I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 417, a businessman with a keen sense of smell
Wang Guojun told Li Ru about his worries, and wanted to discuss a solution
Li Ru thought for a while and said: "Now we have accommodated nearly 50 Qiang people, which is almost half of the Han people in Xiliang."

Because after the land is divided, the household registration is counted again. This time, the statistical method is not to count resettled households, but to count according to the population. As long as children over the age of three have to register for household registration, it turns out that Xiliang, which has experienced more than 10 wars, unexpectedly Counting millions of people, most of them were separated from those big families!If Dagan also follows the method of Dahan's household registration statistics, I am afraid that even [-] households in Xiliang will not be counted!The tyranny of the big man is top-notch in hiding the population and tax evasion!

And this data surprised Wang Guojun. The development of Xiliang will be more beneficial if there are hundreds of thousands more Han people. He originally planned to move hundreds of thousands of Qiang people from Xiliang, and then move hundreds of thousands of Han people from Bingzhou to Xiliang to enrich Xiliang. The cool population guarantees Han dominance, but there is no need for it now!Just make sure that there are fewer Qiang people in Xiliang than Han people, and then speed up the assimilation of Qiang people in Xiliang and make them Han people!
Li Ru continued: "And there will definitely be more Qiang people coming to join us in the future. If these tribal leaders don't leave, it is indeed a huge threat to Xiliang. We will send them to other places to stay away from these Qiang people. Make it difficult for them to exert their influence. In the past, when the big man won such a battle, he would bring the captives to sacrifice to the Taimiao. Now, although we don't have to kill these tribal leaders, the governor can escort all these tribal leaders to Ji County, so that the big The dry people can get rid of these troubles at the same time when they see the governor's martial arts!"

Wang Guojun nodded, approved of Li Ru's idea, and then asked Yan Liang to lead a team of thousands of people to escort the tribal leaders of these Qiang people to Ji County to praise their achievements!
At the same time, a large number of wealthy businessmen began to enter Xiliang, and even the flying snow could not stop their enthusiasm!
When Xu Wei led the army to attack Xiliang, the entire Dagan business community was already discussing this matter in full swing, because there was no new market, and in addition to the continuous disasters of the Dahan in recent years, they couldn't even eat enough, and the woolen cloth had already disappeared. It's hard to sell. Even big businessmen like Zhen An have very low profits. After experiencing the golden age when the profit of wool cloth was more than [-]%, they can't bear the profit of only a few points like now.

Although they listened to Xu Wei's words and entered a new industry and joined the development of Liaodong, Liaodong's current basic market is very small. Although the profit rate of entering the new industry is high, the net profit is still not as good as that of woolen cloth.Secondly, Zhen An and the others still need to continuously expand their investment in order to increase their profits, especially the ocean-going shipbuilding industry, which can be regarded as a heavy industry in this era. For more than a year, for Zhen An and the others, the shipbuilding industry is still at a loss-making stage.

This is why they want to bribe Xiangkai to let Dagan open the Silk Road. As long as the Silk Road is opened, they can get a market of tens of millions of people in the Western Regions, and they can also spread their woolen cloth through the Western Regions. Go to other countries!This is equivalent to opening up a big man's market, and their textile factories can run at full capacity again!Their wool cloth can be sold at a price similar to that of gold, and the several times the profit made Zhen An and the others willing to take the risk of offending Xu Wei, and also to find a way to intervene in Dagan's strategic direction!
Although Zhen An and the others did not succeed, they did not expect that Han Sui and Ma Teng would seek their own death and lead an army of tens of thousands into Bingzhou. When the news was known to Zhen An and the others, they were overjoyed, because they knew about governance and knew about it. The ruler will definitely send troops to avenge his followers!

Sure enough, after the news was known by the ruling party, the ruling party led an army of 5 to attack Xiliang, and then wiped out 6 Xiliang coalition forces in World War I, and the portal of the Silk Road belonged to them!
Later, when the Xiliang Inheritance Administration wanted to recruit 100 billion bonds to carry out the great development of Xiliang, Zhen An and the others began to raise funds and build their own caravans. After the Daqian Four People's Congress was over, they immediately came to Xiliang !
Then ask the Kingdom Army to see you!

When Wang Guojun heard that Zhen An and the others wanted to see him, he smiled at Li Ru: "These businessmen are running fast. I thought they would come over next year. Who knew they would come to Xiliang in the wind and snow!"

