Destiny Only Han

Chapter 513 Liu Ying: The three counties of Jiaozhi, since ancient times!

"To the South China Sea, or to Liaodong, let's choose one..."

Hearing Liu Ying's somewhat casual tone, Liu Xin was frozen in the carriage as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He originally thought that through Liu Ying, he could seek the position of a Sangong Jiuqing or a county guard or lieutenant, but now?
South China Sea?Liaodong?
Is this where people stay?

Not only Liu Xin, even Liu Fei on the opposite side became a little dull after hearing the choice given by Liu Ying.

He frowned, and said hesitantly: "Third brother, isn't what you said a little too unreasonable? Although the elder brother is not the same as us, but he is the only son of the uncle..."

Liu Ying waved her hands and asked in surprise, "Why are you so unkind? Lingnan and Liaodong are just places where you can flex your muscles?"

He looked at Liu Xin and Liu Fei who were looking at each other, and suddenly realized: "You don't think that it is really a so-called wild land, where birds don't shit, do you?"

Liu Xin nodded. Although Liu Fei hesitated, he still nodded slightly.

Liu Ying looked at Liu Fei as if looking at an alien: "Brother, I don't know, I understand, but you shouldn't? I won't talk about Liaodong. You didn't have the Lingnan Development Bond that was sold everywhere before." Have you understood? Where is the wild land?"

He remembered very clearly that when Zhao Tuo was captured, Chang'an City immediately issued Lingnan development bonds, and many rich and famous families bid for the manor license. It doesn't make sense that Liu Fei still has a stereotype of Lingnan?
Liu Fei scratched his head in embarrassment: "Brother, you know me...I..."

He is poor, and the money he can use on weekdays is only a little pocket money, such as the income from the fiefdom, etc. are all managed by the Cao family, so he always walks around money-related things in daily life...

Liu Ying let out a long sigh: "Aunt Cao's educational philosophy is problematic! I'll ask my mother to help you talk about her. You're so old, it doesn't make sense to be treated so strictly by Aunt Cao like a child! "

"Really?" With an excited expression on his face, Liu Fei grabbed Liu Ying's hand and shook it up and down: "If the queen can talk about it, maybe my mother can really stop worrying about me!"

Boys can't be poor... Liu Ying shook her head with a smile, and pulled back her hand that was red from being pinched.

Liu Xin looked left and right, his face full of doubts. His fief is in the south of Sishui County. Because he was worried about his relationship with Liu Bang, he returned to live in the fief early. He is an out-and-out country bumpkin.

Therefore, he has no idea about things such as developing bonds.

Seeing his doubts, Liu Ying turned her head and said, "I heard people say that elder brother is building water conservancy projects on the fief, and has built several dams and ponds in a row."

"Then the so-called development bonds are similar to water conservancy repairs. It is nothing more than one is rich and then repairs, and the other is to raise funds and borrow money from everyone, and then use the money to repair dams and ponds, and then increase agricultural taxes to slow down Slow to pay off debt and interest..."

"Well, the Chinese people who bought the Nanchang City Development Bond, this year, the annual income of each bond is about nine points, which is an increase of two points compared to last year."

"This is because we won the war against South Vietnam, expanded the land in three counties, and captured more than 3 Yue people at one time. Therefore, the porcelain kilns and coal and iron workshops in Yuzhang County have been built, and the income is high. Yes, the rate of return is naturally rich..."

When Liu Ying said this, Liu Fei suddenly interjected.

"What about Lingnan Development Bonds? How much bond dividends can we get this year?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just asking..."

Liu Ying estimated a little bit, and said with some uncertainty:

"Ten percent should be there. After all, the plantations in Nanhai County will be able to see income by the end of this year, and the Nanyue Kingdom is gone, and the tariffs on the spice trade will be much less. Naturally, the dividend income will definitely not be higher than that of Yuzhang. County messenger!"

"Besides, you also saw the Nanyang envoys at the New Year's Grand Meeting. In the next few years, the trade income of Nanhai County will rise every year... If you still want to buy bonds, you must do so as soon as possible, so as not to increase the price of bonds after a while. It's lower."

Liu Fei nodded. He was going to take out all his money and invest it in Nanhai County after Lu Zhi persuaded the Cao family!
Liu Xin listened to the side for a while, and gradually understood the truth.

Although he doesn't understand other things, he understands spices. Thirty percent of his annual fief income is used to buy seasonings such as pepper, pepper, and cinnamon.

The pursuit of a better life is a human instinct, especially with the popularity of iron pots, the technique of "stir-frying" is becoming more and more mature, and the demand for spices is much higher than that of stewing and frying.

But the most important thing is the high proportion of meat. The stir-fried vegetables taste light and crispy, but the stir-fried pork and mutton... can't be said to be unpalatable, at least not delicious.

Liu Xin stared at Liu Ying and asked, "Could it be that the spices we eat every day are all shipped from Lingnan?"

