very low, and the effect of this imperial seal is also very doubtful.
Moreover, even if it is a gift given by the Emperor of Zhou through a relationship, what does that have to do with you, Yue Kingdom?
The Yue State is just a prince supported by the Chu State, specifically to attract the attention of the Wu State and steal the Wu State's princes. In the international circle of princes, the Yue State is regarded as the younger brother of the Chu State and a proper southern barbarian. They don't regard you as a Zhou. People watch.
It would be nice to hope that Yue Guo can help, but not doing so would be a disservice.
"Sooner or later there will be such a day." Jiang Hua said lightly.
However, Jiang Hua really looked down upon Gou Jian at this time. It was too petty to send an envoy secretly.
Either Gou Jian has not yet experienced the imminent destruction of the Yue Kingdom and the experience of lying on the firewood and tasting courage, and he is very inexperienced and incompetent, or Gou Jian's control of the Yue Kingdom is at a very shallow level at this moment, so that he can't do anything. He had to do it secretly, for fear that the nobles in the country would find out and object.
However, this kind of Gou Jian and this kind of Yue State are what Yancheng needs most. There is no need to be too strong as a teammate. If he is really too strong, he might stab Yancheng in the back at some point.
"By the way, there is a trillion-dollar business here, at least a trillion-dollar business every year. I wonder if Yue Country can do it?"
"What business?" Wen Zhong asked immediately.
Don't look at the territory of the Yue Kingdom, which is quite large, with more than 200 counties, and some counties are so large that they can be compared to three or five regular counties in the Central Plains. However, the actual level of development is very small.
In some large counties, only one-third has been developed, and in some large counties, only one-fifth has been developed.
Most counties in the entire Yue Kingdom are surrounded by forests.
Relying on Yue's own national strength, it would take at least a hundred thousand years to develop these counties to the level of the Central Plains!
However, one hundred thousand years later, who knows how far the Central Plains will develop?
When he thinks about Yue's annual income, Wen Zhong feels a little sick.
The Yue Kingdom seems to have more than 200 counties, but there are only more than 160 counties directly under the jurisdiction of the king. Among them, only more than 80 counties are actually developed, and the remaining 80 counties are really developed. , the level of development is that of the county town.
The annual fiscal revenue is only over 200 billion. Even if the monarch's own property is included, it is only at the level of 400 to 500 billion.
This is also thanks to the vast land and rich resources of the Yue Kingdom. There are many natural materials and treasures, and there are many monsters and ghosts. Their corpses can also be sold for money. If you only rely on the money from farming, Yue's income will be reduced by at least one zero.
When he thought about the huge Yue State, the total income in a year was less than the total transaction volume of the Yancheng Bond Exchange in a month, Wen Zhong couldn't help but sigh, what the hell is this! ?
However, this also strengthened the idea of reforming the language of the country!
Vietnam has a solid foundation and a large territory. As long as it develops and reforms seriously, it can be easily achieved by adding a zero after the fiscal revenue!
If the income of the country of Yue can be increased to zero, then the country of Yue will become really powerful!
"It's like this. The country of Yue is vast and rich in resources. There are many kinds of monster meat, spiritual root fruits, spiritual springs, and spiritual caves. These are all money!" Jiang Hua said with a sincere face.
Seeing Jiang Hua's sincere look, Wen Zhong was a little unsure of Jiang Hua's thoughts.
"Can Mr. Yan elaborate?"
"certainly!"
"In the past, the corpses of monsters and beasts and the treasures produced in the Yue Kingdom were either digested internally, but the Yue Kingdom as a whole had little money and was always in a money shortage. Good things could not be sold at high prices. Over time, the real good things It’s all hidden.”
Wen Zhong nodded. Although he was a little embarrassed, what Jiang Hua said was the actual situation.
Today, not only the country of Yue is in a money shortage, but there is no one in the world who is not in a money shortage!
Yancheng also continued to open mines, continue to mine, speed up smelting, and even use Taoist methods to prospect, and then gradually there was no shortage of money.
After there was no shortage of money in Yancheng, Yancheng's money began to spread in all directions. Although it was only a few years ago, there were already many wealthy businessmen using Yancheng's money to buy good things from Wu, Yue, and Xu.
Wu, Yue, and Xu all had long-term money shortages. Therefore, although a large amount of the resources of the Three Kingdoms were bought by Yancheng, a large amount of Yancheng copper coins were left behind, so the monarchs of the Three Kingdoms turned a blind eye. One eye.
"In the past, Chu State was the largest buyer of these commodities, but there was only Chu State, so the prices have been kept very low, and there were no other large-scale shipping places in Yue State. Over the years, Yue State has accumulated domestic The treasures of heaven and earth, as well as the corpses of monsters and beasts, these are a huge amount of wealth. If measured in numbers, it would be an astronomical figure!"
"However, Chao Kingdom and Yue Kingdom are not bordering each other."
"You can take the sea route!" Jiang Hua said seriously.
In fact, you can also go by land. The distance between the four counties in the south and the Yue Kingdom is a large jungle. It may only be 1,500 miles away. As long as you are willing, you can completely eliminate this jungle and open up several new counties here. For Yancheng , not difficult at all.