Li Ru mocked: "Businessmen pay more attention to profits. This is the Silk Road. If my goods from the Han Dynasty go to Xiliang and change hands, the profit will be dozens of times. You can make a hundred times the profit by walking back and forth, how can this not make these businessmen crazy!"

But Wang Guojun said: "Is there any big man who doesn't pay attention to profit? The powerful gentry and the powerful gentry are all the same goods. Tai Shigong said that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit. To ridicule him, if what he does can benefit the country and the people, he is already a sage! We should protect such people and let them increase.”

"But the most important thing that the nobles of the Han Dynasty do is to harm others and benefit themselves. Even the emperor of the Han Dynasty harms the country and benefits himself. These people eat the country of the Han Dynasty like moths. That's why the Han Dynasty has declined into what it is now!"

Li Ru was surprised and said, "The ruler actually looks at the businessman?"

In this era, businessmen are the most despised, and the most valued are powerful and powerful gentry, but Xu Wei drives out all the powerful and powerful gentry, regards workers and peasants as his fundamental strength, and even businessmen look up to him. Li Ru can't see it I understand Xu Wei's thinking!
Wang Guojun nodded and said: "The ruling party believes that businessmen are also a kind of progressive force! Compared with businessmen, powerful gentry, powerful gentry, powerful gentry, they are simply corrupt. The power of merchants belongs to the power that can be united!"

Li Ru asked curiously: "How does the government judge decay and progress?"

Wang Guojun said: "The ruler once said that businessmen worship money and like to measure all relationships with money. For businessmen, everyone is equal before money!"

Li Ru thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "The ruling summary is incisive!"

Wang Guojun continued: "The powerful clans pay attention to bloodlines and grades, even if they are all their own descendants, they still have to separate out the concubine, the concubine can treat the concubine as a slave, and if you want to become the head of the family, you must have the blood of the direct line, as long as it is a descendant of the powerful clan The legitimate son can easily become the Sangong Jiuqing, a high-ranking official of 2000 shi, the class of the big man has solidified over the years, like the Yuan family, the descendants of the Yang family can become the Sangong Jiuqing, so their family is only four generations and three princes, because this position has been taken by them The family has a monopoly, and the next-level Xun family, Guo family, Feng family, etc. can become high-ranking officials with 2000 shi, and occasionally become three gongs and nine ministers, but a humble family like you, Li Ru, can only become a county magistrate of Qianshi if you do it all your life. , the people will always be the people! Such a world that does not look at ability, but only looks at family background, looks at ancestors, like a pool of stagnant water, how can it not be corrupted!"

Li Ru nodded solemnly and said: "The ruling party has a deep view on the nobles of the big man. I never thought that the powerful family of the big man is even more corrupt than the businessmen! No wonder the ruling party wants to kill them all!"

At this time, Zhen An came to inquire, and he saw Wang Guojun saluting: "I have seen the governor Wang!"

Wang Guojun smiled and said, "Mr. Zhen, don't be too polite. I don't know why you came to see me in this remote place in Xiliang?"

Zhen An said with a smile: "Naturally, I came here to open up the Silk Road! I heard that the governor Wang captured hundreds of thousands of Qiang people this winter, and completely resolved the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang!"

Wang Guojun said: "Thanks to the drought, most of the Qiang people in Xiliang have no winter rations. They are now surviving, and with the help of Qiang soldiers, they took the initiative to be caught by me, but I said it will be completely resolved. The Qiang rebellion in Xiliang is a bit exaggerated!"

Zhen An was pleasantly surprised: "Being able to capture hundreds of thousands of Qiang people, Wang Cishi is already a famous general in the world, and Duan Yan only killed more than a hundred thousand Qiang people back then, so it took ten years and tens of billions of money! "

In Zhen An's view, the Kingdom's army captured hundreds of thousands of Qiang people. Even if the Qiang people in Xiliang were not extinct, their vitality was seriously injured. Judging from the results of this battle, the Qiang people in Xiliang will die in less than two years. Being exterminated by Dagan, the number of horse bandits on the Silk Road will be reduced by more than half! "

Zhen An asked with a smile: "The governor said to get a business license in Xiliang, but what regulations does this so-called license have?"

Wang Guojun said: "According to the ruling idea, it will cost a lot to open up the Silk Road. We only need to rely on bonds to raise food and supplies. In order to ensure the interests of you businessmen who support us, the business routes in the Western Regions will not be the same as before. It is fully open, but licenses are issued to monopolize operations. For every 10 billion bonds purchased, one can get a business license in the Western Regions, which can monopolize all commodities from the Western Regions. Therefore, there are only ten caravans that can truly trade freely in the Western Regions. Any merchant who is a merchant will be caught by an unlicensed merchant and their goods will be confiscated!"

