I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 753, Be prepared for danger in times of peace
Zhen Mansion!

Zhen An was holding an abacus in the study, crackling and calculating the accounts of the Zhen family this year. The desk was full of their own account books, and Zhen An needed to do the calculations himself!

Zhen An was one of the first batch of businessmen who took refuge in Dagan. It can be said that he had great foresight, and it could also be said that he was extremely lucky. He has a lot of income from the logging factory, and his wealth has increased with the continuous expansion of Daqian's territory. Now Zhen An's wealth is comparable to that of the big man back then. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the richest man in the big man.

But the more this is the case, the more trembling Zhen An is. After all, what happened to those rich merchants in the big man back then, he can see clearly. It is a lucky thing to go bankrupt, and the ruin of the family is the fate of most of these wealthy merchants. .

The fate of these people made Zhen An clearly see the power of the gun, and he must not offend the soldiers if it is not necessary.

Dagan's business environment is much better than that of Dahan, and the court is much more disciplined. Even so, Zhen An is trembling and dare not go overboard.I'm afraid that the fate of the big man and the group of big merchants will fall on his head.

Therefore, Zhen An has been extremely respectful to the Dagan military these years. The warships manufactured for the military not only guarantee the quality and quantity, but also make almost no money. Only they have needs for their own fleet. Zhen An will ask his own buddies to help. Military transportation logistics, and the price is extremely low.

It can be said that Zhen An has been a high-quality partner of the Dagan military for more than ten years, and Zhen An has spent so much energy and energy in order to maintain the relationship with the Dagan military.Just to find a way to escape the fate of becoming a fat pig.

And it's not just the military, he has even invested in a lot of congressmen over the years, letting these congressmen speak for him, so that the Daqian court will not issue laws against their merchants.

Speaking of which, Zhen An is a little envious of the peasants who work hard. In recent years, the government has not only allocated land to them, but also spent huge sums of money to build water conservancy facilities, turning the land of these common people into high-quality fertile soil.

The imperial court obviously built water conservancy facilities for these people's own land, but they can still get a lot of income. Even the imperial court was worried that the low price of grain would hurt the farmers, and the ruling government also promulgated the minimum purchase price of grain to keep these farmers from drought and flood.Even this year, the imperial court is discussing reducing land taxes and increasing farmers' income!

Zhen An envied this kind of treatment. Dagan said that he was serious about agriculture, and he really took action. All kinds of welfare benefits and policies are to protect farmers, and these merchants have to pay a lot of taxes every year for their income, but Never enjoyed these treatments.

So Zhen An is also very aware of the increased status. Although the big cadres are more disciplined than the big men, they are still first-class officials, second-class workers and peasants, and third-class merchants. To a certain extent, their status has not changed.

Over the years, as the wealth of the Zhen family has increased, Zhen An has also divided the family for safety. He has divided his family business among his sons, so that even after his death, the huge family business will be completely divided. , but the smaller size of the Zhen family will also make his descendants safer.

And in order to protect the family business, he also asked his youngest son to apply for the University of Mechanical Engineering and become a student of the University of Mechanical Engineering. In his opinion, as long as he becomes a student in power, this relationship can guarantee the safety of the Zhen family for 20 years. He couldn't control what happened 20 years later.

Just as Zhen An finished the accounts, his butler suddenly said pleasantly, "Master, the young master is back!"

Zhen An was also pleasantly surprised when he heard this. After all, Zhen Xing was engaged in maritime trade. If he was not careful, natural disasters and man-made disasters could destroy a fleet. Although the South China Sea has become safer due to the large-scale navy raiding the South China Sea over the years , Daqian's manufacturing technology is also constantly improving, making sea-going ships bigger and bigger and safer, but many fleets still disappear without a trace every year.

But now that he heard this voice, he finally felt relieved.

Not long after, Zhen Xing came to the study room and knelt down to his father: "Greetings, my lord father, the child is back!"

"Okay, okay, just come back!" Zhen An helped his son up and said: "In the future, such dangerous matters can be handed over to the shopkeeper below. Our family is not short of money now, it's time to come and take risks!"

In fact, Zhen An didn't want his eldest son to go to Tianzhu, it was too far away and too dangerous, but Zhen Xing had to go, so he had no choice but to agree.

Zhen Xing said with a smile: "Father has laid such a large foundation, the child does not want to be seen as a tiger father and dog son. The ruling party said that each generation should be stronger than each generation, so that the country will develop and the family will prosper."

Then he said happily: "This trip, my boy has opened up the trade routes of Tianzhu, Nanzhong, Nanzhong and Jidu, and the most important thing is that Liu Bei has established a firm foothold in Tianzhu, and also found the special products needed by the South China Sea in Tianzhu. It can be said that now Tianzhu and Dagan have formed a perfect business chain. As long as our family's caravans set up this business route to sell goods, they can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in one trip. This can be said to give our Zhen family a golden mountain gone."

Then Zhen Xing told Zhen An all about his journey!
Zhen An said happily: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, Xing'er, you have already excelled in business!"

This time, Zhen Xing has found a business route for the family that can earn hundreds of millions of dollars, and can keep their Zhen family's wealth for more than ten years, so he is so happy!
After Zhen Xing finished talking about what he had seen and heard along the way, he asked Zhen An, "Does father know about the fact that the ruler wants to get the rubber tree?"

Zhen Andao: "Understood, there have been more and more steam engines in the past few years, and the steam engines in power have to use jelly to seal, so the imperial court has more and more demand for Eucommia glue. It even opened up a million-acre eucommia gum plantation, but unfortunately the growth of eucommia gum is far from meeting the needs of steam engines, and now the price of eucommia gum has increased by more than 10 times."

"But as long as the steam engine is still increasing, Eucommia gum will continue to rise. Then the ruling party thought of a tree called rubber. The rubber tree can produce dozens of times more glue than Eucommia gum. Unfortunately, the rubber tree is too far away from us. It’s so far away that the ruling party can only give an approximate location. Even the ruling party himself has difficulty finding rubber trees.”

Zhen Xing thought for a while and said, "Baby wants to help the ruling party find this rubber tree!"

Zhen An was surprised and said: "The ruler has already said that the location of this kind of tree is tens of thousands of miles away from our Dagan. The explorer must have a narrow escape, so the ruler will spend such a large price to offer a reward! But our family does not lack tens of thousands of miles. Two gold!"

Zhen Xing said seriously: "Our family is not short of money, but lacks rights. If there is no connection with the ruling party, father can have such a large family business. Now that his father is old, how long can the Zhen family rely on the relationship with the ruling party? Father, we must be prepared for danger in times of peace!"

(End of this chapter)