Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 139 Wu Sangui Raises Troops

"Hey, Lao Liu is here? You came to see me this late at night, do you have any good stuff for me?"

Liu Xuanchu is Wu Sangui's confidant. On the surface, his identity is the prefect of Chaozhou who has just taken office. Of course, in this Chaozhou where Liu Dapao only covers the sky with his hands, he can't control his shit, but he simply assumes the bond between Chaozhou and Kunming. The burden of contact.

Liu Xuanchu smiled and said: "Pingnan Wang bought a batch of new goods from Burma and just brought them into the city. Knowing that you like these things, the prince specially ordered that this piece of raw material is reserved for you, and it is for you."

As he said that, he ordered his servants to bring in a piece of emerald stone about the size of a human head. Good guy, if such a big piece of imperial green glass is properly cut into tables and sold in future generations, it might cost [-] million yuan. [-] million.

However, since the San Francisco returned from Chaozhou more than three months ago, each of them has established its own company, and let Liu Dapao take some shares.

However, Monk Geng Jingzhong likes to live along the coast, and it is also close to Chaozhou. The local people in Fujian and Guangdong also have a certain foundation in commerce and even handicrafts. Whether they are engaged in trade or industry, they can make a lot of money. The two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong are also the most important sugar producing areas in the whole country and even in the world.

So the two of them made a lot of money for their families, and they each cooperated with some local chambers of commerce to do it casually, and the company made money, and the dividends were distributed to the soldiers below, and the stocks were already listed in Chaozhou. It’s over. I won’t tell you that the bourgeoisie has exerted its power in their hands, but it can also be said that the bourgeoisie that was forced to be cut off in the Ming Dynasty has a tendency to grow back again.

Even Sun Yanling made a lot of money because he set up a branch of the West Pacific Company in Beihai and Zhanjiang Estuary.

This made Wu Sangui very depressed.

After all, his territory is Yunnan and Guizhou. In these two places, let alone doing business on weekdays, his military expenses are supported by the other six neighboring provinces. Pass.

It can be said that he is the strongest among the San Francisco, but also the poorest.

Of course, there are special products on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, but after all, the traffic is too inconvenient. Apart from being able to grow some tobacco and ship it out and make some profits, the other things are really meaningless, and tobacco is a waste of land, and there are too many to grow. It will also affect food production.

In the end, it was Liu Dapao who gave him the idea to organize a caravan to go to Burma to do business, specializing in jewelry and gemstones. Anyway, he Lao Wu once attacked Burma and the king of Burma once chattered. Dare to block their free trade.

I have to say that the jewelry and jade business in Myanmar is still very good. It is rich in both jadeites that Chinese people like, and sapphires that Europeans like. Under the leading publicity, there are quite a lot of people who buy it, and it is indeed profitable.

At any rate, a small group of businessmen who specialize in jade and jewelry have been born in Yunnan. When they hear the words Yunnan Chamber of Commerce in the future, everyone's first reaction will not be a joke.

Besides, Liu Dapao himself really likes this thing. In his previous life, this thing was quite luxurious. He once spent tens of thousands of oceans to buy a thin waxy jadeite bracelet for his girlfriend, but it broke later. He was very distressed, and later whenever he saw the emerald, he would hint to himself that this thing is really good and beautiful.

This useless energy has become his subconscious, so that jadeite is obviously far less valuable in this era, and it is meaningless in his capacity, but he still can't help but feel a little bit embarrassed when he sees a good jadeite. don't move.

This unpromising gene cannot be changed.

So much so that after seeing this piece of jade, knowing that Liu Xuanchu must have something to do when he came to him in the middle of the night, he still couldn't help but put the material on the desk, talking while researching.

"Sit down, Xiaodie, pour tea for Liu Zhifu. Oh, the color of this stone is very positive, and it is also good for planting water. It is rare and rare, too rare, but the shape is not regular. If you slice it into pieces and take out a bracelet, it will It's a bit of a waste."

"Prime Minister, as long as you like it, this imperial green stone, even King Pingxi has never seen a better material than it. According to the standards you set, its species, water, and color are all the same. The jadeite is of the highest quality, and after receiving it, I specially ordered someone to send it to you six hundred li in a hurry."

"Pingxi Wang has a heart, but this gift is really big. Your Yunnan Chamber of Commerce is in the jade business. I can't keep collecting stones without giving money. I said the number, 8 taels. I personally pay the money and don't leave the company's account. , just a few days ago, my dividend was almost 10 taels of silver."

"Hey, Prime Minister, you are hitting my old Liu in the face. The prince has asked me to give you a generous gift. If I take your money, the prince will not kick me to death. Besides, the business of Myanmar is originally It was also your idea, and you still have shares in the Yunnan-Guizhou Business Group."

"One yard is one yard. Business is business, and friendship is friendship. It is definitely inappropriate for me not to pay for this thing. This thing is purely a personal hobby, and it is not for public affairs. You Yungui Group even pointed this thing to the soldiers. You share dividends, what I don't give money to take advantage of is not your prince alone."

"Hey, then you really can't give this money anymore. The prince said that this is reserved for you to carve jade seals."

"Imperial jade seal?"

Hearing this, Liu Dapao picked it up and looked at it repeatedly.

"Not to mention, with this size and shape, it is too wasteful to carve ornaments, and you can't even get a few of them out of the bracelets. It really is the most suitable for making jade seals."

"This is also a way. The imperial literati always like to use suet jade for their seals and collections. It is impossible for us to change it after thousands of years. It's just that our bourgeoisie is different from them. I think it's better to use emerald. The various official seals of the company, if they go up and down, can also drive the sales of this emerald."

As he said that, he put the stone on the table and sighed: "Since it's an official seal, it's really not my personal belongings. It's just that King Pingxi sent me such a precious treasure at this time. Carved jade seals, but still refuse to accept money, there is something wrong."

"Yes, my lord is about to raise troops."

"Ah, so fast."

"Yes, I really can't hold on any longer. Zheerken and Zhu Guozhi are urging every day, and they are both hard and soft. The court's patience is really exhausted. If you don't fight anymore, the prince is afraid that Kangxi will think about it. , to transfer troops to several provinces in the south.”

"When exactly?"

"It should be a day or two. Maybe it's already done now."

Liu Dapao nodded and said: "You can ask someone to go back and tell King Pingxi that when the news of his raising troops comes, I will raise the flag to respond to him within three days."

(End of this chapter)