Zhen An's eyes lit up when he heard this. How beneficial is the Silk Road? Exhausted gold mine!

Relatively speaking, 10 billion yuan is nothing, even if he can't get it out, he can find other big businessmen to join forces, and everyone can invest together to buy a license that can trade in the Western Regions!
"I don't know when Wang Inspector will completely capture Jiuquan and other counties, and end the war in Xiliang completely. If Jiuquan and other places can be pacified, the old man and others will definitely contribute to the development of Xiliang!" Zhen An was still a little hesitant, although The Dagan army was invincible in Xiliang, and even captured hundreds of thousands of Qiang people, but now Xiliang and the four counties to the west have not yet been captured, which means that the road to the Western Regions has not yet been captured. Get through.Of course, Zhen An didn't doubt that the Kingdom Army didn't have the strength to capture Jiuquan and other counties.

What he is worried about is the outbreak of war in the Central Plains, which will delay the time for the large army to occupy Xiliang and open up the Silk Road!Zhen An also knew the situation in the Central Plains. His original Patriarch Zhen Ju had climbed to the position of the Great Han Xiangyang Commander over the years, so he also knew something about the situation of the Southern Great Han.

The princes of the Han Dynasty are constantly expanding their armies and preparing for war. It is said that there are nearly one million troops. If a war breaks out in the Central Plains, the ruling will definitely mobilize Xiliang's forces to attack Guanzhong to support the Central Plains battlefield.At that time, if you want to open the road to the Western Regions, you don't know that it will be a matter of the year of the monkey.That's why Zhen An didn't dare to gamble on his wealth like this. If unfortunately he was right, all his life savings would be handed over to Xiliang!
Wang Guojun also heard what Zhen An and the others meant, so he said: "If we want to capture Jiuquan and other counties, I'm afraid it will have to wait until next year!"

Although the sled army can march quickly in the snow, Dunhuang County is more than 2000 miles away from Beidi County. In such a cold and windy winter, it is basically impossible to take tens of thousands of troops to fight 2000 miles away. In fact, it is an act of seeking death, and the Wang Guojun will not do it. Even if he wants to capture Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other counties will get the next spring!The combined population of several counties in Dunhuang is only a few hundred thousand people, and it is impossible to resist his army!

Zhen An could only sigh and said: "Then the old man and the others can only wait for the good news from the Inspector Wang!"

Although they can't invest money now, they can wait for news from the Kingdom Army here in Xiliang. Although they are very busy businessmen, the Silk Road is worth waiting for a winter!
In fact, Zhen An and the others didn't wait for the whole winter, but within a month, they got the good news they liked!

Early February of the second year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 195)
The powerful envoys from the four counties of Dunhuang came to Beidi County and asked Dagan to help them repel the Qiang people!

When the Kingdom Army heard the news, they summoned the envoy immediately!
"Gai Shun has met the governor of the king!" The envoy saluted when he saw Wang Guojun!
And Li Ruxiao who followed Wang Guojun said to Wang Guojun: "This man is the son of Gai Xun, a famous official of the Han Dynasty. The Gai family has a very high prestige in Xiliang. The governor wants to quickly pacify the four counties of Dunhuang without the help of the Gai family!"

"Although the Gai family is powerful, their family traditions are very upright. When Liangzhou suffered a severe famine, Gai Xun, the prefect of Hanyang at the time, did not hesitate to use his private money to help the victims and saved tens of thousands of people.

In the first year of Zhongping, Qianghu and Bianzhang of the North rebelled, and the governor Zuochang took advantage of the opportunity of expanding the army to intercept and embezzle tens of millions of military resources.Gai Xun tried his best to dissuade him, Zuo Chang became angry, so he sent Gai Xun to lead his troops to station in Heyang County to resist the enemy's frontal offensive, and wanted the rebels to kill Gai Xun, but Bian Zhang and Han Sui knew that Gai Xun was in the west. With Liang's reputation, he didn't dare to kill him at all.There was even a time when Qianghu surrounded Gai Xun's army, but the Qianghu people admired his bravery and dared not harm him, sent him back to Hanyang, and even dared not attack the city where Gai Xun was stationed.Even though Gai Xun died of illness, the people of Xiliang still miss Gai Xun! "

　I asked for a monthly ticket, and it was only about 100 tickets short.

　　
　
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