Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 263 Gold Mine
Zhang De's army occupied the whole territory of Karasuma. On the one hand, he asked for credit from the imperial court. At the same time, he set up the Karasuma Dufu. Maru built three big cities, countless villages, and sent many teachers to spread the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and started the policy of assimilation.

In fact, if it were someone else, it might be very difficult to occupy Karasuma.But a few days ago, Tianlouban joined Zhang De, and Louban still had some status in Karasuma, so Zhang De supported Louban, and those Karasuma people who had fled to various places heard that Louban was back, and returned home one after another.

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Wang Xiu came to Zhang De with a bitter face, and handed Zhang De the latest income and expenditure form. Zhang De frowned after reading it, and found a big problem, that is, he had no money!To be precise, the Lingdi Treasure House is almost spent!
There is a lot of money in Lingdi's treasury. Originally, Zhang De spent a lot on buying equipment, building ships, buying cattle, and developing water conservancy.Recently, Zhang Deyou built nearly [-] cities one after another. Fortified cities need materials and civilian labor, and this is all a waste of money.This made Zhang De's money finally spent!
Over the years, Zhang De has made a lot of money by relying on private salt, but after entering Zhang De, he has already occupied the land of four states. Originally, it was only Qingzhou, and Zhang De could organize a team of elite soldiers with the profit of private salt, but now In Zhang De's view, the profit of private salt is far from enough!
Zhang De needs to find a way to get some money!

Zhang De has never been short of money since time travel.In the early days when he was in Zhang Rang's house, he would naturally not be short of money.Later, when he arrived in Qingzhou, Zhang Rang gave Zhang De all his private money, and then he had the profit from private salt, which was enough for Zhang De's consumption at that time.After the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Zhang De obtained the treasures accumulated by Emperor Ling all his life. For a long time, the concept of money has never been in Zhang De's mind.But now, Zhang De has to run around for money.

Looking at the account book that Wang Xiu handed over, Zhang De couldn't help sighing, the greatest tragedy in life is that people are alive and the money is gone! (Borrow lines from the Spring Festival Gala)
Taxation is Zhang De's first means of money.China is a country dominated by agriculture, so wealth mainly depends on farmers' agricultural taxes, and agricultural taxes are often calculated in terms of grain.Even the salaries of officials are calculated in terms of food.It is generally said that "two thousand stones" refers to food.

Because Zhang De has built water conservancy projects for many years, Qingzhou and Xuzhou can basically achieve drought and flood income, so these two prefectures are currently Zhang De's main source of taxation.Youzhou was originally located in the north. According to the agricultural level of the Three Kingdoms period, Youzhou had limited grain production, so the tax revenue it could bring was also limited.

Jizhou is a land of grain production, but since the Yellow Turban Uprising, Jizhou has always been the main battlefield, and the blow to agricultural production is quite large. However, Yuan Shao searched for a large amount of grain from the people for the Battle of Guandu, and was fired by Cao Cao Give it a clean burn.Within a year or two, it will be difficult for Jizhou to recover.

With Qingzhou and Xuzhou's taxes, it seems that Zhang De can barely make enough to live on tight, but Zhang De's assimilation policy needs a lot of money to guarantee, so Zhang De began to think about some ways to make money in his mind.

Make glass?I don't know how to do it myself, besides, there is also Yuan Xi, the "big glass" in Yecheng, which is closed all day and can't deal with it!

Make furniture?The market is too small, and now it is a troubled time, people can't get enough to eat, how can there be spare money to buy furniture!Those who can afford it are probably descendants of aristocratic families!Moreover, the technical content of making furniture is too low, and it is too easy to be imitated!But now that you are short of money, let's consider it a way to make money!

Zhang De thought about it carefully again, the most lucrative and profitable industry in future generations is nothing more than drugs, arms and smuggling.

Drugs, let alone whether I know how to deal with them, even if I know how to deal with Zhang De, I will not do such immoral things.

smuggling?Now there is no customs, how can there be such a business as smuggling!
Are you selling arms?worth considering!The princes are fighting in a melee, this weaponry is a good thing, and even if the soldiers don't use it, the common people can buy a knife or two for self-defense!

Suddenly, Zhang De had a flash of inspiration and thought of a profitable business-mining!
You must know that most of China's minerals have not been developed in the era of the Three Kingdoms. Now the eastern and northeastern regions of China that they occupy are rich in minerals.Although Zhang De couldn't explain all the mines in China clearly, Zhang De still knew about the well-known mines in China.

Speaking of mining, the most profitable thing in later generations is oil.Those who exploit oil fields in the Middle East are all very rich.Although Zhang De knows that there is a Shengli oil field in his territory, oil is useless in this era, and it is useless to exploit it!
There are also a lot of iron ore in Zhangde, but the Han Dynasty monopolized salt and iron. Iron is an important strategic resource, and it is not just for sale.

There are also aluminum mines in Zhangde.Aluminum is quite useful, but aluminum needs to be electrolyzed to get it. Zhang De can't let Zhang De build a power station just for electrolysis of aluminum!
Even if these mines are produced, it will take a lot of effort to sell them before you can see the money.

Zhang De suddenly remembered that many of the people who went to the Guandong in later generations went to the Northeast to pan for gold.Gold is a hard currency, and when it is mined, it can be directly used as money!Zhang De slapped his head and suddenly remembered a place!
Zhaoyuan, Shandong is now in Donglai, which is a well-known gold mine in the whole country.I didn't expect that there was such a big golden nest in my territory, and I still haven't remembered it!

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The news that Zhang De defeated Karasuma and captured Karasuma profusely spread throughout the world.In the eyes of the big man, Zhang De is opening up the territory and promoting the national prestige of the big man.So regarding this matter, whether it was the two emperors or the princes from all walks of life, they all praised Zhang De's performance.

Another time, the Xianbei, Fuyu, and Huns also stopped, and Gongsundu, who occupied the northeast, also calmed down. It can be said that Zhang De wiped out Karasuma in one fell swoop, which is also a shock to the surroundings!
The Eastern Xianbei Queji who had already taken refuge in Zhang De immediately felt that it was a good choice to take refuge in Zhang De, and the people of the Yanji Department were also very happy to be able to take refuge in such a powerful person.

Suli and Mijia, the remaining two tribes of Xianbei in the east, also sent people to seek refuge with Zhang De not long after, hoping to get Zhang De's protection, and Zhang De never refused anyone who came, and accepted them without fail.

Compared with the eastern Xianbei, the western Xianbei is much calmer.Western Xianbei is mainly concentrated in the west of Daijun, far away from Zhangde.Therefore, the Tuoba and Murong tribes of Xianbei in the west hardly responded to the war in Karasuma.

But Budugen in the middle couldn't sit still!
(End of this chapter)