The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 182
When she arrived at the gate of Guo Jia's mansion, Diao Chan first greeted the dozen or so maidservants who came with her to enter the mansion, and immediately integrated into the role of housekeeper again.

At the same time, Zhang Xu also ordered the servants who accompanied him to get busy.

Watching the servants of Zhang's family carrying the Eight Immortals table, chairs, screens, rockery and potted plants to the mansion, Guo Jia couldn't laugh or cry.

"Brother Zhang, this is?"

Zhang Xu smiled nonchalantly and said, "For some vulgar things, the envoy should not refuse. I also want to thank the envoy for his care over the years. I don't dare to say reciprocate. It's a little bit of my heart."

Guo Jia led an army into Chang'an, and their daily life was naturally extremely simple. Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu came to Chang'an, but they brought a lot of household furnishings.

He already had a thorough understanding of Guo Jia's hobbies, Zhang Xu and the rich families in Yizhou wanted to curry favor with Guo Jia, they had to have a chance.

Send beautiful women?They couldn't find a more beautiful woman than Guo Jia's wives and concubines.

Send gold and silver?If it is too clichéd, it will fall into inferiority.

However, this trip to Chang'an is just right for Guo Jia to bring some furniture and utensils that can make daily life more comfortable.

It is not easy for Guo Jia to refuse someone's kindness. As Zhang Xu said, these are insignificant gifts. To the wealthy people of Yizhou, they are a drop in the bucket, but they can express their hearts. Such a gift, I really figured out Guo Jia thoroughly.

A businessman’s sense of catching business opportunities is far better than ordinary people’s astuteness. As soon as Guo Jia took down Guanzhong, the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce’s thoughts came alive. It was Zhen Jiang and Cai Yan who were sent to take care of Guo Jia's daily life.

The three of them came to the main hall of the mansion, and the host and guest were seated. Diao Chan went to the backyard to arrange trivial matters and did not show up again. With Guo Jia around, she naturally didn't need to show up.

"The two of you came to Chang'an to visit the mountains and rivers, right? The business is important, so let's get straight to the point."

Guo Jia is busy with official duties, and the three of them are people with clear hearts. They have dealt with each other in the past, and they know each other's behavior well.

Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu looked at each other with a smile in their eyes, and Zhang Xu really spoke out without any scruples.

"To tell you the truth, the chamber of commerce please represent me and Brother Zhen to ask the envoy, can they buy the land in Guanzhong from the government?"

Land is a long-term benefit. No matter how many handicraft workshops a businessman has or how big a silk production site is, land is the most secure family business. The more land there is, the more secure the life of future generations will be.

The rich people in Yizhou are not short of money and food. If Guo Jia said to exchange money and food for land, even if the price was higher, they would be willing.

Private ownership of land was recognized, and land trading was also allowed by the government. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, small and medium landlords wantonly annexed land, mostly because of the collusion between government and businessmen. No tax was added, and later the land tax was reduced by [-]%. Although it is not as good as the [-]th tax in the early Han Dynasty, there is almost no burden, but compared with other places, the people are already very satisfied and enjoy this policy, and regard the land as their lifeline. Naturally, the common people would not sell their land to the rich.

With the land resources in Yizhou, the wealthy families dare not make any decisions. They have a good way of making money, so there is no need to seek their own death. Now that Guanzhong is in the pocket of Guo Jia, the wealthy families in Yizhou want to get a piece of the pie. It is human nature and greed.

"Guanzhong is initially settled, and a thousand miles of waste is waiting to be rejuvenated. I have discussed with the officials about the abandoned thousands of miles of fertile land here. First, I will reward the soldiers of the Taiping Army; I don't plan to sell these lands, but if the Guanzhong people who fled to Yizhou migrate back to Guanzhong, the land they left in Yizhou can be sold according to the situation. For specific matters, the officials of the Chamber of Commerce and the Yizhou government have yet to decide. We need to discuss it in detail.”

Guo Jia spoke softly. Although he and the wealthy Yizhou clan used to be in the same boat, today is different. Even if it was their idea of ​​conquering the land in Guanzhong, Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu were just representatives, and Guo Jia and them did not need to confront each other.

Benefits are benefits, who doesn't want to share a piece of the cake in front of them?
Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu didn't change their faces as if they had foreseen it. The land in Guanzhong is mouth-watering, but from the overall strategy, they still have to serve Guo Jia. Speeding up the people's relocation back to Guanzhong to resume production is to lay the foundation for Guo Jia's next strategy. Base.

To win people's hearts and attract more people to live and work in Guo Jia's territory, Guo Jia's first consideration is actually his own interests, so the Yizhou wealthy family still has to be ranked behind.

Compete with anyone for profit, and don't compete with the ruler who dominates life and death.

However, in addition to the land resources in Guanzhong, the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce is still profitable. Guo Jia expanded the territory and opened up business channels for them.

"My lord, dare I ask, if the chamber of commerce wants to go to Liangzhou, Hebei and the Central Plains to do business, can your lord provide a guarantee?"

Zhang continued to ask.

The brocade industry in Yizhou is very developed, and the name Chengdu Jincheng comes from it. In addition, silk reeling, silk weaving, salt cooking, iron smelting, weapons, gold and silverware, lacquerware and other handicraft industries are flourishing. Yizhou Chamber of Commerce wants to sell To sell stronger and bigger, there is no shortage of goods, but a lack of sales channels.

