Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 457

Li Shimin decided to leave early tomorrow morning, and to take away all the weapons and equipment produced by the major workshops in Shanyang in the past year, and even take away most of the chariots that were originally equipped for the Anbei Army. This gave Sun Xiangfu an opportunity to update the Anbei Army's equipment again.

In his view, chariots without ball bearings, iron wheels, and angle scales can only be placed on the city wall for defensive battles. To really attack, you need the newly produced ball bearings and steel structures in Weinan. The shaft chariot can only withstand the bumps and frequent use.

The terrain of most places in Goguryeo is rugged and difficult to walk, and it is very suitable for building some defensive fortresses. There are no very durable siege vehicles, and there is no way to advance quickly.

At dusk, Sun Xiangfu went to the Shanyang branch of Wangjiang Tower for a banquet. Wang Xu, who hadn't seen him for about a year, became even more extraordinary. Now, he is no longer one of the heirs of the Wang family, but the future Wang family. Compared with the identities of the sons of the other families, they are quite a head higher.

"I heard that brother Zhengming helped someone under my second brother's subordinates in Chang'an?"

"It just happened to happen."

"It seems that brother Zhengming's compassion is indiscriminate between the enemy and the enemy! My second brother is in Yunnan, but he has no good intentions. You have to be careful."

When Wang Xu invited him to drink, Sun Xiangfu clinked a glass with him, nodded in agreement and said, "This is true, so I have to find a way to learn more about him."

"So, to save this person, Brother Zhengming has other meanings?"

"I can't talk about deep meaning. It may be of great use to take a casual move once in a while. By the way, with your current status as Young Master Wang, you will not come to me to talk about these trivial matters!"

Hearing this, Wang Xu said with a smug smile, "Hehe, brother Zhengming, please speak quickly, so I won't play around with you anymore. I'm looking for you this time to talk about buying land."

"Buying land? Around Shangqi City?"

Wang Xu smiled when he heard the words, "Brother Zhengming is really powerful, and he had expected it. Yes, what I want to buy is the land around Shangqi City, and it is close to the five of them, which can prevent them from continuing to expand."

Sun Xiangfu said calmly, "This should be a way for your Wang family to do business!"

Seeing Sun Xiangfu's reaction, Wang Xu knew that there was something to talk about, so he continued to toast and said, "That's right, my Wang family intends to use those lands that can hinder their expansion in exchange for the land they had in Shanyang earlier. , the auctioned fields around Dingxiang make this entire field belong to my royal family."

"My lord, I have a good plan. These fields in Shanyang Dingxiang have been developed by several of them now. It's just the time for harvest. I'm afraid they won't give up so easily."

"Compared to the development space cut off by my Wang family, I believe they will know how to choose. Moreover, they need a lot of money and materials to build a new city and resettle their tenants. My Wang family, one step ahead of them, has already settled down. , in terms of living money, even if the five of them unite, they may not be much more than my Wang family."

As the saying goes, step by step, step by step, the Wang family is the first family to reach a cooperation with Sun Xiangfu, and their fields are developed one year earlier than other families. This advantage will gradually increase in the following years. Moreover, they The place where the development started was very close to the original foundation of the Wang family, which led to the fastest development speed of the land acquired by the Wang family.

The faster the development, the higher the income will naturally be. In the spice field, the Wang family has accumulated several million more cash capital than the few families. In addition, the population of Dingxiang and Shanyang is relatively dense, and the urban construction tends to increase. It is more complete and convenient for them to transfer various tools, materials, and hire labor.

This has led to a further widening of the gap between the Wang family and several other families. You must know that Shanyang and Dingxiang have a combined population of 70 households. More than 10,000 farm households of their own Wang family were converted into hired workers. It only took one spring to develop more than half of the millions of acres of land around Dingxiang City that their Wang family had newly replaced.

These lands will bring output to the Wang family this year, and the remaining undeveloped land will be fully developed by the Wang family within this year, and they will be able to sow and harvest next year.

Then, by next year, together with the 300 million mu of oat fields that Sun Xiangfu and the Wang family have jointly planted, the Wang family can produce nearly ten million mu of fields in the Northland. These fields, not to mention the cultivation of cash crops, Just planting spices and food can bring millions of dollars in income to the Wang family every year, plus commercial income?

With money and profit expectations, the Wang family will naturally not be satisfied with the status quo. In the court, they have Wang Gui, a senior official, to support them. In terms of economic strength, they are stronger than the other families. Naturally, they want to pursue the other families fiercely. Fighting, in one fell swoop established their status as the No. [-] family of the Wang family.

If Sun Xiangfu agrees to sell the land around Shangqi City to the Wang family, the Wang family will control the expansion of the five families in Shangqi City. Thinking about it, just changing the land may not be able to satisfy the appetite of the Wang family. I will take this opportunity to put forward more conditions to the five of them. Anyway, the Wang family turned against them a few years ago, and now, they will only talk about their interests.

"If you want to block all the development space of the five of them, your Wang family has a lot of land to buy!"

"Hehe, as long as the price is fair, my Wang family will not be short of money."

"According to my estimation, in order to seal off the development space of the five families around Shangqi City, at least 500 million mu of land in the surrounding area needs to be purchased. How much is the Wang family planning to bid?"

