I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 704, Changes in hometown
Dagan maritime merchants never thought that Tianzhu, with a population of tens of millions, would have less consumption power than 200 million Dagan people.At the beginning, they transported silk, porcelain and other valuables to Tianzhu according to the consumption level of Dagan.

As a result, except for the initial maritime merchants who made money, the later maritime merchants lost all their money. After many people returned from Tianzhu, the caravans went bankrupt, and the merchants owed a large amount of debts, which could only be paid to other merchants. Working part-time to pay off debts, it can be said that Tianzhu really killed a large number of maritime merchants.

In the next few years, the merchants in Dagan got to know Tianzhu better, but they found that it was difficult to open Tianzhu’s market no matter what kind of goods Dagan produced. They were either self-sufficient or did not have enough consumption power. With the consumption of tens of thousands of nobles, a few fleets can meet Tianzhu's luxury needs for a year.The market consumed by tens of millions of Tianzhu people is nothing but a mirage, which can only be seen but cannot be touched.

And more importantly, except for a few special products, Tianzhu has nothing to do, so after these merchants sell silk, porcelain and tea, most of them transport real money back.

But here in Tianzhu, although the population is large, the country is small, the power of theocracy, and the power of the king are imprisoned, resulting in an extremely small individual market. After a large number of merchants take away a few ships of gold and silver, the local financial market will be chaotic, prices will plummet, and the market will be depressed.

Although Xiaowang of Tianzhu doesn't understand economics, he also knows that the big businessmen can't just make money from the country's gold and silver. Therefore, in the past few years, the big businessmen who want to trade with the Tianzhu country have to barter Items, gold and silver and other valuables are not allowed to leave the country. It is very like the third brother of later generations, who makes money locally and spends money locally.

But this behavior ignited the already angry big dry sea merchants. They didn't make much money in the first place, and now they are not even allowed to take away the money they make. They really think they are easy to bully.

They still have a little moral bottom line, they didn't turn into pirates directly and intercept all directions, but after hearing that Liu Bei and the ruling party failed to fight the world, they planned to go to Tianzhu to become a big man!For a while, many high-ranking maritime merchants began to support Liu Bei, ready to ask Liu Bei to avenge them.

Of course, Liu Bei's actions in Nanzhong also made them huge profits. Whether it is Nanzhong's specialty products or labor, they are all a fortune.

They were even surprised by the amount of wealth. They thought this was a wild place, but they didn't expect that the local specialties were extremely valuable in Daqian, whether it was precious medicinal materials, rhinoceros horns, crocodile skins, gems, spices, all kinds of Some precious woods of valuable sandalwood are extremely valuable when sold in large quantities. It can even be said that they make more money in Nanzhong in the barren land than in Tianzhu!
It is because they found that supporting Liu Bei can make them earn more, so there are so many great merchants behind Liu Bei, because Liu Bei has interests around him!

And when it was difficult for Liu Bei to attack Tianzhu by land, they also helped Liu Bei find a way to attack Tianzhu by sea.Even the contact with the Dagan government is done by them.Otherwise, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, the two powerful enemies, would not have entered the territory of the Great Qin so easily.

After obtaining the official approval of Dagan, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun came to Jizhou on a maritime merchant ship, landed from Bohai County, and then entered Changshan County. This is what Zhao Yun had agreed with Liu Bei in advance.

Since the turmoil in Jizhou, Zhao Yun has not returned to Changshan for almost 20 years, and he has never seen his parents and fellow villagers. But this time he had the opportunity to return to Jizhou, and before he left, he asked Liu Bei to go back to his hometown.

Naturally, it was impossible for Liu Bei to refuse Zhao Yun's request, and he even sent Zhang Fei to accompany him, hoping that Zhang Fei would also go to his hometown in Zhuojun to see his clansmen.

After Zhao Yun and the others entered Changshan County, everything was very strange to him, so he could only walk back to his hometown by feeling.

"Zilong!" A voice called out in surprise at this time.

Zhao Yun was also pleasantly surprised when he saw the person calling him, "Cousin?"

The person named Zhao Yunye is his cousin Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu said in surprise, "You are really back!"

Zhao Yun said excitedly: "I'm back! My hometown has changed so much over the years, I can't even find my way home."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "How could we find it? Our Zhaojiazhuang has been relocated long ago, merged with several nearby villages, and now it is in the plain."

After speaking, Zhao Yu took Zhao Yun home.

When he actually arrived at Zhao Yu's residence, Zhao Yun felt a little surprised. What kind of small town is this? It's crowded with people coming and going.

Zhao Yu looked surprised and asked Zhao Yun with a smile: "Do you think the scale is a bit scary?"