When Chang'an and Luoyang were no longer prosperous, Lintao was devastated by the war in Kansai, Handan was in decline in the war in the Central Plains, and Wancheng was cut off by Zhang Xiu's separatist regime behind closed doors. Of the six metropolises, only Chengdu remained.

During this period, the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce was proud of its capital. Even though Chengdu was located in a remote corner, its prosperity was unmatched by other cities.

"Recently there has been news from Liangzhou that after Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to their territory, many leaders of the Qiang and Hu tribes rebelled. In the area west of Fufeng, the chamber of commerce should not go there for the time being. Besides, Ma Teng and Han Sui will survive During this difficult period, they have to expand their troops quickly, and Liangzhou can gain very little."

Guo Jia, who was in a very stable mood, did not gloat. He had already foreseen this situation. The Qianghu tribe is not terrible. Each of their leaders has hundreds of soldiers and horses, as many as thousands of people. Only when they are all gathered together can they pose a real threat .

It's normal for someone to rebel. Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to Liangzhou with their poor soldiers. If the rebellious Qianghu people still obey them, there will be a problem.

However, these are just small setbacks. Guo Jia firmly believes that Han Sui, who has rebelled all his life, and Ma Teng, who has many strong generals, can tide over the difficulties.

This news was unexpected by both Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu. They only knew that Guo Jia and Ma Teng and Han Sui formed an alliance to wipe out Li Jue and Guo Si. As for Guo Jia's military deployment and strategic planning, they didn't know. don't know.

In the past, the Chamber of Commerce went to Liangzhou to buy war horses and some novel handicrafts for Guo Jia, and resell them elsewhere. Now it seems that Liangzhou's business is not only broken, but it is even more likely to risk their lives if they go there to do business.

"Feng Xiao, can't the chamber of commerce go to Liangzhou again only after Liangzhou stabilizes?" Zhen Yu frowned slightly, cutting off his source of income, which was very painful for the merchant.

Regarding this, Guo Jia shook his head solemnly, looked back and forth between the two, and asked, "Even if Han Sui and Ma Teng suppressed the rebellion and the situation west of Fufeng was peaceful, what did Han Sui and Ma Teng need?" ?”

Zhen Yu blurted out: "Food, weapons, horses, as long as they are war materials, they need them all."

Guo Jia asked again: "Can you sell Yizhou's grain and weapons to them?"

Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu's expressions were startled, and they understood a little bit.

In the past, Guo Jia asked the Chamber of Commerce to go to Liangzhou. Because Guo Jia wanted war horses, he allowed the Chamber of Commerce to sell the grain purchased from the people to Liangzhou. Now, let alone Liangzhou, even Guo Jia has to plan carefully to accumulate grain.

Not to mention weapons, the well-developed iron smelting industry does not mean that merchants can buy and sell weapons at will, and these are all controlled by the Yizhou government.

As for commodities such as silk, gold and silver, Yizhou merchants may not be able to take them to Liangzhou, and they don't even think about buying war horses from Liangzhou.

Han Sui and Ma Teng's Xiliang iron cavalry suffered heavy losses and their numbers dropped sharply. This time they returned to the northwest, they will definitely strictly control the outflow of war horses.

Business transactions are all about income and expenditure. The Yizhou Chamber of Commerce wants to sell goods in Liangzhou, but they can’t sell anything except food and weapons. If they want to buy goods in Liangzhou, they can’t get the war horse they want most. Jia said that Liangzhou could gain very little.

The commercial road to the west is broken, and there is still the east.

Zhen Yu asked tentatively: "Feng Xiao, Hebei and Central Plains, do you think the chamber of commerce can deal with them?"

Zhang Xu also looked at Guo Jia nervously. Looking at the overall situation, the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce belongs to Guo Jia, and Hebei and the Central Plains are the territories of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Whether the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce can open up a source of income in the east is actually a matter of fact. It depends on the relationship between Guo Jia, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao. If there is a confrontation, going to the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce is equivalent to death.

"Although the emperor has moved his capital to Xuchang, let's not hide it from the two of you. The Central Plains is still in charge of Cao Cao, and all local government orders are from him. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains have suffered from wars and devastated lives. Now Cao Cao has ruled Yanzhou and Yuzhou. In the past two years, he has implemented garrison farming. , recuperate, but Yanzhou and Yuzhou are not very large, and there are occasional harassment by foreign enemies. Cao Cao's territory cannot afford to support more than [-] troops, but he still has [-] troops. In order to feed these troops, Cao Cao searched all over the world for military supplies, gold and silver, and the Yizhou caravan going to the Central Plains at this time may be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger."

Guo Jia did not officially state whether his relationship with the Kanto princes was friend or foe, but the feasibility of commercial exchanges between the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce and the Central Plains was determined by the Central Plains environment.

Cao Cao lived a hard life beyond his means in the early stage, so Cao Cao desperately wanted to take down Xuzhou.

In such an environment, the Central Plains is actually like a slum. If the Yizhou caravan goes there, it may be used by Cao Cao to rob the rich and help the poor.

Zhang Xu looked embarrassed, and asked bitterly: "My lord, if this is the case, Yuan Shao in the north of the Yellow River may not have contact with the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce. Yuan Benchu ​​and Cao Mengde have a very good personal relationship, and they must advance and retreat together."

On the surface, this is indeed the case, but Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "This statement is wrong."

(End of this chapter)