"500 million guan, what do Zhengming brothers think?"

"Instalments or cash?"

"You can."

"It seems that the Wang family has gained a lot in the past few years. However, I can't promise you a deal of tens of millions. I must ask His Majesty first. The price is still open to discussion."

"If Your Majesty was not in Shanyang, I would have gone to Chang'an to talk to you a long time ago. If this matter is successful, I would also like to thank you very much."

"Then, it's a deal."

Sun Xiangfu raised his glass, and after drinking with Wang Xu, he didn't stay any longer and went directly to the barracks.

At this time, Li Shimin was having dinner accompanied by Li Chengqian. Seeing Sun Xiangfu coming, he asked someone to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks. While eating, he talked about the affairs of the Wang family.

"Wang's financial resources are so powerful?" After listening to Sun Xiangfu's report, Li Shimin was a little stunned.

The annual tax revenue of the Tang court is only a few million guan, and they owed a huge debt of more than 2000 million guan once they conquered the East. The Wang family can actually spend 500 million guan to buy land in one go. They are really rich. But the enemy country!

"It's not surprising that the Wang family is rich. Previously, the cultivation of spices and Champa rice made them a lot of money. Moreover, 200% of Shanyang's business belongs to their Wang family. Just looking at the business taxes they pay, they can Knowing that the annual income of the Wang family will not be less than [-] million guan, if this money is released to the market, it will relieve a lot of pressure on circulation."

"You mean, sell the land to them?"

Although Li Shimin was asking for Sun Xiangfu's opinion, there was a look of worry on his face. In his opinion, it might not be appropriate for the Wang family to control all the land around Shanyang and Dingxiang. Xiang has become a replica of Taiyuan, and it is still a stronger version.

"Sell, and, once the Wang family reaches a replacement agreement with the five families in Shangqi City, then the five families in Shangqi City will go to the imperial court to buy land again to prevent the Wang family from using money to buy land again and block their development space , as long as they come to the imperial court to buy, we will sell them all."

"But if these places outside the customs are all controlled by them, wouldn't it make them form a new prestige power?" Li Shimin expressed his concern.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, don't forget that the people who live in these lands are Hu people. If they want to become a prefect, they must let these Hu people be as obedient as the Han people. First of all, not to mention that this is a difficult thing to do, even if they did it, what harm would it do to the court?

The aristocratic family used their strengths to help us educate these barbarians and make the imperial court's rule over these places outside the pass more solid. This is a great thing, even if they form a new prefect, so what?
When they were inside the customs, we still had the means to kick them out of the customs. In the future, we will naturally have a way to kick them to farther places, or, without us kicking them, they will also develop to farther places. . "

Once enjoying the dividends brought by the expansion, these aristocratic families may not stop. After the power of Datang further develops to Europe and the Middle East in the future, their current location may not be the center of frontier business. Sometimes, they will choose to move to a farther place to obtain trade benefits, just like they choose to move to Shangqi City now.

What is left is the already developed fields and cities, and the imperial court only needs to be a pusher to wait for the harvest of these finished products.

Moreover, the Wang family, which seems to have benefited in this process, may not be able to have the last laugh, because although the territory they occupy is connected together and has become a fertile soil with high output, their business and trade, But they will lose the opportunity. At that time, when they beg those five families to sell the things produced in their fields, things will reverse.

Moreover, it is an irreversible reversal. When the output of all agricultural crops is saturated, the income of a big landowner like the Wang family will be pitifully low, because the people all over the world, All planting the same thing as them.

And those who can only do business for domestic demand, their commercial income will not be very high, because the saturation of agricultural products will reduce the profits of all commodities in Datang. If you sell at a high price, no one will buy it.

After listening to Sun Xiangfu's words, Li Shimin tapped his fingers on the table, and after thinking for a long time, he replied, "In that case, you can reply to Wang Xu, this transaction is concluded, but, in terms of price, I want to increase the price." 300 million guan, after the imperial court received the money, it was used to repay part of the loan for the military purchase, so that the bank can approve more loans for other projects.”

The reason why Sun Xiangfu didn't write on the price with Wang Xu is because he knew that with Li Shimin's personality, he would definitely ask for a price increase, and what Li Shimin said about asking the bank to make more loans for other projects was naturally referring to the business of all parts of the country. Architectural aspects of the square.

This is related to Li Shimin's interests, and it is also related to Datang's interests. When commerce develops, the entire economy will be active. Sun Xiangfu would like to see the accelerated construction of commercial plazas.

"I will reach an agreement with Wang at the price you set as soon as possible."

"Well, Chengqian, send Zhengming away for me."

"My son takes orders."

After listening to the entire discussion process, Li Chengqian got up and gave Li Shimin a farewell ceremony, then gave Sun Xiangfu a wink, and the two left the dining room together.

"What's this called? I didn't eat anything for two consecutive dinners." Sun Xiangfu, who came out of the dining room, complained.

"Hehe, don't be upset, teacher, the emperor asked me to come out to see you off, didn't you just want me to treat you to another meal, let's go! Let's talk to that Wang Xu again."

(End of this chapter)