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "This is not inferior to the size of ordinary county towns. Cousin, you said that this is a new county town established by Dagan, and Yundu believes it."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The government said that it is necessary to gather villages and integrate resources. More people are more powerful. Only when there are more people can we build medical management, schools, workshops and other infrastructure. If we are still in the mountain village, the school will not be able to move there. , we can’t afford a teacher.”

"Now everyone has divided the fields, built orchards on the mountain, and built a cannery. Now the annual harvest is not only enough to feed people, but the surplus food can also be used for farming. The harvested fruits can also be sold or made canned"

Then he said excitedly: "Brother Zilong told you that the price of pork has increased by 5% in the past six months. Our village has raised thousands of pigs and made millions more. And life is getting better and better now." Yes, there are more people who eat well, and everyone thinks that the demand for pork will increase in the future, so everyone is discussing to expand the scale of breeding."

Zhao Yun also said happily: "I didn't expect my cousin to have a business mind. No wonder everyone is getting richer now."

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Thanks to the help of the ruling party, we have the life we ​​have now."

At this time, more and more people came back to the village to say hello to Zhao Yun. They were all his relatives and old friends, and the people in this living area were all from Zhaojiazhuang.

That night Zhaojiazhuang set up more than a dozen tables of banquets to celebrate Zhao Yun's return.

The next day, Zhao Yun went to harvest wheat with his cousin. He didn't have much time to stay here, and there was only so much he could do for his hometown.

His cousin also seemed to have seen Zhao Yun's thoughts, and asked during the break: "I don't plan to stay. Now that life is better, there is no need to go outside to fight and kill. If you stay, I will tell the mayor." , Let him leave you 100 acres of land, and the tribe will help you open up wasteland together, and you will stay in Dada and live some ordinary lives."

Because after the newspapers, the news spread more widely than before. They knew that Liu Bei had been beaten out of the country, and they also knew through the newspapers that Liu Bei was now attacking the city in a barren land.

There are even dedicated war reporters following them to report, among which Zhao Yun's name often appears, such as winning three passes in a day and attacking Bazhai at night.So his cousin also knew that Zhao Yun did not leave Liu Bei at all.

If Liu Bei had been the great general of the big man before, cousin Zhao Yun would definitely not have said such a thing. Although the big man is weak, Zhao Yun is still a general there anyway, and doing things in the big man can be regarded as honoring his ancestors.

But now the big Han has perished, and the place where Liu Bei fought is even more barren. Instead of fighting in such a place, it is better to return to the ordinary life in Dagan territory. After all, in his opinion, Zhao Yun is already over 40. This The age has come, and it's time to prepare for the elderly, instead of continuing to fight on the battlefield.

Zhao Yun shook his head to reject his cousin's good intentions and said, "The general is not thin with the cloud, Yun can't leave the general at this time."

Zhao Yu could only helplessly shake his head and said: "You have been stubborn since you were a child, and it seems that you can't change it!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound, and a steel machine was walking towards them.

A white-haired old man jumped down and said with great anger: "Everyone, come quickly and see what good things I bring you!"

Zhao Yu and others surrounded him and asked curiously: "Mayor, what is this iron guy? Why is he still walking by himself?"

The mayor smiled and said: "This is a new thing from Jidu, what is it called a combine harvester, this guy can harvest wheat as fast as 1000 people, I took a lot of effort to snatch it from the county. "

"1000 people? Impossible?" Obviously, everyone didn't believe it.

The mayor smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't believe it, Xiao Wu let these bumpkins see the power of the combine harvester."

Xiao Wu, who was sitting on the harvester, started the harvester and went to the field. All the wheat within a radius of more than one foot was harvested by the combine harvester, leaving only a little head still on the ground.

"How is this iron guy powerful?"

Zhao Yu said in surprise: "It's amazing. If there are 10 such machines, our village's food can be completely surrounded by these machines, and everyone won't have to work so hard!"

The mayor laughed and scolded: "Do you think this guy doesn't need money? You don't even look at the steel all over the body. This guy is worth the old nose's money. One set costs 20 yuan!"

"So expensive? It's worth 40 horses!" Zhao Yu and the others were surprised.

The mayor said: "You guys are really a bunch of ignorant bumpkins, don't even think about every year we hire someone to help us harvest wheat, which time we didn't spend 10,000+ money, now I have this big guy, and I can get back my money in a year And it can not only harvest wheat, but can also be used to reclaim fields, which is faster than hundreds of horses, without feed, and can be started as long as you get some coal. It can be said that you can earn money if you buy it. Everyone is robbing, if I didn't rob fast, our village would not have any."

Everyone thought that buying the machine was just paying once, but they had to hire Mike twice a year. If they did the math, they found that the machine was more cost-effective.

Seeing the scene in front of them, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei said: "The defeat of the general may not be a bad thing for the people of the world."

Zhao Yun knew that even if Liu Bei rebuilt the big man, such a scene would be difficult to see.

(End of this chapter)