But once there is a border on land, then it becomes a problem for the army.
How many troops should be stationed?
How many experts should be sent?
With troops stationed on both sides, will that trigger a conflict? Could it be that the people below just started fighting?
If there are too many such things, will it affect the cooperation between the two parties?
If there is no garrison at all, what should we do if we are attacked by the enemy?
Therefore, it is better not to connect on land and go directly to the sea route.
"The capital of Yue Kingdom, Kuaiji County, is close to the sea. If you travel by sea, the distance from Dongning Island to Kuaiji County is only about 20,000 miles, which is really close."
"Nowadays, a water magician can control a sea ship and travel three to five hundred miles a day. The distance of twenty thousand miles only takes forty or fifty days."
"And a sea-going ship like this can carry one thousand kilograms of grain. If the grain is replaced by fine steel, it will be one hundred thousand kilograms of fine steel. If it is replaced by the meat of monster beasts, the smaller monster can be loaded directly."
"If it's Xuanjia, a sea ship can transport as many as two to three hundred sets."
"With Xuanjia, all the people in the country can kill the little demon when they gather together."
"Ten sets of mysterious armor plus the equipped weapons are enough for ten Chinese people to clean up the little monsters in a county."
"But there is no money. The country of Yue is vast and rich in resources. Many local nobles have indeed collected a lot of corpses of monsters, as well as a lot of spiritual fruits and spiritual roots. However, the roads are so poor that a large number of monsters at the level of monsters can only rot in their hands and cannot be transported at all. When we come out, the roads are really bad.”
If it is a big demon, it is very valuable. The nobles can always sell it if they work as hard labor themselves and carry the big demon to Kuaiji County to sell it.
But if you ask the nobles to carry the corpses of a group of goblins, the nobles will be too busy!
When you hear this, you know that the literary genre is serious.
I'm not afraid of spending money, I'm just afraid that you won't care.
Jiang Hua showed a very sincere smile again: "We can conduct the first transaction first. The transaction location can be in Kuaiji, or it can be placed on an island near Kuaiji. However, you'd better clean up this island first. , and carry out a certain level of construction.”
Wen Zhong thought for a while: "No problem."
"When the first transaction was completed and the news spread, everyone knew that Yue Guo was actually very rich."
"At that time, Yueguo road construction bonds can be issued on the Yancheng Bond Exchange. When the time comes, Yueguo can directly invite Taoists from Yancheng to build roads."
Wen Zhong nodded repeatedly: "I have heard about this for a long time. The 800 miles between Chaonan County and Chunmu County was built in just five days. The speed is incredible!"
"The country of Yue has resources, but it just doesn't have the money."
"And Yancheng is rich in money!"
“It’s a win-win!”
There are already many nobles who feel that Yancheng is very safe and have arranged their escape route in Yancheng in advance.
These nobles dare to rebel and have a lot of money hidden away. As a result, they all used it to buy houses and land. Every wealthy person bought it street by street. Fortunately, this behavior was quickly stopped. If they were allowed to buy like this, the housing prices in Yancheng would probably rise to If you go to heaven, you can only purchase it with a limited purchase!
A lot of money came from other places, and everyone invested, bought, and sold. The daily transaction volume of the Yancheng Bond Exchange reached tens of billions.
In this regard, many nobles still feel that there are too few projects. They have more money, but they cannot buy more bonds, and they keep complaining here!
Complaining about why Yancheng has purchase restrictions, why can’t we just buy things street by street, and just collect the rent after buying? How easy would it be?
Complaining about why Yancheng doesn’t have more projects traded on the bond exchange, complaining about the exchange fees being too expensive, complaining...
"Use Yancheng's money to buy resources from the country of Vietnam, and by the way, help build roads in the country of Vietnam in order to purchase more resources from the country of Vietnam."
"During this transaction process, the Yue Kingdom has fewer resources, but it has gained a lot of money. This money can be used to buy black armor and fire talismans. There are too many places in the Yue Kingdom that are not developed, and there are too many monsters and monsters. , it would be too difficult to rely on Yue Guo alone.”
"But it will be different after the Yue Kingdom has money. You can use the money to buy services. You can spend money to let those Taoist-level mercenaries help the Yue Kingdom to open up wasteland, help the Yue Kingdom to kill demons, and even hire Build a team to help the country of Yue sort out its land lines, build water conservancy, and build an endless plain!"
"The country of Yue has resources, and Yancheng has technology and money..."
As he listened, Wen Zhong kept nodding his head. He also feels that this is a win-win situation.
As for whether Yancheng will take the opportunity to achieve other goals, that is definitely possible. However, Yue cannot miss such a big opportunity!
This is a big business worth trillions or more a year!
More importantly, after choosing the trading location, the monarch can find ways to monopolize it. When the time comes, wouldn’t it be nice to purchase them domestically and then sell them uniformly at a fixed trading location to make a profit on the price difference?
When the king has money, everything in Yue will be done well!
Make Yue great again!
When the road across the country is built, transportation becomes more convenient, all the monsters and ghosts are killed, and the Great Plains are built, hehehe...
(End of chapter)
