A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 339 Finances for the trip to the Western Regions
Wang Zhuo left Dunhuang all the way laden with goods and drinking fine wine, but their team did not become smaller, and even expanded a lot.

There are many more camels in the convoy. These camels are easier to use than horses. They have high load-bearing capacity, strong discipline, and are suitable for the environment. Only a few people can carry more than a dozen camels.

On these camels were the treasures Wang Zhuo obtained from Dunhuang, most of which were jade and gemstones, and some were exquisite gold ornaments.

"Sir, this Western Region is really a treasure land!" One of the people in the team came up and said with a smile.

"Of course, look at these beautiful jade and gemstones. Where have you seen them in the Central Plains? There are so many here." Another person said with a smile.

Wang Zhuo held the ruby. This ruby ​​was uniform in color, crystal clear, and without any flaws inside. It was the size of a bird's egg. It would be extremely valuable in the Central Plains, but here, there are several bigger ones than it.

If you can take these things back and sell them, you can gain unattainable wealth.Wang Zhuo is very aware of the habits of those nobles. Once these jewelry appear, they will definitely be sought after.

Maybe discuss it with His Majesty and use these gems to go back and harvest.After all, although these gems are good, they can't ward off hunger, and they can't kill enemies. It's good to collect them for nobles to fight for their wealth.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhuo smiled slightly and threw the gem into his pocket. He was going to take the time to write a letter back to tell His Majesty about these things.

Camel bells rang softly, floating in the wind and sand, and the caravan moved forward slowly on the sand dunes.

"The Western Region is not only filled with gems, jade and wine, but those little ladies are even better!" Wang Zhuo said with a chuckle.

"Young master is right!" The people around shouted, and then laughed loudly.

"Sir, based on this, this land in the Western Region is ours!"

"Yes!" everyone said one after another.

The Daqian royal family has always been divided into Taicang and Shaofu. Taicang is the state's tax revenue, which is used to maintain the operation of the country. It pays for the salary distribution of court officials, various engineering construction, military operations, and food and salary.

The Shaofu is used to maintain the life of the royal family, as well as the academy and the Yulin Guard.

Among them, the Yulin Guard occupies the majority. The royal family uses the Shaofu to support the army, which means that the Yulin Guard is the royal family's private army, and only the emperor can mobilize and command it.

The Tengjia soldiers and garrison soldiers from various places are the national army and need Taicang to support the army.Of course, the emperor's order is also needed to mobilize, but these transfers are through the imperial court.

The Yulin Guards now have more than 3 people. The strength of the Yulin Guards is so strong. On the one hand, it is the maintenance of the royal family, equipment and various trainings, and on the other hand, it is money.

Whether it is training or maintaining combat effectiveness, a lot of money is needed, and the various benefits of these soldiers cost money.

The royal family of Daqian can afford to support these Yulin Guards. On the one hand, it is because Daqian is vast, the taxes paid are enough, and the money and food allocated to the young government are also large. The royal family is frugal and has cut off all the expenses for enjoyment and extravagant life. , used for the official office, and the royal caravan.

It is difficult to do business in these years, and each place has its own little calculation, that is, the backstage of the royal caravan is strong enough, so that it can proceed unimpeded.After all, if anyone dared to touch the royal family's purse, the secret guards would come to the door the next day.

But even so, the royal family's money is still very tight.There are more and more places to spend money, but the wealth gains are not enough. It is not an ordinary difficulty to maintain such a large scene.

Now that the Western Region is so rich, if a caravan is opened specifically to pass through the Western Region, it will definitely make a lot of money.The caravan set out from Dunhuang and went all the way to Loulan, Cheshi, and Qiuci.The entire Western Region is divided into northern and southern sections by the Tianshan Mountains, and the environment in the Western Region has also become extremely complex.

The purpose of Wang Zhuo's trip was to travel throughout the Western Regions, collect intelligence, and open the way for the army.Therefore, wherever Wang Zhuo went, he would carve stones on mountain peaks or boulders.

Wang Zhuo would record the place name, direction and time, and carve it on the rock wall to use it as a road sign. It would also provide sufficient evidence for the "since ancient times" in the future.

The Western Region covers thousands of miles, and there are many small countries. The large ones have a population of more than [-], while the small ones only have a few thousand. There is even Wusun Kingdom with a population of hundreds of thousands to the west of Congling.

The Huns are very powerful here. The countries in the Western Regions are afraid of the Huns and often attack them, or refuse to sell food and water, or refuse them entry into the city.

Faced with the dissatisfaction of these people who were unwilling to accept Wang Hua and contact the civilization of Zhuxia, Wang Zhuo immediately responded with a lesson.Cheshi Kingdom is one of them. This Cheshi Kingdom thinks that it is very powerful and occupies important roads, and has good relations with the Xiongnu.

So he attacked the envoys and blocked the way with troops.Seeing this situation, Wang Zhuo immediately led two hundred Yulin guards to make a surprise attack.A great battle against the chariot division.Five hundred people were beheaded, and the leader of Cheshi fled in disgrace.

The Cheshi Kingdom had only [-] soldiers in total, and [-] of them died in the first battle. They were so frightened that they did not dare to fight anymore, and quickly sent people to sue for peace.

Wang Zhuo did not press hard. In fact, he only had 400 men. Even if he defeated Che Shiguo, he could not control this place at all. In the end, he could only let the Huns take advantage, so he gave up when he saw it and taught Che a lesson. Shiguo Iban.

Let these people know how powerful Da Gan is, and if they dare to cooperate with the Huns, they must consider whether they can withstand Da Gan's thunderous wrath!
The Cheshi Kingdom is also a big country in the Western Regions and is located on an important transportation route. After the Cheshi Kingdom surrendered, Wang Zhuo and others' operations in the Western Regions became smoother.

Countries in the Western Region are also afraid of authority. It can be said that the rules of survival here are different from those in the Central Plains, and are rougher.

After collecting a large amount of intelligence, Wang Zhuo wrote a letter about the situation in the Western Regions and sent a team of ten people back to deliver the letter.

It took about a year before Wang Zhuo's letter was delivered to Wang Ke.

The Western Region was far away, and there were many Huns along the way, so the roads were not smooth, which made communication difficult.

After reading the letter, Wang Ke also had a general understanding of the Western Regions. After learning about the wealth of the Western Regions, he immediately became interested in the Western Regions.

He wanted to use the wealth of the Western Regions to subsidize Daqian's finances.

In recent years, there has been a currency shortage in Daqian, and there is not enough currency circulating in the market.Prime Minister Li Si wrote a letter stating that the imperial court would take back the right to mint coins, and no counties would be allowed to mint coins, and all minting would be unified by the state.

Over the years, in order to develop, Daqian has also suffered from inconvenient transportation. Some states and counties have the right to mint coins.

This did have a lot of beneficial effects at first, but later the inspection of the censor found that there were a lot of bad coins on the market.

As a result, wealthy nobles collected good coins and used bad coins on a large scale, or they conspired with various states and counties to melt good coins and mint bad coins.

As a result, the people were harmed and complained. Seeing this situation, Wang Ke decided to take back the right to mint coins.

(End of this chapter)