Liu Ying nodded: "Well, some are, some are not, but most of them are."

Liu Xin said with admiration: "If you say so, Lingnan is really a good place! The prince is worthy of being the unicorn of my family. He has a good eye for taking Zhao Tuo early!"

"Brother is absurd." Liu Ying smiled a little reservedly, and continued:

"But Lingnan is really a good place, such as pepper, that is, I have been suppressing the purchases of merchants from the Western Regions, otherwise they would have bought all the peppers in our market!"

"I heard people say that after they were shipped back to those foreign countries further west, a catty of pepper was almost equivalent to a catty of gold!"

Well, pepper has not been introduced to India yet, so the spice that was monopolized by Arab merchants in later generations and resold to the East and West is now monopolized by Liu Ying, and anti-dumped to the Arab world...

"What?" Liu Xin opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe it. He really didn't expect that this kind of thing he didn't particularly like could be sold so expensive!
Liu Ying said solemnly: "Really, it's absolutely true! That's why I always said that Lingnan is a good place. Besides, you know brown sugar, right?"

Liu Xin nodded.

The price of brown sugar transported to Sishui County is about [-] yuan per catty, but it is only sold at the market in Guanzhong for [-] yuan...

This made it difficult for him to understand, what about Chang'an Migui?
However, he still sold his jade ornaments, went to the market to scan the goods, and prepared to take the goods home with his body. First, he would eat them himself, and second, he would resell them to make some money...

He looked at Liu Ying, and asked with some uncertainty: "What does the prince mean, brown sugar is also produced in Lingnan?"

Liu Fei interjected, "No, brown sugar is a specialty of Bashu and Nanjun..."

Just when Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Ying said with a smile:

"Don't listen to my elder brother's nonsense! Let's put it this way, by the end of this year, the brown sugar production there will be at least ten times the current national production!"

As a result, not only Liu Xin, but even Liu Fei became restless.

However, compared to Liu Xin's simple shock, Liu Fei is more determined to ask for money from his wife, and then stud Lingnan to develop bonds...

Liu Ying smiled lightly, leaving enough time for them to be shocked.

Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and Liu Ying is no exception.

For example, on the current Silk Road, Zhengerba buys silk tea and transports it back to the Arab world for thousands of miles. There are very few merchants from the Western Regions in the Mediterranean city-states. Nowadays, the most in-demand and most profitable goods are spices and brown sugar monopolized by Liu Ying. .

Especially in the rising Rome, they are addicted to sweetness. In order to pursue the ultimate sweetness, they even add lead to their drinks...

This led to the low birth rate of Roman nobles, and many people had to rely on the help of slaves, or adopted adopted sons to inherit the family business, such as Caesar.

Therefore, with brown sugar in short supply, Liu Ying has no motivation at all, and no reason to process brown sugar into white sugar.

His idea, of course, is to wait until the plantations in the three counties of Lingnan are formed, and brown sugar is on the market in large quantities, and the price is lowered to the point where ordinary people can consume it. White sugar to harvest the rich...

Liu Xin struggled for a while, looked at Liu Ying and asked, "Then Lingnan is a good place, what about Liaodong? I still think it's better to be colder, just wear more clothes, but the heat is really powerless..."

I agree, my life was given by the air conditioner... Liu Ying nodded lightly, and said with a smile: "Liaodong is also a good place, but I don't care too much about it at this stage."

"Brother, if you want to go to Liaodong, I will help you find a position as a general guarding Dongyi, commanding [-] Liaodong cavalry and [-] infantry. The most important task is to prevent the Liaodong ministries from invading us, and the Huns from using troops against the Liaodong ministries." Help them fight back when it's time..."

"However, there is a high probability that neither of these two points will happen."

"So your main daily task is to be responsible for patrolling and arresting the fugitive ministers, ensuring the operation of the Royal Second Shipyard, and the coal and iron workshop planned in Hanhuang County in the future."

Well, the so-called Hanhuang County is probably the Tangshan City of later generations, a county that Liu Bang specially designated to compete with Qinhuangdao next door...

When Liu Xin was moved, Liu Ying waved her hand and said:
"Brother, if you want to make progress, I don't recommend you to be the general who protects Dongyi. You should go to Lingnan to develop."

"Now it's different from the time when the country was founded. It's even more difficult to confer titles without military exploits! The Yue people are rich in territory and not strong in combat power. If the elder brother arrives in Lingnan, he will train [-] soldiers who are good at fighting in the hot and humid jungle and defeat the people near Jiaozhi. Getting more people is a piece of cake!"

"At that time, the Yue people will be divided into three counties, namely Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, Rinan County..."

"Such a feat of opening up the territory is enough to become a king, and it can also comfort the spirit of the uncle in heaven!"

For a moment, Liu Xin's eyes glowed with a light called meritorious deeds, and then he nodded up and down like a chicken pecking at rice.

"It's all at the prince's command!"

(End of this chapter)